There is a brand new Version of the Coliseum demo up for download here at Shrapnel, at the place where you downloaded the original demo.
It adds new balance tweaks, features and changes, many requested by Users. It should be more challenging now than before.
Here is the technical list of changes:
- Completely redid the starting warrior stat generation to be more even and balanced early on (less of a gap between the various warriors stats) to make the overall league more competitive and balanced than before - this change will effectively make gambling a little tougher than before, since stats tend to be more even overall, so it will fix most problems with gambling being "broken" and will also make training more important
- Altered advertising and attendance to more closely match the records of the fighters and the "interest" level of the match, and made advertising revenue a bit more varied so that "maxing out" isn't always the best option
- Added a NEW feature: You can alter the combat strategy in the middle of a match by yelling various things or strategies at your warrior (changing stategies by being aggressive, more defensive, etc.) if you go below 20 WP. It will amplify the effect of an already chosen strategy at the beginning of the fight as well. This will allow managers to be more involved in the flow and outcome of a fight sometimes!
- Made training a bit more expensive, so it's tougher (almost impossible early on) to "max out"; altered it to be a bit more effective too, to balance out the cost
- Fixed all known bugs, including the warrior "rename" bug, occasional potion bugs, and auctioning off a top warrior and having his record still show up in the top standings with the name blank
- Added two new text delay options - 1 second (for a fast fight) and 8 seconds (to make for easier reading)
- Tweaked fights to improve "flow" and make a little bit more "sense" in terms of the stats displayed (though upsets are still possible)
- Added more combat sound effects
Link is here:
Demo 1.01 Download
Thanks and have fun!