Half a year post-release, the team and I came together to add a major, free overhaul update to An Outcry.
The short version
Without giving too much away, this version fixes many bugs, adds skips, a new battle character (yes, really) and many graphical additions/overhauls.
If you want me to give everything away, however, here is the:
Changelog for v. 2.0 of An Outcry
GENERAL:
- Changed title screen to reflect update
- Added new intro message + snazzier controls tutorial, enabling a faster entry into game
- Polished several map tilesets with new/prettier assets
- Several new animations
- Several bugfixes
- Several orthography fixes
- Updated several enemy sprites
- Combat rebalancing (fewer player misses, slight damage adjustments)
- Fixed an oversight that would make it hard to tell if an attack missed
FOLLOW:
- Added more 2nd interactibles to Unnamed's apartment
- Added more interactibles to Unnamed's apartment under attack
- Fixed tutorial help not working in Stairwell Space In-Between
- ADDED SKIP FOR MANSHRIKE SCENE. Beat the game (any ending) to find out how!
- Changed fullscreen artwork for Manshrike to clarify a visual aspect of its design
- Fixed minor visual error in Yildirim's apartment
- Added new fullscreen art to WATCHED scene
- ADDED A NEW PLAYABLE CHARACTER TO TEXT ADVENTURE. Just play through it normally to find them!
- Lots of new dialogue in combat
- Sledgehammer nerfed, but easier to find
- Added new animation to Finale
- Small Ending 3 visual updates
- Added Skip explanation after credits
IGNORE:
- Polish for first Anne scene
- Added ability to save indoors post-pub scene + tutorial letting the player know
- Added safety gate before Elevator scene
- Added tons of new interactibles to Elevator scene
- Small design fixes for elevator scene
- ADDED SKIP FOR EISEN'S FINAL SCENE
Disclaimers and such
A word on saves:
Save files should, in the update, continue to function; there might be some small weirdness in the way that the game handles them (you may see specific scenes play again depending on where you saved, or may need to re-confirm a save). The game should, however, recover from most outlier situations like that; just bear with it for a minute.
One thing that needs to be said is that, if you load a save file in the second part of the FOLLOW route's Text Adventure segment, you may have missed a major piece of new content. This is okay; while the game cannot bestow it upon you retroactively, it will be completable even without that element in place.
A word on the french build:
The french build, unfortunately, continues to lag behind the current English one. This is due to scheduling issues with our french translator, as well as the difficulty of updating that build of the game with all the new content. There will be a french v. 2.0, but it may be months down the road; and I do apologise for that.
A word on Mac/Linux builds:
We are currently looking into those! There are some legal hurdles to clear before we can submit them, but once they are ready, we will be posting another update.
Thank you for your time, and enjoy the new stuff!
-Quinn K.