Hi there,

Tiy asked me to write up a short thing about the stuff I worked on today.  Hope you find it a bit interesting.

Today was a bit unusual.  I mostly spent the day removing libraries.  I removed all dependencies on PostGreSQL and OpenSSL.  We no longer link against or call this code.  (Yay!)

Next, I needed to reimplement some stuff to make the code work afterwards.  As a side effect we now have a new class for reading entropy from the OS, which we previously had not done.  We’re using /dev/urandom for OSX and Unix and CryptGenRandom for Windows.

Finally, as part of internal tests, I forced walking while facing the wrong direction.  We might change the penalty into a -.2 movement modifier instead, we’re kinda playing it by ear right now.  But as part of the combat changes we think it might make sense.

Hey guys!

We’ve finally got Kyren, Armagon, George and myself moved over to the London office. :D OmnipotentEntity is visiting, too! We keep trying to convince him to stay.

I know there’s been lots of concern over progress lately, but now that most of us are in the same space and settling into a steady 9-5 work week, we’re really excited and motivated to focus on more frequent and substantial updates. Kind of amazing how much more can be accomplished by shouting at each other across a room than just pinging someone in IRC. :P

More on that next week, though!

We’re excited to announce that we’re publishing Witchmarsh— a 2D co-op platformer set in 1920s Massachusetts!

Currently in development by Inglenook, Witchmarsh is a gorgeous game that we’ve personally been looking forward to for awhile now. In Witchmarsh, you join a team of detectives in rural 1920s America as they embark on a mission to find and return the missing ‘Witchmarsh twelve’, who vanished under mysterious circumstances. Featuring 2-4 player online co-op as well as a single player mode, Witchmarsh also has an extensive character creation system that allows players to mix and match a large set of attributes, perks, items and weapons.

And tonight they’re launching their Kickstarter campaign!

Witchmarsh is tentatively set to be released in December 2015. We think it’ll appeal to lots of you, so check it out!

@InglenookGames on Twitter

Witchmarsh on Tumblr

Our artists have posted sneak peaks at the new ship tiers in various places, so I thought I’d give you guys a quick progress update here. :)

Omni’s been working on staffs. Basic implementation is finished and all fireable weapons are now lua-enabled! Randomly generated staffs are planned, but not yet implemented. Finally, YER A WIZARD. Or at least… soon you’ll be able to be sort of a wizard. A science-y space wizard. What could be better than that?

George’s first day in the UK office was today, and he kicked things off by teasing the new Hylotl ship design!

Rho also recently showed off some of the new Floran ship tiers, so now I’m gonna show you all 8! During tiers 1-3 you’ll be doing some repair work, but by tier 4 you get to start adding rooms! Shh, listen, flowers and vines totally work for a space ship exterior as long as you refer to them as spaceflowers and spacevines.

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