Demo Release and Game Update

The demo is out!

Just a few days before Steam Next Fest, I’ve released a playable demo of my game. I’d be really happy if you gave it a try and shared your feedback with me — especially how the game runs for you, what you enjoy, and what you think could be improved.

Thank you so much to everyone who plays the demo! Gameplay

• Fixed weapon muzzle flashes.

• Adjusted the lifecycle of empty shell casings.

• Improved attachment handling, including bayonets.

• Improved hit detection and damage evaluation for grenades.

• Added bullet whizzing sounds near the player’s head.

• Split hit zones for the player and NPC skeletons, including different hit sounds.

• Expanded object interaction so interactions trigger more smoothly and earlier.

• Added camera limits for standing, prone movement, and ladder climbing.

• Improved the prone system for NPCs.

• Added correct knife damage.

• Killing a friendly NPC with a knife now ends the game.

• Updated the death menu text depending on what happened.

• Adjusted weapon sway for the Sten MK2, MP40, and MP34.

• Weapons now change their spread based on player or NPC movement, and depending on whether the character is aiming or firing from the hip.

• Certain weapon types can now remove limbs.

• Grenades and dynamite now have different VFX.

• Items dropped from the inventory now correctly have physics enabled again.

• Limited interactions while looting.

• Fixed an issue with picking up dynamite when the player already had grenades in the inventory.

• Ammo spawned in crates is now based on difficulty.

• Vehicles can now sink in water.

• Fixed an issue where the player could incorrectly turn into water when exiting a vehicle in water.

• Restart now correctly restarts the entire level.

AI & NPC

• Tuned general NPC behavior.

• Adjusted NPC reaction speed to sounds.

• Fixed NPC behavior where their capsule could rotate incorrectly after an explosion.

• Fixed NPC rotation when turning toward a location where they heard something.

• NPCs are now destroyed together with vehicles when needed.

• Fixed NPC inventory duplication during loading.

• Added Smart Objects for NPC interaction with objectives.

• Created a patrol point subsystem compatible with the current navigation system.

• Created a navigation map for the Main Base.

• NPCs now crawl after losing a leg.

• NPCs can no longer shoot after losing an arm.

• Added new NPC voice lines.

• Expanded the sound-blocking calculation function with a player-distance condition.

Systems

• Removed wind from SK trees, as it was causing crashes due to a known engine issue.

• Removed the system that swapped instances for actors with simulated physics. It remains only in the test map for debugging.

• Fixed an issue that caused the tank to disappear when saving during missions.

• Added global illumination control directly from the Level Manager.

• Removed the automatic instancing system, which caused issues with destroying certain actors.

• Fixed an issue where sound volume could not be controlled from the menu.

• Improved ammo loading during loading screens and level transitions.

• Fixed light state loading when transitioning between levels.

• Added weather settings to the game options.

• Added an optional setting for displaying the navigation marker in screen space.

• Fixed incorrectly configured instances for Lumen support.

• Fixed the Motion Matching trace channel setup.

• Adjusted physical materials.

Assets & Data

• Added a new weapon: MP34.

• Updated animations for the MP40 and Sten MK2.

• Expanded the animation blueprint for prone movement.

• The Main Base received a visual upgrade.

• Updated the objective for demo mission 04.

• Added a side objective from a new character.

• Tuned the level focused on destroying two tanks.

• Added new hint images.