Saturday 22 August 2020

Progress News

Hello again,

I just wanted to make this small post to let you all know how things are going and what I've managed to get done this week.

I've managed to get all of the reported bugs fixed, and have (finally!) finished off the last few placeholders left in the Rat Warrens. I've definitely learned a few lessons from that area (such as not trying to add so many characters and routes to one quest/area), and I won't put myself in the same sort of situation in the future.

I've also managed to get support for item modding added, and while it doesn't support definitions of enchanting items into other items, the modding framework should be enough to make any sort of basic item. I'll come back and expand this framework in the future, but I didn't want to get bogged down in it when v0.4 is so close.

So, to look back at the list I made in the previous post and cross off what's done:

Progress towards v0.3.9.5
- Fix all bugs reported in v0.3.9.1
- Finish off last few placeholders for the Rat Warrens
- Add (small amount of) Shadow/Silence content
- Add some last few (very small) pieces of content that I had planned
- Add item modding
- Add one last character (which has been planned for a while)

I should be able to get the 'last character' added over the weekend, and I'll try my best to get Shadow/Silence content added, but I might end up pushing that back into a later version (instead of delaying this release). I'm still aiming for the preview of v0.3.9.5 to be released on the night of the 25th, so I'll see you again then!

P.S. Thank you all for your bug reports and feedback in the comments. While I don't respond in there often, I do try to read everyone's comments and take on board any constructive criticism and feedback.