Hey everyone, sorry for the late update.
We really thought this would get through faster... but we also didn't think to get this much done.
I want to throw out a little changelog on what will change with the upcoming v0.7 and am asking those, who are waiting for performance or bug fixes to just wait a liiitle longer :)
Okay, here we go:
Changes from 0.6.5 to 0.7
- Added Voice acting for mom's notes
- Added Voice acting for Finn
- Improved the overall ambience
- Added the option to disable Voice Acting
- Added Mumbling
- Added a journal which shows which notes are found and all of them can be read again
- Added a few more visual atmospheric effects
- Changed the font and UI of the letters
- Changed the pause menu UI
- Added the option to lower texture size while playing
- Removed the function to change Anisotropical Filtering as it was useless.
- Using Mipmaps for better looks over distance.
- Improved SSR and SSAO performance
- Redesigned a couple of rooms in the basement
- heavy performance boost for high end pc's (up to 5x as many fps in some areas)
- heavy performance boost for low end pc's
- Improved loading times by quite a bit
- Fixed a bug that would constantly lower the fps into the abyss
- Gave the pause menu a new design
- Low end graphics cards now also support shadows
- Fixed a bug that would make progress from the tutorial on impossible
- Lowered the overall mouse sensitivity
- Minor changes regarding the flashlight and shadows
I'm pretty sure that I forgot a few things...
But yeah, a few things changed and we just need a few more days to complete implementing the voice acting and making sure it works properly (which it mostly does, just not everything's in and configured yet)
Here are a few screenshots of the changes:
(No more long term FPS drops. This is the worst amount of FPS I could find)
(New Fonts and UI for notes)
(Boiler room redesigned with a tilewall and properly looking boiler)
(Pause Menu - still not as good as it should be, but we're getting there)
(Journal - showing which notes have been found and which haven't)
These will be the last big updates for EP1 before we start working on EP2, as our EP1 deadline is reaching its end.
We will continue to fix bugs and improve it slightly here and there, but after v0.7, our focus will be on bringing you episode 2.
Thank you for reading.
Regards,
thiefbug