TLDR - Work has been started on 1.13 and I hope to have it released in the coming months, it will bring a new map and remove a lot of tech debt from the code base which will allow me to develop new features faster.
Hello!
This is the first development update I'm going to post about Wyoming Winter, I plan to do these semi regularly.
Work has started on version 1.13, my plan with this version is to remove a lot of tech debt that is currently stopping me from developing features that I think would help the game immensely and by doing so add a new map to acompany the current office map.
This update will take some time to finish I estimate around two months to develop, test and release but afterwards should lead the way to more frequent and higher quality updates.
I'll be fixing some issues in this update as well such as the jump movement tech that allows players to travel at immense speed around the map.
Player counts have been on the rise month after month with an increase in monthly Vivox (voice chat functionality) users by ~30% each month since January, this is very engouraging and I'm hopeful for the future growth of the playerbase.
If anyone has any suggestions please do reply or send a tweet to @ValleyHoundUK
Cheers,
ValleyHound