Hi everyone! Welcome to another Work in Progress report from creating Interactive Events for DevLife! Today I'll talk about the overall progress and also show you a teaser of the new map!
Release delay.
But, first things first. Unfortunately due to the level of complexity of events and the amount of work that still needs to be done this update won't be released in Q1 2021 as promised before. Just like I wrote in previous posts it will become public once it will be finished and tested. We don't want to make the CD Projekt's mistake. Right now we don't want to give any specific date but it will certainly be in Q2 2021 ;)
On top of the reasons mentioned above, I have my final exams at school in May. For the past week, I had mock exams and literally haven't opened Unity even for a second to get anything done. So that's another reason for this delay.
Current progress.
Ok, so now let's talk about what is the current state of the progress for Interactive Events. Right now we have finished writing 19 from 22 planned events for the first update. That means they are written in one of two officially supported languages (English / Polish, still need to be translated to the other one), triggered in appropriate moments during gameplay, and also influence it. Right now most of them are missing some of the graphics and were not tested very much, so there still might be some bugs and branches not working as intended.
That's what we are going to focus on the most in the coming weeks - finishing and testing those that are already in the game.
New map!
Meanwhile, our 3D Artist Bartek is working on a new map! It's going to be the middle location between Family House and the City Center Office. It's going to be cheaper, but also give you fewer bonuses and less space for your employees. The plan is to add it in a separate update soon after the one with Interactive Events. In this update, you'll also get events that are connected to a given location. That means you will be able to trigger them only when you are currently in it. You can check some Work in Progress screenshots below :D
And that's pretty much it for today. Once again sorry for the delay but we hope you are going to enjoy the update when it will finally come out ;) Have a great day!
Roman