Major Bug-Squashing, Balance Improvements & More!

GONZO version 1.1.0 is out now, with a slew of bug-fixes, improved AI, reworked balance for difficulty where you want it and breathing room where you need it. We really appreciate everyone who supported the game early on and want to bring some polish to GONZO for players old and new.

While a large focus is on fixing bugs and improving the AI, we're very excited about the balance improvements as well. Our goal is to make Guards more intelligent and more formidable and encourage good stealth gameplay, while still giving you the option to run-and-gun when you want to. We've also reworked some of the patrols and scenarios to ensure you're never stuck in an unfair, unstealthable situation. Check out everything that changed below:

AI Improvements

• Guards will now fan-out and properly search for the player rather than randomly roam in radius

• Increased Guards' vertical field of view to address detection issues (stairs, hills, etc.)

• Increased Guards' corpse detection distance to address immersion-breaking "ignorance"

• Increased Guards' vision detection speed when player is very close -- making good stealth a higher priority but still allowing time to peek

• Fixed Guards running straight to the player during alarms -- Guards will now converge to the player's last seen position and fan-out to search

• Removed some Guards and reworked Guard paths to improve unnecessarily difficult or complex scenarios

• Fixed bulky hitboxes that caused NPCs to sometimes not register a headshot/knockout

• Decreased Guards' initial attack delay and increased attack frequency

• Alarm duration is reset whenever a Guard detects the player

• Fixed Guards and non-combat NPCs like Scientists fleeing toward the player

• Further reduced Cultists' view distance when robes disguise is equipped

• Reduced view distance of non-combat NPCs like Scientists

Balance & Quality of Life

• Reduced player walk speed slightly

• Added a vignette when player is hidden (i.e. in shadows, lockers, vents, etc.)

• Camera's default zoom has increased and now simply toggles between zoomed/unzoomed

• Prevent un-toggling crouch when head is blocked by obstacle

• Prevent opposite hand grabbing or interfering with the other hand's quick inventory

• Added grace period for quick inventory item interaction to prevent accidentally missing a grab

• Added the ability to free the Masonic Lodge prisoner by untying the rope rather than cutting it

• Enabled use of books on the Masonic Lodge scale

• Updated Silo objective title to be more informative

• Alarms are now cleared if all Guards are dead

• Alarm duration extended to 60 seconds

• Replaced some placeholder assets

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crouch toggle sometimes clipping the player under the map

• Preload all sounds to prevent first instance of certain sounds being cut off

• Fixed the fade-to-black when entering/exiting a computer only appearing in one eye

• Fixed a bug that occasionally caused not all objectives to populate in the menu

• Fixed a bug that occasionally caused duplicate objectives to appear in menu

• Fixed a bug that occasionally locked player in the "hidden" state when exiting shadows/vents/lockers

• Fixed Gas Station elevator door sometimes not closing

• Fixed Nightclub Manager sometimes not animating their walk cycle

• Fixed an issue where photographing the Mayor in Nightclub didn't register

• Fixed a display issue with the Nightclub Manager's computer

• Fixed not being able to knock out the Nightclub Manager

• Fixed inconsistent sound from the Masonic Lodge sliding doors

• Fixed lighting on Masonic Lodge sliding doors

• Fixed a soft-lock in the Masonic Lodge if a player ignored the map and went straight to dungeon

• Fixed Cultists continuing to attack the player after dead

• Fixed freeing the prisoner in Masonic Lodge not triggering an alarm

• Fixed Silo laser disable computer not making a sound

• Fixed Area 51 windows occluding the outside

• Fixed Area 51 computers with unassigned content

• Fixed Area 51 keypad safe with no combination

• Fixed Moon Guards not taking damage while knocked out

• Fixed map leaks

We hope these improvements make GONZO a smooth, challenging and fun experience for you -- and want to thank you again for playing! We have some more updates planned in the coming weeks, including achievements and further quality-of-life improvements to make the game more comfortable and more immersive.

We appreciate your feedback and look forward to bug reports, feature requests, and anything else you might want to share with us!