Developer posts and news about this game.
- Optimized bullets with a complete system overhaul, after some performance profiling I learned that bullets were causing a huge performance problem which is now fixed. - Fixed achievements not displaying till end of game, they now display as soon as you complete an achievement.
All of the past builds of Code-Black have been using Unreal Engine 5.7 Over the past couple weeks I have pushed the project to the newer Unreal Engine 5.8 which includes many critical performance improvements for Nanite, Lumen, Mega Lights, and more. I hope this improves the perf
Important Notes from the Developer ːsteamhappyː For those of you who may have been part of any pre-release playtests, or even played the demo, this is whats new, and some important notes about the current state of early access. As some of you know, Code-Black is a solo-developed
After the success of the Steam Next Fest and recieving some feedback from the community, along with testing as much as I possibly could on my own, I have made some great improvements over the past few days. If you recently played the game early last week, I highly recommend you t
Bug Fixes & Improvements Fixed an issue with Akimbo weapon upgrades that would cause some other weapons to stop working Fixed an issue with the Radial Menu Selector not selecting the correct weapon slot Balanced the Flying Gremlins, instead of starting on round 2 they now sta
Day One Yes, I am going to be releasing a Day One Patch as there are a few things I noticed late last night and today, that I want to make sure I fix right away! Controls menu does not show all the correct inputs and will be fixed immediately Lethal Pickups have a bug where your
Main Announcement I am aware the Steam Page has never had a listed launch date and has always said "Coming Soon" but on social media and internally, my plan was to launch today, April 24th, 2026 The Early Access build is under review by Steam and the initially planned date for Ea
Various Zombie improvements: added additional methods for re-spawning to prevent the round from not ending or not being able to locate final zombie(s) increased zombie damage, and speeds added more wall weapons, upgrade machines, explosives, and weapon pickups to the level
Various Zombie and Weapon improvements including: fix with zombies not re-spawning when too far or stuck increased zombie difficulty fix for melee weapon disappearing fix for missing wall weapons
The Pre-Release Closed Playtest for Code-Black will be happening the whole weekend of April 3-5 Join the Discord in order to gain access ːsteamthisː Whats this all About? This closed playtest will be for testing the core-loop and mechanics, evaluating performance on different mac
Now Available to Wishlist The Code-Black Announcement Trailer is out, watch it now on Youtube and get a glimpse at what Plague Doctor Studios has been creating. Code-Black is a Zombie Survival FPS game set in a sci-fi post apocalyptic world. You are Rugir J.z, a treasure hunter c
Friday, February 13th, 2026 the Official Gameplay Trailer V1 will be posted on Youtube, and here on Steam as a replacement for the current "Teaser Trailer" so keep your eyes open. As a solo developer creating cinematics and trailer videos can be time consuming, and takes me away