Hello!

This updated was supposed to be released for Alchemistry second aniversary but planning went ... 2 month off

But I finally found time to fix the bugs blocking me and write some other improvements at the same time.

Changes:

• Improved performances, 60 fps should be even lighter (CPU-wise) to achieve now
• Updated bottom right links on the main menu (removed Reddit, added Mastodon/Patreon)
• Added a new difficulty: Hardcore mode, which hides every hint in the sandbox game
• Show already discovered recipes when hovering an element (except in hardcore mode)
• Hovering an element in the bottom bar now highlights the next spawn location with a point on the board
• Re-enabled mouse/touchpad scrolling for the bottom bar
• Improved positioning algorithm to fit more elements into the screen without the needs to move the board
• Added 5 new challenges
  

Housekeeping:

• Improved Automated tests
• Updated a lot of developer dependencies
  

I hope you will enjoy this update!
You can check out the game roadmap at: https://bugs.dysnomia.studio/projects/alchemistry/roadmap to see the following ones.

I also want to talk about another project I am working on. If you like industry management games where we talk about ethics, optimizations, and lots of other stuff, take a look at my next game, Manufactur'inc . I already wrote six DevBlogs about the game, and the last one just has been published!

If you're interested in the game, please wishlist and/or follow it! It would mean a great deal to me.

Thanks again for your support, and have fun!
Elanis

[ 2024-04-21 16:23:41 CET ] [Original Post]