Some of the team have had dreams about being able to build cars out of cucumber boxes, and whilst we’re delighted to have made this a reality, we’re worried about where their thoughts are taking them at night. We’re pretty pleased with how they’re looking, and we feel like they really fit the world nicely. We’ve added a bunch of new fruit and veg crates that you’ll be able to use and build with.
Sitting pretty in the ground, they’re now doing a great job of making the world look more beautiful while we keep stepping up the hard visual work to include fields – home to these giant corn plants! We’ve added so many new terrain props that you could easily assemble them into a truly wonderful salad, but in the absence of digital vinaigrette, we’ve decided to plant these fantastic flowers and bushes instead. This tool is really important when building moving creations, letting you hook everything up, like engines and bearings for example. We’ve re-designed the connect tool by making it more thick and bulky so that it fits our art direction better. We’re looking forward to seeing if you’ll be able to outsmart our AI. Even if you build an especially tricksy structure, we’re obviously twisted enough to want your enemy to still find a path to reach you, unsettle you and delight in watching you attempt to adjust your lifestyle to accommodate pain, confusion and moderate despair. Gustav and Alex have been working on the enemy AI and have made some superb progress on their navigation.
* Infecting the Enemy AI with Actual Rage… Should really have called it a multiplayer troll session though. Here is a screenshot from our most recent multiplayer test session. It’s not fully cooked yet, but we’re getting there. Then imagine building amazing vehicles with your friend and driving on a scrap hunting adventure together exploring the world with your Very! Own! Friend! We just had to make that happen, which is why we’ve been working double hard on the multiplayer feature of Scrap Mechanic. Imagine gathering scrap with your friend. Do you have a friend? Imagine that friend. Social animals by nature, most of us enjoy the joy-inducing benefits of friendship. It’s just about time for another update! We can report that we’ve made some great progress this month, with plenty of exciting stuff to share with you.