Hello and welcome to the latest Boss 101 Update!
Some quick development updates and then onto the main development blog!
Very Super Early Beta Testing has begun!
Yep, you heard right – we have started to send out Steam keys to selected groups for play testing feedback. If you think you are on that list and haven’t gotten a key – please be patient. You can always mail us at hello(at)donleytimefoundation(dot)com if you have any questions.
General feedback is positive and we’re doing gameplay tweaks to make things smooth for the end user. All in all though – no major hitches and we’re moving forward with wrapping the game up.
Making an In-Game Wiki
You know about the Professor’s Wiki in Boss 101! Originally this was the place for neat lore about the various people you meet in the game but has expanded a bit.
You can see here we have the main Command Center and the WIKI itself.
Each page here ORIGINALLY started as a straight piece of art displayed all at once. This art included the words, images and placement or everything. This was my personal idea (me being Tim) and let me assure you it was a terrible one. HAHAHAHAHA! Joshua had a much better idea about how to do this. Basically, do it the right way (like almost everybody else would). We broke the page into pieces, art, words in an XML file, animations, etc. All this is created separately and then assembled in the AMAZING editor that Joshua created for our game.
Editor
Samples of the art
In the editor here you can see we have places to assign art, images and the like as well as write up the words for the page. REALLY NICE STUFF and a huge speed improvement over the old way.
Now – of course, we just had to go and fill it with awesome information for you – which we DID!
Design a Hat for Boss 101. Well, more like SUGGEST a Hat for Boss 101! HAHA!
Suggest-A-Hat Contest Ends Next Sunday August 20th
So yes, we are planning on getting Boss 101 in your hands soon and ONE LAST THING we are doing is running a contest to YOU to suggest a hat. Drop us a line anywhere (details follow) and we will collect all the submissions and pick on to go into the game in true Boss 101 style. Suggest what you like but realize that we will have to respect various licenses and copyrights. Also we will be taking any suggestion and Boss 101’ing in our own way. You only need to supply a suggestion and we will put it on the list.
General Contest Rules and Guides:
– Entry is free and thank you for your support!
– Suggest any subject, theme or person you might like to see as a Boss 101 hat
– You can suggest anything – animate or inanimate!
– Please use common sense. Offensive or tasteless suggestions aren’t needed or welcome.
– If your idea is chosen we will do our best to bring it to life
– You can suggest in the replies here or mail us at hatcontest @ boss101.com (remove spaces)
– The contest will run three weeks
Don’t forget the Suggest-A-Hat contest wraps up next Sunday. We have a ton of entries and many good suggestions, drop yours in if you haven’t. You may be happy to know we MIGHT be able to open up a few more slots for suggestions. We’ll keep you posted!
Thanks for joining us today and we appreciate your support. With the Early Beta testing going on you can be assures we are wrapping things up. Look for more news about a release date soon and thank you for hanging in there with us as we wrap Boss 101 up.
We know it’s not always easy to wait for something you are excited about but we also want you to get our very best product. Thank you again and talk with you soon!
Remember to LIVE YOUR DREAMS!
-Tim
Boss 101 Info Roundup
Release Date: 2017
Planned Price: $9.99
Boss 101 Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/380920
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