Hi everyone! Welcome to the second roadmap for DevLife! Today I want to talk about plans for the nearest future of the game. As you know recently we finally released the update with Interactive Events. From now on we plan to release updates much quicker, as the base of the game is ready. Now we need to fill it with content and fix the remaining bugs!
All dates above are approximate and probably will change depending on how things will go. I have finished school and my final exams, but still, you don't know what life will bring in the future. I'll be looking for a permanent job in the video games industry and DevLife will probably remain after-hours projects. But we will see. For now, let me talk in detail about what is coming in the nearest update on the of June.

New Tutorials

First of all, we noticed that a lot of people struggle to play this game due to unfamiliarity with its mechanics. Everything is described in the text tutorial, but not many people use it. That's why we decided to make new video tutorials that will show you the basics of employees energy, learning new skills, and managing your company. If you have problems with understanding any other mechanic we encourage you to let us know so we can work on that as well.

UI Optimalization

Listening to your complaints about the overall UI performance especially on weaker hardware and in later stages of the game I spend a lot of time trying to optimize it. And I succeeded quite a lot in it. From now on a list will be reloaded only when necessary and mostly during transitions between game scenes. I have also done a lot of behind-thee-scenes tweaks that completely changed the logic of managing UI (protip for other Unity developers, don't disable your objects with UI, but instead disable the Canvas component itself, you will avoid expensive OnEnabled/OnDisabled callbacks). That means some things might not work correctly, but of course, we will try to make it as stable as possible.

Desert Office

As teased previously the next update will introduce a new location - Desert Office. As you can see on the screenshots below this location has quite a different look from the previous ones. In terms of game progress, it will be placed between Family House and City Center Office, allowing you to accommodate up to 4 employees and being the middle ground for bills and programming bonus.

Interactive Events

From now on each update will introduce new Interactive Events. Most of them will be theme-based, but some will be just random things happening in life that we will come up with. The nearest update will add more randomly triggered events which will be mostly connected to locations. Later we plan to make events surrounding pets, friends, families, love, and many more subjects. We cannot wait for you to see them.
And that preaty much all for today. As always we encourage you to leave feedback about the game and report found bugs on our Discord server or on mesotegames.com/bugsreport. Have a nice day! Roman

[ 2021-05-15 15:58:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Have you ever wanted to try what it's like to be a programmer, graphic designer, or tester, but you didn't have the right skills or time to learn them? In DevLIfe you can experience it for yourself! Create your character and guide him or her through life in the IT industry. Complete commissions, create your projects, set up your own company, hire employees, and lead them to success!



Although the game is in Early Access, it already contains many features and a mechanic. The most important of them are:

• Creating your own character and guiding him or her through a career in the IT industry
  
• Two extensive skill trees - learn how to create websites and mobile applications. Decide what direction you want to take in your career!
  
• Finding and fulfilling commissions for external clients and improving your skills through learning
  
• Starting your own company, creating your own projects, hiring employees and taking care of their well-being and growth
  
• Two locations - work from home or in an office in the city centre
  
• Build Mode - buy new furniture, decorations or RTV equipment and take care of the comfort and high performance of your employees

We won't stop here. In future versions we plan to expand the "life" aspect of DevLife by adding some key mechanics such as:

• Traits and Attributes of the Characters
  
• Interactive Events Influencing the Game

Besides, with each update in the game the available content will be expanded, there are plans for:

• Two New Skills Trees - Video Games and Desktop Applications
  
• New Character Customization Options
  
• Additional Locations
  
• New Furniture

We will listen to players' opinions and introduce their ideas into the game to make it as much playable as we can. We hope that your experience with DevLife will be the most enjoyable!