Hello everyone, Welcome to the FIRST devlog for the game. In these, I will be walking you through what changes we've made since the previous post (aiming to do one of these monthly).

New Zombies

You may have noticed in the cover image a small tease of the new zombie model we've implemented... Take a look at the work-in-progress shots here!
Head shot
Body shot Comparison (before/after respectively):
With these new zombies, we've also changed their animations. Enoch is currently working on more clothing options for them before moving onto a secret new model (stay tuned!).

Introducing Traps!

Now that we had new zombies, we needed more ways to defeat them! Mines can be placed down and they're primed after half a second. After that... well, just watch your enemies fly away!
Obviously the model is less than ideal and the user feedback is very very minimal but we're hoping to sort this when we finish traps off next month!

Code Refactoring

I know, I know, 'boring' stuff steambored but for those of you interested in a tech-y behind the scenes... [expand] Alongside all the fun and juicy stuff, we've also reworked some of the networking code-base. While it doesn't inherently affect performance, it will allow us to test the game with more ease as developers. Previously, our Network Manager (what handles the multiplayer functionality) used Steamworks (Steam API) in a hard-coded manner. This meant that it'd make porting to other platforms a lot harder in future as we progressed development (i.e. Itch.io, Epic Games, or even consoles). These new changes allow us to support any platform provided we have the Transport required for it (provided by Mirror, the open-source multiplayer networking solution we use). We've also made some alterations for implementing new types of pickups. This was increasingly important with the introduction of traps and healthkits (found in airdrops). This new method will provide the infrastructure for future items we may develop. [/expand]

Thanks for reading!

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[ 2022-05-14 18:31:29 CET ] [ Original post ]