A year ago

'Hoy everyone!

    Going over the last year we've made significant strides in our development. Here are a few:

The island:

Then:  

You have no idea how long I spent on the little tiles

Now: 

Those will not be the final building designs, but they`re excellent place-holders!

A bit more of an active dock. So many more places to fall to your doom.

The Tavern

    Then:

   

Now: 

Still so much I want to add

Getting there!


The Ships:


Old vs. New




    There were also large changes in our puzzles. We added brawling, got started on BNav and made sailing a workable puzzle. We keep pressing forward, refining as we go and squishing bugs before we make new ones. 
    Our steam puzzle has the biggest visual overhaul so far: 


Then:

Simple, good for tests, but uninteresting

Now: 


Much better for for design, but the background is a bit busy. Will be working on that for the next update.


    We've had our share of setbacks. Contributors dropped out, our lives get busy and we get distracted. Dating alone has taking quite a bit of my time! Still we keep pushing forwards. We brought on an artist, look forward to some concept art here shortly. His primary task is getting us some cover art, as good as my art skills are, it leaves some to be desired:

Leela the Pirate Queens last pillage!



    Also started more videos of our development. They are able to tell a better story than just static pictures. The next set will hopefully be a lot of new designs and more gameplay features!

    Our goals for this year:

  • Get to our phase 2 Alpha goals - Including getting a full pilly' multiplayer. 
  • Contact publishers - Putting ourselves out there could really give a big push to our production.
  • Go to an indie game convention - With things fully reopened we should be able to travel and have some very fun events to attend. 

As usual, join us on our discord, watch a few videos and check our website for the latest!


Discord: https://discord.gg/HedS4wrBFn

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBmYBz2DUo-7cbv5csOY5Gg/videos

Website: https://www.potentialgamestudios.com/games



Fair winds all, should be a fun ride!


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