The Withering - Transition from Early Access to Full Release
Hello everybody! As we announced in our previous update, we were working on stabilizing the build and preparing for a transition to a Full Release state.
Full Release State
The Withering is now officially in Full Release state!
With this transition we are planning to expand our community by taking advantage of all the features that Steam platform offers. We are looking forward to invite new active players that will contribute to the community.
Now that the game is in Full Release, does it mean the development will stop?
No! The development will continue as planned, with additional content being released in two upcoming updates, according to the schedule.
The first update that will introduce the new game mechanic where players will encounter survivor hideout during their Scavenging missions in the City. The new mechanic will allow players to either intimidate the survivors and attempt to extort them for loot, or gain their trust and attain a favor for future use in the Camp Management gameplay phase.
The update is scheduled for next week.
New Content
With this update we are introducing the new Steam platform content. Player will now be able to take advantage of our brand new Trading Cards system that becomes active immediately after this release!
Additionally, the new Steam Achievements system is also becoming active with this update. The brand new 20 Achievements for players to unlock are activated immediately with this release.
Patch Notes
Expansions:
* Infected AI system has been expanded to support the new mechanics
* Enemy AI system has been expanded to support the new mechanics
* Player controller has been reworked to support the additions of new content
Technical:
* Steamworks API implemented and configured
* AI control systems stabilized
* Player control systems stabilized
* Inventory systems updated
* Loading times decreased
* Dynamic scene loading optimized for Exploration map
* Physics processing optimized for Exploration map to increase performance
* Overall performance optimization throughout various game mechanics
Feedback
Please leave your thoughts, feedback and ideas in the following thread:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/427950/discussions/0/2741975115076574273/
Please feel free to ask questions in that thread as well.
Thank you!