$500 Milestone Reached! v3.0 AI and Interaction Overhaul coming!
Added 2020-02-19 12:48:36 +0000 UTCThank you so much everyone for your incredible support since my post on Saturday about The $500 Milestone and LifePlay 3.0 (AI and Interaction Overhaul). I genuinely could never have imagined that the target could be reached in less than a week (3 days and 20 hours to be exact)! And I'm thankful for the trust that both my new and existing patrons have put in my ability to take this project to the next level.
As promised, now that the milestone has been reached, from now on I will be able to treat LifePlay as a part-time job and dedicate at least 30 hours a week (or 60 hours each update) to working on it. More importantly, as soon as v2.19 (Sex Expressions and UI) is released this weekend, I will immediately start working on LifePlay 3.0. This AI and Interaction Overhaul, as described in my previous post, will be completed over 5 updates finishing on 2 May, scheduled for release as follows:
- 7 March: v3.0 Beta 1
- 21 March: v3.0 Beta 2
- 4 April: v3.0 Beta 3
- 18 April: v3.0 Beta 4
- 2 May: v3.0 Stable
I will post more details about exactly what new features from the AI and Interaction Overhaul can be expected in each update one week before the respective ETA's above. Similar to the character model overhaul last year, even though the first 4 updates of this overhaul are marked as 'beta' (meaning some WIP stuffs and some possible bugs), the aim is to keep the game as playable as possible during this 'beta' period and allow players to test the new features from the overhaul right away so that they can be improved and polished by the time v3.0 Stable comes around.
Thank you again for all your support, without which, this ambitious overhaul wouldn't have been becoming a reality so soon!
Comments
the wait begins now guys we did it!
Vernon Banks
2020-02-20 17:05:03 +0000 UTCWell done. it goes to show that this is what patreon is or should be about, someone who obviously has a need, and a goal they will work towards and people come together (no pun intended with what the game is about) to support it. Congratulations.
Icarus Media
2020-02-20 11:30:20 +0000 UTCI will post more details after v2.19's release this weekend but most likely, Beta 1 will add multi-threading (crucial for performance when so many AI calculations are being done in the background) and some 3d spaces first where everything else in the later updates can happen in.
2020-02-20 03:14:31 +0000 UTCso what interface will you be working on first?
Kevin Daley
2020-02-20 03:01:18 +0000 UTC
