Weekly Dev Log for September 7th, 2021
Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for September 7th, 2021, detailing all the changes that have happened since August 30th, 2021. 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.
August / September 2021 Survey!
We want to hear from YOU! We want to get your opinions on Tower Unite as we discuss Tower’s future!
Let your voice be heard on our survey, which can be found here.
This survey will be closed on September 15th, 2021!
August / September 2021 Art Contest!
We’re running another art contest this month!
Try your hand at creating Tower Unite related art, paintings, pixel art, and more!
All participants may be awarded participation prizes, with the winner netting 1,000,000 units!
You can read all of the rules and requirements here!
Accessibility Suggestions
We’ve created a forum post asking the community for suggestions on how we can improve gameplay for players with certain conditions such as colorblindness, dyslexia, or anything else that might affect a players ability to use the standard presentation and controls of the game.
If you have any ideas or suggestions, and possible solutions on how to solve a particular issue, please check out the forum post here.
Next Dev Log
The next Dev Log will be on September 20th, 2021.
Update 0.14.4.0
Work continues on the next update to Tower Unite, Update 0.14.4.0, which will introduce the Private Theaters, rentable private screens for you and your friends complete with a bar!
This update will also include the new Lazer Tag arena, as well as Track 2 to the Accelerate map, “Sunrise Isles”.
In addition, this update will include several quality of life changes and bug fixes.
You can view our current progress on this update here.
Miscellany
@Johanna worked on finishing any work needed for the completion of the next update. She worked on fixing issues with the new water system, and also continued working on the Shooting Gallery ride.
@joshua continued working on more arcade plushies and NPCs.
@Lifeless continued working on a new map for Little Crusaders.
@macdguy continued working on getting Update 0.14.4.0 ready for release.
@Madmijk worked on optimizing the Laser Projector item.
@Sketchman continued working on improvements and optimizations. He worked on getting rotation working for multiple item Gizmo, as well as working on fixing issues with the Voice Chat system.
@Wheezwer continued working on posters for the Shooting Gallery ride, as well as working on dialogue for the Private Theatres NPC.
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since August 30th, 2021 at PixelTail Games.
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