Thanks for staying tuned, everyone!

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Another important update is that Wackshop Games (LLC) is about to become a legal business in Ohio!!! I've submitted the paperwork, paid the fees, and have a plan once the documents go through.

This means A LOT. Both practically and personally.

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I used to not be able to directly connect clients, because I didn't know how to easily swap between a direct connection and rerouting to my relay server. But now, I can actually do that! Ever since I've learned how to use Godot 4's StreamPeerTCP class.

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As for my progress, I'm STILL working on netcode. However, I've had to do a small rewrite in order to support lobbies in multiple regions (US, EU, Asia, etc) by separating the main server and the data relay instances. I'm almost done with that.

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In-universe, the bean-ana plants were bio-engineered alongside the monkanics and depend on them for their survival. They're yin and yang. Peanut butter and jelly. You get the idea.

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Introducing: The Bean-ana Plant! (Drawn by @snailsnaps.bsky.social) In the bean-anza game mode, players will collect bean-anas from vines like these.

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- Watch my Devlogs on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MonkanicsDev 

- Join the Monkanics Discord Community: discord.gg/kRkvwdnaVz 

- Support Monkanics' development on Ko-Fi:  ko-fi.com/monkanics

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As for my progress, I'm still working on player movement syncing. There are an INSANE amount of moving parts, and I have to work through them one step at a time.

However, I surmise that Monkanics will be playable in about 1-2 months (Rough estimate).

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Introducing: The Bean Counter! (Drawn by @snailsnaps) Players use this structure to deposit collected bean-anas and score in the bean-anza game mode.

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Bean-ana GIF #3 (Animated by Snailsnaps)

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Bean-ana GIF #2 (Animated by Snailsnaps)

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Bean-ana GIF #1 (Animated by Snailsnaps)

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Bean-ana Concept art (By Snailsnaps):

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As for me, the server browser now works and player spawns are synced too! The next thing is replicating player movement.

Follow for more updates!

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me and the monkanics at 2am looking for bean-anas!

Anyways, this is the final concept of a Bean-ana (Drawn and animated by @snailsnaps): A super sweet bean/banana hybrid the Monkanics are obsessed with, and the main collectable of the Bean-anza game mode.

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As for my current progress, I've got lobby creation working and am now getting the gamestate (player positions, current map, etc) up and running.

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The bigger the scrap pile is, the more players will want to contest it around the map. Scrap plays a key part of Monkanics' map design.

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It's time to yap about scrap!

Scrap (as shown in this concept art by snailsnaps⁩) is Monkanics' central resource used to repair inventions and heal the player. Acting as a health and ammo pack in one!

They come in 4 sizes: Tiny, Small, Medium, and Large.

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As for the art, this is the concept for the broken invention (by snailsnaps). Essentially what happens when any invention reaches 0% durability.

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I've now have all the pieces I need to make Monkanics playable again (netcode, map, player, etc). However, putting those pieces together is certainly a challenge. As most things in the codebase are autoload singletons.

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