Q&A with Fiveamp Team - Dev Log #1
Hey everyone!
Welcome to our very first Dev Log! ːluvː
The Fiveamp Team got together and answered all of your questions.
Expect more Dev Logs in the future covering the next major update for PickCrafter... V6!
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Q: What is the thing you are most looking forward to releasing and plans for the next content update after V6? A: We can't wait for the Ascension Skill Tree to be released! After that, we're still not sure. Maybe a Pickaxe Creator? Maybe buildings?
Q: Will there be Netherite added to PickCrafter? A: Yes.
Q: Do you plan to make collaboration with other game developers in the future? What should we expect? A: We're doing a minor collaboration with Techni to add a biome to V6 based on Blightfall. Besides that, we currently got no plans.
Q: What is the best Pickaxe in the game? A: There is no Pickaxe in the game that is designed to be the best. Each and every Pickaxe can be it's best in certain situations. Havi's personal favorite is Yogg's Tentacle.
Q: How can I get the "WHAMMY" achievement? A: This is earned by drinking the Critical Hit Potion and then tapping / clicking 10,000 times.
Q: How does it feel to have worked on such a huge game that's loved by so many people? A: It's truly an honor. We are blessed to have such a passionate community that we've built for all these years. Without you guys, there is no PickCrafter. The community and the massive amount of support is still going strong and we will continue to make PickCrafter better and better with tons of new content to come! ːluvː
Q: What made the development of Pickcrafter occur? A: It started out as a Pickaxe swinging type of idea, then we thought it would be cool to gamify it like Cookie Clicker. After that, we learned Unity and then marched towards the first release.
Q: Will there be another exclusive PPS item for V6 like the one from V2 like the Rare Key/Legacy Relic? A: As of right now, we don't have any plans for this. But we are willing to look into this in the future.
Q: I would like the blocks of the past events to be saved. For example: I play an event and when it ends, I lose all the items but when the same event returns I recover everything. A: We feel the frustration that some players have regarding this design decision. Events are something we would really love to improve on. Create more unique and fun events, better rewards, and so on. Make sure to share your ideas with us. It really matters and helps us build an amazing game and make PickCrafter stronger than ever before ːluvː
Q: Will the biomes before The Sun get prestige locked or will you add new ones? A: Both! The Nether, The End, and Twilight Forest will become prestige locked, but we're adding the Deep Dark, which is not.
Q: What is going on at your headquarters? A: Haha, we're a remote work company. We have no headquarters 😉
Q: What will the Enchanted Table (that we saw it in that picture of V6) do? A: It gives you PPS. The community seems to think it's the icon for either a new skill or a new system, but really, we noticed that Obsidian (among others) had no PPS item associated with it, so we were like "what's a useful thing you can build out of obsidian in Minecraft?" Sorry to disappoint!
Q: Will there be new trophy levels? If so, which ones? A: This is something we would love to revisit at some point. As of right now, it is not our focus but make sure to share all of your feedback and ideas you have regarding trophies!
Q: In which month you plan to release V6? A: No timetable as of yet - we want to make sure things work and feel good from a player's perspective ːluvː
Q: What are your plans after V7? A: We believe you mean V6? V6, the upcoming version will be a very important release for the state of the game in general. From a developer and player standpoint. Rebalance to make the game feel more complete, and a more organized code base for us developers to make features more quickly. After V6, we have ideas of a Pickaxe Skin Creator Tool and a way to combine different parts of a Pickaxe. More details to come in the future!
Q: Does the dev team like Among Us? A: Yes. In fact, we all have played several rounds together. Some of them are very sus 👀
Q: Will there be any new Fiveamp members in the future? A: As we develop new games and grow bigger as a company, we definitely will be adding new people to the Fiveamp Team!
Q: Will we lose all of our progress when PickCrafter V6 comes out? A: You won't be losing any of your progress!
Q: How many Prestige Levels are there? The tools/armor get a new adjective in their names after every prestige up, but there aren't infinite adjectives.
So if it is somehow infinite: How? And what happens when you have more prestige than there are adjectives? And if it's not infinite: How much time would you estimate it taking to 100% the game? What even is 100% in this game? A: What if we combine adjectives? 🤔 What if we never stop updating the game?
Q: How many new biomes are you planning to put in V6? A: Three biomes upon launch of V6. Much more to come after the release of V6!
Q: Can I help test PickCrafter updates? A: We are always looking for passionate PickCrafters who want to help us test our updates. We have betas available for all three platforms (Steam/Android/iOS). Make sure to apply if you're interested 😉
Q: Are there going to be new abilities? A: Yes. We'll be teasing them over time 😉
Q: Will there be new companions and will they give more PPS? And what are your plans for them? A: Adding more Companion PPS items to the game would be fun to do. As of right now, we have no plans on doing so yet.
Q: Will there be an Anti-Cheat in V6? A: We are actively working on adding methods to catch cheaters.
Q: Why is Havi the only person without a cat profile picture? A: The cat profile picture has no meaning. Those were made a long time ago for a few of our team members and they went with it since then. Anyone in our team is free to use whatever they see fit 😄
Q: Can you give the community a brief explanation of how AMP codes, during Events, are generated? A: AMP Codes are manually created and scheduled by Havi. Some events will have AMP Codes and some don't. Once an event has AMP Codes, codes will be provided every day until the end of the event on our official AMP Codes Twitter account.
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That's it for our very first Dev Log. We hope you guys enjoyed this Q&A and we hope you guys would like to see more in the future. If you would like to see other things from us, please share all of your feedback on our Discord Server!
Discord: discord.gg/pickcrafter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PickCrafterGame
AMPCodes: https://twitter.com/AMPCodes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pickcrafter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pickcraftergame
Welcome to our very first Dev Log! ːluvː
The Fiveamp Team got together and answered all of your questions.
Expect more Dev Logs in the future covering the next major update for PickCrafter... V6!
[hr][/hr]
Q: What is the thing you are most looking forward to releasing and plans for the next content update after V6? A: We can't wait for the Ascension Skill Tree to be released! After that, we're still not sure. Maybe a Pickaxe Creator? Maybe buildings?
Q: Will there be Netherite added to PickCrafter? A: Yes.
Q: Do you plan to make collaboration with other game developers in the future? What should we expect? A: We're doing a minor collaboration with Techni to add a biome to V6 based on Blightfall. Besides that, we currently got no plans.
Q: What is the best Pickaxe in the game? A: There is no Pickaxe in the game that is designed to be the best. Each and every Pickaxe can be it's best in certain situations. Havi's personal favorite is Yogg's Tentacle.
Q: How can I get the "WHAMMY" achievement? A: This is earned by drinking the Critical Hit Potion and then tapping / clicking 10,000 times.
Q: How does it feel to have worked on such a huge game that's loved by so many people? A: It's truly an honor. We are blessed to have such a passionate community that we've built for all these years. Without you guys, there is no PickCrafter. The community and the massive amount of support is still going strong and we will continue to make PickCrafter better and better with tons of new content to come! ːluvː
Q: What made the development of Pickcrafter occur? A: It started out as a Pickaxe swinging type of idea, then we thought it would be cool to gamify it like Cookie Clicker. After that, we learned Unity and then marched towards the first release.
Q: Will there be another exclusive PPS item for V6 like the one from V2 like the Rare Key/Legacy Relic? A: As of right now, we don't have any plans for this. But we are willing to look into this in the future.
Q: I would like the blocks of the past events to be saved. For example: I play an event and when it ends, I lose all the items but when the same event returns I recover everything. A: We feel the frustration that some players have regarding this design decision. Events are something we would really love to improve on. Create more unique and fun events, better rewards, and so on. Make sure to share your ideas with us. It really matters and helps us build an amazing game and make PickCrafter stronger than ever before ːluvː
Q: Will the biomes before The Sun get prestige locked or will you add new ones? A: Both! The Nether, The End, and Twilight Forest will become prestige locked, but we're adding the Deep Dark, which is not.
Q: What is going on at your headquarters? A: Haha, we're a remote work company. We have no headquarters 😉
Q: What will the Enchanted Table (that we saw it in that picture of V6) do? A: It gives you PPS. The community seems to think it's the icon for either a new skill or a new system, but really, we noticed that Obsidian (among others) had no PPS item associated with it, so we were like "what's a useful thing you can build out of obsidian in Minecraft?" Sorry to disappoint!
Q: Will there be new trophy levels? If so, which ones? A: This is something we would love to revisit at some point. As of right now, it is not our focus but make sure to share all of your feedback and ideas you have regarding trophies!
Q: In which month you plan to release V6? A: No timetable as of yet - we want to make sure things work and feel good from a player's perspective ːluvː
Q: What are your plans after V7? A: We believe you mean V6? V6, the upcoming version will be a very important release for the state of the game in general. From a developer and player standpoint. Rebalance to make the game feel more complete, and a more organized code base for us developers to make features more quickly. After V6, we have ideas of a Pickaxe Skin Creator Tool and a way to combine different parts of a Pickaxe. More details to come in the future!
Q: Does the dev team like Among Us? A: Yes. In fact, we all have played several rounds together. Some of them are very sus 👀
Q: Will there be any new Fiveamp members in the future? A: As we develop new games and grow bigger as a company, we definitely will be adding new people to the Fiveamp Team!
Q: Will we lose all of our progress when PickCrafter V6 comes out? A: You won't be losing any of your progress!
Q: How many Prestige Levels are there? The tools/armor get a new adjective in their names after every prestige up, but there aren't infinite adjectives.
So if it is somehow infinite: How? And what happens when you have more prestige than there are adjectives? And if it's not infinite: How much time would you estimate it taking to 100% the game? What even is 100% in this game? A: What if we combine adjectives? 🤔 What if we never stop updating the game?
Q: How many new biomes are you planning to put in V6? A: Three biomes upon launch of V6. Much more to come after the release of V6!
Q: Can I help test PickCrafter updates? A: We are always looking for passionate PickCrafters who want to help us test our updates. We have betas available for all three platforms (Steam/Android/iOS). Make sure to apply if you're interested 😉
Q: Are there going to be new abilities? A: Yes. We'll be teasing them over time 😉
Q: Will there be new companions and will they give more PPS? And what are your plans for them? A: Adding more Companion PPS items to the game would be fun to do. As of right now, we have no plans on doing so yet.
Q: Will there be an Anti-Cheat in V6? A: We are actively working on adding methods to catch cheaters.
Q: Why is Havi the only person without a cat profile picture? A: The cat profile picture has no meaning. Those were made a long time ago for a few of our team members and they went with it since then. Anyone in our team is free to use whatever they see fit 😄
Q: Can you give the community a brief explanation of how AMP codes, during Events, are generated? A: AMP Codes are manually created and scheduled by Havi. Some events will have AMP Codes and some don't. Once an event has AMP Codes, codes will be provided every day until the end of the event on our official AMP Codes Twitter account.
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Thank you for everything
That's it for our very first Dev Log. We hope you guys enjoyed this Q&A and we hope you guys would like to see more in the future. If you would like to see other things from us, please share all of your feedback on our Discord Server!
Discord: discord.gg/pickcrafter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PickCrafterGame
AMPCodes: https://twitter.com/AMPCodes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pickcrafter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pickcraftergame