Fracture the Flag - Testing Feedback

After the original alpha testing there was plenty to update. Bugs were fixed, updates were made and some polish was added. The intention of the Alpha V 0.6 build is that FTF is now “feature complete” in terms of an Early Access release with the expectation that there are still bugs to squash and polish to be added.

• The “Construction Yard” has been added and is now the source of siege weapons
  
• Physics based walls are back!
  
• A tech tree has replaced the upgrade menu. Each new tech costs more than the previous tech.
  
• A basic melee unit (swordsman) has been added with guard, attack and patrol behaviors
  
• Steam Leaderboards added for “ELO”, players beaten, games started and completion times of single player challenges
  
• A self destruct button has been added to building menus
  
• Single player challenges (resource based) have been added - in testing these level do not load with the Steam build.
  
• A stats reset button is now shown for purposes of testers
  
• Flags added to buildings to help identify ownership
  
• Keys can now be re-mapped via the settings menu
  
• Settings menu now includes support for multiple monitors - change requires a restart of the game

• Damage scripts (bombs and siege weapons) have been greatly improved
  
• Multiple workers harvesting lumber will no longer attempt to harvest the same tree
  
• Workers harvesting lumber will look for trees nearest the lumber mill
  
• Staged player UI no longer shows buttons for other players
  
• Tweaks to colors and image effects
  
• Axes and picks have been added to workers to correspond to their current job
  
• Physics material added to bricks along with other physics balancing with siege weapons
  
• Catapults and ballista are no longer in the build menu - now requires a tech upgrade
  
• Workers no longer run to a campfire when created. Workers will only go to campfire when they have been “unemployed”
  
• Selection menus will appear towards the outside of the screen rather than the middle - making them less “in the way”
  
• There is now a minimum distance between flags - prevents a form of “turtling”
  
• The HUD and all UI should now scale better for both 720p and 1080p displays
  
• Build size down to 200 MB from 300 MB

• Camera motion has been refined in particular around obstacles
  
• Bombers can now change targets while moving - waypoints can be added by holding shift
  
• Settings menu is new and scales correctly
  
• Placement of buildings near workers has been improved/polished
  
• Siege weapon movement is more reliable
  
• No longer able to select opponents buildings
  
• Box selection fixed
  
• Bug fixed where players saw no UI when joining a random game
  
• Archers once again work