Development Digest May 13th - 20th
Hello Friday!
There's been a lot this week! Even with Louis out on vacation, lots of progress has happened. First and foremost, we've had a successful test on a dedicated server! The server stayed up for a couple of days and most issues our testers found (which have been pretty minor) have been addressed and ready for another test. Super exciting. We'll have more information available with the update.
Kindred has been working on new quests and NPC's. New secrets have gone in, including a new stash mechanic (putting the right item in the stash can trigger something) and new puzzles. He's also been doing some programming for new mechanics needed in Windless Woods like this:
Then, of course, he had to leave something for a placeholder. This one made me laugh:
This past week Wendy has been adding new decorations to Dewdrop Village and fixing bugs from the last test build.
As for me, I added TEN new buildable houses. Here's eight of them:
These houses were built by two of our long term testers. Which house is your favorite?
The other thing that I worked on this week was getting all of the Hero Edition (supporter) DLC and Kickstarter Exclusive DLC items in and ready for testers. The Hero edition will become available for sale soon after the Windless Woods update. I'm also working on gathering all the house and plot sizes and implementing a system to let you know if a house will fit on a plot. Along with this, we now have a way to increase the height of a plot! Not all plots will change their height value, but we'll start having more varied plot sizes.
Last, but not least, the credits are now available in the Grove of Hero's. These can still be adjusted and most likely will be changed throughout development.
I'll see you next week!
-Janna
There's been a lot this week! Even with Louis out on vacation, lots of progress has happened. First and foremost, we've had a successful test on a dedicated server! The server stayed up for a couple of days and most issues our testers found (which have been pretty minor) have been addressed and ready for another test. Super exciting. We'll have more information available with the update.
Kindred has been working on new quests and NPC's. New secrets have gone in, including a new stash mechanic (putting the right item in the stash can trigger something) and new puzzles. He's also been doing some programming for new mechanics needed in Windless Woods like this:
Then, of course, he had to leave something for a placeholder. This one made me laugh:
This past week Wendy has been adding new decorations to Dewdrop Village and fixing bugs from the last test build.
As for me, I added TEN new buildable houses. Here's eight of them:
These houses were built by two of our long term testers. Which house is your favorite?
The other thing that I worked on this week was getting all of the Hero Edition (supporter) DLC and Kickstarter Exclusive DLC items in and ready for testers. The Hero edition will become available for sale soon after the Windless Woods update. I'm also working on gathering all the house and plot sizes and implementing a system to let you know if a house will fit on a plot. Along with this, we now have a way to increase the height of a plot! Not all plots will change their height value, but we'll start having more varied plot sizes.
Last, but not least, the credits are now available in the Grove of Hero's. These can still be adjusted and most likely will be changed throughout development.
I'll see you next week!
-Janna