Developer posts and news about this game.
Anomalies now scale with deck tier: resistance gains from anomalies go up by +10% per tier (to a max of 85%). force fields replenish faster per tier. stealthy enemies move faster after tier 1. lethal: more damage, heavy: more hp, hunter: moves faster - per tier. All enemies on ti
Lots of environment art updates to upper decks, entry areas etc. 1.71.0-Alpha Added enemy Elite Lurker and Elite Skimmer: Tweaked Skimmer flee behaviour so it only happens after having lost half their hp. Skimmers now regenerate 5 hp every other second (10 for elites) Added disti
Update 1.70.0-Alpha Added two alternate themes (WIP) to deck entry- and secret areas: 'Quarters' & 'Scaffolds'. Updated tool tips on the run selection panel. Added a healing pad to The Passage. Service Tunnel Spawners: Service tunnels activation state is now visually represen
Update 1.69.0-Alpha Added story beats to contextualize security checkpoints and confiscation of items. Tweaked Exit panel UI and improved communication of upgrade picking. Tweaked mainframe intro. Removed hover on the deck nodes. The "force equip" on shift now also acts as an "ai
v1.67.0-Alpha Added a new lower deck type (Passage) to deck 20. Added an evade-dash to creeps. Buttons now open instantly if no enemies are near (with a few exceptions) Added randomly placed vending machine and recycler to lower decks main area. Changed the entry area of lower de
v1.64.0-Alpha Art update to Engine lower decks and tweaked setups. Art updated for breakable barrier prop. Increased creep and aracling movement speed. Mrk2 Chips are now unlocked already at tier 3 instead of tier 5. Schematic unlocks from skills are now highlighted on the cards.
v1.63.1-Alpha Updated aracling egg art and animation. Added more breakable props. Some breakable props (like glass) will now allow bullets to continue after hitting them. Art update to cryo area in Mainframe deck and other parts of the prologue. Improved Interactions: - Object in
v1.63.0-Alpha Default control scheme is now WASD: Dash button is now the Spacebar key by default. Scan button is now the F key by default. Strike is now Left Mouse Button by default. Updated player cc mechanics: legs now animate while walking and striking. Added a physical mesh t
v1.62.0-Alpha When starting a new (non-prologue) run the player is now presented with a loadout package panel. Fixed various interaction issues with Hatches. Hatches are now highlighted by scanning and their UI is more readable. Hatches, Consoles & Buttons now show the items
Alpha 1.57 Starting areas on upper decks, as well as secret dungeons, are now procedurally generated featuring new (WIP) artwork. These PCG spaces grow in size and challenge with the game progression. Secret dungeons now have a "quick exit" ladder that brings the player back to t
Alpha 1.53 Updated Drone enemy art. Added animation to indicate when drones have spotted the player. Death effect improvements for enemies: Added early concept for "overkill" death FXs. Implemented on Creeps when killed by certain weapons. Added special effects when dying from fi
Alpha 1.52 Upgraded engine to UE 5.6 Improved pistol and smg bullet trail FX and sound. Improved Aracling death FX. Fixed missing decals on enemy deaths. Fixed issue where doors would sometimes be missing. Fixed a bug where rooms sometimes wouldnt be created properly. Fixed secti
Alpha 1.50 Updated room presentation: Refactored how props like cabinets and doors are added to rooms for more dynamic and light-weight setups. (I used to bind them manually to the room in blueprints for each section but now it automatically finds them via a bounding box on start
Alpha 1.49 Tweaked Mainframe deck. Environment update to the quarantine deck. Added sound FX and floating text when player clears status effects with healing pad. Tweaked room lighting, slight reduction overall. Fixed overblown medical (again). Player now has flashlight ON in ale
Alpha 1.46 Updated project to Unreal Engine 5.5.1 Mechanical enemy types can no longer be 'stunned', but they can 'malfunction' from taking static damage. Updated enemy: Breacher Made new character art asset that can better express its protected state (+ its a cool robot!). Updat
Alpha 1.45 Added new upper deck type: "Mainframe" as a new HUB concept with "Sub Levels" as spokes. Added in world panels to display global mutations associated with a sub level. Player inventory now displays global mutations that affect all enemies in a deck. Improved player inv
Alpha 1.42 Audio Added Master volume control to options menu. Updated background soundscapes & added custom reverb settings for rooms. Added lowpass sfx filter when player is wounded and/or affected by airlock. Skill system Expanded the skill "paths": Unlocks on the "main pat
Alpha 1.40 Improved midway boss fights (not the final boss) Added "stages" to the boss fights. Added new drone-themed boss. Updated/added abilities, special attacks & tweaked stats for bosses. Sentry guns are now always one-shotted by bosses. Audio Soundscape experiments for
Alpha 1.39 TLDR: Control experiments: early game pad support. Control options Added option to toggle between keyboard & gamepad controls. Note that toggle between control scheme wipes custom keys for now! Disclaimer: Gamepad is WIP - Menu and UI navigation still needs a lot o
Alpha 1.38 Added dark outline to in-world text labels so they are more readable on bright/lit backgrounds. All five resistance upgrades now also adds +25% damage to each type. Updated upgrade descriptions with more numbers and decorator icons. Updated stimpack tooltip description