Welcome to the latest edition of our BattleBit Development Newsletter! We know it’s been a long ride since our last game update, and we appreciate your patience and understanding. The past eight months, overall, have been packed with new features, introducing new mechanics and visuals that we are very excited about.
That being said, this update is not only bettering the player’s gameplay experience but building a solid foundation for future updates and features. Your continued dedication and support for BattleBit is what drives us to continually improve and expand the game we all love and enjoy.
Now, let’s dive into it!
Community concerns
We’d like to start by addressing some of the most common concerns we hear from you, the players. Although we do our best to respond to everything, rest assured that we read a significant portion of what is written on the BBR social media platforms. We hear you.
Q: When update?
A: We currently do not have an ETA. While we realize that this is not what you want to hear, we would like to be 100% certain before providing a date. The developers are still working hard and doing everything they can to push the update out as quickly as possible.
Q: Why haven’t you released a hotfix for issues like the black screen bug? Is it true that the BBR source code was accidentally deleted?
A: While the BBR source code being deleted is false, it is true that our branching was messed up. we unintentionally pushed a changeset to PlasticSCM (the version control tool that we have been using since 2022) with additional updates where they were unfinished. We would have to spend time removing the features we implemented back to the build, which would further delay the update. We are fully aware of the impact of these bugs and in the future, we will prioritize fixing major issues before committing to long updates.
Q: My weekly challenges keep resetting!
A: This is an issue that has been on our radar for a while, but we have not yet found a way to reproduce the error consistently. We are still looking into it and will keep you posted.
Q: Are you only focusing on new players with this update?
A: It is one of our goals with this update to improve the game’s accessibility for those starting out. However, this update will be a major improvement for everyone, not limited to new players. At the end of the day, a lot of these changes are based on what not only new but also long-time community members have been asking for.
Recent progress
Most of the recent weeks have been spent on overhauling the in-game UI, replacing existing UI with a complete redesign and different styling. With this, we aim to improve clarity and user experience while playing. These changes currently include the deployment- and loadout screens and pause menu, but more is to come. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, here are some screenshots (new deployment screen and settings with descriptions):