Discord server, more Summit, and Cursed Shader

Hey everybody! Sorry it's been a bit since the last update yet again - Orexius was visiting my place for about a week, so I wasn't spending too much time at the computer. I've got a few new things to share today, though!

First, I decided to go ahead and create a Discord server for Crisis Point (and any other games I make). I'll share small updates on there while I'm working, and you can use it to ask me any questions, or just chat about the game (or even things that AREN'T the game - rules won't be strict!) You can join the server here: https://discord.gg/MveBYb2

Second, a quick few screenshots showing off the new tiles in The Summit! A few minor things have yet to be replaced, but a lot of them are good to go, and the area is starting to look gorgeous!
http://i.imgur.com/01NWIrK.png
http://i.imgur.com/MkbQSti.png
http://i.imgur.com/EABuesf.png

Last but not least, I've been spending some time learning a little more about shaders. Shaders are essentially the programming equivalent to black magic, you can do all SORTS of crazy shit with them; the effect of things being lit on fire in Crisis Point is done using a shader, for example. I decided to also set up a shader to make it clearer when you're inside a Cursed Zone in the Catacombs, though! Here's a before and after shot of what the area looks like normally vs with the shader active:

Before: http://i.imgur.com/46H2ZeJ.png
After: http://i.imgur.com/ADKTh1J.png

I got the effect by averaging out the colors to get a sort of greyscale, then adding specific amounts of the greyscale color along with the original color together to get a lower saturation, then subtracting a flat amount to each color which made everything darker - especially darker colors, which now end up mostly pitch-black. Looks like those torches around the catacombs are real useful now, huh? ;)

I'll be back soon with more information - and hopefully stream details! I want to start again really soon, I just need to get a comfortable chair setup again! My old, cheap one broke so I need to remedy that first before I can go back to working on my desktop, and unfortunately my laptop just isn't strong enough for streaming. Anyhoo, thanks for reading - and as always, for being so patient with me! I know I've been doing a terrible job keeping up with the more frequent updates I promised, and I'm really sorry about that. After releasing v.26 in February, I plan on starting to do at least weekly updates from here on out to make up for it and keep things consistent!

-A42