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A Day In The Life
5 years ago

TestBuild 3 (What to expect)


We're currently hoping to push the next test build of the game in the next few days and have put together a list of new features that will be added or changed.

Maps

  • Demo Town (Will not be the final map)

  • Town store inside

  • Farm house (Updated)

  • Demo farm (updated, larger field, new house)

Changes

  • Dialogue window Skin has been edited

  • Camera has been zoomed away to look better in full screen.

  • Inventory menu redesigned

Additions

  • Money!

  • Crop box functionality (earn money)

  • Early finances menu

  • Sold item stats

  • Store interface (spend it!)

  • Tools will have their own dedicated slots in the inventory now and the debug selector disabled.

  • Basic Npc examples (can be talked to, move about the world, given gifts and befriended).

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Finally, I've had some time to do some more work on the recode. There is hardly anything to see except for this utilitarian clock which can be swapped to 12 and 24 hours in settings. The lighting again changes through the day too.

Light menu is still undergoing it's refit, some behind the scenes code changes making it easier to edit multiple lights. A light will also toggle on/off depending on its intensity. So custom events don't need to be loaded with two different commands.

Our latest efforts have been rewriting our scene change code and with that comes some lovely transitions made using a greyscale image and a new shader.

Character customization: How and why bother? (expand)

Quick update on the project, Dialogue system has been rewritten from the old version of the game, functionally the same but a lot easier to use. The camera has been worked on and the inventory is being expanded with things like drag and drop.

Buttons jump scare test shot

Opinions on a new graphics style?

I know updates have been slow but there really isn't much to talk about when you're just tidying up existing code. We're looking at updating the art style to be just that bit nicer. The crop system working with an overhaul to interactions with tools.

Finally, you can sell the fruits/veg of your labour. :)

Asking the big questions today. We won't support changing your characters outfit or gender but you can give our beloved testguy a name. Character customization will come later, as it will take planning to get it as versatile as we want at the moment.