NINJA RELEASES SEPTEMBER 5th + NETWORK PROGRESS REPORT
NINJA
i will get the bad news out of the way early which is that i just don't think i'm going to have ninja ready by tomorrow/august. too many outside factors in life interfered and when you're the only one working on a character, that kind of thing can really slow you down. i think i could still technically finish him by tomorrow, but i got some news and i won't be around for the weekend, so if ANYTHING went wrong i wouldn't be here to fix it, and i want to make sure he's actually fun and cool lol. delaying by 1 week let's me cook a little longer, and also gives me time to balance the rest of the cast after cherry's tournament along with the ninja update, so it feels much more like a larger update! there will be at least 1 patch before the ninja patch to fix up some bugs. i feel pretty bad for letting the community down and not getting him out in august as previously stated, but there were just so many other things to focus on before i got to work on him, and because the community was so huge initially, many many issues arose faster than they normally would. it's a good problem to have, but i'm sorry ninja was the sacrifice :((
NETWORK / ONLINE PROGRESS
to those who can't connect online, i know it's been frustrating and i completely understand, but i have good news! plague has made a lot of progress with reworking the online to steam servers. quickplay is fully functional through the steam servers and feels great. he's working on the lobby system now, which will be much more robust than the current version. you'll have public lobbies to look through, and private lobbies for tournaments or to invite your friends through steam friend's list! he estimates that september 12th is the latest the update would come, so it could be earlier than that!
as soon as plague is done with online, it's workshop time baby!! i'll be hiring to work on the tutorial and other issues so plague can focus on modding. i also may have more character news in the near future