Weekly Dev Log for January 16th, 2024

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Weekly Dev Log for January 16th, 2024

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for January 16th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since January 8th, 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.

Winter 2023 Condo Contest (Winter/Festivity) - RESULTS

The Community Vote is over, and the results are in!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the vote! There were 63 responses this time!

Since there were only 7 entries, I expanded the placements and changed some of the prize amounts.

The winners of the community vote are:

1st Place - 2,000,000 Units - @Cayla
2nd Place - 1,000,000 Units - @Megumin
3rd Place - 800,000 Units - @OuTSMoKE
4th Place - 600,000 Units - @galaxycat
5th Place - 450,000 Units - @haze
6th Place - 300,000 Units - @Kirbyrocket
7th Place - 200,000 Units - @grandwhizbang

Thank you all so much for participating in the contest and vote!

And keep an eye out for the next contests! Another Contest will open for submissions later this month.

Minigolf: Haven

@Lifeless has started working on a new Minigolf map, named Haven.

Minigolf: Haven WIP


Minigolf: Nostalgia

@macdguy continued working on “Nostalgia”, adding more holes to the “vaporwave” section.

@Nuclearxpotato worked on adding holes to the “toy room” section.

Minigolf: Nostalgia WIP


Workshop Game World Map SDK Progress

@macdguy worked on more tools for the future Workshop Map SDK, working on tools for SDNL and Ball Race. The tools will also integrate with Condo I/O.

SDK: Ball Race Tools

SDK: SDNL Tools


SDK: New IO Connection Tool UI

Miscellany

@Johanna worked on the optimizations for the Game World Ports interior.

@Joshua continued working on the new Workshop Skeleton.

@Lifeless edited the power levels of various SDNL weapons.

@macdguy worked on Dedicated Condos and VR.

@Madmijk fixed a few crashes relating to the MIDI instruments.

@Sketchman continued working on the engine upgrade.

@Wheezwer continued working with Makeship on the Little Crusaders Dragon plush.

@Will worked on music for the Ball Race map, “Eruption”.

Wrap It Up

That about covers everything that happened since January 8th, 2024 at PixelTail Games.

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we’re never getting that new workshop rig are we

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It’s being worked on. Every single animation needs to be ported manually, along with updating the animations. It’s a very grueling and long process.

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I love this so much, more abstract maps pls :pray:

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WOOOOOO new maps are gorgeous, same with SDK!

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The platform with the hole in this pic gives my Kirby’s Dream Course vibes
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also dang, Haven looks pretty nice

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Sonic waterfall detected

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Thanks for the update, keep up the great work and have a great rest of your week. :blush:

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I love that I can choose exact weapons in pickups

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One thing that wasn’t mentioned in the dev log is that the Weapon Pickup is a new IO item that can be used in condos. You can select any weapon that you own and it’ll grant it to other players when they pick it up.

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But will it let you to choose your own hotbar weapons with custom one? Will it be possible to use telepunch and grav glove in condos?
Really will be nice for my puzzle condo

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The moment we can make workshop ballrace maps is the moment I never stop playing tower

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Will we be able to use the SDK tools directly in our condos?

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Yes mostly.

You can use the ammo pickup, health pickup, and weapon pickups. Anything titled for the game world is meant to be just for making maps (for example the flag point does not work in Condos).

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Lol. Same but for VR Support.