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- Название патча: What happens when I die?
- Дата выхода патча: апрель 20, 2024
The developer of DR4X has released a new update for the game on April 20, 2024. Вот новые вещи, которые вы должны увидеть или изменить в этом новом обновлении.. Эта информация была взята непосредственно из официального объявления в Steam.
In my last devlog i was like “the next couple weeks should calm down so i can work on the game more” or some such thing to that effect.
Well I was wrong. Work stayed super ridiculously busy this week, delaying game dev further.
вздох
Sometimes i feel like giving up ya know.
В любом случае.
Put out a tiny update today,
New batch of art is in, its great woo.
(Есть 3 new ones but i won’t paste them all it will ruin the fun!)
Изменения:
-art woo
-made tile effect descriptions a consistent text size
-buffed rosebud tavern more
-Improved _h_ints for things, ya knoш none of these weird things аbout DR4X are unяntent_i_onal right? Тhey all have meaning they are all pointing to somethinг. Фу
Added more _h_ints as folks clearly need more _g_uidance towa_r_ds finding the g_o_od and bad endings. There are points where i literally S=G P=X E=Q L=L L=L it o_u_t for ya ya k_n_ow. Нравиться 8 times or something. Хех, возможно нет 8 раз, Its hard to get people investeд in something so cryptic.
deep breath
Так, I kinda know how the next chapter will go now. I’ve got outlines for all of them, but getting there is the real hard part. Looks like it’ll involve some noderooms antics as that seems to have gotten some good feedback from folks, но ты’ll also need to have gotten the good or bad endings—something only about 0.6% of players have managed so far! This might mean there’s a spot where players are dropping off, or maybe the unconventional victories needed for these endings are just too tricky to figure out. В любом случае, я’ve got some tweaking to do!
This small update will start to fascillitate that, though it updates the ending you get with new hints. SInce i know many of you have gotten those endings so wont get these popups, heres a hint for those who got a bad ending (AFAIK no one has gotten the good ending yet, I know one person got very close though)
[спойлер]You are playing on a terminal in DR4X, if you know his name, TYPE IT THERE (В главном меню) and something will happen and also do that during the ending sequence (something happens in both places heh).[/спойлер]
For those who have only gotten a neutral ending:
[спойлер]The dr4x codex can guide you to all the endings and намеки at what you need to do, some of it is encrypted, so get out a pen and paper and if you want to figure out the secrets, actually try to figure it out, figure out the ciphers etc. There are enough hints there that you don’t need to figure out the cipher itself and instead can essentially treat them all as alphanumeric subsitution ciphers. And to get the ending you dont even need to figure out the ciphers at all, just read the _signs _and намеки. the ciphers just make it easier[/спойлер]
I will be adding hints to the chapter 1 unconventional victories to nodenet, if you know what that is heh good job.
Также, ive decided ill be adding achievements for each mission, unconventional and standard, as it will help me get an idea as to where people are getting stuck. And ill also do the same for a bunch of skirmish goals.
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I’ve also decided that Chapter Two will be locked behind achieving either a good or bad ending in the first chapter. If you haven’t unlocked either of these, ты выиграл’t be able to access this new content. Это’s as straightforward as that. Neutral endings will keep it locked. The reason for this is that achieving these endings is a crucial part of the game—perhaps the most important part. Поэтому, I simply can’t let you proceed to the next chapter without having secured either the good or bad ending to Chapter 1
Правда в том,, это’s becoming a bit frustrating that no one has figured out the way to do this yet. I know these are challenging, but I genuinely believe you can figure them out and this was meant to be a TUTORIAL campaign. About a thousand of you have downloaded DR4X across all platforms, including Itch.io, Итак’s a solid amount of people who could dive in and could help others actually get to the cool stuff. Тем не менее, maybe we’re facing a collective hurdle here.
Это не’t just about progressing through a game—это’s about pushing the boundaries of what’s possible within a game. Я здесь, rooting for you to break through these barriers. And if i get frusterated enough i might just say fuck it and make a guide myself.
As a small indie dev, это’s already tough enough to get anyone to care about what I make. Let alone to actually put effort in to figuring out the deeper parts of it. I know that if someone managed to record the good or bad endings and the process to get there, way more people might be willing to give the game a shot. And if not, хорошо, Я думаю, я’m kinda doing it for the art. I’m lucky to have a day job that pays well enough that I don’t have to worry about whether a lot of people play my game—это’s just a passion project. I’m lucky in many ways; I own my own home, have an adorable doggo, a literal white picket fence, and a supportive family, although some relatives used to wonder why I was creating roguelikes instead of ‘cool 3D games.’ . Может быть, это’s a passion project with puzzles so difficult nobody will figure them out until after I’m gone or something, but heck, it would be so cool if someone did.
В любом случае, skirmish updates are still a thing, my focus isn’t shifting. Это’s just that the focus varies based on my motivation and what part of the game I work on at any given moment.
A lot of indie developers gain attention by making YouTube videos, но для меня, given the small free time I have, it’s really just a choice between working on the game or making YouTube videos. I can’t do both without risking burnout and potentially quitting altogether. So I don’t like to think about “how can i get popular” its a waste of mind power tbh heh it just makes me depressed.
I used to make videos regularly; they were unscripted. Maybe I can go back to that? Но опять же, the time I would spend on videos could (Как говорилось ранее) be spent working on this massively ambitious game. Я 28 сейчас, and I can’t do this forever. I don’t know how someone like Tarn Adams stays sane. I used to think it’s by switching tasks within the overarching project to prevent burnout, and doing ‘end of month projects’—that approach worked for a while, but I didn’t keep it up. Снова, every second spent on something else feels like a wasted second in terms of DR4X development. I feel like I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place.
I want to work on DR4X, and that’s pretty much all I want to do. If it means languishing in obscurity until I die, это нормально. I’ve made something cool—по меньшей мере, it’s cool to me and to some people maybe, unless all those positive reviews are just people being nice, which could be true. It’s something I’ve poured my heart and soul into, 4 years of it. I’m happy with how the project has turned out. I’m proud that people like the noderooms stuff. I’m just happy anyone at all in this shitstain of a world gives my coffee-adled brain the time of day at all.
Вы знали? There’s a message hidden in the game for someone really special to me, who I met when I was 12 лет. I don’t even know if they’re still alive or if they will ever see the message. But it’s there. And so is DR4X, Наверное. I dont think they were the videogame type heh.
I also lost a friend of mine when I was in university. Там’s a message for them in the game too. They’ll never see it, конечно, но это’s there for them, a monument i guess. He was passionate and really good at counter strike, хех.
I guess you could say he was TENACIOUS, по меньшей мере.
There’s also a message in the game dedicated to the late wife of a friend of mine. She passed away a few years ago, and she will of course never see it. Even though he (the friend) helps me on this project by doing 2D art, I’m not sure he’ll ever see it either. Дикий, верно? In fact I think that if he reads this, this will be the first time hes heard that that is a thing.
I’m tearing up just thinking about it, если быть честным.
Maybe DR4X is a message to me.
If I died tomorrow, would I just be a nobody? Would the game disappear into the ether? I don’t think anyone would even bother archiving it TBH. Или, может быть,, many years from now, someone will appreciate the art. I would guess not, но…
[спойлер]I have to do it for их. ya know.[/спойлер]
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