Still on-schedule!
Over the past week, we brought all of the “Highwire” areas into the main game exterior, and placed them within their respective streaming sectors.
This included all of the fenc...
2023-03-08 00:51:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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Still Ahead of Schedule - and Printer Issues.
This week has gone by in a haze. In successive passes, we've completed three reviews of every single component, collider, and object in the main exterior scene. We've consolidated what is right, ditched what is wrong, and gotten rid of thousands of redundancies. ...
2023-02-28 02:16:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe doldrums of winter...
It is unfortunately one of those weeks were we have to simply "ditto" most of the previous update...
Most of our time was spent going through and reviewing everything that was done to-date. Laura took care of refining the building colliders, and I continued my review ...
2023-02-14 04:55:29 +0000 UTC View PostWading through hip-deep molasses outdoors in winter...
...is analogous to the process I find myself in, right now.
After completing the Alpha version of the "Power Line Highway," I asked Laura to do a run-around, and discover where we were missing colliders. She handed me a 24-page document that was both surprising...
2023-02-08 00:08:52 +0000 UTC View PostHigh Wires, Stairs, Colliders, and Name Placements.
Sorry we're two days late. Over the past couple of days, several non-game-related issues have bubbled up, and prevented me from finding time to write an update.
We were able to reconcile the arguments that cropped up between our audio engine, and the updated skybox. &...
2023-02-01 23:26:42 +0000 UTC View PostFour Months From Beta...
...and SO MUCH is FINALLY fitting into place. Ever since we got the cat controller into its initial Beta state, we've had a consistent model upon which to finalize a lot of world details that previously were a constant issue.
FIRSTLY: We've adopted a ...
2023-01-24 00:35:14 +0000 UTC View PostShort Update - More on Monday.
As in times past, we share the good news, the bad news, and the "meh" in measure equal to their impact on the project. In all honesty, this is a week we'll have to put in the latter "meh" category:
1 - Everyone encountered a few problems with the upgrade to Un...
2023-01-19 01:30:39 +0000 UTC View PostLatest Dev news.
The holidays are finally over, and we're back into full-swing here.
My personal mission has been to figure out why we apparently lost a measure of visual quality, somewhere along the way - but perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself...
First, I wa...
2023-01-10 23:33:49 +0000 UTC View PostHoliday update.
To those who celebrate today as Christmas, we hope it was a happy one! At Peace Island HQ, we took advantage of the day to order out for Indian food, and play video games. Laura usually plays “The Sims,” and I worked to maintain a successful arctic base in “Rimw...
2022-12-26 02:30:08 +0000 UTC View PostOur Big Update Is Delayed.
Spoiler: In 24 hours, we're releasing a new update for PC that includes lots of new features, including the ability to drive golf carts!
2022-12-17 01:43:37 +0000 UTC
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Beta Bugs, Mac, Narrative Window Dressing, and Next Week's Update.
Peace Island HQ has finally shaken off the flu that left both Laura & myself incapacitated for almost a week. Judging by the fact that there was no cold medication to be found at any store, we were not the only ones.
However, as we rid ourselves of that bug, new b...
2022-12-08 01:32:17 +0000 UTC View PostA LOT of stuff.
It's been a tough week, I must admit. Just as I thought I was getting over whatever virus I picked up last week, PI HQ got hit again - with Laura falling ill, and myself relapsing into another more severe variety of flu. There was a solid 30 hours where getting out of...
2022-11-29 23:30:40 +0000 UTC View PostIllness, Golf, Recovery.
I must apologize in that we don't have much to show off this week. Both Laura & myself fell victim to the usual rash of seasonal influenza. We should be back to full recovery within 48 hours.
While we were ill, Richard continued work on the ambient audio...
Closer with each week...
...but before I get to the progress report, allow me a moment to be up-front with our Mac-using patrons and supporters: We have STILL yet to crack what is causing the persistent error that prevents the Unity engine from running the project on the Mac OS...
2022-11-14 22:52:47 +0000 UTC
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The Final System, AI Illustration, and That Mac Version...
The UI still has to be revised to match the rest, but Laura got the cats talking to each other again today within the main project. As I have oft stated in recent months, this interactivity was "The Final System" we needed working in order to start adding actual story conte...
2022-10-31 23:23:35 +0000 UTC View PostOne step closer to a Mac build - but...
Yesterday, Laura & I were jubilant as we were finally able to get the Peace Island project to again actually open and run on the Mac - BUT...
When we begin a "New game," the en...
2022-10-27 00:34:38 +0000 UTC View PostGood Mac Progress, TV Coverage, and New Stuff!
Okay - when you are working in game development, you have to be realistic. If going by the book doesn't work, toss the book out of the window, and try various brute force approaches.
Two days ago, we were able to get the Peace Island project to actually open, ...
2022-10-19 22:55:43 +0000 UTC View PostMac update, Bugs, and Distribution.
So- let's get this out of the way first: I spent ten days trying to get the mac to accept the project through traditional means. However, the project always locked up in the initial stages of opening, saying that it was "Waiting for Cache Server."
There ...
2022-10-12 23:36:26 +0000 UTC View PostBug Reports Galore, the Mac Version, and an Olivia update.
First off: we're getting closer to the Mac Build. The conversion is always a tough nut to crack - particularly this time, since we have done so much refactoring. and re-writing of deprecated code.
It seems that each time we cracked through one wall of script assembly ...
2022-10-05 23:24:23 +0000 UTC View PostDev News, Pics, Promises, and About Those Scammers...
Okay- it's been an AMAZING week. Quite frankly, I could release what we have RIGHT NOW, and not only would it deliver all features we promised - it would surpass them.
First, let's go over the basics:
- The proper atmospherics have been...
Collisions.
There is this huge collider in the center of the island no one can identify, or remove.
It's invisible, not showing up in the scene hierarchy, or blocking anything else but the pla...
2022-09-13 03:56:27 +0000 UTC View PostFinal Touches, and PI Phone Wallpapers!
OKAY- we've got four days till Friday, when we release the FFA for PC*.
I am confident that we're going to be able to deliver the best version of the game to-date. The controller works better than it ever has, with only the most extreme actions leadin...
2022-09-06 00:55:16 +0000 UTC View PostAddressing The Inevitable - And Why So Much Human Stuff, lately?
It should (unfortunately) not come as a surprise that, due to the recent shake-up in personnel, we have had to delay the release of "The Final Alpha" for 1 week. This is because we spent a full week getting our server back up and running.
This means that you c...
2022-08-31 00:20:10 +0000 UTC View PostRoom Elephants, Servers, and Backstory.
So, I've been wanting to address this for quite some time:
It should not come as a surprise to anyone that the economy worldwide is in a slump. Inflation is up everywhere, supply chain issues are driving prices up further, and the legendary wages being offered during the he...
2022-08-22 23:19:20 +0000 UTC View PostInitial Lockdown, a Return to AI, and An Upcoming Non-Disastrous Livestream
It's been HOT up here in Maine over the past week, and despite what you might think, we're not exactly blessed with constant ocean breezes here in Portland. On the back bay particularly, things tend to get still and stagnant - and the humidity certainly doesn't help. ...
2022-08-09 01:03:15 +0000 UTC View PostProgress, Death, and Premiums
First off: I wanted to apologize to anyone who tried to watch last night’s livecast later on in the evening. The demo went off pretty well, with the usual few hitches (and the usual solid minutes of me rambling in a manner reminiscent of Grandpa Simpson.)
Ho...
2022-08-02 00:07:59 +0000 UTC View PostRecovery, Shrinking Islands, and a Word About GameDev Solidarity.
Simply put: We got the new power source hooked up last night, and are still catching up on getting everything together. If you want to know what I have personally been looking at, more than anything else, it’s this:
We will be returning to our usual Monday ...
Main dev machine is down - regular update on Friday!
After almost three years of faithful service, the power supply on the main dev machine at Peace Island HQ bit the dust this last Saturday. Thankfully, it is a relatively cheap item to replace - however, there were no local merchants who had one in-stock, and the quickest we...
2022-07-27 01:50:31 +0000 UTC View PostOlivia, and interactivity
We'll start with a very quick "Olivia Update." After two days of seclusion in one of our bedrooms, she has slowly started to emerge into the rest of the apartment.
She is incredibly flighty and rarely spends more than a minute in a single place before moving on...
2022-07-19 22:21:13 +0000 UTC View PostDetails Details Details, A New Friend, and "The Final Final Alpha"
A great deal of the past week was mostly spent on the long-awaited refactoring process. Unfortunately, unless you guys REALLY wanna look at screenshots of raw code or object collider gizmos, there's not much to show off.
It's a GREAT feeling, knowing that l...
2022-07-12 23:07:13 +0000 UTC View Post