The Final Days v0.22 update is here and, as you've probably guessed from the heading, it's mainly about changes to enemies. Here's a quick summary:
- Added new "Darter" type enemy which darts back and forth to try avoid being shot
- Added flanking behaviour for "Stalker" enemies. They'll now try to avoid your line of fire, and attack you from the side.
- Added special attacks for the large enemies. Each enemy type has a different special (e.g. charge attack).
- Added "tank" class enemies. They are basically a little bigger and a different colour to normal enemies with more HP and special attacks.
- Mini-boss HP is now affected by difficulty (Easy = 66.6%, Hard = 112.5%, Insane = 125%)
- "Bloater" enemies now have a slithering style movement
- Improved animations
And here's a few other unrelated changes which are also worth mentioning:
- To avoid spawning players in the middle of a horde during a wave, players will now be spawned at the spawn location furthest from any enemies. Secondary spawn locations have also been added and are used during a wave.
- Walls and Tank Traps are now much stronger and will last a bit longer against enemy attacks
- Damage done to barrels by gunfire is now consistent (e.g. to destroy from max HP: 3 shots from Standard, 1 shot from Power Shot)
- Several network performance improvements
There were also many other changes and fixes. For further details, you can view the full changelog on the forums.
While I did my best to playtest this new version as much as possible, there may still be some issues or things that need tweaking. In particular, the enemy difficulty may still need some balancing given that I've changed their behaviours quite a bit.
So if you do come across any issues or have any feedback, then please let me know. As usual, the best place to reach me is on the forums. For other ways of contacting me, check out the "Welcome to Final Days" forum post.
By the way, I was thinking that I may start organising some official multiplayer sessions. Would anyone be interested in that? If you are, then head over to this forum thread and leave a comment.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the update! Thanks for playing! :)
Cheers,
Mike