Patch Notes v 0.3.2.4112 now available on PlayStation 4 and Steam

Greetings,


Good evening,  we've got more good news for you. The Woodlands House is now available to explore on PlayStation 4 and Steam.

If you downloaded the King Pin patch on Steam earlier, you might want to transfer back over to the main branch to enjoy the cross-play between PlayStation 4 and Steam player. To transfer back to the main perform the following steps:

• Open your Steam Client
• Right Click on Atom Universe
• Go to Properties
• Head over the 'BETAS' Tab
• Click on the drop-down menu
• Select 'NONE - Opt out of all beta programs'

Patch Notes:

• Woodland House now available for subscribers. Invite up to 15 friends to join you in your new private space. 
• Interact with new furniture within the Woodlands House. 
• New Navigation Menu now available via the in-game player menu. Fast travel between public and private spaces. 
• Server Scalability to allow arbitrary number of players to create servers for public and private spaces. 
• Interactive dance floor in the Arcade Plaza 
• Added sounds effects in the Player Menu UI 
• Welcome screen in Front-End

DevBlog #22 – Weekly Update & Developer Activity

Why hello there, thank you for taking the time out to have a little read over this week’s DevBlog. Previously, we were talking about bringing the Woodlands House into Atom Universe and a couple of tasks the developers faced in doing so.


This week, we've made some more advancements in bringing this new private space to fruition. Avatars can now explore the environment freely and interact with certain pieces of furniture. However, now that this is possible: how does the avatar travel to and from the Woodlands House?

The development team have been working on two ways that can allow you travel to the Woodlands House, the Hub and the Arcade Plaza. Firstly, you can do it the old fashioned way: select your desired destination via the main menu. That’s OK if you’ve just started the game, but what if you’re already in-game?


Normally, in the Hub or the Arcade Plaza you could easily travel there by walking to the entrance, but it would be a bit different. The Woodland House is outside, it’s in the open, it’s peaceful and it’s away from the noise of the theme park. Having a doorway within the theme park itself, would break away from the immersion of the park and maybe even seem out of place.

Instead of forcing you back to the main menu and making you exist the game, the development team have now implemented the ability to fast travel between zones. Allowing to easily travel between Woodlands House, the Hub and the Arcade Plaza.

While we’re getting closer to releasing this to everyone on Early Access, the main focus has now turned to bug hunting, although there isn’t a time frame as to when this update will be ready. We’re getting pretty close…

Weekly Development Activity:

Art;

• Playtesting and fixing new bugs
• Making more assets for Atom Universe

Design;

• Playtesting and squishing bugs (pretty much all week long)

Programming;

• Finding bugs
• Squishing bugs
• Seeing if the bugs come back
• Squishing more bugs

Community;

• Playtesting (you guessed it) for bugs
• Sending the development team bug reports

Community Corner - May 2016

Greetings,

Welcome to our second Community Corner. In this post we'll be taking the time out to look over what's been happening within the Atom Universe community. This month, the community (that's you) have shared a whole wealth of creations.

Let's take a look at some of the things we've enjoyed the most!

Forums: Community member, FlammableAce has been hard at work envisioning how the in-game menus should look. His work has not only caught the eyes of the Community and Atom Universe Community team, but also the eyes of the Development team as well! You'll be able to find FlammableAce's work within this thread.

Blog: Community member and J.F.C & The Virtual Community Editor TrishaBaby, recently took the time out to interview Game Mechanic's very own John Ardussi. Trisha, interview with John is very thorough and must read for all PS Home lovers! You'll be able to read the full interview here.

Facebook: Mid May, we hosted a competition on our Facebook channel, the task was to create a head gear accessory for Adam or Eve. One lucky winner had the possibility to see their accessory get implemented into Atom Universe and the runner ups won access keys to Atom Universe's PS4 Early Access. ICYMI, you'll be able to find the winners of the competition here.

Overall, it's was a very exciting experience seeing everyone's submission and we'd like to say thank you to everyone that took part in the contest. Down below are a couple more pictures from the contests that we wanted to give a little shout out to.  

Joe Murray's Googly Eyed Glasses.

Sam Eeckelaers' Crown of Atom Universe. Fit for a Queen (or a King)

Robery Ernst's Call-A-Dapter, a must have accessory for the secret agents of today.

Twitch: Avid GTA V Streamer and long term PS Home Fan Devil00Angel, recently got her crew together in GTA V and in a pure art attack moment, recreated the Atom Republic logo by using red cars! You'll be able to see Devil00Angel's work come together in this stream.

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YouTube: Community member and YouTuber Fanblade, has been play-testing and logging each version of Atom Universe on his channel. If you're interested in seeing what's new in Atom Universe or you'd like to see Atom Universe evolve over time, Fanblade's YouTube channel is definitely worth subscribing to.

   

DevBlog #21 - Getting the Woodland House ready

Greetings and welcome to this week's DevBlog.

This week we'll be taking a closer look at the Woodland house. Created by Atom Republic Artist, Paul Rance. The Woodland House is a spectacular private space which is located deep inside the forest, overlooking a peaceful lake.

By now, you've all seen the private spaces video on our YouTube Channel. Now it's time to start bringing them into Atom Universe (starting with the Woodland House), but before we can that do we've got make sure a few things work first.

Firstly and probably the most important thing, setting up the collision barrier. By doing this the avatar is free to walk around and isn't going to fall through the floor or wander through the walls. It can be quite a time consuming task as you've not only got the wall and floors to consideration. You've also got to take various pieces of furniture and design features to consider as well. 

Next we've got to the avatar interacting with the environment, as personal space your avatar is going to be living here. They have to be able to sit down and relax, or maybe even sleep in a bed. Afterwards, we've got to into bug fixing mode and need to ensure that there are no game breaking bugs that are going to affect the player experience.

Weekly Developer Activity:

Art;

• Woodland House integration into Atom Universe.
• New Interactions: recline in a deck-chair or lay down in a bed.
• Designing new accessories.

Design;

• Started work on a new travel hub, allowing you to fast travel between areas.
• Squashing various bugs.

Programming; 

• Integrating the Woodland House into Atom Universe.
• Bug fixing.

Community; 

• Drafting up various documents and analysing data.
• Reading up on new trends.
• Discussing future events with the development team.

PC and PlayStation 4 Early Access Patch Notes - v.0.2.4.4112

Greetings all,

Today, we're bringing you a new update to the Early Access version of Atom Universe. With it comes some bugs fixes and addition headgear for your avatar to wear.

This patch will be available to PlayStation 4 players who have got access to the Early Access version of Atom Universe. Steam players will also be able to access this on the main branch of Steam, if you've been testing on the King Pin branch, please revert back to the main branch to enjoy all the cross-play functionality. 

Patch Notes

• The Lost & Found mini-game rewards items should now unlock when requirements have been met.
• Avatars can now wear multiple head accessories, depending what type of accessories they're wearing
• New accessories have been added to the Avatar customisation menu. 
• New dance animations have been added, time to show off your breakdance skill in the Arcade Plaza
• Express yourself, new emojis have been added. 

DevBlog #20 – Atom Universe Subscriptions and Weekly Developer Activity

Greetings and welcome to another edition of the DevBlog, this week we’re going to be taking a look at the Subscription option within Atom Universe, what is it? How much does it cost? Will I still be able to play Atom Universe without a Subscription? And finally, if I activate the Free Trial will I get charged when my Free Trial expires?

Let’s get to it shall we?

What is the Subscription?

By becoming an Atom Universe Subscriber, you’ll essentially become a season ticket-holder for the theme park. In return, you will gain access to all exclusive Atom Republic content at no extra cost and you will receive in-game bonuses.

Atom Universe Subscription Benefits

• Full access to all exclusive Atom Republic content
• Greater daily bonuses more Atomz to spend in the park
• Thrilling Dance moves
• Unique Emojis
• Stylish Accessories

How much does it cost?

At this point in time, it’s absolutely free! We’re currently in the process of testing this mechanic out and making sure everything is working as it’s supposed to be. During this period of time, we’re giving you a little insight of how the Subscription will work.

Can I play Atom Universe without a Subscription?

Of course you can! You’ll still be able to explore all the public spaces, take part in the mini-games and customise your avatar with free-to-use content.

If I activate the Free Trial, will get charged with my Free Trial expires?

No, once your Free Trial has ended, your account will revert back to the standard version. If you would like to continue using the Subscription content, you will need to re-activate it from the ‘User’ panel in the main menu.

Atom Universe Block Party this weekend! If you have access to Atom Universe, come join us in the Hub this Saturday at 12:00PM CST / 10AM PST / 1:00PM EST / 6PM GMT.

Weekly Developer Activity

Art;

• Currently in the process of creating hairstyles
• Tweaking and polishing the Woodlands House

Design;

• Improvements to customisation and UI

Programming;

• Server scalability
• Automated testing

Community;

• Gathering Analytics and monitoring growth

PlayStation 4 and Steam Patch Notes v0.2.3.4112

Patch v0.2.3.4112 is now live for PlayStation 4 and Steam Early Access players. 

Additional Steam Information

Steam Players, you'll be able to access the latest version on our main branch. If you've been testing on our King Pin branch you will need to default back to the main branch. You'll be able to achieve this by doing the following:

• Open your Steam Client.
• Right Click on Atom Universe.
• Go to Properties.
• Head over the 'BETAS' Tab.
• Click on the drop-down menu.
• Select 'NONE - Opt out of all beta programs'.

Patch notes follow as:

• Travel to The Hub (work in progress) with the portal from the Arcade Plaza. 
• Help the Lost and Found department to find missing items around The Hub and in return you'll be rewarded with exclusive items. 
• Additional head gear items are now available within the Avatar Customisation menu. 
• You can now mute the audio from the option menu. 
• Increased server capacity from 12 to 16.
• Import steam/PSN friends in the social menu.
• Find and add friends by the name (name is unique and initialised by the steam/PSN name).
• Interactive dance floor in Arcade Plaza: leaving a red trail when walking on it.
• In the Hub there are two screens playing streaming videos. Courtesy of PS Talent.