We made some good progress this week. Most notably, I am nearly finished with planning out the next several months of development. My pages of notes are now laid out in a rough schedule which I’m currently translating to Crea’s project plan.
As for other progress this week, I managed to fix a huge rendering issue that has plagued me for quite some time. When anything would be slightly transparent it would get a white tint added to it. This was caused by how the lighting was rendered. The main reason for fixing this finally was because I wanted to add in a trail effect when you dash.
Notice the trail effect when he dashes backwards from the monster
Another small feature we got in this week is the ability to do colored text in our chat. This was done by Matt, the new developer, to help get his feet wet.
This next week I am finally finishing up combat changes and cleaning various things up. Matt will be looking into getting multiplayer to a more stable place. Kelley is working on the new skill animations. We’ll have a lot to show off next Monday!
The next beta update will be ready soon. It will include a major overhaul on the skills, with many new skills being added. There will also be improvements to the underground biome.
Once that update is released and proven to be stable, I am thinking I will finally release Crea beta phase #3 and start our Greenlight campaign! Beta phase #3 will include the first boss and a few new features, such as a type of magic called “remna.” Then we will finally see the addition of NPCs! Lots of exciting stuff coming up. Just have to get over this development hump.
It’s great to hear progress is getting done. Keep up the good work!
Love the dashing effect!