DEMO 0.2.2

Dear players,

Since May, we kept ourselves busy with a lot of bugs, glitches, and new features that had to be added to the game. So, on this post I'll be showing you a bit of the progress we made so far. 

Level improvement

Since May, level design has been one of the most important things. This demo comes with whole new spaces (you may have seen them on social media). Discover new stories, but be aware of the surroundings!

Each new zone has an impact on Marcus' life and past memories.

Gameplay

• The way of picking items up was completely reworked. Now, it's easier to pick items.
•  When an item is used, a message will appear, so you know what's going on.
• We improved the crosshair's visibility when it's dark.
• Multiple doors have been added. Each one with a different key.
• Basic AI developed for the enemy (Crusher), for now it patrols and walks around until it finds you. It'll get better in the future.
• New animations for basic locomotion and for new items were added. Some were modified to match with the movement of Marcus.
• New items were added.
• Lighting was improved on specific zones  of the whole level.
• Now Marcus is a real flesh-n-bone character. No more Unreal Engine mannequins!
• The Crusher is now real. Even though this 3D model is definitely going to change in the future, we wanted to show you the early stages of it.

Audio

• New sounds were added such as new footsteps, fireplace, picking up items sounds and more.
• Some sounds were glitching, they are fixed now.
• As candles were introduced, there are new sounds for matches and when lighting candles.

UI

• The In-Game menu is now working. Change your graphic  and audio settings whenever you need.
• Most of the bugs caused by the inventory are fixed. Now opening and closing the inventory with the ESC key won't be a problem.
• Now you can use the plain text while reading a letter by pressing the SPACE key. 
• Now items have a brief description.
• Items now have a specific thumbnail, so you can recognize them.

Plot

• New narrative items were added. Make sure to read the letters!

Technical Details

• Occlusion Culling is now activated, this means that performance should have improved.
• Red messages from Unreal Engine may have appeared to some of you, now they've been ignored. You shouldn't be able to see them anymore.
• If you are curious, we switched from 0.1.7 to 0.1.7.1 to 0.2.2.

So, that's it. We're so excited for you to test this new demo. We'll be reading your feedback on social media and itch.io.

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Thank you for all the support,

Dark Neuron Studios