Greetings, dungeon delvers!👋
We've got a MAJOR visual change for you today, along with a handful of quality of life changes that have been in the works for some time!
NEW Environment Assets
Our artist's been hard at work building new environmental assets to better fit the dungeon! New walls and variations for them were built and implemented, along with new variations for the floor tiles!
NEW Doors
We've given all the doors in the game a face lift as well!
A NEW Way To See Through Walls
Get a better view of the battlefield, while still being able to admire the walls!
RECOLORED Assets
All environment assets which weren't replaced had their texture color temperature adjusted, to better fit with the cool tones of our new walls and floors.
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After:
Keys AUTO-SUBMIT
Previously, in order to submit keys to the puzzle door, you needed to scroll through your inventory and select them one by one, pressing interact on the door with them each time. Now, all keys in your inventory will submit together if you approach the door and hit interact with ANY keys in your inventory!
NEW Sounds
Sound effects have been updated across the board! We now have sounds for:
Navigating the main menu
Doing roster operations
Navigating the inventory in-game
Equipping items in-game
Picking items in-game
Dropping items in-game
And this is just the start of the Sounds Pass. More sounds are coming in the next updates!
AUTO Equip
To help reduce interface friction for new and returning players alike, auto equip is in this build! If you scroll over a weapon now, it'll appear in your hand, ready to use! The same also occurs for shields, but only if you don't have one equipped already.
FULL Controller Support
On Steam Deck or in Steam Big Picture mode, you can now control the entire game with controller, including typing the invite code!
Outside of those two, you can do everything with a controller except typing the code.
Bug Fixes
Props no longer spawn outside the map
Molokhia can again cook poison pies
What's Next?
We've got some more sound effects in the works, including additional SFX for enemies and player actions! Additionally, we're making it so extracted items stay on your character instead of being dumped in the stash. And, we're giving item descriptions a proper UI!
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-- The Ballard Games Team