Shattered Pixel

Ability Polish | Patreon Weekly #102

Added 2021-05-17 15:00:06 +0000 UTC

Hey Patrons!

I’ve got a slightly short weekly for you this week, as I’m pushing to get v0.9.3 ready for beta.

Firstly though, Patreon Poll #17has just concluded! Here are the results:
Runestones:       72%
Exotic Potions: 31%
Exotic Scrolls:    38%
Tipped Darts:     24%
Runestones got commanding support, so I’ll be putting most of my focus there for alchemy changes in v0.9.4, though I’ll see about making a few specific tweaks to the other categories too.

v0.9.3 Progress

I spent time this week on a variety of things for v0.9.3, including polishing up all the spots that needed it for the beta. Most notably I decided to overhaul the subclass selection window, and the hero info window (again!). The player now has a lot more information when making key decisions throughout the game, here’s a gif of that new subclass select in action:

And one of the new hero info window (the subclass and ability tabs only show up when they’ve been encountered)

Right now I’m mainly got some ability implementations to finalize, here’s a full list of what’s left before getting v0.9.3 to beta:

Finish up incomplete implementations on 7 class armor abilities.
Full pass on visual clarity for existing talents, primarily a few need cooldown indicators.
Write blog post to accompany beta, goal is ~1000 words with lots of images.
Finishing touches to the changelog (it’s mostly written already)

I’m going to try to get these done and get v0.9.3 to beta around the middle of this week, Wednesday or Thursday.