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New Menu & Twitch Chat

We're working on a massive update, but wanted to get some of the improvements out to you now. Here's what's new in version 0.2.0:

New Interface

We've redesigned the interface to make it easier to get into the action.

  • Launch Free Play directly from the Main Menu
  • Quick Continue option for the campaign
  • New Mission Complete screen
  • New Options Menu - Adds additional features

New Campaign Level - Titan

We've added a new campaign level featuring the all-new Titan Mech. This beast will take all your skill to bring down and it's brought along a few friends.

Demo Mode - Ouroboros

Demo mode can be launched from the Main Menu using the Ouroboros button or use a hotkey pressing 4. We've made some improvements to it with additional enemies and better camera follow.

Explore Mode

Want to try out the weapons and explore the city without enemies? Then explore mode is for you. Press 0 to launch.

Launch Hot Keys

Showing it to your friends, use the new hot keys to jump them into the action.
Keys:
1 - Freeplay - Easy
2 - Freeplay - Medium
3 - Freeplay - Hard
4 - Demo/Ouroboros mode
0 - Explore Mode
f - Toggle Full Screen

New Social Features - Experimental

We've added Twitch chat integration. Simply enter your twitch channel name and you can see the chat messages in VR. We've added several location options.

We've also added an improved Cinematic Camera mode which is perfect for streaming. You can now see the camera in VR which allows you to gesture to it.

Massive Performance Improvements

We've made huge gains across the board.

New Indoor Spaces

As a preview of future enhancements, we've added two more indoor spaces. We've also enhanced the existing spaces by making the glass breakable on the windows.

Numerous other improvements.

What's coming?

This release is a preview of what we have in the works.

  • Oculus SDK Build
  • Increasing the map size from 14 to 27 city blocks
  • Adding highway and elevated train areas
  • Adding underground areas - subways and sewers
  • Adding numerous more indoor spaces from apartments to shops to offices
  • A new inventory system which will allow you to purchase weapons and upgrades with experience
  • All new campaign and challenge missions
  • New enemies and allies
  • New weapons
  • New Player Items: Grenades, bots, bombs, devices
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More social features
  • And More!