Brighter Leek #18

Posted August, 18 2025

The Brighter Leek #18

Welcome to the 18th edition of The Brighter Leek.

We have decided to move the weekly leek to a fortnightly schedule because <insert excuse here>. As such, it is has been renamed to "The Brighter Leek", which sadly doesn't rhyme quite as well.

In the last two weeks, we have made progress on our new quests, the botanist profession, project milestone, and new bounty boards. The idea of the new bounty boards is they will unlock at milestone 1 (level 50), and so provide an alternative way of leveling up on the second repeat of the content so it feels less repetitive.

Read on for a more detailed breakdown. Groink!

P.S. I have been banned from mentioning the <redacted> ever again.

What we've been working on this fortnight.

Technical Team

Andrew (Bossy Leek) has been working on:

• Coding for the Botanist profession.
• Launching the Mine of Mantuban 6 ⭐️ quest.
• Preparing this Brighter Leek.

James B (Legendary Leek) has been working on:

• Designing new bounties.
• Discussing pufferfish.
• Polishing for the Mine of Mantuban 6 ⭐️ quest.

Ian (Multipurpose Leek) has been working on:

• Mapping for the Mine of Mantuban 6 ⭐️ quest.
• Mapping for the Botanist profession.
• Setting up his new laptop after his old laptop spontaneously died.

Content Team

Paul (Hairy Leek) has been working on:

• Project Milestone.
• Polishing for the Mine of Mantuban 6 ⭐️ quest.
• Coding for the Mine of Mantuban 7 ⭐️ quest.

Samuel (Maybe Leek) has been working on:

• Coding for the Hopeforest 3 ⭐️ quest.

Daniel (Thin Leek) has been working on:

• Coding for Miner bounties.
• Coding for Blacksmith bounties.

Haaris (Sleepy Leek) has been working on:

• Coding for the Crenopolis 4 ⭐️ quest.

Steve (Lanky Leek) has been working on:

• Coding for the Mine of Mantuban 4 ⭐️ quest.

Graphics Team

Greg (Laid Back Leek) has been working on:

• Graphics for Botanist profession (watering cans, stakes, fertilizer, willow branches, rakes).
• Graphics for Project Milestone (pufferfish box, 2-handed saws, salmon, sardines).
• Splash art for the Mine of Mantuban 6 ⭐️ quest.
• Graphics for this Brighter Leek.
• Teaching Joe how to do particles.

Nic (Cactus Leek) has been working on:

• Graphics for Botanist profession (passive botanist anim, trowel anim, willow water anim, watering can anim, rakes, leaf particles).
• Graphics for Project Milestone (salmon, trout anim, cast nets, cooking anims, lopping branches).
• Graphics for this Brighter Leek.

Lewis (Sloth Leek) has been working on:

• Botanist animations.
• Graphics for Project Milestone (lobster pots, willow tree).

James T (Jimmy Leek) has been working on:

• Graphics for Project Milestone (shark bones, oyster pots, teak tree, pufferfish box, fertilizer animation, pufferfish animations).

Alex (Octo Leek) has been working on:

• Graphics for Project Milestone (willow tree, sardines, cypress tree, mahogany tree, willow water animations).

Audio Team

Joe (Crunchy Leek) has been working on:

• Global music.
• Audio for the Mine of Mantuban 6 ⭐️ quest.
• Learning how to do particle systems, so Greg can spend more time on other graphics.
• Audio and particles for the Botanist profession.
• Audio for the Hopeforest 3 ⭐️ quest.

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