Hero Designer wza talks about the exciting upcoming changes in HoN 3.2. Be on the lookout for major hero re-works, balance changes, and more coming your way July 26.
07/20/2013 3:23 AM
Topic: Development
Want to meet Paula Garces and the creators of Aluna? Looking to pick up some Aluna swag? Want to shake hands with S2 Diva and Loremeister? Stop by the Allegory booth #1621 at San Diego Comic Con beginning July 18!
Stay tuned to the HoN forums to learn how you can enter for a chance to win a Conquistador Aluna Alt Avatar.
07/18/2013 1:43 AM
Topic: Community
Patch 3.2 is on its way! In two weeks you can expect to see a significant number of exciting gameplay changes. This patch will feature a few major hero changes that truly show our continuing effort to create diversity within HoN's hero pool. 3.2 will also bring a few Mid-Wars changes that will address some community concerns and add a little more excitement to the mode!
So stay tuned for updates and teasers on the patch as it nears release, and be sure to visit the forums to keep up with the latest discussions.
-Buro
07/12/2013 9:25 PM
Topic: Development
Hey guys, I'm [S2]malloc. I've been a programmer on HoN for over 2 years now, and I was the one who wrote the majority of HoN's bot code. I'm also the S2 liaison for and manager of the Community Bot Team.
As many of you know, the Community Bot Team is a group of community members who work with developers in the community to create and refine new hero bots, behaviors, and AI fixes into HoN.
So far you've seen much of their and the community's work implemented in HoN; the Amun-Ra, Rhapsody, Soul Reaper, and Engineer bots are all works of community ingenuity! But there's been issues with our submission process, as well as the way we were managing code before. It had created a large hurdle between code being accepted and code being integrated into the game (especially for smaller projects and fixes). That's why we sat down and refined our process, but most importantly decided to move the code to GitHub.
GitHub is an online, open-source code management system that makes it much easier for the Bot Team to work with community developers and their code. It allows them to more easily merge changes from community projects into their code base, which in turn makes it easier for me to work with them to get it into S2's code base. It also makes the whole process much more transparent to everyone, and is very easy to use.
Basically, it makes it easier for your code to get into the game. The easier that is, the more changes and improvements the bots will get (and the more rewards go to the authors).
We've set up some posts to help everyone get set up with GitHub, as well as updated our submission posts to make it as clear as possible how your code gets into the game.
For those that don't want to use GitHub directly, a forum-based review will still be supported; once your forum-review is complete, the reviewer will integrate your code into the GitHub repo.
So let's get started creating awesome AI! Visit the Bot Forum, or join the conversation on IRC.
07/12/2013 4:51 AM
Topic: Community
The last of the Sang-La warriors has descended! Join Jeet Kune Dragon in his search for the Jade Scriptures.
This master of hand-to-hand combat studied with the Sang-La Warrior monks and learned to move like water upon the battlefield, smashing faces with a flurry of punches, kicks, and nunchaku!
