Hi there! On Saturday, January 7, 2023, the first Monkey Fortress playtest will take place!
This first playtest will allow the owner of an S&box key to introduce you to the main features of Monkey Fortress. And also the different content that we wish to offer you in the future.
The main objective of this playtest is to be able to test Monkey Fortress with several people, so other than 2 people (me and Joris). But also to collect your opinion on this idea that is Monkey Fortress: a FPS competitive game of capture the flag, with a construction system. It seems like mixed of Counter-Strike and Source Fort. So don’t forget to share your feedback on discord or any Redwig social network.
The content offered in this first playtest is very rudimentary. The main features are present but many additional features are missing.
So you will find there the first version of our character movement, shooting system, construction system, management of rounds, in-game money, the ongoing mf_underground map…
But many features are still to be improved and added. For example, the soundscape needs to be worked on, the HUD, the reward for kills and victories, the leveling system, adding new weapons… So many features that will make you enjoy the game more.
One major missing feature is that we want to create a lobby system to create dedicated games on the fly, like any competitive game like CSGO, Overwatch, or Valorant.
But currently, S&box does not allow us to create Linux servers, which does not allow easy handling servers with Docker. We cannot also transfer players to a server. So we need these features to put a future lobby system with ranking.
I can’t wait to see you in game during this playtest day. I hope you will be there and you will enjoy the Monkey Fortress idea!
For information, all players who login/start a game of Monkey Fortress will get a small in-game reward. Also as stated in our previous blog post, everyone who joins the discord before January 7th 2023 will get a beta tester rank on the discord. Allowing them to unlock morph manipulation for life. They will also (if we wish to implement a paid battle pass in the near future) get a 50% discount on future battle passes. In addition, everyone who streams our game on January 7, 2023 will unlock a rare aesthetic in the following weeks.
To conclude, simply have a good end-of-the-year celebration and I hope that the year 2023 will be good for your projects.
See you!