Agenda:
Welcome and Introduction
Brief introduction of the stream’s purpose.
Overview of Hillbilly Hellfire’s progress.
Trailer Premiere
Context for the trailer.
Play the first Alpha Trailer.
Development Highlights
Key updates since the last devlog:
Gameplay mechanics improvements.
Art and design enhancements.
Community feedback integration.
Roadmap and Next Steps
Upcoming milestones:
Steam Next Fest demo release.
Further development goals.
Call for wishlist additions and feedback.
Closing Remarks
Gratitude to the community.
Reminder to follow, wishlist, and join the Discord.
Tease of future streams and updates.
Patch Notes:
• Spent most of the week addressing feedback from the latest playtest.
Worked extensively on the Cinematics Module:
• Achieved the functionality needed for my vision, but the learning curve was significant.
• Focused on capturing additional footage from the three environments created so far.
• Remade the trailer with improved visuals and pacing.
• Fixed skeleton geometry collections for more satisfying and dynamic explosions.
Implemented various UI improvements:
• Health bar: Reduced its size for a cleaner HUD.
• Round timer: Switched from numerical display to a slider for better visual clarity.
Encountered a major issue with screen resolution scaling:
• A catastrophic bug nearly derailed progress.
• ChatGPT helped solve the issue, saving hours of frustration.
• Still iterating on the progression system