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If you have followed my blog, you know that on September 23rd (2022) I reached a huge milestone with Network Traders<\/a>. We celebrated the early access release<\/a> on Google Play<\/a> with a happy release party. But unfortunately, there came a sharp productivity drop right afterwards and only now, three months later, was I able to deliver a new, albeit small, feature update. Version 0.4.6.0 finally concludes the introduction of tooltips for most of the screens, and hopefully ends this pause for good. So what’s next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The weeks leading up to the public release were actually filled with self-imposed crunch time. Common in game development, but not desirable at all. However, since it was about my own hobby project, it was okay for me. Nevertheless, I dropped into quite a hole afterwards. Part of it was a motivation problem, as it is common after a major achievement<\/a>. But mostly it was because of other important things that had just accumulated and finally needed attention. So I left my players for three months with one meager bugfix update – my apologies for that! Things will hopefully get better from now on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current and next Update – what to expect<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\"Tooltips<\/a>
The new tooltip in your network screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The topic of version 0.4.6 was „player information“. This means that players are now provided much more information throughout the game, which should make onboarding much easier. The tooltips<\/strong>, last of all for the network screen as seen on the right, were only one aspect of this. Another was the introduction of a tutorial <\/strong>system for new players. It should now provide all necessary information to play the game. And lastly, I added a privacy policy<\/a> declaration, which is absolutely necessary for a public release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started version 0.4.6 on July 16th, 2022. Since I finished it only now, it took me more than six months! This is the longest I required so far. Usually, a new minor version is done in two months. But then, it included a total of 43 issues, which is also twice as much as a usual one. Without the three months pause it would not have been that bad after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I intend to leave the motivational holes behind me now. Next up is a major release step with version 0.5. The content will be base monetization, which is, of course, not something players are looking forward to. I call it a necessary evil, but don’t worry, I do not intend to bother you too much. And with this final step, Network Traders will be „Alpha Test Ready“. A little too late, I admit, as it is already in alpha test, but that’s what happens to plans – they get obsolete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to get regular updates on Network Traders, then just follow me on Mastodon<\/a>. I am currently migrating from Twitter and I would really love to get a few more followers there, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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