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Full VIVARIUMS update
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What changed
- Gameplay
- Balance
- UI and audio
- Performance
VIVARIUMS changes
New Game Mode: Custom
Design your own experience by selecting the level and adjusting any parameter as you like. Found a cool and tough Sudoku puzzle on a newspaper that you want to try in VIVARIUMS on maximum difficulty? This is the right place.
Added 20 new Steam achievements.
Expanded upon the Sudoku generation algorithm for a wider variety of puzzles. Expect tougher and more challenging Sudoku puzzles across the entire game.
Reorganized and activated many elements on the main menu to be shown even if the campaign has not been completed yet.
If you wish, you can now hold the V key on the main menu for 5 seconds to unlock all game modes instantly.
Readjusted the frequency of some of the PHASOR's actions for a more streamlined gameplay experience.
Reduced the frequency of blockades spawning while also equalizing the chances of different variations appearing.
Reduced the frequency of navigators spawning, but they now glow in the dark and feature more entries across all layers.
Rewritten the text shown in the tutorial to be more helpful and to reduce confusion.
Added a small interactive crosshair to the HUD.
Altered the descriptions of all interactive elements to be more understandable. For example, input valves now tell you which number you are dealing with.
Added 2 new cell variations to the Reservoir layer.
Added new doorways to some cells in order to decrease dead ends.
Removed the motion blur postprocessing effect when being chased.
Improved the camera shake when falling from a high place.
Increased the cooldown of normal rechargers from 10 to 12 minutes.
Reduced the cooldown of heaters from 10 to 7 minutes when using the "DISTRACT" option.
Refreshed the lore to be more direct and interesting.
Various bug fixes and performance optimization.
Source
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