{"id":1521,"date":"2022-10-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genxtralife.com\/heropath\/?page_id=1521"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:00:21","slug":"heropath-alpha-versions-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heropath.com\/blog\/heropath-alpha-versions-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Heropath Alpha Versions History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Version 0.7.0.12 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/genxtralife.com\/heropath\/chase-the-chalice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chase the Chalice<\/a><br>Released April 22, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A simple arcade-adventure game moving around a map where you can unlock a door with a key and kill the enemies with sword. The game\u2019s win condition has changed to requiring the player to find and carry the chalice to the altar. Game length is about three to four minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Load small world and environmental objects<br>\u2013 Load character<br>\u2013 Load monsters<br>\u2013 Load items (sword, key, chalice)<br>\u2013 Load environmental objects (altar, gate)<br>\u2013 Logic for character movement<br>\u2013 Logic for monster movement and chase behavior<br>\u2013 Logic for monster-player collision<br>\u2013 Logic for monster-sword collision<br>\u2013 Logic for item pick-up and drop<br>\u2013 Logic for gate open with key<br>\u2013 Logic for altar and chalice win condition<br>\u2013 Logic for intro, win, and lose states<br>\u2013 Some updated graphics with the Duck-Dragons having an animated biting attack (3 new assets)<br>\u2013 Some updated music \/ sound with sword sound cutting the grasses and slicing the dragon<br>\u2013 Some tweaking of object placement on the previous 600 x 600 pixels map with cliffs, brush, dirt, and grass.<br>\u2013 Drawing and updating the placement of Player, Duck-Dragons, Sword, Gate, Key, Altar, and Chalice. (4 new assets)<br>\u2013 Updates of Intro, Win, and Lose screens<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Version 0.3.0.18 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/genxtralife.com\/heropath\/destroy-the-duck-dragons\/\">Destroy the Duck-Dragons<\/a><br>Released November 5, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A simple adventure arcade game moving around a larger map where you can kill the enemies with an item you pick up. Game length is about two to three minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Load small world and environmental objects<br>\u2013 Load character<br>\u2013 Load monsters<br>\u2013 Load items (currently only a sword)<br>\u2013 Logic for character movement<br>\u2013 Logic for monster movement and chase behavior<br>\u2013 Logic for monster-player collision<br>\u2013 Logic for monster-sword collision (new code)<br>\u2013 Logic for item pick-up and drop (new code)<br>\u2013 Logic for intro, win, and lose states (new code)<br>\u2013 Updated graphics<br>\u2013 Updated music \/ sound<br>\u2013 Updated basic HUD<br>\u2013 Drawing expanded map (320 x 180 pixels to 600 x 600 pixels or 5x bigger) with cliffs, brush, dirt, and grass (existing assets in new map)<br>\u2013 Drawing and placement of Duck-Dragons (new assets)<br>\u2013 Drawing and placement of Sword and Player (new assets)<br>\u2013 Drawing and placement of Intro, Win, and Lose screens (new assets)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Version 0.0.0.8 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/genxtralife.com\/heropath\/ducking-out-of-dodge\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"976\">Dodge the Duck-Dragons<\/a><br>Released April 30, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A simple arcade game avoiding the enemies with game length less than a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Load arena<br>\u2013 Load character<br>\u2013 Load monsters<br>\u2013 Logic for character movement<br>\u2013 Logic for monster entrance and movement<br>\u2013 Logic for monster-player collision<br>\u2013 Updated graphics<br>\u2013 Updated music \/ sound<br>\u2013 Updated basic HUD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Version 0.0.0.2 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/genxtralife.com\/heropath\/first-sights-first-steps\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"710\">First Sights, First Steps<\/a><br>Released February 2, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A simple puzzle game using keys and doors with game length less than a minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Load grid map<br>\u2013 Load character<br>\u2013 Load objects (keys, doors, chalice)<br>\u2013 Logic for character movement<br>\u2013 Logic for key pickup and door unlock<br>\u2013 Logic for capturing chalice resets map<br>\u2013 Updated graphics<br>\u2013 Updated demonstration map<br>\u2013 Updated on-screen instructions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Heropath: The Meta-RPG was launched as Closed Alpha Version 1.0 on July 2, 2016. The game was taken offline in 2019 and is being re-developed with a full version reset as of October 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Version 0.7.0.12 &#8211; Chase the ChaliceReleased April 22, 2023 A simple arcade-adventure game moving around a map where you can unlock a door with a key and kill the enemies with sword. The game\u2019s win condition has changed to requiring the player to find and carry the chalice to the altar. Game length is about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/heropath.com\/blog\/heropath-alpha-versions-history\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Heropath Alpha Versions History&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1521","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heropath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heropath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heropath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heropath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heropath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/heropath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heropath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}