First Weekly Leek Reveals Dev Progress

04/11/2025
Brighter Shores News

Source: Steam


Introduction to The Weekly Leek

Fen Research has launched "The Weekly Leek," a regular development update series for Brighter Shores aimed at increasing transparency about ongoing work and upcoming content releases. This initiative responds to player requests for more information about the development process.

Technical Team Updates

Andrew

  • Preparing for onboarding 5 new team members in the coming weeks

James

  • Implementing UK Online Safety Act compliance requirements

  • Deploying the latest game update with personalized striping improvements

  • Managing bug reports from the community

  • Organizing the Weekly Leek communication

Ian

  • Bug fixing

  • Map design tool enhancements

  • Technical implementation for Hopeport 4-star and 6-star quests

Content Team Updates

Paul

  • Post-graphics story coding for Hopeport 6-star quest

  • Pre-graphics story coding for Mine of Mantuban 6-star quest

Samuel

  • Pre-graphics story coding for Hopeforest 2-star quest

  • Handling support requests and player complaints

  • Conceptualizing the game's first raid (themes, rewards, mechanics)

  • Assisting with new team member preparation

Graphics Team Updates

Greg

  • Map design for Hopeport 6-star quest

  • Map design for Stonemaw Hill (Episode 5)

Nic

  • Creating graphics for Hopeport 6-star quest

Audio Team Updates

Joe

  • Developing combat encounter variants for global music tracks

  • This will enhance music variety during combat sequences

Development Progress Tracking

The team has shared two infographics detailing:

  1. Current progress on all side quests

  2. Development status of Stonemaw Hill (Episode 5)

These infographics will be updated weekly to help players track development progress.

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