FORGE Open Public Test
Thank you for your interest in taking part in the first Open Public Test (OPT) for FORGE!
The FORGE Open Public Test is currently closed. To play future builds, check out our Patreon.
Craft, Explore, and Adventure the world as you search for your father - a world renowned blacksmith.
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The FORGE Open Public Test is no longer available. Thank you for your time and participation!
FORGE v1.1 (OPT) Patch Notes
Thanks to the support of Patrons, FORGE's first Milestone update is here. For Version 1.1 onwards, your save files from 1.0.x (Any previous version) will NOT be compatable with the title. Due to changes to the Save conversion system, previous version saves cannot be upgraded to 1.1, but this should be the last time this occurs. I sincerely apologize for the inconvienience and hope that you'll take the time to play this revised version of the game.
=Content Updates=
The FORGE User Interface has received a graphical update.Several new sprites have been added to give more flavor and detail to the world.Control Rebinding and Major Game Controls overhaul.The Quest System has been completely updated. Picking up a quest will create a Quest Card that outlines what you will need to do in order to complete it.Route 2 (Formerly referred to as the "Overworld" leading up to the Moriah Desert and Cardon Forest has been updated with new foliage, more NPCs, and a few more buildings to explore!New music has been added to Vera thanks to Eric Sorenson of Black Totem Games!A Bug Tracker feature has been added temporarily to support the Open Public Test (F6 In-game).
--Content Details--
Changes
Animations
An Axe Swing animation has been added for the player.
Gameplay
The player's base movement speed has been increased and the sprint movement speed increased as well.
Quests
[The Art of Woodworking] has been updated to require 25 boards.[The Art of Smithing] has been updated to track Mounting Brackets in the objectives and the Bridge build objective's text clarifies the bench is to the north.
Graphics
New object sprites have been added.Cutscene Placeholder images have been implemented where cutscenes are present but not yet implemented.
Audio
New User Interface sounds have been implemented.
User Interface
The Workbench in the village has received an update and now properly reflects 25 boards instead of 50 required for the Bridge.The Forge UI has been updated to have a box denoting the Experience rather than seemingly random elements for experience and leveling up.Added a "Craft Quantity" label to the Forge UI for clarity.Recipes that are not visible in certain contexts, like smithing, have been corrected.The Notebook has been updated and now has a Quest log.A Quit Game has (Finally) been added to the FORGE menu. On Xbox One, this will return you to the Main Menu.
Maps
The "Trading Hub" has been named Vera.The "Central Overworld" Has been renamed to Route 2.Vera has had collision corrected where necessary.The Village has had some context objects added to direct players towards the mines from the Workbench.Route 2 has been updated and expanded and foliage populated.Vera has been expanded to the west to include a trading port.Vera has had its surrounding area and borders updated and in some cases removed.
-=Bug Fixes=-
Fixed a MAJOR performance issue in FORGEThis was caused by every script in the game that interacts or uses player input creating its own self-contained instance of the input configuration. In some cases, this meant that FORGE was managing over 1,000 instances of player input actions, exponentially increasing every time you switched to another scene. This has been resolved with a single, globally accessible input map and scripts "disconnecting" their input interactions when you leave a scene.Some quirks may occur as a result of this. While development testing fixed most issues, please report any strange input interactions you discover to the FORGE Discord!
Fixed a bug with the Inventory Submenu that occured after switching to the new global configuration system.Fixed a full game crash when crafting items at the Forge.Fixed a bug where the Mounting Bracket was not tracked in the quest [The Art of Blacksmithing].Fixed a scaling issue with Quest Cards.Fixed a bug with the Inventory where the submenu would open with the inventory in some circumstances.Quests now track items being added properly.Quest Cards now properly complete when all of the objectives are completed.The Notebook UI no longer crashes the game when opening it with no known recipes.The Notebook UI now properly updates quests if you opened the Notebook initially with no quests, but then later obtained one.Fixed a bug where the Notebook UI would not properly enable or disable player movement when opened or closed after moving from scene to scene.Oxygen decay in the mines now properly starts and stops after fixing an issue with NPC interactions.Some interactions have been resolved where the Dialogue system would not properly load a dialogue.
-=Known Issues=-
Silva has a ton of tile errors still.The Village has a few rogue tiles from previous versions.The collision in Vera is inconsistent in some areas.The Vendor dialogue in the Alchemists' shop can sometimes lock the player up. Save before talking to him!
Bug Reporting
When in-game playing FORGE, Press F6 to automatically generate a log file and open the Bug Reporting tracker. This will help us get the info we need to thoroughly troubleshoot and debug.
What Is FORGE?
[Screenshots are from a work in progress and do not reflect the final release or the OPT build.]
FORGE is an in-development adventure RPG. You're on the search for your father, a world-renowned blacksmith, who has suddenly gone missing without a trace.
You'll craft, gather, build, and interact with several trade guilds as you find clues to your father's whereabouts.
This Open Public Test contains a small portion of the game in its current state and should be considered a work in progress.
Development of this title has been supported completely by our patrons at https://patreon.com/MegaMasterX and the support has helped us commission up-and-coming artists, voice talent, and audio. We thank you for considering supporting this project in the future!
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If you found this, you've got a pre-release link and are able to play the FORGE OPT Early!
Your feedback is critical to helping shape the development of the game and I can't thank you enough for taking time to play and provide feedback.
If you encoutner an issue in-game, simply press F6 and a log file will be generated alongside opening the bug report form.
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