A Mall is Born - Devlog 22/04
Added 2022-04-22 18:04:28 +0000 UTCOr it's in the process of being born. The waters have broken so to speak, and I've started working on the new mall level, as voted for by yourselves. It's been a slow week-and-a-bit since I took some time to visit family over Easter, but I'm back at it now.
Here's a quick sneak peek at the first shops in the shopping area. Roof access will be a big thing in this level, and there will be back-room office areas like this one as well as the main shop parts.
I'm planning on having an outdoor strip-mall style area next to the car park, as well as a small indoor mall with a few more shops contained within.
I'm working on getting a vertical slice of this level, with these two shops fully playable before making the rest of the level. That way I can test out some performance things before going all-out, and work out any issues early on.
This level will be the biggest so far by some margin, so it may need some extra performance improvements, but it'll be a good test of the game's systems.
I also spent the first of this patreon money to get a couple of new model packs. One contains farm-related things, and the other is a large pack with a lot of new cars, motorbikes, and workshop-related models, some of which might show up in the next playtest. It also has some of the models needed for the eventual container ship level.
