Welcome to IdleLands 0.9.0! This version is chock-full of goodies since my last post, 6-7 months ago.

You can check out the game here!

Here are some highlights from the last few months:

The game is scalable! That means that reddit should hopefully not crash the game immediately. If the game does crash, I apologize in advance. Please be gentle if it lags or is hard to get into, I’ll be monitoring it as often as I can.

I’ve rewritten the entire web interface with Ionic. This means that (like I said last time) there will be an app, but it is a lot easier to do now. It should also look a lot nicer now! There are a handful of themes available for the web interface (dark, light, several colors). The web interface works reasonably well on a phone!

I have (re-)added Pets. This means you have a little companion who can help you in combat, and you can upgrade him. You can now sell all of your pets inventory at once, if you want. Pet classes have been somewhat restricted. Some new pets: Ghostly Shield, Ghostly Sword, Spellbook

Lots of new maps (including some holiday maps)!

The map view has changed to allow for better viewing of the actual map.

The statistics screen is now not just one giant tree, it’s split into blocks.

Collectibles and achievements look much nicer now.

A few new personalities, such as Bloodthirsty, Gambler, and Swapper have been added.

Lots of new achievements!

Chat can now be “compressed” and you’ll be able to see more messages on the screen.

Vector items - any item has a random chance of scaling in some way (with you, with itself, etc). This means that any item can theoretically be valuable at any level, so the loot tiers, while present, are less so.

Premium Currency - IdleLands Points (ILP) - ILP will eventually be buyable with real money as a microtransaction, and used to purchase in game things. Right now, it’s only buyable with gold. The exchange rate will likely be tweaked when microtransactions are implemented, but they will always be buyable with gold - no pay to win. Here are some things ILP can get you: Festivals - server wide events that increase XP gain, gold gain, item find chance, and more New genders such as Blue and Boss Monster. Soon to come will be Apache Attack Helicopter and several more. More things will be added here eventually, such as the ability to rename pets, etc.

Donator Perks: Donators receive some in-game perks in exchange for their donation (which helps keep the servers up!), such as: An achievement, title, and pet attribute unique to donators In-game cost reductions for merchants and merchant enchantments Larger choice log Higher stat caps Donator only pet (the Golden Floating Broom) 1000 ILP

Global is back. Older players might remember I had a Global Statistics page. Now it’s back and with a vengeance (and it actually performs ok). You can see lots of cool info on it: Any players stats Any pet Any map A leaderboard Some charts with game-wide info

You can ascend now. This is what is commonly referred to as a “prestige” mechanic. If you remember anything I’ve said, you know how I am staunchly against these. However, I think most games do them poorly and I intend to do them the way I think they should be done (tangible, non-trivial benefits). Here is a list of benefits you will be able to get (and some you can get now): New ascension-only maps Increased maximum level A little indicator in chat showing how many times you’ve ascended Eventually, you’ll be able to multi-class your character Eventually, you’ll be able to breed pets Eventually, you’ll be able to get a pet soul slot that syncs with your current pet Eventually, you’ll be able to retain gear when you ascend Eventually, you’ll unlock ascension-only skills for some classes Eventually, you’ll unlock ascension-only classes

Easter egg

Some folks have taken to writing some guides for IdleLands, including myself. I’m attempting to make it easier for players to understand parts of the game where possible. Here are some guides: What do collectibles do? How do I manually move? (spoiler, you cannot, but there is something you can do) I’m new, what do? I have a question, and I must scream



Here’s what’s on the roadmap:

Guilds

Getting on Kongregate

Getting on Google Play and the iOS App Store

Other places of interest: