In these weekly updates we will bring fresh content to Hive, in the form of our game coding experiences; IBT is a developing PC game - the one to have future Crypto interactions.

A tough week but lots of new stuff coming together. Making armour out of random stuff you might find in a rubbish bin is fun as well haha. 

**Traders and possible Multiplayer trading down the track**


![trader.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/lordnigel/244A6UU3eFZV9ZYtGVPfHN49cnxsDUGS9ZwdCo9fbXKr33oHrmnn5Yrh7Aoa46Sn6pwmZ.jpg)


Traders are a great way of selling off any excess items you may have. This week has been about creating a money system (highlighted in yellow in the image provided) and working on shops and traders. Some code has become a nightmare and has more bugs than a truck grill crossing a ladybug infested paddock, but we are removing those issues one step at a time. The EPIC market offers a lot of pre-made code and items but even over time playing around with it, is not worth the hassle of modifying it for your own projects. Plus, since you didn't make it there is a chance that something will be broken, and you have no idea how to fix it since the widgets and code isn't done by you.  Anyway, because we make our own stuff, we have been adding some multiplayer code to all of the item so in the future there is a chance that you can share, or trade items or even do a quest or two down the track as the game gets more developed over time.

**Animations and new features**

![sdfu.gif](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/lordnigel/245HsAyvukcSSYYuhGuGcv4ozNwCZHpeSnXt9pG5PhzFbUe7rxfcu1j2YBSqYru6BvTdF.gif)

In our spare time we whipped up a couple of animations to give our character a bit more life...also you can swap weapons around with your hands from left to right depending on whether you or your character is left or right-handed.  Customization will be a key feature in IBT Original.

**Items with pockets**


![extra.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/lordnigel/23tmDmYPzCSErxFxDiggioSCG5soDexhUCmVVQgwEGQSJhFjpG47wMefHsy6xwHRMENqT.jpg)

Isn't it great if an item you find has pockets in it allowing more room for hoarding? This is the latest feature now in IBT Original but be aware some pocketed items come at a price...And be careful too because if you remove your item with pocket and you have no space your excess items will fall on the ground!  For example: In the image there are 4 pockets, after wearing Armour there are now 6. 

Thats it for this week! I hope everyone has a nice week and happy coding.

Cheers and enjoy our upgoats below, thanks to a @ryivhnn


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