Hammerting News

There was no update last week, so you'll get all that in this weeks update. The most important one comes first though. *drumroll*
We have a new co-worker! The office is getting crowded now. :)

Now, the update from the last two weeks:

2019-08-05 - 2019-08-18

General
We have a new person working with us from TODAY! Welcome Jorb(Discord)/Björn(IRL) who will do game design and scripting, mostly.

Code
Worked on a generic key-value system, to be able to store values and stats for each entity.
Biome color grading is now up and running, giving each biome custom feel, but it still needs some artist love.
Data scripting improvements
Overworld location spawning
Overworld location window (WIP)
Overworld missions (WIP)
Movement related refactoring
Enabled hotreloading of game data
Loads of hotreload fixes
Changed data format for various game data
Biome generation, first pass

Content
New character window, now with tab icons
Overworld missions drafted
Overworld locations (WIP)
Tutorial fixes

Art
Created some icons for the Overworld map
Working on Background Caves, which will help in creating more depth in the game
Completed the first icons for currency
Worked on some more locations and also revisited some old locations
Started to work on location banner art
Made concept art for pick axes
Finalized Overworld map background
Dire tunnels biome iteration 1 complete. Most vegetation complete, needs optimizations
Grottos work in progress

** General**
Half of the team were now back on the job after summer vacation!

** Code **
Grappling hook tweaks and fixes
Notification system, plus various notifications.
Command ui tweaks
Refactored and moved various data definitions
Much needed movement related refactoring (WIP)

** Content **
New map material - Dreadstone
New map material - Tormented soil
New biome - Dire Tunnels (including lots of vegetation/decorations)
New background grottos (WIP)
Notification UI
Grappling hook no longer looks like a debug cube
Concepts for overworld map icons

Looks like I forgot to post last week's update here! So here's both that one and the most recent week.



** General**
Anders (@srekel) working, everyone else slacking.
But this week Daniel (@otto) and Axel (@fury) are back in action!

** Code **
Wrote an icon export script that exports icon in all sizes so they can be used inline in text strings.
Dwarves will no longer stand on the tile they are digging on unless it’s the only option.
Map visibility fix that could cause torches to not light up properly.
Shift is now used for keeping the command active instead of CTRL. “Thanks”, @Xaviien, for your “feedback”. (Pretty sure there a bug or two with this feature that’ll need tending to at some point)
Torches and grappling hooks now “transition” properly between various “states” (in inventory, lying on the ground, on the wall).
Grappling hooks will now fall to the ground if the wall they’re attached to is removed.
Resources in the map (e.g. copper) are now cleared when building a wall. The error when placing a building over resources has been downgraded to a warning.
Icons for the command tooltip.
Torches and grappling hooks should no longer be buildable if there’s already something there. You can still place an order on top of another order. This is ill-advised.

** Content **
Small tweaks for various assets related to tutorial







** General**
Anders (@srekel) working, everyone else slacking.
Ongoing work with making the random map playable.

** Code **
Visibility system is now modifier based (but needs some polish there)
Torches are now placeable
Dwarves will no longer wander idly onto a cliff wall…
Hauling fix
Autocleanup of placed objects (torches, platforms…) when building a room
Cancel order command fixed
Entrance now has a chest with some supplies. It might look a bit like a debug cube..
Player can now hold CTRL to issue the same order multiple times
Dwarves will no longer walk off a tile and then miss the next one just below
Grappling hook is in the game. It needs a bit more love. By a weird coincidence, that has nothing to do with the fact that only Anders is working, it ALSO looks like debug cube…
Random weekly map should now actually be WEEKLY…
Dwarf idling crash fix
Dwarves can now jump horizontally over small holes in the map.

General

• Anders (@Srekel) working, everyone else slacking.
  
• Ongoing work with making the random map playable.
  

Code

• Improved random map generation a bit.
  
  
  
  • Now a bit more “horizontal”
    
  • The starting area is a bit friendlier
    
  • Added the Basalt material.
    
  
  
• Fixed logic for all the small rooms.
  
• Platforms can now be built. (Again) Still WIP!
  
• Digging is now faster.
  

General

• Anders (@srekel) still on vacation
  
• First (very basic) iteration of “Overworld” is now in the game
  
• Developed the first 16 Dwarf Clans
  
• Re-design of dwarf Character Interface is underway
  

Code

• Added support for tabs
  
• Added support for scroll bars
  
• Added support for UI canvases, i.e. zoomable UI which can be dragged around (similar to Google maps)
  
• Added support for icons in the modifier system
  

Art

• Concepted and modeled Grappling Hook
  
• Worked on more points of interests for Overworld Map
  
• Made new icons for Character Interface and Dwarf Clans
  
• Experimenting with different artstyles of the Overworld map
  
• New jump animations for the dwarves
  
• Finalized small rooms
  
• Begun working on next biome: Dire tunnels
  
• Created two new map materials for Dire Tunnels