Hello Everyone,
It's been a very strange week, lots of interesting things happening. I wanted to hop on here and give everyone an update since it's been over ten days since my last update. I was talking about having an update last week but there were certain things that needed to happen. Thankfully, these things did happen and we're very much on a roll.
What happened?!
We needed a way to categorize and implement the features I always dreamed of, and Jack is making this happen and THEN some. It means our development speed will be fast, and the quality of the work is really starting to show. We've been trying to get us back to the way things were at Launch, as well as prepare the game for future functionality and that's been quite difficult. I think we're all going to let out a huge sigh of relief very soon.
On one hand, sadly, you guys and gals haven't (nor have I) been able to play the way Boris and I had intended in August. On the other hand, October is going to be a month where we're going to blow your minds. The planned features and functionality for this month are incredible, and the stuff that's being talked about for November and December make it hard not to spill the beans because of how awesome it is. I'll keep my composure though, I don't want to give Boris a heart attack.
I'll post a (V2) update in the headline when we release an update this week with patch notes, as well as include what we are planning on adding next. Inbetween updates, I'll add (V2, V3, V4) etc to the headline with mini-updates. As usual, we will send our closed test to the Beta branch, and then to the Public/Normal server once we hammer out any strange bugs.
Prepare yourself for the update this week!
-Robert
PS: In anticipation of these new MAJOR developments for ABD, I've been putting together some stuff for our official store on RedBubble. Obviously nobody wants to buy any T-Shirts or Coffee Mugs for a game that doesn't work, but people might be interested when things get back on track. With that being said, if you're interested, head on over to our RedBubble store and check out the new artwork. Some of that stuff gives you a hint on the new UI Art style that we've decided to go with.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/gagamaggotent
I've ordered a bunch of stuff (I swear this stores going to make me go broke) and I'll post pictures on Twitter then link it here once they arrive.