Hey folks, the past few weeks we've been hammering on the introduction of our antagonist faction the "IronCore". A diesel punk-Esq group driven to control the resources of the area. With it comes a LOT of big hurdles, namely AI controlled enemies, heavy weapons, outposts and a whole slew of other hurdles we've yet to tackle in this game. So far, we've made some excellent progress with AI and a couple of new weapons, my favorite being the heavy minigun, seen above! Overall, we're tackling the hardest parts first, leaving the world building and coding for later so we can simply slot the parts in.
I'll be straight with you, this is not something I can put out in a week under the best of circumstances, which isn't helped by the next two months. Over the next two months, we'll be making an interstate move here in the US. If that wasn't enough stress to put on two people, we're also about to move into the polish and release portion of the product we've been working on for my day job, which is anticipated to be an absolute nightmare.
Let me first and foremost state, this project is NOT on hiatus, we're not taking a break from development, I just want to be straightforward and say that I will not be able to work at the breakneck pace I've had the luxury of working at. This situation combined with the breadth of what we want to achieve with the next update will mean a longer wait between updates.
To finish we're about to hit 100 patrons, meaning we start our Custom Costume Contest! At this time, we've accumulated about $300 in patron backings , backings that I have inadvertently never withdrawn, sooooooo... We're having a contest! We'll make a dedicated post with instructions and details, but the jist is, Onefirst place prizes of $100 usd, two second place prizes at $50, and four runner ups at $25. Check out our custom costumes channel for more info on getting started, and we'll post up our full rules and whatnot once we hit 100, bu8t more or less, you gotta have some common way of receiving money, cashapp, venmo, etc. Good luck and see you all soon!