Under a Desert Sun: Seekers of the Cursed Vessel - Patch Beta 4.03

Hi there! As many of you know, I’m working hard toward getting the Early Access release ready for Q1, with new content, new story beats, and a fully playable Act One featuring two classes.

If you’ve been following the recent news posts, you may have noticed updates about an upcoming new dungeon and a lot of new technology being built behind the scenes. Whenever possible, I deliberately backport this technology to the demo, so it stays as consistent as possible with the full game experience.

And that… is exactly what this update is about. Notes below!

✨ Additions & Improvements

• Added new visibility technology that makes roofs and other blocking objects fade / become see-through when the player moves underneath them, ensuring the character always remains visible.

• Reworked the light jitter on fire-based light sources. Fire lights now produce more natural, organic shadow movement, replacing the previous version which felt too rough and cut off.

• Added reverb zones to all scenes, creating a much better spatial audio profile that adapts to the environment you’re walking through (interiors, open areas, tight spaces, etc.).

• Added specific, localized impact sounds to enemies, making hits feel more physical and clearly positioned in space.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where, in co-op mode, the intro scene of player 2–4 could sometimes play instead of player 1’s intro. Player 1 now always correctly determines the story flow and intro sequence.