Hello everyone I wanted to let you know that I will be releasing nightly build updates to steam for The Great Circle demo. These updates include a variety of changes and improvements to the game. I understand that it can be hard to keep track of all the changes so I will do my best to include patch notes for each update on steam. There's usually anywhere from 50-200 changes so I will do my best to summarize the most relevant parts in an easy-to-read format for you. Thank you for your support for being a valued member of TGC's community! I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the updates! TJ Developer
NIGHTLY BUILD | January 5
Fixed hud showing too quickly upon first waking up. (Now: Wake...Cinematic...Hud)
Improved leadership system. Animals not born with leaders can now choose (Leadership is based on level, size, and personality. The next improvement will require the player to perform realistic displays of dominance within view of animals to be chosen as leaders. currently this is either yes or no. The next update will put in place a spectrum where individual members of groups can have varying levels of acceptance, and it falls on the leader to keep followers in line and continue to prove themselves most fit to be leader.)
Added scent exchange behavior
Added bonding behavior
Added choosing player as leader behavior
Added NPC counter to hud for testing(near/far)
Began code foundation for vocal communication airways (Ambiance)
Various performance improvements
ROADMAP: August 2022
This roadmap lays out developmental gains being targeted for the month of August. July was productive however not all the goals were accomplished. Not to worry! Unfinished July goals will rollover into August and the work continue around the clock!
July Gains +Rem Sleep: 8 hour sleep, Time skip system +Deadly Humans: Village hunters, Poachers, Poacher Dogs, Traps +Open the full Playable roster for Patreons & Content Creators +Various bug fixes
ROADMAP: August 2022 +Performance Gains: Map, Ai Logic, +Imperatives System +Over-heating & Shade system +Calories stats System +Short naps(Manual) +Tourists on all the roads +Playable: Zebra, Ostrich +Animal communication hud interface (Threaten, beg, distress, ect...) +Fix pen-kill mechanic for Leopard, Lion, wild cat +Overhaul Venom mechanic +Mother animals nursing and bringing back food to offspring +Expanding gore & body parts mechanics (Hyenas walking around with zebra legs) +Map Overhaul: More terrain detail, named locations, playable regions +Map Expansion: 300km >>700km +Villagers doing village life things in the villages +Co-op PvE
Thanks for all the support! See you in TGC's official discord! https://discord.gg/juwQ2kbPvx
July Update #6
JULY UPDATE #6 -New Ai behavior: Show Affection -New Ai behavior: Search for offspring -New Ai behavior: abandon offspring -New Ai behavior: Look at offspring -New Ai Behavior: Mother match baby speed while traveling -Added exit game to pause menu -New sprint behavior for baby giraffe -Adjusted greeting behavior for Mother npc -Adjusted mother walk speed to exclude sudden sprints -Adjusted food/water to 50% at start -Adjusted all enemy animals' attack stats to match growth -Adjusted stats of the entire human & animal roster -Smoothed head movement for most animals -Fixed head stuttering for giraffe -Fixed characters floating up into sky -Disabled home nests -Updated build to July 20,2022
CLARIFICATIONS -Mother npcs have switched to a new algorithm that allows them more complex behaviors, but the new system needs extensive adjustments and polish to be completely reliable. The word below the Mother is the general category of what she's thinking about at any given moment. Try to follow the mother for as long as it makes sense, abandon her if needed, she should eventually seek you out. Report any glitches such as infinite looped behavior or walking into danger to our discord to help improvement efforts. Videos or pictures are much appreciated!
KNOWN ISSUES -Leopard hygiene stat bugged (Will hotfix, Discord notify) -Empty spawn leads to fatal error. Exit & restart game (Will hotfix, Discord notify) -There are some floating rocks in Central Grasslands because some terrain info got overwritten. Will restore asap. -Built-in Photomode pics being saved to unknown location(Use Steam or Nvidia Ansel for now)
SNEAK PEAKS
July Update #5
JULY | UPDATE #5 -New Mechanic: Scent direction (tracking arrow) -New Mechanic: Distance to points of interest (Meters in compass) -New Spawn: South Desert Region -New Logic: animals intimidate via Warnings & Size -Password entry is saved until exiting the game -Moved Metabolism to stat window -Improved villager/cattle protection algorithm -Improved placement code for drinkable water puddles -Improved crocodile/Hippo pursuit logic -Improved animal defense logic, face target after retreat -Updated loading screen pictures -Increased view distance of Mt.Nefti -Increased aggression of Wild boar alphas -Increased Ibex speed -Decreased Light rain, Rain occurrences -Decreased wind volume -Decreased size of home marker -Fixed Mother npc stuck at beginning -Fixed black leopard using old control system -Fixed REM sleep stopping at midnight -Fixed Poachers & weapons fire, stabilized base code -Fixed water puddles not shrinking while drinking -Fixed player automatically drinking water after stopping -Fixed error causing animals to freeze while fleeing from predators -Fixed bodies not taking eating damage -Fixed empty spawn error at beginning of game -Updated build to July 15, 2022
CLARIFICATIONS -The daily "imperatives" on the bottom left of the hud are a daily routine and are WIP. The hud will soon update as the daily tasks are accomplished. -Mother NPCs are meant to serve as a kind of tutorial on day 1, as the first thing she will likely do is take you to drink water when you first wake up. The rest of the first day is being ironed out with new programing.
KNOWN ISSUES -Mother NPCs may freeze after first trip to the watering hole; their decision-making algorithm is being replaced. We'll be ironing out the new day 1 routine of mothers for the rest of the month. -Mother npc may cut through water or choose further water, or may freeze (Fixing this soon). For the time being, simply abandon the mother if you need to. -Pouncing some small animals may get you stuck sideways, repounce something else to correct orientation -There are some floating rocks in Central Grasslands because some terrain info got overwritten. I'll be restoring it soon with a map update. -Spawn error>> Fatal error, this seems to have come back (Fixing this soon) -The Central Grasslands region recently got its terrain data overwritten and has been flattened, so if you see any floating boulders, those are hills that got erased; they will be restored asap. -If you encounter any significant lag, go into your graphical settings, and turn down your shadows to low, then if needed turn down your view distance. -Built-in Photomode pics being saved to unknown location(Use Steam or Nvidia Ansel for now)
