development update #26
Hello everyone,
We are almost ready with the plumbing update. As usual before a big update we are paranoia testing everything over and over and over and over. It will most likely be uploaded sometime on Saturday. This post will be a little shorter than usual only because I need get back to testing and tweaking of the latest build.
There are still quite a few imperfections and rough edges that we are going to iron out very soon but if we don't upload a new build today then we will get stuck in the cycle of endless changes with no new build for people to play.
We made the first versions of some plumbing devices. We could not fit in all the devices we wanted in this update but they will be added very soon.
Filter:
Heater:
Power Generator:
We have not been able to add all the nice animations and special effects to these items yet. Time has kicked our butts on this update, We still have lots to do for plumbing mode and the rest of the game. There are a lot of loose ends we need to tie up and there is so much good feedback and suggestions from you all that we feel it will be a good idea to just improve the game as it currently is for a while. This means generally making sure things just work properly.
It also means adding more art content such as fish, plants, decorations, backgrounds, substrates and plumbing devices. We also need to make lots of improvements to the user interfaces by showing better data to players so there is less confusion.
The help system needs improvements, the fish ai needs more behaviours as well and improvements to existing behaviours. Improvements are needed everywhere. Fortunately we have lots of forum posts and comments from players directing us to what needs improving. We are going to work on that for a while and make the game better in all aspects before we get bogged down again with large new features. The to-do list is a little too long and we have to complete a large chunk of these tasks before we move onto larger things.
To the future!
We wish everyone a good weekend.
The Fishery Team
We are almost ready with the plumbing update. As usual before a big update we are paranoia testing everything over and over and over and over. It will most likely be uploaded sometime on Saturday. This post will be a little shorter than usual only because I need get back to testing and tweaking of the latest build.
There are still quite a few imperfections and rough edges that we are going to iron out very soon but if we don't upload a new build today then we will get stuck in the cycle of endless changes with no new build for people to play.
We made the first versions of some plumbing devices. We could not fit in all the devices we wanted in this update but they will be added very soon.
Filter:
Heater:
Power Generator:
We have not been able to add all the nice animations and special effects to these items yet. Time has kicked our butts on this update, We still have lots to do for plumbing mode and the rest of the game. There are a lot of loose ends we need to tie up and there is so much good feedback and suggestions from you all that we feel it will be a good idea to just improve the game as it currently is for a while. This means generally making sure things just work properly.
It also means adding more art content such as fish, plants, decorations, backgrounds, substrates and plumbing devices. We also need to make lots of improvements to the user interfaces by showing better data to players so there is less confusion.
The help system needs improvements, the fish ai needs more behaviours as well and improvements to existing behaviours. Improvements are needed everywhere. Fortunately we have lots of forum posts and comments from players directing us to what needs improving. We are going to work on that for a while and make the game better in all aspects before we get bogged down again with large new features. The to-do list is a little too long and we have to complete a large chunk of these tasks before we move onto larger things.
To the future!
We wish everyone a good weekend.
The Fishery Team