Independent Game Studio
This week was mostly spent on Round 3 of the closed Beta: testing, bug fixes and tweaks in preparation, sending out emails, collecting feedback, etc. Besides the Beta I worked on: Beam weapons. Currently enemy only, but I think they will get added to the player tech tree eventually. I’ve designed them as very high … Read more
Really quick update this week. I’ve spent the past couple days playtesting and fixing minor bugs as I prepare for the 3rd closed beta round, hopefully going out later this week. Tasks accomplished since the last update: Added retro/stabilizer thrust effect to ship Trade system has supply/demand effects; if the player sells a lot of … Read more
Got a little bit less done this week than usual because I was traveling for a friend’s wedding. As usual, this is part of a regular quickly weekly update that I plan to continue through the game’s Early Access until full release so players are kept aware of progress. In the past week I’ve: Done … Read more
As I mentioned last week, I’ve started doing weekly progress updates to keep players informed on what I’ve done in the past week. I think it’s important that once the game enters Early Access those who have bought the game be kept updated on the game’s progress. What happened in the past week: The biggest … Read more
Now that the store page and community forums are up, I’m going to try to post short but regular weekly progress updates. This will give you all a sense of how the game is progressing and help keep me accountable. The major item I spent a lot time on this week was the second round … Read more