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Steam News18 June 20251y ago

Nocturnal Survivors v0.2 Update

Nocturnal Survivors v0.2 Update will be released on Jun 20, 2025. Here's update details: Gameplay Feature New basic weapon: Acid bomb.

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  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
  • Maps
addedGameplay FeatureNew basic weapon: Acid bomb. An acid bomb is thrown to nearby enemies and splash a corrosive area when hit ground.
addedGameplay FeatureNew basic weapon: LN2 blaster. A firarm shoots bullets fused with liquid nitrogen which cause a small blast damages and slows enemies.
addedGameplay Feature5 new combo weapons including 4 rare and 1 epic.
addedGameplay Feature8 new artifacts including 2 superior, 2 rare and 4 epic.
addedGameplay FeatureNew monster: Harpooneer. A ranged-attack zombie called Harpooneer spawned from Day 9.
changedGameplay FeatureMelee monsters have attack animation and pre/post attack delay updated to accommodate the animation.
Player dash distance75Player dash distance decreased, nerf

Nocturnal Survivors changes

addedNew basic weapon: Acid bomb. An acid bomb is thrown to nearby enemies and splash a corrosive area when hit ground.
addedNew basic weapon: LN2 blaster. A firarm shoots bullets fused with liquid nitrogen which cause a small blast damages and slows enemies.
added5 new combo weapons including 4 rare and 1 epic.
added8 new artifacts including 2 superior, 2 rare and 4 epic.
addedNew monster: Harpooneer. A ranged-attack zombie called Harpooneer spawned from Day 9.

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

Steam News / 18 June 2025

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