With love,
The Everdream Valley Team 🌲💕

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Welcome to the last update of this 2023.
This month has been pretty slow for the development of Virtueror as the holidays and a few other things took a good chunk of my time, nevertheless I am glad I managed to continue a slow, but steady progress.

Let me show you the main new features and changes from this month of development.

From now on, you can find a new collectable object spread around the maps: a loot box.


Loot boxes can be collected by your units and reward you with a random amount of resources.
I was tempted to add a (low-probability) negative reward too, but for now that's not going to be implemented and it will remain just an idea.

Trees are no longer a static scene object, but they can grow and expand in the surrounding cells, in a way that recreates a growing forest.


Growth is not as fast as the one represented in the previous image, but you can expect to see the scene changing over time during a mission. Also keep in mind that trees can be destroyed by your units (like anything else on the map), so you can always clear up areas if needed and no green protester will show up to face your lasers! ːsteammockingː

- Mission mini-map is now only available when a radar station is connected to your base.
- Map editor received a few improvements to simplify the workflow when creating and deleting objects.
- A few fixes and improvements in the game code and in SGL, the game library which is the tech core of Virtueror.
- Updated code of the open source repository on GitHub to the latest changes.

The latest commit that made it into this update is number 1592, which means +47 commits from last month. It's not much, I know, but as I said the holidays took their toll this month and it's better than nothing anyway!

For next month I will finally implement some basic game end, that will allow to complete a map when playing to conquer it and that will affect the planet map.
I am also already working on a special structure that can be considered as an advanced loot box and that will give more complex rewards, both positive and negative this time.

Other things will be decided in the next few weeks.

This time I will also try to release a new alpha build at the end of the month as traditionally January has always been my most busy month of development (probably cold and rain do not help doing anything else). Hopefully the tradition will stay the same this new year too!

Do you think I'll manage to put enough work for a new release in the next 31 days?
The only way to find out is to follow the development and the best way to do it is joining the official Discord server of Virtueror.

If you enjoyed this update and if you want to support Virtueror make sure to wishlist and to follow it. Thanks and see you in a month with a new update!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1607580/Virtueror_The_Virtual_Conqueror/

My plan for 2023 was to definitely release a new update for Downtown Drift... so now here we are one day before the year ends. Just in time!

I had been quite bothered with the state of the game from the previous update. I made some pretty hard changes to the map design and overall flow of the game. Looking back at it now I have now idea how I just published those changes without reflecting further on the consequences. The game lacked intensity and was overall just really bland. I deeply apologize for the ruining the game... I hope to bring back the exciting and thrilling Downtown Drift we used to know!

There are a few changes here I could talk about, but the most important one to me is the redesign of the map generation system. The city still has that uncanny, empty feel that I very much like. But with the last update there was way too much open space that was not filled with anything that made sense or had structure to it. The new design allows for smoother and more guided drifting routes. In addition, the police is now better at navigating these spaces, which brings me to the next important point: the police AI. With the update 2.0 I completely butchered the action and thrill that came with police chases. That was mostly due to the map increasing by a huge factor, which meant the same amount of police units were not able to apply the same pressure on the player. On top of that, the police were extremely bad at maneuvering these off-road spaces. This would lead to them getting lost or stuck. Long story short: police finally are a threat again and it is much more thrilling to drive around now!

Talking about threats, there is a new one: the police helicopter! Every other minute a police helicopter will fly in to hunt down the player. The helicopter will start shooting at your car and if you stay inside the light cone for too long it might hit you and inflict damage. This will add an additional challenge, since the damage also scales up with your multiplier.

At last, but certainly not least: the #1 achievement. It seems like the number one complaint about the game was either that its too dark, or that this shitty achievement is still a thing. I never quite understood the problem at first, but after giving it some thought it did make sense to finally get rid of it. So instead, there now is a new highscore achievement that is set quite high, but can atleast be unlocked by everyone. Lesson learned!

Here are all the changes for this update:

• redesigned map generation system
  
• reworked police AI
  
• added new achievements (removed #1 achievement!!!)
  
• added police helicopter
  
• fixed performance
  
• fixed lighting
  
• fixed controller/steering wheel input
  
• added loading screen to start up
  
• fixed tire screeching
  
• fixed camera render issue
  
• reworked icon

Feel free to leave any feedback for this update in the comment section below or over on the discord server.

A happy new year to everyone and I wish you all the best for 2024! To hopefully yet another update in the year to come. Thank you to each and everyone that still is playing Downtown Drift and following the process, very much appreciated!

Best,

ThatMadProgrammer

After six long years of development, we're very proud to finally announce that Primateria will be released on January 8th 2024!



This development journey has been incredible for us at Yfrit Games, and we are very excited to show you what we've been cooking.

Here's some of the new and exciting things you can expect on the full game:

• A complete story mode with 9 unique quests, a thrilling story and a bunch of characters!
  
• 100+ cards, with hundreds of effects, mechanics and endless combos!
  
• 4 new almighty legendary cards with intricate ways to unlock them!
  
• 43 Steam achievements for you to challenge yourselves and unlock!
  
• 12 unique pre-built decks with specific archetypes for you to explore, including a Random Deck for experienced players to challenge their might!
  
• 20+ special items that can be found and used in runs to enhance your chances of reaching the surface!
  
• 10+ challenging nodes for exploration!
  
• A new and improved Endless Mode with challenging bosses, enemy encounters, exploration and much more!
  
• A gallery system that serves as a compendium for all cards, items and unlockables in the game so you can track your progress!
  
• A meta-progression system that allows you to gain experience, level up, and unlock all sorts of magical items and cards for your Primateria journey!
  
• And much, much more!

We're incredibly excited about the launch, and hope you enjoy the game! We will continue working on the game, adding content, fixing and balancing things, and making sure the Primateria experience is the best it can be!

Don't forget to add Primateria to your Steam Wishlist, and mark the date of January 8th 2024!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1397130/Primateria/

See you all at launch!
Yfrit.

Glad to close the book on this year, I have hopes for this new one. But if you need a virtual castle to hide away in, I'll have that for you in 2024.



Also I have been working very hard on the game and there are a ton of new features I want to talk to you about and with some luck the next few months or even weeks will be full of that. For now I'm still working on the final bits.

But hopefully we'll get to talk about :

• Dangerous traderoutes
  
• Resource depletion
  
• Soultrees and commander/captain unlocking
  
• inventory screens
  
• Unit and surveyor experience
  
• 4 different surveyors
  
• trade with faction settlements
  
• war with other factions
  
• Wonders!, Giant turtles, mawsprings and more!
  
• An entire new additional set of command tower foundations
  
• An entire new additional set of command tower balconies.
  
• New encounters and tradesfolk that enhance your settlement with statues, taverns and shops.
  
• New unique buildings!
  
• All the other stuff I forget while I'm typing this.

Very soon in '24, as soon as I catch a breath (or the folks at Wired Productions start prodding me) I'll be back here to discuss all the work that's been done.

'24 is going to be the year for Bulwark, Exciting times!
Have a good one and stay safe!
Tomas Sala

I made a mistake in the posting time of the patch note for version 0.5008.
Our apologies.

The update was completed at 00:00(JST) on 01/01/2024.

We look forward to your continued support of PUNIHI LOADER 2 in the new year.

Thank you for playing "DEAD OR ALIVE Xtreme Venus Vacation!"

For more information, please check the "Update info" .

Thanks for your support, and please continue to enjoy “DEAD OR ALIVE Xtreme Venus Vacation!”

Hotfix. Happy New Year!