V2.0 Beta When? | Patreon Weekly #191
Added 2023-01-30 22:16:06 +0000 UTCHey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to summarize what’s left to do for v2.0.0 to get to beta!
If you’re a golden+ patreon, make sure you’ve taken a look at the recently released alpha for v2.0! There have been a bunch of bugfixes since initial release, and we’re now on ALPHA-4 as of a few hours ago.
This weekly also has an audio Q&A in it! Go and give it a listen if you’d like. You can find audio timestamps at the end of this weekly.
Beta Soon!?
I released the alpha for v2.0.0 on Friday morning last week, and since then we’ve already gone though several updates containing 20+ bugfixes and some early balance tweaks. These fixes, as well as some balance changes before the alpha, actually ended up taking a lot more time than anticipated, but better to clear them out now than during the beta.
Now that the dust from that has finally settled, I want to get working on the last bits of content needed to get v2.0.0 to beta!
The major content left to add before beta is Elemental Strike. I don’t expect the beta to be content-complete, but I want to try to leave it at one missing subclass and one armor ability, rather than two. The design for elemental strike is quite solid at this point (as you saw last week), and so implementation on it should hopefully be quick.
I also really, really need to give the Duelist’s sprite some hair. I don’t think her visuals need to be final for the beta to release, but I know that if I release a bald version of the duelist I’ll never hear the end of it from people who’ll want me to leave it in as a toggle.
Lastly, I also need to write the blog post! I expect to start chipping away at that as I’m working on the content itself.
If all goes well I should have these things finished up early next week, and can get on with releasing the beta and the rest of the content for v2.0.0!
Audio Timestamps
- 0:17 "Hey Evan, have all the seeds been played out yet? I realize 26^9 is quite a nunber but maybe that's happened!" - Chewyou
- 2:29 "if you got asked to have a hero represent your game in super smash bros, which would it be? and what kind of moveset would they have?" - radiantchaos
- 4:09 "Have you ever been asked how much Shattered pd you play yourself? If not, then what enemy do you personally find hardest?" - Gmanamisson
- 5:18 "what do you think of the current state of the Patreon? compared to when it was started, you've added a lot of incentives and hit all the existing stretch goals -- are you satisfied with it or do you intend to expand it further at some point?" - depresbian
- 8:33 "Many items, such as wands, weapons and even armor have their own categories in the menu, but not thrown weapons. Do you have any considerations to add a tab for them?" - Veek
- 9:55 "What are the heroes' favorite foods/drinks?" - Joshuackiwi
- 11:38 "do the gnoll shaman's mask colors mean anything lore-wise (besides the type of magic they use ofc)? as in does it denote anything about that gnoll like occupation? intelligence level? gender?" - radiantchaos
- 12:34 "valentines day is coming up, and id like to ask, could i be the duelist's valentine?" - radiantchaos
- 12:57 "where did you come up with the ideas for the armor abilities? (the ones that weren't already based off the vanilla ones)" - radiantchaos
- 13:46 "How was your day?" - Zrp200
- 15:11 "What is your opinion on Google Play's "Suggested For You" games?" - Zrp200
- 17:33 "Do you have a concrete Idea how would you rework the Succubus? You previously said its blink is a bit too similar to the ripper demon's leap?" - Fcelon
- 18:37 "I asked a while ago if you would consider adding a bestiary and the ability to access the journal section from the main menu, and you said it's something you might consider in the future, yet those things didn't appear in the 2023 blog post. Are those a part of your long term plans or have you decided not to add them after all? (The journal from menu thing could probably be considered one of the "incremental additions" but bestiary likely requires a lot more effort)" - Kamil
- 20:11 "What are some possible adjustments you might make to Wild Magic?" - Zrp200
- 21:44 "who would win: Yog-Dzewa or Jim, Nightmare Incarnate" - depresbian
- 23:10 "What do you think would happen if a Hero in PD (or most other RPGs) wore more than 2 rings at once?" - Fcelon
Comments
The alpha is incredible, and I can't wait to see what the beta looks like. If only there was a toggle so the duelist can be bald again in the future :)
Julian Austin
2023-02-02 12:24:16 +0000 UTCduelist my love
Alyx
2023-01-31 04:02:35 +0000 UTCThe working towards unlocking "lore" about the various denizens of the dungeon (your example of slaying 1,000 rats) for bestiary unlocks sounds very enticing as something to work towards. Maybe even a tracker on their page for how many of them you have defeated as well as how many times they defeated you (sort of like Risk of Rain 2) would be very interesting. I feel that a system like this would help give older players, as well as the new ones, another reason to play instead of just wins/games played. I understand that a system like this is probably a more long-term goal, but it is some fun food for thought.
Veek
2023-01-31 00:08:54 +0000 UTC
