Hey Pizza Masters!
We're excited to announce the changes leading to the next Steam Update.
Small changes:
- Rewriting various shaders for the Universal Render Pipeline, such as the outline shader, and particle effects
- Restoring some post processing effects
- Remaking the outside environment of the levels to be better optimized
- Rewriting the various manager scripts
Zombie Mode:
The biggest and most exciting thing we've been working on is the Zombie Mode.
It's October, nearing the spooky date, and there has similarly been a spooky twist in the Pizza Master world.
In this new game mode, the customers have gone rabid throughout the lockdown as they are desperate for pizza.
They've started exhibiting zombie-like behavior and appearance, and if you don't offer them your pizza in time, they will not differ between eating pizza or chef.
The Pizza Master is making his last stand at a abandoned metro station, where he thought he'd be safe, but that is far from the truth.
Metro Design:
Hungry customers will emerge from the escalators, corridors and corners so you have to watch out.
The train will even arrive to drop off customers periodically, as the customers are so desperate to eat pizza they'd travel by train.
WIP zombie model:
Here is a quick look of the work-in-progress zombie model. This will be one of four different zombies types, more details next week!
Kitchen Redesign:
The Pizza Master has redesigned his kitchen to be more portable and suitable for the insatiable customers. For example, the microwave is an addition to your toolbelt, where you can cook cakes to slow down the customer onslaught.
These environments are not final, and we'd love to hear your feedback on them. Our plan is to add train station signs, posters and lights to bring the place to life.
We plan to release this new update on - you guessed it, October 31st.
Next week we'll upload some gameplay videos and have a deeper look at the different types of "zombie" customers. We'll also share more details about the game mode, and continue working on fixes and refinement. Keep an eye out for our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as well, for more development info. Also please check out our new company website as well.
See you in the next post!
Kind Regards,
Pizza Master VR Team