Alpha 7 may very well be the last public alpha release of Torgar’s Quest (unless I do one more with a few bug fixes). While it doesn’t have many new in game features, a lot of stuff has changed behind the scenes since the last alpha. From game balance to a Mac build, see the full list of changes below.

I was not happy with how alpha 7 ran in the HTML version, however, so for now, the browser edition of Torgar’s Quest has been set aside, and focus will be on the desktop version from now on.

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Changes and additions in alpha 7

• Arrow-keys now supported for movement, and you can hold the keys down to continuously move in any direction.

• Windowed mode now plays at 864x486, instead of 640x360.

• New “pause” screen to quit a session, the game, or redraw the current level.

• Floor tile graphics were changed for better scrolling effect.

• Health bar, Crystals collected and other stats moved to a new HUD at the bottom of the screen.

• Monsters hit harder at higher levels.

• Monsters award more EXP at higher levels.

• Store will not spawn if one spawned on the previous level.

• Beasts drop more meat with higher levels.

• Exploding crates deal more damage (esp. at higher levels).

• Higher chance of finding something in a crate (incl. explosions).

• Monster health gets a bonus at higher levels to compensate for player gear.

• Slightly more EXP needed to level.

• Dungeon level displayed on each load screen.

• Slowly increase chance of crystal spawning, to avoid it never spawning at all.

• Base chance for spawning in gear is sliiiigthly higher.

• Base chance for spawning in a crystal increased by 0.2%.

• Increased the base chance of scoring a critical hit by 2%.

• Higher chance of weapon/armor and potion spawns at higher difficulty.

• Lore can now only be found in broken crates.

• Random seed check box moved to settings menu.

• High scores are now shown on the win screen.

• Updated backgrounds for the menu screens.

• 2 more sound effects were added.

• Countless bug fixes.

Known issues

• Screenshots don’t work on Mac.

• No HTML 5 version.

• Occasional weirdness has been observed.