Posted January 19, 2020 by Siduron
To those who've played Mines of Volantis might have been wondering if this game is dead. The last update was in July last year and I had released updates faily regularly.
After the last summer update the game was very very slow and I made the decision to completely redo the world generation. This took months to complete (with a few hours every weeks), and the end result did not offer anything new in the area of gameplay. With the new world generation, I created the lava caves to give at least something new.
And then, the unexpected happened. I got an offer for a full time game development position! I couldn't be happier, as this is grealy accelerating my experience with creating games.
After working on the job for a while I learned so much I could apply to Mines of Volantis that I took the extra time to apply my new knowledge to the user experience of MoV.
So now I'm finally done with the new build! I hope you enjoy it!
Full change list:
-Created world generation from scratch, improving loading time and performance dramatically.
-The Upgrade and Research station are now unlocked separately at the Communication Beacon.
-Added a 100% upgrade boost to the Communication Beacon.
-Added a new world layer, the lava caves.
-Added Obsidian and Red Crystal blocks.
-Added post processing effects.
-Added new overlay for accessing buildings.
-Improved the background scenery of the planet.
-Improved a few background music tracks.
-Created a new logo.