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Hotfix v1.2.0.36Mar 1, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsWe fixed two more bugs: Changes Fixed invisible Russian font. Fixed an issue where the "fat chicken" wasn't ever spawned from the henhouse. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/a3af1d7b3c7818001d8c05ea3f281c5c814b6744.pngNew Update v1.2Feb 29, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHello, friends! It might be a bit early in the year for spring cleaning, but we got rid of a lot of pesky bugs and also added some quality of life features. New Features {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/6e9671ae700b1db522bc53eda2f464793ae623b5.png Highlight grabbable objects Did you ever accidentally pick up the wrong person? We now added an option to highlight objects or people if they are in range to be grabbed. This allows for much more precision, especially if there are a lot of potential targets close together. Rotate and zoom with one hand We added an option to rotate and zoom with either the left or right stick/touchpad. You can decide if you want to use this feature and on which hand. The other hand will still be available for all menu related uses. More reliable pointer When using the build menu, you always had the option to grab the buildings directly with your hand or with the pointer ray. This pointer had some issues that made it a much less reliable tool. Buildings in the build menu rotated faster when you point anywhere on the panel. Now they only rotate faster when you directly point at them to indicate you can now grab them. We also fixed issues that prevented you from picking up construction sites directly after being placed on the ground. This should make readjusting the position and rotation much easier. Show new buildings When new buildings are unlocked during tutorials, they are now not just highlighted with a glow effect in the build menu, the build menu now also actively scrolls to the new item. This should help new players who might not have found out yet that there are more than the initial 3 buildings per category to choose from. Bugfixes Optimization General performance improvements. Improved UI performance and scroll view behavior. Optimized interactions between clouds and lightning targets. Reduced jittering during player movement.Achievement Fixes Fixed achievement Feathered Thief not being achievable at all. Fixed issues with achievement Diversity unlock mechanic. Fixed issues with achievement Master Builder. Fixed issues with achievement Multitasking. Fixed issues with achievement Chicken Shaker unlocking too early.Ship fixes Fixed ship navigation issues, optimized ship routes and improved ship landing behavior. Fixed issue with ship passengers not disembarking. Fixed navigation issue with townies on ships. Fixed lost trade goods on returning trading ship after loading.AI fixes Added cooldown for townies' angry reactions to achieve a better fulfillment of needs. Improved movement of ranged units. Improved accessibility of harbors for townies. Improved check if townies or animals are under water. Made thieves return to enemy base after stealing in Sandbox mode. Fixed issue that prevented enemy units to spawn on towers. Fixed issue with seagulls not being able to steal food from tavern storage. Fixed issue with eagle that occasionally stopped hunting. Fixed fish and chicken navigation issues.Island fixes Improved navigati...Steam AwardsNov 23, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsIt's that time of year! The Steam Awards are just around the corner, and it's up to you, the players, to nominate your favorite games of 2022. From all your excellent feedback, we know that you enjoyed Townsmen VR, and we're confident that it is one of the more unique VR experiences out there. So if you would consider nominating Townsmen VR for a Steam Award, we'd be very humbled. Thank you so much for your continued support from everyone at HandyGames. Update 1.1.0.2 + SaleJun 23, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello, friends! Townsmen VR is getting a new Patch on Steam. It includes a bunch of fixes all over the place and a couple new features. We hope you enjoy it and thank you so much for playing! Full Patch Notes - Version 1.1.0.2 New features: • Added improved building placement feedback: color coded outlines now show the required even space around the construction site. • Made talking NPCs actually look at the player. • Added Steam Community Items (Trading cards, badges, emoticons, backgrounds). General fixes: • You are now able to drop townies on your hand without them falling over. • Implemented new underwater shaders for all levels to prevent flickering. • Fixed an issue with townies interrupting each other's work in certain situations. • Implemented saving for quest timers (also used for sandbox attacks and more), previously when you saved while they were running, they would always restart after loading. • Fixed save & load issue on resource chests after some contents have been depleted. • Fixed underwater splash effects at the player's hands appearing way below the ocean's surface. Ship and trading specific fixes: • Updated save system to ensure that the ship starts the route where it was saved instead of going back to the first waypoint. • Fixed issue with lost trade player ship on save & load while returning from horizon. • Fixed the hook at the harbor being too low at the start and then jumping up the first time it is used for trading. • Fixed an error on ships that aren't setup for trading. • Fixed random attacks always coming from same route. • Fixed errors connected to interrupted trades. Level specific fixes: • Made harbor indestructible on Solitary Island and Sunken Island. • Made the 10 minute timer for Smuggler's Cove quests to build town buildings optional, now if you already have built those buildings, the timer will be skipped. • Fixed softlock in New Port where a pirate ship wouldn't come back if you had a lot of troops already when it disappeared on the horizon. UI specific fixes: • Fixed issue that building info can't be reopened. • Fixed the UI pointer ray disappearing when placing a construction site and then opening another menu (like the main menu) before the placement timer has finished. • Fixed the UI pointer ray being blocked while placing building addons. Now it should be possible to build several addons in quick succession. • Increased scale of build menu and island info. • Research for buildings of the highest levels is now locked until the previous level has been researched (affecting church and barracks for sowrdsmen and crossbowmen). • Fixed issues with info UI. • Updated building info UI of gold mine to use the same layout as all the others. • Adjusted info UI layout on harbor and ship. • Fixed harbor info UI to properly show resource display of used storage after loading.Small update hotfix 1.0.1.0Jun 1, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHi, we pushed a small update to help with a specific issue some players reported. The game usually pauses when you take off the headset, displaying a "headset not mounted" message. But if for some reason that detection doesn't work correctly, the game can appear as always paused, preventing you from playing the game. If you are experiencing this issue, you can now start the game with the launch option "-nopause" to deactivate the headset detection. To add this launch option, right-click Townsmen VR in your library and click on "Properties...". Under GENERAL add "-nopause" (without quotation marks) in the field labelled LAUNCH OPTIONS. Hope that helps and thank you for playing! :)OUT NOW!Mar 24, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsThank you all so much for playing Townsmen VR, for your feedback, and for your patience. It's been a long time coming. Version 1.0 is finally here and with it, the most requested feature: Sandbox Mode Patchnotes below. We're certain that you'll enjoy it and we truly feel like TMVR is everything we had hoped it would one day become and more. Hop on, start building and enjoy! ___________________________________________________________________ New features: Added sandbox mode (most islands can now be played with custom start conditions and goals). Added additional building placement feedback: now buildings and units in the way are highlighted red. Added language selection screen (will reload the current scene if changes are applied). Need icons on top of townies are now color-coded from blue to red to show how urgent the need is. Added game over the message to all islands. General fixes: All save files are not compatible anymore. If you load an old save file, the level you try to load will restart. Fixed production resources getting lost when upgrading a building. Fixed an issue with unintended behavior when townies would drop resources after loading a save file. Fixed fish not being able to properly swim in rivers. Fixed dead fish respawning in Ocean instead of the lake after save/load. Made all ships turn a bit faster. Fixed rally flag movement issue on load due to conflict with spawn animation behavior. The game now doesn't pause in splash or loading scenes anymore when the headset isn't mounted. Alarm sound is now also played when someone from your town is attacked by a wolf or bear. Changed mechanic that decides where talking characters spawn, so there are no huge gaps between them if they appear and disappear more frequently. Fixed talking characters sometimes moving to a location from their last or initial position when appearing. Fixed issue with wrong status text on research. Fixed behavior that would sometimes mess up monks/nuns reading books. Birds shouldn't be stuck in the air anymore after you save/load a scene directly when a bird has stolen something and is on the run. Fixed a lot of trading and ship-related issues, especially concerning save/load. Graphics improvements: Fixed marketplace tablecloths disappearing if further away. Reduced work time on cauldron and bread oven to match the animations. Updated position, type, and count of torches on all islands. Updated the unconscious effect of townies. Fixed a small graphics glitch on the top of clergy heads. Modified start scene crow animation. Changed animations for townies trading on ships. Books should now retain their color while being read (before they all turned into a brown book, could be noticed if you watch slightly from below). UI specific fixes: Fixed loading menu not being updated when a new save slot has been used. Improved building info UI layouts. Prevent closing info menu with thumbstick up/down. Moved button to go back to the main menu to quit game dialog, removed opti...Full Release DateMar 15, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsSo, it's been quite a long time in the making but TMVR is ready for its full release And will arrive on Thursday, March 24th. Next to bug fixes and general improvements, the update will include the most Demanded gameplay feature. But I won't tell you just yet. The answer is in front of your nose. Odd formatting. Hmh. Xoxo Livestream on Friday, March 19th ____________________________________________________________________ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/0afefaf2ba70e46333b0b5f3d626c788c08899a9.jpgUpdate released: 0.18.53.7Dec 21, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsWith Christmas around the corner, we have a fresh update for you, with new translations and lots of bugfixes and improvements. Happy holidays! General Changes: Added more text translations. The game now supports: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese The language can now be chosen in the Steam properties for the game. The game now pauses when you don't wear the VR headset. Completely reworked the save/load menu layout to closer resemble the level selection. Player position is now saved. Townies, monks, and nuns now complain if you poke them with a burning torch. Removed previous missions from mission popup. Reduced work target priority to eat/drink from cauldron, so it should be the same as other food sources. Removed some tradable resources (swords, cake, armor) from Moon Island, so you have to produce them instead of just buy them. Updated combat behavior to change target if the current target is occluded (and the new one is almost same on priority). Townies don't complain constantly anymore if at low health. All buildings and construction sites have been updated to reduce situations where buildings fully block paths or their own workplaces/storages. Thieves can now spawn on Fort Haven. The level end popup now stays open 10 seconds longer. Achievements you earned before the achievement system was introduced will now be granted at the start of the game. Visual Changes: Reworked almost all particle effects (some are even island specific to fit the color setting). Implemented beards for soldiers. Added shadow quality level 4. Added an animated crow to the start scene. The highlight effect when you tear down a building is now green instead of red. Updated the layout for the stars describing the level of a building and fixed them not being shown in the research menu. Fixed the tavern campfire texture looking like the fire was extinguished after the building has been highlighted once. Enemy buildings don't bounce anymore if being attacked. Smooth spectator camera isn't smooth underwater anymore to fix missing underwater visual effect. Polished material for ghost hands. Fixed floating ropes on ship construction. Fixed a broken merchant animation on Solitary Island. Eagle now has an animation for takeoff. All ship sails should now react to player blowing into the microphone (just visually, no gameplay effect). Audio Changes: Added an alarm sound when one of your units or buildings gets attacked. Added lowpass filter on all sound effects while underwater. Added sounds for assigning units to rally flags, unit spawn, unit death, slaughterhouse, catapult (loading, shooting, impact). Fixed flickering ambience sounds on Volcano Island and Solitary Island. General fixes: Fixed game not loading when system language is Turkish. Fixed most save/load issues with ships and trading. Fixed an issue where you could build more than one ship per harbor. Fixed farmers trying to milk/shea...Achievements are now live!Oct 22, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone! We introduced achievement functionality, so you can now start to collect them while you are out there exploring the islands of TownsmenVR. Currently they do not work retroactively so if you passed some achievements already, they will not trigger yet. With the introduction of our new patch that we are currently working on, you should get those too. Thank you for your patience and have fun playing TownsmenVR!Update released: 0.18.51.0Oct 6, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsNew features: Added option to talk to your townsmen (they react to greetings like "Hi!" or "Hello!" and get offended if you insult them. Added option to deactivate voice input in general. People can now stand on soldier buildings with a flat roof (archer barracks, crossbowmen barracks and knight castle). General fixes: Removed broken translations for Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese. Fixed controller bindings for Mixed Reality and Oculus controllers to detect index finger movement. Enabled finger movement in loading scenes. Fixed problem grabbing resources from the "trading" storages from harbors. Fixed spawn animations playing when they shouldn't. Fixed more jobs and resources being shown in the island info than actually available on this island. Deactivated global illumination in loading and splash scenes. Fixed unlock effects (buildings, research etc.) being shown after loading if they already have been shown before. Fixed showing overlapping construction steps after loading. Deleted a stone on the ground of enemy gate destruction steps that would float in some maps. Fixed missing reference of trading point from both TradingController and TradingSlot on load. Fixed an issue where a ship could be sent back to the spawn position after save/load. Brew resource collider is now a cube, so it doesn't roll when dropped. Fixed chests hidden on islands already showing their info button before they have been found. Blocked some places where buildings could be constructed although there was not enough space vertically (overhanging cliffs). Level specific fixes: Made some decoration removable on Fog Island, Treasure Island, Capital Island, Solitary Island, New Port. Fixed Fog Island quest system: unlock of residence moved to later point in quest line to prevent skipping ahead when playing very fast. Deactivated normal fish spawning in Capital Island ocean. Fixed fish on Twin Island swimming through a small island in the lake. Adjusted Twin Island ship route to avoid possible collisions with other routes. Fixed Solitary Island cut off voice line of Enswick. Fixed Prison Island game over message not triggering when catapult is destroyed. Fixed New Port mine being counted as under water. Fixed quest on New Port finishing before the required trade ship is built. Fixed some enemy towers on Volcano Island not allowing people to stand on top of them. Removed back-face culling of volcano shader (should now also be visible from within the island). Known major issues: Trading and ships still can have some issues not being loaded correctly after saving. We are still working on a fix. The game won't load if your system language is Turkish. This will be fixed in the next update. Update released: 0.18.49.4Sep 24, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsFixed story characters freezing in mid air when you solve a mission while they are currently fading in. Fixed the well not refilling water if loaded from a save file where it was empty. Fixed an issue with the gold smelter and market place that could cause a "pick up/drop gold bar" infinite loop. Fixed tombstones rolling around when dropped. Fixed controller detection to show correct hints and control options. Fixed population display in building info not always showing all digits. Moved up building info UI to not clip into buildings. Eagle can't land on your hands anymore if you deactivate hand collisions. Added reaction voice lines for complaining and cheering. Polished water related assets (splash particles on coasts, underwater skyboxes). Massive Gameplay ShowcaseSep 23, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsOn September 22nd, we revealed 8 narrated gameplay trailers, including one for Townsmen VR. Check it out: One World is Not Enough! - UPDATE LIVE!Sep 21, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsFinally! Townsmen VR is getting the huge update players have been eagerly awaiting for a long time. First off: Thank you all for your patience. It took us way longer than initially planned to bring you this update, but we're confident that it has been worth waiting for. This complete overhaul of the game includes: A fully voiced story campaign arching over 13 islands Around 20 resources and over 20 buildings More than 30 upgrades and add-ons for your buildings Your new monks and nuns can research even more build options New animals like cows, sheep, chickens, and even wild animals that are roaming the islands A fully-fledged trading system, complete with a harbor, ships, and marketplace In addition to your archers and knights you can expand your troops with swordsmen, spearmen, and crossbowmen (and -women) Deal with dangerous pirates and shady merchants Discover hidden secrets on every island Completely revamped UI and more quality of life improvements All that and more awaits you in the newer, bigger, and better Townsmen VR which is NOW LIVE! We're excited to hear your feedback! Thanks for playing!Townsmen VR: Showcasing the future of medieval build-up strategySep 7, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsImagine a colorful world you can observe from above. Watching hard-working villagers, hunters catching rabbits, monks reading their scriptures and dangerous animals, such as bears, lurking around beehives. Toss some resources to your workers to build up your dream village faster and more efficiently. Pick up chickens, shake 'em, and let the people enjoy the freshly laid eggs! Until suddenly, looting bandits are attacking your laboriously built village with fire and swords! Luckily, you can intervene with your own two hands! Grab the bull by the horns, assemble your troops for battle and place rocks onto the catapults to scare off the invaders. Will you be able to protect your green island? There has been a lot of progress in the interactive world of Townsmen VR! And we are ready to share new footage with you to get a first glimpse of the progress we've made in Townsmen VR! We have been extremely busy polishing, adding, upgrading, and redesigning core elements of our city-building strategy VR game. We've created 12 playable islands for you to build your dream town on. There are numerous story quests to be completed and castles to be conquered! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/4d8a123c2eebd0ba9fbbc1d4a7de4ae02ea0fed0.jpg{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/07819b7ad7f49cd6bad4e7b32c060263154e9cb9.jpg{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/c59dad118221c13dba0add63fe34823bf5bbb56d.jpg{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/68000b4db38fd370c19423aef273d905f9d601dd.jpg What would a colorful world be without animals? We have some fun new features we'd love to share with you! Birds can now steal your resources! So, watch out for mischievous crows plundering your precious gold bars, hungry seagulls grabbing the fresh fish and eagles hunting rabbits which could lead to scarcer resources for you. Dangerous animals now also lurk for your hard-working citizens in certain areas. Ravening wolves don't like their territory invaded and bears guarding rare honey get angry when you're getting too close. If you want to harvest their precious honey, you'll have to defeat these carnivores first. But tread warily and never venture alone! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/5f21bc133c7ea33479f90bf51c8befdd662942d8.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/d51e6e900e649d956012171dc350df72cb61d712.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/ca79a12878b0e3cdcff68a7e4c4f874e0dfbd6e3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/505367ab7ff4de70a33723a3636c89b7ed9d0319.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/6f3cddf203d061aa75c2ca3b15a267d6cd343398.png We're also working on professional voice recordings to get an even more fitting medieval atmosphere. And, if you haven't already noticed, we redesigned the artwork and logo to enhance the game value and attention it deserves.Last day, last chance.Aug 30, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsToday is the last day this year's Indie Arena Booth Online will be opened to visitors from all around the world. So it's the last chance to check out our new content and walk around in virtual booths presenting our most important games. A big thank you for those who already visited us and in advance for all visitors who want to drop by later this day! Check out our new content for all our games we're presenting there, join us in the booths and watch our live events on our Twitch channel twitch.tv/handygames_official Join our community and chat with the developers on our Discord channel! https://discord.gg/tKY8jrhIndie Arena Booth: Developer Stream Day 2Aug 28, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsDid you miss our first Indie Arena Booth stream? No worries our game designer will be back with another stream on day 2! There has been a lot of progress in the interactive world of Townsmen VR! And we are ready to share new footage with you! We'll be showcasing our latest progress in our upcoming live streams at the Gamescom Indie Arena Booth Online this weekend. So, tune in on Saturday, August 29th, for day 2nd to get a first glimpse of the progress we've made in Townsmen VR! Our game designer will show you some of the exciting new features LIVE and will present the progress of our Early Access title Townsmen VR! There is a lot to discover! Stay tuned and join us and our booths at the Indie Arena Booth Online 2020 starting 27th of August! Check out the new content & watch our live events on our Twitch channel twitch.tv/handygames_official Join our community and chat with the developers on our Discord channel! https://discord.gg/tKY8jrhIndie Arena Booth: Developer Stream Day 1Aug 27, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsThere has been a lot of progress in the interactive world of Townsmen VR! And we are ready to share new footage with you! We'll be showcasing our latest progress in our upcoming live streams at the Gamescom Indie Arena Booth Online this weekend. So, tune in on Friday, August 28th, for day 1 to get a first glimpse of the progress we've made in Townsmen VR! Our game designer will show you some of the exciting new features LIVE and will present the progress of our Early Access title Townsmen VR! There is a lot to discover! Stay tuned and join us and our booths at the Indie Arena Booth Online 2020 starting 27th of August! Check out the new content & watch our live events on our Twitch channel twitch.tv/handygames_official Join our community and chat with the developers on our Discord channel! https://discord.gg/tKY8jrhIndie Arena Opening Booth!Aug 26, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsWe will do a booth crawl! Come over and see all our booths presented LIVE! And we have a lot! Visit and join us on our chats on Discord, share on social media, be part of our streamings on Twitch. Let everyone know we're starting the best indie game event online! Check out the new content, join us in the booths and watch our live events on our Twitch channel twitch.tv/handygames_official {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/12acd9a8cf01d47aaf81b46003d9035ccb39c4bf.png Join our community and chat with the developers on our Discord channel https://discord.gg/tKY8jrh TIME SCHEDULE OF IAB (27th - 30th of August) First day, 27th of August 9:00 - 9:30 PM (CET) | IAB OPENING BOOTH COMMUNITY MEETING We will start our presentation of our booths! GO TO TWITCH! 9:30 - 22:30 PM (CET) - IAB BOOTH CRAWL COMMUNITY MEETING Let's walk through all of our booths GO TO TWITCH! Second day, 28th of August 8:30 - 9:30 AM (CET) | EL HIJO - A WILD WEST TALE DEV STREAM Excitement without violence? Can this work? Yes, it can! Ask the developers of El Hijo - A Wild West Tale anything you want to know! GO TO TWITCH! 10:00 - 11:00 AM (CET) | TOWNSMEN VR DEV STREAM Ever wanted to play a video game as “god”? Our game designer will show you some exciting news about Townsmen VR! GO TO TWITCH! 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (CET) | AIRHEAD - MAKING OF DEV STREAM Let's talk about the making of Airhead and see what the developers have to say about their ideas. GO TO TWITCH! 1:00 - 2:00 PM (CET) | MEET OUR DEVS AROUND THE GLOBE DEV STREAM Talk to our developers from all around the globe, you'll see what's happening if you drop by, so watch our Twitch-channel GO TO TWITCH! 2:30 - 3:30 PM (CET) | PILE UP! - MINIGAMES DEV STREAM Jump up, slide down, play together, and carry the load! Let's see if we can solve all the puzzles. GO TO TWITCH! 4:00 - 5:00 PM (CET) | LITTLE BIG WORKSHOP - LET'S PLAY LET'S PLAY The devs are playing around and probably talk about platform porting. GO TO TWITCH! 5:30 - 6:30 PM (CET) | ONE HAND CLAPPING - BEHIND OHC DEV STREAM The devs are talking about the game and will share some of their ideas behind it. GO TO TWITCH! 7:30 - 8:30 PM (CET) | CHICKEN POLICE - MAKING OF DEV STREAM The devs are presenting our Film Noire orientated Chicken Police. GO TO TWITCH! 9:00 - 10:00 PM (CET) | ENDLING - EXTINCTION IS FOREVER LET'S PLAY Are we even ready to save the last fox on earth and its cubs in an apocalyptic nature and a world full of dirt, garbage, dust, and humans wearing protective suits and gas masks. GO TO TWITCH! Third day, 29th of August 8:30 - 9:00 AM (CET) | PILE UP! - Q&A AMA Why cardboards and boxes? Ask us anything about this game. GO TO TWITCH! 9:30 - 10:00 AM (CET) | SPITLINGS - Q&A AMA Well, you might get the idea. Ask us anything about Spitlings. GO TO TWITCH! 10:30 - 11:00 AM (CET) | ONE HAND CLAPPING - PLAY WITH DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS LET'S PLAY This has never happened before! We will try playing our early access singing game One Hand Clapping with different instruments!...Townsmen VR- Exclusive Previews with Gronkh!Aug 14, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsGronkh will show you some exclusive previews of this exciting virtual reality to further enhance the classic city building game. Find out tonight in the live stream starting @6PM CET, german only: https://www.twitch.tv/gronkh Every German Let’s Player, Streamer and Gamer knows him: Germany’s most famous let's player, Gronkh. We are thrilled to announce that TODAY, August 14th, there will be a unique HandyGames exclusive live showcase on Twitch, packed with a wide range of our indie titles and never seen before content. Watch, comment, play, and be there, LIVE! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/94d2610bd1615f52e01af227a8246a4534717dee.png Live Let's Play Event, Indie Games Night, Gronkh vs. HandyGames, whatever you want to call it: Tune in! Join the (German) show on Gronkh’s channel on Twitch! on August 14, 2020, at 6pm German time. Let's go!Developer Update: User interfacesApr 30, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsAt your command: Research, trading and destruction Townsmen VR allows all sorts of interactions in an intuitive way. Although many of them can be performed directly in the game world, some of the most impactful ones are initiated from user interfaces (UI) like the build menu. There are a few issues with UI controls in VR, compared to UI in non-VR games: While in "normal" games these controls are usually straightforward and easier to execute than the more complex in-game controls, it is the opposite for VR games. Interactions with the game world feel easy and natural, while UI feels immersion-breaking, and reading text is harder. As you already know, we tackled this issue by reducing the amount of text in menus to a minimum. You also place new construction sites by just manually dragging a building from the build menu into the game world. This "drag-to-place" mechanic works great for several reasons: It bridges the gap between the user interface and the game world by allowing players to use pointing or grabbing It allows you to carefully choose a place in the world without being restricted by a grid It allows you to cancel actions without the need for a confirmation window. Therefore, we are using the "drag-to-place" mechanic outside the normal build menu. Let the hammer fall We added build options to the building info UI you can activate for each building. These build options contain add-ons and upgrades that use the "drag-to-place" mechanic. When it comes to upgrades, you drag the upgraded building directly on top of the original building. But there is a second object you can drag on top of a building: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/a66a145785ae64c1719ec0d9035a103a2a48dbd7.gif The hammer lets you tear down a building in case you need the space for something else or need this type of building somewhere else. As you have to pick up and drop the hammer, it is harder to do this by accident (compared to a UI button doing the same thing). We also make sure that you only destroy the building of which the player opened the building info UI to reduce mistakes. Tearing down buildings is costly and rarely required, so we want to make it as safe as possible. Ora et labora The library is one of many add-ons you can build for the church. The library’s info also contains a research selection, allowing you to choose what you want to research next. To start some research, you use the same mechanic, dragging the research item on top of the library. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/200fd14e8d47b0210f5d77f0237b83156c8a3158.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31950957/287058aacbcacae95746ca012f0066211a547e72.gif A stack of books will appear in front of the library and your clerics will have to read through all of these books to complete the research. The trading trade-off Trading is a central part of most city building games and has been a big part of the Townsmen series for a long time. But trading is also usually one of the UI heaviest features in these games requiring players to mana...
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