Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for June 28th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since June 13th, 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.
Tower Unite 30% off & Arcade: Double Ticket Weekend Event!
Experience the wonders of double ticket earning this weekend starting now and ending on this Monday.
Tower Unite occasionally features events that multiply your rewards for playing the game! This weekend is double ticket weekend, so hop on over to the Arcade and shower yourself in prizes.
EVERY Arcade game gives double tickets during this event!
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY THE TICKETS!
Tower Unite is 30% off during the Steam Summer Sale this year as well!
Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for June 13th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since June 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.
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.
Johanna finished working on the "Ice Moon" construction condo.
JJosh continued working on items for the new Spin 2 Win machine.
macdguy continued working on Silver Saddles, finishing all of the gameplay, screen, and betting logic. He also worked on Keno, setting up networking and replication.
Sketchman continued working on the Keno machine.
Wheezwer continued working on the new Spin 2 Win wheel art.
Will worked on music and sounds for the Casino, finishing sounds for Roulette and starting Keno sounds.
Casino: Silver Saddles Gameplay WIP
Casino: Silver Saddles Horse Screens WIP
Each horse has their own set color, so if you ever see the same horse again in another race, it will have the same color as it did the last time you saw them.
Casino: Silver Saddles Bet Speech WIP
When making a bet in Silver Saddles, other people can listen in on the device.
Casino: Keno Gameplay WIP
Casino: New Spin 2 Win Wheel
The new Spin 2 Win will cost 1,000 units per spin.
Casino: "Ice Moon" Construction Condo
The "Ice Moon" construction condo is a rare prize from the new Spin 2 Win machine.
Virus: Corrosion
Johanna continued working on Virus: Corrosion.
Virus: Corrosion WIP
Virus: Altar
Nuclearxpotato continued working on a blockout for the new Virus map, Altar.
Virus: Altar EARLY WIP
Miscellany
Lifeless continued working on SDNL: Hinderance.
macdguy worked on a new UI for the sound emitter condo item.
Madmijk continued working on condo instruments.
Sketchman worked on adding Discord Rich Presence functionality.
Wheezwer worked on the new spin to win wheel, steam backgrounds, and the minigame medallions.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Condo: New Sound Emitter UI WIP
Misc: Discord Rich Presence WIP
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since June 6th, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for June 6th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since May 31st, 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.
JJosh worked on animations for the Silver Saddles horses. He also worked on finishing the Water Gun prize for the new Spin 2 Win machine.
macdguy continued working on Silver Saddles, finishing the horse betting and payout systems. He also finished the logic for showing which horse won, and re-wrote some of the screen display logic.
Sketchman continued working on the Keno machine.
Virus
Johanna continued working on Virus: Corrosion.
Nuclearxpotato started working on a blockout for a new Virus map.
SDNL
Lifeless continued working on SDNL: Hinderance.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Miscellany
Madmijk continued working on condo instruments.
Sketchman fixed some bugs with the rich presence system.
Wheezwer worked on the new spin to win wheel and steam backgrounds.
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since May 31st, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for May 31st, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since May 23rd, 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.
May 2022 Condo Contest VOTING NOW!
It's time to vote for the condo entry you think should win!
The objective for this contest was to make a bedroom!
The deadline to vote on the entries is June 3rd, 2022 at 3:00 PM CT.
JJosh continued working on prizes for the new Spin 2 Win game.
macdguy continued working on Silver Saddles, completing the code and UI for betting and displaying horses. He also setup a camera that follows the horses around the track.
Sketchman worked on the Keno machine.
Casino: Phase 2 Spin 2 Win Prize - Water Gun WIP
Casino: Phase 2 Silver Saddles Bet UI WIP
Casino: Phase 2 Silver Saddles Horse Camera WIP
Virus: Corrosion
Johanna continued working on the Virus map, Corrosion.
Virus: Corrosion WIP
Condo I/O
macdguy continued working on Condo I/O.
Condo I/O: UI Progress
Condo I/O: Door Demo WIP
Condo I/O: World Control Demo WIP
Miscellany
Lifeless continued working on a blockout for a new SDNL map.
Wheezwer continued working on the Steam backgrounds, concepts for the SDNL map, Frostbite, and started working on icons for the Plaza minigames.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since May 23rd, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for May 23rd, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since May 16th, 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.
May 2022 Condo Contest Ending Soon!
The objective for this contest is to make a bedroom!
You can create the room yourself or decorate one of the rooms in any of the purchasable Condos. It can be as ambitious or simple as you like (feel free to theme it however you want), as long as it follows the rules and is understandably a bedroom.
The deadline to submit entries is May 29th, 2022 at 11:59 PM CT.
Johanna finished working on most of the art overhaul for the Casino.
macdguy continued working on Roulette, finishing the bulk of the remaining work. He also started working on Silver Saddles (Horse Betting) game, getting the horse simulation code finished as well as the gameplay logic and loop.
Sketchman worked on Roulette, hooking up the ball animations.
Casino: Phase 2 Horse Racing Simulation WIP
Casino: Phase 2 Roulette 3D Chip Stacking Demo
Casino: Phase 2 Roulette Chips WIP
SDNL: Frostbite
Lifeless finished working on the first blockout for Frostbite.
Wheezwer worked on some concepts for buildings for Frostbite.
SDNL: Frostbite Blockout EARLY WIP
Miscellany
Lifeless started working on a new map blockout for SDNL.
macdguy prototyped a version of a system for grouping items together in a Condo.
Madmijk continued working on the Condo instruments.
Will continued working on music for SDNL.
Wheezwer continued working on the Steam backgrounds.
Condo: Item Grouping Demo WIP
Wrap It Up
That about covers everything that happened since May 16th, 2022 at PixelTail Games.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for May 16th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since May 9th, 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.
Johanna finished working on most of the art overhaul for the Casino.
macdguy worked on Roulette, working on the chip system and displaying the chips in 3D. Chips are now placeable on the table and stack.
Sketchman worked on Roulette, working on the ball animations.
Casino: Phase 2 Roulette Chips WIP
Third Party Plushes / Figurines
JJosh continued working on the third party plushes / figurines. We're hoping to start releasing many of the ones we've shown off in the past starting with the Casino - Phase 2 update.
Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for May 9th, 2022, detailing all the changes that have happened since May 2nd, 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.
Update 0.15.1.1
Last week, we released Update 0.15.1.1, which had various changes and bug fixes.
We're also working on a small patch for later this week that will fix some workshop models not loading their textures.
Casino: Phase 2
Work continues on the next phase of the Casino.
Johanna continued working on the art overhaul for the Casino.
macdguy worked on Roulette, finishing the bet system, bet selections, etc. He also worked on Bingo.
Sketchman worked on Roulette, working on the ball animations.
Wheezwer finished working on horses for the house racing machine. She also helped plan out a new style of Spin 2 Win machine.
Roulette has 19 different bet types. Bets available are straight up, splits, square, dozens, columns, low/high, odd/even, red/black, 0, 00, streets, double streets, and trios. Payout calculation is done as well. 3D chips are being worked on, and the UI and effects for displaying wins were completed.
Casino: Phase 2 Roulette UI Demo WIP
Casino: Phase 2 New Signs and Interior WIP
Condo I/O
macdguy worked on Condo I/O.
He got the wiring tool up and running again with the new tool system. He also worked on displaying connections between items in a nice way, along with effects and improving the backend systems.
While it's not shown in the videos, you can now pass variables between items as well, so you can send colors, URLs, etc, to items based on inputs from other items.
Condo I/O: Button Demo WIP
Condo I/O: Demo WIP
Condo I/O: Connection UI Demo WIP
Third Party Plushes
JJosh continued working on the third party plushes.
This update addresses several bugs and adds new gameplay changes to various game worlds, and features requested by the community.
Anti-Harassment Improvements
Players now properly fade out while you are in casino seats. We also hide flashlights of other players while you are in a game activity to combat harassment. We also went through every single wearable in the game to ensure they will all fade out properly so players cannot block your view while you are in games.
Poker Improvements/Fixes
Texas Hold 'Em has improved UI and major bug fixes. The game no longer gets stuck when a player leaves mid-game. We also added key binds for Call/Check, Raise, and Fold.
Player Management Popups
You can now click on players within the scoreboard and chat and quickly have options to mute, block, block player model, and report players. We also have quick options for giving player condo permissions to make coop condo building more accessible.
Casino Phase 2
We have been hard at work on Casino Phase 2. We hope to have more details about Casino Phase 2 soon! Track its status here: https://trello.com/c/YiTB5XHZ/557-casino-phase-2
Changes
Added player management popup when clicking on player names in chat and scoreboard. This popup will give you quick options to mute, block, block player model, report, and view profiles
Condo: Added moderation management popup when right clicking on players in the scoreboard. This popup gives quick options for moderators to go to, bring, kick, and ban
Weapon crosshairs now dynamically animate when bullets are fired
Casino - Poker: Added key binds for Call/Check, Raise, and Fold (1, 2 and 3)
Casino - Poker: Improved overall HUD artwork and look
Bowling: Players now fade out while you are bowling
Virus: Infected now can wear hats
Virus: Increased size of radar
Condo: Noclip no longer moves you down with CTRL by default (setting with key bind for this feature coming back soon)
Improved Lucky Catsack materials and added animations
Disabled Flashlights while you are in a game (such as an Arcade game or Casino game)
Condo: Added a confirmation dialog for loading snapshots to avoid accidentally loading and losing condo progress
Condo: Moved player ban list into its own settings category, which improves load times for condo settings and also keeps unwanted players from being shown to you immediately every time
Condo: Improved Condo settings UI. Now the settings are more clearly laid out on a side panel
UI: 3D menu screens (condo browser, maps) can now be interacted with the mouse while having the inventory open (Q)
Collection Book: Added categories to Casino stats
Collection Book: Removed duplicate stat for Virus infected killed
Collection Book: Removed up some unused stats in ZM, Virus, Plaza
End of Anniversary Events
Bug Fixes
Fixed wearables not always fading out with the fade system (we went through every wearable in the game)
Casino - Poker: Fixed a long standing issue where the game could get stuck and not progress
Casino: Fixed player fade system not working for casino games
Casino: Fixed AFK check occurring too often or at the wrong times
Casino: Fixed AFK check booting you off instantly when you get on a certain machine sometimes
Casino: Fixed AFK check booting you off instantly always if you failed it once
Arcade: Fixed player rotation being wrong while using arcade games
Plaza: Fixed vehicles going slow
Plaza: Fixed monorail "now arriving at" voice lines not playing
Virus: Fixed kills/deaths not being submitted to the leaderboards properly
Virus: Fixed "Infected Killed" stat not being updated properly
ZM - Acrophobia: Fixed several more spots where players shouldn't be able to get to
ZM: Fixed Drone Buddy not increasing achievement or stat
Condo - Instruments: Fixed sounds not ending when item is removed or player leaves
Condo - Piano and Electronic Keyboard: Fixed visual keys not lifting when lifting keys in sustained mode
Condo - Media Player: Fixed anyone being able to skip or remove videos while in playlist mode
Condo - Media Player: Fixed first saved playlist showing up on all other media players, preventing you from being able to manage multiple playlists per media player
Condo: Fixed Copycat being able to paste on to locked items
Condo: Fixed glow property not copying properly when duplicating sign items
Fixed "Thinker" emote rock seat removing while the emote is still active
Fixed rocket jump launch (Firework Launcher) effecting players who are noclipping
Plaza/Condo: Fixed being able to respawn instantly when killed by another player in PVP mode (now there is a 2 second delay before you can respawn)
Virus: Fixed weapon stats not being tracked (TNT Kills, Handgun Kills, Crossbow Kills, Double Barrel Kills, Flak Hand Cannon Kills, Plasma Autorifle Kills, Sci-fi Handgun Kills, Dual Silencer Kills, Sonic Shotgun Kills, Tommy Gun Kills, Bullets Hit, and Bullets Shot)
Virus: Fixed Deaths stat not incrementing
Virus: Fixed Dual Silencers not attaching to the left hand properly
Virus: Fixed Dual Silencers shoot effects not attaching to the left gun (and not ejecting out of the silencer barrel properly)
Fixed Sword and Shield milestone not using workshop metadata offsets
Collection Book: Fixed "Infected Survivors in Solar" and "Survived Solar" Virus stats being missing
Fixed Physics-al Media items being able to queue up videos on media players that have a playlist
ZM: Fixed Combo Power going away after a couple seconds after unlocking it (combo power should stay until used now)
ZM: Fixed equipment stats not being displayed properly in collection book (Blackhole Kills, Explosive Flask Kills, ALPS Kills, Turret Kills, Ramming Shield Kills, Transplant Kills)
ZM: Fixed deaths stat not being incremented
ZM: Fixed Auto Shotgun kills not being incremented
ZM: Fixed Homing RPG kills not being incremented
ZM: Fixed Grenade Launcher kills not being incremented
ZM: Fixed Dissector kills not being incremented
ZM: Fixed Werewolves kills not being incremented
ZM: Fixed Crimson kills not being incremented
ZM: Fixed Homing RPG projectile not hitting zombies head-on and instead passing through them
ZM: Fixed "Days as" class stats not being incremented
Minigolf - Waterhole Hole 2: Fixed getting stuck in the bucket
Minigolf - Cove Hole 3: Fixed tree being on the course
Minigolf - Garden Hole 8: Fixed second gong being missing
ZM: Fixed Ghosts hiding in the ground blocking other zombies (now zombies will walk over them properly)
Bowling: Fixed player animations playing twice right before a player sits back down
Bowling: Fixed join screens not updating quick enough and not being interactable as quick as they could be
Condo: Fixed Grand Piano and Electronic Keyboard items having their color editing sections mixed up
Condo: Fixed condo player background color not matching the condo scoreboard color
UI: Fixed drop down menus losing focus sometimes and requiring you to double click to interact with them
Fixed pet floating code causing glitchy behavior for pets
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