About “Pirates and Traders 2”.
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…