Welcome to our 3rd developer’s log!
It’s been a while since our last update. We move ever so close to early access so we wanted to share what we’ve been working on with our community!
Custom Character Creation
One feature we’ve been working hard on is custom character creation. From this menu, you can make adjustments to your character’s face, skin, facial hair, and hairstyle, as well as what clothing they wear.
As a bonus, better clothing and equipment can be found in game to upgrade your character! You can equip those via the inventory menu.
Vehicle Parts
Now, you can no longer jump into a car and just drive off into the sunset! 😉 You must check to ensure the vehicle has all its required parts such as the battery, starter motor, fuel pump, and fan belt.
These parts can be scavenged from other vehicles in the world!
Don’t forget - parts can lose durability over time, just like in the real world. Driving and wear and tear will cut through that durability! Once one of the parts reached 0% durability, the car will stop running.
Here’s what parts might look like:
Skill System
We’ve added a skill system to the game players can now gain xp from doing a number of things in the game.
XP helps you level up and you are rewarded with a skill point for every level that you can spend to help improve and progress your character.
Mobile Base
We’ve now added a “mobile base”: The RV! Not only does it have great storage space, it allows you to cook while travelling around the apocalypse. Score!
CB Trader
We’ve added the option to be able to craft a CB radio which players can use to attempt to call in traders to their location.
These traders can be killed by zombies so make sure it’s safe before calling them.
Farming and Crops
You can now speed up the growing of crops by using fertilizer.
We have also added tomatoes and cabbage as new items to grow.
Other updates/Changes
- We fixed huge inventory lag issues, which boosts performance.
- Zombie AI has been improved!
- Camera now zooms in when you enter buildings so it’s harder to see outside the house.
- You can scroll with mouse wheel to zoom in and out slightly with your character
- Improved vehicle UI, for interaction, repairing and fueling and when driving.
- Crafting system has been tweaked, so crafted items are now stored inside the actor.
- 3D preview of character in the inventory
- Slowly swapping out the old UI for the new UI
- Working on controller support
- Overhaul of the new large map
Our team has been working super hard to bring us a better game, and we couldn’t appreciate your support more! If you’d like to give us feedback and be part of our community, don’t forget to join our Discord and follow us on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook! Thank you for checking out our developer’s log and thanks to everyone that is hyped and supporting us. It really means a lot. Don’t forget to wishlist!
Until next time - peace!