Update 0.502c brings minor fixes and a few missing features from 0.501c.
Additions:
Added Analyze World Objects Medium" and "Analyze World Objects Far to Blockly"
Added particle to depleteManaFromOrbsInRegion
Bug fixes:
Fixed incorrect category sorting for Deplete Mana power
Fixed mana cost for Cast Spell - need one of each mana apart from spell cost
Fixed incorrect mana usage for Analyze powers
Fixed login inconsistencies on startup
Update 0.501c Out Now -- Spell Sharing + Air Magic
Update 0.501c is now live! We’re excited to bring you the new Spell Sharing tool that we’ve built into CodeSpells so that you can have all your spells automatically backed up and have the ability to share them with others seamlessly.
We’ve also incorporated some new Air Magic features, including the ability to gain information about the world in different ways and better communicate data. As always, we’ve created some spells to show off these features and are eager to see what people come up with!
There are also several changes to the structure of spells in that all spells can now perform any elemental actions. We’ve gotten rid of the idea of an orb being tied to an element as we found this to be more much more restricting than interesting. Orbs also no longer by default deplete mana per second, so mana consumption is a bit more straightforward when building your spells.
Here’s a few of the main points for this update.
Features
Spell Sharing
We’ve set it up so that you can set up an account in game for CodeSpells
and all your spells will get automatically synced across computers
You can also choose to share your spells or download ones that others have created
Air Magic
Analyze Environment allows gathering of information about the systems of the world to use in spells
Analyze World Objects gives spells the ability to collect data about all objects contained in a given region
Deplete Mana From Orbs In Region allows removing mana from other orbs by using mana from the current spell
Broadcast Message now allows sending of data
Orbs can now access their global position and rotation at no cost
Orbs can also be oriented to go towards any global position
Changes
Combined all spells into single orb type. All powers can be performed from all orbs now
Spells referencing Broadcast/Receive Message may need to be recompiled
In Orb: Removed references to Owner -- everything should now reference Creator
Bug Fixes
Many UI bugs fixed, including common issues when creating a new spell and not selecting correct tabs
Several fixes to simulations, including water and sand
We think this update is a big step in our vision of CodeSpells. We are excited to continue adding features to the spell sharing, and to the rest of the game. Here’s a few things that we have currently listed for next steps:
Better foliage - We have a new foliage system almost ready to go that should increase the quality of the visuals of the game substantially. This will also help us tie in better as we continue to extend the fire simulation.
API Interface - We’re planning on building built in documentation to the game as we feel this is one of the most important aspects of programming. In its own way Blockly does some of this, but without deeper explanations, it’s incredibly hard to work with any type of code.
Networking - We are now starting to really ramp this up and get networking finished as soon as possible. There’s still plenty of questions and problems to solve there, but we’re looking forward to the continued challenge and making it so that you can experience CodeSpells with friends!
More JavaScript helper class support - We’ve exposed some aspects of Vector3 and we are going to continue pushing out incremental features to bring more power to spells
Max time limit per spell - spells don’t have to use mana when inactive anymore, so it’s somewhat common to have spells that linger. There is a way to destroy orbs with Air Magic, but we’d also like for players to be able to set a time limit on their spells to facilitate the process of building spells
Catch infinite loops - we know this is there and we know it can be tremendously frustrating when you make a mistake and have to restart the game! We’re definitely planning on safeguarding against this.
Some of the other elemental features we’ll be focusing on next include:
Air Magic - Dampen velocities of objects in region
Earth Magic - Torque Connection, Multiple Physical Connections per orb,
Better Sand
Fire Magic - Per object fire simulation, Object creation and destruction
As always, this is all subject to change as we find new solutions and problems, but we like to be as transparent as possible about where we’re at and how we’re building CodeSpells. We look forward to your feedback! Happy Holidays!
Early Access Progress
The Early Access of CodeSpells has been out for a few months now and we've been a bit silent as we're focusing on wrapping up a new version due to release on Friday Dec. 18. It will include spell sharing, Air magic, and better Fire magic, among some other fun changes!
We've also revamped the whole spell creation interface and added JavaScript spell creation support.
Here's the latest of the video updates we've been doing every month:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/FvvHxrsuxVY
Thanks to all wizards and witches out there for your continued support of CodeSpells!
- The CodeSpells Team
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Here's the latest changelogs from Early Access (we'll be posting them as they arrive from here on out)
Early Access Version 0.400c (11/25/15) -- Windows / Mac
This latest update focused on the new spell creation interface. We completely rebuilt the way spells are saved to set up for the upcoming Spell sharing interface. We also added some more features to Blockly and moved towards blocks being more focused around variables to allow for more interesting spells.
New Spell Interface:
New spell interface + JavaScript spell creation
Better organization of spells for searching and sorting
Next Steps: Finish spell sharing implementation
First Pass of New Sand Implementation:
Sand can be placed and removed from the world
Next Steps: Have sand interact with water and occur naturally in the world
Minor bug fixes and tweaks
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Early Access Version 0.204c (9/25/15) -- Windows Only:
Bug Fixes
Fixed several crashing issues on Windows 10
Minor Fixes
There are some graphical issues on terrains in meditations that will be fixed for the next update.
