Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4842859-20131219235947

Since it's been quite a while since the last _real_ update to Survival 303 (approx. two months). I feel as though I should keep you all in the loop and let you all know what's going on.

The reasons there have been no updates are pretty simple. I have a busy schedule, don't like to spend ALL my time writing updates for Survival 303, and the update I am currently writing has updates to the entire game.

Most of you won't notice many, if any, changes to the game, but I'm currently rewriting the entire core of the game. What does this mean? Well, there's no telling exactly. It may just end up meaning the code is prettier, but theoretically this means the game will be much more efficient, less buggy and will hopefully crass less often.

Hopefully the wait for the update won't go on much longer. I intend to ship it hopefully tomorrow (Friday, 20 December) but if I encounter issues, I will try to have it live by the following Monday.

And just for fun to wet your palette about the upcoming stuff you might actually care about, here's what will be included in the update. This is stuff that is _already coded_ and is guaranteed to be in the update.


 * Removed Halloween bug
 * You may or may not have noticed, but a few unintended things slipped through the removal of the Halloween event... Oops. They have been removed.


 * Holiday gifts
 * Everybody loves to receive gifts during the holidays. It IS the season of giving, after all. Open gifts to receive a random item or tool from the game, including the beloved admin items.


 * Holiday Candy Canes
 * What are the Holidays without candy canes? Candy canes are a 'Just for fun' item that can be planted and grown on small compost. They aren't worth very much, but keep an eye out for rare candy canes as they are much, much more valuable.


 * Holiday Trees
 * As per the tradition, Holiday Trees and Ornaments will be available for crafting. Click on ornaments or craft them into a tool to receive an 'Ornaments' tool used to decorate your tree. Press Q and E to cycle through ornament colors.


 * More stuff I'm probably forgetting as writing this
 * I'll update this post if I remember something else that may be important to you guys coming in this update. 