Let Me Upgrade Ya

27 June, 2024 

HEY YOU! Yes, you. The one reading this. Did you happen to notice the day? A day of Thurs, perhaps? Now if you’re like me and have completely forgotten about last week, then you know that everybody who’s anybody has a good sit on Thursday and takes a pause to read about the latest exploits of the 3rd Shift Studios team. Seems like you should join them. If you’re into that sort of thing.

The Details

This week we’ve been rolling on pure vibes and fabricated energy products, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Let’s hear what the team has to say about their work over the past couple days:

• Ryan

  • Upgrading to Fusion 2, still. (Be strong, Ryan)

  • Creating a dashboard for the studio so they can modify the game without getting Unity'd to death (trust me its a word, don’t look it up).

  • Coldbrew counter: my brother in crust I've swapped out water for celsius because I have been told it'll get me out of this soul prison sooner (it won’t).

• Bryan

  • Not a whole heck of a lot to report here. On holiday in the mountains this week!

  • Tier 2 (Swamp) Map Junk is under way, with Tier 1 Cheese Weapon recipes, and Tier 2 Components / Tier 2 Map Junk breakdown just over the horizon.

• Daniel

  • Fully fleshed out weapon vendor system. Can now buy kinetic and cheese weapons directly from vendors if you have enough components.

  • Converted most of the player data to be saved on the cloud instead of on the computer (some things are being pesky).

  • Disabled ability to click options in inventory if the user has 0 (or somehow less than 0) of a certain item (e.g. gray out a button if you don't have a certain weapon).

  • Fixed several minor issues with UI.

  • Looking into fleshing out the GratedEscape game mode. I am so cooked. (Ryan is TIRED of hearing I finished my tasks [jk jk, or am I?]).

• Marc

  • Generating more memes for the memeheads.

• Cole

  • Still need to knock out the Terry pose for the city map poster - it’s on my list.

  • Created component icons! So far I’ve done the Gears, Pipes, Planks, Scrap Metal, and Rod Iron. Heh.

  • Planning to revisit audio log ideas, since I think those are worthwhile.

In Closing

Overall, it’s been a quieter week around here - not that it’s a bad thing. With summer in full swing, there will be a multitude of vacations and people being busy doing other things - but that’s okay! Progress continues to be made and we’re having fun in the process. In the meantime, catch me in the Discord!

Womp, 

Squid