Hey everybody! Sam here bringing you the goods for this week. Last week I started the update half way during the week so I didn't get to complete the level 50 cap. That will be a priority this week.
Also this week something that is not going to happen that often will happen. The return of a pokemon for the Weekly code. There won't be a new code this week but for v4.2 there will be one. Like I mentioned before I'm bringing the Challenge Mode Celadon Gym level and the prize will be a shiny pokemon. So you get the regular version from the Weekly Code and you get the Shiny from the Challenge Mode. I will leave the pokemon to be a shocking surprise.
Other than that there will be some changes with the casino, I will be reducing the amount of tries per day, increasing how much each play cost but also increasing how you get per day. This will help reduce the server load that many of us have been experiencing.
Another thing is many of you have requested that the potion behave like the pokeball in that it scrolls the screen when you are close to the borders, so I will be adding that on this update also.
Progress List for v4.2:
Level cap increased to 48 (100%)
- Leaf Blade (100%) - Victreebell
- Future Sight (100%) - Kadabra/Alakazam
- Retaliate (100%) - Growlithe
- Gunk Shot (100%) - Ekans
- Iron Tail (100%) - Onix
- Close Combat (100%) - Mankey
- Hyper Voice (100%) - Jigglypuff
- Healing Wish (100%) - Clefairy
- Double Hit (100%) - Scyther
- Mirror Coat (100%) - Voltorb
- Last Resort (100%) - Eevee/Vaporeon/Jolteon/Flareon
- Ancient Power (100%) - Mew
- Stone Edge (100%) - Geodude
- Sludge Wave (100%) - Tentacool
- Graphics (100%)
- Shiny Graphics (100%)
- Add this pokemon's stats to the game (100%)
- New Moves for this pokemon (3) (100%)
- Metal Sound (100%)
- Magnet Bomb (100%)
- Mirror Shot (100%)
- New Evolution (100%)
- Graphics (100%)
- Shiny Graphic (100%)
- Add this pokemon's stats into the game (100%)
Challenge Mode Level - Celadon Gym (100%)
- Level Intro (100%)
- Level Layout (100%)
- Level Waves (100%)
- Level Ending (100%)
Potion Changes (100%)
New TMs (100%)
- Iron Tail
- Stone Edge
- Scyther can now learn Aerial Ace TM (100%) - Thanks to you guys for helping me find this.
The community is a big part of what gives games the extra spark needed to keep them alive even after they have been around for a while. It's been 5 months since Pokemon Tower Defense was released and our community is as big as ever. But a divided community does more harm than good. Having two different forums, adding more chats, all it does is thin out the community. Thankfully the two most popular PTD Forums are going to combine and create one central Sam & Dan Games Forum. The merger is still in progress, once everything is ready to go I will post the link.
My passion is to create games but a huge amount of my time goes into the community. Listening to suggestions, answering emails, taking care of account issues. Dan answers any orders that come in for SnD coins. He answers comments for Hero Tower Defense. We are as open as we possibly can be and the merger of the forum will open new ways for us to connect with you guys. We will have a weekly questions section. You submit your questions on the forums and every week Dan or I will answer the questions and post them on the blog. Another feature that will come to the forums will be that you will be able to suggestions a new feature for the game and every other week the best one will be chosen and I will implement it for the update. Unless it's something that will make the game worse. I can't wait to see this feature play out.
I enjoy working on PTD and HTD, I like the fast schedules, the instant feedback. With every update the game get's closer and closer to completion, the more moves are created the easier it is to increase the level cap and the easier it is to add new pokemon. I always like to think of the next step.
Multiplayer is always a topic that gets brought up every single day. I don't have a lot of experience making a fully working multiplayer system. So in the near future I will be taking the first steps toward the multiplayer with an Avatar Chat. You will be able to use your avatar and move him around while chatting with other players. This will help to get my feet wet and start working ironing out any bugs that might come up.
I constantly ask myself, what will I work on next? Will I make a PTD sequel? If I make a poll the answer will be YES! MAKE A SEQUEL! I don't even doubt that result. I know the demand is there. I haven't fully decided if I will make it or not. After PTD, Hero Tower Defense will be getting the most attention like PTD gets now. But I like working on multiple project so when HTD goes into high gear I will be working behind the scenes on the next big game.
I do however spend some time here and there thinking about what a sequel to PTD would be like. While making a Johto Sequel to PTD is a no brainer, I always like to push myself so what if the sequel wasn't a tower defense game?
I leave you with that, as always let me know what you think, try to keep any account issues away from the blog comments just email me directly. Thanks for the great support that all of you continue to give us to this day.