Qorena — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Post Mortem | 2023-12-06 | Qorena has went through a lot of trial and error in the span of 4 years (+1 year of post-game support). From its original debut in 2018, to it's final release in 2022, and post-release support this year in 2023. Now, I finally announce my post-mortem for this game. Progress Timeline 2018 Maze Qore Arena released commercially into early access on Itch - to an audience of crickets. The game has later switched to a non-commercial early access model. 2019 The multi-player build begins development. Single player build is updated and improved. 2020 The game releases in early access on Steam, for free - to an audience of crickets. Multi-player build |
| Qorena available for Free on SHMUP Fest! | 2023-09-26 | Qorena is currently available for FREE even after SHMUP Fest! 5 action-packed campaign missions. More than a dozen survival levels. Upgrades that turn your classic pea-shooters into powerful obliterators! Various enemies to slay and pray! Customize your mannequin! We will also be hosting playthroughs of the game on YouTube throughout this week! Subscribe to our YouTube channel and keep an eye on this playlist for updates. Full Playlist Here LOOKING FOR PLAYERS? Join our Discord server and pair up with other players for a match. We hope you will enjoy playing Qorena! Bring friends and enter the arena! |
| Qorena Update - Version 0.9.3 | 2023-07-27 | Last update, we released the Campaign Update, introducing the new game mode for mission scenario action with friends and/or bots. Now we brought 4 more missions into the fray! Aquamarine - Infiltrate the docks to steal plans for an experimental submarine. Scorch - Storm the beach, fight your way through an airfield, and liberate a suburban village. Valheim - March through a cold blizzard, destroy artillery, find an obscure base, and steal docs from a winter village town. Veritas - Storm through a moving train (be it from floor or top), slaughter your way to the engine room to hijack the train. Slog through a wet jungle marsh and rescue pinned |
| The Honest Truth About The Current State of Qorena | 2023-06-23 | TIME FOR THE TRUTH: We will be bluntly honest. There was a sale planned in the Fall of this year for the SHMUP Fest, however due to recent turn of events regarding Evil Epic Games, that will not be happening anymore as the game is now free to play - that and we honestly had no more faith that players were willing to buy the game. The purchase of this game is no longer as important as our primary objective to provide an intuitive reason that will convince you to care enough to give this game a chance by playing it and inspiring others to play it with you. All we truly want is to see servers with many players playing the game (preferably in the |
| Qorena Update - Version 0.9.2 | 2023-06-23 | The Campaign game mode is finally here with Version 0.9.2! You can now fight against enemy forces in campaign mission packs alone or with bots offline, or with friends and strangers online. For now, only one mission pack exists - Operation Desert Storm. This will change in the future with 4 more mission packs. The level editor will have to arrive later (likely in 0.9.4 earliest). IMPROVEMENTS: Campaign Update - Play a series of mission packs alone or with friends in the new Campaign mode! The map cycle feature now switches to the appropriate game mode to accommodate for the selection accordingly. Cloud storage saves have been updated to save |
| WE ARE DONE WITH EPIC GAMES: ALL Unreal Engine games will become FREE FOREVER. | 2023-05-31 | We have made an important announcement regarding all of our products actively being sold on all digital storefronts. Any that use Unreal Engine it are extremely affected. The COMPLETE article can be read here. For those of you who are too busy or too lazy to read a two-page long sermon on what is happening, here is the TL:DR version: We have decided to do what many developers may consider "the unthinkable", or even "the utterly insane". From this day forth, we will begin the process to convert ALL of our projects using any of the Unreal Engines into NON-COMMERCIAL ones or switch engines. ALL games using UE currently on storefronts will become |
| The 2023 Steam Spring Sale is here! | 2023-03-17 | The 2022 Steam Winter Sale is here! Qorena is 10% off from now until March 23! Slaughter waves of Imperials with your friends or with bots (offline and online), upgrading on supplies each peacetime wave interval! |
| Qorena Update - Version 0.9.1 | 2023-03-13 | It has been a while since this game was updated. Important fixes to the game has been applied along with a major graphical revamp. IMPROVEMENTS: The map cycle feature has been fixed completely. You can now add any maps you desire into the cycle and they will be played in the order of top to bottom (and rinse and repeat). You can now play levels in rotating fashion in Instant Action just as you can in online Multiplayer. Initially, you could only play the 1st level from the cycle which would restart that same level after each match. Restore Upgrades on Death finally works. Cloud storage saves are now properly functional for Qorena. The old Maz |
| The 2022 Steam Winter Sale is here! | 2022-12-26 | The 2022 Steam Winter Sale is here! Qorena is 25% off for the rest of this month until January 5th! Slaughter waves of Imperials with your friends or with bots (offline and online), upgrading on supplies each peacetime wave interval! |
| Qorena Released out of Early Access! | 2022-07-07 | After 4 years, Qorena is finally out of Early Access and onto full release! Those of you who downloaded the game during the EA already got to keep it free. Others will have to buy it now at standard price. NEW FEATURES Improved Spectator Menu Players can now access spectator mode at the pause menu. This will undeploy the player. If you wish to join the fray again, click Play on the spectator panel. Assuming "Allow Late Join" is enabled in settings, the player will deploy instantly, otherwise they will be deployed in the next peacetime interval. Map Cycle List You can now add levels into the map cycle list. This list will also be used to switc |
| Weekly Qorena Playtest - [5/28/22] | 2022-05-21 | Another Qorena Foresight Playtest this weekend! Anyone is welcome to join! To participate, follow the instructions through the Qore World website. If in the event the official server is full, you are encouraged to host a new one and invite friends to join it. We hope you will enjoy the first of the weekly playtest to come. This will be ongoing until version 1.0 release. |
| Weekly Qorena Playtest - [5/21/22] | 2022-05-14 | Another Qorena Foresight Playtest this weekend! Anyone is welcome to join! To participate, follow the instructions through the Qore World website. If in the event the official server is full, you are encouraged to host a new one and invite friends to join it. We hope you will enjoy the first of the weekly playtest to come. This will be ongoing until version 1.0 release. |
| Weekly Qorena Playtest - [5/14/22] | 2022-05-08 | Another Qorena Foresight Playtest this weekend! Anyone is welcome to join! To participate, follow the instructions through the Qore World website. If in the event the official server is full, you are encouraged to host a new one and invite friends to join it. We hope you will enjoy the first of the weekly playtest to come. This will be ongoing until version 1.0 release. |
| Weekly Qorena Playtest - [5/7/22] | 2022-05-06 | Another Qorena Foresight Playtest this weekend! Anyone is welcome to join! To participate, follow the instructions through the Qore World website. If in the event the official server is full, you are encouraged to host a new one and invite friends to join it. We hope you will enjoy the first of the weekly playtest to come. This will be ongoing until version 1.0 release. |
| Weekly Qorena Playtest - [4/30/22] | 2022-04-30 | On this special day, we are kicking off the first Qorena Foresight Playtest! Anyone is welcome to join! To participate, follow the instructions through the Qore World website. If in the event the official server is full, you are encouraged to host a new one and invite friends to join it. We hope you will enjoy the first of the weekly playtest to come. This will be ongoing until version 1.0 release. |
| Nominate Maze Qore Arena for Steam Awards! | 2021-11-26 | This game has been out for a full year, improving the game overtime. We truly want to make a fun game that is worth the player's time (however long it takes...), so much that we have made the entire early access free rather than charge money like most developers typically would do with their games (which is also fine). The most important to us is feedback. This will tell us what we are doing right and wrong with the game and how to make it better and more worthwhile. _______________________________ We don't expect for Maze Qore Arena to win this year's Steam Awards, yet it is worth a try. A nomination or Labor of Love while not required, woul |
| Maze Qore Arena Update & Plans for Overhaul - Version 0.7.0 | 2021-11-26 | Greetings! The new 0.7 update for Maze Qore Arena is now available! In this update, we have been hard at work to deliver yet another a new game mode, and a few more new levels! NEW GAME MODE: IDENTITY THEFT: Steal the ID card, escape the area or kill all the other players to win! Player with the fastest completion time wins! IMPROVEMENTS New game mode: Identity Theft. New map: Outdoors - Imperial Base. New map: Outdoors - Deserted Town. Introduced a PS1/PC-classic graphics aesthetic. Improved the AI to perform better with Flag Hustle, and the Riots. KNOWN BUGS Bot AI may still have a few hiccups with Identity Theft. We might work towards fixi |
| Maze Qore Arena Multi-player Patch - Version 0.6.2 | 2021-02-13 | Greetings! Just fixed a few lighting bugs with two levels in the game, and improved movement for the players on network games. Fixes minor latency flaw with player movement on listen server matches. Fixed lighting ray-fighting in levels "Doctor Sid's Lab", and "Cloud Nine". _________ - Establish, Explore, Expand. |
| Maze Qore Arena Multi-player Patch - Version 0.6.1 | 2021-02-08 | Greetings! We fixed a major latency issue preventing online play on listen servers. This was discovered last year after testing connections to servers and trying the new levels. Fixes major latency flaws with gameplay on listen server matches. Projectiles now fire at the proper position on listen server. Fixed latency cap prematurely set lower than usual in the Engine's config files (Epic Games screwed up again with 4.25), and copies same settings to the project for insurance. Removed Stomt bug reporting feature for Multiplayer build (since no one seems to care enough to use it and it broke in 4.26). NOTE: This patch applies only to Windows. |
| Maze Qore Arena Multi-player Update - Version 0.6.0 | 2020-11-21 | Greetings! The new 0.6 update for Maze Qore Arena is now available! In this update, we have been hard at work to deliver a new game mode, and several more new levels! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnV6bmLXcAAY3iV?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnV6bqpXcAYR8Cd?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnV6bmdXMAETZHQ?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnV6bmOWEAAOkHE?format=jpg&name=large IMPROVEMENTS New game mode: Jail Bait. New map: Yellow Sector - Fahrenheit. New map: Red Sector - Peer Pressure. New map: Quarantine Zone - Doctor Sid's Lab. New map: Grey Sector - The Killing Floor. New map: Dream Sect |
| Singleplayer Quick-Fix Update | 2020-09-22 | We have made a mistake regarding the singleplayer build. Our original thought was that Steam's demo system would still work in liaison with the full version. Little did we know it would replace the demo and render it inoperable once the full version is purchased. Understanding this, we have decided to release a quick update. This is not a hotfix but rather a notice to our early access players. The singleplayer build is now integrated with the full version. The demo still remains for those who miss out on the early access phase (which shall end on Holiday 2020). It will be there forever. _____ Establish, Explore, Expand. |
| Maze Qore Arena Multi-player Now Available! [Version 0.5.0] | 2020-09-20 | Initially, we stated prior sometime in the past that multiplayer will mark the day Maze Qore Arena leaves early access with a price tag, but after some months deciding hard on it, and re-evaluating the quality of the single-player component, we decided to release the first multiplayer update free into early access, and we will continue this tradition until Version 1.0, which will mark the full release out of early access. In addition, we have already decided to make the singleplayer version a separate component via 'demo' release, available on the front page. Now please note. this game is still not complete, let alone feature complete. We sti |
| Maze Qore Arena Single-player Patch - Version 0.4.2 | 2020-08-12 | Greetings! We found another game-breaker and while we were at it, we took this chance to polish the prologue and eulogue screens for the game with simpler descriptions that hopefully won't bore you to death or feel like some kid with ADHD wrote it. Fixed a game-breaking bug that prevents saving and loading the game properly. Fixed a game-breaking bug that prevents starting a new game properly. Added the ability to delete games in both the save game and load game menus. Removed the unfinished mini-map in the single-player mode as it is useless and serves no more valuable than a special top-down mirror. Apologies for the inconvenience. Hope you |
| Maze Qore Arena Single-player Patch - Version 0.4.1 | 2020-08-11 | Greetings! Right upon launch from our last major update, we discovered some game breakers and a few issues with AI navigation. We have fixed the following: The ceilings in the Yellow Sector mission, "Minefield" is now passable and thus the final mine can be cleared with the mine detector. Navigation meshes in several levels have been fixed to allow full AI navigation, particularly in the Green Sector mission "Resonance!". The HUD has been resized, taking less of the screen. Fixed a bug when starting a new game. It shall now start a clean, new slate instead of loading the last continue save. Apologies for the inconvenience. Hope you will still |
| Maze Qore Arena Single-player Update - Version 0.4.0 | 2020-08-10 | Greetings! The new 0.4 update for Maze Qore Arena is now available! Today's update is a very special one. As we focus on the multiplayer side of our game, we decided to review the overall quality of our project. After surveying the game and analyzing feedback from gamers and critics who've tried our game, we realized the previous art style the game released with is not adequate for today's gaming market. We wanted to go for an unlit, cartoon style synonymous with flash games from Newgrounds and with our philosophy, we expected the gameplay to stand out more and make up for the unlit 2D style. This did not seem to work as well as we had hoped. |
| Maze Qore Arena Single-player Update - Version 0.3.0 | 2020-08-03 | Greetings! We have released a new minor update for Maze Qore Arena, which fixes a few bugs and polishes the game with new features, as well as pave the way for the upcoming multiplayer update. Improvements: Most objects above the player now fade when overlapping with the camera view distance. This is known as CVOF (Camera View Object Fading). For instance, if you enter buildings with a 'roof' they will fade instead of blocking your way. To complement CVOF, few structures are no longer transparent by default, such as those in the Yellow Sector missions. Changes: Upgraded to Unreal Engine 4.25. Added folder directory path preparation for the mu |