Hardland - Release 6 Now Available

Hardland, a new open-world action/adventure RPG from indie studio Mountain Sheep, got a fairly extensive update today, with erosion-based terrain and randomized NPC's.

• The first iteration of the new erosion based terrain system (iteration 2 coming soon!)
• Brand new story generator which randomizes NPC items as well as generates character names, titles, dialogue and simple quests
• New set of younger villagers (men & women)
• Save functionality improved so that player position is now remembered and new world is only generated on request in the main menu
• New dialogue and examine camera
• The merchant has the ability to sell and buy items
• Support for item prices
• New sprinting mechanic which consumes stamina (ala Dark Souls)
• More variants of Town Guards, Forgotten Folk, Goblins Villagers and Wood Elves
• Improved Wood Elf animations and plenty of other smaller art asset tweaks
• Unique carry positions for characters and items

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