Dev Update: Rail Cars, Cyclists, Terrain, and Cloud Storage
Here's what's new in Pocket City this month. Elevated rail cars, cyclists, sand and water terrain, cloud storage, and more!
Here's what's new in Pocket City this month.
1. Elevated Railway
- can cross over roads
- reduces traffic pollution
- useful for connecting residential with commercial and industrial zones
2. Cyclists
- cycling roads will allow cyclists to travel faster, promoting a reduction in traffic
3. Water Terrain
- still a work in progress, I'd like to make the corners less sharp and make a smoother transition from water to sand
4. Cloud storage and sharing
Pocket City now has a very simple upload feature. You can publicly upload your city save state at any time, and you get a code for it (similar to how public image hosting sites work).
This allows you to transfer your city to a new device, share your city with a friend, or just as a backup in case your phone data is lost.
It's simple but hopefully effective!
5. Improved pedestrian animations
See here: https://twitter.com/pocketcitygame/status/912112829095964672
6. Under the hood
Some non-visible progress:
- revamped traffic algorithm
- successfully deployed test build on iOS
- performance optimizations
- converted project from JavaScript to TypeScript
That's all for now, stay tuned!