Evil Awaits 2nd major update is here!
With this update, I've brought in lots of player-requested features. These include: unlockable costumes, subtitle language options, optimizations for Steamdeck and more fixes and improvements.
Closets & Costumes
Closets have been placed into Evil Awaits, and interacting with them will now allow you to change your detective's outfit!
You can access a Closet at the start of the game in the level: Forest. Or at any time in the level: Garden.
A total of 7 new Outfits have been added for you to unlock, all with an A and B variation that makes a slight change to the selected costume. Here is a quick preview of one variation from each costume:
Get instant access to use the Bikini & Cultist costumes via the Costume DLCs now available on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3441250/Evil_Awaits__Cultist_Costume/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3441260/Evil_Awaits__Bikini_Costume/
100% of proceeds made from costume DLCs go directly into the development of Evil Awaits and future Chai Games projects.
Unlock criteria for costumes must have been met after the inclusion of the framework for costumes in Evil Awaits. This means if you played before patch 1.1.2 (8th December), you will need to re-meet the criteria to unlock costumes.
Subtitle Language Setting
Experience the spoken dialogue throughout Evil Awaits in your native language! This was a heavily requested feature from non-English speaking players, and I hope it allows more people to better understand the story they are experiencing.
Available Subtitle Languages:
- German
- Portuguese
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish
This setting is accessible via the 'Gameplay' tab in the Settings menu.
I hope to introduce more languages into this setting and to extend language options to interface and more in the future. This is a first step into a new system, and if your language is not listed I ask you to remain patient until more updates arrive.
Changes & Optimisation
- Reworked several loot systems to reduce the chance of receiving ammo or medkits if you've reached the max capacity of medkits or ammo for that weapon.
- Crosshair is now available and enabled by default in Hardcore difficulty, option to turn it off in the gameplay tab of the settings menu.
- Increased the Night Brightness in the levels: Forest, Garden, and Cemetery.
- Controls for Both KeyB & Mouse and Controller are now listed in the Controls tab on the Settings menu.
- All UI across the game has been re-adjusted to be visible on smaller resolutions and the Steam Deck.
- Improved LODs have been made to increase the performance and framerate of levels: Forest, Garden, Cemetery and Archdale Castle.
- Fixed an instance across all UI that didn't allow menu navigation with a controller if the mouse was hovered over a button.
- Added more tips to loading screens.
Fixes and Improvements
- Fixed an instance that caused the flashlight of weapons to stay on when unequipped.
- Using a medkit when you have 0 medkits will no longer unequip your current weapon.
- Font changed when interacting with the boat without the boat paddles in the level: Docks.
- Improved sound effects emitted from Skulls Of Archdale collectables.
- Fixed an issue that displayed '0' amount of journals collected on the end-ranking screen regardless of the amount found during the playthrough.
- Fixed a collision problem that occurred on the 1st set of stairs in the hedge maze.
- Fixed an issue that would cause the character's meshes legs to respond to to collisions.
- Adjusted a few environment pieces in the level: Archdale Castle.
- Fixed button icons overlapping in the Notes tab of the inventory screen when using Xbox button prompts.
Skulls Of Archdale Guide
Get help unlocking new weapons, achievements and the alternate ending with the official guide on everything about the collectable: Skulls Of Archdale!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3416881401
3000 Wishlists!
This update celebrates 3000 wishlists for Evil Awaits! Thank you to everyone who has provided positive reviews and feedback, together we are making the adventure through Archdale the best it can be. Look forward to more in the future.