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Steam News21 May 20206y ago

Tutorial Release, Save Points, Performance Increases, a New Game, and more!

It's been a while for Blackout, but a new update is out! Along with a massive back end change to the loading menus, a bunch of fixes, some performance updates, and other the tutorial is finally done and out!

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addedIt's been a while for Blackout, but a new update is out!
changedAlong with a massive back end change to the loading menus, a bunch of fixes, some performance updates, and other the tutorial is finally done and out! Who knew tons of custom made UI movies and dozens of voice lines would take a while to get done?
changedSaving system, just find a console (one in each area), and you can save your progress. If you need to leave, or die, just reload!
addedNew animated level transition/loading system. Sounds small, but it was actually a massive amount of back end work, entirely redesigning the way the game loads and saves areas. So now there shouldn't be any game freezing/crashes when loading levels, along with other bug fixes. Plus the animated screen looks cool!
addedYou can now break mugs when you throw them, because PHYSICS!
changedA bunch of other small stuff like bugs and QoL improvements I've forgotten!

It's been a while for Blackout, but a new update is out!

Along with a massive back end change to the loading menus, a bunch of fixes, some performance updates, and other the tutorial is finally done and out! Who knew tons of custom made UI movies and dozens of voice lines would take a while to get done?

The tutorial isn't super long, but there is a short story and two endings, along with two more collectibles to...collect. The tutorial currently is designed for desktop. VR will be coming, but we do have to redo a bunch of the videos and lines to fit, so....

Some of the changes:

  • Tutorial mini-story!

  • Bug fixes!

  • Saving system, just find a console (one in each area), and you can save your progress. If you need to leave, or die, just reload!

  • New animated level transition/loading system. Sounds small, but it was actually a massive amount of back end work, entirely redesigning the way the game loads and saves areas. So now there shouldn't be any game freezing/crashes when loading levels, along with other bug fixes. Plus the animated screen looks cool!

  • You can now break mugs when you throw them, because PHYSICS!

  • A bunch of other small stuff like bugs and QoL improvements I've forgotten!

Other big news!

I usually live stream development on Blackout and other games each week, so feel free to follow and watch and/or ask questions! https://www.twitch.tv/mahelyk

I took a week off my day job to make an entire new game! The DreadX Collection took 10 solo devs and gave them a week to each make a horror game. I used my week to make Outsiders. If you like horror games, and have $7, you can get 10 whole horror games! ($2 of each sale goes to charity also). But, if you are interested, I'll post some links under this.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296510/Dread_X_Collection/

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Steam News / 21 May 2020

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