Deadside continues to grow and move forward!
In this blog we’ll talk more about the process of the game development and give you some insight on how some things work. We can’t demonstrate all of these processes to you, but we’ll try our best at explaining them.
Game development is a pretty complex and multi-faceted process which we are going to examine from the point of time costs. From the player’s perspective it’s not always clear why it takes so long to release updates, because the working process can’t be seen. And we know that waiting is one of the most painful things, especially if you don’t have necessary information about the status of the update.
So, let’s shed some light on that matter. The thing is, some of the tasks we face demand immediate solution, usually they are of a technical nature or balancing ones, and some of them are not time-consuming, and the results of others can’t be achieved on a mid-term or long-term perspective. However, we’re working on all of these subjects simultaneously. We’re constantly gathering and analyzing feedback to resolve them quickly and improve the quality of the game, and trying our best to make necessary changes as fast as possible.
But we can’t do everything immediately for objective reasons.
The process of solving many of these tasks is gradual and requires a lot of time.
For example, to identify the source of the problem with the absence of damage registration in some cases, which some of the players encountered with, is pretty complicated task because of the inability to repeat this situation and of the unpredictable manner in which this error occurs. In order to fix it we’ve created the system whose mechanisms helped us to spot the sources of the problem. At the moment we’ve made necessary changes in the hit reg mechanic, which removed the known negative aspects, and it should improve the situation after the 0.1.8 update release.
Currently, these changes concerning shooting mechanic and grenade damage are getting tested on the test server.
We’ve shown you some of the content that’s waiting for you in the upcoming update. Today we would like to show you the process of the development instead of the final result.
One of the big objects in an industrial zone
Sawmills will acquire a woodworking machine
Underground military bunkers
In these abandoned facilities you we’ll be able to get a good loot and meet competitors who have the same interest as you.
Helicopter Mi-8AMTSh “Terminator”
This helicopter will occasionally roam the sky and drop the cargo during “AirDrop” events. You will also be able to see this helicopter crashed during “HeliCrash” event which we talked about in our 0.1.8 roadmap
New weapon models
Barrett m99
This monster will kill anyone in just one shot, even if the target wearing heavy utility vest. You will be able to find It during the missions or in the boxes with prize loot.
Light machine gun - RPK
Light machine gun - HK MG36
New equipment
Tactical helmet LZSh-1+
This helmet will be presented in two different versions – with camouflage cover and without.
Tactical assault vest
The mix of a light armor and 4 slots inventory
We know that many of you are waiting for the world expansion and new visual content for it, new events and opportunities. The development process doesn’t end on what we’ve revealed already for the next update, there are still fundamental complex updates behind the curtains and it is a long-term process which we don’t always have an option to demonstrate.