Greetings, SyndiK8 operatives!
The data we’ve been collecting from your ventures into Eden Corp have been invaluable. Thanks to your ongoing feedback and reports, we’ve been able to put together our first big update for your mission.
From new abilities for both Bishop and Saija to improved weapon mechanics to a much-requested light source for a certain mission--we’ve heard you! Here's what's just been implemented in Raw Data:
New Content / Functionality
- Bishop: New Hero Ability - Fusion Charged Shot. Players must steal the technology from Eden Corp and purchase it from the Hero selection screen.
- Saija: New Hero Ability - Telekinesis. Players must steal the technology from Eden Corp and purchase it from the Hero selection screen.
- Ninja Bot: New Enemy Ability - Stealth. Will allow him to sneak up on players more easily.
- Dark Source: Flashlight functionality has been added. Automatically activates at mission start on Bishop’s pistol and Saija’s Flash Blade.
- Added volume and mute controls for voice chat in the in-game options menu.
- Game Start sequences can now be skipped through with button input allowing players to get to the Showroom quicker. (Skip functionality is disabled for first-time game startup.)
Saija shows off her new illuminated Flash Blade on Dark Source.
Bishop lights up Dark Source with newly added flashlights and Fusion Charged Shot.
Go robo-bowling with Saija's new single-target Telekinesis ability.
Gameplay Improvements / Balance
- Dark Source mission difficulty has been slightly reduced.
- Data Core health has been slightly increased.
- Teleshift now maintains player embodiment during movement, allowing players to melee attack/slice through enemies while Teleshifting.
- A buffer zone around enemies has been added to help prevent Teleshifting too close.
- Teleshifting is now limited with a stamina system to improve game balance.
- Decreased pistol reloading distance and increased speed of reload animation. The reload animation can also now be interrupted by moving your hand away during the sequence.
- Improved crawler vomit VFX to increase player awareness. Also decreased the time before the Crawler vomits on the player.
- Updated VFX for Saija’s Flash Blade, including trails.
- Improved Flash Blade hit reactions by making them bigger and more responsive to help with player feedback.
- Improved pistol fire SFX.
- Improved Bulletstorm VFX.
- New fade-out material on view model of player avatar arms added.
- Revamped ability cooldown/energy indicator UI. Gravity Thrust and Shurikens have temporary energy meters that are only visible on hand when triggering ability. Special Ability button UI now also has cooldown meters integrated.
- Ability popup in the main menu now has information about controls and a link to the controls page.
- Main menu now displays current number of players online.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue that was preventing all open games from displaying in the multiplayer game search UI based on geographic proximity.
- Fix implemented to prevent accidental pistol and ammo clip swapping.
- Fixed an issue where the Crawler enemy was not always aligning properly to the front of the player.
Want to review the new abilities? Check out the latest Survios dev stream where we highlight some of the main features & fixes in Update v0.2. Follow Survios on Twitch to stay tuned for all dev streams!
And as always, we want to hear your ongoing thoughts on how we can better support your mission into Eden Corp! Join us on the Steam discussion forum and engage with developers and fellow SyndiK8 operatives, and be sure to use the official Feedback Form and Bug Reporting Form to submit anything you encounter.
Good luck--we look forward to reviewing your latest reports!
Bonus Gif! Timewarp + Fusion Charged Shot is a beautiful combo!
EDIT: Check out our Update v.0.2 Dev Stream!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=755141413