Hello once again everyone! I hope you've all been doing well! As you have probably seen, I have been very busy the last few months! I missed the entire month of May, so I decided that this month's update would be HUGE.
Let's get into it:
To begin, I am in the process of switching all levels over to a more "Roguelite" type system. GTTOD is using a system that I have coined "Random Segmented Level Design". It is basically my version of tile based generation.
What this means is that levels are still very hand crafted, however segments of levels can be switched and swapped and merged and all this other neat stuff at will. This makes levels much more dynamic, and as you can see in the picture, it also looks pretty damn spiffy as well. A version of this system is actually in the game right now in level 1 and partially in level 2. Hopefully over the next few days I will be getting all 7 levels equipped with this system.
As you have probably also seen, Achievements are in the game, and I am working on adding more! I will be going pretty Achievement crazy here soon, since I LOVE Easter Eggs and Achievements and stuff like that. To match this system, wins, deaths, and kills are all tracked continuously while you play!
This plays into the achievements and such, and here soon I will be adding some more stuff like collectibles and other Easter Eggs tied to them.
Also, a HUGE amount of effort has been put on getting GTTOD optimized for release. Let me try and spell this out for you:
When GTTOD entered Early Access, it was a 7 GB game file after being extracted. Right now, it is sitting at 800 MB and will soon be as small as 400 MB.
GTTOD has almost always relied really really heavily on the GPU, and was at one point using 100% of the GPU. As of about 20 minutes ago on Steam, it is now using about 50%.
GTTOD has ALWAYS had memory issues, sometimes reaching up to about 3 GB of memory usage. That number has dropped to about the 700-800 MB range, and that is a pretty good area to be in.
Lastly, GTTOD now locks at 60 FPS. I know some of you like getting up in the 120's range, and eventually I will make an option to unlock the frames, but for now I am really happy with this. Yesterday I could only run GTTOD at about 45 FPS, and today I don't ever drop below 60 AT ALL. That is a milestone and a half for me, considering my PC can hardly run Fortnite.
A lot of work has been done on bug fixing as well, much of which has revolved around water and rocks. I recently made entire separated collision models for all the rocks in the water, so hopefully you guys won't be getting stuck on them any longer. On top of that a new system is in place to allow you to walk up slanted surfaces and bumpy surfaces (like stairs) much easier and smoother.
LASTLY, GTTOD will be on sale for 30% off during the two week long Summer Sale. This brings the price of GTTOD down to 7 USD, and HOPEFULLY some of you guys who are sitting there with GTTOD in your wishlist will be able to pick it up then.
I will be continuing these daily updates up until the sale, and by then I hope to have the Rogue Combat update done and over with. Thanks for sticking with me, and I look forward to hearing your reactions to the new content and stuff!
Toodles!
-Andrew