INSPIRE

Released: Apr 12, 2024
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Last updated: 07 Sep 2026, 22:15 GMT

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03 May 2024Developer post
Patch 3-5-2024 has been released!
Hey Everyone, I'm happy super excited to share with you a new patch for INSPIRE. Here are the patch notes. Updates: Added Controller Support. NOTE: The game uses its own controller mapping system, so it's adviced to disable Steam Input for the game. Added a new critical hit syste
Hey Everyone,
I'm happy super excited to share with you a new patch for INSPIRE. Here are the patch notes.
Updates:

Added Controller Support. NOTE: The game uses its own controller mapping system, so it's adviced to disable Steam Input for the game.
Added a new critical hit system that triggers when in aiming mode. While aiming, there's a chance that you perform a critical hit, doubling your damage.
Increased the brightness of the night slightly. Shadows are now less dark at night.
Journal text improvements.
Player items sell now for 50% less. No more selling used weapons for premium.
Improved Quest flow of the Main Quest. Obelisk destruction is now required before being able to enter Mount Crater.
Added a small light to the player to improve visibility when in dark areas.
Bugfixes:

Improved ground detection, so player shooting is now more accurate, whilst also fixing an issue where the player would sometimes not shoot when on slopes.
Various small performance fixes.
Make sure to update INSPIRE to the latest version, to experience these new additions/fixes.
And as always, if there's something you'd like to see changed, do let me know!
Thank you for playing the game and finding improvements and issues!
-Nick
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20 Apr 2024Developer post
Patch 20-4-2024 has been released!
Hey Everyone, I'm happy to share with you a new patch for INSPIRE. Here are the patch notes. Updates: Improved the audio culling system, which was occasionally causing some audio stutter and freezing when a lot was going on on screen. Added additional torches in Northrock Mine. B
Hey Everyone,
I'm happy to share with you a new patch for INSPIRE. Here are the patch notes.
Updates:

Improved the audio culling system, which was occasionally causing some audio stutter and freezing when a lot was going on on screen.
Added additional torches in Northrock Mine.
Bugfixes:

Fixed an issue where a Sentian Obelisk would spawn in Endless Sands.
Fixed an issue where the airstrike would sometimes spawn at the wrong position.
Make sure to update INSPIRE to the latest version, to experience these new additions/fixes.
Thank you for playing the game and finding improvements and issues!
-Nick
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19 Apr 2024Developer post
Thank You!
Hey all, I want to say a massive thank you to everyone playing the game in the first week of release! I'm super happy to see all your gameplay and have compiled a list of things that need improving. Some things can quickly turn around, while others may take longer. There have alr
18 Apr 2024Developer post
Patch 18-4-2024 has been released!
Hey Everyone, I'm happy to share with you a new patch for INSPIRE. Here are the patch notes. Updates: Obelisk enemy spawners now spawn enemies dynamically in a radius around the player, instead of around the Obelisk. Above: Obelisk reinforcements. Removed the big rocks in Mount C
Hey Everyone,
I'm happy to share with you a new patch for INSPIRE. Here are the patch notes.
Updates:

Obelisk enemy spawners now spawn enemies dynamically in a radius around the player, instead of around the Obelisk. Above: Obelisk reinforcements.
Removed the big rocks in Mount Crater, to help with better traversal and more engaging combat.
Increased distance for Obelisk's AOE attack.
Improved procedural animation navmesh detection & performance of all procedural creatures.
Improved dynamic enemy wave spawners, which now have a max enemy amount treshold per spawner. Resulting in a more controllable behaviour per spawner, improving performance.
Improvements to the balancing of certain enemies.
Bugfixes:

Fixed an issue where the player would temporarily become invisible.
Fixed a couple of UI text issues.
Make sure to update INSPIRE to the latest version, to experience these new additions/fixes.
Thank you for playing the game and finding improvements and issues!
-Nick
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16 Apr 2024Developer post
Patch 16-4-2024 has been released!
Hey Everyone, I'm happy to share with you a new patch for INSPIRE. I managed to get quite a bit of updates and fixes done today so let me break them down for you in these patch notes: Updates: Added enemy resistance and weakness icons to the enemy health bars. The following damag
Hey Everyone,
I'm happy to share with you a new patch for INSPIRE. I managed to get quite a bit of updates and fixes done today so let me break them down for you in these patch notes:
Updates:

Added enemy resistance and weakness icons to the enemy health bars. The following damage types are in the game: Base,Fire,Frost,Poison & Electric. Red color means enemy has a resistance to that specific type. Green color means enemy has a weakness to that specific type. Resistance and Weakness is percentage based (0,50%), which is for you to figure out whilst playing :). Above: Enemy has a weakness against Fire and a Resistance against Poison.
Added health regeneration for Obelisks.
Improved the melee ability of the Behemoth which now has a slower but bigger area of effect.
Increased range of which the Behemoth does its melee ability.
Added health regeneration ability to appropriate enemies.
Increased drop rate of Life Cores.
Increased drop rate of Sentian Parts.
Improved "Alien Visitors" journal text.
Improved crafting menu tutorial text.
Improvements to various Sentian enemies' attack patterns & overall refinements.
Bugfixes:

Fixed an issue where the Behemoth doesn't damage the player with melee.
Fixed an issue where the Panther and Boar occasionally would damage themselves.
Implemented fixes to ensure consistent and accurate saving of credits.
I love seeing all of you play the game and I've got some exciting things in the works for INSPIRE. The first few weeks I'm focussing on tackling things that can be fixed/ improved upon rather quickly. After those are done I'll be looking into the more major fixes/improvements and updates for the game.
-Nick
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15 Apr 2024Developer post
INSPIRE Patch 15-4-2024 has been released!
Hey Everyone, So after watching a ton of gameplay from you(the good, bad, and the ugly), I've been working hard at improving the game. Here are the patch notes for the latest patch. Updates: Added support for remapping WASD Movement. Improved visibility of the shopkeepers in Real
Hey Everyone,
So after watching a ton of gameplay from you(the good, bad, and the ugly), I've been working hard at improving the game.
Here are the patch notes for the latest patch.
Updates:

Added support for remapping WASD Movement.
Improved visibility of the shopkeepers in Realle.
Added direction signs towards vendors on appropriate floor tiles in Realle.
Added text to explain fast travel in the worldmap menu.
Added a short cooldown to the look direction of the player after shooting with slow-firing weapons. Now the player's look direction doesn't go back and forth anymore when walking backwards and shooting with slow fire rates.
Bugfixes:

Fixed an issue where the grenade launcher's projectiles would disable when off-screen.
Fixed an issue where the player could shoot when in dialogue.
Fixed an issue where the dead animals could still collide with alive animals.
Fixed an issue where animals who were retreating when they died, would do a sliding.
Thank you so much everyone for playing, and I will get these patches and updates out as soon as I can. Have a wonderful day everyone.
Best,
Nick
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13 Apr 2024Developer post
INSPIRE Patch 13-4-2024 has been released.
Updates: * The in-game start time when starting a new game is now morning, so players don't have to start the game at nighttime. Bugfixes: * Fixed a couple of collision issues throughout the game.
12 Apr 2024Developer post
INSPIRE IS OUT NOW!
Hey everyone, This is such an amazing moment for me, INSPIRE is officially out! 4 years ago I started this journey, not knowing anything about game development, but here we are, April 12th and INSPIRE is out! I hope you'll enjoy the game as much as I enjoyed creating it. I can't
Hey everyone,
This is such an amazing moment for me, INSPIRE is officially out!
4 years ago I started this journey, not knowing anything about game development, but here we are, April 12th and INSPIRE is out!
I hope you'll enjoy the game as much as I enjoyed creating it. I can't wait to hear your thoughts!
I thought I'd give you a small FAQ on release day based on questions I received in the past few weeks.

Q: Does INSPIRE have controller support? A: INSPIRE does support Playstation and XBOX controllers, just not officially at launch. The reason is that there's an issue where the controllers don't work in the main menu scene. Once you're past the main menu scene you can play the game using the controller, where the UI will also show Playstation Icons. Full Controller Support will be added post-launch.
Q: What languages can INSPIRED be played in? A: At launch there's only the English language. Post-launch I'll add localization for multiple languages.
Q: Is there a soundtrack available for the game? A: Yes, the soundtrack can be listened to here: https://tinyurl.com/INSPIREALBUM
Q: Are there any known issues? A: There's one known issue where the player character can become temporarily invisible for a tiny percentage of players. The player can still take damage and has all its functionality. Once the player leaves a level or dies, the issue resolves itself. If anyone encounters this, please send me a video so I can narrow it down even quicker.
Defeat those aliens, everyone!
-Nick
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08 Mar 2024Developer post
INSPIRE - March Playtest Available Now!
Hey everyone, I'm super excited to share a new playtest with you all today! It will also be the final playtest before the full release on April 12th! In this playtest you'll get to play the very start of the game. You get to battle with the alien race the 'Sentians'. As seen in t
29 Feb 2024Developer post
INSPIRE Release Date Announcement!
I almost can't believe it, but INSPIRE will be released on 12-4-2024! Make sure to wishlist INSPIRE and be the first to defeat those aliens! Be the first to know all updates regarding INSPIRE: ▶
30 Nov 2023Developer post
INSPIRE - November Playtest Available Now!
Hey everyone, I'm beyond thrilled to share a new playtest with you all today! It has been a long time since I've done a playtest but now I'm finally at a point where I can let you play the game. In this playtest you'll be venturing to Verdant Vale, one of the first zones of the g
30 Oct 2023Developer post
INSPIRE - October Report
Hey All, I hope you are having a fantastic day. I've been making steady progress on INSPIRE and can now officially announce that INSPIRE is feature-complete. This means what's left for me to do is polish and balance the game. All levels are done, all enemies are done, all the mec
06 Oct 2023Developer post
INSPIRE - September Report
Hey Everyone, As you might have noticed, the September report is a little bit late and there hasn't been a new DevLog yet. I want to take this report to explain to you why. I had a massive Unity/Github crash at the end of September, which corrupted my Unity project. Thankfully I
31 Aug 2023Developer post
INSPIRE - August Report
Hey Everyone, The end of the month is here and boy was it an eventful one. I've been hammering down on an army of alien bugs. Damage Types Next to squashing the bugs, I've also worked out the game's damage types. The following damage types are in place: * Base * Fire * Frost * El
28 Jul 2023Developer post
INSPIRE - July Report
Hi Everyone, I would lie to you if I said it was a hectic month this past month since I have been on a wonderful holiday. That obviously doesn't mean that no work has been done. This past month I've been almost solely focusing on polishing and fixing bugs for the game. It's not t
30 Jun 2023Developer post
INSPIRE - June Report
Hi all! It's the end of the month, so that means time for another monthly report. June has been a month where I focussed on streamlining the questing experience and the game's overall flow. I've finished the final quest for the game so the play can now be played in full! Which is
28 Jun 2023Developer post
INSPIRE - Devlog 4
Hey everyone, I'm thrilled to share with you all a new devlog for INSPIRE. I've made some massive steps in the past month, I managed to finally find a massive performance issue that has been hampering the game for months. A small shader trick I used to show my player when it is o
30 May 2023Developer post
INSPIRE - May Report
Hey everyone! I hope you're all doing great! It's time for our monthly update on the progress of INSPIRE, and I'm really excited to share what I've been working on. - Levelgeneration & leveldesign Stormfall & Arctic Ridge Over the past month, I've been focusing on two key
18 May 2023Developer post
INSPIRE - Devlog 3
Hi Everyone, I'm excited to share with you a new devlog for INSPIRE! April has been another packed month of development, with lots of exciting new features being added. I managed to get the following milestones done for April: * Watchtower & Friendly Patrols * Level design St
01 May 2023Developer post
INSPIRE - April Report
Hey Everyone, Excited to bring you another monthly update with regard to the development of INSPIRE! The following milestones have had the main focus the past month: - Resistance Patrols & Resistance Watchtowers. I've further updated the game's battle system to include dynami