Hello Dignauts! 🚀
This update focuses on refining the core excavation loop, improving inventory usability, and fixing important flow-breaking bugs in the demo.
Several systems have been adjusted to better support longer play sessions and clearer player feedback.
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✨ NEW – Excavation & Interaction
Implemented physics behavior for loose objects to prevent floating during excavation, improving physicality and immersion
Added excavation particles to improve digging feedback
Improved terrain textures with subtle variations to better convey movement and depth
Implemented optional hold LMB to dig when using the shovel
Refined tool pickup and collection behavior
Valuable objects now require a dedicated interaction key to collect
If the inventory is full, valuable objects are neither collected nor destroyed
Minerals are still destroyed normally when inventory is full
✨ NEW – Inventory & Progress Tracking
Added a Discovered Items tab to the Resource Processing Terminal
Increased inventory capacity to better match tool collection output
Added images to inventory items
Adjusted Inventory and Processing UI (size, shapes, layout, and readability)
🔄 IMPROVED – Economy & Balance
Rebalanced game values specifically for the demo experience
Players can now make partial purchases of battery and health when low on credits
🐛 FIXED – Bugs & Flow Issues
Fixed battery and health being reset when continuing a game after entering the cave
Fixed inventory toggle displaying incorrectly when opened alongside terminals
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⚠️ Important
To use the new Inventory & Progress Tracking, please start a new game. Existing save files may not work correctly.
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This major update significantly improves clarity, pacing, and overall game feel, helping the demo communicate Dignaut’s core experience with greater confidence and cohesion.
A large portion of these changes and refinements came directly from player feedback.
Thank you for the continued feedback and support that help drive Dignaut forward.