Telescape Demo Update 1.2

This update includes some balance changes, quality of life improvements and bug fixes.

Furthermore, a lot of work is currently going into testing saga 2 of the complete game and enhancing the visuals. Here is a teaser for the improved kitchen.

Changes

General

• Changed some text in the main menu

• Added a hint to a hidden quest in the Achievement Lounge

Into the Maze

• The monster now waits a bit after teleporting before she starts moving again, unless she spots the player of course...

• Alarms in the maze now show a visual indication when they are triggered

• Increased the volume of the alarm sound when an alarm is triggered

• Added a ticking sound to the red rocks in the maze as an indication that one is nearby

• Added some clear and distinct landmarks in the maze

• Added death screens hinting at hint features accessible in the options menu

Extended Innovations

• Removed the second half of the reception area and replaced it with a less tedious sequence

• Removed a softlock in the reception area

• Removed the life system. Instead, one can choose to restart from the last checkpoint or the last save point after death

• All janitor rooms are now safe areas

• The monster now waits a bit after teleporting before she starts moving again, unless she spots the player of course...

• Added a sound effect for pressing a timer panel

• Added a sound effect for when a timer panel ticks down one number

• Rocks that can be blown up now have an orange indication

• Added some extra hint text in the main area of the facility to guide the player better through that area

• Code screens now require only one input. Code screens with multiple inputs will have all but one random input solved before starting the level

• Changed the font in some areas

• Changed a texture to provide a clearer hint

• Adjusted the hitbox of the power generators that do not turn on and off by themselves

• Made changes to the finance department to ensure the player does everything that should be done before moving on

• Changed the look of the elevator

• Elevator music no longer overlays the other music tracks

• Added death screens hinting at keyboard controls for the keypad and hint features accessible in the options menu

• Changed an achievement from a reception challenge to collecting a specific folder in the Lore Hunter gamemode

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue causing the monster not to be teleported after being shot

• Pop-ups could show up twice in the reception area

• The main area of the facility did not always reset to the correct configuration

• Movement carts no longer move slowly or teleport when activated with a button

• The monster can now walk between the ground floor corridors and the stairs

• Finance panels no longer assume that no input equals the number 0

• Removed a sudden and unexplained death in the reception area