[DEV] Iris’s Idle Log – One Month After Launch: Auto Exploration, Codex, Tenting, and QoL Updates

Good day, that is Eary, the solo developer of Iris's Idle Log.

It has been about one month because the recreation launched. The primary model nonetheless had many tough edges, however due to suggestions, critiques, and bug experiences from gamers, I’ve been steadily bettering the sport after launch.

Since launch, I’ve up to date the sport from v0.14 to v0.34. These updates weren’t simply bug fixes; I additionally added and improved a number of programs to make the sport simpler to play for a very long time.

One of many greatest additions is Auto Exploration / Auto Battle. After the tutorial, gamers can now use Auto Exploration so the sport can proceed progressing with out fixed handbook management. I’ve additionally been bettering its reward show, move, information textual content, and efficiency so it feels extra snug as an idle RPG characteristic.

I additionally added a Codex system. The Codex now consists of achievements and statistics, and I later expanded it with a Museum characteristic the place gamers can donate objects to realize bonuses. I needed the sport to have extra long-term information and assortment targets, as an alternative of solely elevating ranges.

Not too long ago, I additionally began including Tenting as a brand new life-skill-related content material system. Tenting is supposed to create one other development path between exploration and life abilities, and I plan to maintain bettering the way it connects with the remainder of the sport.

There have additionally been many quality-of-life enhancements, together with bulk farming actions, stock promote lock, merchandise receive/use info, queue order adjustments, estimated queue time, present queue highlighting, and cancel affirmation popups.

Fight has additionally been adjusted. Retreat and cancel command instances have been diminished, motion cooldowns have been barely eased, and I fastened a problem the place acquainted unlock probabilities have been decrease than meant.

Different updates embrace Google Play cloud save slots, a Restore Buy button, Japanese language assist, higher stock reward checks, and a simplified Auto Exploration reward popup to scale back lag.

The sport remains to be not good, however I’ve been checking suggestions virtually day-after-day and bettering what I can step-by-step. Thanks to everybody who has performed, reviewed, or reported points.

Iris's Idle Log is a comfortable pixel-art idle RPG the place you develop one heroine by way of exploration, fight, and lots of life abilities similar to cooking, smithing, farming, writing, portray, meditation, familiars, and tenting.

For those who take pleasure in slow-burn idle RPGs with long-term development, I’d actually recognize it for those who gave it a strive.

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