Fuel up for July's content update! This month we're bringing the JUICE. Whether that be of the boosting, vocal, or electric variety. Complete with a new electrically charged 2-crew vessel, integrated voice chat, and more. Read on to find out what's in store!
Content
New Vessel: The Perle! - This compact little fella puts everything you need in between one big ladder and a whole lotta power, making it perfectly suited for bite-sized crews. It may be small, but what it lacks in speed and armor it makes up for in electric boogaloo. The Perle comes equipped with upgraded shields and a harder-hitting EMP, making this a safe option for first-timers.
Native Voice Chat! - Shout at your crew like never before with our newly integrated native voice chat! At the press of a button (V by default) you too can bark orders or tell sea shanties and whales of tales to your fellow sea dogs. For those who prefer peace and quiet, you can also mute those sailor mouths with the use of the Player Info Window (Tab by default)
Fuel! - Introducing a new resource into the Deeper world - Fuel! The formerly electric vessels are now hybrids, with Fuel allowing you to cruise at your higher Engine speeds and powering your powerful EMP shots. Spend fuel wisely, though - if you run out you'll be operating on pure electric power, capping your max get-away speed, and EMP's will no longer be operable.
Have no fear however, for you will be able to refill your tank and even upgrade its capacity with Fuel Canisters and Upgrades you can find in caves!
A New Foe: The Purussaurus! - The Prehistoric biome just got a lot toothier with this new ancient Crocodile entering its turf. This snappy fella is hungry for adventurer meat, and he'll bust straight through metal to fetch his meal...
New Aquatic Life! - A wide variety of new fish species have appeared in The Living Infinite's various biomes. They don't bite, but they sure do make the place look nicer. Note: Please do not tap on glass.
New Special Cave Drop: The Battery! - This strange-looking electric capsule doesn't behave like most Vessel Upgrades you're used to - this fella needs to be picked up and plugged into a Power Console! Once plugged in, The Battery will constantly provide an external source of power to the console it's attached to, until it runs out of juice! Free up your energy costs and plug in a battery!
Note: bring a friend to watch your back when you are hauling a battery; these fellas are heavy and will take both your arms to lift!
Bug Fixes
-Fixed a bug where the host player could only use machine gun functionality by holding space bar rather than tapping it
-Spamming 'E' to load torpedoes or put them back in the dispenser should no longer overload them when the connection to the host has high latency
-The "relative to my score" switch on the leaderboard should no longer stay stuck
-Cave enemy ragdolls' scale is now set based on the exact size of the enemy before death
-Fixed a bug causing caves not to spawn in the first layer
-Fixed a bug in music syncing which was causing networking backups and disconnects
-Fixed a bug in miniboss setup code which was causing networking backups and disconnects
-Blobfish should be able to vomit again (and yes, this was also causing networking backups and disconnects)
-Wrote a workaround for a rare Unity bug which appears to have come up when using Chinese characters in text
-Overhauled the backend for the brig to help resolve the problems where players could see outside it, get stuck in it, or teleport around relative to it. Permanent disarming after being brigged while holding a torpedo is still a known issue.
-Fixed a bug causing permanent curtains in the online menu for players trying to join
Balance
-The EMP now does damage less frequently, and deals damage fewer total times before being destroyed
-The torpedo, like the battery, now takes both arms to load, disarming any player holding one until it is loaded or set back int he dispenser
-The EMP now uses a small amount of fuel and cannot be fired without enough fuel available
-Each biome is now guaranteed to have at least one cave and at most three caves.
Other
-New tumbleweed sounds
-New sea monkey sounds
-New blobfish sounds
-New volcanic turtle sounds
Community Highlights
::: Player of the Month :::
July's Player of the Month is... Behemoth270!
Behemoth270 is one of our most active and constructive forum posters, constantly leaving well-thought-out and interesting feedback, while maintaining and understanding that as a small team, we won't always have time or won't always agree to implement many of the suggested posts as-written. But, with the help of Behemoth270's brainstorming threads (along with those who participated, honorable mentions to Banisher, ADcrafter, PigeonMan and JJXDoge) we were able to get closer to what we felt was the best form of implementation for one of our newest mechanics (Fuel).
Their feedback aside, Behemoth270 has also put a great deal of effort into welcoming and helping teach many of our new community members, even going so far as to write an extensive Tutorial and Strategy Guide for the Official Wiki! Behemoth270 has also shown an effort to be kind and diplomatic in his interactions with other community members, helping keep the WNTGD community a friendly place.
As usual, our Player of the Month Behemoth270 will be sent 4 copies of WNTGD as a reward for their efforts.
::: Community Content Highlight :::
This month we also want to take some time to highlight a few of the community's creations, namely ones that have made us laugh or ones that simply deserve to be seen more.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=970317384
This first one is a speed-running video by Freemankiller, which is edited in a hilariously tongue-in-cheek fashion, documenting their crew's exploits to "piss off the devs" by speed-running the game with two people in The Requin. The video is surprisingly well-done, and is full of some pretty amusing moments between the comedy montage-style editing. Hats off to you guys and your crazy feats!
http://steamcommunity.com/app/307110/discussions/0/1290691937731945311/
This second highlight is some long-form fan fiction by ADcrafter detailing the descent into madness of a certain doomed expedition crew on their journey into The Living Infinite. It's incredibly well-written and is worth a read if you've ever wanted a fairly in-depth look into what an average Deeper crew is going through as you plunge your little characters into the dark abyss.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=927415415
Finally, this fantastic screenshot/caption combo by Gringo Grifter perfectly encapsulates that moment where you realize you haven't been keeping up on barnacle scrubbing in the Infected Depths.
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Thanks as always for your ongoing feedback and support, everyone! Let us know what you think of the update as always - so we can continue to improve the game. Happy diving!