Fame 0.8.6 released!

This time user interface was not my primary concern (although you'll find some improvements in this area, too). Instead, I tried to focus on gameplay.

In previous versions feeding the hero was very easy. You could eat a corpse of almost any killed monster. Now corpses are inedible, but they can be transformed into pieces of meat (if you possess an appropriate skill and item(s)). Additionally you can cook the meat, so that it is more nutritious.

Item handling is more complete now. There's a new window (opened from the Inventory window) that displays more details about an item. This should help players to understand Fame's item system better. An interesting thing is that it will also help players with color blindness, as cursed and blessed items were so far distinguishable only by color (red and green!).

This version features more artifacts. They are not too hard to find or obtain (yet), so you should be able to get all 9 of them (version 0.8.5 featured only 2 artifacts). I'm not counting the Crystal Skull, of course.

Saved games from 0.8.4 and 0.8.5 are still compatible with 0.8.6.

Quick overview:

• more interesting food gathering system
• providing more information about possessed items
• metal items are made from different materials, affecting their properties
• new places and new artifacts to find, each with an associated story

Detailed change log:

• new skill: cooking
• corpses not edible anymore, but can be transformed into pieces of raw meat instead
• new locations and more artifacts
• items can be now identified by one of shopkeepers
• some of side quests now appear randomly
• some of items are now made from random materials
• items do not display special features until identified
• auto-complete feature in the Bestiary
• edit boxes do not require GUI focus, user can type at any moment
• quitting game in the Permadeath Mode
• the Character window shows attribute bonus
• it is no longer possible to read in darkness through the Inventory window
• no more sucking blood from golems or undeads
• hero is once again allowed to wait 1 turn even when bleeding or poisoned
• the Inventory window does not close when clicked an invalid item in special modes (use, identify etc.)
• the Cancel button in the Inventory window is not displayed if not actually necessary
• when a window is displayed on top of another window, the previous one is shadowed
• [bugfix] the game no longer crashes when using staircases in partially random dungeons
• [bugfix] monsters other than vampires are once again vulnerable to silver weapons (bug introduced in 0.8.5)
• [bugfix] it is no longer possible to close a door blocked by an alive monster by l-clicking the door
• [bugfix] attacking monsters by l-clicking them actually works
• [bugfix] setting immersion mode from the Options window actually works
• [bugfix] details view in Hall of Fame does show correct end date

Have a nice time cooking goblins ;-)