Happy New Year, everybody! We're drawing ever closer to launch, and will be bringing you a trailer and release date in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we'll be continuing to grind out new content and fixes for Fossil Hunters. Keep on playing and keep that feedback coming. See ya next week!
Fossil Hunters Patch Notes
Beta Version 2018-01-05
Characters
- Each character has a small point light to help you in dark
- Added a visual effect to player respawn
- Updated offscreen indicators
Fossils
- Added exciting scoring visuals
- Triangular fossils now snap to Schematics properly
- Skeletons submitted for Quests now also reward cash
Collector
- New Collector quest dialog
- Revised quests
Music
- New Mushroom Ruins Music
- New Magma Chamber Music
- Removed music from Level Select
Quality Settings
- Good news for people with slow machines: Low Quality is now even lower - I mean faster!
- Good news for people with fast machines: High Quality is higher!
- Good news for everyone else: The game looks great at Medium.
Other
- Added a short Intro Cinematic on new game (more to come!)
- Hidden People + Shops have been combined, so you'll be able to buy items underground as well as in the lab.
Bugfixes & Minor Changes
- Picking up Objects
- Cash UI is more responsive
- Mushrooms should no longer float on pits
- Game shouldn't get stuck at 1024x768 anymore
- New Game / Continue messages now display properly
- Fixed player arm IK issues (crossed arms)
- Many Schematics adjusted for easier completion
- Many holes patched so players don't fall into them unexpectedly
- Barrels are now smaller and easier to move with