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GDC, on-going development.

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Mar 14, 2014 incarnate link
So, I'm leaving for California in a few hours, with GDC next week. My schedule out there seems pretty dense, so hopefully some good stuff will come out of it.

It was my intention to get the new Trident variants launched before I left, but there's just been too much pre-GDC stuff cropping up. Companies asking for proposals and so on (it's good that there's interest, but it's always right at the last minute). If I can, I'll do it when I'm out there, otherwise it may have to wait until I return.

However, please be aware that in the meantime we're hard at work on some other goals:

- Trying to resolve the "non-hitting shots" issue that crops up in player events. We've definitely seen one problem that appears to be a time desynchronization issue, but we have to figure out how it's getting desynched.. our game goes wildly out of its way to maintain consistent time, using the same kind of network-tempered phase locked loop utilized by ntp servers to maintain near-atomic synchronized accuracy. Something is going awry, and anyway, we hope to have this ironed out by the end of next week. That's the goal anyway.

- More of the "Large, Complex Sector" development that I mentioned in my last newspost. I really hope to see this in production sometime soon. It should be awesome. And it will dovetail well with..

- New rock / asteroid textures in development by Curt, along with new meshes he's already made. He's been on this project for awhile, and it's actually a lot broader than just "rocks" (as much of an educational thing), but it has yielded some cool results that will dramatically improve some of our visuals. Especially when asteroids are in far larger, denser fields as mentioned earlier.

- We've also added joystick support for iOS, and some other features to other versions, that are waiting for release. There's also some serious concept work going on for our next-generation art, that I'm going to be excited to show off when it's more complete.

There's going to be a big announcement after I get back, wrapping up a lot of the work we've done since the beginning of the year, showing before/afters of some of the art assets we have ready to roll out, as well as our next-generation art direction and gameplay plans.
Mar 14, 2014 yodaofborg link
Good luck at GDC! And see my recent post in bugs, it's not just during player events, or during busy sectors. Hope you can nail that bug, tis annoying.
Mar 14, 2014 abortretryfail link
With as often as you have to fly out to California, you might as well have Incarnatebot (who did the training voiceovers) permanently stationed there. Then just control him remotely with the Oculus Rift and assorted game controllers you guys likely have collecting around the office. :)
Mar 14, 2014 greenwall link
Cool... lets all guess what the "BIG ANNOUNCEMENT" is going to be!
Mar 14, 2014 TheRedSpy link
Space ponies
Mar 14, 2014 Inevitable link
Cool... lets all guess what the "BIG ANNOUNCEMENT" is going to be!

My guess is... wrapping up a lot of the work we've done since the beginning of the year, showing before/afters of some of the art assets we have ready to roll out, as well as our next-generation art direction and gameplay plans.
Mar 14, 2014 TerranAmbassador link
Have fun Inc.!
Mar 14, 2014 Pizzasgood link
No, TRS. Ponies aren't big enough for a big announcement. Clearly it's the return of /DisplaysHippos.
Mar 14, 2014 greenwall link
Well, TRS's mom always told him that size doesn't matter, so cut him some slack.
Mar 14, 2014 Shadowhawke link
Great to hear Inc. Good luck in Cali. and Fly Safe.
Mar 14, 2014 Savet link
He's going to announce that I am pregnant, and he is not the father.
Mar 15, 2014 Faceof link
Good luck Inc....:)
Mar 18, 2014 Conflict Diamond link
You picked a great week for beautiful weather here. Hope you don't spend all of it in the bowels of The Moscone Center.
Mar 19, 2014 vskye link
Have fun Inc. :)
Mar 19, 2014 abortretryfail link
http://community.arm.com/events/1089 3:00PM slot. Maybe a sneak peek at some of this new asteroid fancyness? :D
Mar 20, 2014 csgno1 link
I hope someone takes a video :)
Mar 21, 2014 Phaserlight link
Mar 21, 2014 greenwall link
"10's of millions of asteroids." (per sector)

Get yer mining done now before the roid databases are completely useless!
Mar 21, 2014 Pizzasgood link
Don't be a smartasset.
Mar 22, 2014 vousername link
and build yer tridents while you can cheat with them!