One year ago, we announced the introduction of our in-game land known as “Apartments.” Since that time, our team has been diligently working on further development, reshaping the game into a product that rivals some of the best games available in terms of pixel art quality.
Over the past 17 months, we have consistently released monthly updates, development reports, and feature updates. We are delighted to announce that we will continue this tradition as our project prepares for significant changes ahead.
Let’s examine what our team has accomplished over the past month and outline our upcoming areas of focus:
Art Update
Battle System
During the past month, our primary focus has been on finalising animations for battle introductions, attacks, and monster sprites.
The art team has successfully produced assets for over 150 attack animations, created more than 80 monster sprite animations, and designed five distinct battle locations.
Furthermore, we have dedicated attention to enhancing the monster sprites outside the battle system. Significant progress has been made in creating a substantial number of overworld sprites for various monster designs.
Heiwa Village
Regarding overworld locations, we have completed the environmental design for Heiwa Village. Our art team is paying meticulous attention to every detail within the village, ensuring that even the smallest elements contribute to its liveliness and interest. Heiwa Village will serve as a crucial setting for players to learn essential game mechanics, including farming, crafting, and fast travel.
Design and Development Update
User Interface
One of our primary objectives in the user interface re-design has been to enhance the game’s social aspects. This involves enabling players to add friends, engage in tournaments, and explore numerous other social features. Over the past month, the development team has persistently worked on the new interface, with a predominant focus on these social elements.
Marketplaces
Our team’s primary objective has been to reduce our reliance on external marketplaces. This strategic shift will enable us to establish a more secure environment for our players, uphold royalty control, and enhance the overall user experience. Over the past month, the development team has been diligently working on integrating various marketplaces for different features.
Community Update
Translations
With the development of our translations system finished, our team is moving towards opening up our translations program to the community, where our community members will be able to help out in translating the game while being able to reap in-game rewards.
The community has come forward and chosen these 5 languages for our team to start with, in terms of translation support:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Japanese
- Cat Mode (🐱?)
We will soon be sharing details regarding this program.
Thank you for being such an amazing and positive community!
As always we’ll keep building in public and sharing regular information regarding the development of the game.
We’re working towards pushing out so much stuff for our holders, so if you’re not already a member of our fast-growing family, join us on Discord or Twitter.
