RELEASED Penguin Piracy (SUSPENDED DEVELOPMENT) V11.2.1

Is there a steam workshop version?

 

For now: Nope. This mod will be staying on the forums for the time being, until I get comfortable enough to be able to keep updates stable on two separate fronts. Lol

I may put it up there one day though, so it isn't completely out of the question.

The day I do put it up there, whenever, I will make note of it here.

 

Okay! I was asking because steam automatically updates your mods So I'll look forward to that day!

 

Hey guys. I've been thinking about just how much change the mod has undergone since I started. To give you an idea just how much the little guys have been affected by the mod, here's a side by side comparison of the vanilla penguin idle sprite, and the PRM Penguin idle sprite:


(Small image I know.. Just zoom in I guess.. )


I just thought it was interesting how much they have changed. Lol


EDIT:

Just want to make a quick note: Currently, the suspicious beacon does NOT work. The script it is supposed to run randomly decided to cease operation. I have fixed the beacon in the next update. I will provide more details on the fix in the update's changelog

 

I have a big announcement to make everyone.


In the next update, the PenguinRaceMod will be undergoing a major change.

I will be performing a sort of rebrand. What does this mean?

Well, it means the mod will have a new name! Don't be alarmed . I am not abandoning the penguin race. I want to make the mod less "Penguin specific", and more "Penguin affiliated"..

No content is being removed. The mod will still make the penguins a playable race, and they will still have all of their little race specific things. The mod will remain where it currently is.

I feel if I start making a dozen smaller mods for every little thing I make.. It will become nearly impossible for me to track and update everything.. Not to mention it would make my content a pain in the rear for you guys to find!

So next update, a few things will be happening:

-The mod will be taking on a new name.
-I will be retiring the Worthless Crystal Mod as a stand-alone mod, and bringing it's content here.
-Some penguin content will be made accessible to other races.
-The mod's page will undergo changes to reflect this stuff.


And that's about it!
I just wanted to make sure everyone was aware of what I am planning. I don't want to blindside anyone.

 

ManicRykker updated The Penguin Piracy Mod with a new update entry:

PenguinPiracyMod V1 - The Megalodon Update

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ManicRykker updated The Penguin Piracy Mod with a new update entry:

Attempted Archive fix (If you got PPM V1 extracted with no issue, ignore this.)

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A real update is in the works, for those curious. Just for clarification:

The next update will be making changes to how the "playable penguins" aspect of the mod works.

I won't clarify how as that would spoil the surprise, but I wanted to mention as the changelog will have important information on this you won't want to ignore if you already have penguin characters, and care about your saves.

 

ManicRykker updated The Penguin Piracy Mod with a new update entry:

PenguinPiracyMod V2 - The Eel Update

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Thanks for the interesting update! The changes offer flexibility when I don't want to play as penguin race while still wanted penguin-related contents.

However the SAIL update... IMO (just IMO, not trying to be demanding), doesn't really match well with the penguin experience I suppose. It feels a bit stretching from the theme as it modifies other races' SAIL (which could have been modified by other mods too). I think it's worth a separate mod.

 

I understand where you're coming from! I'm glad you brought that up, as there were some things I've need to clarify for a bit.



When I started the mod (Back when it was just the penguin race mod), I had planned on doing just that. In fact, the worthless crystal feature used to be it's own standalone mod.

Eventually though, as I got more and more involved, and started doing more and more experiments, I started to see a big issue:

I had a lot of ideas. Many of them weren't "necessarily" penguin specific... I realized if I separated every little thing I do into tiny little mods though, I'll lose track of them. It makes my content more difficult to round up, and could possibly cause some to be neglected..

The issue actually happened with the Worthless Crystal Mod. It had some BAD bugs that I hadn't noticed when I made it, and no one really brought it up... So it pretty much stayed like that for weeks. I only caught sight of the issue during the big rebrand I did (when I was also in the process of merging the WCM with this one.)



This was ultimately the primary purpose of the mod's rebrand. The mod is no longer penguin "specific", and more so penguin "affiliated".

Modding I do, is going to end up here. I want to be able to do tweaks and adjustments to the game as a whole.

The PenguinPiracyMod, is going to be a mod that, while focusing on the penguin race, and aspects of that, also stretches to other parts of the game.


I will be brainstorming more on how the content is delivered though... I might find more things to make the mod even more.. "modular" lol.

Edit: Next update, I may make features like the SAIL thing addons in a separate folder to do just that.

 

I kinda understand on how the bad bugs can be missed when it's separated from the main mod you're working on, as it was getting less attention. What got me into modding - and what I love from it - however is its "modularity". The flexibility to mix and match, to craft from multiple themes. Having one mod focuses on one thing seems to help directing the goal of the mod too.

Not trying to be demanding though, as I understand the problem of missing out the small things when you have a couple mods at hand.

I think including the SAIL addon in a separate folder could be a nice solution. Thank you for your concern!

 

No problem!

Thanks for all the feedback. It helps a lot.

 

ManicRykker updated The Penguin Piracy Mod with a new update entry:

PenguinPiracyMod V3 - The Octopus Update

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Bug Notice:

I made a slight goof in one of the recipes in the Synthesizer. This will be fixed in the next update.

 

ManicRykker updated The Penguin Piracy Mod with a new update entry:

PenguinPiracyMod V3.1 - The Squid Update

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mmmm penguins

 

ManicRykker updated The Penguin Piracy Mod with a new update entry:

PenguinPiracyMod V3.2 - The Sea Turtle Update

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The next update is probably going to take a bit longer than usual. Going to be updating and incorporating content from a certain something into the PPM. In the meantime, have fun!

 

mmmmhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm