Hello folks,
As usual on saturday, I'm going to tell you about the latest developments of City Game Studio!
Like last week I made a lot of work on optimization but also on the interface.
Adjustment of the price of the game in some currencies
No worries, the price of City Game Studio remains the same, 15,99€, or 15,99$. The only thing that will change is the price in some other currencies, such as the Turkish Lira, or the Argentine Peso. Steam has implemented a new tool that automatically adjusts game prices for different currencies. Previously I was doing this poorly, now Steam will take care of it.
Optimization
Shaders management in City Game Studio has been harmonized. It helps me to better manage the shaders and their options, but also to manage how they are loaded.
On top of that there are new optimizations when it comes to load the game resources. In short, City Game Studio should start faster and feel smoother in general.
Interface details
Much work has been done this week on the interfaces of City Game Studio. For example, all the panels of the games in development have been overhauled. It's more pleasant to the eye and better optimized. I figured out a trick to avoid using shaders while having the same result, kudos!
As you may know City Game Studio is using Godot Engine v2.1, a rather old version, but it's open source. Thus I can add features and fix bugs that may be present in the engine. Why I'm talking about this, well it concerns directly the interface of City Game Studio. All popup icons are slightly blurred on high resolution screens. I added a scaling system for the popup icons to be able to use high resolution images. As a result, the image is much sharper.
I'm not showing you anything, I'm just talking, it's all voluntary. When the update arrives, on February 21, 2023, I want the announcement to blow your mind. And for that, I need some new images of the game. Obviously if you have already tried City Game Studio on the unstable branch of Steam, you know already how the update should look like, but for the 90% of you who stay on the stable branch, you should like it a lot!
Well, we are already at the end of this post, I hope you liked it!
While waiting for the next update, don't hesitate to play again!
On that note, have a good weekend!
Xavier aka Binogure