Weekly Dev Log for January 16th, 2024

Tower Unite

PLAY, CREATE, PARTY! Tower Unite is a community-based virtual world party game with online games, entertainment, activities, and absolutely NO microtransactions.

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for January 16th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since January 8th, 2024. [b][i]Note: Devs that don't appear in the weekly log are not necessarily away or not doing work, but may be working on things currently not announced or backend work that doesn't need to be detailed.[/i][/b] [h2]Winter 2023 Condo Contest (Winter/Festivity) - RESULTS[/h2] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11783817/2523e444441eb2fb334c9aae930dd65e01e036ce.jpg[/img] The Community Vote is over, and the results are in! Thanks to everyone who participated in the vote! There were 63 responses this time! Since there were only 7 entries, I expanded the placements and changed some of the prize amounts. The winners of the community vote are: [url=https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/winter-2023-condo-contest-winter-festivity/49113/8]1st Place[/url] - 2,000,000 Units - @Cayla [url=https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/winter-2023-condo-contest-winter-festivity/49113/6]2nd Place[/url] - 1,000,000 Units - @TrashPlus [url=https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/winter-2023-condo-contest-winter-festivity/49113/3]3rd Place[/url] - 800,000 Units - @OuTSMoKE [url=https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/winter-2023-condo-contest-winter-festivity/49113/4]4th Place[/url] - 600,000 Units - @galaxycat [url=https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/winter-2023-condo-contest-winter-festivity/49113/5]5th Place[/url] - 450,000 Units - @haze [url=https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/winter-2023-condo-contest-winter-festivity/49113/9]6th Place[/url] - 300,000 Units - @Kirbyrocket [url=https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/winter-2023-condo-contest-winter-festivity/49113/7]7th Place[/url] - 200,000 Units - @grandwhizbang Thank you all so much for participating in the contest and vote! And keep an eye out for the next contests! Another Contest will open for submissions later this month. [h2]Minigolf: Haven[/h2] [b]Lifeless[/b] has started working on a new Minigolf map, named Haven. [h3]Minigolf: Haven WIP[/h3] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11783817/1a72a280e5007437d487442195fc8336da49e437.png[/img] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11783817/b6496428a4dec5b7d56cf4f6434f09efcd31a80f.png[/img] [h2]Minigolf: Nostalgia[/h2] [b]macdguy[/b] continued working on "Nostalgia", adding more holes to the "vaporwave" section. [b]Nuclearxpotato[/b] worked on adding holes to the "toy room" section. [h3]Minigolf: Nostalgia WIP[/h3] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11783817/f56d8b805458d8ded7dba2abb6a2fba5bbc58849.jpg[/img] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11783817/7bda7c043cd2bbdb1560c083ce3acc338ceb5322.jpg[/img] [h2]Workshop Game World Map SDK Progress[/h2] [b]macdguy[/b] worked on more tools for the future Workshop Map SDK, working on tools for SDNL and Ball Race. The tools will also integrate with Condo I/O. [h3]SDK: Ball Race Tools[/h3] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11783817/172a8f41becb556a89168f980651481036561b8f.png[/img] [h3]SDK: SDNL Tools[/h3] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11783817/c41de2174eb2232ff03921697b71162e71c33b19.jpg[/img] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11783817/ff68b5d30189e7cbb915e8ef5ab5341d0aa1e99d.png[/img] [h3]SDK: New IO Connection Tool UI[/h3] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11783817/195afb0feb2694aa3daca2a83f088bfd6590fe14.png[/img] [h2]Miscellany[/h2] [b]Johanna[/b] worked on the optimizations for the Game World Ports interior. [b]Joshua[/b] continued working on the new Workshop Skeleton. [b]Lifeless[/b] edited the power levels of various SDNL weapons. [b]macdguy[/b] worked on Dedicated Condos and VR. [b]Madmijk[/b] fixed a few crashes relating to the MIDI instruments. [b]Sketchman[/b] continued working on the engine upgrade. [b]Wheezwer[/b] continued working with Makeship on the Little Crusaders Dragon plush. [b]Will[/b] worked on music for the Ball Race map, "Eruption". [h2]Wrap It Up[/h2] That about covers everything that happened since January 8th, 2024 at PixelTail Games. --- [b]Join our Discord for development updates and community fun![/b] [url=https://discord.gg/pixeltail]https://discord.gg/pixeltail[/url] We love awesome people like you! [b]Follow our developments on our Trello in near real-time:[/b] [url=https://trello.com/b/6BwRMiPw/tower-unite-roadmap]https://trello.com/b/6BwRMiPw/tower-unite-roadmap[/url] [b]Take a peek at what's being worked on every week in our weekly dev logs! There's bound to be something interesting every week![/b] [url=https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/devupdates/weekly-dev-logs]https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/devupdates/weekly-dev-logs[/url] [b]Please report bugs & submit suggestions on our forums. We're active everyday & here to help.[/b] For bug reports: [url=https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/bug-report/18]https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/bug-report/18[/url] For suggestions: [url=https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/suggestions/7]https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/suggestions/7[/url] <3 PixelTail Games