Development Digest October 7th - 14th
Spooky Friday, friends!
As we get closer to Witch's Eve, we get the question over and over of "are all the previous seasonal items going to be available again this year?" The answer is YES! Any weapon, furniture item, food, recipe, outfit, etc. that has been available the past two years WILL be available again. So if you missed out on anything, you still have a chance to grab it. There will also be NEW items available this year. It's a two week event, so plan your time! (Reminder: Witch's Eve is October 19th through November 2nd)
In other news, we've been working on some quality of life bug fixes and improvements along with Witch's Eve. One improvement is with watering cans. Now when you upgrade their quality, they can water a bigger radius. So all of you that upgraded your watering can just for fun, now have a purpose!
Another improvement was made to our Grimwick battle. Not only did the requirements for redoing the fight after defeating him change (reduction in resources greatly), but we've added a lootable chest after defeating him, similar to how our Frostfall Golem works.
Louis has been working away at making controller support more friendly. He's changed up quite a bit and it's getting to a better configuration to start with. This is still being worked on, so I don't have too many details yet.
Last notable improvement for the week is looking into a better way to split stacks that is move intuitive. While we've also been adding more tutorial cards, we want to try to make systems that make sense. Splitting stacks is a quest we get asked often, so we're looking into what we can do.
[h2]We're excited to announce our new partnership with Ping Perfect.[/h2] Ping Perfect is our official server provider for Swords 'n Magic and Stuff. You can head to https://pingperfect.com/gameservers/swords-n-magic-and-stuff-server-hosting.php to sign up for your own always-up server for your family and friends to play on using their super simple dashboard. Later this month we'll be launching our very own official servers via Ping Perfect so you'll always have a place to meet up with friends.
To end today's digest, I wanted to let you all know about this month's community event! We'll be hanging out on Discord playing the Witch's Eve update on Sunday, October 23rd at 11am PST. I'm excited to get all the decor and decorate my house for Witch's Eve. See you all there!
-Janna
As we get closer to Witch's Eve, we get the question over and over of "are all the previous seasonal items going to be available again this year?" The answer is YES! Any weapon, furniture item, food, recipe, outfit, etc. that has been available the past two years WILL be available again. So if you missed out on anything, you still have a chance to grab it. There will also be NEW items available this year. It's a two week event, so plan your time! (Reminder: Witch's Eve is October 19th through November 2nd)
In other news, we've been working on some quality of life bug fixes and improvements along with Witch's Eve. One improvement is with watering cans. Now when you upgrade their quality, they can water a bigger radius. So all of you that upgraded your watering can just for fun, now have a purpose!
Another improvement was made to our Grimwick battle. Not only did the requirements for redoing the fight after defeating him change (reduction in resources greatly), but we've added a lootable chest after defeating him, similar to how our Frostfall Golem works.
Louis has been working away at making controller support more friendly. He's changed up quite a bit and it's getting to a better configuration to start with. This is still being worked on, so I don't have too many details yet.
Last notable improvement for the week is looking into a better way to split stacks that is move intuitive. While we've also been adding more tutorial cards, we want to try to make systems that make sense. Splitting stacks is a quest we get asked often, so we're looking into what we can do.
[h2]We're excited to announce our new partnership with Ping Perfect.[/h2] Ping Perfect is our official server provider for Swords 'n Magic and Stuff. You can head to https://pingperfect.com/gameservers/swords-n-magic-and-stuff-server-hosting.php to sign up for your own always-up server for your family and friends to play on using their super simple dashboard. Later this month we'll be launching our very own official servers via Ping Perfect so you'll always have a place to meet up with friends.
To end today's digest, I wanted to let you all know about this month's community event! We'll be hanging out on Discord playing the Witch's Eve update on Sunday, October 23rd at 11am PST. I'm excited to get all the decor and decorate my house for Witch's Eve. See you all there!
-Janna