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Resource collection and new Twitch commands in the latest build of MODLANDS!

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This week's Modlands devlog is up! Mostly bugfixes and performance improvements this week!

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This week's new build of Modlands has big updates to Creative Mode!

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This week in Modlands development: first pass of Achievements! And tile painting in the Creative Mode!

[nkm]

Played a tiny bit, here's some feedback.

I'm left handed so using WSAD to scroll is a bit difficult. I'd prefer scrolling with the right-mouse button or an option to configure keys.

The game takes quite some time to init while only showing a white or black screen. I almost force killed it before it came up

Is it possible to stack blocks to e.g. build a house? I could not get it to work.

I will play a bit more later on.

 

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Hmm, would the arrow keys for scrolling be good for you?

Right-mouse button was actually the main camera scrolling control for several months! Maybe I'll bring it back, since I'm doing a big control iteration now.

Blocks don't stack on top of each other - you just build a rectangle with a doorway and a bed inside to create a house (a jingle and effect will play when the game recognizes it as a valid home).

The initial loading time is on my list of things to address in the near future - I want to spread that out a bit more, and show an immediate startup screen.

Thanks for the feedback! 

[nkm]

Ok, thanks for the info. RMB scrolling would be my preference.
Too bad about the stacking. Stacking would allow for a lot more creative freedom.

Did another run: do you mind me posting feedback in public? I can privately msg you if that's more convenient.

• Why do I have to run explicitly as an admin? Although running as admin is easily done, I keep forgetting to do it, which means I have to stop the game (force kill) and restart. This is a bit annoying.
• The music is quite loud by default. The sfx are nice!
• Unchecked checkboxes appear disabled when they actually aren't.
• Save slots would be handy. This way I can make snapshots of creations and e.g. fork a world.
• I'm missing some tooltips in the left and bottom part of the character info panel. Maybe you should tooltip everything.
• The game's colors are highly saturated. This hurts my eyes a bit I know it is a matter of taste...
• The tutorial guy shows up in a normal world where there is no S in MODLANDS.
• An overview of all the controls would be handy. For instance, is there a way to open a map or something?
• What does the number in the top mean?
• The hapiness is 65%. If I hover over it I would expect to see a breakdown of the number (like in Civilization or Stellaris)
• The tutorial seems a bit short. I still do not understand how to get money faster.
• Sometimes the pace is really low. Are you planning to add a game speed setting?

Ok, time to go to bed  

Keep up the good work!

[triplejump]

That's great! Thanks for all the feedback! A lot of these are things that I'm actively working on right now - like the tooltip stuff, that's getting a lot more detailed.

In the experimental build now, I'm working on some adjustments to how saves are handled, so a save is no longer tied to a mode - you can build a world in the Editor, and then play it in the normal way. You can also open any world file in the Editor, make changes, and save it under a different name - this will disable Achievements in that world, but it allows you to fork them and try different approaches.

The big thing I'm working on in the background of the weekly updates now is a change to the core game that will make the controls a combination of colony-sim and RTS. I'm also going to speed up the colonists' movement considerably, while making them take longer to do work on objects (so giving them better gear will be meaningful). I think this is going to make the gameplay a lot more easily readable and the colonists should feel more reactive.

Here's this week's video for the latest experimental branch updates!!!

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Another experimental build is up! This week, I've added custom biome settings!

[nathy after dark]

I haven't looked too deep into your log but I'm interested to see how you approach ease-of-use and accessibility as core values for the project. So I'll see if I can check it out sometime!

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I've started doing daily edited versions of the devstream for people to watch on Youtube! Here's today's - I added the Easter Bunny and got it spawning Easter Eggs, for the upcoming Springtime Update!

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In today's devstream, I did a first pass on flower vases for the upcoming Springtime Update, and added cherry blossom grass!

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Today's stream was mostly a gameplay stream - started building a world called Easter Town with folks in the chat! This world has stuff in it that I'm working on for the upcoming Springtime Update!

[SamLouix]

Hey man! This is an incredible project, I want to be your friend!!!!!!!!!

Is this possible? 

[triplejump]

Thanks! Sure! You should check out the Discord at discord.gg/modlands 

[SamLouix]

Thanks! Sure! You should check out the Discord at discord.gg/modlands 

On my way, kind gentleman.

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This week's video devlog is up! Mostly just working towards the Springtime Update build! 

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Check out the highlights of this stream, where I added jumping movement styles, and frogs!

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This week's new build is up! Check out the log here, and follow me on itch.io for weekly updates!  

https://triplejumpgames.itch.io/modlands/devlog/31355/0516a-experimental-build-3d-hairstyles

Big thing this week: 3D hairstyles! And they're moddable! :3

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A new Devlog Video is up!!!