We heard you'd had a distinct lack of ducks in your life the last couple of months, so obviously, it's our duty to change that. So, with that in mind... The second DUCKSIDE Beta is now live and available for everyone to play!
In order to access the beta, all you need to do is head over to the Steam page, scroll down to "DUCKSIDE Demo" and click "Download" and the game will be added to your account.
Since the first beta, we've been hard at work developing the game, analyzing your feedback, suggestions and ideas (of which there was A LOT) and working out the best ways to improve the overall experience for our players. So this Beta has launched with a ton of new content, additions, fixes and improvements, much of which driven by our community themselves!
Check out the full changelist below:
Patch Notes
What's New
- A variety of new hats are now available to keep up with the ever changing duck fashion scene
- New mission areas: Port and Missile Silo
- Beta players can redeem an exclusive hat
- Toolboxes can be found around the map and searched for loot
- New flying mechanic - sprinting near the ground consumes less stamina
- New Weapon: “Hunter Pistol” which consumes rifle ammo
- Send feathers flying with new explosive ammo
- Triangular foundations and floors have been added
- New: Vertical hatch doors and double doors
- Blueprints for flashlight and holosight items can now be found throughout the world
- Players can now repair their buildings
- PVE Servers have been implemented
- Added a “comfort” level when ducks are inside the house when they can be healed over time
General Additions
- Game now displays the amount of time before base your decays
- Added Camp Site near the small monument
- Reworked the Factory location, making it more challenging
- Added “last code” shortcut to door codes
- Added Option to Mute Chat
- Added labels to nests on the map
- Players can now rename and delete nests from the map
- “Free to use” furnaces can be found around the map
- Fiber can now be gathered from berry bushes
- Added Quick Craft shortcuts to the craft menu
- Items can now be delivered in inventory one by one when multi-crafting same item
- Added option for higher level workbenches to craft lower level workbench items.
- Train carts can be exploded which allows you to scavenge resources
Improvements
- Item stacks increased
- Slightly altered how items are shown when worn by the duck
- Added visual effects to fully charged bows
- Various research prices were decreased
- Nest health points reduced
- Change interact keybinding without breaking recycler
- Players now see if they do not have enough feathers to buy things in vending machine
- Items that can be used or placed now move to Quick Bar Slots after crafting
- Other minor improvements
Bug Fixes
- Fixed items spawning wrong in front of the recycler when this was full
- Fixed the research table not disassembling
- Fixed an issue where the hat would change after the character's death
- Fixed and issue where changing default F interact button to default E interact button would break active recycler process
- Fixed an issue where items are picked up from the floor when opening doors or crates.
- Other minor bug fixes
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Over the course of the Beta we will be regularly wiping the servers to ensure stability, accessibility for new players and to provide a regular fresh experience for players. Please see below the current wipe schedule 👇
To reiterate what we stated during the last Beta, our long term goal with this game is to work alongside our community to continually improve, iterate and develop with the players feedback and suggestions in mind in order to deliver a game that is enjoyable and accessible for everyone, feathered and featherless alike.
So throughout this beta, we invite you to share your thoughts and feedback both via an in game feedback from, which will pop up when you exit the game and on our Discord, which you can join HERE.
See you in the skies!
- tinyBuild Riga