Hello everyone!
Following the end of the winter holiday, we've been hard at work preparing our next big round of improvements to the game. Introducing update 1.0.9, with a NSEW Compass, Special Event enhancements, and a few bug fixes!
NSEW Compass for The World Map
Throughout the course of Lost Paws, many a friend or foe within the game gave reference to various locations, often using such terms as "Go north," or "Go bother someone else", and phrases to the like. To that end, we realized it would be helpful to directly show via the GUI just where exactly these directions were in relation to the game world. With this thought in mind, we set out to showcase such details on the world map, and the following results were born.
Here is an example of what The World Map looks like now with its newly added compass
Special Events Enhancement
Within the world of Lost Paws, there are various unusual incidents that can occur and alter the way you play. Scenarios like these happen most frequently in the Government District located within Doggo City. With an eye to furthering improving such events, we went about adding an additional degree of both variety and randomness to events like these to further add more unexpected moments in the game for our favorite canine.
Here is an example of a different path and spawn a certain saucer can take in the Government District
New Crafting Item Effects
Since the introduction of our new trailer last December, we've been continuing to tweak and improve the benefits granted by using the brand new crafting items teasered back then. All three new crafting items have had their effects tuned and improved based on feedback we've received, as well as their visual effects enhanced.
Here is an example of the new "Overwatch Medicine" in action, boosting a friend's ammo
Other Changes / Additions
Added a NSEW Compass to the World Map to aid with navigation
Implemented two additional Points of Interest to map for exploration
Updated the localization for brand new Cat Trader and Shibu dialogue
Improved visual and buff effects for the 3 new crafting items
Adjusted localization text size for various inventory items and GUI elements
Added in 2 more pathing options for the UFO special event in-game
Tweaked the algorithm for item spawn rates and typed for balancing purposes
Added additional custom sounds to even more NPCs found within the game
Modified the NPC visuals to be more beach-centric in Ostrich Island
Told several static NPCs they had to stop sliding around when no one was looking
Fixed a bug involving several NPCs having incorrect decal settings
And several more!
Thanks for reading all about our 1.0.9 Update! We continue to make preparations for our next major update in version 1.1.0, where our courageous canine will see many improvements to the HUD and much more in the future. Thanks again for checking out this update and we'll see you in the next one!