Hi everyone!
We've been working on the build of Flashing Lights today, but unfortunately due to some technical issues we have had to delay the closed alpha by one day.
Part of the process for Early Access is asking players to help locate some bugs and report them to us. Below are just few of the issues that we've been addressing over the past couple of days:
- Players were able to enter the passenger seats of other players vehicles, but were unable to escape!
- Parking a vehicle in a position where another online players vehicle will spawn would lead to a mesmerizing vehicular balancing act!
- Richard Anderson was wanted by the police department for reckless driving, Every pedestrian spawned however had the name Richard Anderson!
- While attending an accident, a driver was trapped inside the car. The Fire Department stood outside with jaws of Life Equipped, but unable to understand how to free this poor man from his vehicular prison.
- Fireman obtained the powers of levitation and something needed to be done before he could use this for evil.
-When a police officer leaves the vehicle, they jump in excitement (This has been reduced but not fixed 100%).
-After using the jaws of life to free a trapped driver, the vehicle will be upset and begin to generate its own gravitational pull, causing the player to be pulled back to the car.
- Once successfully stopping a reckless driver, there was a chance that the driver would then obtain the powers of teleportation and vanish. No idea while he was driving so fast, he could have just teleported...
- When right clicking, the camera would zoom into the foot of the player... Don't ask why.
- If a player is sitting in another players vehicle while they change roles, the vehicle will despawn and it will appear that they will be flying Wonder Woman's invisible plane.
Below are a few in screenshot form
The T Pose Policeman watches you while selecting a new job role. He needs more officers
The Ambulance blocks the spawn location for the fire truck. Fireman is unable to reach the doors
Police Officer sitting in the passenger side of Wonder Women's invisible jet
The fire hose has unlimited reach and can be used to create works of art!
When a fireman entered a fire truck, he would spawn a police officer in the drivers seat. The police officer would be sitting in a ridiculous position and the player will be able to control both the truck AND the on foot fireman at the same time... Just straight up odd!
Of course, some bugs are hilarious, others are frustrating. Some of these were progress stopping which meant that players would be unable to continue playing. If you are accepted into the closed alpha, prepare for the good, the bad and the odd. Any reports would greatly help us in fixing issues and improving the game.
We'll be sending out an email tomorrow with steam codes. Some of the bugs above are fixed, others may still be present. But of course, it's important to share these details. We will be releasing in Early Access, which means that the game will not be complete and will most certainly contain a bunch of bugs too. This is the nature of the beast and any help from the community this early on is very useful!
I hope you can understand the small delay and we are looking forward to seeing some of you try out the game for the first time.