Hey everyone! Today I am going to announce the game's first proper update, v0.3.1.
For those of you who are wondering what is going to be added in this update:
- Animations have been replaced with new ones that more professional and better.
- Weapons consist of four now, the starting pistol and three rifles. However I have laid the necessary groundwork and foundation to build upon and adding new weapons will come in the next updates.
- SKINS HAVE BEEN REMOVED TEMPORARILY AND SO HAS THE TELEPORTER. Skins will be re-added in future and so will teleporter.
- Because teleporter has been removed, the teleporter path for Ruins has been removed reducing the maps overall size. Additionally Ruins has been reworked so it does not look the same from the previous version.
- The weapon workbench has been improved with the user interface (UI) that shows you 2D images of the weapons, the stats and description of each weapon, as well as the cost of purchasing it and its ammo. Additionally the player can now access their storage which is where purchased weapons go if you already have full on-hand inventory.
- On-hand inventory consists of two Primary weapon slots and one Secondary. When buying weapons you can choose which slot to put your weapons in and weapons you purchased are added to your collection which is your storage. Weapons can be moved out of storage and can replace your current weapon as you like.
- Improved camera animations for walking, running and firing. Animation mixing blends different animations together like being able to walk and reload at the same time, Animation cancellation has been implemented, as well, you can switch weapons while reloading and whatnot.
- New SFX and VFX implemented to improve the quality of the game, music and other soundtracks have also been added to the game.
- An in-game options menu that allows you to change options without having to leave to the main menu as well as a control panel that not only shows you what keys are set to what actions but you can also change key bindings to suit your playstyle and gameplay preferences.
Other changes include optimization, bug fixes and performance improvements as well as visual improvements with textures, lighting and shadows.
v0.3.1 will release on March 15th, 2023 at 9.30am NZT, March 14th, 2023 at 5.30pm EST
Thank you to those who continue to show support for the game, I appreciate all of you and am excited for the future of Survivor. Additionally updates will begin to be implemented much quicker once v0.3.1 has been released, so expect that regular updates will be implemented on a roughly weekly basis once v0.3.1 has been released.
Thank you again for your support and have fun playing Survivor :)