Ahh- sorry for the late post, I forgot to press 'publish' after I finished writing it... ;_;
Since I moved on to doing more and more Ghost Ship stuff, I'm sure a lot of you are wondering where the patch is. The answer to that is that Teddy and Fred are busy finishing up the possibly most time consuming part of each new update: the polish and cutscenes!
Naturally, this post is quite spoiler heavy, so beware!
Here's a small collection of things they've been working on most recently, starting with a new cool effect for when you complete a math/enemy puzzle and the enemies spawn:
There's an animation for when you complete another puzzle, causing the dragon to grab hold onto the globe and a door to open:
There's this effect when the rock comes tumbling into the ancient decorations in the ruins:
And the spawning animation for one of the bosses, the Sol-Gem:
Each of these things have to be properly timed, have the right amount of effects (both in terms of animations and particle effects generated by the engine), and about a hundred other tweaks to make. For the Sol-Gem spawning alone, we've gone through about four different versions before settling for the version you see above!
Some might ask whether it's worth all the time we spend on these details, but we're all very convinced it is! I'd say these last percentages of the progress are the ones that matter the most, as the timing of a couple of animations alone can be what changes something from feeling lackluster to feeling polished and thought through!
Speaking of the patch timing, we finally have a rough estimate, where we hope it will be ready to be uploaded in 1-2 weeks! Let's cross our fingers there are no more unforeseen delays happening until then :D
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