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Full TriviaSpire update
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What changed
- Server
- Gameplay
- UI and audio
TriviaSpire changes
The second update has hit Steam servers!
I have used every bit of spare time from the last two weeks to bring this to you. I am trying to smash out features and fixes for the upcoming Steam Next Fest! It brings improvements to question/answer updating, a lot of backend tooling for me to improve them with and making the game feel more "complete" for players!
Last night we also ran a test session in the discord server (Don't forget to join :D). We hit 8 players and two lobbies! It was really fun and I thank everyone for joining. For the most part it was a stable experience, but plenty of bugs and suggestions have been made that I will be working on in the next week or so before Next Fest.
But the main issue still remains the large amount of missing answers. The report button really helps with it, so I can improve it based on those. But it is still something I will be putting a lot of effort into to improve.
And we had someone start botting multiplayer. The server handled it like it was nothing, but it harms the player experience and now I have 12,300 false answer reports to sort through...
Anyway, here is everything that I have done for this update!
Added
Tower slide sound
Argument to skip intro animation "skipintro"
Switched from JSON files to an SQLite database for questions and answers (Makes it faster and easier for future expansion, such as custom packs)
Database syncing from an endpoint. Allows for updating answer lists for singleplayer/servers without needing to update the client
Includes config option
Client contains initial local questions/answers for offline play
Notifications for if it synced or failed
Text background for questions/lobby status - Removed text outline and added drop shadow
Player name now has a nameplate too
Changed
Text is proper white
Timer bar moved next to player to keep it in view and add fade in/out
Questions/status appear/disappear more smoothly
Updated dependencies
Fixes some issues related to text input
Font has been updated from Fontspire to Ausempick. Includes reworked already existing characters, added lowercase and more special characters
Removed the "YOU" nametag`
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