Unsung Heroes 1898 Version 0.1.134 (Hotfix 5): The Final Hotfix for Alpha 1 and the Future of Unsung Heroes

There are a couple of important things in this announcement. First, this marks the last hotfix (and therefore the last update) for Alpha 1. There might be another update if some emergent and critical issues appear, but it’s unlikely given the testing already done on the game. As always, game improvements and bug fixes are listed below. 

Second, development is now going to fully focus on Alpha 2 and getting things ready for the Steam Early Access launch. There is a lot that needs to be done for that to happen (even though we are getting tantalizingly close). In the past I would be periodically posting updates weekly or whenever anything big happened. This both took a lot of time out of development and likely came off as annoying to the people following the game’s development. Moving forward, I want the game’s development to be transparent, but also not too annoying to read through. After the surprising popularity of the last dev video I made (thank you all for your support on that video), I decided the best approach would be the following. I’ve created a roadmap and checklist document for the game which will be updated weekly or whenever anything new happens. This will give everyone exact updates on what I am working on and what I have finished without taking too much out of my time to write a long-winding update post. At the end of each “development sprint” I will take some time to make another dev video (again, to archive development progress and also spread some more awareness for the game). You can check out this document here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RWKKrGR33nvP-NynYhzhz1qU7rIgtlTYL_AU9E2Zlds/edit?usp=sharing 

Lastly, I’ve changed some things regarding emails. For any suggestions, questions on development, etc., you can send them to my new email duckyinc@venomicgames.com . For legal issues or for backend things, I will still be using support@venomicgames.com . 

Again, I want to give everyone my heartfelt thanks for the support of the game over the course of Alpha 1 and for the recent support shown on my last video. It means the world to me and I finally feel like the game is getting some much needed recognition. I’m excited to get knee deep in Alpha 2 development and look forward to sharing some more information soon.

General Improvements

• Slightly better title screen with text animations
• Updated Legal Attributions section with up-to-date and correct attributions
• Updated in-game roadmap screen

Map Bug Fix

• One of the Las Guasimas buildings allowed enemy infantry to shoot through it. This should be fixed now.

UI Bug Fix

• When in the main menu, using the left and right buttons on the main selection played a louder sound than when using keyboard keys or controller inputs. This has been resolved.