Embracing the Future Together - New Years Devblog (Patreon)

Heyhey Scientists!

Helltaker here :) As the festive season wraps up and everyone enjoys their jolly holidays, I'm thrilled to send you all off into the new year with a burst of enthusiasm!

Exciting Developments Ahead

Our journey in the upcoming year is filled with thrilling plans, and I'm eager to share a sneak peek with you. Brace yourselves, as things might get a tad technical.

Cinematic Dialogue System - A Leap Forward

Your feedback has been overwhelmingly positive about our cinematic dialogue system. With the majority of the technical hiccups now resolved, we're set to integrate more gameplay elements, enhancing your experience.

What's Next?

Here's a glimpse at some of the systems we're introducing:

• Combat System: Currently in development, the first person combat system will add an exciting layer of action to ANBW, with its melee and shooter elements.
• Intimacy System: Building on our initial experiments in UE4, this feature will add a new dimension of character interaction.
• Simplified Interactive Dialogue: To manage our extensive, fully-voiced dialogue, we're streamlining the interaction process.
• Relationship System: This system will enable you to track and enrich your connections with the diverse characters in our game.

The goal for early 2024 is to bring these systems to a playable state. We're determined to showcase not just the high quality of our work but also the speed at which we can deliver compelling content.

Building Our Team: A Focus on Quality

2023 was a year of learning and growth. Expanding our team was a challenge, and in the end, we decided to maintain our current size but focus intensely on education and enhancing our quality of work. It's a thrilling challenge for me to lead our team towards their "best case" scenarios.

Gratitude and Anticipation

Your support made 2023 our most successful year yet, and for that, I'm profoundly grateful. We're excited to maintain an open dialogue about our game's development and eagerly await your continuous support, input, and feedback.

As Mel recently shared, "I know 2024 is gonna be even better than 2023, for all of us :)" – and I wholeheartedly agree.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Here's to a fantastic year ahead!

<3 Helltaker