Hello, dear residents of Single Valley!
City management continues to work hard in an effort to better our town. This time they've made some quality-of-life improvements to Single Valley and addressed a lot of pressing issues!
Below is the full list of changes.
- ART & ANIMATIONS -
• The demo has been moved to the newer version on the Unity engine and now looks much prettier, with new reflections and various beautiful effects!
• Stunned and alerted animations added
- GAMEPLAY -
• Doors remain open unless you close them, zombies can enter if you don't close them and you were previously being chased
• Chipmunks, frogs and armadillos added (cool, isn't it?)
• Mouse controls added for throwing and cycling through important inventory items:
- Mouse left click on screen: shoot in any direction,
- Roll mouse wheel: quick select ammo
- Click down mouse wheel: quick select utility (sling shot etc.)
- Mouse right click: drop an item
• Stun animations added to most NPCs
• Large animals like gorilla cannot be stunned and a dull sound on the blue impact circle indicates this
• Rhino has a new short-range attack
• Zoo level exits made more obvious
• Interact shine added to all zoo cage switches
• Sped up load times between levels
• Changed iris wipe between levels to a more subtle fade in/out
• Mouse click support added for all UI and in-game menus
• Most NPCs will now investigate sounds if you throw an item and the NPC has not seen you yet
- BUG FIXES / IMPROVEMENTS -
• Main hero Jack dragging equipment layers bug fixed
• Numerous controller mapping fixes
• Language selection getting stuck bug fixed
• The cassette player buttons are now more responsive
• Collectibles not showing up in the inventory until the second time you open it fixed
• Two emissive sections of sprites fixed
- UI -
• Animated icons are now shown whenever you pick up an item
• UI for ammo in center middle of the screen, with equipment and foot UI to either side
• Tips for push and drag now appear on screen just below the main hero
• Trash can lids appear on the top left of screen - like HP in a traditional retro game
• Controls overview added for mouse controls
• Custom mouse pointer and throw icon added
• Text and controls tips images now align correctly
• An icon added to show the order of the inventory pages
• The dedicated equipment inventory page added
• Mapping inputs were given more descriptive names
• Version number added to title screen to easily identify builds
- SOUND -
• Church bells, ambient & reverb sounds were added to the Graveyard
• New rhino sounds added
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Thank you to all the people visiting our cosy town — and especially those who are kind enough to help us improve Single Valley!