Back from Anime North | Patreon Weekly #208

Hey Patrons, sorry for the delay and another short weekly this week. I’m still quite tired from returning from anime north and need to get moving on finishing up v2.1.0. I do have some loose plans for v2.2.0 that I’d like to share though.

This weekly also includes an audio Q&A! Go and give it a listen if you’d like. You can find audio timestamps at the end of this weekly.

The Rough Plan for v2.2.0 and the Blacksmith Quest

First things first, v2.1.0 needs to get released! I am planning to release an RC-1 beta for it shortly, fixing some more bugs and doing a light balance pass on all of the weapon additions/changes so far. After that I should hopefully be in a position to release it later this week, Sunday at the absolute latest. This is a bit later than I initially planned, but the amount of little issue reports that trickled in over Anime North moved things back a bit.

Once v2.1.0 releases there will be the usual amount of time spent releasing 2-3 patches. Unlike normally though, I’m going to start working on the technical aspects of v2.2.0 at the same time as these patches. Things like properly implementing diggable walls and a way into and out of the quest area can be done without actually releasing the quest, and perhaps I’ll even let the players mess around a little in an empty sub area to test things out.

While that is happening, I hope to pin down the last bits of the blacksmith quest in concepting. You guys can expect to hear more about that fairly soon. As a quick summary, I know that digging through walls and harvesting minerals will be a major gameplay focus, but I want this to augment existing Shattered gameplay design, instead of replacing it. That should make the quest feel more like a proper part of the game, and less like something different that’s been inserted arbitrarily. I previously called the design for these ‘minigames’ and I’m moving a bit away from that.

Once everything above is done, I’ll start working on v2.2.0 proper, which will hopefully be mostly an exercise in filling out content for the framework already added in v2.1.0’s patches.

Audio Timestamps

• 0:08 "how much longer do you think development of shattered pd will last?" - radiantchaos
• 1:27 "how was your day :>" - Depresbian
• 2:49 "what kind of dynamic would the heroes have if they were a group of friends?" - radiantchaos
• 5:28 "Which is cuter, puppies or kittens?" - Zrp200
• 6:13 "Have you ever considered adding an item that would allow the player to reset talent points?" - Veek
• 7:32 "What got you into the rogue genre in the first place?" - Arclightning
• 10:58 "I would like to know your thoughts on runestones as they are currently, are they something you are currently satisfied with or are you looking to give them a small rework (in the long term)? If you did rework them, would any hero get talents about runestones?" - Joshuackiwi
• 12:30 "Are there any bugs you are currently aware of, but can't reproduce or have no idea how to fix?" - Fcelon
• 13:50 "Next time you look to add weapons, what are the odds we get a halberd? I want one" - Supernewb
• 15:16 "You ever get suggestions from people to add something totally ridiculous to the game just because a completely different game has it? More importantly, are there any funny examples to share?" - Supernewb
• 16:32 "I'm curious, what was it that caused you to turn SPD into its own thing in the first place" - Arclightning
• 17:54 "When reading the post about SPD app icon changes I noticed the game does not contain an emerald chest! Do you plan to implement any new chest types in the future?" - Allperino
• 19:16 "whats your favorite monty python sketch? (nice reference with the annoying curse btw)" - radiantchaos
• 20:15 "when you go out to eat, whats your favorite thing to get?" - radiantchaos
• 21:24 "Are you content with the icon for Precise Assault?" - Veek
• 22:06 "are you content working on shattered for so long or are you itching to get to start a fresh project?" - Depresbian
• 23:10 "Which talent took you the longest to come up with a name for?" - Dunlaply
• 24:15 "did you have fun at anime north?" - radiantchaos