Rounding out v2.0 | Patreon Weekly #196

Hey Patrons, v2.0.0 is almost done! In this weekly I’m going to go over what I plan to focus on this week to get v2.0 released on Monday the 13th.

Remaining To-Do

As of a few days ago the beta for v2.0 is content complete! I’m trying to commit to a release date of Monday March the 13th at 1pm EDT. Picking a date like this not only gives me some motivation to hit the finish line, but also makes it much easier for me to coordinate the release with things like a discount and major update announcement on Steam.

With that in mind, here’s what I have left to do, roughly in order of urgency:

• The beta is now pretty stable, but there are always some minor remaining issues at this stage. My immediate priority is getting fixes for these bugs out in another beta release. Amusingly, most of the remaining bugs are ones that weren’t even caused by v2.0. People are just more likely to notice and report bugs in general during a beta.
• Next, I need to finalize the visuals for the Duelist herself. Most importantly, her sprite’s hair could be improved, and her hero armor is still using placeholder visuals. This will hopefully come a bit later in the week after the bug fixes go through.
• Outside of the game, I’ve got an update blog post to write (they are usually pretty quick), and some store page text to change. These only need to be in place for the update release, but I may make the store page changes sooner so translators can get at them.
• As for balance, there are definitely still some things to be done, but nothing is currently a huge standout. Complaints about the Duelist’s overall power level are also still present but have calmed down significantly. I plan to keep evaluating this moving forward, of course, but have no more changes planned for the Beta.
• Lastly, there have been some suggestions for various Qol adjustments, such as more buff icons in certain cases. I may try to implement one or two of these, but anything requiring new text will have to wait until v2.1, as I want to keep the current text locked in for the sake of the translators.

Expect next week's weekly and poll to be delayed until at least Tuesday, as by this time next week v2.0 should be releasing!