Hey guys, Let's talk about the upcoming update, new features and some related news. Animation Overhaul To start with, I completely overhauled the game's animation system and changed how animations are controlled under the hood. The old animation system relied on a fixed animation
Hey guys, Let's talk about animation systems. Animation Trees and AI Interaction Last time we concluded the AI refactor portion of this upcoming update, this month we took a pass at the animation system that's interconnected with the AI. Until now we've been using Godot's built-i
Hey guys, It's time for a brief progress update. AI Refactor I mentioned last time that this update will focus on a major under-the-hood overhaul of the AI and animation system in preparation for a new combat control scheme. The AI portion of that refactor is now complete. It too
Minor hotfix update addressing several smaller issues. Fixes Fixed an error that occurred when a portal was destroyed while agents were trying to path through it. Corpses no longer incorrectly show as blobs in the fog of war. Fixed context menu not opening for corpses and storage
Hey guys, Let's talk about some progress. Version 0.1.5 passed beta testing and went live earlier today. We've already talked about the new additions in our previous dev log, so I won't go into detail here. That said, while this update was undergoing testing we've already started
New feature update featuring various UI improvements. We've added a basic tutorial popup system to teach new players how to play the game. Events now have a dedicated notification UI instead of spawning an immediate popup dialog. A new alert system notifies you of ongoing issues
Hey guys, Let's talk about update progress. Last month was split between feature development and dealing with various logistical matters. Aside from some smaller fixes (including one for the save issue people have experienced when saving with animals in the fleeing state) this up
Additions Animals now flee from hunters when attacked. New auto-save feature to periodically save the game. The feature can be configured through the settings menu. Map generation now shows a loadscreen instead of locking up the game for several seconds. Added new exploration and
Hey guys, Let's talk about some news. Update Progress Over the last few days we've been working on various quality-of-life improvements. We've taken in player feedback and focused on some of the more straight-forward issues to get them resolved quickly. One issue we've seen repea
Changes Adjusted font scaling to reduce blurriness on lower resolution screens. Fixes Fixed various save errors when corpses or visitors were on the map. Blood loss now properly decreases when injuries have been treated. Fixed an animation issue that occurred when picking up mult
Hey guys, Let's talk about the launch. Where we are currently All in all the launch went about as we expected, which is to say not great. We did what we could to get as many features ready for release as possible, but given the strict budget there was never much hope for anything
Changes Increased frequency of random events triggering on the home map. Wandering scavengers should now show up sooner and more often, allowing the player to recruit and talk to them for new expedition targets. Fixes Optimized pathfinding to opt out early on unreachable destinat
New Additions Added a version string to the main menu for easier bug reporting. Different types of bed now define a rest quality stat, with lower quality beds filling the sleep need slower. Added a popup dialog when saves fail because of an error. Previously saves would encounter
Hey guys, We've released a new video update talking about the state of the game, Early Access and future plans. An important point to note concerning the release date: unfortunately we've encountered a number of critical bugs in QA that took longer than expected to resolve. Becau
Hey guys, Let's talk about some progress. Visual Improvements, Wall Optimizations Following up from last month, we wrapped up our work on the game's visuals. The new outline algorithm we were working on ran into some unexpected engine bugs. While we could fix or work around those
Hey guys, Let's talk about last month's progress. Rooms, Rocks and Visuals As we're nearing our release date, we want to get some more promotional material out. We've been picking up the pieces since our publisher's bankruptcy and while we don't have the resources to do a full-bl
Hey guys, Time for another progress update. Finishing up base building On the base building side of things, we finished the crafting system: you can now build crafting stations, assign and manage bills, and survivors will carry them out. We added a number of new crafting stations
Hey guys, As you recall, in our last update we talked about how our publisher went insolvent and we have to work around a reduced Early Access budget as a result. Today I'd like to go into more detail on what that means for the roadmap, what our plans are for the initial release
Hey guys, With the new year it is time we give you another update on the game, where we are development-wise, and how things are set to go forward this year. On Budgets and Publishers As you may recall, shortly after our Kickstarter finished, we signed up with publisher Camlann G
Hey Survivors, Progress being made on the roadmap to Early Access. Focus is on getting to a core gameplay loop of: Build -> Explore -> Fight -> Loot -> Upgrade More to come as we head into Nov...