Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II
Patch 1.2.1 (25 July 2019)
- added Galaxy achievements
New Features:
- New Journal design. The journal in the original release
- Subtitles for all cinematics. Turn them on or off in the game settings or by pressing ‘z’ during a cinematic.
- Dyslexic font for texts. Since there is a lot of text in Herald we looked into providing support for different fonts. There is now an option to turn on a dyslexia-friendly font (OpenDyslexic) in the game settings.
- New text rendering method. All texts in the game should be crisper and easier to read because of the new text renderer.
- Starting a new game on chapter 2 (or later) will now use the decisions you made the last time you completed chapter 1.
Changes:
- We’ve upgraded the engine from Unity 5.6 to Unity 2018.3. This allows us to make use of many new features going forward.
Bugfixes:
- We’ve fixed many bugs throughout the game (and probably created some new ones too!).
Patch 1.1.0 (07 March 2017)
New Features:
- Controller Support for most Dual Analog Stick gamepads.
- Alternative control scheme for controllers. Select 'Use Gamepad' in the Game Settings menu to switch between click-to-walk with the mouse and direct control with a gamepad's left analog stick.
Notes:
- If your dual analog stick controller doesn't work with Herald, and you think it should be supported, please drop by the community forum! We have only been able to test a limited number of controllers and will patch in more later.
- Daniel now has his own theme, which can be heard when he tells you about himself in the Galley.
Changes:
- When quitting the game, you now get a warning that you will lose unsaved progress since last checkpoint.
- The graphic for checkpoints (spinning compass) now also says 'saving.' underneath, so you know your progress is safe.
- NPCs' dialogue boxes now disappear when you click on them.
- Various dialogue choice texts and help notes were rewritten for clarity.
Bugfixes:
- Sometimes the game would not remember whether you found out certain information about Senator Morton, making a later dialogue branch harder to reach than it should be. This has been corrected.
- VSync & Target framerate are now correctly reset after cinematic interludes.
Patch 1.0.2 (23 February 2017)
Changes:
- Added a message about which version of Herald you are playing that ends up in the editor log. This can help us with troubleshooting.
- Adjusted various camera and character positions to improve the cinematographic effect of certain scenes.
- Made it impossible to walk to certain areas of the Captain's Cabin the first time you get there (this was never intended).
Bugfixes:
- Fixed a bug where Devan would think he already had the oil or the lamp, even though he didn't.
- Fixed some noticeable graphical glitches when loading certain scenes.
- Fixed a bug where it was possible to get the journal in an incorrect state.