diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-020/index.md b/content/posts/newsletter-020/index.md index 177df8323..2eb5e50a4 100644 --- a/content/posts/newsletter-020/index.md +++ b/content/posts/newsletter-020/index.md @@ -219,6 +219,40 @@ of the 1990 [Gameboy platformer][gargoyle-wiki] built using [wgpu]. [gargoyle-wiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle%27s_Quest [wgpu]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu-rs +### [Veloren][veloren] + + +_Waiting for the airship to land_ + +[Veloren][veloren] is an open world, open-source voxel RPG inspired by Dwarf +Fortress and Cube World. + +In March, Veloren released 0.9. Lots of work throughout the month was put +towards preparing for this. NPC merchants and trading was merged. Many changes +were made to combat, including buffs and combat. Player-to-player trading was +also implemented. Lots of work was done in optimizing Veloren. This included +significantly improving how long physics was talking, and network improvements. +Metrics tracking was also overhauled to better track the different systems in +Veloren. Pathfinding is also working through an overhaul. A large feature +implemented in March was Airships being merged into the game. This prompted a +redo of how physics in the game is handled. + +A survey was sent out in preparation for the release. A lot of information was +gathered about how players experience Veloren, and the items they like or don't +like. These can all be ready in [devblog #112](https://veloren.net/devblog-112). +This was followed up by the 0.9 release, which turned out to be the largest yet. +At peak, 133 players joined the main server. There were problems throughout the +release party relating to networking, as well as our tick performance. + +March's full weekly devlogs: "This Week In Veloren...": +[#109](https://veloren.net/devblog-109), +[#110](https://veloren.net/devblog-110), +[#111](https://veloren.net/devblog-111), +[#112](https://veloren.net/devblog-112). +[#113](https://veloren.net/devblog-113). + +[veloren]: https://veloren.net + ### [Theta Wave] [][Theta Wave] diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-020/veloren.jpg b/content/posts/newsletter-020/veloren.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..53ca3345b Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/newsletter-020/veloren.jpg differ