Getting back on track with EliteMobs

Hello everyone,

It has been longer than I had hoped for, but I pulled it off. I've managed to get sufficiently ahead in my studies and business that I can now refocus a considerable part of my efforts into developing EliteMobs.

To get things back on track, I bring you the 6.7.1 update. It will be released into spigot as a minor update, hiding the fact that I've already gotten a decent head start on NPCs, but I want to hold off on publicly announcing them until I have them more fleshed out.

With NPCs out of the way, and with the Adventurer's Guild map already publicly available for both testers and players in my own network, I am now ready to get to the fun part - quests and arenas.

This is where I should probably mention the patreon restructuring. I've gotten rid of the $3.50 and the $30 tiers and I've massively simplified the system, as well as added a $1 tier.

$1 supporters can vote on polls for which features to approach next after each public release.

$5 supporters can add options to those polls that are thematically related (example: for the adventurer's guild update, you'll be able to add an option to the poll saying "Quest board" if that's what you want, and if people vote for it it'll be the next thing I'll work on)

$15 supporters can add poll options for any feature, meaning that if you want me to focus on, say, mob spawners that spawn elite mobs exclusively you can add that option to the next poll

$50 supporters keep the same rewards as before - if they want something done and it is within reason, I'll do it.

Before I go, let me just talk about the very near future. I will be publicly releasing 6.7.1 after sufficient testing has been done, hopefully this week. I am going to write a post for supporters at the $5 tier and above to add their suggestions for the next poll, and I'll be starting that poll as soon as I get the replies so I can get started on the first fun gameplay features of the Adventurer's Guild update. I am also doubling down on youtube videos based on the poll I held for it. These videos will have considerably more effort put into it based on the feedback and views they're getting (which have very honestly surprised me). Obviously these videos will be entirely focused on EliteMobs - the next one will be the 7.0 devlog focused on NPCs, and 7.1 will be focused on whatever people vote for on the next poll.

A big thank you to all the supporters that have been around for a while now and a big thank you to those who have recently joined in. I hope I will be able to deliver on my promises in an appropriate time frame.

Cheers,

- MagmaGuy