A new version of the demo has been released! The main news is that the investigation system is making a comeback along with some smaller features and improvements.
Investigation System Comeback
The biggest feature of this release is the comeback of the investigation system. If you’ve been with us for a while you might remember that we used to have this system before the 1.4 update. However, due to technical limitations, we had to deprecate the system for the 1.4 release. In this update, we completely reworked the system from scratch with our new UI design in mind. The UI now supports localization as well and you will get a small cinematic after you close the case. We’ve talked more in detail about our investigation system in our previous post.
Here’s a gameplay video of the first investigation. There are currently 2 investigations in the level.
Gameplay Feedback
We also added a small feature – interaction feedback sound. Whatever you do as a player – picking up a battery, magazine, document, audiologue, or a clue to a puzzle – you will hear a feedback sound when you perform this action.
New Visual Changes
We also made smaller changes to the visual side as well. Along with the two new environments created for the investigation, we also added two smaller changes. We added animated fog to the furnace room. The fog now acts more naturally and looks more like dust than it should represent. The other small change is the new color grading for the laboratory area. In the theater, we wanted to create a more nostalgic feeling of a place that was once great. But for the laboratory area, we wanted to create something that would feel more sterile and out of the normal world. The original color grading is still being used in the theater part of the level.
You can see the difference between the theater (right) and laboratory (left) color grading here:
We hope you will enjoy the new update and as always let us know what you think on our Discord server. We would love to talk to you and we love reading your feedback and potentially implementing it into the game!
Changelog:
Features:
- Investigation System
- Dynamic Music for Investigation
- Interaction Sound Clue
- New Environments
- New Color Grading for the Lab Area
- Animated Fog in the Furnace Area
Bug Fixes:
- None