Greetings Poets!
The long-awaited content update for Immersive Poetry is here! In this update, the focus was around designing and ensuring the new map would provide a solid experience without copying from levels currently in the game. To accomplish this, I borrowed elements already familiar within the game and expanded upon them.
While the new level is an exciting part of the update, it's not the only one!
Patch Notes:
- Added the Autumn Level to the Game.
- Redesigned the Main Menu to celebrate the new content and the season of Autumn! :)
- Added the screenshot save location to the controls UI
- The Changelog is now available if you click on the version number in the bottom corner of the menu.
- Using the "Escape" or "Tab" keys will now close the changelog (Requested by Leroy Warnt)
- The poems on the Boat Beneath the Sunny Sky level now display the poem in the correct flow.
- Added considerable more poetry to the Limbo level (Requested by "English Teacher Plays")
- Added an Achievement for completion of the Autumn Level
- Added an Achievement for Taking a photo with Photo Mode (See controls tab for more information)
- Added the newspaper entry for the Autumn Level
- Added an awesome new little help widget for photo mode so you know how it works!
- Miscellaneous Minor Fixes
In addition, I know that the second set of achievements (The ones that aren't "Complete this" or "Complete that") are difficult to complete as there is no direct or clearly indirect completion method. This is intended, and I have considered either writing a guide or recording a walkthrough to assist people who want to complete every achievement in the game. If anyone is interested, feel free to let me know on our Steam discussion forums, or by commenting below.
Future Plans
The scheduled weekly patches will resume starting next week, and I will focus my attention on QoL adjustments as well as the addition of gamepad support (mentioned below).
Immersive Poetry will be receiving a Christmas content update as well, featuring a new map that brings new mechanics and the ability to fly to the game.
In addition to this, gamepad support is coming in the near future (I have no ETA yet, but this will be added before the Christmas content update).
Lastly. the next project is still underway, and while it's still too early to discuss specifics, Immersive Poetry will receive one more scheduled content update during Q1 of 2018 that borrows mechanics from said project.