Under a Desert Sun: Seekers of the Cursed Vessel - Beta 3.82

Once again there's allot of new stuff coming. I figured I'd make another devlog about it for easy consumption. For those who want to read more details, look below!

Quick summary of the huge systems that landed over the last patches:

🛡️ Wearables (Rings, Belts, Necklaces, Armor)

Wearables can now be:

• Looted and equipped

• Grant stat bonuses and elemental resistances

• Provide item skills

• Correctly respect slot-types (ring → ring slot, etc.)

• Fully shown inside the polished, updated character inventory screen

🔫 Weapon Feel Overhaul (Major Upgrade)

• Recoil rebuilt from scratch — now fully IK-based and far more natural

• Reload behaviour now varies per weapon (shotguns/hand cannons take longer)

• Muzzle flashes replaced to match barrel length and weapon placement

• Fix: Auto-rifles (Thompson, MP40, shotgun) no longer have a “first shot delay”

• Overall gunplay is more responsive and grounded

📸 Character Screen Improvements

• You now stand in a proper inventory scene with much better depth

• Character behaviour/pose updated

• Slots and visuals polished across the board

🔊 Audio Fixes

• AudioListener now follows vertical movement properly

• Cleaned up enemy sound effects

• Enemies now have directional sound

🐛 Other Fixes

• Fixed a hole you could fall into at Dweller’s Gate

• Fixed enemyTarget system keeping stale or unspawned (buried) enemies

• Various loot / UI / inventory fixes

⚠️ Still missing (coming next):

Equipped items are not yet shown in the loadscreen. This will be added soon so your character always visually matches your gear.

🧪 Want to Help Test? We Need More Testers!

If you want to try all of this early and help shape the ARPG layer of the game: 👉 Just give a shout — or join our Discord and hop into beta testing!

🔗 Discord:

https://discord.gg/g5fK7Df