Destructive Contraptions News

Hello friends,

I never expected that localization would become such a difficult thing to implement. In my last update i said that the localization was completed ie. the coding of the systems were completed. Little did i know that i was in for a surprise. My old way of doing localization had such a drawback that at some point i still didnt understand what the errors meant. I spent a few weeks in a last ditch efforts to fix the errors but it was of no use. Finally i planned to scrap the old system and redo the whole localization.

The new localization system is far more superior and extensible. So far it has been able to show most requested languages - Chinese , Japanese, Korean, Russian. So i am happy that my current system is able to show the text. However i am not 100% sure since a lot of texts have not been translated yet to some of the languages , but the coding is 100% done. So i can move on to other aspects for the updates.

I am also testing with the Night Mode of the scene since users have requested a night scene. Its not finalized yet but so far the tests seems to be positive and hopefully it will be integrated to the update also. Lets see what happens.


PS: - I am sure there will be errors in Translation. So if you can help fix it please let me know. I will fix it ASAP

Here are some screenshots for the localization system :

Hello ,

It has been 3 months since the last months. A lot of you have asked us on Discord and other social media handles about the current progress of the game. As promised I was quietly working on updating a lot of features. So, today i am finally disclosing some of the things that this major update will cover.

• Localization Is implemented. (Kindly contact us if you can help us with more translations.)
  
• A New map. Models are being drawn.
  
• A lot more props as requested by our fans. Full List will be disclosed with the Release notes.
  

Expected Release Date for the update should be by June 2023.

In the upcoming weeks i will add a development branch for this game , so that people can test the update and help me iron out bugs.

More news in the upcoming posts.

Thanks for the support.

Agniv Chandra
Gamergetik

Happy New Year everyone. I wish you all the best for 2023.

• In this update I have added STEAM ACHIEVEMENTS to the game. More achievements will be added as we keep adding contents to the game.
  
• Also I have added football props to the game. This was expected to be released before the Football World cup but due to some reasons the update got delayed. But anyways its better late than never. So the football prop is being added to this update. Enjoy.
  

Let me know if you are facing any errors.

Thanks,
Team Gamergetik.

Hello,

In this update first we added the following features :

• Added Beach balls as requested. There are 5 color variations.
  
  
  
• Seperate Tutorial scene instead of ingame. You can access it from Main Menu.
  
  
  
  
• Removed Show Tutorials on Startup option from settings menu since the tutorial is moved to seperate scene now.
  
  

[h2]Important Notice about Future updates.[/h2]
Let me be honest with the current state of Destructive Contraptions and its future roadmap. As you already noticed the updates are getting delayed. Let me tell you the reason. My partner who was doing all the art work for this game has left working on the game industry in pursue of his dream job. So we parted ways. We are still friends and we are on good terms. He just wanted to do other things in life which i respect and i wish him all the best for that.
Now, I was programming all the features and some of the features like ragdolls , new props, cars and some secret props are already programmed. But i can't really show them to you all since it uses all the prototype models. So now i have to go back and model the props myself. This is the reason why the updates are getting delayed. But don't worry i am not abandoning this game since the game is already finished (In terms of programming features). The update schedule from now on will be small and consistent instead of big but irregular.

I hope you will all stay with me.

Thanks,
Agniv,
Team Gamergetik.

Hello,

After releasing the Workshop update we found out some minor bugs. So this update will address those bugs.

The list of fixes include the following :-

• Fixed : Workshop preview image not updating when the file is updated.
  
• Fixed : Workshop title and description not updating on updating the file.
  

Following are the Design Choices Which are not bugs :-

• Since Steam has a size limitation of having 1-2mb preview images, the preview image may not always be high quality. In that case you are free to add any custom image through the steam workshop page. We cant do anything in this case since if we raise the image size then the file will not be uploaded. So we suggest you to first update the file on workshop , then use the steam workshop page to upload custom images for workshop display. (However this would only be seen while browsing workshop.)
  
  
• When the game is first loaded the downloaded levels will be empty from the load panel. In that case simply use the refresh button to refresh the levels. (provided steam has a internet connection). This is done to avoid duplication of downloaded files. This is again not a bug. Also you have to refresh the page a couple of times depending on your network. Just wait a few minutes before retrying.
  
  

Thanks for the support.
Team Gamergetik