Hero's Hour

Devlog

• v2.5.0 - the Balance update
  May 09, 2023 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  And now, I present v2.5.0 - the Balance update. It’s live on several platforms, and will be going live on the others as we’re able to. If you read my update log after v2.4, you might notice a slig... Continue reading

  
• Hero's Hour v2.3 - Magical Update
  December 08, 2022 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Hi all! This is ThingOnItsOwn, checking in and saying some words about what's going on, development-wise. It's been a long quiet period overall in my communication, in general and especially on itch... Continue reading

  
• Steam keys and v2.0.5
  March 07, 2022 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Hi there! Just a quick update: Steam keys are now available for anyone who has bought the game on itch io. This can be found on the purchase page, which can be found by logging into itch, going to you... Continue reading

  
• v2.0 RELEASE
  March 01, 2022 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  STEAM AND GOG RELEASE Today is a merry day, because Hero's Hour has ended its 1 year hibernation and has claimed the lands of STEAM AND GOG! That's right! Hero's Hour has now hit v 2.0 and has landed... Continue reading

  
• Renaissance Update - Hero's Hour v 1.9
  January 30, 2022 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Okay. This is it. The end of the road. Hero's Hour v 2.0 aka the Steam release is now drawing near, with a release date on the 1st of March. That's right. March 1st. Hero's Hour v 2.0 on Steam, includ... Continue reading

  
• Community Faction Vote - New Years Update
  January 01, 2022 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  A quick update on exciting new things going on in January 2022! Happy new year! Community Faction I'm starting to prepare the 12th faction for Hero's Hour, the long-touted community designed faction... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Update - Hero's Hour v 1.8
  December 18, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  A new update has dropped. This has been the update that has been the longest time in the works, and I believe it might also be the largest update to date. Back in October, I was given the opportunity... Continue reading

  
• Game Changing update - Hero's Hour v 1.7
  October 21, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Hello everyone. Long time, no see. It's been an absolutely absurd amount of time since last we talked. I've had previews for v 1.7 up on the discord for so long now - and so many previews - I feel lik... Continue reading

  
• Lorekeeper Update - Hero's Hour v 1.5+v 1.6
  September 20, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  It's been three weeks since I last did a devlog. It's been three very busy weeks. Well, sort of. I actually took almost a full week away from working on the project after releasing v1.5 a couple days... Continue reading

  
• Fanfare update - Hero's Hour v 1.4
  August 28, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Big update this week. Hero's Hour v 1.4 comes with a lot of new features 17 new spells +9 adventure map spells Mage's Guild rework 17 new hero skills 3 new units All new battle and overworld music by... Continue reading

  
• Earthen Rise update - Hero's Hour v 1.3
  August 15, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Once upon a time, Hero's Hour had weekly updates, a format I have since then strayed from because doing polish takes foreeeeever. Luckily, this week I focused on some much more specific features, mean... Continue reading

  
• Hero's Hour v.1.2 and 6 months on Itch io
  August 07, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Hero's Hour v.1.2 is now live! There's a new faction and two technical map editors - the two map editors will continue to be improved until the next update at least. But the new faction is pretty cool... Continue reading

  
• Custom Map Editor - Hero's Hour v.1.1.7
  July 28, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Welcome back to the crazy tales of development corner for Hero's Hour. Since the last update, I've been hard at work creating a custom map editor. Or, well, half of the full custom map editor package... Continue reading

  
• Distant Lands release - 50% sale to celebrate 6 months of development
  July 14, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  It's done. Well, nothing is ever truly done. But now v 1.1 is in a more stable spot than 1.04, which was known as remarkably stable. There's also been a lot more stuff added since the beta release 1½... Continue reading

  
• v 1.1 Beta - Hero's Hour Distant Lands update
  July 03, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  So! Welcome back. It's been a couple of weeks since the Hero's Hour v1 release! That was an exciting time, but it also had been a long while mostly focusing on polish, stability and minor changes. So... Continue reading

  
• Hero's Hour v1 release!
  June 20, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Hero's Hour v1 is now out! It brings sooo many updates and a new, 8th faction. Price has increased to 10$. I was told to price the game 1$ for each hour of content in it, so it's still on the cheap si... Continue reading

  
• Release Date 20th of June
  June 12, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Another week, another upda... Wait. That's not what this is. Well, it is an update. I have three pages of patch notes to share. Some substantial new features too, even. But the biggest focus is: Getti... Continue reading

  
• Close to the Finish Line - Hero's Hour v0997
  May 25, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Hero's Hour v0997 has landed! Working on a game like Hero's Hour is a strange experience, since making changes can feel like small drops in a large bucket. Two skill reworks, at least six new units, u... Continue reading

  
• Local Multiplayer Update - Hero's Hour v0995
  May 15, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Another week, another update. I wasn't really planning for there to be any headline features this week, just some all-around polish, but, well, things never turn out like you plan for. FEATURES Local... Continue reading

  
• Ultimate Update - Hero's Hour v0994
  May 08, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Two weeks ago, I made the devlog about the Penultimate update. Well, I've been hard at work since then. Thus I now bring: The Ultimate Update. Not as in the best, but as in the last big update before... Continue reading

  
• Penultimate Update - Hero's Hour
  April 24, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Alright! This update is a huge step towards the completion of Hero's Hour, and I plan to after this get right into the meat of v1 release features. It's an exciting time! v1 will be a really exciting... Continue reading

  
• Diversity Update - Hero's Hour v096
  April 17, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  This devlog is going to go over two major updates: v095 and v096. Both of them add polish - but we're talking pretty big chunks of polish. Like, "change up the way the first weeks of the game feel" ki... Continue reading

  
• Life and Death update - Hero's Hour v094
  April 09, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  I've been hard at work throughout the week, doing many small features, changes and fixes. The sum of the parts is, er, an absurdly large amount of stuff? There's a lot of Quality of Life features, suc... Continue reading

  
• Challenge Update - Hero's Hour v09
  April 02, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  It's been a busy week in Hero's Home (the Hero's Hour discord server ), and it's been a busy week in game-dev land too! There's been a lot of small changes, balance and polish, and after a full week -... Continue reading

  
• Bridge-Building Update - Hero's Hour v0841
  March 27, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Another smaller update coming here! It's been a tumultuous week, but nonetheless, in all, some good process has been made. A lot of bug fixes. Some polish to the main screen and to the town overview... Continue reading
• Game Blowing Up and Discord!
  March 23, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Hiya folks! First, Hero's Hour now has a discord server if you want to hang out with other people who enjoy strategy RPGs. I'm also pretty active over there, so any feedback about the game can be rece... Continue reading

  
• Compatibility Update - Hero's Hour v082
  March 21, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Whether or not I do devlogs for these smaller version updates changes quite a bit, but looking over the patchnotes, I thought I kind of had to. There's just so many changes, big and small. Nonetheless... Continue reading

  
• Identity Update - Hero's Hour v.08
  March 19, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Welcome to Hero's Hour as it was always meant to be - a game with a unique identity and not just a clone of Heroes of Might and Magic. The Identity Update brings with it sweeping changes to gameplay a... Continue reading

  
• Quality Update - Hero's Hour v.07
  March 13, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Welcome to Hero's Hour v.07! This update brings a lot of quality of life and graphical features, and also a few things that will change up gameplay. I'll get right to the patch notes, and then afterwa... Continue reading

  
• Reserve Overhaul update - Hero's Hour v.062
  March 09, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

  This is not a big feature update, but there are still a lot of changes from v061 (and especially from v06!), so I wanted to do a full devlog just for the change notes. FEATURES in v062: Reserve system... Continue reading

  
• Sieges & Fear update - Hero's Hour v.06
  March 06, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Another week of work, another major update! I'll keep this devlog brief, since there's just so much to cover. Major Features Sieges! When attacking a castle or a dwelling, you will have to fight your... Continue reading

  
• Random Map Generation w/ Symmetry and Adventure Objects
  February 28, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  #procedural generation, #guide, #random, #procedural, #map, #generation, #adventure

  Hero's Hour was from the very start based around a random map generator, which has become more sophisticated through the last months and, as of the v.05 update, sports quite an amazing flexibility. Th... Continue reading

  
• Maps & Adventure update - Hero's Hour v.05
  February 27, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Maps & Adventure - Hero's Hour v.05 A full week of work and a fully evolved game! This update brings a couple of major features and a lot of smaller ones, giving you more options of how to play the ga... Continue reading

  
• Major Update to v.04 - Hero's Hour
  February 21, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  I have been working towards Hero's Hour v04 for a long time, and now it is done. It has all the features I wanted: More control over battles, music, sound, and a better, polished game feel. Compared t... Continue reading

  
• Sound Update - Hero's Hour v035
  February 19, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  This update is rather large - in fact, it has the file size of the game go from 3mb to 120mb. This is because it brings sounds and music to the game! But that's not all! It also brings new artifacts a... Continue reading

  
• Combat Update - Hero's Hour v033
  February 15, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Here comes update v033 - a big update to the battle system, and a lot of polish and bug fixes. HEROES JOIN THE FIGHT - Heroes now join as a unit on the battlefield. - power scales with level, att... Continue reading

  
• Hero's Hour v03 (now v032)
  February 14, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

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  Just a week after release of v01, here comes v03 - bringing lots of cool new features and tweaks. NEW FEATURES: Updated town sprites, which evolve as your town grows Each evolution grants town perks,... Continue reading

  
• Hero's Hour v02
  February 09, 2021 by ThingOnItsOwn

  Hero's Hour version 02 arrives with new features, mechanics and a whole lot of fixes. 17 new Creature dwellings adventure objects protected by preset armies of three units once captured, gives a rewar... Continue reading