[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43288420/66e6260eaa15e946fcb21096ca9cd17088b5ab16.png[/img] Hello, It's been a good while. So lets start with where everything has been over this last month, the game recently went into Q/A for play testing and the majority of the bugs have been ironed out and fixed preparing us for a very soon public beta release. September 1st looks like a solid date for the official release, if other issues arise it could be pushed back a couple days, but it will be very soon. So I want to list all features that will be with the recode on its release: [b]Pregnancy[/b] A highly requested feature that is now coded into the game, the mother will slowly appear pregnant (Physically) and a new UI Icon will appear to show how far along the pregnancy is until birth, It takes 15 minutes until ready to give birth to allow a fair bit of time for a cooldown so babies aren't spammed. [b]Grouping[/b] There's a reason I've included this because Grouping has had a overhaul to how it works, there will be a new UI that will appear once you have 2+ members in group that will display on the HUD showing how many members are in group, their usernames and what gender they are. With this they will also appear on your map as orange arrows to show where they are in the map to make locating them easier. And if a member dies/leaves group a UI prompt will display making the members aware that they have left the group. [b]Growth[/b] We've talked about this before, but your character will start from 1/4 its size and slowly grow into adult without the whole character popping effect from the past version. [b]Charging attacks[/b] I've posted a video about this, but attacks are chargeable up to 2x its normal power, they take about 5 seconds to fully charge up while holding left click, if the charged attack is above 1.5x a camera shake effect will be applied once the attack button is released. [b]Survival and Sandbox[/b] Two gamemodes as usual, a survival and sandbox gamemode [b]Map & Minimap[/b] We've talked about these before, but the game will have both a mini map and main map, the main map is where you can find other members of your group [b]Quests[/b] Your character will be provided random quests that can impact its mood, later down the road this will expand into its overall stats, but before we add this feature to that extent we want to test out the questing system to make sure its not to overwhelming or kills the overall gameplay for some players, so depending on how it goes will depend on how far into the questing system we expand, however, it will not affect nothing more than the characters mood on the initial release, so it can be written off as optional at this point. [b]Sniffing[/b] I've posted videos of the sniffing mechanic, the longer you sniff the longer your range becomes unlike the old one with all new updated icons [b]Playables[/b] Cougar and Elk are going to be the only two playables, the biggest reason for this choice is to make sure we have both a solid carnivore and a solid herbivore, the game was coded extremely well for adding new creatures so once everything is ironed out expect new playables to slowly roll in, the reason I've opted to keep this all very slow is to ensure each animal is tuned correctly and is unique in its own way. Keep this in mind this game was rebuilt from the ground up in a whole new project, it has a brand new foundation so other features that are planned can take some time to roll in, but be patient as everything is coming, I predict by Feb. 2024 or December of this year the recode should be completely finished, i hope to see you all for the journey [b]Timothy 6:12-15[/b] Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ's appearing, which he will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, Lord of lords. [b]-NKJV[/b] Yeah, you tell'em Paul ^^ Take care! -Opendix [url=https://discord.gg/46k8wyeH3s][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43288420/2fe60939a8af49af79aac371a2af679f1fcfa82d.png[/img][/url]