But first, HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!! I wish you all the best and at the same time I would like to thank you for all the support you give me ! Pure Rock Crawling has just passed 1000 reviews :O This is a huge news for me, as a solo developer, and it is quite overwhelming !
As for the update, for the long time there was no clarity in what player should do in free roam. There were challenge boards which activated selected trails but that required a lot of travel with no purpose. This update changes that into much more player friendly system.
Now, heading to the challenge board will gain you access to actual challenges, composed of selected trails, with different obstacles to tackle. This will be the core of progressing in Pure Rock Crawling. In the future there will be more challenges added that will enhance the gameplay experience with more activities.
As for free roam gameplay, there is a massive change in selecting desired trails. You can now simply drive to the trail head and select type of challenge as you please. This way you don't have to drive to challenge board every time you want to activate a trail challenge.
Every available trail head is now marked on the minimap with a cross.
This new system utilizes new UI method of detecting player input, this fixes the problems with lost gamepad focus and overlaying input from mouse and gamepad. This is a work in progress and it will see another updates that add to the gameplay experience.
Thanks again for the support, and as always, if you have any issues with the update, please write in the forums. Even if something is not changed right away i want to assure you that I keep track of everything posted there. It is just not possible for me to work on everything at once ;) Hope you understand.
Have fun with new challenges and take care !
