Release Date: 05/06/26 

OVERVIEW 

This update focusses on: 

• Polishing combat feedback 

• Adding “juice” to the game overall. 

• Adding  animations for visual feedback. 

WHAT’S NEW? 

• New NPC, the Boy, has been added. 

• Daytime is skippable by talking to the Brothel Lady. 

LEVEL DESIGN 

Updated: 

• Buildings have distinct colour indicators and signage. 

• Day-time lasts longer. 

ART & ENVIRONMENT 

Added: 

• Main menu set dressing. 

• A new NPC has been added. 

• Visual icons for combat status effects. 

• New bartender/saloon layout 

• New parry animation sequence. 

Updated: 

• Updated QTE UI. 

• NPCs have animations. 

• Updated rooster visuals and animations. 

GAMEPLAY 

Added: 

• New NPC, the “Boy” in main level. 

• NPC dialogue has been added and interactable. 

• Able to “skip” to nighttime by “staying” with the brothel lady. 

• Background music and sound feedback on items and combat. 

• Added camera clamp and adjusted X mouse sensitivity 

• Most attacks inflict status effects. 

• Player skill; hemorrhage 

• Item battle reward; hemorrhage and bleed 

• Enemy basic attack; bleed 

• Enemy basic attack now has 2 strings! 

• Updated VFX sparks: WHITE IS DODGE, RED IS PARRY! 

Updated: 

• On-boarding screen for combat has been updated. 

• Pause menu has been moved from “P” to “Esc” 

• VFX lines up with new character animations. 

Fixed: 

• Fixed QTE button showing up twice 

BUG FIXES 

Major: 

• Spacebar task staying on screen when out of bartender task has been resolved. 

• Dialogue glitch fix (closing after No), Re-opens window now to generate next dialogue line. 

• Fixed exclamation mark showing up after NPC is gone; BP_Exclamation is now inside of BP_NPC and is toggled off visibly by default. (Enable if characters have dialogue) 

 KNOWN ISSUES 

UI: 

• Settings Menu still lacks functionality; this is still a WIP. 

• Credits are currently misaligned; this is being fixed. 

• Camera clips with investigate tab being cut off. 

ART & ENVIRONMENT: 

• Some foliage does not have collisions. 

COMBAT: 

• Animations are still being added.