ALTEREDBLOOD+ [v0.1.7 DEMO] Changelog

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AB+ v0.1.7 [DEMO]
HOME (Hub world)

• "HOME" added and is accessible after completing E1M2

• "HOME" is a Hub world which grants access to:

• Continue Story (Yellow totem); Mission Select (Blue Totem); Survival mode (Red Totem)

• "Difficulty options" can be accessed in Survival mode and Mission select.

New game mode: "Survival Mode"

• "Survival Mode" added, First arena is now available to play and can be accessed from HOME

• "Survival Mode" is a wave survival game mode

Mechanical Updates

• Wall jumps can now be done on surfing-angled surfaces

• Fire no longer damages you

• Fire no longer extinguishes with dash, stomp, or healing

• Added enhanced directional control for air-jump, allowing you to change directions with air-jump (while at low speeds)

Knife

• The knife now has reduced cooldown if nothing at all was hit

• Every successful kill, reflect and damage dealt by the knife will refund chunks of knife cooldown

• Wave-slash now gives players a small speed boost on top of knife speed

Rifle

• The rifle is now fully automatic

• Killing enemies with the awakened rifle now drops a knife recharge pickup

General Balance Changes

• Ammo capacity generally reduced for both available weapons

• Enemy health generally adjusted

Changes to Blood, Healing and Ammunition

• "SAP" is now referred to as "BLOOD"

• Reaper can now soak up blood by sliding over it or crouching over it

  • Soaking up blood restores health and ammunition

• Reaper can now pass through specific terrain (i.e. Grates) by doing any of the following while Altered:

  • Dash

  • Double Jump

  • Wall Jump

  • Stomp

  • Crouch

• A "shower" has been added. Standing in the shower quickly refills health and ammo.

• Ammo pickups removed

Cutscenes

• Update to the Opening Sequence cutscene that plays before the Main Menu, with adjustments to be more readable and some aesthetic improvements

• Cutscene added to the start of E1M1 and Home

• Cutscenes can now be skipped if they've been viewed at least once (per save file)

• Mother now speaks to you

UI

• General wording update: "Blood-touched"/"Sap-touched"/"Awakened" -> "Altered"

• Major improvements to readability of Menus

• Added Blood-Touch Gauge to crosshair

• Reduced visual clutter of blood on HUD

• Added some new options in settings, reordered options to show more important settings higher on the list.

• Updated credits

• Improved visual for score screen

• Improved menu layouts

• The Mission Configuration menu now defaults to pre-selecting all weapons that the player has previously unlocked

  • The Select All keyprompt and button should now correctly toggle between Selected and Not Selected states

• Exit Mission is now available in the Pause Menu

• Tutorials updated and adjusted in accordance with above mechanical, blood mechanics and wording changes

• There is now a confirmation window when you attempt to reset all settings in a page to their defaults

• Language Setting added to Settings menu (but features no other languages other than English for now!)

Purge the infestation

• "Human Eggs" added

  • Destroy these Egg to splatter blood in that area

    • Destruction of Eggs will reward points (eventually)

Changes to Weapons

Awakened Rifle now generates a Knife Pickup if an enemy that has been damaged by it is killed (within a duration) minor tweaks to projectile properties

Changes to Levels

• Additional visual polish to E1M1 and E1M2

• E1M1 reworked with tutorialization for new mechanics

• The Prospector makes an appearance.

Enemy Changes

• Updated visuals for all enemies

• General improvements to enemy AI, especially to their movement and attack logic

• Fly now looks for line of sight to the player before attempting to shoot at them

  • If they do not have line of sight, they will now try to find the player instead of shooting

• Improvements to enemy readability

• General balancing improvements to enemy health and attacks

• Color of enemy attacks that cannot be deflected have their colors changed so they are distinct from the ones that can be deflected

General Quality of Life

• Added option to disable auto-swapping when running out of ammo for held weapon

• Option for auto-swapping will no longer default to knife when all weapons are out of ammo

• Improved viewmodel physicality, viewmodels will now adjust when looking up & down to aid with gameplay visibility

• New HUD Setting in gameplay - Full, minimal, and off

• HUD Elements now fade out while they're not in use

• New and improved LEGS

Sound and Music

• Changes to BGM for all levels, Home and Main Menu

• Updated sounds for rifle and shotgun to better match visuals and to make them sound more distinct between Altered and Regular states

• Updated sounds for Fly and Guzzle to better indicate that the danger that they represent

• The bounce pad now properly has sounds

• Added sounds to wall jump and air-jump

• Enemy Projectile reflect sound changed

Bugfixes

• Fixes to some enemy navigational issues in some parts of the levels

• Music track should now correctly lower its volume after the Reaper respawns

• Enemies should no longer leave behind gibs when the player respawns

• Fixed an issue that was causing people to get stuck in the results screen when they die in Survival Mode

• The Altered Shotgun's fire should now correctly apply Burn on both player and any enemies when the napalm is first generated

  • It should also no longer deal damage to the player on first spawn

• Fixed a minor UI bug on the pause menu where certain elements weren't getting animated when the pause menu is opened

• Fixes to some enemy navigational issues on all maps

• Cleared some holes where players can get out of bounds on Home, E1M1 and E1M2

• Sound effects now no longer play while the game is paused

• Players can no longer make any inputs while loading into a level

• Weapon VFX should no longer remain on the weapon if the player swaps weapons just as they become Altered

• Fixed an issue that was causing the player's selection during Mission Config to be removed when a level is restarted or if the player was reset back to a checkpoint

• Bell UI now updates on level start/restart/quit

• Music Intensity should now correctly change depending on the current status of the game

• Various sound effects should no longer play while the game is paused

• Stomp VFX should no longer render through the Reaper's arms

• Multiple Confirmation windows will no longer be generated if certain buttons are pressed on the settings page

Known Issues

We are aware of these issues and are currently investigating them

• Some Secrets in the game may be bugged and will not properly display their contents