Core game mechanics and User Improvements

Added Ingame Pickups
Removed the force OTP verification for maldivian users. (OTP needs to be verified to access store)
Added a Register on browser button for users who has difficulties signing up from the game
Added View top 500 rankings button which redirects to the releases page
Added in-game Bill Boards for future monetization simulation testings
Ping is now rounded off to the nearest 1 in ingame
Implemented CSP (Content Security Policy) in Payments and identity portal to ensure our web interfaces are secure
Added support for multiple active online versions so that we can test live the production build in its actual environment
New testing workflow will follow
Added support for background processing jobs on the API side for analysis, insights and other needs
Aligned kill logs in game to the left
Added UI Animation to on change character in the character change widget
Added UI animation to the store popup confirmation and close
Animated the background for a better Main menu User experience
Removed the image on the store popup which is currently blank
Duplicated health pickups across the ingame map
Changed the health pickup to a new mesh (Green light lantern)

Visuals / 3D / Optimizations

Designed and implemented a new Damage system, Implemented as a separate subsystem that works on a seperate thread parallel to the game
Added support for ignoring armor
Added support for attacks that can do critical Damage
Improved stun calculation
Interrupt actions of the victim (attacks and skills) are no longer mandatory. Can be set as per action
Added support for Character strengths and weaknesses vs other classes
strengths and weaknesses Can be overridden by weapons in case of light and heavy attack
strengths and weaknesses Can be overridden by skills for skill specific attacks
Improved damage calculation with at least 5% of the damage being effective no matter the defense
Updated the characters to use the new damage subsystem
Bakuru bleed will not interrupt actions and ignores armor for consistent damage
Fathuma rain of arrows ignores armor. Does lower damage to balance it out
Fathuma homin arrow ignores armor. Does lower damage to balance it out

Discarded the old player state system provided by Unreal due to its limitations and designed a new one
Added support for tracking players that quit prematurely
Added support for tracking when the player joined and exited the game
Added support for tracking the "stints" a player made
Stints consist of character data and records a summary from character spawn (or respawn) to character death
Fully networked manually to ensure better network footprint and frequency of updates
Added ability to track bots as "players" in the context of scoring

Implemented system for AI controlled pawns to exist on the world
Designed and refined a behavioural tree for controlling the bots
Fully networked the pawns to have full functionality while running on server
Updated the character skills to be usable by the bots running on server
Current skill system was designed to be triggered by client devices (phones)
Created 3 bots with slightly tweaked behavioural trees for the relevant characters

Added global rankings as per the player ratings (top 20 visible in-game), top 500 visible on website
Also added support for Daily, Weekly and Monthly rankings for future use
Fully implemented in the UI (accessible via the Profile screen)
Ability track my current position even if the ranking is below the top 20

Fixed and reworked Locomotion animation of Idle, Running and Walking
Fixed and reworked Strafing for running and walking animations for all directions (R, BR, B, BL, L, FL, F, FR)
Thakuru: Added sound cue "OnDamage" for thakuru with 6 variations
Thakuru: Added sound cue "Effort" for using light attack, heavy attack and for the first skill blink.
Thakuru: Added sounds for "OnDeath"
Thakuru : Added sound cue for "OnDeath" with 6 variations

Fixed and reworked Locomotion animation of Idle, Running and Walking
Fathuma : Added new sounds and sound cue with 6 new variations for OnDamage
Fathuma : Added new sound and sound cue"Effort" with 6 variations to the Light and a repetitive sound for the heavy attack
Fathuma : On death Sounds added with 6 variations
Removed the repetitive enemy damage sound effect on skill 3 is cast on the enemy