Plenty of things have been happening quietly behind the scenes since the last update, including a new trailer and a Greenlight page!

Firstly, please vote for Rooks Keep on the Steam Greenlight page. You can find all the images on there too.

I will now briefly document improvements and similar such otherworldly things. So, head deeper down to view videos, images, links and details!

Firstly, you can enjoy this glorious new trailer:

-Combat:
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Plenty of combat improvements since the last update:

-Weapon highlighting: Weapons are highlighted certain colors when various moves are performed, giving players a better indication of waht is happening in fights.
-Character skills: Each character gets a special attack/skill/ability.
-Blocking and parrying improvements: Blocking is now more effective against quick attacks and parrying grants a temporary attack speed bonus on following attacks.
-Better AI enemies

-Chess:
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A short video of Combat Chess ins action here:

Another short video of the Classic Chess victory event:

-Maps:
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Crimson Keep

Emberfel Abbey

-UI:
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A whole host of UI improvements, some of which are:

-Options Menu
-Awesome new color selector
-New Chess HUD
-Custom team manager

-Other:
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Gamepad support on most areas of the game now (UI, combat, Chess, etc)
Mutator support

Now enjoy some pretty pictures!

Also, you won’t see much on Chess in this post, as I’m focusing on the more recent developments.

Well then, read on to see what’s happened over the last few months of development:

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UI
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We’ve added a few UI elements, notably the HUD, character selection screen, scoreboard, and even the main and mid-game menus are well along:

-Skills

-Character selection

-Scoreboard

-Menu

Characters
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Witness a neat display of each piece/character:
-Knights Faction

-Beasts Faction

Maps
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Many glorious maps have been added, primarily for the free roaming Deathmatch modes:

-Mines [Goldwind Mines]

-Barrens [TBA]

-Sands [TBA]

-Fields [Fields of Kingsbane]

-Fetid [Fetid Marsh]

-Aztec [Jade Sun]

-East [TBA]

-Green [Emerald Roost - Chess]

-DM1 [TBA]

-Dark [Darkhaven - Chess]

-Deathbowl [TBA]

Other
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Gore, AI and even some powerups on show here:

-AI

-Gore: Enjoy some viscera on your otherwise quiet morning

-Powerups: We currently have a damage boost (shown here), an experience pickup and a healing pickup.

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And finally, enjoy some miscellaneous images of Rooks Keep in action:

We hope to have some more videos and images released regularly, and then we’ll summarize them in the next update