In these weekly updates we will bring fresh content to Hive, in the form of our game coding experiences; IBT is a developing PC game - the one to have future Crypto interactions.
Congrats - We have reached over 1 Gb of textures
Trying to keep everything compact with modern day editors is very difficult. We have had our first major warning message which would not go away. After some internet searching it has become apparent that we reached over 1Gb of video memory! Oh no! Considering now most budget laptops and tablets have a minimum of 2gb plus this is not a major problem..but yeah bit of a shame. So now learning the console command to make it disappear we now have set it to 2 Gb. Hopefully we don't get too carried away and have to set it higher again.
Introducing the crafting materials for the warrior Class
Like a true old school RPG Items can be found, crafted or bought from the traders at different villages. Along with your crafty hammer you can belt the crap out of these metals to make the items you need for your voyage throughout the land. Cardboard, rusty Metal, Copper, Gold, and rare high-quality steel (In that order of strength) are available for your filthy blacksmith hands.
Crafting tables
This was a subject we had previously talked about which was making more advanced items on crafting tables. Items like potions, weapons, armour cloaks etc, can be made, depending on the table type. In our spare time we are still learning how to make this a happen, but it may yet be a bit too challenging for the release. We have the meshes to be able to do it, the code is the only issue for now, but this has never held us back in the past. For now, we are pushing for a playable demo so this feature will not be available for some time if implemented.
We are happy with the inventory now
We have been on about this for a while and this is our final inventory change. You can carry many items now and up to 8 finger rings can be worn. Along with amulets and chockers around the neck. Bangles, gloves or armour depending on class for your arms. How about boots that match or are odd, who cares as long as they work!
Have a favorite weapon? Shield? Easy just mount it on your back and carry that with you as you venture forth.
Drag and Drop system
We have finalized the drag and drop system and that included the new drag and chuck it away system. Each item has physics which can drop on top of other items until they stack into a huge pile. Like most games all you have to do is drag the item to the side of the backpack using the left mouse button and drop it on a blank spot. Originally we had a bin that said "Chuck it away" on the side of the backpack but this is more user friendly.
Thats it for this week's update and as you can see, we are making some decent progress now, pleasing it feels like it will be a fun and unique game.
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