Good grief! It's -another- weekly update!

I know, right? The world will be wobbling on it's axis if we're not careful!

Firstly, a big hello and welcome (and indeed welcome back in some cases) to new patrons. Thanks guys. As you've seen (hopefully!) from the remaster when you're a tiny fish like me it -really- does make a difference. So, thank you.

Secondly, and since Becca is so fond of giving you your results at the end of a chapter, let's see how I did on my "This is what I'll do this week..." scoreboard.

Tidying files up - done! *feels all houseworky proud!*

Wiring the music channels together - done!

Typos and compression - done that too!

Android port - :( Not done. I know what's wrong. I even know what file I have to adjust to solve the out of memory problem on compiling. But I'm damned if I can find the file. It just doesn't seem to be in the software package. I'm going to park this one for the mo until I start rendering fully then, with the PC busy, I can poke around a bit and not lose time.

Location maps - done! I've dropped a load of images of them at the end of this post. They look rather decent I think.

Plant repair mechanic - done! (I'm not doing too shabby am I?!). I'm happy with the system that I have and it's easily tweakable in case the balance isn't right. I'll see what testers think of it when it goes out to play. But for now I'm content that I have a workable, sensible system in place that you'll find easy to grasp and will enhance your gameplay.

Caverns and creatures mechanics - done!

....and now for things I've done which I hadn't had on my list!

The plant room has had a fresh makeover as part of the overall map and plant repair mechanics work. It looks very different to what you've seen before being both more realistic and much, much easier on the eye.

Also! We have three new locations. These have come about partly as a result of the mechanics and map work but also with me going back through my old script and adding back storylines and scenes that I'd dropped when rendering on the old 1050 card (renders used to take an hour so....yeah, had to cut some stuff). But now it's back. There is a separate medbay instead of me having to combine it with Marcus' lab; a new shower block, and a workshop. Speaking of labs, both Mr & Mrs Jones have had a slight makeover on theirs too. Again, everything is looking -much- better. Much.

Oh! And it looks as though we might have the transparency slider working again. It seems as though it was a simple coding issue caused by me using non permanent variables. No promises, as I haven't amended the code and tested it yet, but it would be nice if I could have that up and running for you for the next release.

So what about this week?

Less but more. I want to focus on just one thing this week for the game and that's to get a playable Caverns and Creatures made and rendered. That way I can kick that out as a standalone to testers and see what they think of it.

Also! Remember a few months ago where I was looking at statuettes of characters as a lottery reward for your patience? The problem we had was how to do it anonymously for your delivery. I -think- I've cracked it... Stay tuned!

Piccies below, and stay lucky!

Laters!

Built by little old me!

As was this! ;)