Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for February 5th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since January 29th, 2024. Note: Devs that don’t appear in the weekly log are not necessarily away or not doing work, but may be working on things currently not announced or backend work that doesn’t need to be detailed.
February 2024 Condo Contest (Kitchen)
Hey everyone!
The theme of this month’s contest is Kitchen!
Make or decorate a kitchen! The submission should be something that was made after the contest was announced.
Your submission can be a regular Condo or a Workshop Game World Map.
The submission period ends on February 21st, 2024 at 11:59 PM.
Be sure to look at the prizes and follow the rules here!
February 2024 Dev Update
Earlier today, we released our Developer Update for February 2024. In this post, we thank everyone who supported us via the Supporter Pack and our Patreon, as well as a few ideas for items for the Patrons and supporters. We also gave a quick update on our progress.
You can check out our developer update here.
Workshop Game World Map SDK Progress
@macdguy continued working on the Workshop Map SDK, fixing a ton of tiny bugs. He also added a Game Type switcher, which will set up the map to use the appropriate game type (such as Arena or CTF).
@Johanna continued working on the course pieces for the Minigolf SDK.
Minigolf SDK: Ramp Pieces WIP
Ramp pieces can be snapped together like other Minigolf course pieces, and have various settings to configure (steepness, walls, wall height, etc).
Various shapes and designs can be made with the ramps.
A random course design using all of the modular pieces snapped together, using the ramps, corners, flats.
Various corner pieces.
Miscellany
@Johanna worked on Minigolf: Nostalgia, getting it ready for release, and also worked a bit on Bumper Cars.
@Joshua continued working on the new Workshop Skeleton.
@Lifeless continued working on Minigolf: Haven and Ball Race: Eruption.
@macdguy setup the achievements and leaderboards for Minigolf: Haven. He also worked on the Dedicated Condos, added a fullscreen mode to Media Players, and added a Health Bar to Virus.
@Madmijk made some sounds for the retro guitar.
@Nuclearxpotato worked on new items and models.
@Sketchman continued working on the engine upgrade and CPU optimizations. He also helped work on the Dedicated Condos, and made the achievement icons for Minigolf: Haven.
@Wheezwer worked on logos for the new weekend events, made the February calendar, and made some concepts for Minigolf course signs.
@Will worked on music for Ball Race: Eruption.
Minigolf: Haven Achievement Icons
Virus Health Bar
Fullscreen Media Player
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since January 29th, 2024 at PixelTail Games.
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