Small Update for November

Hey! Here is a small update for the last month or so!

TL;DR: Halloween Prompt or Die update was cool, will do one for Christmas when I'm less busy with responsibilities! Still working on fishing world (specifics in full post). The patreon-only test world will be updated in December and full release at end of January.

First, there is the Halloween update for Prompt or Die! It came with a new mode "Write or Die", a new collar, and the best thing since sliced bread: claw skins!

It was my first time doing season stuff, and it was really fun changing up the look of the world.

I want to do the same for Christmas/Winter soon! After I'm done with some other responsibilities, hopefully December 1st, or sometime that week.

Next is the Fishing world, which is going to be a longer discussion.

Firstly, I wanted update the patreon-only world with the new stuff, but it was too ugly and not ready to be shown. I'll try to get something presentable in December for all of the supporters, but here are the things I've been working on/thinking about:

The biggest addition was a whole fish type system. So each fish has different sizes/weight. Then you can submit and unlock them in the fishdex (pending name for the fish list lol). And they also appear on a highscore list, to compete with your friends.

Aside from that, I've done a lot of work on making the fishing rod more smooth. It's probably the most complex system in the project, but it's also the most important one in order to make fishing feel nice. I'll be sure to tune it even more over time, but it's in a really good place now. Most of the weird physics issues are gone!

Lastly, I've done some tweaking to the environment. The current test world is more fantasy inspired, but that was never fully intentional. I'm a big fan of more mysterious, lost technology and simulation type of settings. I'm not sure how to explain it properly, but think Digimon lol, it's the closest thing I can think of. I want to spend some time nailing the environment and effects, because I value immersion a lot.

And speaking of spending time on certain things. I'd love to polish and add a million of things. In fact, I kinda want to completely rework the 3D models and add more zones etc, but I realized that it would cause the fishing world to take several more months to complete. I definitely would love to take on some long term projects, but I'm not there yet with my patreon to justify a big decision like that. And what if people hate it at the end?? So I really need to limit the scope and focus more on what I can do. I can definitely create something really fun, unique and fullfilling in a shorter amount of time. And hey, I can always add content or start a bigger fishing project later!

With that being said, I plan on doing the release at the end of January. Things can change in the next month or two, but I think that's plenty of time to create something good.