Professionals: Don't deploy on Friday
Me: Deploys on Friday
Hey - Dev Here
as planned we managed to get a hotfix build out, which addresses most things we noticed during the A MAZE.
Here is a changelog:
- Fixed the crash when picking up slot upgrades (like from the gray box in level 02).
- Fixed the endless loop in the dialog with the Picnic Waifu after level 01.
- Fixed an error where players lose stardust when loading a game, when also having items equipped.
- Tutorial boxes are back at the bottom left corner instead of obstructing the playfield.
- Fixed missing tooltips in the level info screen.
- Pause menu can now be opened during dialogs.
- Replaced a few occurrences of the word "level" in various texts. Better for the immersion.
What's next:
For the next few weeks we will split out attention to the UI and the waifu dialogs. With our two days per week we spend out Troubleshoot Thursdays to improve the UI to improve readability and make it easier to understand what is a button and what not. When we are done with the UI, we will start, getting rid of the diegetic house menu and replacing it with a simple menu for inventory management.
Our Feature Fridays will be writing dialogs for the Waifus and making sure all of them are in the House all the time. The dialogs will be more about tutorials, some world building, idly chatting and similar and preparing some logic for the different story arcs. Maybe we also address the books strewn all over the house to make use of the dialog system.
When the above things are done (maybe around the beginning of July), things will become super interesting, because we get into the big content production phase. We will finalize our level making tools, doing small overhauls with the existing levels and also have the dialogs with the waifus affect the gameplay (like getting a few items).
But for now - Let's have a nice weekend.