Hi everyone,
The March recap is here! We'll go over the shorts we've been posting, as well the development progress, from the past month.
It's been a challenging month for the shorts, as a couple of sicknesses and intense development involvement came in the way. However, we came out of it with a decent amount of material to show. All the shorts combined now count at almost 40 minutes, and there's lots more to come.
The past month saw a lot of work done on the update, with the main highlights being setting off the translation project, finishing the new environment sounds system (some of which you can hear in the videos), further work on the steam engine simulation and countless bug fixes.
Translators and testers have been admitted to closed beta. We are happy to say that the process has been going very well. For about 10 languages that we started with, most are nearing finalization, and the teams have been very dedicated and passionate about it. Thank you so much, guys!
In the following weeks we'll do some improvements to the localization system, before admitting translators for the other languages. If you'd like to help translate Derail Valley, please apply here. We pick the best candidates, and in that sense it's never too late.
We are still expecting the release at around the end of June. After adding more testers in, things are looking good, but there's still no telling if something will pop up along the way (e.g. necessary performance or newbie UX improvements that aren't obvious now), so take that tentative time frame with a reserve. The real date is yet to be announced.
That’s all for this month. In the meantime, be sure to follow us on Discord, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and stay up to date with the shorts as they come!
-Your DV Team