Waves of Distant Shore - Campaign

[GreenScarab]

STORY

The boundless ocean... dead silence.

A young mermaid is summoned by a forgotten being. Receiving a task wrapped in the thick darkness of mystery, she swims away, floating on endless ocean waves, to fulfill the forbidden will.

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WHAT IS IN THIS BAG?

- 3 BATTLE scenarios and 1 STORY only

- HARD DIFFICULTY level

- DIFFERENT objectives

- 6 ACHIEVEMENTS

- HOLY BROTHERS!!!

- ...and etc

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CAMPAIGN WAS FULLY TESTED
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Lastly, if you liked it and want to encourage me to continue doing my best or if you found a nasty or little bug, please write here.

[Roge_Tebnelok]

Hardest campaign I ever played. It can be beaten [section]without Holy Brothers [/section]though, but you will [section]still [/section]have to pray to Random Number God, even with Predictable setting. The story is decent, just too short. There is a few bugs, the first which prevents unit from gaining experience by killing enemies if their death triggers a movement right after the last breath, the second:

Spoiler:

blocks "It's a trap!" line.

Changes for TYPOs are highlighted like this:

Spoiler:

"strength", "What do you think will happen when such a survivor returns to our world?" , "fooled" in the first scenario; "How does she do it?", "unknown" in the second; "copper", "search", "a really bad feeling", "depends on the mind", "Watch out for", "How many of them you do have!?", "Since when the northern brutes did join the outlaws bands?", "this witch plans something,", "To ensure that the inhabitant of the prison will never return to our world were made two gatesss.", "only usss small tribesss defend them alone.", "We've lost!", "Better than I thought it would be.", "The grow ups always tell such embarrasing things..." in the third; "You were trapped inside this nightmare for far too long.", "Our reunion wasn't perfect, wasn't it?", "holding" would fit more in "Not yet, the seals are still stopping him. First he needs to consume me and take all my power.", "To put him again to sleep we need to find his true name, until that happens we must oppose his wrath.", "I just understood something, old mage.", "The dimension starts to collabse...", "How many of them are we supposed to defeat, they seem to be coming and coming!".

My suggestions: make more difficulty levels, final breath before death animation,

Spoiler:

the number of splashes in the firtst scenario vary and the sound match the text, Nodirtos start as a level 2 Spearman, maybe one of his loyal units as a Netcaster, and a few bonus scenarios about Nameless's binding, shamans and Limsime.

Spoiler:

WoDS-Siren Chant replay 20240405-045245.gz

(25.45 KiB) Downloaded 162 times

WoDS-Charm replay 20240405-052942.gz

(30.56 KiB) Downloaded 345 times

WoDS-Nameless replay 20240405-062408.gz

(23.06 KiB) Downloaded 166 times

I didn't aim for achievements, so there are holes where bugs can wait .

[GreenScarab]

Wow, that's some quick feedback!


First of all, thanks for the bug report, proofreading and replays, very helpful.

The campaign can be very challenging at times. It was supposed to be. The campaign is quite short, but that is why it has to be intense and emotional in terms of story and gameplay. Anyway, I think that creating two new, easier difficulty levels is a good idea, and I will definitely think about it if I have more time to spare.

Holy Brothers were intended to be a great help to the player and a generous reward for exploration, as well as for those who could have problems finishing the campaign. They are Holy Brothers after all!

Also, I like the idea of plot-extending scenarios, but I would need to take my time to see what ideas I could come up with.

Spoiler:

and a few bonus scenarios about Nameless's binding, shamans and Limsime.

That Idea for sure looks interesting to explore.

I just released a new version 1.0.4 with the proofreading you made. I am not a native speaker and I really appreciate when someone helps me with this. I have included you in the end credits under Label - Text Proofreading, of course if you don't mind.

[Roge_Tebnelok]

First of all, thanks for the bug report, proofreading and replays, very helpful.

You are welcome!

I just released a new version 1.0.4 with the proofreading you made. I am not a native speaker and I really appreciate when someone helps me with this. I have included you in the end credits under Label - Text Proofreading, of course if you don't mind.

Thank you, I really appreciate it. I'll be happy to help in the future.

[DuncanDill]

Recenty played this and it was really fun! The story was good, even though their were a few errors in the text. Here are my changes, which you are free to use or drop! All I did was change the prose, and add a bit of my own twist to the story. I also added difficulties! If you want to view my changes please go to https://github.com/DuncanusDillius/Wave ... ant-Shore

[GreenScarab]

Hi, DuncanDill

It's nice that you enjoyed the campaign.


Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not going to change the text and dialogues. I only want to improve the grammar and typos in them. Above all, I want them to be in my literary style.

The same goes for gameplay and new difficulty levels. For example, I'm not going to add Mermaid Initiates to Nodirtos recruitment list for lore and gameplay reasons. As for new difficulty levels, I will also take care of that myself to do it to the best of my skills.

[DuncanDill]

Yup! That's fine, as I said this is just how I would do it. Just to say, I did fix a few of the grammar problems with tense and plural

[GreenScarab]

The update V1.0.5!!!

The update has been based on the Konrad2 feedback.

Spoiler:

• Now after defeating the outlaw leader in the Charm scenario you need to move in the front of the gate to open it

• The flood in the final scenario happens also on turn 14 and ends on turn 17

• Now the achievement of defeating the monsters in the Nameless scenario count Nibblers instead of Caribe

• Sea Serpent should spawn on turn 12 and 16 in the final scenario

• The change of the map do not affect the tower tile after turn 10 in the final scenario

[Otdoy]

I'm stuck on the final scenario, turn 14, the tower at 16,5 is not accessible to anyone

Also, what is a Holy Brother? Did I miss something on an earlier level?
Playing in 1.18.0

[GreenScarab]

Hi, Otdoy

I'm stuck on the final scenario, turn 14, the tower at 16,5 is not accessible to anyone

I guess you started the final scenario before updating the campaign to version 1.0.5? What you are talking about is a big bug that I removed yesterday in version 1.0.5. It is written in the changelog up your message.

To get rid of this bug, you need to update the campaign to the latest version and start the scenario from the very beginning.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Also, what is a Holy Brother? Did I miss something on an earlier level?

Holy Brothers are very powerful support units that are obtainable during the Siren Chant scenario. They have their own lines of dialogue and events. They are very helpful during the game.

Spoiler:

It is required to complete the mini puzzle by moving the mermen to the mine. In the upper left corner of the map, you can also, by moving a unit to the village, get a hint about the combination.

I hope you are enjoying the campaign.

[GreenScarab]

Version 1.0.6!!!


Changelog:

Spoiler:

• Added Gohere Icon when you need to move unit in the front of the gate in the Charm scenario

• Now the tower to which you need to move on in the Nameless scenario is accesible from turn 10 not turn 8

• Added Flash Blue effect when Nameless roar

• Now only Oitii can turn on the final event in the last scenario

[Otdoy]

Thanks for the tips, I'll update and start over! Yes, short and fun campaign. I'm not one for heavy dialogue but I really enjoyed the poetic passages. Great work!

[GreenScarab]

Thanks for the tips, I'll update and start over! Yes, short and fun campaign. I'm not one for heavy dialogue but I really enjoyed the poetic passages. Great work!

Thank you for such encouraging words. That's really nice of you. I gave my best and will continue to do so!



Also, I have released a small update 1.0.7/1.0.7a


Changelog:

Spoiler:

• In the Charm scenario, the starting gold amount has been raised from 75 to 95

• Holy Brothers can no longer be renamed

• Some minor improvements

[Konrad2]

Feedback is on discord.

Replays:

[GreenScarab]

Version 1.0.8!!!


Changelog:

Spoiler:

• Included proofreading suggestions by Konrad2

• Updated End Credits, Konrad2 nick has been added under the Text Proofreading Label

...and again, great thanks to Konrad2 for streaming Waves of Distant Shore