Dear earthlings!
It has been a month since I uploaded one of these, so here I am, uploading one again. I want to explain a bit about what I am working on and what still needs to be done before I am able to drop this highly anticipated update.
Ship to Ship combat
Well, the most annoying and time-consuming part has been done. I had to make a new save system in order to make this update work. Players need the ability to save the game with one or more spaceships on screen, that is working as intended now. The oxygen system that I was working on for some time is working like a charm too. For this to happen, I had to redo the entire grid system.
The thing that I am working on at the moment is the new enemy AI. The reason I have to change and upgrade this is that spaceships now have the ability to rotate. So all the paths need to be recalculated with this new angle taken into consideration. By far, this has been the most challenging for me. That being said, I know what I am doing, and ill be done with this sooner that later.
Talking about later, I'll give a very rough estimation when this new update will drop, but only if I don't encounter any bumps on the road. In approximately 2 months, ill be able to drop the update. I do realize this is a highly anticipated update, that's why I want it to be good. I hope you can give me the time I need to make the game better.
Here a small funny video to get you excited:
MULTIPLAYER
On the official discord channel, I have run a poll asking players the following question: Are you okay with multiplayer being disabled when the next update drops so that I can drop the update sooner?
The vast majority of the players voted that they want to update to drops sooner, so multiplayer will be disabled during the next update. What this means is that when I have to make this update multiplayer compatible, this update will be delayed by a couple of months. This doesn't mean I am intending to give up on multiplayer. Not even close, while the next update has been dropped I'll be working on multiplayer again. I'm planning making it work with steam API, meaning that players can simply join players via steam without the annoying port forwarding part.
BUG REPORTS
In the meantime, please keep sending all the nasty bugs you can find, I will patch them together with the next update! Happy hunting!
Also, if not already, please link yourself up to all social media platforms to stay up-to-date.
Discord Server
Twitter
Youtube
Instagram
TikTok
That's that!
If you guys have any other questions, i'd love to answer them.
Stay good, stay fresh and stay healthy!
Cheers,
Bryan