Iron Blight | Next Fest Update

This major update adds new content, improves gameplay and polish, and fixes a wide range of issues ahead of Steam Next Fest. Have fun! • Added new NPC animations to make them less jerky.

• Updated level layout.

• Added a new melee weapon: Lead Pipe.

• Added a new introduction level.

• Added new monologues.

• Added new puzzles.

• Added new food items.

• Added room based reverb settings

• Rebalanced various gameplay elements.

• Added screen shake to reload and firing animations.

• Added an additional color to the health indicator for better accuracy.

• Player arms no longer magically remove blood when using healing items.

• Fixed an issue where unrelated icons appeared on the map.

• Added basic tutorial messages for certain mechanics.

• Improved NPC pathfinding.

• Fixed an issue where a jammed bullet was ejected before the animation played.

• Added animations for firing empty guns.

• Fixed incorrect ammo box counts in the inventory.

• Fixed an issue where a certain cutscene caused the player to go out of bounds.

• Fixed the "practically infinite ammo from dropped ammo boxes" glitch.

• Save system now tracks weapon attachments.

• Save system now correctly tracks dead zombies.

• Cutscene-related objects now activate even when cutscenes are skipped.

• Fixed a glitch where blood decals projected onto the player model.

• Added dynamic muzzle flash lighting for all guns and fixed pistol muzzle flash alignment.

• You can now drop and re-equip your gun.

• Zombies can no longer attack metal doors (unintentional behavior). They will also stop attacking doors if they have line of sight to the player.

• Added backpack menus for puzzle item selection and attachment management.

and many more improvements and fixes!