[✨Update v0.7 is in development, planning to release close to the end of 2023~✨]
Greetings Researchers!
I’ve started working on the v0.7 update, and just completed the Winter Festival! This Festival comes with its own decorations, NPC dialogue, and a minigame called Snowball Frenzy.
In Snowball Frenzy, players get to play a “snowball fight” with a twist! Collect snowballs as ammo, and throw them at targets (or your opponent) to score points. There are 3 different modes:
- Trial (no opponent, players get to practice)
- Casual (1-v-1 with no stakes)
- Competition (1-v-1 to win a prize!)
Snowball Frenzy is quite different from our usual mini games, as players will be interacting with the world itself instead of via a UI! I also had to make a simple AI for opponent NPCs. Those came with their own set of challenges during implementation. It took close to two weeks to make and have it feel good. I think it worked out quite well in the end! ☃️❄️❄️ A small detail I'm happy about is how the other townsfolk has little cheer emotes while the minigame is in progress.
Featuring some of the decor sold at the festival:
This is our 4th festival (one festival per season), and I plan to move on to the other parts of the game before adding any new festival content. You can see them as the “OG” festivals, hehe.
What’s next 📝
- New researchables, caves and creature content! They all tie into each other and I’ll give another update once we have made some progress on them.
Hello to new players~👋
Recently, we joined the Cozy Quest Festival on Steam and one of our community members shared about RS on Reddit (thank you again!) - bringing in an influx of new players! Thank you all for giving our game a chance, whether you just found out about us or were here since the beginning. I really appreciate this community for all your support and everything you do and have to say :)
But really, your kind words about the game give me life LOL.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy your time with us. We’ll continue to do our best and develop Research Story with all our hearts!
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<3,
Miki