The Past
It's been almost 3yrs now since "Just Ski" was first released on Steam.
Yee Haw! I'm on STEAM
Just Ski on Steam started as just an experiment for me. Up until that point I had been primarily focused on mobile game development but always with one eye toward Steam. Just Ski was my latest mobile game at the time and one day I decided to test the waters and release it on Steam.
I made some minor adjustments to the game to get it ready for Steam and released.
The original Just Ski start screen
The experiment went better than expected and I have not been back to mobile game development yet. Don't get me wrong, I will still release my games for mobile platforms, but they will be on Steam first and then ported to mobile rather than the other way around.
After Just Ski was released I made some minor bug fix updates and one medium size update that added the highly requested checkpoints to the game.
I resisted these checkpoints for a LONG time. So glad I finally gave in.
The Present
After the checkpoint update I let Just Ski just sit (like my play on words?) and moved on to start developing my next game, "Just Flip.
Testing some "Parkour Stones" in Just Flip. (Look for Just Flip to release in 2021)
To my surprise, Just Ski kept getting steady downloads and the reviews continued to be very positive. I reached a point with "Just Flip" development where I needed to let it sit for a while and think about it's design. In need of a distraction, I decided it was time to give "Just Ski" a little love and a new name. :-)
"Just Ski" is now "Just Ski+"
The new Just Ski+ start screen
This first release of Just Ski+ includes a major overhaul of the UI and a huge update (for me anyway) to the game graphics. Not to mention a complete refactoring of the underlying code.
Here are some of the things that are new in Just Ski+
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Updated the skier graphics (old on bottom, new on top)
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New background and foreground graphics
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New Menu System
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New settings screen with ability to adjust mouse sensitivity
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Updated the looping soundtrack with a longer version that has better quality sound.
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New Steam capsules/logos for game.
The Future
I've not thought to far into the future yet, but I do have loose plans to finally add a new level or two. Stay tuned for that.
I hope you enjoy this update, I put a lot of time into it. If you do like it, and have not reviewed the game yet, please do. It's very, very helpful given how the Steam algorithm gods work.