Recent posts by mososh on Kongregate

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Happy 2nd Anniversary, Chronicles of Herenvale

CoH has been running for two years now! Oh, how the time flies. To celebrate, there is a sale on all Treasure Chests in Books 3, 4, 5 and 6 for a (very) limited time. There is also a very special commemorative item available in the Rings section of the Book 1 Market. The item is also only available for a limited time (so please get yours now as they won’t be available when you email me next month – you know who you are ;-) ).

As the item mentions, I sincerely appreciate all the love and support over the last couple years. Kong has been a great community to be a part of. I’m looking forward to launching my next game soon in addition to finishing Book 6 and going strong on CoH.

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Book 6: Chapters 7 and 8

Traveling deeper into the stronghold of the astral invaders, you must trust your new companion, Vosh, as he guides your way. Help him retrieve one of their treasures from the Dark Chamber in order to save Herenvale!

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

New Concept Piece – The Barbarian

CROM! This is an amazing piece of work from one of my artists, Phillip Simpson: check it out here

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

New Secret Area

In response to multiple emails suggesting it, a new Secret Area™ has been added. Whether you’re tired of that Enchanted Lava Band, have too many Ultra Shots taking up space in your inventory or just like helping the good people of Herenvale, this is the secret area for you! Who is going to be the first to find it?

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Book 6: Chapters 5 and 6

The Astral Plane beckons and you must answer the call! Meet the invaders on their home turf, find a possible ally lurking in the shadows and unlock Myksal the Crystal Golem in the latest release. Enjoy!

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Book 6: Chapters 3 and 4

What are these strange new beings up to? What lies buried within the Windown Mountains? More clues to the mystery are revealed in Chapters 3 and 4. Gain access to one of the new raids as well as new crafties. There are also two more loadout slots for elite heroes!

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Book 6: The Astral Invaders is Live!

Fenn has summoned you to Balin to investigate a mysterious mine. Old friends will become foes, new friends will join your party and once again, you must save Heren from those who would destroy your home and all of Hernvale. Loads of new stuff:

1. Quests – The first two chapters have been released.
2. Gear – Check the Market and Crafting areas for new items.
3. Crafting Recipes – the ingredients will be dropped by the new raids when they’re released.
4. Item Sets – see the Library for Crom’s Blood.
5. Treasure Chests – new treasure chests with the most powerful (and some of the best looking) gear, yet.
6. Spells – two new items that drop powerful spells on raid bosses.

And there’s still more to come. Stay tuned for the next Book 6 update in two weeks!

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Bugs in the Game. (Put all of them here)

Gear bug should be fixed! Hooray!

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Alchemist's Alcove

The 2.5 million is a one time payment to unlock the alchemists. 1 key = 1 stat point (str, spe, kno, for, dmg) on 1 item and you can upgrade items multiple times. Damage buffs only work on weapons.

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Bugs - error with damage count

Here’s one report back after the player cleared their cache: Nevermind it magically recovered itself after I cleared cache. Here’s some helpful info if you aren’t familiar with clearing your cache: http://kb.iu.edu/data/ahic.html.

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Shadow Walkers Released!

Some of you will be asking, “Wait, I don’t see anything new – what are they?” Hold on, hold on – here are the basics:

The Shadow Walkers are a cross between ultra raids and regular raids. The raids work like an ultra raid when you are attacking, but you can share them with your guild if you are the Raid Master.

You have to be at least level 100 to see them on the World Map. You have to be at least 125 to unleash them. However, if you have a buddy who unleashes one, anyone level 80 or higher can join (either by sharing the raid with his/her guild or clicking the name of the raid while attacking to get a direct link).

The Shadow Walkers drop new crafties called Shadow Keys. A new area called the Alchemists Alcove (reached once you can get to the Shadow Walkers), let’s you use the keys to get reagents. The reagents can then be used to upgrade any epic gear (purple) or better.

There is a bunch of helpful info on the Shadow Walkers’ “What is this” help screen as well.

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / TWS Penalized

Just for the record, I’ve penalized TWS 50,000 points this week for alt abuse on the Battles leaderboards. Let the whining and Lance Armstrong jokes commence.

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Bugs - error with damage count

Another interesting update. The bug is caused by a javascript error. I have a screenshot of a player’s javascript error console that would indicate the javascript error is actually caused by ads served by Kongregate. That, unfortunately, is out of my control and would explain the absolute random nature of the bug. Depending on what ads the site is serving (and this can change based on user account as well as many other factors), a simple refresh could fix or not. I have also had people say switching browsers fixed the problem. This “fix” could work for a couple different reasons – first, the browser might not interpret the javascript the same way and, second, the browser you switch to probably won’t have the same cookies as the other one. Ads on the Internet are often delivered based on information stored in your cookies. Since you could switch browsers and get the same ads, though, switching browsers might not necessarily fix the problem but is worth a try. Clearing your cookies is also worth a shot.

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / [to devs] Stealth Updating

The Shadow Walkers haven’t really been released ;-). I do post about “big” stuff – just didn’t feel the level cap and ability to sell 50 items were a big deal. I have also added the level cap info to the “The Legends” in The Hall of Legends.

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / [to devs] Stealth Updating

True (was added recently).

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Bugs - error with damage count

Great idea, Silh0u3ttE! Thanks!

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Bugs in the Game. (Put all of them here)

Let me try to address a few of these:

1. Game being down a couple times in the last week. This has been due to the server rebooting randomly. I’ve done a couple things here. I’ve made it mandatory to sell items after you reach the 3,000 item limit before you can collect more raid loot. This should make it so people don’t end up with 10,000 items (for example). Those massive inventories can cause lag and could be responsible for the reboots. I’ve also updated the server so that if it does reboot the game restarts automatically.

2. The ever-increasing raid damage bug. I’ve been working on this for quite some time. There doesn’t seem to be a good way to reproduce the issue which makes it terrifically difficult to solve. I’ve never personally had it happen to me unless I inject errors into my code on purpose. I’ve tried to add failsafes but those don’t seem to catch whatever specific issue is causing this. Please post if you have a reliable way to reproduce it. It’s also helpful if you provide some browser info which you can get here: http://www.mybrowserinfo.com/.

3. Profile lag. This is generally caused by large inventories – not only are there more images to fetch and more html to download, looking up all that info takes longer. The first time you view a profile the info is fetched from the database then the info is stored in a cache. If your inventory changes (like when you equip your generals), the cache is invalidated and the info is fetched from the database again if you go back to your profile. I know that doesn’t solve it but that’s a bit of explanation.

Rest assured that your raid damage, xp, etc. cannot go to someone else as all this is tracked and stored on the server.

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Book 5: The Finale

The final chapters are now out including a new amazing raid boss with unbelievable art from Trung (see the credits for more info). There is also a new secret area – going to assume you know what that’s about by now. If you’ve been lucky enough to pull a Bloodstone out of a treasure chest, you can also redeem it there if you so choose. Enjoy and happy holidays!

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Book 5: Chapters 7 and 8

Now that you’ve discovered why the Andarans have brought you “home”, you get to meet another race that dwells far below Heren. Their city is beautiful and their magic most powerful. Now, you just have to get inside the city and rescue the princess. Good luck!

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Book 5: Chapters 5 and 6

The Andarans have captured you but what is their ultimate plan? Why have they brought you to their watery home? Perhaps, the answer can be found in one of this week’s quests. Enjoy!

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Extra Loadouts

Hey! Who couldn’t use a couple extra loadouts? If you just need one to save that outfit that makes you feel pretty or perhaps you want one that has all your Fortitude gear for those oh so long traveling quests, now you can have not one but TWO (count ’em, two) more loadouts. Available on the Profile screen.

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Book 5 Treasure Chests and New Chapters

Treasure Chests for Book 5 can now be found on the Book 5 map including three new heroic weapons and the fabled bloodstone that can be used to upgrade gear from the Book 4 Treasure Chests. Two new chapters have also been released for your questing pleasure that also give access to the Shalah the Andaran raid boss.

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Book 5: The Andaran Adventure is Live!

The Andaran Sea lies due west of the great city of Heren. When strange stories of sea monsters and lost ships arrive in Heren, the Protector General once again turns to a familiar band of heroes to investigate. Loads of new stuff:

1. Quests – The first two chapters have been released.
2. Gear – Check the Market and Crafting areas for new items.
3. Higher XP for higher tier raids – you now get more XP the higher the tier of the raid.
4. Crafting Recipes – the ingredients will be dropped by the new raids when they’re released.
5. Item Sets – see the Library for two new sets.
6. Book 4 available in mobile – you can now access Book 4 from the World Map in the mobile version.

And there’s still more to come. Stay tuned for the next Book 5 update in two weeks!

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Game Updates

Book 5 Survey

I’m going to try something new as I finish building Book 5. It’s always interesting putting together the gear, and I want to get a little feedback from you on what you would like to see. Here’s a link to the survey (can probably do it in 3 minutes or less) and you can always email support@mososh.com:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/88M8V6C