Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Boring Update - TL;DR I'm getting Back To Work

Spending some time away from development has allowed me to reevaluate what I'm trying to get out this update, and to get some perspective on why I've been having so much trouble getting my ass into gear. No need to go into too much detail, I don't think, but here's where I'm at:

I really don't care about ship customization. I want it to be a feature eventually, but it's not mission critical, and it's just not something that I personally care about as a player. I got it into my head that if it was going to happen at all then it needed to happen now, but it can totally wait. So I'm reducing the scope pretty dramatically; I'm keeping the ability to change interior colors, but not models, and it should be easy enough to do the same for the exterior. That's good enough for now.

I still need to spend some time reworking the input system, and that actually does need to happen now, before I start adding more cockpit controls. This will probably be boring work, but it shouldn't take too long.

I'm still going to do some work on planet/moon redesigns, but only until it gets boring or frustrating. I don't need to do it all at once.

And I've got some bugs to fix, but when don't I?

That's it, that's the next version. Just a minor update before finally moving on to ship systems. I'm still pretty busy this month, so I don't expect to get a ton done, but I'm feeling good & ready to get back in the groove.

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