This post details a new release from the unstable "preview" branch of Panoptic, which contains work-in-progress features. If you wish to experience these builds, see the instructions at the end of this post.
Hey all!
As promised, we have been continuing to implement new options in Panoptic, and we feel that now is a good time to release another of our preview builds to let you experience some of them!
While the changes list for this update will be relatively short, the few items on it cover quite a lot of changes!
Also, you might notice the date for this update does not correspond to the date of this post. Why? Because we were testing the build at the 1UP Expo in Kortrijk, Belgium, this whole weekend. Mystery solved!
So without further ado, here are the changes you can find in this version:
New features
- Graphics : We introduced a new option to let you set the Quality Level of the game's graphics. Our current plans are to let you tweak that further, but for now, "High" represents the game's default look, and you can decrease the quality to "Medium" or "Low", losing some texture resolution and shadows, but gaining precious frames per second!
- UI : You can now choose the game's language! This is a big one, and for now, only supports Dutch and French in addition to English. And while we know a lot of people will be excited at the prospect of getting the game in their language, we plan to first work with the current set of languages for now, and establish further plans down the line. Indeed, the game is still evolving, as is the text in it, and we do not have the resources to properly maintain and test more languages quite right now.
- UI : The "Press Action" prompt for the Challenger now displays the actual key or button the player needs to press in order to interact.
Bugs Fixed
- Gameplay : The setting for "Overseer recharge time" (found in the options section of the title screen) was ignored in-game, but now works again as intended! With it, you can make the Overseer able to shoot faster or slower to help or hinder them!
- UI : The "Menu opacity" setting was not doing anything in the title screen PC Options menu, that has been fixed.
Until next time, have fun playing!
-Team Panoptes
HOW TO GET THE PREVIEW BUILDS:
Warning : the preview builds contain some features that are deemed not ready for wider release yet, and are intended to gather feedback on new additions and validate bugfixes. Some things may not work as intended, so try at your own risk.
- In your steam library, right-click on the entry for Panoptic.
- Select "Properties".
- In the window that opens, open the "BETAS" tab.
- In the dropdown, select "preview".
- Let the game update, and that's it!
Follow the same steps, but select "default - Opt out of all betas" at the end if you want to revert to the stable builds.