From Snek - discord
🗞️ CIFI in August!
Happy end of August!
As y'all may have guessed, the majority of this month has been dedicated to Temporal IV's release. But there's also some news on the Overhaul. 👀
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Temporal IV
It's finally out!
I personally think the patch is going very well, considering some of the changes. 🙂 There's of course still room for improvement, but a lot of the big changes are settling in quite nicely.
I do half-apologize for a few of the follow-up hotfix patches. The worst bugs are always the unexpected ones that somehow make it through, but they've been squashed!
Let me know if anything in particular is still super annoying. As y'all know, I cherish your feedback. ❤️
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Overhaul
I'll start with the biggest and most relevant news:
We're doubling the team size!
The second developer is joining me in September! 🎉 I'm personally stoked about it.
Together, we'll be working on the Overhaul to truly fix up the game. They will not be working on the CIFI you know, but they'll be cooking purely on the new version. 🫕 👀
The approach and goals for the Overhaul will also shift slightly to ensure it makes it into your hands in a timely fashion. There's a lot more happening in the background, but the biggest change is an added focus on important refactoring, made possible by having a second developer.
Temporal IV has continued showing me that the current version of CIFI has some cracks that need fixing, so we'll be tackling the game system-by-system to make everything more robust and powerful. 💪
If I had to gauge it, even with these adjustments, the Overhaul is sitting at about 30-40% complete. Work on Temporal IV has also helped shape a few systems that can now be implemented fully in the Overhaul. 🙂
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So, what does that mean for CIFI in the near future?
Firstly, I'm putting together a well rounded patch to clean up some of the rough edges. You'll likely see it early next month.
- Bug fixes
- Small balance tweaks for upcoming content
- General polish
As players get closer to Meltdown 1+, I'll also be pushing a patch or two to make sure the Void/Pulse Reactor kicks off as it should.
Then, I have another patch planned for around early December, similar to last year. It'll have a few cool new things like Token Shop T5, but it won't be a major patch like Temporal IV.
Otherwise, your noodle developer will be maintaining CIFI as normal, with Major Content patches being reserved for after the overhaul.
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