This is a very exciting time here at TheGameCreators. The countdown to the Steam release continues with less than 2 weeks to go and we are all 100% focused on an awesome early access launch on Monday March 2nd @ 9am PST.
In development news, we are working on the final tweaks and fixes and it’s great to watch these items get ticked off the list. All of these items are very minor, and it’s enabled the team to spend time on some fun additions such as adding lots of exciting media, including a large amount of medieval and cartoon assets:
Medieval Town
Cartoon Antics
We are also finalising some great demo levels, both single and multi-player maps that users can expand or just study to learn more about making games with GameGuru.
We also continue to add the final details to the multiplayer system. We’ve mainly been stress testing the system and handed out the first wave of Steam keys to our alpha testers and are very pleased to say that things have gone very smoothly. We will continue to fine tune during the next few days and aim to push the servers hard near the end of the week as a final round of testing aimed at ensuring that come the Steam release you all have a stable and enjoyable experience.
The multiplayer system makes great use of the Steam server infrastructure. With a click of a button you can host one of your games maps and have your friends join you in the level you designed! If you use all stock media only the small map file has to be transmitted to the other players which happens in seconds. If you have used new media from the store or media you have imported yourself then GameGuru will create a Steam Workshop item of your level and then let you host that map. Other players who join your hosted game are automatically subscribed to the Workshop level and all the extra media is sent to them so they can play the game. It’s all done under-the-hood so you don’t need to worry how it all works.
From the Store
The store continues to grow and there are now 1000’s of items live with more being added daily. Valuable Assets has once again added to his range of media with some excellent new abandoned buildings.
Ideal for any modern day or post apocalyptic games, these models would be a great addition to any media collection.
Signing Off
That’s it for this week. We’ll have more news next week but for now it’s back to the development caves to ensure everything is finely tuned for release.
Thanks as always for your amazing support.
The GameGuru Team
