Patreon update 1st of May
Added 2016-05-01 13:24:03 +0000 UTCHurray! Thank everyone so much for support, this is the first paid month just happened!
The game update should be coming very soon, we're still working on some of the things to put in the new build:
Character customization is still in progress, I couldn't finish it due to having to work on other projects. This is because I needed to financially support myself during April + a necessary trip (which also took a solid week). But thankfully, this time, with the Patreon working, this should't be a problem any more, thanks to all your support I can finally seriously dedicate myself to the game development, yay!
Yet I still have something to show, here on the attached image you can see some modeling progress of the species I mentioned in the previous update video! Yes, they don't have fur/feathers yet, but all the crucial proportions are already there. The foundation is laid, so to say.
I also created a special character material that lets you change skins (textures) and colorize various parts. Initially I was going to just make customizable markings, but after some testing I realized, why not just to make a set of unique skin textures? Unlike simple markings, skins change the entire texture of the model, this way it can look completely different for each one. Combined with a selection of head and body models this creates some nice customization variety.
Hopfel, our amazing programmer, has been working on the mod support and inventory systems.
We make sure to make the mod support as early as possible, utilizing this functionality even for the core game content. What we use to create the "core-mod", modders eventually can use as well.
As well as inventory goes, we can pick up, use, and put items into containers. All the stuff you expect inventories to do! Every item can be scripted to make all kinds of functionality that we yet have to come up with in the future :}
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And also I wanted to ask you, what would you prefer me to work on more in this month?
- Focus on the Planes of Existence development, finish the character customization, and perhaps make a new map even. I think we could use a place where we're going to put statues and patreon rewards, kind-of like a hall of fame :}
- Or should I focus on Visualisator and finally make it available for people to play around with models?
Comments
D c
2016-05-17 23:00:49 +0000 UTCI see you! So am I, i'd really love to make an interactive comics with it, can't wait really. But for now I think it's better to focus on Planes of Existence, because the game needs a good foundation for now! I will work on Visualisator still, but it's not a big priority for now.
the Gateway of Realities
2016-05-03 05:08:58 +0000 UTCI agree! There is yet so much things to set up for Planes of Existence, I guess I can focus on Visualisator when the game has a better foundation. I will still work on the Visualisator, but it's not a priority now.
the Gateway of Realities
2016-05-03 05:05:37 +0000 UTCMy thoughts as well, I will still give Visualisator some love this month, but Planes of Existence is the priority.
the Gateway of Realities
2016-05-03 05:03:14 +0000 UTCWe're thinking about it all the time it as well, working on the system that would support all our needs as well as mods that even can go beyond our expectation/imagination :}
the Gateway of Realities
2016-05-03 05:02:06 +0000 UTCBecause there are always denied pledges :} Patreon counter just automatically adjusts to that.
the Gateway of Realities
2016-05-03 04:58:40 +0000 UTCI'd like to put my vote on the Planes of Existence development. Mod support sounds awesome to have. Just thinking about all the awesome things modders would make sounds awesome.
2016-05-02 17:14:27 +0000 UTCI'd like to see the visualizer, but either way, I am looking foward to updates.
Mewz
2016-05-01 22:57:27 +0000 UTCWhat the heck!? How did the patreon count go down?
RadiantDerg
2016-05-01 21:24:20 +0000 UTCI vote to focus on Planes of Existence development too
2016-05-01 21:04:50 +0000 UTCI am curious about the Visualisator as it can give me ideas of my own too, however i would vote to focus on Planes of Existence development.
2016-05-01 19:51:28 +0000 UTCPlanes of existence ;)
2016-05-01 19:28:13 +0000 UTCThat skin function sounds like an awesome customization tool. I think focusing on development and character customization would be better this early on. Visualisator will be cool, but having a more fleshed out game would be better.
2016-05-01 18:32:26 +0000 UTCI say you focus on Planes of existance as it'd be awesome to have a new place to explore
Aldubaran
2016-05-01 15:28:13 +0000 UTCI'm also in support for finishing the character customization.
2016-05-01 15:17:05 +0000 UTCI am with Rufran here. Focus on PoE development this month
Senri Sei
2016-05-01 14:39:04 +0000 UTCI think it's the best when you finish the character customization and Map.
Timme9515
2016-05-01 14:23:29 +0000 UTCi am really interested in the visualisator and would like to see that be the focus, would be really cool to play around with models
Zyristra
2016-05-01 14:12:42 +0000 UTCI honestly is a hard choice, heh. I think I am going to vote you focus on character creation so that the community can take a look at what kind of options you are thinking about and implementation. Work on the Visualisator I think is interesting but secondary to that, so maybe that should be a goal for next month? Plus, it would the community time to test the customization plus the map if it is ready so you will come back to a good amount of feedback for the following month.
Rufran
2016-05-01 14:04:09 +0000 UTC
