Can you believe Summer is just about over? The year goes by so fast. Let’s go over what we’ve been up to in the last month!
Yes it’s true – redoing the Wynoa region is done! And not only is it done – we also completed adding all of the Passive Animals for the region too! The entire starting region of the game has gotten a refresher! So check out some comparison images below and some more screenshots!
In addition to finishing redoing the region, Gataela is now sitting on Gamemaker 2026 LTS. We still haven’t decided if we will be parking ourselves here permanently or continuing through the monthly releases – but we upgrade once a year so regardless of what we choose that’s a 2027 problem.
As for the upgrade itself it went quite smoothly with only two known immediate issues which were quickly resolved. We also did a round of testing for the upcoming demo update and most of the issues that arose from that are directly related to the province redo or little things that have been around for a while.
And with that being said – the demo update is coming soon! September soon! Probably.
The demo will mainly be covering the recent province redos, the GameMaker version upgrade as well as some miscellaneous bug fixes we have done since the last one. This will not include any changes to the debates or the turn based battles – those changes will come in future updates.
We have some bugs to fix and then we will push out an update so keep your eyes peeled!
September will be focused around upgrades and demos. We will be getting the demo out to everyone (hopefully) and then upgrading our third party libraries.
We will then be switching into a technical improvement role as outlined in the last update. In other words: we’re going to make it so we can release faster with more stability and setup for long term success. This will probably only take the month of October to get done and then we will focus on gradual improvements side by side with development.
November onward we’ll be back to the two main outstanding items for the game: re-balancing the turn-based battles and redoing the debates.
See you all soon!