Herewith I report to you with the next dev blog. A few weeks have passed and you probably want to know what has been accomplished during this time.
The switch to Unreal Engine 5 is progressing well, great progress is being made.
As you probably already know, we have arrived at phase 3, the last and decisive phase in the changeover.
Once this phase is complete, the update will be released on the Experimental Version.
Unfortunately, I can't tell you how long that will take. It's hard to estimate, so far I haven't encountered any major problems, so I'm making faster progress than I thought.
You can always check the current status in the Unreal Engine 5 Roadmap.
Link to UE5 Roadmap: https://trello.com/b/k0nYI1tG/roadmap-ue5
After a successful test on the experimental version, this version will appear on stable a few weeks later. After that, additional functions and mechanics will be integrated in each update.
The main thing that will interest you is the multiplayer, since it still causes some problems in the current version on Steam.
In the meantime I can tell you that the functions already implemented in Unreal Engine 5 work very well. Both single player and multiplayer. This is already a great success.
Many features have been worked on over the last few weeks, including the shop, shopping, the new inventory system and much more.
What you can also look forward to is the new map in the game. It will be bigger and therefore offer many more possibilities. But I don't want to reveal too much yet, let yourself be surprised.
I think screenshots say more than any long text, so here are a few screenshots.
All screenshots are a preview of what is to come, so ongoing.
Here you can see a picture of the shop. In this shop you can buy all the important items that you need for the gold search.
Of course you don't want to do everything on foot, so there is a large selection of different vehicles.
So that you don't run out of fuel on the way and you get stuck, you can do something good for your vehicle at the gas station.
Overview of the inventory system. You can now also remove and swap clothes.
There is also a new feature in the game that many of you have been asking for.
This will be the interaction in third-person mode.
The tablet is already in the works and will later offer various apps. Be it an online order, administration of the company, weather, gold price and much more.
There is also a clothing store to give you more choice.
And finally a picture of the upcoming town hall, where you can register and manage your company.
At this point, a big thank you goes out to our community mods, who always take the time to find bugs and report them directly. So I can fix the reported errors directly and we can then guarantee you a more pleasant gaming experience right from the start.
If you want to be part of the further development, I recommend the live stream on Twitch.
The streams take place regularly from Monday to Friday, the language is basically German.
However, you can also ask questions in English, which I will be happy to answer.
https://www.twitch.tv/goldhuntermp
Well, that should have been it for today.
If you have any further questions or feedback, feel free to write in comments or with us on Discord.
https://discord.gg/goldhunter