Note From Developer
Hello again everyone. Just a quick bit of BETA testing before the next patch goes live. Full patch notes will be listed with the actual patch.
I have changed my game plan a little in the last week. A week ago I attended my first ever E3 in Los Angeles and it was amazing. I met a lot of really cool people that I had only ever read about and seen online (or in magazines when I was young). Also, somehow managing to get myself into the IGN after party was pretty damn amazing as well. Here's a couple of pictures of my time there for those interested:)
While the trip was a really great life experience, it was a wonderful business experience as well. It really opened my eyes to a lot of things. Through discussions with many other developers, big and indie alike, I discovered that I am actually doing very well for my first time dipping my toes in (for which I am very proud and thankful to you all). I also learned a lot about time management during/on development. Whether it was through the wisdom passed to me by others by their past experiences, or seeing current projects that had all sorts of problematic elements. It made me very aware that I needed to shift my focus.
I had been working on a bigger feature that had been giving me a lot of trouble, it was Co-op. Since the game wasn't initially built with this in mind I had a lot of trouble getting it working smoothly. So I have now rolled back all the work I did on that (I took great notes for the future though). That's not to say Co-op won't ever happen, but I wanted to make sure I was getting tangible patches into players hands ASAP. Especially since there were some outstanding features and fixes I had been wanting to resolve for a variety of reports/requests. Making you the players wait for a bigger patch seems pointless. I got caught up in the Vanity of large and feature ritch patch notes, when in actuality, what seems to be minor improvements like a pause feature and more responsive controls are huge to the players right now.
I don't even know if I needed to write all this out or if it really matters in any way, but i'd rather have the game working its best and in players hands ASAP and it really helps to just write out my thoughts about it for those that have any interest.
So I am putting a patch up in the BETA branch, which will probably go live in the public branch once myself and others have done a few hours of testing. Thanks for sticking with me on my learning experience.
Adam Nickerson
V2.03 BETA
To try out the BETA version;
--> Right click the game in the library tab
--> Click Properties
--> Click the BETAS tab
--> From the Drop down box select the beta
--> Click close
The beta should then automatically download. Make sure that if the BETA doesn't work for you, you use the same method to turn it off.
The BETA version includes some fixes and changes such as;
--> New pause system (press "p" on keyboard or "start" on gamepad to pause game.
--> Fixes to turning ratios resulting in tighter and more responsive turning.
--> Various other small additions and bug fixes.
Thank you to everyone for playing and offering feedback and leaving great reviews. Please continue to share Bit Blaster XL with friends and family, I greatly appreciate it.