Author Archives: Krom

Neat OOP magic

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Krom

When something comes out too complicated and does not work as it should, being riddled with entangled cross-references – move it into a new class and break all the logic into smaller chunks .. and then magic happens – it … Continue reading →

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Okay, shadows!

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Krom

Okay, shadows! Those funny dark patches behind objects that sun seems to create 🙂 Unlike real world, where sun adds lit areas on surfaces (yep, shadows are places where sun did not create illumination), in virtual world it is the … Continue reading →

Posted in How things work | 11 Comments

AI improvements

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Krom

Been restoring AI functionality and improving it. Here’s results of 2 AIs skirmish:

Posted in Live progress | 4 Comments

Alpha 5.2

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Krom

Thanks everyone for crashreports! Two big bugs fixed and now Alpha 5.2 is out: P.S. Still trying to isolate and fix “Exception in script: ‘Integer overflow’ in procedure ‘CHECKVICTORY’” exception happening in mission script..

Posted in Downloads, Live progress | 10 Comments

Alpha 5

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Krom

Alpha 5 is ready! New features: Campfires – provide allied troops with food. Any group standing within campfire area of effect does not get hungry. This is helpful for small groups of enemies placed on map to guard passages and … Continue reading →

Posted in Downloads, News | 13 Comments

Summing up 2015

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Krom

2015 is near its end. This year was quite busy for Knights Province and its creator (me). Gains include: Public Alpha release! (in fact 4 major public alphas!) Thousands of downloads and gameplays New game mechanics (wagons, campfires, objectives) Lots … Continue reading →

Posted in News | 10 Comments

Streaming again

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Krom

Streaming again at: https://www.twitch.tv/kromstern80

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Player colors

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Krom

Support for player colors on units has been added: This and many other changes are to come in Alpha 5, which hopefully gets released in a week or so.

Posted in Live progress, Sidenotes | 2 Comments

Two new things

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Krom

Two new things to show for today’s progress: Oak trees and edge-of-the-map. Oak trees I like more (although they are gonna change in the future, with proper texturing and such). Map edge is certainly to get much prettier too.

Posted in Live progress, Sidenotes | 2 Comments

Guardians of treasures

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Krom

When you want to put a treasure on the map, how do you plan to keep the guards fed?

Posted in Feedback, Sidenotes | 6 Comments