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DROSS Devlog: How To Spawn 5K Enemy Bugs Without Killing Your PC
> *"The swarm worked perfectly at 100 bugs. At 500, the game caught fire."* DROSS is a sci-fi horror game built in Unity 6 with ECS (Entity Component System) and Burst-compiled code. One of its core features is a **swar…
Announcement13 changesPerformanceGameplay - DROSS
DROSS - an Overdue Mandatory Update
TLDR: Pure DOTS ECS + ECS NETCODE, CO-OP started (Hosting, Joining) 5000 enemies @ 120FPS // It’s been a year. I can’t believe it’s been over a full year. Honestly it’s all kind of a blur. I haven’t really done much of…
Store6 changesGameplayPerformance - DROSS
DROSS Development Update: Progress Report
Hey everyone, SALT_ here. I’ve got a fresh update on DROSS! This isn’t an announcement for a new demo release, but a deep dive into what I’ve been grinding away on to make the game better than ever. We’re not quite read…
Event20 changesFixGameplay - DROSS
Paying Off Tech Debt
Hey everyone, I know it’s been a while—about three months since my last update—and I want to kick things off by saying I’m really sorry for the silence and for taking the Dross demo offline. I didn’t plan for it to be d…
Patch notes7 changesGameplayBalance - DROSS
Steam Scream Fest and Demo Update 0.8.1
Hello everyone, this is Salt, the solo developer of DROSS. It’s been a while, but I am very pleased to finally announce the new update to the demo. Version 0.8.1! This update comes right as Steam’s Halloween Steam Screa…
Store17 changesGameplayBalance - DROSS
DROSS Demo Update 0.8.0 and Boomstock 2024
Hey everyone, It's time for the 0.8.0 Demo Update! FIXES New pathing system Bug walk SFX Credit pickups Machine alarms not attracting bugs Proxy grenades not sticking to bugs Grenade throw animation Cash despawns in mac…
Announcement10 changesFixGameplay - DROSS
DROSS Demo Update 0.7.9 (and 0.7.7 and 0.7.8) Mega Post
Hey everyone, It's time for the 0.7.9 Demo Update! This update has a number of bug fixes and includes patch notes for 0.7.7 and 0.7.8, we got kinda bad at post notes with each release but we'll be better about it going…
Store9 changesFixUI/audio - DROSS
DROSS Demo Update 0.7.6
Hey everyone, It's time for the 0.7.6 Demo Update! This update has a number of bug fixes and introductions some new features to DROSS such as weapon upgrades that change the gameplay and style of each weapon such as tur…
Store5 changesGameplayUI/audio - DROSS
DROSS Demo Update 0.7.5
Hey everyone, It's been a little while since we've updated the demo but we have a huge update for you. Honestly it's much to list so we'll give you a sample of some of the fixes and changes we've made in this build. The…
Announcement6 changesGameplayBalance - DROSS
Realms Deep 2023 and Demo Update 0.6.0
Hello everyone, We're pleased to announce the release of v0.6.0 of the DROSS demo! This update primarily focuses on adding polish, bugfixing, and making a smooth gameplay experience. Many of the changes are too numerous…
Store3 changesGameplayPerformance - DROSS
DROSS demo // Update v 0.58
Update v0.58 is the most stable and feature complete update for the DROSS demo to date. Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce the release of v0.58 of the DROSS demo! This update adds a lot of new stuff to the demo, i…
Store15 changesGameplayBalance - DROSS
Demo 0.5.0 and Steam Stealth Fest!
We're happy to announce that for Steam Stealth Fest, we released a new demo version 0.5.0. The major improvements include a completely revamped tutorial, new sound effects, changes to the core gameplay loop and a whole…
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - DROSS
DROSS DEMO // version 0.41
DROSS DEMO // version 0.41 - May 23 update Hello everyone Fury here, it’s been quite awhile since the last update. Salt has been working tirelessly at updating and polishing things and Im very excited to be able to shar…
Announcement6 changesFixMaps - DROSS
Dereliction 2022 // Demo version 0.3.5
Today was a very busy and productive day. I have just finished up fixing several rather severe bugs, so, finally I am releasing an update to the demo. Here it is! Dereliction 2022 // Demo version 0.3.5 What’s in the upd…
Store9 changesFixGameplay - DROSS
Dereliction 2022 // Demo Version 0.3.0
It has been a month or so. I haven't been posting much. I haven't uploaded many updates to the demo. But, I have been working hard on Dereliction 2022. Here is an update on most of the changes to the Demo. Now Version 0…
Patch notes12 changesGameplayWorkshop - DROSS
Dereliction 2022 // Update v0.25
Hello everyone. This is Salt_ I have been resting a bit from Steam Nextfest so I haven’t posted anything written in a while. I have a new update for the Demo, and at version 0.25, that’s me saying the demo is about 1/4t…
Patch notes11 changesGameplayBalance
