Hey Patrons!
Thanks for voting in that little poll last week. The results were overwhelmingly in favor of talents, so that’s what I’m going with! Read on to find out when talents will be coming to beta, and also about a few other smaller changes coming in v0.9.0.
Some Interface Tweaks
It seems like each recent update has had some interface chances, and v0.9.0 will be no exception!
Firstly, I’ve made a few changes to the game’...
2020-09-14 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Content Poll #9 ended last Friday, here are the results:
Champion Enemies: 100% Support
Stronger Bosses: 64% Support
More Secrets: 64% Support
Heavy Upgrades: &nbs...
2020-09-07 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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As promised in Content Poll #8.5, this poll includes some options for new challenges! Each of these challenge ideas tries to focus on taking an existing aspect of the game that’s challenging for the player and lean into it more heavily, rather than the common challenge approach of restricting/removing mechanics that are helpful. We’ve got a challenge each for bosses, enemies, levelgen, and eq...
2020-08-31 15:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Firstly, there’s a new content poll! This poll focuses on options for challenges that could be added to the game in v0.9.0!
As for what’s happening right now, v0.8.2d was just released, which fixes up a few bugs that were introduced in v0.8.2c. I’m finally getting started on actual development for v0.9.0, so hopefully I’ll have something to show off on that next week.
2020-08-31 15:01:02 +0000 UTC
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In the spirit of releasing more frequent updates, I've decided to release one more patch for v0.8.2 with a bunch of smaller fixes from my list, rather than rolling those into v0.9.0.
What Exactly is ‘The List’?
If you’ve ever reported a bug or other issue to me, you might have heard me refer to a list of things that I plan to look into. This list is part of a large group of text documents that I use to loosely organize my thoughts when d...
2020-08-24 15:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Content Poll #8.5 just ended, here are the results:
On Diet: 100% Support
Pharmacophobia: 69% Support
Faith is My Armor: 50% Support
I’m very happy with the results f...
2020-08-17 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Here we go with an amended content poll #8! This poll features revisions to the voting process and some of the challenge designs.
For voting, I’ve made it clear that this poll isn’t a competition through the voting process itself. Each choice now has a yes/no option, which should make the results a lot more indicative of the actual support behind each change on its own.
For the choices themselves, I’ve made changes to pull in the complexity a fair bit. Now...
2020-08-11 15:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Firstly, there’s a new content poll! This is a second attempt at poll #8 with improved voting options and design tweaks that I’m happier with in terms of complexity.
v0.8.2 released on Thursday last week and has been doing really well so far! Feedback has been hugely positive on the 5th equip slot, and while winrates have increased a bit they’re still well within acceptable bounds. Fo...
2020-08-11 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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After crunching pretty hard on it last week v0.8.2 went to beta on Thursday! It’s seemingly quite stable now after a couple followup patches, so things look to be in track for a full release in the middle of this coming week.
Now, I’ve got some information to share on the last content poll, and a rough outline for what’s coming in v0.9.0.
Regarding Content Poll #8
Here are the results for 2020-08-03 15:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Here we go with another poll; on schedule!
This time around we’re taking a look at some of the game’s challenges. I’ve talked about wanting to overhaul the challenge system entirely, but that’s something large enough to deserve its own update. For now, I’m looking at ways to incrementally improve existing challenges, and perhaps...
2020-07-27 15:01:02 +0000 UTC
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As promised, there’s a new content poll! This time we’re looking at some of the game’s existing challenges.
v0.8.2 is around 2 days out from going to beta, so let’s take a look at the final things I’ve been working on:
New Supporter Screen
As mentioned in the last weekly, the final major UI change coming in v0.8.2 is an overhaul to the game’s suppo...
2020-07-27 15:00:06 +0000 UTC
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I made a lot of progress on v0.8.2 last week, and it will hopefully be going to beta sometime this week!
The last few weeklies have been about that new gameplay system, so I want to shift gears for a moment and go back to what’s coming in the next update.
So what about v0.8.2?
I’ve been spending the last few weeks working on all the various design and technical adjustments that I wanted to get into v0.8.2. Firstly, the main menu is g...
2020-07-20 15:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Content Poll #7 has finished, with the Gladiator in first place! Here are the full results:
Gladiator: 58% Support
Battlemage: 53% Support
Freerunner: 47% Support
In a future update the Gladiator will be getting priority for some changes or even a full rework! The vote was pretty even across the board on this one, which indicates to me that there’s a decent desire for changes to the other sub...
2020-07-13 15:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Before we get into the poll itself, I’d like to share a couple of changes I’m going to make to how these polls work:
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Previously I tried to make each poll about something I’m currently developing, so that you guys can see the results of your votes quickly. This makes it tricky to commit to a specific schedule though, and we’ve consistently had months without polls as a result. So, moving forward I’m going to be a bit more flexible about what...
2020-07-06 15:01:59 +0000 UTC
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This week I’m getting some of the technical work in place for v0.8.2, including a lot of the internal structuring for the news and supporter interfaces. If things go well I may have some screenshots to share on that next week.
Also, there’s a new Content Poll! I’m making a few changes to the way polls work to try and ensure one comes out every month, take a look at the poll post for m...
2020-07-06 15:00:04 +0000 UTC
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v0.8.1 has now been fully released! You can take a look at the announcement blog here!
This week I’m working on patches for v0.8.1 and starting specific planning for the next update. Read on to find out more about that!
What’s Coming Next?
Now that v0.8.1 has released, I’m filling out more specific plans for what to do after it...
2020-06-29 15:01:03 +0000 UTC
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The beta for v0.8.1 has been live since last Friday, along with a new blog post! I spent most of last week getting that release lined up, plus some non-Shattered work.
I’m spending this week evaluating the beta and adding the last bits of polish to get it ready for release!
Getting v0.8.1 Ready for Full Release
Th...
2020-06-22 15:00:04 +0000 UTC
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It's another slightly short weekly as I'm busy gearing up for releasing v0.8.1 to beta, but there's still a few things to show off. Most notably some more new sound effects!
More new Sound Effects!
The embedded video above goes over almost all of the additional sound effects coming in 0.8.1. Broken up into segments:
- 0:00-0:10 The default hitsound has been remastered, to better fit in with the new combat sounds being added.
2020-06-15 15:00:04 +0000 UTC
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If you haven't already, go up and look at the attached video. The timing for this reveal couldn't be better, as we've just recently completed a full year of Patreon weeklies!
Aside from what's shown off there, I spent most of this week working on rounding out features for 0.8.1. This week will also be spent on that, with the goal of getting 0.8.1 to beta in about a weeks time.
New Hero Select!
0.8.1 is including a lot of various changes...
2020-06-08 15:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Content Poll #6 has finished, with the Wand of Magic Missile as the winner! Here are the full results:
Wand of Magic Missile: 53% Support
Ring of Wealth: 40% Support
Footwear of Nature: 33% Support
Master Thieves’ Armband: 27% Support
Based on these results magic missile will be getting a new abi...
2020-06-01 15:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Over the last month we’ve had a poll for artifacts, and a poll for rings/wands. Originally my plan was to do one poll each for artifacts, rings, and wands. However, rings and wands ended up getting merged into their own poll instead, so what do we do with our third poll?
To quickly recap:
- The Talisman of Foresight won the first poll with a commanding 80% Support.
- The Wand of Regrowth won the second poll with 64% Support....
2020-05-25 15:01:59 +0000 UTC
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Firstly, there’s a new content poll out! Content Poll #6 is the last in the recent trio of item rework polls and gives a second chance to items that didn’t win polls 4 and 5!
0.8.1 is slowly approaching completion, and at this rate we can hopefully start the 0.8.1 beta in early June. That puts us at a roughly one and a half month dev cycle since 0.8.0b, which isn’t ideal but is much b...
2020-05-25 15:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Content Poll #5 has finished, with the Wand of Regrowth as the winner! Here are the full results:
Wand of Regrowth: 64% Support
Wand of Magic Missile: 57% Support
Ring of Wealth: 50% Support
Ring of Might: 36% Support
Support was definitely more mixed this time around, but the wand of regrowth still pulled ahead by a decent margin. I’m going to get started on some more spec...
2020-05-18 15:00:05 +0000 UTC
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For this item rework poll we’re focusing on wand and rings! There are fewer items that I have ideas for major design changes in these categories, so I’m doing them in one poll instead of separately. For each option I’ll share the item’s current state and some general ideas I have for improving it. The winning choice will have these ideas developed on and will be reworked in v0.8.1!
Ring of Wealth
The ring of wealth’s current focu...
2020-05-11 15:01:03 +0000 UTC
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As mentioned, I’m moving content polls to release at the same time as weeklies, and there’s one out right now! Content Poll #5 focuses on rings and wands, and will run right up until next week.
For this week I mainly focused on item concepting work for that content poll, and on various quality of life improvements. The most noticeable of which is a huge improvement to the way buff durat...
2020-05-11 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Content Poll #4 has ended with the Talisman of Foresight winning by a pretty commanding margin! Here are the full results:
Talisman of Foresight: 80% Support
Master Thieves’ Armband: 50% Support
Footwear of Nature: 40% Support
Horn of Plenty: 30% Support
Now that weeklies are pretty consistently coming out at 11am on Monday, I think I’m going to try to sync up polls with ...
2020-05-04 15:01:02 +0000 UTC
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As mentioned before, I’m making a bunch of balance changes and general improvements to items in 0.8.1. As with any update that focuses on item adjustments, I like to fit in a few additions or reworks for items or item categories that need it the most. This time around, I thought it would be fun to let you guys decide which items get more extensive changes!
The next three polls will each feature options within an item category, and the first one is artifacts! For eac...
2020-05-01 01:33:03 +0000 UTC
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I’ve spent most of last week working on 0.8.0a, which should be releasing today! 0.8.0a is primarily bugfixes, but also includes some balance and QOL tweaks. On the balance front I’m buffing sniper shot and slightly scaling back DM-300, Yog, and ripper demons. For QOL I’m tweaking the new red flash effect to be much less likely to trigger when it’s not needed.
This week I’m starting 0.8.1 in earnest. The update will be made of lots of smaller improveme...
2020-04-27 15:00:05 +0000 UTC
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As I’m sure you’re all aware, 0.8.0 finally released last Thursday! I spent the first half of last week finishing up spritework, and after release I’ve been mainly focused on replying to a bunch of messages and tracking issues relating to the update.
0.8.0 is doing very well so far, honestly better than I expected, but there are always enough issues to warrant a patch. It’s not too pressing though, so I’ll likely wait until later this week or even early next...
2020-04-21 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Since last week ripper demons now have finished spritework, a new blog post is now up on ShatteredPixel.com, and I’ve hammered out several remaining bugs. Unfortunately, due to a mixture of real-world obligations and this work taking a bit longer than expected, I wasn’t able to get 0.8.0 finished last week.
This week I’m aiming to tidy up the final...
2020-04-13 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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