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(one of our artists is missing, therefore I had to improvise with the header image)
Hi everybody! Content Update Number 4 is here with good and not so good news.
First off the good news:
Yet again, it's only been two weeks since our last Content Update and we tried to push as much as possible.
We added another two bonus levels (canyon single- and multiplayer WIP) to the game and the second ones were made beautiful by our art department. [IMG]http://www.shifthappensgame.com/images/steam/04_content_update_04_11_2015/added_bonus_levels.png[/IMG]
The not so good news is, that we have to switch to the latest version of our engine Unity due to porting problems for XBOX One (yes, the game will one day also be on Xbox One, yay) BUT
this means that we will have to lightbake all of our levels again!
Lightbaking is a really time intensive process therefore we will not be able to keep up our 2-week-update-schedule.
That said I can't exactly tell you when the next update will be, but I can assure you we are still working on everything and I will at least try to keep you up-to-date via announcements.
We also disabled the halloween feature a little bit earlier than the 7th because of some tech-difficulties. We still hope you had a little fun with it!
So let's go with today's Update!
CONTENT
Our art and level design gang have been working on... wait for it... levels (what a surprise!):
Singleplayer:
Following levels now have graphics: Forest bonus level, Canyon1-3
New Work in Progress Levels: Canyon4-6, Canyon Bonus level
Note: After this period the game will be set back to normal again!
As always we appreciate your support a lot and we hope you'll have a happy Halloween!
Other than that, it would be great if you could leave us your feedback and opinion on Shift Happens!
It would be great if you could also write a Review about the game since it helps others to decide if the game is worth their money.
Well, you guys are in luck because we have not moved yet (will tomorrow!) and therefor Content Update Number 3 is here without any delays!
For those of you that always wondered what these mysterious bonus objects are for, now got an answer:
We added two bonus levels (no graphics) to the game! For now you will just be able to play them without having to unlock them but as soon as our worldmap with all the unlocking mechanisms is done, you will be able to unlock those with your collected bonus objects!
It's been two weeks since our last Content Update and of course we tried to push as much as possible.
Remember that you can always check out what's planned for the future of Shift Happenshere!
CONTENT
Our art and level design gang have been working on levels:
Singleplayer:
Following levels now have graphics: forest05, forest06
New Work in Progress Levels: canyon1-3, Forest Bonus level
Our coders coded code. A lot.
[IMG]http://www.shifthappensgame.com/images/steam/03_content_update_21_10_2015/coders.gif[/IMG]
General:
Added a greater delay for grabbing players/crates. This should make catching a player/crate more easier!
Fixed Coinblobs sometimes blocking Crates
Online Multiplayer:
Fixed Coin triggering stuff
Fixed Inverted Poles not toppling
Fixed Directiontrigger async
Improved Lift sync even more
Smoothed out jumping movement
Menu:
Soundslider not muting properly
As always, feedback is highly appreciated! Hope you feel the game is getting better :)
Cheers!
Next Content Update#3 on Wednesday maybe delayed!
Hey folks,
As some of you may have noticed, our content updates have always been on a wednesday on a 2-week cycle and we were planning for the Update #3 to be this wednesday, too.
However, due to construction works in our office space, we have to move our stuff. Working there became almost impossible because of the constant noise.
But, we haven't been told yet when we can move to the alternative space that's been offered too us, so this weeks content update might be delayed!
I hope you bear with us and we are sorry for the delay!
Enjoy your day!
BUILD 151015 - Hotter Fixes
BUILD 151015
FIXES
Network:
Further improved triggers
Fixed some issues with the revive
Improved keyPlate reliability
Further improved general network stability
Objects:
Fixed some minor scalePlatform issues
General:
Fixed some issues which we screwed up in the last hotfix. Shame on us!
BUILD 151014 - HOTFIXES
BUILD 151014
FIXES
Network:
Improved stability of pressurePlates, levers and directionTriggers
You can tune in on here around 3pm UTC +01:00 which is FÜNFZEHN UHR! in germany!
(3PM CET, 3PM UTC+1, 9AM EDT, 6AM PDT)
On top of that, we will also have an update on netcode that fixes and improves quite some issues:
- Improved Pressure Plates, Trigger and Direction Trigger
- Improved Level Synchronization
- Fixed asynch when lifting each other
- Fixed general stability of online coop
It's been two weeks since our last Content Update and of course we tried to push as much as possible.
First of all I'd like to point out, that everything listed here is NOT all that has been done and worked on the past two weeks!
That said, for future updates, keep in mind, even if they might look like not much, there always has been a lot going on.
As a reminder, you can always check what's planned for the future of Shift Happenshere!
Content
As usual, the art department as well as the level design department have been busy little bees:
Singleplayer:
Added 2 new achievements for the forest
Following levels now have graphics: forest03, forest04
Also, we are planning on implementing a hat feature! Although it won't be done any time soon, Bismo and Plom are already trying out their latest headdresses:
Two sombrerors for our muchachos:
[IMG]http://www.shifthappensgame.com/images/steam/02_content_update_07_10_2015/sombreros.gif[/IMG]
Bismo and Plom as the two youtubers Cartoonz and H2oDelirious [IMG]http://www.shifthappensgame.com/images/steam/02_content_update_07_10_2015/youtubers.gif[/IMG]
FIXES
Although our code department has a lot of work to do, they still manage to get quite some shift done!
General:
Fixed a lot of minor bugs
Movement of coins is now better and faster!
Fixed a squish-death bug when falling of edges while pushing
Fixed a squish-death bug when falling in small gaps
Prepared everything for hats!
Online Multiplayer:
Further improvments for interaction with small crates
Further improvments of synchronization
Menu:
New improved mode-selection when starting a game session. Should now be less confusing and more intuitive
Fixed a lot of minor bugs in menu-navigation
Solved some problems with saved level progression in the level selection menu
So that's it! I hope you'll enjoy this patch as much as we did developping it!
Next Content Update #2 and Worldmap Sneak Preview!
I just wanted to let you know that our 2nd content update will go live this wednesday, 07.10.2015!
We will have 6 new levels in total, a bunch of small fixes and improvments, and an improved selection menu!
We are also currently working on the worldmap and we'd like to show you a little sneak preview of it.
The worldmap will probably take quite some time to implement and therefore we can't exactly tell you when it's gonna be live.
Hopefully asap!
First of all, a big thanks to all of you that bought the game, had fun and gave their feedback!
It means a lot to us because it keeps us going and work hard for you guys to improve the game.
Every kind word, review and screenshot of the game empowers us as developers to bring you an even better experience.
So here we go: Our first big content update!
A lot of shift work has been done to deliver you the best shift possible!
Art Content
The devil lies in the details, also in Shift Happens.
Improvments:
Compressed lightmaps: This basically means the game is now just 3,7gb instead of ~9gb big. This is a big win :D
Coins now fly in pretty curves when collected (yay!)
Added more splash effects for water-collision, because we all like splash.
Our artists were also very busy and updated all the stylish-editor levels with a fresh look.
The level designers also got some work done and theres a bunch of new editor levels to try out for you!
Singleplayer:
following levels now have grahpics: forest01, forest02
new Levels in editor-look for testing: forest03, forest04 (work in progress!)
1p_forest01
1p_forest02
Multiplayer:
following levels now have grahpics: forest04, forest05 and canyon04, canyon05
new Levels in editor-look for testing: forest06, forest07 and canyon06, canyon07 (work in progress!)
2p_forest04
2p_forest05
2p_canyon04
2p_canyon05
FIXES
The code department did its best to squash all the bugs they could find. Some of them were really big.
Online Multiplayer:
Improved synchronization for lifting crates and the small character
The bonus-object should now be synced between host and client (no more double bonus-object)
Lives are now correctly displayed on the clients' side
Coins, poles and all liftable object should now be more reliable in general
Generally the online multiplayer should be more stable/better
Menu:
Fixed some bugs in the mode-selection and network-menu
Levelselection: challengelevels now show the correct amount of coins
Controls: walk left/right is no longer switched in german
We hope you like the update and please leave us your feedback!
Other than that enjoy the game, have fun and bear with us: we are trying to fix every problem at a time :)
