Hello all! Tonight DOGMAN 1.0.9 releases and with it, the remastered Blue Ridge Campground!
Lets take a look at all the changes that have come with update 1.0.9 below.
First off, as the title says, the Blue Ridge Campground has gotten a total remaster. Some of you
may have taken comfort in the old version, since it was quite bright out, and you could see the
dogmen roaming from far off. Well that's over with. The new Blue Ridge Campground is a dark, cold,
and ominous dead forest, with frequent cabins and ranger towers scattered around the icy environment.
Your goal in this new Campground, is the track down and find 5 trail cameras left behind by a previous
officer. While this task may seem a little more difficult than tracking down missing campers like before,
I've made sure you're equipped with a map to keep on-hand, letting you know where you should be looking. The number of dogmen have not been changed, but may be due to community feedback. Another threat may be uncovered in the campground however. The Blue Ridge Campground was built on Native American land, and restless spirits do not appreciate a prying visitor. Mind your own business, respect the dead, and you won't have anything to worry about.
Next, I've seen a few times a game breaking bug with my "How To Play" in game menu. If a player stays on the same slide for too long, the buttons become unresponsive and will lock the player in the current slide until they restart the game. I researched my code to try to find the culprit, but was unable to find it. To bypass this issue, I've remade the how to play guide on steam, and the in game "How To Play" button will act as a direct internet link to that guide.
List of changes made in DOGMAN 1.0.9:
- The Blue Ridge Campground has received a total remaster.
- How To Play button system has been overhauled due to a game breaking bug.
- Dogmen on the Blue Ridge Campground are more aggressive, and will angrily strike a cabin
you're hiding in.
- Updated tree, foliage, snow, and cabin models have been added to the Blue Ridge Campground.
- A candle light flame particle has been added to all lanterns on the Blue Ridge Campground, and will
be added to Hopkins State Park next update.
- A bug from 1.0.8 caused players to be unable to walk out of doors without running or jumping. This
has been fixed in both Hopkins State Park and Blue Ridge Campground.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: While I like to make sure that my updates are bug free to the best of my ability,
1.0.9 is releasing with a collision bug, due to this update being overdue. If the dogman chases a
player into a cabin, and the player is against a wall, the dogman can kill the player through the wall
due to a collision/navmesh bug. I am working hard on this issue, but I didn't want to delay the entire
update for a small issue such as this. I hope to have a solution out in time for update 1.1.0
Thank you so much for playing DOGMAN! I am a one man dev team on this project, so I appreciate all of your feedback, criticisms, praises, and recommendations. I am a bit sad to announce this, but DOGMAN will only be receiving one more content update. This update will be focused on remastering Amberg Industrial Park, to be more player friendly, and to add more gameplay variety in the map. DOGMAN has been a blast of a first game for me, and I'm thankful for all that I've learned from this experience.
Until next time - Daniel, developer of DOGMAN