21 Jan 2018Developer postOriginal post (opens in a new tab)

Weekly update #3

Dear Furballs,

Every week, I'll post a "Weekly update" to let you know what is going on in the colorful world of VR Furballs. This is the episode 3 :)

TRANSLATIONS

This week the game got translated in Japanese. Thanks to Yuko for the translation! "Vielen Dank!" to those who took the time to write and send us a translation of the game. We received 4 different translations of the game in German! So the next supported language will be German!

Small reminder, if you are fluent in another language than English and have an hour to spare, please give a shot at translating the game:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/704470/announcements/detail/2933400383266087264

VR FURBALLS IN CHINA

VR Furballs is also going worldwide! It has now a Chinese name: "VR毛球宝贝". The full game name being: "VR毛球宝贝 - 摧毁敌营". This is the result of a poll we made on the Chinese social networks. Here is the full result of the votes:

VR毛球宝贝: 15 votes
VR毛球家族: 12 votes
VR毛球来了: 9 votes
VR毛球世界: 6 votes
VR毛球宝宝: 6 votes
VR毛球毛球: 5 votes
VR毛球战队: 3 votes

WEEKLY COVERAGE

Hopefully there will be even more coverage in the upcoming weeks, since I took a whole day to contact a lot of youtubers and some of the specialized press. Here is the coverage of the past 7 days:

I also created a dedicated "Coverage" web page to list and thank everyone out there who talks about the game. It also lists some of the upcoming coverage: http://www.vrfurballs.com/VRFurballs_Demolition_Coverage.html

Another big thanks to all the curators, writers, youtubers and twitchers who are talking about the game. Another big thanks to those of you who wrote a Steam review this week. Again, every article, video, review, comment, like, share, etc... will help us immensely, so thanks to all of you who try to help.

GAME UPDATE

The game has been updated several times this week. Here is the list of everything that has been done:

New: Added World 1 - Level 8.
New: Added Japanese language.
New: Added Simplified Chinese logo in the game.
Improvement: Replaced Tool towers placed in levels used to illustrate what Tools get unlocked in this level by Treasure chests.
Improvement: Allowed Leaderboards tab navigation during the Victory or Defeat sequence.
Improvement: Reduced the volume of the noise made by the fans.
Bugfix: Fixed random freeze of the game.
Bugfix: Fixed Slingshot trajectory dots disappearing sometimes.
Bugfix: Fixed Furballs not going on Drones or not entering in Gun if you kept holding them while putting them in.
Bugfix: Fixed online Leaderboards not loading if you don't already have a score in them.
Bugfix: Fixed Hit the Bomb mini-game bombs going through the ground if you hit them really hard.
Bugfix: Fixed MyLevel.lev folder not opening when you ALT+TAB if the path to this file did not exist when you first entered in the Level Editor.

I also added a sticky post in the forum to list the current known bugs and notify when these bugs get fixed:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/704470/discussions/0/1692659135903288420/

WHAT'S NEXT

Here is the plan for next week:

~~Add buttons on online Leaderboards to let you navigate through all its scores.~~ [DONE]
Add Progression panel that sums up all your online ranks and shows you whether you completed the levels with each weapon. [DELAYED]
~~Add German language.~~ [DONE]
~~Add Italian language.~~ [DONE]
Choose a Japanese name for the game. [POSTPONED]
Put Japanese logo in the game. [POSTPONED]
~~Fix gamepad connected to the computer also vibrating when using the Gun.~~ [DONE]
~~Fix long names overwriting their associated scores in the online Leaderboards.~~ [DONE]
Build more levels!

Don't hesitate to give us feedback about the game, to report bugs, or to give us ideas. VR Furballs was created for you, so we'd love to hear what you think about it!

Thanks again to everyone playing VR Furballs - Demolition! See you next week!

Steeve
Gamily Studios