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Concise Development Diary #6
Hello, everyone! How you doing? It's time for a new concise dev diary on EMPTY SHELL 2 : ) tldr; I'm currently working on the achievements, which are the last major task remaining. A potentially final first version is a…
Announcement8 changesGameplayUI/audio - EMPTY SHELL 2
Is that a light at the end of the tunnel?
Hey, everyone! How you doing? Yesterday was a big day for the development of EMPTY SHELL 2: ) I can finally say that I've completed one of the last major tasks on the list: the final dynamic spawn of all the game's equi…
Announcement3 changesGameplayPerformance - EMPTY SHELL 2
Little detail: shell casings
Having grown up with the first generation of FPS games (Doom and the so called "Doom clones", as every FPS was called back then), I remember how amazed I was as a child when I first saw in Duke Nukem 3D shell casings be…
Announcement3 changesFixPerformance - EMPTY SHELL 2
Concise Development Diary #4
Hello, everyone! How are you? I'd like to give you some updates on the development : ) tldr; I'm working on distributing and balancing (a lot of) equipment and (a lot of) enemies throughout the game, and later on I'd li…
Announcement1 changeCompatibility - EMPTY SHELL 2
Concise Development Diary #3
Hey, everyone! Has been a while since the last dev diary, so i thought it was time for some updates and i'd like to let you know what i'm working on right now! First of all, i'm happy to share that all the new enemies a…
Event5 changesGameplay - EMPTY SHELL 2
From Weapons to Gadgets
Hey, everyone! Thanks for all the ideas you shared in the last post :) I've designed already a few weapons based on some of your suggestions... I hope you'll like wandering the facility armed with one of those! I've als…
Announcement3 changesGameplay - EMPTY SHELL 2
Community Weapon Ideas
Hey, everyone! I'm taking a break from creating locations to go back to working on weapons. I've already added quite a few new ones, but I'd love to know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see in EMPTY SHEL…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - EMPTY SHELL 2
One-handed weapons animations
Hi, everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the holidays : ) I wanted to share a small update about something I added a few days ago. I've added a new set of animations for volunteers when using one-handed weapons (for example…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - EMPTY SHELL 2
Concise Development Diary #2
Hello, everyone! Even if the release is not quite around the corner yet, I'm happy to say that I'm roughly 75% done with the locations for EMPTY SHELL 2 : ) Now, even once I reach 100% of this, there will still be other…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - EMPTY SHELL 2
Dynamic start screen image
Hey, everyone! Just a quick update that makes the main menu camera image dynamic, to add a bit of flavour. I was working on this on the full version and i thought it made sense to bring the feature in the demo as well!…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - EMPTY SHELL 2
Concise Development Diary #1
Hello, everyone! I just finished a task I'd been procrastinating on for way too long... mostly because I needed to gather the courage to tackle it, knowing I'd have to go through dozens and dozens of files all at once:…
Announcement7 changesBalanceGameplay - EMPTY SHELL 2
More than mere wooden toys
"For New Year’s Eve 1954, some of the scientists in the facility had planned a treasure hunt: they hid several Kokeshi dolls throughout the different areas of the Facility. No one ever had the chance to look for them. I…
Announcement2 changesGameplayBalance - EMPTY SHELL 2
EMPTY SHELL 2 joins The Indie Horror Showcase 2025
Hello, everyone! It's always a good time for horror games, but in October they feel even better: ) I'm happy to announce that EMPTY SHELL 2 will be part of The Indie Horror Showcase 2025, an event entirely dedicated to…
Event1 change - EMPTY SHELL 2
Quick Unity fix
Hi everyone! Just a quick update to fix the recent security vulnerability issue that may affect all Unity games built in the past few years. The volunteers already have their own problems... they don't need any more vul…
Security1 change - EMPTY SHELL 2
Concise Development Diary #0
Hello everyone! I thought it was time to share some news on the development of EMPTY SHELL 2:) Over the past few months, I've been working a lot on the levels, and I'd say I'm roughly at 50% done with the environments.…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - EMPTY SHELL 2
Demo Difficulty resetting bug
Hey everyone, just fixed an issue in the demo that sometimes was causing the difficulty to reset to "Easy" : )
Announcement1 changeFix
