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Changes in Elysium, balance, and polish. Update 0.8.74

17 Jan

After collecting some feedback on Elysium, I significantly reduced the annoying things and adjusted the levels for a comfortable passage.
Players had a hard time with the vines, so the most important paths are now mostly replaced with something simpler.
The location-based puzzle of Elysium 3 has also undergone some changes to make it more clear and comfortable to create a path to the objective.

As for the shooting balance: many players complained about the shooting itself at the beginning of the game. So I made the basic accuracy and speed of bullets without improvements much more pleasant, and the accuracy improvements were replaced with a new bullet feature that allows you to partially pass through plasma shields, which will favorably raise the value of rifles and pistols compared to the “almighty plasma”.

Meanwhile, the work on the new sector is still ongoing...
Detailed list of changes:

The basic firing rate of rifles has been slightly increased.
The “accuracy” improvement has been replaced with “chance to penetrate plasma shield” for the Pistol, Rifle, and Olympic Rifle.
All shooting parameters reconfigured, base bullet speed increased, base shooting accuracy increased, and “shooting accuracy” improvements are now merged with “bullet speed” improvement.
The “long-range bullet split” improvement for the Olympic Rifle now triggers earlier.
Elysium 1 - Simplified movement around the location.
Elysium 2 - Simplified movement around the location. Removed friendly stingray, added additional enemies in the temple, and added enemy stingrays that activate in some areas.
Elysium 1, 2 - added more respawn points so that when you fall, you don't lose the path you've traveled.
Elysium 3 - simplified control of location elements, control panels moved for better accessibility, removed their duplication.
The main lighting model is better adjusted, shadows should become less black, softer lighting of the environment.
On many levels the lighting is better adjusted, on the South Station level, the lighting has been completely changed, with a golden sunshine.
Island - the lighting of the day-night change is also better adjusted, and the fog of the location in good weather is reduced.
Slightly improved graphics on some levels.
Improved quality of the Volumetric Fog.
The detection range of turrets placed by the player has been reduced.
The “Esc” key now exits the hidden interface mode.
Fixed the problem when the sprint is pressed before the start of the run - it did not work.
The icon for changing the mode of the Olympic rifle has been raised above the reticle for better visibility.

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Update 0.8.73 (Balance and polish)

28 Dec, 2024

Summing up the year 2024 and the dynamics with which the project is being developed, I have to shorten the ending part of the game a bit so that it doesn't stretch on for another year.

Fixed a bug on the South Station level where the player did not start at the beginning of the level.
Changed the sound of the standard rifle firing. (The previous one always sounded not very good to me)
The first missions have been reordered. It will be easier for players to get used to the gameplay on a more linear location before being allowed to a larger space.
The effects of the energy pistol shot now sound like a plasma shot instead of a regular pistol.
The homing missiles of the Olympic Rifle, Defensive Missile Launchers, and Hoverbike are now accelerated in flight to make them a key element in the fight against strikers.
The range of the red target lock has been increased from 250 to 300.
Increased the standard zoom when aiming.
Minor corrections to the graphics at the level of “desert”, “island”

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Balance and polishing.

25 Dec, 2024

Some elements of the second level (bridge detonation) were changed.
The Bastion mission is now swapped with the South Station mission, I see that most players play the missions in the order they are presented on the map, and this mission is more spectacular and easier.
Improved interaction with ladders, and fixed some bugs in interaction with ladders.
Improved the effect of the SSAO and SSGI post-effect (not so dark).
At Elysium III level, the bonfire will not work as a respawn point (as an exception, due to the presence of moving platforms).
The Olympic rifle in harpy mode now fires hybrid bullets like a rifle by holding the button instead of pressing it.
The firing rhythm quest module now also affects the machine gun in Harpy mode.
Turret loot chance increased from 60% to 80%.
The loot indicator now flashes more frequently and more clearly.
Fixed some system errors.

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Update 0.8.72

19 Dec, 2024

The last level of Elysium was completed pretty quickly!
The next update will focus on the Island, as the next story mission will be directly related to it.
Also, the update includes some improvements to the cooperative mode. Not many people play in co-op so I'm glad to hear any feedback on it. For now, thanks to Krato for his feedback.

A new story level, and one new item of equipment.
TAA is better tuned, the picture is now crystal clear.
Enriched the background of Elysium on the first and second missions.
A tiny lens flare effect was added.
Fixed some bugs with enemy “cores”.
SSGI is working again. It broke down unnoticed when switching to Unity 6.
Fixed some issues with cubemap rendering when their color scheme did not match the scene.
Changes to some sounds to avoid noise.
Improved the layout of the main interface. Now everything is a little more compact, and better centered, and the text description of special actions when selecting them has been removed.
The minimum shadow quality setting now completely turns off the sun, which looks pretty good as if it were overcast.

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Update 0.8.71

9 Dec, 2024

The game is competing in two nominations at IndieCup[indiecup.net]!

I've already started working on the last mission of the Elysium sector, but I've noticed a few technical issues after switching to Unity 6 that should be fixed.

Minor fixes related to the recent switch to the new Unity.
The game window no longer minimizes when losing focus, especially important for dual-monitor systems.
New soundtrack in the last mission has been added.
Added a slight scattering effect in the fog.

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Update 0.8.70

3 Dec, 2024

This month I made the switch to Unity 6, which was a lot of work with a seemingly unnoticeable result. Somehow, magically, a game build on the new Unity is less than 3.5 GB instead of almost 13 GB(!).

Updated roadmap:

Change list:

New story level.
Fixed jitter in Aim Assist for gamepads, and introduced a setting for its strength.
Aim Assist also works for the mouse (but much weaker than for controllers)
The project has been migrated to the new Unity 6. We tested the builds intensively and a lot, everything looks stable.
2 new enemy units have been introduced on the new level.
The new enemy Striker has been added to the previous levels “South Station”, “Desert”, “Castle”, “Aircraft Factory”, “Great Gate”.
The previous mission on the Elysium has been extended with three sentences.
Some improvements to the graphics on the initial levels.
Improved physics response to FPS drops, time slowing and pausing should no longer have abnormal effects on physics.
Additional significant optimizations in memory, graphics, rendering and physics.
An additional dialog appears in the new headquarters after completing any mission on Elysium.

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Update 0.8.69

5 Nov, 2024

A small update before diving into the development of the continuation of the storyline in Elysium.

The first level has been extended with one more capsule that damages one of the houses.
Between the first and second level, the player now receives one of the special abilities (shields, invisibility or turret) for a better sense of progression and reward.
Fixed a problem with the display of steps on different surfaces.
Improved English voiceover of Marcus on the missions “Ancient Crater”, “Bastion” and “Abandoned Cliff”
Changed some project system settings that may affect performance.

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Update 0.8.68

22 Oct, 2024

The changes are focused on improving the first part of the game, especially in terms of dialogs. Very soon, I will return to the development of Elysium.

The initial dialog in the headquarters has been reworked.
The dialog with Albert at the beginning of the game has also been reworked to be more informative for new players.
Support agent dialogs have been replaced in the headquarters and on both missions where they help.
The look of support agents has been changed.
The light scout is now easier to defeat, its main HP and the HP of shields and additional side blocks have been reduced.
Improved English voice acting for Marcus on the South Station mission, and partially on the Bastion mission.
After respawning, the player will now have the same weapon as before, no need to select it again.
Fixed a problem with the blue square on the interface.
When heavily damaged, the image becomes monochrome for better health indication.
Reworked the effect of gamma settings to cover darkness and light better.
In the headquarters, a path to the engineering department has been added to simplify movement around the headquarters.
The special action buttons are now more noticeable, sometimes pulsating when charged.
Minor UI and graphics improvements.

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Update 0.8.67

16 Oct, 2024

Polishing, balance, and optimization.
I hope I didn't break anything after these changes, the game is also built on a newer version of Unity.

The basic and maximum duration of the dynamic shield, invisibility, and neurostimulator have been increased to make them more useful even at the lowest level.
Additional optimization of new steps on snow, on some levels their presence had a bad effect on performance.
Some fixes on the Elysium level to improve the experience.
Fixed the behavior of the bonfire (on some surfaces the bonfire was jumping)
Enemy weak spots are no longer immune to plasma or explosions, although they are resistant to this type of damage
A capsule generator has been added to the Cathedral level near the puzzle.
The Cathedral level now has additional loot at the beginning and end.
Island: window frames are now a little thinner, should look nicer, and more delicate.
Less background noise in the new headquarters.
Castle level: some of the wooden bridges on the walls are no longer completely destroyed, should reduce the number of players falling off the wall.

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Update 0.8.66

9 Oct, 2024

The update focuses on balancing the first missions and improving the graphics.

Improved the quality of footprints on snow, sand, mud, and other surfaces, added grass deformation from the character.
Ammo, grenades, arrows, and Olympic rifle ammo now pick up without an animation delay.
Gradual destruction of the stingray has been enhanced with partial hull destruction and effects.
The “Great Siege” level has been updated with covers on the main square for a more comfortable large-scale battle.
The output of statistics after a mission has been fixed in the new HQ.
The starting level “Cellular Grid” has been updated with loot at the end of a level to compensate lack of ammunition that new players experience.
The starting level “Old City” has been updated with loot (ammunition, and grenades at the beginning for the player to try how they work)
The starting level “Old City” final Stingray now has rocket launchers.
On the level “South Station” new enemies have been added at the end of the level.
Additional optimization has been done on the “Ancient Crater” level, one of the stingrays has been equipped with rocket launchers.
Fixed problems with shadows from the red beams of the observation towers on the “Warfield” level.
The Visual Size of Hexa increased by 25% to allow you to see his condition in battle better +look more threatening.
The weapon's position in the character's hands has been better adjusted.
Additional optimization of the initial levels.
Fixes to the portal direction indicator while the portal is disabled.
Minor physics fixes and graphics improvements on various levels.

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