LOCURA

Released: Sep 6, 2023
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 16:31 GMT

Updates & announcements

8 posts

01 Oct 2025Developer post
0.0.0.26.1 small patch
UPDATED: Increased walking speed Increased sprinting speed Increased stamina amount Increased stamina recovery amount Decreased stamina consumption Adjusted playrate for sprinting animation Changed conditions for sprint recovery code Decreased volume multiplier of sprint recovery
UPDATED:

Increased walking speed
Increased sprinting speed
Increased stamina amount
Increased stamina recovery amount
Decreased stamina consumption
Adjusted playrate for sprinting animation
Changed conditions for sprint recovery code
Decreased volume multiplier of sprint recovery sound cues
Changed values on curve for acceleration and deceleration for walk to run states
Decreased values for eye adaptation [result faster adaptation]
Decreased values on atmospheric scattering when night comes in [result scene become darker a bit faster to match local day/night time]
Many static objects have been simplified
Many materials now have master_material_domain [may result reduce unnecessary additional shaders compilations]
Reduced amount of emissive lights for serums materials
Increased amount of emissive lights for random sparks across mansion
Increased amount of emissive lights for fireflies at night
Adjusted volume for several sounds
NEW:

Added lore-note’s: logbook_1; logbook_2; logbook_3
OTHER_FIXES:

Fixed few foliage types who were “dancing” while day/night cycle was playing
Fixed incorrect focal distance values while player changing screen resolution
Fixed incorrect DPI of widgets due to screen resolution changing
Fixed incorrect echo effects on several sound cues in water_pipe_bp
Fixed incorrect spawn of sound cue of low stamina while stamina was full
Fixed several dirty areas where player could drop off and stuck
Fixed blueprint interface logical flow in several codes to prevent crashes
Fixed incorrect version number in w_game_build_info
BUG_FIXES:

Fixed consumables conditions softlock during right_arm changing state
Fixed several new blueprints have not starting there code upon spawn
Fixed user_settings keeps reverting to defaults
Fixed selected options in settings tab is has not highlighting correctly
Fixed incorrect logic for mathematical macroses
Original post
21 Mar 2025Developer post
DEMO is live!
Current version v.0.0.0.26
19 Mar 2025Developer post
LOCURA is not abandoned!
Genre Shift: LOCURA was originally developed as an atmospheric horror, but recently I decided to add other genres as well, thus we get - survival-horror action-adventure with a non-linear gameplay. Demo version: In the near future LOCURA will have a demo version (on a review righ
Genre Shift:
LOCURA was originally developed as an atmospheric horror, but recently I decided to add other genres as well, thus we get - survival-horror action-adventure with a non-linear gameplay.
Demo version:
In the near future LOCURA will have a demo version (on a review right now). At the moment the purchasable version of the game will match the version in Demo, at least until the 0.0.0.5 update.
What to expect in the next updates:

Transition to UE5
New trailer
Dialog system
Simple combat system
Hiding system
UI redesign
More hostile creatures
Location finalization
And much more!
Original post
16 Mar 2025Developer post
Updated day/night cycle.
16 Mar 2025Developer post
Company logo update.
12 Mar 2025Developer post
Major update v.0.0.0.26
UPDATED: Now the player does not take damage every second from the corrosive fog on the island. The corrosive fog now only increases the player's contagion level. Beartraps now properly react to different NPC’s Birds no more flying as a flock. Birds now could be killed by beartra
UPDATED:

Now the player does not take damage every second from the corrosive fog on the island.
The corrosive fog now only increases the player's contagion level.
Beartraps now properly react to different NPC’s
Birds no more flying as a flock.
Birds now could be killed by beartraps
Now players do not drink serums immediately by clicking on them, instead player now takes them into his pocket
Sound area effect of mine's trolley now got a bit bigger giving player more time to react on
Text redrawing on widgets with a new fonts that can support both languages
Updated bp_pick_up widget
Pathfind changed [static → dynamic]
Doors blueprints now have dynamic obstacle navigation area instead of proxylinks
Updated doors blueprints, now upon opening not starting calculating pathfind [may help with fps drops]
All necessary blueprints and AI now have NavigationInvokers [activating or deactivating pathfind tiles]
Re-designed tutorial pop_ups widget during playthrough
All serums now apply conditions to contagion only
Contagion now not a core mechanic, instead it giving pros or cons and giving access to several endings
Contagion now do not punishing player for high level of contagion
Overall blueprints code simplification
Landscape master material
Beach environment
Overall vegetation
Fog density decreased
Ocean material
Re-wrote bp_serum_spawner
Overall re-designe of a tutorials
Environment around Mansion
Forge exterior and interior
Behavior of parallel animation
Wind control
Birds reacts on a foes
Increased walking and sprinting speed
BP_centrifuge
BP_pump
BP_generator
Camera adjustment function to match player view after animation
Better function behavior across newest blueprints
Vast majority of materials now have shared master material [Can positively affect optimization]
NEW:

New health system
Added new tab “Pocket” in Journal widget to let player see what you have got
Added beach trap near Oldman's cave [beware]
Added new health widget
Added interact widget
Added BP_Compact_recorder [gives player ability to play cassettes]
Added new location - Cave of desire
Added new obtainable item - coin of desire
Added new plot path at the beginning of players journey
Added more vegetation meshes
Added fading function to existing foliage for optimization purpose
Added correct shoreline to existing landscape material to match ocean collision.
Added waves_spawner to existing ocean
Added drinking animation when consuming serums
Changed the way how player interact with objects via hotkey [LMB→E]
Changed Dynamic Day/Night system [Rewrote from scratch]
Added BP_SkyClouds
Added volumetric clouds
Added all kinds of tutorials
Added ability to attack with a melee weapon
Added ability to destroy several objects
Added Prologue level [no dialogs yet]
Added FX for the street lamps
Added various small sound effects across all levels
Added Landscape RVT [Runtime Virtual Texture] that gives seamless transition between objects
Added advanced way to interact with an inspecting items [example: by clicking on a lock you could open the locked box]
Added more items to inspect and collect.
REMOVED:

Removed player ability to manipulate X position of the gem via mouse scroll while inspecting an object
Removed damage from Fog
Removed negative side effects from a high levels of contagion
Removed pick_up/interaction animations
Original post
29 Sep 2023Developer post
0.0.0.25.2 small fixing patch
UPDATED: 1. Updated behavior of lights draw distance for street_lamps when player is inside the Mansion 2. Updated BP_doors code 3. Changed solar_time for FX_fireflies to appear 4. Changed static mesh of spiral_staircase that leads to the roof_level 5. Revamped conditions checks
13 Sep 2023Developer post
0.0.0.25.1
OTHER_FIXES: 1. Added missing collision on several objects to inspect 2. BP_Gramophone, vinyl disk now correctly rotating around itself while active 3. Some actors from farm_base level were moved to a proper environment_farm level to prevent too sudden pop-ups 4. Changed sound of

LOCURA

Updates & announcements

0.0.0.26.1 small patch

DEMO is live!

LOCURA is not abandoned!

Genre Shift:

Demo version:

What to expect in the next updates:

Updated day/night cycle.

Company logo update.

Major update v.0.0.0.26

UPDATED:

NEW:

REMOVED:

0.0.0.25.2 small fixing patch

UPDATED:

OTHER_FIXES:

BUG_FIXES:

NEW:

VALUEs_TWEAKING:

ENGINE:

0.0.0.25.1