So, I just have to admit: I suck at limiting myself to small tasks. I started out relaxing the requirements on subordinates; fixed it so that subordinate ships can now run off (if you have too many), got started on updating the user interface for the ship status views, tweaked …
The final fix for the treasure handling bug is taking a little extra time, as it is pretty central to the whole fleet ship/prize ship mechanism (i.e., transfer of wealth between ships of different types). As a consequence of that, I am holding back on doing further hacks on that, …
Continuing on from last week’s post, here is a little something on some of the thoughts I have for the combat mechanics. Note that these are definitely subject to change; the system needs to be both fun, and work well (i.e., give reasonable results), and some of that will only really …
I thought it might be interesting to write something about the combat mechanics in the (unimaginatively named) BattleBytes system, which is being developed for Pirates and Traders 2. Disclaimer: Since this is still very much in development, the design here may change before it goes public. Scale BattleBytes is a …
A new update should roll out later today, containing some bug fixes. I’ve registered that people are having some issues with recruiting + distributing plunder; this patch will probably not fix that issue entirely, but I’m working on tracking down the issue and getting it fixed. I also plan to rework …
Just a brief update on where things stand right now. After the portrait update and fixing the follow-up issues, I had to take a short break from working on the game to recharge the batteries and catch up on other things (also a little bit of gaming – though I …