Hello my fellow metal heads!
Before I go into what has been happening, what my plans are, etc, I first want to announce the obvious.
Metal Heads is 25% off as part of the YogsCast TinyTeams event on Steam.
Last year, before launching Metal Heads into early access, I participated with just the demo of the game in this event and it did really well, got a lot of attention, and helped motivate me greatly with pushing forward, so this year I'm celebrating the awesomeness of this event with the biggest discount yet.
At the end of the week (Saturday 14th, 5pm AEST +10GMT), I will be doing one or several live-streams with the Discord community, and will be broadcasting to Twitch, Youtube and right here on Steam.
If you would like to participate, you can join the Discord community here:
DISCORD: LINK
If you'd like to follow the game on Twitch and Youtube, here are the links:
TWITCH: LINK
YOUTUBE: LINK
WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING?
It has been a while since I have done work on the game (~3months), and I'm happy to say that I have begun working on the game again, I am feeling positive, feeling healthy, feeling fresh, and ready to take Metal Heads to great heights (hopefully).
Having almost 3 months off working on the game has been bad for the game, but it was absolutely necessary for my own overall health and outlook on life moving forward.
I had worked myself to the bone and I had nothing left in me to give, I was beyond burned out, I was dead inside, and neglected all aspects of my life, in order to reach a point where I could actually start living again, but when I reached that point, it all fell to pieces right before my eyes, everything I worked so hard for, gone. And so I was sent spiraling out of control while I tried to piece it all back together, hence the hiatus.
I won't go into the reasoning behind it, it doesn't really matter...what matters is that I am BACK, and I'm feeling good, feeling positive, and ready to hopefully take Metal Heads (and my life) to new heights.
It's funny how powerful loss can be as a motivator to do better.
WHAT IS THE PLAN?
Right now, this week, the plan is for me to work on a new mini-game, at LEAST 1 mini-game. But to also release an update by the end of the week with some bug fixes, and then do a live-stream on the weekend, or maybe several live-streams!
After this week, I'll be working heavily on the big bad problems that keep occurring, but they are extremely difficult for me to replicate, and I need YOUR help in hunting them down, so I ask that you report bugs in the bug reports section of the Steam forum.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1132670/discussions/6/
Aside from bugs, I intend to keep on polishing up various aspects of the game, while also trying to work on new content constantly.
New content will be in the form of mini-games, and board game maps, but also new character heads.
Once there's a good number of mini-games, board game maps, and the game is running much smoother with less issues, I will begin working on new big features such as a character creator and eventually experimenting with a board game map creator.
THE GLARING ISSUES, THE PRIORITIES
There are sadly many glaring problems, mainly with the game's input detection, players dropping out randomly and such.
I have been investigating these issues for a loooong time, and just when I think I fix them, things seem to get worse again.
I'm not entirely sure if it's something simple that I have done wrong and overlooked, or if it's a fault with Steam Input. But either way, I need to try and get to the bottom of it!
It's incredibly frustrating to see people run into these issues, or to receive negative reviews or look at refund reasons as a result of these problems, I NEED to address them ASAP!
If you run into issues, remember to report the bugs in the forums, it could help significantly.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1132670/discussions/6/
YOU ROCK!
I just want to once again thank the Metal Heads community for being so incredibly supportive of the game, and of me. You guys are the life-blood of this game and help motivate me so much.
Let's make this game awesome TOGETHER.
LETS ROCK!