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Steam News24 January 20251y ago

A Massive Update Brings Seasons, Weather effects, Enhancements, and new Enemies!

Environment Improvements: Wind waves will guide you through the game! (Discover the secret!) Wind effects now interact with grasses, trees, bushes, and other plants.

In this update7

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What changed

4 fixes7 additions5 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • Fixes
  • Performance
changedEnvironment Improvements:Wind effects now interact with grasses, trees, bushes, and other plants.
addedEnvironment Improvements:Added new tree types
addedEnvironment Improvements:Added grass to the ground that interacts with wind and objects.
addedEnvironment Improvements:Added bushes and small trees.
addedSeasonal Additions:Introducing new seasons: Fall, Summer, Spring, and Winter.
addedSeasonal Additions:Weather effects added: Rain, Shine, Shooting Stars, Dust, Fog, and Mist.

Whispers in the Forest changes

changedWind effects now interact with grasses, trees, bushes, and other plants.
addedAdded new tree types
addedAdded grass to the ground that interacts with wind and objects.
addedAdded bushes and small trees.
addedIntroducing new seasons: Fall, Summer, Spring, and Winter.

Environment Improvements:

  • Wind waves will guide you through the game! (Discover the secret!)

  • Wind effects now interact with grasses, trees, bushes, and other plants.

  • Wind also affects rain, snow, dust, fog, and similar elements.

  • Added new tree types

  • Added grass to the ground that interacts with wind and objects.

  • Added bushes and small trees.

Seasonal Additions:

  • Introducing new seasons: Fall, Summer, Spring, and Winter.

  • Weather effects added: Rain, Shine, Shooting Stars, Dust, Fog, and Mist.

Protagonist Enhancements:

  • Improved shooting effects, realistic gun recoil, gun muzzle, gun smoke, and visible anger while shooting.

  • Shiny bullet visuals.

  • Thought balloons for commands when resources are insufficient or when beds are unavailable for recruitment.

  • Healing over time

  • Danger Effect when the protagonist's health is low.

  • Bullets can now hit and scatter raindrops and snowflakes.

Allies Upgrades:

  • Shiny bullets for soldiers.

  • Enhanced acid explosion effects for scientists throwing acid bottles.

  • Healing over time

New Enemies:

(6 out of 11 enemies completed)

  • Healer

  • EyeSpider

Day Cycle Adjustment:

  • Adjusted summer day length for better realism.

  • Improved time cycle indicators.

Bug Fixes & Menu Enhancements:

  • Resolved shivering parallax effect issue with background trees.

  • Added video settings to support devices with lower performance.

  • Fixed issues with pause/unpause and input controls.

  • Fixed the issue with research upgrade.

  • Camera movement upward and better utilization of the empty space at the bottom of the screen.

Source

Steam News / 24 January 2025

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