🐟️ Survey Results
We recently asked you all to participate in a survey to collect your feedback and feelings around future jobs & games inside MegaPlanet. As we do with all suggestions, we approached this survey options with an open mind, and tried not to restrict the questions to just what we thought would be popular. By doing this we have been able to gain a much deeper understanding how how the future of MegaPlanet looks through the eyes of a player and we can now share some of the key results of the survey.
Inside access and expired items will not be made available through any games or gift machines. We were already pretty sure this one would be a hard no, but its good to get absolute clarity on how the community feel about item availability 1 year on from the original suggestions to make certain items more obtainable.
Now that we have your attention hooked.... Who’s up for a spot of fishing? The votes are in and you have made absolutely clear that fishing must become possible in MegaPlanet! And guess what? It will become possible, and sooner than you might think! Whilst our artists continue to relentlessly re-create your clothing assets ahead of the upcoming Character Update, we have identified a window in which we can go full throttle at bringing fishing to MegaPlanet. If fishing or room surveying isn't your cup of tea, then perhaps you prefer a more generic job in the Box Factory?
Now whilst the jobs system will be getting more immediate attention, we still want to introduce more ways to spend your game tokens. Whilst we will not be including expired items in the Gift Machine or Slot Machine, both of these ideas at their core where very popular with the people of MegaPlanet! This will be a focus of ours a little later in the year to bring you some new fun Arcade Games.
🗨️ Chat Updates
There are more new features coming to the chat system! In Update 44 we will introduce the following changes to chat:
· Players can click on a username in the chat log to open that players info menu.
· We have replaced the [WHISPER] text in the chat log with a whisper emoji.
· Players can click on a whisper emoji in the chat log to reply to that whisper.
· Other players usernames in the chat log will now be slightly shaded to create a visual distinction between the username and the message.
· Your username in the chat log will now be coloured light blue to help players easily identify their own messages.
This will later be improved to also allow for interaction with players that are no longer in the room.
🔊 Proximity SFX
Last year we added sound effects to the fountain in the Community Park. This sound effect had proximity detection to raise/lower the volume depending on your distance from the object. We want to trial this with certain room items to bring an extra element of immersion into your rooms. The next Gold Rare Collectable will have proximity sound enabled, so please let us know if you enjoy this, if this should be a per-item toggle, or if this should be completely removed.
📑 Signing off for June
Next on the agenda is the final stretch of 2D assets being re-created for the upcoming character update! We have began implementing the new animations system into our test builds and will share a short example of this very soon!