- Increased Maximum HP for Harley, Colin, and Jules. - Increased Score gained from getting hurt by many damage sources. - Added XP gain when player takes damage. - Increased size of Cowmageddon cow hitbox. It's extremely tall and very wide now. - Reduced coins dropped from all coin spills. - Increased XP gained from yellow coins. - Removed Credits scene. Beating the game now takes you to the in…
Hey y'all! This one's another minor update that optimizes the game further, bringing the file size of the game down to 264 mb! Even the prototype school build file size wasn't this low! There's also a bunch of gameplay changes that spruce up the difficulty and chaos of the story levels! Cowboy allies are more prominent, and enemies in most levels are more dangerous. If you're a coin collector y…
Hello y'all! This is The Wild Outback version 1.0.8. This is a small update that optimizes the game even further and makes it load even faster! Now the game has a more emphasized retro 3D style! · Medium graphics setting removed. · A lot of textures and sounds have been compressed and quality levels reduced. · The game loads levels much faster all across the board. · Total file size of the game…
- Updated Reset Progress window to display bigger and easier to read text. - Updated credits in the title screen to display bigger and easier to read text. - Reimplemented Intro 2 scene. After proceeding the very first screen upon launching the game, the intro cutscene will play, and is skippable. - There is a secret menu in the game that displays a list of cheat codes. Keep in mind, typing che…
This is a minor update aimed to GREATLY improve the overall game stability and performance. Seriously, this is the smoothest the game has ever run. Enjoy the experience! Optimizations: - Optimized and simplified game graphics for increased performance and visual consistency. - All projectiles and collectibles no longer cast/receive shadows for visual clarity and increased performance. - Optimiz…
This is a medium-sized gameplay update that aims to balance the difficulty of the game overall. The beginning of any level can be a little cumbersome more often than not, but these changes will help speed up gameplay progression. This update will help you get higher scores and it will make the experience consistently more fun! If you don't already know, this game now has 25 achievements! There…
Greetings! Hope you've been having a nice 2026! Steam achievements have officially been added to The Wild Outback! More achievements will be added in the future!
The Wild Outback v1.0.6.2 is now live! This is a minor update that makes the game less frustrating to play through. It also adds some quality of life improvements. Player Changes: - Added XP Bar with levels. - Added UI showing which weapon is currently in use, with clickable buttons. - Healing from Health pickups doubled. - Scaled down Player projectile and enemy health point numbers for consis…
Hello and Happy New Year! Here’s a small update that fixes a few oversights and increases the quality of the game experience. - All levels now have a quit to title button in the losing screen. - Changed the losing screen's big red text. - Lessened the intensity of rotating texts in the Title and Level Selection screen. - Lowered the frequency of random spooky sounds. - Mission titles no longer…
LONG STORY SHORT This game started as a high school project in the Spring of 2018, with a team of three people. Later down the line, it would be worked on solo. In late 2024, a lot of polishing was done for the project to create the best possible experience. This final product has no intention of earning profit. The purpose of creating this game was to have fun with it, and to attempt at recrea…
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