Beta 0.0.7 Released

[Chris]

Windows binaries for version 0.0.7 of Chengband may be downloaded
here:
http://code.google.com/p/chengband/downloads/list

Source code is available here for other operating systems:
http://code.google.com/p/chengband/source/checkout

Disclaimer:
This is beta software and hasn't been thoroughly tested.

Changes
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[1] New Class: Warlock. This class is probably unbalanced at the
moment. Give it a whirl and suggest changes!

[2] New Birth Options: Ironman Quests. If turned on, then random
quests must be completed (though you can use the Trump Tower to
circumvent this).

[3] Chosen stat boosts now occur at 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40,
45, 50.

[4] Tweaked Blood Knight: Starting stats changed to favor con, and
make it more difficult to start with 3 attacks. Changed number of
blows calculation as well. This is a 3 attack max class, so it should
take a little work to reach that goal. Being cut now adversely

affects your stealth.

[5] Wizard Mode Tweaks
[5.1] You may now teleport to towns you haven't visited yet.
[5.2] Damage output is now displayed any time the player damages a
monster.

Up Next
======
Not sure. Probably continue tweaking the Warlock.

Stay tuned, and submit issues and ideas at:
http://code.google.com/p/chengband/issues/list

Cheers,
--Chris

[Dave Zhang]

What, no loving for the Duelist?  (But seriously, let me know why you don't like certain classes.)

Dave

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                   David Yu Zhang, Ph.D.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation
Wyss Institute, Harvard University

[Chris Kousky]

No, I like the Duelist! I just wanted to clean up a bit first. A
couple things are stopping me from an official public beta release,
including:
[1] Tower Quest Replacement
[2] Cloning Pits and Old Castle Rewards.

Once done, I think Chengband will be playable. But the Duelist (which
is my next class to do, btw) is not really holding up an official beta
release.

Is there anything else that you can think of that really needs to get
done before 0.1? Is the game playable now?

[Dave Zhang]

Oh.  I was under the assumption we would add in a bunch more new features before officially releasing it.  The thought being that Entroband was kind of a minimal release, and people ended up going back to Hengband.  So we want to do a "shock and awe," and really be different.  We've gone a ways with the 3 new classes (warlock of which is really like 5 mini-classes!), but I was thinking we could do more.  The Warrior-Mage / Warrior-Priest merges, and the two new schools, Order and Wild.  Hopefully also curses.

But, of course, you're running the show... just offering suggestions :-D

Dave

P.S.  Could you possibly list me as Dave Zhang, rather than DZhang, on the acknowledgements?  Just for symmetry, since you're not CKousky or Blackreaver. ^^

D.

[Chris Kousky]

OK, Shock and Awe it is. I already talked to Pav about allowing
Chengband character dumps on oook, and there is a Blood Knight dump up
there already. So, its not a total secret that this is coming!

Sorry about the "DZhang" ... You are now "Dave Zhang". Djabanete, are
you OK with being publicly acknowledged on the startup screen? How
shall I list you? I really did not want to omit both of you guys
since you are definitely helping to shape this variant in a big way.

Hmmm ... maybe I should go back to "Black Reaver" so people won't know
who to blame when I break savefiles, or kill their characters is
stupid quests.

--Chris

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Dave Zhang

[Djabanete]

Well, since you are kind enough to credit me, I'll appear as Andrew
Levy! Thank you!

On Nov 11, 8:09 am, Chris Kousky <ckou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, Shock and Awe it is.  I already talked to Pav about allowing
> Chengband character dumps on oook, and there is a Blood Knight dump up
> there already.  So, its not a total secret that this is coming!
>
> Sorry about the "DZhang" ... You are now "Dave Zhang".  Djabanete, are
> you OK with being publicly acknowledged on the startup screen?  How
> shall I list you?  I really did not want to omit both of you guys
> since you are definitely helping to shape this variant in a big way.
>
> Hmmm ... maybe I should go back to "Black Reaver" so people won't know
> who to blame when I break savefiles, or kill their characters is
> stupid quests.
>
> --Chris
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Dave Zhang
>

> <David.Zh...@wyss.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > Oh.  I was under the assumption we would add in a bunch more new features
> > before officially releasing it.  The thought being that Entroband was kind
> > of a minimal release, and people ended up going back to Hengband.  So we
> > want to do a "shock and awe," and really be different.  We've gone a ways
> > with the 3 new classes (warlock of which is really like 5 mini-classes!),
> > but I was thinking we could do more.  The Warrior-Mage / Warrior-Priest
> > merges, and the two new schools, Order and Wild.  Hopefully also curses.
>
> > But, of course, you're running the show... just offering suggestions :-D
>
> > Dave
>
> > P.S.  Could you possibly list me as Dave Zhang, rather than DZhang, on the
> > acknowledgements?  Just for symmetry, since you're not CKousky or
> > Blackreaver. ^^
>
> > D.
>

[Chris Kousky]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Djabanete <djab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, since you are kind enough to credit me, I'll appear as Andrew
> Levy! Thank you!
>

You got it! Keep the good ideas coming :)