Dear community members, avid cat lovers, gamers around the world: young and old!
As you may recall I mentioned that I'm currently in the process of updating Gilbert to version 1.5. I've listened to a lot of commentary, feedback, complaints and also listened to what you liked about the game.
I just added a new beta branch available to anyone who owns a copy of Play With Gilbert. This new version is in a "work in progress" state. Numerous features are currently not working properly or just not working at all.
However, in this new beta branch you'll be able to try out the new Gilbert player character. I started from the ground up and I do believe that Gilbert controls so much better.
He now jumps higher and is now able to do a double jump, just like any regular cat. Okay, maybe that's not true. :P The idea of course is to make Gilbert more fun to control and I do believe that this is the case.
At the core nothing has changed too much, and the foundation remains the same. You'll be able to play the game with just one control stick, or both. Where the right stick controls the camera.
On top of that you can now reset the camera using the old teleport button. (Teleporting still works, you just have to hold the same button down for about three seconds.) I also fixed the other kitties getting stuck under the floor.
I also changed the camera position (It's now slightly further away), giving the player a better view of the surroundings. I would very much appreciate some feedback regarding the new changes as I continue to update the game until everything is pretty much working as it used to.
You can opt into the Beta simply by right-clicking on "Play With Gilbert" inside your steam client. Then click on properties and navigate to the Betas tab. After that all you need to do is select "gilbert_1.5_preview" from the drop down list and you're good to go.
I will be monitoring feedback and once most of the features are working again will I push the new version to the public/default branch.
On top of that I will also be releasing a new map to celebrate the 1.5 update, which will be a surprise for now.
I'll continue to post updates until the final 1.5 is out. I hope this will reinvigorate some of the people who did not appreciate the old movement system.
Please feel free to share your opinions and of course anu ideas for possible future content as well.
Sincerely,
Joure Visser