It's been a while since the last update, but progress is still happening! Since Party Panic launched I've been working on a bunch of bug fixes and trying to fix stray issues, as well as new content and some changes at the request of the players.
Minigames
There's two new minigames in this update. I spent a good couple of weeks trying to prototype new minigames, but I was having trouble coming up with new ideas that felt different enough from the current games. I decided there needed to be a new "action" rather than just move/attack/jump so I decided on making some swimming minigames. I think they turned out pretty stupid.
Ink or Swim
The first minigame is called Ink or Swim, the goal of the game is simple -- don't fall behind the Octo-goober. If you do, you'll die. There's also some obstacles to avoid that you can get trapped behind!
Treasure Trove
The second minigame is called Treasure Trove. In this game you have to collect treasure on the sea floor and bring it back to your goal safely. If you hit a zappy-fish your treasure explodes and you get stunned.
Equipment Slots
One of the biggest requests I was getting was players asking to have equipment slots to have more options when customizing their Goober. Instead of having dedicated slots per equipment type (head, face, shirt, legs, feet, etc) I decided to give each player three equipment slots, where they can equip any three costumes they want. This allows for some neat combiniations, and while lots of the combinations don't "work" (they overlap and look weird), I'm leaving it up to the players to decide - if you want to wear costumes like that I'm not going to stop you!
Here's some more pictures of some combinations - https://imgur.com/a/ZLCDK
Custom Party
The game mode "Single Minigame" has been changed to "Custom Party". When you now select this game mode you're shown a game select UI, where you can disable or enable any of the minigames. If you want to play a specific 5 minigames you can now, or if you want to play all of them but a few you really don't like, you can do that now too!
What's next?
I haven't looked at consoles yet, but that was next on my todo list, however, there's been a change of plans and I'll be pushing back consoles for a bit while I work on a BOARD GAME mode. This is definitely the most requested game mode, so I'm going to start prototyping this week and see what I can do. I've been thinking about it for a few weeks now and I don't see anything that would be too hard to get working.
It's going to be a little bit different from Mario Party, with some small mechanically different things. For example, instead of rolling a dice and moving automatically you will have control of your goober like you do in minigames when you're moving along the board. This will allow you to punch and kick players that you meet along the way, as it wouldn't be Party Panic if you couldn't mericilessly punch other players!
The idea for the board game will be centered around the whale, and will most likely be called "Willy's Pizza Party". This board will revolve around collecting pieces of pizza for Willy in exchange for Trophies (the equlivent of Mario Party stars). I'm still thinking up ideas for interesting events on the board game. If you have suggestions, head over to the suggestion thread here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/506500/discussions/0/1333474229060032719/
I'm thinking this board game mode won't take too long, (famous last words) as most of the hard work is already done (minigames), I think it should be pretty easy to get up and running, and then it's just adding stuff to make it interesting. I'm aiming for the end of this month to be done, and December at the latest.
Anywho, for a full list of changes in this update check out the patch notes here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/506500/discussions/0/276237094308992996/?ctp=3#c1519260397796307997
//Dylan Meville
