A major patch was released yesterday for the Jumping Spider lifecycle bringing new content in the form of educational narratives for mating along with Major bugfixes, Performance boost for "Gen 2" and Gameplay rebalancing that makes it significantly easier to complete the Jumping Spider lifecycle.

Educational Narratives

Educational tidbits about Jumping Spider mating and anatomy have been added with this update. Here's a quick look! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81cclctUU4

Watch the video above for more!

Rebalancing: Completing Spider Lifecycle Made Easier

If you had any issues completing the Jumping Spider lifecycle (and reaching Mating!) at all, do try again! A large number of rebalancing changes aimed at making the Jumping Spider lifecycle much easier to complete were added with this update. More additions are planned too, and will be based on your valuable feedback. Notable mentions:

• Food Intake bonus of 25% for Players.
• Major bugfixes to scripted "Quest predators" to ensure they do not return to harass players.
• Player walk speed automatically reduced if a leaf has silk tent on it.

Major bugfixes

Several important fixes were released spanning Gen 1, Gen 2 (and Gen 3!)

• Various performance issues addressed across the board relating to AI population and their CPU usage. Benefits are mostly clearly perceived in Gen 2 but applies to the entire game and all other species too!
• "Gen 3" Pollen Grains and Beltian Bodies now correctly spawn upon birth.
• Chem trails of Gen 2 sandbox fauna no longer show up during Gen 1 gameplay.
• Camera Improvements for interaction with larger predators; more to come along these lines soon.

"Gen 2" Gameplay Series

A new gameplay video series featuring Generation 2's "Free Roaming" - i.e. Sandbox Survival and Emergent gameplay, has been released! Do take a look! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjMXWKrdcyg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oljv_49eltA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAWGkwPx7m0
An unscripted encounter from Gen 2's "Sandbox Survival"

Gen 2 Sandbox Survival - The Model For The Future

Inspired by the Jumping Spider's Generation 2 gameplay, the current plan is to adopt this model for all species in the roster as the new Lifecycles format. In this new format, "Generation 1" will feature Quests, Educational narration and Linear paths to help new players and establish a baseline, while "Generation 2" will feature a pure Sandbox Survival experience with emergent gameplay and completely unscripted, non-linear experiences. The Grasshopper's Lifecycle will adopt this model at some point; quests and narration suitable for this species will be added to Gen 1 while Gen 2 will continue to offer pure unscripted sandbox action. Your thoughts / feedback on this subject are very greatly welcomed! :)
~~~ That's it for now, for but more information about the next major update will be shared in due course! :) With , Venugopalan Sreedharan (Developer of Drunk On Nectar)

[ 2019-07-20 17:37:56 CET ] [ Original post ]