Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for August 16th, 2021, detailing all the changes that have happened since August 9th, 2021. Note: Devs that don't appear in the weekly log are not necessarily away or not doing work, but may be working on things currently not announced or backend work that doesn't need to be detailed.
Summer Characters are Back!
Summer is here and the summer characters are back and visiting the Plaza once again! Talk with them to get free items and units.
Update 0.14.3.0 - Arcade: Phase 2
We are getting very close to sharing this update with all of you!
Read more about this update here.
Accessibility Suggestions
We've created a forum post asking the community for suggestions on how we can improve gameplay for players with certain conditions such as colorblindness, dyslexia, or anything else that might affect a players ability to use the standard presentation and controls of the game.
If you have any ideas or suggestions, and possible solutions on how to solve a particular issue, please check out the forum post here.
Arcade - Phase 2
macdguy worked on fixing various bugs and making gameplay changes observed during internal playtesting.
Johanna worked on optimizations for the Arcade.
JJosh continued working on Arcade plushes, prizes, and NPCs.
Madmijk worked on optimizations for the Arcade.
Arcade: Phase 2 Machines in the Arcade
Plaza: Rail Shooting Gallery
Johanna continued working on the Rail Shooting Gallery, finishing the first draft of the Loading Station and finishing alot of the effects for the doors and transition rooms.
Plaza: Rail Shooting Gallery Loading Station WIP
Condo Items
macdguy worked on new Canvas items, creating a Tube and Half Cylinder variant.
Condo: New Canvas Items
Condo/Plaza: Health Improvements
macdguy worked on the Player Health system used in the Plaza and Condos for PvP.
Condo/Plaza: Redesigned Health Bar
Condo/Plaza: Health bar appears when taking damage.
Condo/Plaza: Food now grants health.
Miscellany
macdguy continued working on Condo I/O, making a GUI for editing events. He also added infinite scrolling to the Workshop Browser.
Lifeless continued working on a new map for Little Crusaders.
Sketchman continued working on improvements and optimizations. He worked on optimizations and fixes for the Voice Chat system, as well as working on the Player Grouping system. He also worked on fixes for the Highrise Condo.
Wheezwer continued working on art for the horse race betting machine for Casino: Phase 2. She also continued working on Plaza posters.
Workshop Browser Infinite Scroll
Condo I/O Editing GUI
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since August 9th, 2021 at PixelTail Games. See you all next week.
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