Hello to all of you,
aside from the boring business tasks 😴, we have been having fun working on the following things:
What we're working on
Shrines
The effects you get as a reward for completing shrines are now a permanent buff. If you're lucky enough to solve one shrine type (e.g. bear, bird or squirrel) more than once, the buffs will add up new effects until the end of your run! 😲
Totems
We've added new visual effects to the totems to better communicate their mechanics and - more importantly - make them prettier! ✨✨
As a refresher, the duck totem heals all players in its area of effect, the thunderbird totem deals damage to enemies, and the hamster totem transports resources your storage 🦆⚡🐹
Difficulty System
This was one of the most upvoted requests during the playtest. In addition to that, we have also heard the desire for a difficulty system at PAX East (alot). After some brainstorming and reading all your feedback, we decided to implement three different difficulty levels: The one you know from the demo will serve as the "normal" mode. The easy mode will be for beginners or our younger audience. Last but not least: the hard mode for those who want to fight for their lives ⚔️🛡️
Second Biome🌊
There is still some work to do in the second biome to make it even nicer. This includes polishing the boss as well as the game environment.
Tutorial
The tutorial has been updated to include the new mechanics. It now needs some translation work from our external language geniuses 💬
What happens next
- as we added the difficulty system, the next step is setting up a first set of values to balance in the next tests
- Add a notification UI that appears when you buy updates, get a buff or choose a direction at the crossroads
- Continue polishing the second biome
- Implement the first set of Steam Achievements (if you have more pawsome ideas, join our Discord to share them with us)
We wish you a relaxing weekend! 🐈💚