Hey ArkCoNauts!
Things are busy as ever for the team, still pounding away on internal streamlining. Paul fell victim to a horrible case of PAX plague that cost us a week of development time, but we’re getting back on top of things and working on the next patch. Yes, the timer for the next patch is coming back! This one will be focused around bug fixes, and solidifying the game’s core. We want to get the game further stabilized and feeling good before the content starts coming in again.
To help with the merciless squashing of bugs, Handyman has grown by 1 again, bringing on our new internal QA tester, Ryan Dyer. He has already outdone himself, scouring the help desk tickets, and solving them one after another. With his help, all that remains is implementing fixes, which makes things many times easier on Jake and Paul. We’re very blessed to have found such a talented person to join the team!
In addition to the bug fix patch, the wheels have been turning and we’ve been brainstorming and fleshing out a brand new research system. While we won’t spoil too much yet, we think it will bring more depth to progression, and make advancing in the game feel more constant. We’re definitely up for hearing community feedback on what you guys want to see for that. Speaking of bringing more life to the game, we’re also working on some new creatures to throw at our intrepid explorers. These are just some of the new brain-children created from our two artists:
http://reverbpublishing.com/eos-news/BarrenCreatureConcepts3.html
http://reverbpublishing.com/eos-news/BarrenConceptV4.html
I’d like to give a huge thanks to everyone that dropped by the forums for our Spring Celebration! It’s always fun to see the work that goes into planning the community events pay off, and to have another excuse to toss around those free games. I’ll be diving right into planning the Summer Event - a CM’s work is never done! Definitely looking forward to coming up with some new surprises to throw at you all. If that isn’t enough,we have a fun announcement coming up not too far down the road, so keep an eye on the community for that! Thanks for reading, and we’ll see you next time for ArkCo News!