Howdy hunters,
Our weekly status update is back after a short break due to the action-packed dog release. Here’s what we’ve been up to.
Scent Hounds
For one, the scent hound release went really well and the whole team were super happy to read your comments showing that most people loved their new dogs and enjoyed their functionality. We have learned a lot from our first dogs, the retrievers, as well as excellent testing by our closed beta team which delivered great results. Thank you guys, you know who you are! Sadly, the server issues have rained on the parade. You can find an official statement and explanation from our producer Philipp here. Following the release, an increased amount of game crashes have also been reported, fixes for one of them is already included in today’s game update, please rest assured we continue working on that.
If the whole scent hound frenzy passed you by, be sure to check some videos so you know what all the fuss is about. Our community members ronMctube, Mills, Flinter have made some good ones, and also you can catch the recap of our official pre-release livestream with Pratze and Johanna.
We are also curious to hear what you think of your retrievers now that we’ve made some significant AI adjustments. Hopefully you’ll enjoy them more now. Anyway, test them and let us know.
The best classic rifle is chosen!
The hounds were the name of the game last week, so some of you might have missed the end of our much praised Classic Showdown event. It’s been a truly amazing event but the victory goes to the K98k Bolt-Action Rifle team, due to what was a trophy of a lifetime. A piebald elk scoring 421.261. Although my personal favourite rifle has won, I just want to say well done to everyone! Here are the results of all four team competitions, each of them is a great accomplishment in itself!
We’re inspired by the success of this event and will probably make something similar for other weapon classes, where applicable.
Football Jamboree 2016
And now onto an event of a totally different caliber. Those of you who have been with us long enough, must remember our Football Jamboree 2014 and the super-exclusive Royal Shotgun. Well, it’s time for another jamboree, this time with a slightly European flavour 😉 But don’t worry, we’ve also prepared something for those of you who are not that involved in the grand sporting event kicking off in France tomorrow. Why yes, there will be another exclusive “golden” weapon and this time it will be one of our most popular rifles in theHunter. Read on!
Lock&Learn
Lock&Learn is back as well, and this week Johanna will be joined by our Lead Client Programmer Danny and they will take it to our all-time favourite, Whitehart Island, and try to perform a shot through the hart 😉 Make sure you join if you’re available. If you’ve read some of Danny’s posts in the forum, you can probably guess that it’ll be worthwhile.
Robin is back!
In one of our old status updates we told you the story of our programmer Robin who suffered a stroke about two years ago, and has been going through rehabilitation since then. A lot of you have been sending your best wishes to him, and Robin is so, so grateful for those! Today, after a long wait, we are finally delighted to tell you that Robin is back on the theHunter team. He is returning half-time initially and will slowly be working into full-time. He has already started working on a nice new feature and hopes that you will like it once it’s released. Once again, thank you to everyone who offered support and kind words.
That’s it from us for today, happy hunting!
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