OUTBUDDIES Build 1.45 is Live!

The first week for OUTBUDDIES on Steam is coming to an end and the experience has been marvelous! We may not have huge numbers, but a dedicated and very supportive community is growing. We've had great reviews overall, but some stuff with the control scheme turned out to be over-complex and self-sabotaging at points. I've collected a lot of feedback in the discussions hub as well as on Discord. I hope those fixes will be a step in the right direction to make OUTBUDDIES more accessible in the future.

Plz let me know what you think, and - as always - try to break stuff. If you enjoy the game, please recommend it to your friends and write me a review. It's so damn important to stand a chance on Steam and stay visible!

Thank you so much for your ongoing support! ❤️

Cheers! Julian

CHANGE-LOG BUILD 1.45

New control schemes for gamepad modes XInput mode (default, made for modern gamepads with Right Stick & Shoulder-Trigger functionality)

New button mapping. Xbox Gamepad.

[X] = Fire weapon slot 1; Buddy Telekinesis [Y] = Shift slot 1 = Fire weapon slot 2 [Right Stick] down = Shift slot 2 [Right Stick] up = Call Buddy. Coded large dead-zone to avoid accidentally shifting to Buddy. [A] = Jump; Scan with Buddy, Rotate selected stone with Buddy [RB] = Steam Button/ Dodge; Select object with Buddy, Build block on CoOp [RT] = Aim upwards, Strafe underwater; Rotate Buddy's keychain [LB] = Action Button: Interact, Talk, place Bombs; Accelerate Buddy [LT] = Run Button, Strafe underwater, Rotate Buddy's keychain (--> For XInput mode Run and Action buttons are now separated).

• DirectInput mode (6-8 button retro-gamepads, no Right-Stick or Trigger functions). Changed default button mapping. DirectInput controls can be remapped in the [Input Mapping] tab.

• New movement abilities: Player is now able to aim downwards while jumping forward by pressing the joystick diagonal-down. Larger dead-zone for joystick-down input to avoid accidentally aiming down when jumping forward.

• Inputs for map scrolling are now inverted

Design Fixes

• Buddy Telekinesis: Abandoned the push/pull mechanic in favor of pull only. A lot of players were confused or annoyed by the old implementation.

• Adjusted some key-rooms in the Toxic Swamps due to a high danger of soft-locking when venturing in that area without the proper equipment.

• More Treasure Medals were hidden in the game's last area (Sanctum), for a better chance to rescue all Wozan or use a resurrection batch in the last boss battle.

• Rebalanced drop chances to account for players low on health or missiles.

• Rebalancing of some sound Fx volumes.

• Improvements in the tutorial section.

• Upgrade chains and Achievement unlocking should now be robust to heavy sequence breaks.

Bugfixes

• Fixed various typos and grammar errors in the dialogues.

• Improved the jump-buffering readout

• Rare animation bug when falling, corrupting the double jump input

• Player was able to jump/ skyrocket while activating a teleporter

• Player was able to jump after being killed

• Fixed animation bug when respawning in a crouching stance

Upgrade chains and Achievement unlocking should now be robust to heavy sequence breaks.