Second Demo - Patch #7

🖱️🖥️ Launch of InterfaceX26

The InterfaceX26 festival has just kicked off on Steam! As a reminder, more than 150 fake OS games are on display for a week, and a trailer showcase livestream scheduled for Saturday, May 2, on YouTube and Twitch.

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• The live stream will begin at 10 AM (PDT) / 7 PM (CEST - French time).

• AddedOn the agendaall kinds of announcements about InterfaceX games , including trailers, new demos, and even game releases!

• The stream will be hosted by Kurt Indovina and Lucy James from Gamespot, but they’ll also be joined by streamers and youtubers Jesse Cox, Dodger, Nookrium and Stormfall33.

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Here are the important links :

• Official website

• InterfaceX26 Steam page

• YouTube channel for Saturday's livestream: View store page

• Twitch channel for Saturday's livestream: View store page

We’re taking this opportunity to release a patch—the latest in the series! 👇

🔁 Patch #7

For this final patch of the second demo of DOLOS: Your Best Future, we aimed to

1. increase the game's pace and reduce waiting times,

2. improve the visual and audio feedback for recent mechanics,

3. make the mechanics easier to understand,

4. increase guidance and smooth progress through the level,

5. begin optimizing the core mechanics (WIP).

This patch does not add any new narrative content to the demo or include any balance changes; rather, it aims to make the gameplay experience as smooth as possible.

The latest demo—and eventually the full game—will be built on this very solid foundation. Here is a summary of the main additions and fixes. 👇

⚙️ General

• [Add] New sound for opening the sticker wheel.

• [Add] New sound for applying stickers.

• [Add] Key words in DOLOS are now more visual (bold text with icons, Nintendo-style).

• [Fix] New tips during DOLOS loading screens.

• [Fix] EXP in stats and challenges is now easier to read.

• [Fix] The difficulty level of challenges is now clearly indicated.

• [Add] Special notification at the end of the level to guide the player toward the end.

• [Add] Iconography for the 4 DOLOS capitals.

• [Add] A "reminder" area in the bottom-left corner that permanently displays secondary inputs like right-click.

  Note: additional secondary mouse and keyboard inputs are planned.

📰 News Aggregator

• [Fix] Fixed a bug with the X button for closing an article.

• [Add] Right click to close the article you are hovering.

• [Add] New sound for opening an article.

💬 Concord, the messaging app

• [Fix] Theo's message loading time is now three times faster.

• [Fix] Marie's message loading time is now twice as fast.

• [Fix] New color scheme for Marie's messages.

• [Fix] New color scheme for pinned messages.

• [Fix] Numerous corrections to the dialogue.

• [Add] New messages are highlighted every time you open the app.

• [Fix] Click directly on the reply to send it (no need to click on the small round button anymore)

  Note: skipping typing message animation is still on the agenda but will be added later.

📂 DOLOS: phase 1

• [Add] New help popups.

• [Add] New design for complementary files.

• [Add] Messages in the bottom-right corner reminding you that there is no softlock with complementary files (WIP).

🃏 DOLOS: phase 2

• [Add] New help popups.

• [Add] New applicant card design.

• [Add] Added icons for the 4 capitals wherever possible.

• [Add] More key informations provided at the start of earch turn.

• [Fix] Smoother and optimized gameplay experience.

• [Fix] External cards are now called opponents, displaying the opponent's gauge, the opponent turn, and opponent points (OP).

• [Fix] Various minor visual improvements to on-screen text and counters.

• [Fix] No longer zoom problems when switching between Dolos and Exodolos (WIP).

• [Add] New sound effects when counting bonus points (BP) and opponent points (OP).

🔎 DOLOS: phase 2, the deck view

• [Add] New help popups.

• [Add] Right-click to exit the deck view.

• [Add] Left-clicking on a training course brings you into focus: it displays only the duplicates of that course along with some statistics.

• [Add] Color animations when turning into focus + all applicants affected by the focus are highlighted.

• [Add] Right-click to exit focus.

• [Add] Sticker placement animation.

• [Fix] Applicants are no longer missing from the deck view.

• [Fix] Blank (and black) training courses no longer appear.

✴️ EXODOLOS : "decisive applicants" tab

• [Fix] Samantha's bio is no longer cut off (only occurred at 4K resolution or higher)

❇️ EXODOLOS : "influences" tab

• [Add] New help popups.

• [Fix] The applicants' list update correctly anytime.

• [Fix] Improved visual feedback for all interactions in the tab.

• [Add] Left-click on a applicant to apply a single sticker.

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📣 Second (big) announcement coming soon

It was scheduled for today and is ready to be unveiled right now, but it’s being saved as an exclusive for a potential upcoming event. Ultimately, the announcement will be made between today and May 31. See you very soon then! The Playing Plaradigms team