Beta 1.2.0 New Crafting System and More!

Beta 1.2.0 I’ve wanted to add a crafting system from the very beginning of development and I’ve now completed it. It will change the way you play, but won’t get in the way. In fact the new crafting system will give you more control over how you play. Before you would have to completely rely on luck to find the gadget you needed unless you planned ahead and had the scrap to buy what you wanted from Val. Now you will be consistently looting (there are also new plants you can find around parks) crafting materials and be able to simply and quickly craft the item you need for the circumstance you find yourself in. I think this really supports the “Do it your way” spirit of the game more than relying on luck. At this point I’ve decided to graduate the game to beta status. Thank you for your continued support! Patch notes below!

• AddedNEWNew crafting system. The crafting system can be activated by opening your backpack and pressing the “CRAFT” button. Press the “EQUIP” button to return to your normal backpack interface.
• AddedNEWNew loot to find in the form of crafting materials.

• NEW: You can now sometimes find plants in parks that will supply you with an “Herb” crafting resource.

• AddedNEWLester Muggs has a new skill line that increases the amount of crafting materials you can hold.

• NEW: Val will now tell you about crafting at some point.

• AddedNEWAdded a help entry on the mission computer about crafting.

• CHANGE: The Scrambler gadget is now useful. They now seek out nearby enemies in range and electrocute them instead of waiting to be touched.

• CHANGE: Gadgets are slightly less common when looting to encourage crafting and make them more exciting to find.

• CHANGE: The world is now dimmed slightly when your bag is open.

• CHANGE: When picking up a bottle of the ground you now receive a “+1 Bottle” message.

• CHANGE: Winston now tells you about your battery usage after hacking the first car in the tutorial.

• CHANGE: Several small changes to the early tutorial.

• AddedCHANGEAdded a small bar indicating when you are holding the use key when picking up mines, trip mines and the teleport pad.

• FIX: The Boost Kill skill no longer triggers when you are not boosting.

• FIX: Noise and spotted levels return to zero when enemies are electrocuted if you aren’t noticed by any others.

• FIX: Red backpacks now drop rare loot less often. I had them set up to drop rare loot much more often for testing purposes and forgot to set them back to normal.

• FixedFIXFixed an issue causing you to pick up mines, time bombs, trip mines and the teleport pad if you were holding down the use key when touching them.