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The Lonely Gorilla

Update Live
Fixed terrain shader error where rain effects were not showing when it rained.

Improved some elements of Male gorilla and leopard. More to follow. Leopard is showing some strange behaviour - working on another update now hopefully live tomorrow but I wanted to test the terrain live.

Andy.

Work started on achievements, documentation and trading cards.

Update Live
Fixed shelter system bug. Large trees such as Coconut, Kapok, banyan now provide shelter from rain and storms.

Procedural world live
We finally have the new map system live to test. The procedural world is almost infinite in size but the biome setup is not yet live, the world is currently a mix of mountains and rainforest but the changes (having correct foliage and terrain textures in the right places) should be added quickly now the main feature is complete.

While updating these features we will also move to animals and get them up to the standard we need to give a true feel to the game. Some minor improvements to animals is included in this update.

The game systems are now our priority in regard to the gorilla troop and other animals.

The game is still a way off completion, so any potential buyers please be aware and hold off purchase if you are looking for a finished product. To everyone else, thanks for your patience and continued support we look forward to taking the game to the next level over the next few weeks.

Andy

Final Testing of procedural terrain
Hello all,

Sorry for the quiet week we have been having issues getting the procedural terrain to work correctly.

We are very close now and should release the new system this weekend. We are just testing other features have not been broken by the new system but we now have a procedural world which is almost infinite in size.

We will then refocus on filling the world with AI animals and the gorilla troop/infant system.

After that we should have an announcement on the small price rise before we transition out of early access.

New Update 22/05/18
Keyboard control improvement. We have added a walk button (Left Shift). Run is still on "W" and if you hold both together you have a faster run. Speed of player turn as been adjusted slightly.

Joypad/Steam controller is unchanged as these speeds are already mapped to the left stick.

The map redesign is going very well and we should have a completely new terrain in the next week or so.

We will then look to finalise the social aspect for the troop and the move to the narrative of game and starting position for the player.

At this point we will begin game balancing and look to move out of early access.

Kind regards,

Andy

Update Live
New update improves the save system including saving troop stats.

We are now adding some further actions for the infant gorillas. Next on the list is the rival male gorillas that you can encounter.

Update Live
This update has our first version of the save system.

Players details are all saved along with troop members positions. Currently troop members vitals are not saved. The feature will be finalised once we leave early access so can be subject to change. Once it is locked down it will be incorporated with steam cloud.

Player has been moved back near the female gorillas for testing. All vitals must be very high for the female gorilla to successfully give birth to an infant.

Update Now Live
This update includes a overhaul of the scoring system. Points are now awarded for most activities like eating, building a nest, mating, having an infant and adding new members to the troop. With much larger awards for troop additions and babies.

Currently if the requirements are met the female gorilla will go to their home location and give birth.

The troop status is now shown in basic form with number of members and infants listed.

Items coming soon include


  • Gestation period before birth
  • Animations and actions for infants
  • Female gorilla actions
  • Troop instruction Follow


Some documentation is being added and then the work will begin on the terrain overhaul with biomes.







Update live
Latest update now live.

Some changes have been made to the terrain textures and fixed some collision issues between the animals.

Female gorillas can now have babies under the right conditions. Lots still to add but the possibility is now there.

On this point I am going to start a discussion thread as I think about documentation I would love some feedback about how much information you think should be given, and how much if any should be done to the player to work out. Check out the thread for more info on this and to give us your thoughts.

Thanks

Andy

Baby Gorillas coming soon.
Hello everyone, just a quick progress report on the gorilla AI. We now have female gorillas capable of giving birth to babies under the right conditions. This is being tested internally but should be live in the next day or two.

Lots of behaviours will be added to the babies as they grow (pun intended) but basic functionality is in place.

Documentation on the troop interactions will be added after this update as will the game start position and basic narrative.

Thanks,

Andy
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