it's a new month and that means it's time for another monthly-update

General Updates

During April - because of my break and school - I didn't manage to do that much progress, but once my break was over and May began, I got straight to work.

Sadly most of those things are nothing exciting, mainly I made sure to fix all bugs I was aware of and made the multiplayer engine more stable.

Those two things are very important, because if everything goes the way it's supposed to, I want to do a public test some time this summer. Of course, no promises because things usually go south lol.

Player Animations

Beside bug fixes and general improvements, my main attention was on the engine of player animations.
Here are some examples:

- Dusting -

- Game Over -

and my personal favourite:

For now, these animations will play when you join/leave a room! (of course you'll have to obtain them first)

It's a start to something much greater, in the future I want to evolve this engine and allow YOU, the player, to create your own animations that will play when you join, leave, or simply exist in the overworld.

But that's the future, let's focus on now. If you guys have any cool ideas for animations like these, let me know in the comments! If I like them I'll gladly add them to the game.

Nicknames

This took long enough, but we finally have them figured out.

On the GIF above, you can see all the different "roles" that exist in the game!

White is the default that everyone has.
Pink hearts are for GJ supporters and Discord Nitro Boosters.
Green hearts are for special people, youtubers, vips etc.
Yellow stars are for the team! Simple.
Little swords are for the admin team, though they can be disguised as normal players so you may never know if the big brother is watching.
And the last one is, well, for me, lol.

These will be explained in the game as well, so don't bother memorizing.

Flags

These are completely optional but if you'd like people to know what language you're speaking, or where you're from, this is just the thing for you. By request we'll add more, but I think we nailed all the most popular languages/countries.

This feature isn't 100% complete and will undergo minor changes, but the design is most likely final.

And that's it for today! I've been working on some other features, but I feel like they aren't ready to be shown just yet.
As always, if you have any feedback/questions go ahead and add a comment!