Hey everyone! Jess here! I wanted to say thank you all so much for showing interest in (Virus_);! As such, I'm releasing a pre-release of the next build to get feedback on! This patch is gonna focus on the new features that will be releasing alongside update 0.5.0!
Once again, if you have any feedback or find any bugs, please report them in the discussions tab on steam!~

Player Kit:

• Wall Jumping
  
  • On the player's journey of taking over different devices, after defeating the first boss, they unlock the ability to wall jump! Wall jumping doesn't consume any of the player's jumps, however it requires them to use specific tiles on the wall to do said wall jump
• Dashing
  
  • As well, the player will learn to dash! This will allow the player to do a short dash forwards that grants 0.2s of iFrames, and gives you a slight vertical boost if you're in the air (Bound to Caps Lock and K)
• Secondary Attack
  
  • Projectile attacks are no longer primary attacks, they are now classified as secondary attacks, so you can now have 2 attacks equipped at once (Bound to Right Click and I)

Player

• Overlay
  
  • Updated the player's health overlay
• Camera
  
  • Zoomed out the camera : 5.2 -> 5.6
• Keybinds
  
  • Sprint : Shift -> Shift/L
    
  • Melee Attack : Left Click -> Left Click/J
• Jump
  
  • The player now has variable jump (holding the jump button longer will allow the player to jump higher and vise versa)
    
  • Increased jump velocity : 13.25 -> 15

Levels

• Updated the ported levels to use some of the new mechanics

Cores

• Movement Cores
  
  • Removed Movement Cores
    
  • Sprint
    
    • Moved to base kit
• Attack Cores
  
  • Re-named to "Secondary Cores"
    
  • Disabled the Secondary Cores menu for this patch
    
  • Basic Melee Attack
    
    • Moved to base kit
  • Basic Ranged Attack
    
    • Temporarily moved to base kit

• Fixed a bug with the player's animation, sometimes causing the melee attack to take some time to come out
  
• Fixed a bug with the how the player's projectile was spawned, sometimes causing the projectile to move at half speed or slower
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the player's sprite to bug out when falling and then jumping

To celebrate MapleStory’s 17th Anniversary the spirits have brought special events to the Blooming Forest! Earn your daily limit of Blooming Coins by defeating monsters using the Floral Blessing skill. You can also earn coins by racing other players in the Blooming Race or leaving Legion characters to remove the weeds with Legion Gardening! The Rock Spirits need your help fighting off the Flowering Shrub, which will reward you with Spirit Points to purchase Blooming Growth Potions! Trade in all the Blooming Coins you’re earning from the fun activities at the Blooming Communal Coin Shop and the Blooming Personal Coin Shop for valuable enhancement and cosmetic items. Fun and beauty awaits you in the Blooming Forest!

Read the Blooming Forest Patch Notes here!

Hello mates, The Baron here with a U11 status report that is perhaps not exactly what you were hoping to hear. So here it is guys — U11 is not ready for release. ːsteamsadː

We thought about it and thought about it, but in our hearts we just don't feel comfortable to release U11 in it's current state as we feel it still needs significant polish to be considered complete, not to mention we are not satisfied that enough bug-testing was done.

Really sorry about this, guys. To give some context as to how/why this is happening, there are just so many new and major mechanic frameworks added to this update, all of which are new and untested, so we really want to avoid a U8 type situation and release something half-baked.

However, we know how hyped you guys are and how long you have waited, so since we have a build that we are playtesting, we decided this — Let's do an open beta.

This way, hardcore fans who are simply dying to play but also have the sensibilities to know that this is a hardcore WIP with fully to-be-expected bugginess and other jank can join us by getting into the weeds in providing some constructive feedback on the new systems, which we will actively tweak throughout the beta.

Meanwhile, more casual players who are not interested in the development of the game, don't really follow B&S news, or are more just interested in the final finished product can stay on U10 and keep using mods. Most of these type players will probably not even be aware of the beta, since it will be an active effort to opt into it, as opposed to it being an automatic update that everyone is auto-opted into.

So, there will be a PCVR open beta sometime next week. I know Nomad players also read PCVR Steam news to stay informed, so Nomad folk, I know this beta news will be disappointing for you; I added some more Nomad specific news here - (link) which also has some info on the long awaited scripted modding.

Next week I'll post a Steam news that will have the code for anyone who wishes to access the beta, along with instructions for how to do this. That news will also have a brief overview of what to expect in the update, so you can know what to test out and so forth, and I'll probably have a link to some kind of a central location (maybe reddit or a google form) so people can post their feedback and we can collect it effectively.

Cheers, guys!

BONUS UPDATE: Scrapman has created a video highlighting all the new features, so please check it out to get a better idea of what's new:



Last week I mentioned taking a break from editor work to add some new parts or otherwise improve the game side of things. I was just planning on adding a few cool new parts, but the first day of work in that area didn't go as planned. The parts I initially looked into were old ones that I hadn't worked on in a while, and each had some little problems that weren't obvious how to address.

The next day I decided to work on something else instead: Adding the ability to set a starting position for the various pistons, swivels, and pivots in the game. It took a while to work out all the issues, but it become obvious that the possibility space for vehicle and machine designs would be drastically increased.

It was also obvious some new parts would be needed, and the Locked Connector become the Flex Swivel, the Flex Pivot was added, and I began work on the variable length beams (now called Flex Beam and Flex Beam Heavy), something I hadn't planned to add for a while. These new beams allow you to create nearly-arbitrary beams in your vehicles, and they complement the variable angles that are now available from other parts. They reside in the Rope category for now, but they only vaguely work like ropes on the game side of things.

With those two difficult tasks handled, I returned to the parts I'd put to the side, and decided to tackle the previously-named Suction Cup. I ended up going with an extending hook and calling the piece Attacher since that's what it does. You can attach to almost anything, including other parts of your vehicle, the ground, objects like containers, and of course buildings. Attaching to buildings is probably the least useful of those, because you're just as likely to attach to the structure you're aiming for as you are to destroy part of it. The controls for the Attacher are still a work in progress, so expect additional modes and tweaks soon.

That's a good amount of stuff for a big update, but I had to add more thing...



I've never coded a laser weapon before, despite having worked on a lot of action games. I've created a ton of projectile-based weapons, but nothing that instant hits. It wasn't as scary or difficult as I feared it might be, though I did manage to launch the initial version with a bug that would crash the game if you used more than 2 lasers at once. Lasers are not cheap (performance-wise or budget-wise), and they aren't unlocked in the campaign 'til you reach level 20. But they are also pretty unique and very fun to use without requiring high-level vehicle building skills.

So between the Red Laser, Attacher, Flex Beams, and improved functionality/design space for jointed parts, there's a lot more to play with for your vehicle building adventures.


I'll still have one more medium-sized update to do to 0.118 before moving back to island editor work, but I'm anxious to get the editor suite finished so I can focus on expanding the game's content some more. That will mostly consist on new islands, but I expect to add other new features/content to make the Play Mode gameplay more exciting/challenging.

Game Improvements and changes summary:

• Fishing added
  
• Kingdom of Edaria offers a lot more quests and secrets to explore
  
• Westborough swamp remade to fit better for the setting
  
• Elite quests for groups
  
• New area added: Blackfang Village
  
• New area added: Ironbanner Docks
  
• New craftable items and equipment
  
• QoL improvements
  
• Optimisation for some areas
  
• New quest givers, NPC:s and enemies
  
• Major and minor bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where players would endlessly auto-attack when clicking the mouse button once.
  
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to mine rocks when clicking with the mouse button.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could not attack certain objects while holding down the mouse button.
  
• Fixed an issue where players would stop performing their current action when holding down the mouse button and moving away from the target.
  
• Fixed an issue where players would stop feeding Beefalo while holding down the mouse button.
  
• Fixed an issue where players would be stuck trying to chop down trees while holding down the mouse button.

Hello Calico pals! We're really excited to be working with Makeship to bring you a Pudgems plushie! You have 17 days to preorder Pudgems, and if we hit the goal they'll be made!




(cat for scale)





Keep a lookout for more announcements about a huge update coming up in the summer! We've been working very hard to add more polish, more gameplay, and more animals! Thank you as always for supporting us. 💖

- Kells

Spring is here! And with it comes the third content update, which brings us:

- Improved optimization;
- Zoom function for non-vr version (press W/S keys to zoom in/out);
- A bonus QoS lingerie set.

We're also excited to announce that we're hard at work on the first dlc. Expect to see some shiny teasers soon.

Stay tuned, thanks for playing and...

See you at the session!

Hey anyone and everyone!

Scottie here, just pushing an updated build for the game that addresses a few things.

First, apologies to anyone who couldn't get the fishing downpat at the start, this is my fault as I haven't made the controls clear. The game now starts with a control screen!

I've also fixed a few minor bugs that have been brought to my attention. If at any time you come across any bugs or glitches, please feel free to let us know! We'll try our best to squash them as soon as possible.

Thanks to everyone that has given the game a chance, we appreciate you all so much!!

Until next time,
Scottie