1.05: French, German, Russian, and More!

We just released Near Death 1.05, which adds support for the French, German, and Russian languages! It also includes a number of other fixes and improvements. To celebrate, the game is 25% off for the Halloween sale! Here's the full list of changes:

• Near Death is now available in French, German, and Russian!

• Training messages now stay on the screen for different durations according to their length (so that players have time to fully read longer messages).

• The player is now locked into place when the gondola is moving, so they don't fall out accidentally.

• Linux graphics APIs are now manually specified to see if it helps resolve errors with the game launching & requiring a manual override for which OpenGL version is being used.

• The blowtorch gas gauge is not visible when it should not be visible.

• Minor text updates.

• Fixed a bug where the Map and Menu buttons would show as blank images on the controller screen when using an Xbox 360 controller.

• Additional polish to new-game menu flow.

• Minor geometry polish and fix-ups around the base.

• Players can now reply to teletype messages with numpad keys.

• If the first objective in the player’s list is optional, it will be sorted to the bottom of the list so that save game descriptions on the load game screen will reflect the player’s main objective.

• Fixed a bug where weather sounds would sometimes stop abruptly instead of fading out during changes in weather conditions.