Pigeon Ascent v1.8.9.1 Update

Jun 21, 2024 · 3 min.
Game Update

A big update for Pigeon Ascent!

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Hi there! We are releasing another new update for Pigeon Ascent: v1.8.9.1.

I know, the version number progression isn’t really make a lot of sense lately. Anyway, Here’s the changelog for all the changes since v1.8.1 (more precisely, those are the things I remember were changed):

  • Engine:

    • Pigeon Ascent engine was update from Godot 3 to Godot 4. This required tons of changes, but actually the gameplay itself isn’t changed a lot by this. The game might be smoother or look different here and there.

  • Added a SQLite database to the game:

    • Like the engine update, this is basically technical stuff. However, this new database indirectly allowed me to add new features to the game is a very elegant way IMO…

  • Achievements and better Hall of Tries

    • … and thanks to the database feature, achievements were added to the game! Currently there are 11 achievements ranging from silly stuff to real challenges. I hope conquering them ends up being fun!
    • The Hall of Tries also uses this database, making it more stable.
    • There’s also a new option that allows you to delete your save data.

  • Other new features and stuff that was polished:

    • You can cancel pigeon evolutions.
    • The evolution animation gained a minor revamp.
    • The game now uses fonts that support tons of more languages and their characters.
    • There is a small acknowledgements section in the game.
    • The battle log was revamped.
    • New translations were added and fixed.
    • Major rebalancing of all the game’s calculations. Basically every formula was changed.
    • Tons of refactoring, of course.
    • Tons of bug fixes.
    • Battle mechanics were modified to lead to more interesting gameplay.
    • Fixed issues when playing the web version on a mobile device.
    • Removed PIgeons mega gold buff.
    • More polish and adjustments to parts of the game I can’t remember right now.

Machine translations should be coming soon. Not sure if they’ll be useful though.

Once again, big thanks to everyone that played, enjoyed, and left some feedback for Pigeon Ascent!

Here’s an updated roadmap:

  • Very likely:

    • Migrate the game to Godot 4
    • More polish to the Hall of Tries
    • Add option to delete the Hall of Tries
    • Machine translations

  • Likely:

    • Passive skills rework
    • Rebalancing how stats affect damage and progression
    • Add more oomph to the evolution animation
    • Polish the battle log a bit more
    • Change/update font to one that supports more characters

  • Unlikely:

    • Achievements
    • Platy Item Evolution
    • More pigeons
    • Optimize enemy generation

  • Very unlikely, and in fact will most likely be on Pigeon Ascent 2 only:

    • Ascension Mode
    • Evolution mechanics revamp
    • Different way of selecting your opponents
    • More stats, depending on the pigeon’s evolution
    • Active skills
    • Equipments