RoVerse Development Newsletter #249

Hello everyone! Welcome to the 249th issue of the RoVerse Development Newsletter, where we keep you updated on the progress we've made over the past week.

This week, Idyllic has completed the code merge between the two versions of the dogfight, the new cycle ship has been released, and 

After the slight detour week of coding the egg hunt features, Idyllic was back to wrap up the very last steps of the code merge of the Dogfight and the Capital Update. This included all the incredibly important scripts, from the main script that runs gamemodes, to the different gamemodes themselves, to the ship-flying client scripts.

But since scripts don't make for great pictures, have some pictures of the development process for the egg hunt.

Speaking of the Egg Hunt - now that we're 1 week into the event, clues have been added to the badge descriptions to help you find the eggs that you might have a bit of difficulty finding. Good luck!
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We didn't quite have the exclusive cycle reward ship done last week, with all the work on the Egg hunt, but now we'd like to introduce the Odonata Anisoptera, Cycle 13 leaderboard reward.

This week in the dogfight there were 1573 kills, 25 with auto, 18 with beam, 96 with laser, 47 with plasma, 113 with railgun, and 1274 with torpedo. The most dangerous ship was the Silencer with 868 kills, followed by the Excalibur with 222. The most dangerous map was Blue_Spaceway with 550 deaths, followed by The_Great_Hollow with 550.

And now, the moment you've been waiting for...
The three players that topped the leaderboard were tygrys202, with 846 kills and 32 deaths and a 26.43 KDR; FangABXY with 292 kills, 34 deaths and a 8.58 KDR; and PreadaterX51 with 188 kills, 17 deaths, and a 11.05 KDR. They have unlocked the exclusive ship Odonata Anisoptera in the Alpha Dogfight. Nice work pilots!
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If you'd like to check out the rest of our data, you can find the spreadsheet here: Phase 1 Data (Week 93)

Calexian Community Challenge

Before the end of Cycle 13, the community must strive to complete the following two challenges to unlock a Calexian ship for all to use. We're right on schedule for gatecrash points, but we've got to keep the pace up. Distance is going quite well, we made up quite the defecit from the first week.

​The challenges are: 1000 Gatecrash points, and 3,000,000 studs flown.

Each week we compile a Q&A section here whenever there are any new questions posted on the RoVerse Community group wall or in the Community Discord Server. Be sure to join if you have any questions about RoVerse:

ROBLOX Group: https://www.roblox.com/My/Groups.aspx?gid=2948290
Discord server: https://discord.gg/npxBGwJ

Q1: What is the maximum range on a mining laser? Will we have to get really close?

A1: Mining lasers wont have quite as much range as beams, as it'd be hard to hit ores at that range. Mining drills will be a short range alternative that gets up close and personal with rocks. Drills are dedicated to getting every ore out of a field, while lasers are more focused on hunting for specific resources.

Q2: What will mining look like? Just pointing beams or drilling, or maybe a minigame?

A2: We don't have any immediate plans for a mining minigame like the suggested references of star citizen or elite dangerous' deep core mining, but that doesn't mean we couldn't expand into the future. Having a very specific and special mining activity for those that have specialized in mining would be a very good addition, rather than just a constant grind for bigger mining ships. Ore grading was also suggested, and could be an interesting way to reward miners who hunt for the highest-grade ore veins.

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​​​You can support us by joining our Community Group or Discord server! So far, the community has been absolutely amazing, supportive, and very friendly. We are very appreciative of all the support you guys show us!

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Remember, we are always looking for new, talented builders, scripters and artists! If you’d like to help us you can always get in touch with us through RoVerse_Official on the ROBLOX website, or by contacting an Administrator in the community Discord! Don’t worry, we don’t bite!