Death Scourges – Patch 1.1
First off: thank you to everyone who jumped into Death Scourges head first.
Your feedback and playtime helped shape this update.
Patch 1.1 focuses on quality-of-life improvements, combat balance adjustments, better onboarding for new players, and several bug fixes.
Onboarding & Clarity
Added new contextual information and hints in the Forest level to help onboard new players.
Added a healing recommendation UI:
If the player is low on health and carries at least one Med-Stim, the UI now suggests healing + the corresponding key of usage.
All tutorial hints are tied to the “Show Tooltips” option in the settings.
Combat & Weapon Balance
Weapons received a general pass to improve feel and combat clarity:
Reduced felt recoil on most weapons
Adjusted accuracy behaviour for most guns
Slightly adjusted damage values and effective ranges
Headshot damage increased by +30%
The goal was to make weapons feel more responsive while rewarding precise shooting.
Quality of Life Improvements
Directional Damage Indicator added
Incoming damage now briefly shows directional feedback to better orient players in combat.
Ammo Stacking Overhaul
Ammo pickup logic now automatically stacks with existing ammo in the inventory.
Manual stacking is no longer required right after pickup.
Movement Input Persistence
Fixed a frustrating behaviour where the game cleared movement input after interactions (e.g., picking up items) which resulted in the need to re-press said input.
Movement input is now preserved, allowing the player to continue moving immediately once control is restored without re-pressing anything.
Level Improvements
Added fences near the freight entrance path on the Surface Level to better guide players through the area.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug causing player movement stuttering while walking due to slight desynchronization between the camera system and player state.
Squad Skin selection in the settings menu has been temporarily disabled as it ties into upcoming content.
What’s Next
Currently testing:
New Game Plus mode
Greatly increased enemy density
Increased squad damage
All gun crafts unlocked right from the start
Hidden items
Shooting them will unlock new squad skins
Selectable fire modes for fully automatic guns
Feedback
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Thanks again for playing Death Scourges.