15 changes in this update
The Festering - Withdrawals
Released
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PSX Styled Fast-Paced Shooter.
Changes
What's changed in The Festering - Withdrawals with each update.
Added
3 changes-
2 Hints Added.
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Decal Pooling.
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Particle Pooling.
Improved
7 changes-
Optimisations across the board (Particles, Enemies, Levels etc.).
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Some Objects no longer wiggle.
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Retro Shader further cleaned up and simplified.
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Blood Decal Improvement.
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Gun Decal Improvement.
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Particles Re-thought out and optimised.
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Enemies unable to open the door to you.
Fixed
1 change-
Door could slam in your face and kill you. Not anymore.
Known Issues
4 changes-
V-Sync issues at 60hz for some players. (TURN VSYNC OFF)
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Stutters in the beginning of the level (Ignored).
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Lighting probe not updating light bounces in the beginning of the level for a brief second (Ignored).
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Just in case people look here - Ammo, Weapon and Drug Highlighting (NOT BEING ADDED, BY DESIGN)
Added
4 changes-
"Connecting..." during results screen.
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Brightness option in In-Game options.
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UI element next to game logo in main menu to display future patches or to address reviews.
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Enemy Footsteps
Improved
4 changes-
Improve interpolation/smoothing across systems to help reduce low-framerate jittering hopefully.
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Reduced Shader file sizes.
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Refactored Void Shader.
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Loading Screen Transitions
Known Issues
1 change-
V-Sync issues at 60hz for some players. (TURN VSYNC OFF)
Improved
1 change-
Exhausted Text and SFX added to the Recovery Phase of Stamina.
Added
1 change-
Difficulty Adjustments (Floor 1 up to 3, be easier than default)
Improved
5 changes-
Crouch height adjusted so its not so low.
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Crouch speed increased.
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More and Slightly Less Enemy Spawns Overall.
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Changed Ammo Spawning System, should force players to use different weapons more often to save ammo.
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Rifle spawns on an earlier level, same with ammo. (Still rare though).
Fixed
1 change-
Flashlight battery colour bug fixed.
Removed
1 change-
Jump Stamina Usage.
Added
13 changes-
10 New Drugs.
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3 New Ranged Weapons
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Revisited Hotbar System (Melee Slot, Pistol Ammo Slot, Shotgun Ammo Slot and Rifle Ammo Slot.)
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3 New Enemy Variants.
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8 More Rooms.
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2 Achievements (One hidden-ish).
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Added Drugs SFX.
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Unique SMG SFX.
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Unique Sawed-Off Shotgun SFX.
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Unique Tikka T3 SFX.
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Restart Button in the Pause Menu for Mid-Runs.
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Piercing Rounds (Up to 3 enemies, only for the Tikka T3).
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An extra tutorial hint to pop up when you pick up a weapon matching slots.
Improved
6 changes-
You can now swap weapons mid reload. Previously you'd get stuck until the reload is finished so people panic and can't swap. You can now swap:)
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Rebalanced Scoring across all Ranged Weapons.
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Rebalancing across most Drugs.
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Melee should reward way more points than before.
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Melee Range is a tiny bit longer across all Melee.
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Breathing should be louder.
Fixed
6 changes-
Results Screen error if you try again or main menu too quickly.
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Enemies should face the correct way.
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Enemies should not open a door to the next spine unless the player has already opened said door.
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Enemies using melee should not hit through walls anymore.
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Bullets should go where you are shooting +spread/inaccuracy calculations after, all before recoil.
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Probe Light Fixes for when room goes pitch black (Door should no longer glow in the dark basically).
Known Issues
1 change-
Switching weapon mid reload can make the shells eject cosmetically (Doesn't make you lose ammo its just a quirky thing I suppose)
Improved
11 changes-
Decreased All Melee Stamina Usage
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Decreased All Melee Charge Stamina Usage
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Increased All Melee Durability +1
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Increased All Melee Damage
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Heroin - Increased Headshot Heal Percentage
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Heroin - Decreased Negative Luck Value
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Needles - Decreased Negative Flinch Resist Value
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Needles - Decreased Negative Luck Value
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Pill Bottle - Increased Max Health Percentage
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Shroom Baggy - Increased Positive Luck Value
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Shroom Baggy - Decreased Negative Damage Resist
Fixed
7 changes-
Achievements (If you achieved the required stat, it should auto give you them on start)
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Stat logging
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Achievement Panel Switched to Server-Sided
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End of Normal Run Black Screen (Instead shows results screen, and provides an error if servers are down)
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Viewmodel bug when shooting next to a wall
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Hotbar locking when shooting/reloading then swapping to an empty slot
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Health Regen stat getting stuck at 0.0/s
Removed
1 change-
Most Console Logs
Known Issues
3 changes-
Lighting bug in main menu with dithering
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Ammo pick up inconsistency
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Enemies facing the wrong direction and not caring about you :'(
Added
11 changes-
Drug System (20 Drugs).
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2 One-Handed Melee, 2 Two-Handed Melee and 2 Ranged Weapons.
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Music System. All music done by Hillkill!
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The Void consuming the world to force you through levels.
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Semi-Level Generation w/ room prefabs.
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Multiple Enemy Types i.e: Shotgun, Pistol, Two Handed Melee, One Handed Melee.
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Basic Tutorial.
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Scoring.
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Leaderboards for Normal Runs (Death and Wins) and then Endless mode.
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Up to 25 achievements as of now, that can all be viewed in the main menu.
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Everything is using a custom shader, so the void and other effects can all work together.