Last week’s big highlight was the release of Vitamin X power up and the instantly iconic ‘hose urine stream’.
What more do you want? We probably could have slapped a 1.0 version number on the build and called it a day and still have gotten a Game of The Year award due to this inclusion, but we don’t have anything better to do so I guess we’ll push on with some more updates.
As you guys might have noticed, the game is being improved in the ambient sound department. The outdoor areas play host to bird and insect noises, the Penitentiary has a set of both pre and post riot background noses, and we snuck a little gag into the beginning of the cinematic with Bellow. Sound improvements will be on going.
We also added the ability to change back to the classic POSTAL 2-style HUD, and in the future we'll be adding more options for users to customize their game. Currently, switching the HUD will crash the game if you try and change it from the main menu, guess we should have tested that first, eh? Booting the game back up though will see the HUD set correctly though. Or just change it mid-game where it’s not a problem. The fix for this will be a part of the next patch.
Behind the scenes we’ve been getting our new lead level designer settled in and he’s been giving us a few tisk tisks, and vows to start improving things, both visually and technically. First thing he’s been focusing on is replacing crappy placeholder art assets and reducing overall polycounts on objects that need it the most.
Finally, we’ve taken on a full time member who only has one job (at least for the foreseeable future) - optimization and streaming research. He’ll have the unenviable task of digging through any and all documentation, spamming various forums, contacting anyone that might have some advice, and getting in there and applying some good ol’ fashioned trial and error to find out what works best and what does not.
Saving is semi-implemented on our end now, and undergoing testing. The first update to include it will allow you to resume your game from the last used checkpoint and have all the previously completed errands remembered. We’ll keep improving the same system until we hopefully end up with full save states.
That’s all folks, see you in a few days for the next update!
Running With Scissors Team