Multiplayer Matches, Ship Combat & Deep Sea Survival Dev Log 30

I Thalassa Playtest · published 31 days ago

Matches now play out from start to finish instead of falling apart at the end.

Get eliminated and you stay in as a spectator instead of being dropped back to the menu
The host is asked to confirm before quitting, and everyone gets a readable message when a player leaves or is kicked
One shared match HUD, so the state of the match is the same on every screen
Your duck color is tied to your Steam identity, and you can change it, so you always know who is who
Pick and configure your ship in the shipyard before the match starts
Host, Join and Quick match straight from the main menu

Fire your ship weapons manually, with assisted aim that locks the nearest target and a new crosshair on the HUD
The laser only fires once it is locked on, and only registers when it actually hits something
Haptic feedback on ship weapons and reworked projectiles
New kamikaze bodyguard you throw from your inventory like a living mine, with its own warning sound
New X-Ray view button, on a cooldown, to see what is hiding around you

Oxygen now drains faster the deeper you go, with the depth multiplier shown on the HUD
New oxygen canister you can carry and drink on the spot
Backpacks change your stats, movement speed included, so what you wear is a real choice
Full screen feedback when you are taking oxygen damage, and a dissolve effect when you die

New tutorial missions for the healing zone and for eating
Mission complete now has its own sound
Menu labels and the ship select screen translated
Dialogue lines now say who is speaking, with the whole script realigned to the canon lore and the translations reviewed

Reworked main menu: speed, boost, handling, hull, fuel, efficiency and range are on the ship you are about to pick
Quality, resolution, max FPS, sky type and language all in one place
Simpler player health bar
The game no longer reacts to your input while a UI panel is open, so you stop drifting away while you browse the inventory
New sound effects across the board: UI, missions, inventory toggle, X-Ray blast

Press F8 in game to send a screenshot and your logs straight to Discord, no forms, no copy and paste
New Discord invite and playtest code flow, in #verify, #rules and #playtest-code

Fixed the bug that broke joining online matches in the packaged build
Fixed players staying invulnerable after a match ended
Fixed the target crosshair in multiplayer
Fixed homing weapons losing their lock, single reward handed out per objective, oxygen in the ship
Fixed bodyguard capsule ships losing track of you
Fixed the boost current triggering when you leave your ship
Less stutter from enemy searches and the speedometer, and the Unlimited FPS option is gone because it caused more harm than good

This build is where the game stops being a solo dive. Bring someone with you,
then tell me what fell apart: F8 is one keypress and it reaches me.