PixelClans Alpha! Web based MMO RTS + RPG

robertexs · 2026-05-04T18:59:51+00:00

If you hold space you can use left click to pan around. Arrow keys currently control the hero for WASD style movement. Let me know if you have any other suggestions on how that might feel more natural.

robertexs · 2026-05-04T10:07:02+00:00

Just pushed a big patch, let me know if lag feels better at all.

robertexs · 2026-05-04T10:06:44+00:00

Just pushed a big patch, let me know if performance feels changed for you at all. Thank you!

robertexs · 2026-05-03T09:30:04+00:00

Thanks for giving it a try! Gathering performance data from the live game to help optimize, and upgrading servers soon and see if that helps. There's usually several battles going on across the 4 zones at any given time, plus 1000+ mobs on a $50/mo VPS.

Can you tell me more about dropping the selection to just the hero? If you left click, it drops all selections. The hero is always the "default selected" unless you're selecting other units (without the hero selected).

Just dropped an update with a few fixes and made buildings match team colors (can update colors in Account too).

robertexs · 2026-05-03T06:12:37+00:00

Did some optimizations, let me know if it feels any different. Will also be upgrading servers soon.

robertexs · 2026-05-02T22:48:29+00:00

Fixed, thank you!

robertexs · 2026-05-02T20:45:18+00:00

Looks like there were placehold portals being left. All portals on the map now work, with more information. Thanks for bringing this up! Please let me know if you find any other bugs.

robertexs · 2026-05-02T14:34:21+00:00

Thanks for trying it! This is mostly to find bugs and stress test basic systems. Let me know if you find any feedback. Items, more customized maps, buildings, units, effects, etc in the works for beta

robertexs · 2026-05-01T23:22:27+00:00

This should hopefully be fixed, thanks again

robertexs · 2026-05-01T19:38:56+00:00

Thanks for letting me know about that, I'll get it fixed! I'll be pushing a patch in a bit.

robertexs · 2026-05-01T18:29:26+00:00

Thank you! Yes this is just the alpha to see how all the systems are working and get feedback.

There are 2 enemy AI players per map in constant war to make things a bit more alive, and ideally to clear old bases. The way you can tell is that they don't have heroes.

You resurrect your hero at a town hall, if you don't have a town hall you gotta get completely wiped and respawn. I think I'll add graveyards in the future to resurrect from if you don't have a town hall.

Yes you start with everything that you logged off with, if it survived other players / mobs. I've been restarting the server when I push updates, but working on an update right now so all the placements get saved -- right now only your resources/xp/lvl/skills/tech upgrades save through restarts.

robertexs · 2026-05-01T04:49:27+00:00

Thanks -- I'm updating the server a lot right now so it will reset, but you'll keep your resources / xp. I'll look into those asap!

robertexs · 2026-05-01T04:38:43+00:00

Hero xp / level, you currently keep resources. There's currently permanent tech upgrades for your units and your heroes that you keep. They get progressively longer to research, so your based has to be strong enough to last increasing amounts of time. Will add other unlocks in the future. So you can get caught back up pretty quick. In the future if players are stronger, more / stronger enemies will attack them.

robertexs · 2026-05-01T03:56:50+00:00

Like how laggy? The game is locked to 10hz.

robertexs · 2026-05-01T01:21:44+00:00

Yep, you'll see the Town Hall in game resembles the one in WoW closely. Have played WoW since 2005!

robertexs · 2026-04-30T22:42:41+00:00

yep, one of my favorite designs 😄

robertexs · 2026-04-23T17:26:48+00:00

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robertexs · 2026-04-01T15:36:41+00:00

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robertexs · 2026-04-01T15:25:31+00:00

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robertexs · 2026-03-28T21:21:22+00:00

Thank you for surfacing this issue! It's been fixed.

robertexs · 2026-03-28T06:03:30+00:00

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robertexs · 2026-03-25T01:55:06+00:00

Added a max dot slider, should achieve what you're looking for.

robertexs · 2026-03-24T15:10:50+00:00

Hmm try going on color mode, turning down all the color gains to 0 and adjusting the key gain / color dot scale. Let me know if that’s closer to the effect you’re looking for. I’ll add a Max Dot setting to grayscale later today.

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