Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for September 12th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since September 6th, 2022. 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.
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.
Casino: Phase 2
We're continuing to fix various bugs identified during the public beta test.
macdguy continued working on bug fixes, fixing issues in Roulette where chips wouldn't clear, games issuing incorrect payouts, HUD optimizations, etc.
Sketchman continued working on bug fixes, working on fixing issues with the backend systems.
Little Crusaders: Cardboard Castle WIP
Lifeless started working on a new Little Crusaders map, Cardboard Castle.
Little Crusaders: Cardboard Castle WIP
Virus: Hospital Level Design Changes
Lifeless worked on level design changes for Virus: Hospital. There is now a broken window into the cafeteria area, a new route up to the upper floor near the reception area, and a new visual blocker for the long hallway.
Virus: Hospital Broken Window
Virus: Hospital New Upper Floor Route
Virus: Hospital Long Hallway Blocker
Virus: Subway Level Design Changes
Lifeless worked on level design changes for Virus: Subway. The ticket gates are now wider, with obvious indicators. Several areas of the map were cordoned off to make it smaller, and to prevent camping. There also is now visual blockers in one of the longer corridors.
Virus: Subway Wider Ticket Gates
Virus: Subway Visual Blockers
Condo Item Changes
macdguy fixed some issues with physics items. Physics items will now properly react to mud, ice, and water.
Nuclearxpotato worked on an adjustable curtain item.
Condo: Physics Items with Ice and Mud
Condo: Physics Items with Water BEFORE / AFTER
Condo: Adjustable Curtain Item
Miscellany
Johanna worked on a bunch of optimizations in the Arcade, massively reducing the amount of drawcalls. This means that the game will be able to render everything on the screen much more quickly and efficiently, increasing performance in the arcade.
Wheezwer continued working on concept art for Plaza NPCs.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since September 6th, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for September 6th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since August 22nd, 2022. 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.
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.
August / September 2022 Art Contest ALMOST OVER
Hey everyone! It's time for another art contest!
Entries are allowed until September 8, 2022 at 11:59PM CT.
Be sure to check out the prizes and follow the rules! Submit a digital or traditional drawing, a video, 3D model, an animation, etc of Tower Unite for entry.
Prizes 1st Place - 1,000,000 Units 2nd Place - 750,000 Units 3rd Place - 500,000 Units
Prizes may be raised, and we also award participation prizes!
Last week, we conducted a Public Beta test of Casino: Phase 2. Thank you so much to everyone who participated in helping identify bugs. We're working actively on working on fixing these remaining bugs and are hoping to release Phase 2 of the Casino in the next few weeks.
For information on the public beta test last week, click here.
macdguy worked on getting the beta test deployed, and also fixed some bugs found during the public beta.
Sketchman worked on fixing bugs found during the public beta.
SDNL: Altar
Nuclearxpotato continued working on SDNL: Altar.
SDNL: Altar WIP
Miscellany
Johanna worked on a bunch of optimizations in the Arcade, massively reducing the amount of drawcalls. This means that the game will be able to render everything on the screen much more quickly and efficiently, increasing performance in the arcade.
JJosh continued working on new Halloween items.
Lifeless continued working on Virus: Theme Park.
Sketchman continued working on general backend improvements.
Wheezwer continued working on Steam emotes, badges, and trading cards.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Halloween: Wolf Head Pet WIP
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since August 22nd, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for August 22nd, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since August 15th, 2022. 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.
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.
August / September 2022 Art Contest ONGOING
Hey everyone! It's time for another art contest!
Entries are allowed until September 8, 2022 at 11:59PM CT.
Be sure to check out the prizes and follow the rules! Submit a digital or traditional drawing, a video, 3D model, an animation, etc of Tower Unite for entry.
Prizes 1st Place - 1,000,000 Units 2nd Place - 750,000 Units 3rd Place - 500,000 Units
Prizes may be raised, and we also award participation prizes!
Most of the work on Casino: Phase 2 has been completed. We're currently in the clean-up period, fixing some last minute bugs and conducting internal play tests. We plan on having a Public Beta Test for Casino: Phase 2 at some point in the future before the main release, so stay tuned on our Discord and Twitter for information.
macdguy continued fixing bugs that cropped up during internal playtests for Roulette, Bingo, Silver Saddles, and Blackjack. He also added physics to the Spin 2 Win paddle.
Sketchman worked on code fixes for the Roulette wheel.
Casino: Spin 2 Win Paddle Physics
SDNL: Frostbite
Johanna worked on props for the map, as well as updating the hangar buildings.
SDNL: Frostbite Props
SDNL: Frostbite Hangar Art Pass
Condo: Drum Machine
Madmijk continued working on the condo instruments. He's ready to show off a new addition, a Drum Machine.
With the Drum Machine, you can make drum patterns with a maximum of 32 beats and 16 steps per beat. Pallets with multiple patterns in them can be created to program lengthy drum sessions.
It features a wide selection of instrument variations, volume and pitch control per instrument, step velocity control, swing timing, and the ability to mute/isolate instrument tracks.
As with the other instruments in the future, it will support MIDI input. The note-sound mapping in MIDI follows the General MIDI Drum map.
Unfortunately, the Drum Machine item will not be released with the Casino: Phase 2 update, and its spot on the new Spin 2 Win wheel has been replaced with a "Nightclub Item Pack". We plan on releasing the Drum Machine, along with the guitar item and MIDI support in a later update very soon.
Condo: Drum Machine Demo
Plaza
macdguy worked on updating Metal Detector gameplay.
JJosh continued working on new Store NPC models, finishing the texture work on the Celebrations Store NPC.
Plaza: New Metal Detector Gameplay
Plaza: New Celebrations Store NPC
Miscellany
JJosh started working on new Halloween items.
Lifeless continued working on Virus: Theme Park.
macdguy worked on fixing the physics issues with Billiards and Bowling.
Nuclearxpotato continued working on Virus: Altar.
Sketchman continued working on general backend improvements.
Wheezwer continued working on Steam emotes, badges, and trading cards.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since August 15th, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for August 15th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since August 8th, 2022. 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.
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.
August / September 2022 Art Contest ONGOING
Hey everyone! It's time for another art contest!
Entries are allowed until September 8, 2022 at 11:59PM CT.
Be sure to check out the prizes and follow the rules! Submit a digital or traditional drawing, a video, 3D model, an animation, etc of Tower Unite for entry.
Prizes 1st Place - 1,000,000 Units 2nd Place - 750,000 Units 3rd Place - 500,000 Units
Prizes may be raised, and we also award participation prizes!
Most of the work on Casino: Phase 2 has been completed. We're currently in the clean-up period, fixing some last minute bugs and conducting internal play tests. We plan on having a Public Beta Test for Casino: Phase 2 at some point in the future before the main release, so stay tuned on our Discord and Twitter for information.
macdguy continued working on bug fixes for Casino - Phase 2, as well as adding finishing touches to the items for the new Spin 2 Win wheel.
Will continued working on music and sounds for the Casino.
New Condo Items
macdguy worked on adding two new items for the Condo, a Canvas Decal item and a Nightclub Spotlight. New settings were also added to physics items, allowing the player to set a respawn location when a item is thrown. This can be useful for Physical Media so the item will respawn at its original resting place.
New Condo Item: Canvas Decal
New Condo Item: Nightclub Spotlight
Discord Rich Presence
Sketchman finished working on Discord Rich Presence support. Hovering over a levels icon will display the name of the level.
Discord Rich Presence
Miscellany
JJosh continued working on the Celebrations NPC.
Lifeless continued working on Virus: Theme Park.
Madmijk continued working on condo instruments.
Nuclearxpotato continued working on Virus: Altar, remaking the tunnels, adding onto the scaffolding, and beginning the art for the interior of the pyramid.
Wheezwer finished the concept art for the Central Circuit NPC.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since August 8th, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for August 8th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since July 25th, 2022. 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.
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.
August / September 2022 Art Contest ONGOING
Hey everyone! It's time for another art contest!
Entries are allowed until September 8, 2022 at 11:59PM CT.
Be sure to check out the prizes and follow the rules! Submit a digital or traditional drawing, a video, 3D model, an animation, etc of Tower Unite for entry.
Prizes 1st Place - 1,000,000 Units 2nd Place - 750,000 Units 3rd Place - 500,000 Units
Prizes may be raised, and we also award participation prizes!
Most of the work on Casino: Phase 2 has been completed. We're currently in the clean-up period, fixing some last minute bugs and conducting internal play tests. We plan on having a Public Beta Test for Casino: Phase 2 at some point in the future before the main release, so stay tuned on our Discord and Twitter for information.
macdguy finished working on Blackjack, added sounds to Roulette, and fixed bugs with Silver Saddles and Bingo. He also worked on fixing up general event logic for all the games.
Will continued working on music and sounds for the Casino.
Casino: Phase 2 Keno UI WIP
Casino: Phase 2 Networked Bingo Selections WIP
SDNL: Frostbite
Johanna continued working on SDNL: Frostbite.
SDNL: Frostbite - Map Overview WIP
SDNL: Frostbite - Buildings WIP
SDNL: Frostbite - Roads WIP
SDNL: Frostbite - Crate Prop WIP
Condo: Updated Items
macdguy updated the new floating chat message item to support background coloring.
Nuclearxpotato added rotation settings to doors, as well as adding new functionality to sinks along with new kitchen items.
Condo: Door Rotation Settings WIP
Condo: New Kitchen/Sink Functionality and Items WIP
Condo: Color-able Background on Floating Chat Message Item WIP
Updated Achievement Icons
Sketchman worked on updating achievement icons.
Updated Achievement Icons
Miscellany
JJosh continued working on the Celebrations NPC.
Lifeless returned to Virus: Theme Park, working on the layout blockout.
Madmijk continued working on condo instruments.
Nuclearxpotato continued working on Virus: Altar, modeling the temple exterior and creating props.
Sketchman continued working on improvements to the AI system as well as fixing some bugs.
Wheezwer worked on concept art for Halloween Items, as well as concept art for the Central Circuit NPC.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Plaza: New Metal Detector Model
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since July 25th, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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Fish and earn double EXP during this weekend event starting this Friday and ending on Monday. There's also a bunch of more rare fish swimming around for you to catch this weekend as well!
Tower Unite will occasionally feature events that multiply your rewards for playing the game! Have fun fishing and stay tuned for further events!
Summer Characters
Summer characters are visiting now, along with the return of summer classic minigames such as Booze Bash!
Casino Phase 2 Progress Update
Work continues on Casino Phase 2, one of our largest updates to the Casino yet! We are on the final stretch with development and we can't wait to get the update out soon. We plan to have a public beta of Casino Phase 2 before it's officially launched, so stay tuned on our Discord! https://discord.gg/pixeltail
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for July 25th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since July 18th, 2022. 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.
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.
Casino: Phase 2
Work continues on the next phase of the Casino.
macdguy finished up work on Bingo, getting the logic, screen, gameplay, betting, and rewards systems finished. He also worked on updating the "Game Helper" UI from the Arcade so that it can be used anywhere in the Plaza.
Will continued working on music and sounds for the Casino.
Casino: Bingo Gameplay WIP
Casino: Game Helper UI WIP
Miscellany
Johanna finished working on Virus: Corrosion. She also continued working on SDNL: Frostbite.
JJosh continued working on the Celebrations NPC.
Lifeless continued working on SDNL: Hinderance.
Madmijk continued working on condo instruments. He also worked on Keyboard Localization, so the game can auto convert keyboard layouts (such as AZERTY to QWERTY). For non-latin character keyboards, the system will also represent these characters on key prompts.
Nuclearxpotato continued working on Virus: Altar, converting parts of the blockout into actual meshes. He also worked on a new Condo fan item.
Sketchman continued working on improvements to the AI system.
Wheezwer worked on concept art for the Fresh NPC and other store NPCs.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Condo: New Fan Item WIP
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since July 18th, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for July 18th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since July 11th, 2022. 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.
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.
June 2022 Condo Contest CONCLUDED
The results of the community vote are in!
Thanks to everyone who participated in the vote!
The winners are:
1st Place - 2,000,000 Units - @MuffinLink 2nd Place - 1,000,000 Units - @Fire 3rd Place - 375,000 Units Each - @Caleb and WingSilent 4th Place - 500,000 Units - @EMEUTIER 5th Place - 300,000 Units - @colin26
macdguy fixed several bugs with Roulette and Silver Saddles. He added 3D bet indicators to Silver Saddles for better tracking of horse bets. He also continued working on Bingo, making the final touches. The Spin 2 Win second wheel had its graphics finished and item reward code completed.
Will continued working on music and sounds for Silver Saddles.
Upcoming Spin 2 Win Wheel #2 Items WIP
Virus: Corrosion
Johanna continued working on the new Virus map, Corrosion. The sound pass has been completed and the map is getting the final stage of polish before release.
Virus: Corrosion WIP
SDNL: Frostbite
Johanna continued working on the art pass for the SDNL map, Frostbite.
SDNL: Frostbite EARLY WIP
New Items, Media Player Settings, and Condo I/O
Two new Media Player items will be added to a future update, a Catsack Head TV (found via Catsacks), and a Broken TV (found via Fishing).
Media Players now have new settings, allowing the player to change the saturation, turn on/off Scanlines, and adjust glare. The new TV items will have some of these settings on or off by default, but they're adjustable in the item settings.
Persistent Connections for Condo I/O is completed. Shown in previous developer logs, this feature allows the player to connect items together in unique ways. Unlike event based connections, such as a button press, persistent connections feed data directly into another item, such as the video output of the Security Camera into a Media Player.
Finally, we've revamped our internal item settings system to allow us to more easily add small settings to individual items with low impact to development time. For example, the additional settings added to the Trampoline below took less than 3 minutes to add. This new system will also help reduce bugs as they're automatically supported by the Copycat and Undo tools. Over time, we will be slowly porting over items to the new system.
Catsack Head TV WIP
Broken TV WIP
Media Player Settings (Saturation, Scanlines, Glare)
Condo I/O: Persistent Connections
New Internal Item Setting System: Trampoline
Miscellany
JJosh continued working on the Celebrations NPC.
Lifeless continued working on SDNL: Hinderance.
Madmijk continued working on condo instruments.
Sketchman started working on improvements to the AI system.
Nuclearxpotato continued working on Virus: Altar.
Wheezwer worked on concept art for the Fresh NPC.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since July 11th, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for July 11th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since July 5th, 2022. 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.
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.
June 2022 Condo Contest NOW VOTING!
Hey everyone!
It's time for another Condo Contest. The objective for this contest is to make an area for a media player!
Whether it's a drive-in, a cozy living room, a theater, or a TV floating in space- your entry just needs to be a cool spot to hang out and use a media player.
macdguy fixed some bugs found during an internal playtest. He's continuing to work on "Silver Saddles" and Bingo.
Sketchman worked on art for the new Casino achievements.
Will worked on music and sounds for "Silver Saddles" and Bingo.
Casino: New Achievement Icons
Virus: Altar
Nuclearxpotato continued working on Virus: Altar. He fixed some issue noticed in the first internal playtest, while also adding more detail to the map.
Virus: Altar WIP
Miscellany
Johanna continued working on Virus: Corrosion and SDNL: Frostbite.
JJosh continued working on the Celebrations NPC.
Lifeless continued working on SDNL: Hinderance.
macdguy fixed some bugs with Virus and Ball Race. He also continued working on Condo I/O features.
Madmijk continued working on condo instruments.
Sketchman continued working on adding Discord Rich Presence functionality.
Wheezwer continued working on Steam Trading Cards and Badges.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since July 5th, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for July 5th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since June 28th, 2022. 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.
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.
June 2022 Condo Contest IN PROGRESS!
Hey everyone!
It's time for another Condo Contest. The objective for this contest is to make an area for a media player!
Whether it's a drive-in, a cozy living room, a theater, or a TV floating in space- your entry just needs to be a cool spot to hang out and use a media player.
The deadline to submit entries is July 10th, 2022 at 11:59 PM CT.
JJosh continued working on the new Spin 2 Win items.
macdguy worked on the game loops for Blackjack and 5 card draw. He also spent time setting up all of the machines into the actual Casino map.
Sketchman worked on art for the new Casino achievements.
Will worked on music and sounds for Keno.
Casino: Multi-Card Bingo WIP
Casino: Bingo Call List WIP
Condo
macdguy continued working on Condo I/O.
Nuclearxpotato worked on adding a new room to the Default Condo in a previous unaccessible area of the map, along with adding a trim to the roof and adding barriers to the wall planters.
Default Condo: Updated Exterior
Default Condo: New Room (The Dock)
Condo I/O: Security Cameras WIP
Miscellany
Johanna continued working on finishing up Virus: Corrosion.
Lifeless continued working on SDNL: Hinderance.
Madmijk continued working on condo instruments.
Nuclearxpotato continued working on Virus: Altar.
Sketchman continued working on adding Discord Rich Presence functionality.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since June 28th, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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