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Full Nocturnal Survivors update
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What changed
- Gameplay
- Balance
- UI and audio
- Maps
Nocturnal Survivors changes
Nocturnal Survivors v0.2 Update will be released on Jun 20, 2025. Here's update details:
Gameplay Feature
New basic weapon: Acid bomb. An acid bomb is thrown to nearby enemies and splash a corrosive area when hit ground.
New basic weapon: LN2 blaster. A firarm shoots bullets fused with liquid nitrogen which cause a small blast damages and slows enemies.
5 new combo weapons including 4 rare and 1 epic.
8 new artifacts including 2 superior, 2 rare and 4 epic.
New monster: Harpooneer. A ranged-attack zombie called Harpooneer spawned from Day 9.
Melee monsters have attack animation and pre/post attack delay updated to accommodate the animation.
When level up, at least one combo weapon is always in upgrade list whenever available.
When level up and only one last weapon remains to pick, the weapon in upgrade list is always upgradable to a combo weapon with existing weapons whenever available.
When level up, player no longer heals in default. This effect is moved to a new-added artifact.
Player dash distance reduced from 7 to 5.
Reroll cost is increased by one after each reroll. It will reset to one after you take an upgrade.
Vaults are spawned much closer to the camp.
Add tags for weapon to highlight key specifications. In future, these tags could be used for more combinations and play styles.
Visual Effect
Enemy has white visual effect when hit.
Improve explosion visual effect.
Environment object becomes transparent when it blocks player from camera view.
Some UI improvements in Unlock screen.
Technical Enhancement
Support gamepad.
Integrate with Steam API.
Add option to enable antialiasing in Settings. Enabled by default.
Monster attack range check depends on physics engine.
What's next?
Update v0.3 is scheduled to be released on Jul 11. Current plan includes following updates:
1 new map.
5 new monsters in the new map.
More elite variants for monsters.
1 basic weapon.
More combo weapons.
Upgrade game engine. Adopt to Jolt physics engine.
Support more languages. (Machine translation)
Source
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