A-Tech Cybernetic VR news & patch notes

EDIT: UPDATE 08/04/2020: Fixed an invisible wall in Chapter 4 at the dump truck part. We are aware of missing input for WMR controllers and are working on it! We are terribly sorry for the inconvenience. The year is 2016 - a couple of young developers team up to discover the possibilities of an emerging technology: Virtual Reality. With no previous VR experience, they set out to make a first person shooter they would all enjoy: A-Tech Cybernetic. A classic, action packed story, a ‘Swarm’ mode, a plethora of hard hitting weapons and some badass metal tunes in the background... It wasn’t easy. Quite the contrary, it was really difficult. No guides, no tutorials, no know-how on how to develop in VR. But it was fun. Fast forward four years - the passion project of a few VR enthusiasts is leaving Early Access today, and has been released on another popular platform: Playstation VR. We can also proudly present our first in-house Steam bundle: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/12656/XREAL_Games_VR_bundle/ It’s quite unbelievable to be honest. The game’s success has far surpassed our initial expectations, which allowed us to grow as a team, as an independent studio. In the last update we added Valve Index controller support and overhauled the game’s ‘Swarm’ mode. This is the point where we can, and have to say: it is done, the game is finished. It is not perfect, but it is ours. Ours and yours, since all this wouldn’t be possible without your support throughout the years. We could continue developing the game for years and years as we’re still full of ideas, but it is time for the A-Tech team to move on, to concentrate on other very exciting projects at XREAL Games. We’ll still keep an eye on feedback, and won’t abandon the game. It is our firstborn after all. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28133510/99628feadcfeb90dc97181bf13ddfa928dcc13a8.png We have learned so much during A-Tech’s development - we’ll use this knowledge and experience to bring you even better, more exciting games in the near future. Once again, thank you so much for supporting us throughout the years. You are the reason we can do what we love. Virtual Reality is our passion, we strongly believe it IS the future of gaming and we’d like to think we’re significantly contributing to its popularity. Be sure to follow us on Social Media, 2020 will be a very exciting and busy year here at XREAL! Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Stay safe, stay home and have fun! - XREAL Games Team -

Hey everyone, A-Tech Cybernetic’s full release is getting closer and closer - this update is probably one of the last steps before we consider the game finished.

INDEX CONTROLLER SUPPORT

We have added proper Index Controller support (finger tracking not included). We've tried to make the most comfortable and practical layout possible. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28133510/f3bcaded30e88fb015f1c48cebc8b4401c3bac1c.jpg

SWARM MODE OVERHAUL

We have also completely overhauled the 'Swarm' mode of the game. We took extreme care while rebalancing each wave - as a result, the difficulty curve now increases gradually and makes playing 'Swarm' more challenging, and more rewarding. We have also added a new level: 'Reactor' - and removed one: 'Cave'. The 'Cave' level wasn't up to our optimization and quality standards, it would've taken more time to fix it than to add a completely new one, so we went with the latter option. Another new balancing feature is the way weapons unlock - they now become available in a pre-defined order in every wave. Weapon spawning has also changed - on easy, normal and hard difficulties, picked-up weapons respawn after 10, 15 and 30 seconds respectively. These changes mean that the 'Swarm' mode as a whole became more balanced, but more challenging at the same time. Giving it another shot is recommended even for seasoned A-Tech players! :)

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCK SYSTEM

We've fixed the achievement unlock system, every achievement should now count correctly and should work as intended overall. --- That's all for now. If you encounter any issues, please let us know either below this post, in the community hub or via Discord. We see everything, even if we don't respond immediately. :) Thank you guys for your continuous support! -XREAL Games Team-

Hey everyone, This is it.. The long awaited content update is here! The two brand new Chapters, Chapter 05 - The Sundering and Chapter 06 - The End brings an epic closure to A-Tech Cybernetic’s story. We’ve overhauled the gameplay and combat intensity throughout the whole game - in return, it became much more challenging! You really have to break a sweat in order to survive each Chapter. Besides adding new content, we’ve fixed countless community-reported issues and made improvements on all aspects of the game. You can check all the fixes and improvements in the patch notes below. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28133510/f06d687d37d213146934a2af93be88f95d170d54.jpg

GENERAL AI FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved Brute behavior.
• Improved accuracy and behavior for armed enemies - as a result, the game became a tiiiny bit more difficult.
• Various other fixes for armed enemies.
• Fixed a crash caused by zombies exploding.
• Fixed an issue with enemies changing colour before dissolving.
• General improvement of enemy performance and behavior.
• Polished enemy animations.

GAMEPLAY RELATED FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved accessibility: a left-handed control layout has been added.
• Improved locomotion.
• Vive controller teleport fix: in turning mode, teleport is only activated by hitting UP on the touchpad. No more accidental teleporting while turning.
• Fixed a rare bug where the player could’ve gotten stuck when dying during hand scanning.
• Fixed the menu laser pointer.
• Revised checkpoints.
• New safety timers for objective triggers.
• Fixed teleports.
• Updated enemy encounters.
• Fixed an issue where the detonator didn’t disappear after the explosion.
• Improved navigation.
• Fixed a locomotion issue when playing while sitting down, or being really short.
• Fixed tutorial controllers not attaching to the player’s hand properly on the menu level.
• Temporary fix for players not being able to pick up weapon ammo during later chapters (if they skipped previous chapters)
• The flashlight can not be dropped accidentally.
• Melee weapons can be stored (one at a time).
• Fixed flamethrower.
• Fixed ladder static component.
• Weapon projectiles are now unaffected by gravity.
• General sound mix balance update.
• Updated objective markers.
• Updated chapter 2 “hangar fight” enemy encounter.

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION

• Various skeletal meshes have been converted to static meshes.
• Fixed memory leak issue in Chapter 03: unused particles are removed.
• Updated level streaming.
• Added splash screen and credit roll.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Achievements are WiP, might not be unlocking correctly, or at all.
• The “turn music off” option is not yet implemented in the menus.
• There is a rare issue with HTC Vive headset audio output that might cause crashes. If this happens, connect your ear/headphones directly to the PC and set your audio device to the PC audio output port instead of the Vive.
• Swarm mode is under development, will be reworked in the next update.

--- That’s all for now. This update is an important step towards the game’s Full Release this year, so if you encounter any issues, or just want to share your feedback with us, please head over to the game’s community hub, or to our Discord server. We read everything, even if we don’t respond. :) Thank you for the continuous support! XREAL Games Team

Hey everyone, Long time no see! In this news post i will shed some light on A-Tech Cybernetic's development and the content of the long awaited, upcoming update. You can check the preliminary patch notes at the end of this post. 3 years ago, our small indie team consisting of talented VR enthusiasts started working on A-Tech Cybernetic. As it was the team's first VR project, one could say that this was also a learning project. But an ambitious one at that. The development went great, the team started growing and another project emerged from our developer's minds. A team within the team started working on the new project, while the original A-Tech team continued the game's development. Around this time last year, the team went further and dreamt bigger: why lock the game to PC and leave other platforms out of the fun? And so happened that we've started exploring yet another completely unknown realm: PSVR. We knew porting it was going to be difficult, but started it anyway because at the time we could easily manage a parallel development. Or so we thought. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28133510/5115f543b17898ad2cbf402e6a23859da26511df.jpg I've mentioned it a few times that in order to have a successfull port, we had to develop both versions simultaneously (or even from scratch). Long story short, technical difficulties arose (quite a few) which meant that we had to delay the PC version's update further and further. We know this isn't how it should've happened, and we apologize for that. It was a valuable lesson for XREAL Games, all our current and future endevours will benefit from our experiences. :) And now, for the update itself. A ton of things will be fixed/optimized, left handed support is coming, as are two brand new Chapters: 05 - The Sundering and 06 - The End, the latter bringing the story to a closure. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28133510/f06d687d37d213146934a2af93be88f95d170d54.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28133510/f2d83028f8fbad899c9062a4f8ee252c26c6d09b.jpg

GENERAL AI IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved Brute behavior.
• Improved accuracy and behavior for armed enemies.
• Various other fixes for armed enemies.
• Fixed a crash caused by zombies exploding.
• Fixed an issue with enemies changing color before dissolving.
• General improvement of enemy performance and behavior.
• Polished enemy animations.

GAMEPLAY RELATED IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved accessibility: a left-handed control layout has been added.
• Improved locomotion.
• Menu laser pointer fix.
• Revised checkpoints.
• New safety timers for objective triggers.
• Fixed teleports.
• Updated enemy encounters.
• Improved navigation.
• The flashlight can not be dropped accidentally.
• Melee weapons can be stored (one at a time).
• Fixed flamethrower.
• Fixed ladder static component.
• General sound mix balance update.

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION

• Various skeletal meshes have been converted to static meshes.
• Fixed memory leak issue in Chapter 03: unused particles are removed.
• Updated level streaming.

--- The full patch notes will accompany the update itself. We'd really love to release it before the end of October in preparation of the game's full release later this year, but keep an eye out on this post's comment section, if anything happens i'll keep you all updated there. We're soon launching a devlog series on our Youtube channel, so if you'd like to stay up to date with our projects and our team, consider subscribing. :) You can also hop on our Discord server to get in touch with the developers. Once again sorry for the silence, and thank you for your patience and continuous support! XREAL Games Team

Hey guys!

We owe you an apology and an explanation about A-Tech Cybernetic VR. You might’ve noticed that there were no updates since last year. We have also got some questions recently whether the game has been abandoned. Fear not, the game isn’t abandoned! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/d93667b4236d97e6547c701cd76341647f6b44fa.jpg That's right! We’re working on the story’s conclusion in the background, but… we’ve decided to share our project with yet another VR community: PSVR users. In order to meet Sony’s requirements, we had to go back to the game’s roots, and work through the code and visuals almost from scratch.

What does this mean?

It means that we have to develop the PC version in conjunction with the PSVR version. For a small indie studio like us, it is a huge task as we had no previous experience with PSVR. This unfortunately slowed down the development process quite a bit, but it is something we wanted to do, even if it seemed impossible at the beginning. We’re also experimenting with a different rendering technique to make the game as sharp as possible. It requires a lot of testing and optimization, but we hope the final results will be worth it. :) Once again, we’re sorry for the lack of updates and information, we didn’t want to confirm anything prematurely. We’ll keep you updated, we aren’t that far from the game’s full release! Thank you all for your patience! XREAL Games Team

Hey guys and gals! Our last story update’s reception was absolutely amazing, we’re glad you guys liked it!

Brace yourselves, Chapter 05: The Sundering is coming!

Currently we’re working on the story’s next chapter. It picks up right from where Chapter 04 left off. Tough decisions are ahead, which may or may not make things worse for our main character. ;) Here’s two, very work in progress screenshots, the environment will one up Chapter 04’s astonishing outside aesthetics! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/749855320dd82126909153e25596cd326edd9ea1.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/5bcf7376a1f933edd306907b4b4df1310e21dd5e.png New enemy, new weapons Our family of life threatening mutants will be expanded by a new foe. Sharpen your sight! Thanks to its cloaking mechanism, our new friend will be able to blend in its surroundings, surprising you when you least expect it! To counter enemies more effectively, we’ll include a new, Uzi-type machine gun and a flamethrower. If it bleeds, you can kill it! Especially with your new toys. New tutorial To make sure you don’t get lost in the maze of VR controls, we’ll also add a new, fun tutorial. Hopefully it will be as intuitive as possible and it will teach you everything you need to know in order to survive. It will also explain the story better. We’ve also put together a new, action packed Story trailer for your eyes and ears to feast upon! You can check it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNtasi1I7FE Join our Discord server to get exclusive behind the scenes info and chat with us directly! We’d like to see your opinion and ideas. https://discord.gg/R5ZUsjB

Hey guys! We’re happy to announce that A-Tech Cybernetic’s latest update, Chapter 04: The Surface has arrived! We’ve added the story’s next chapter, where you’ll have to wander around The Surface, the biggest and most spectacular play area yet in the game! Be sure to admire the surroundings when catching your breath between the epic fights, it is truly remarkable! Use the spacious terrain to your advantage with the help of your new badass sniper rifle we’ve just added. What a coincidence. ;)

Full patchnotes of Update v0.15.0:

• Chapter 04 with new achievements
• New narration system with improved timing and colour for characters
• Added one extra flashlight for every level start that you can now store in its dedicated holster
• Changed melee holstering for sword-like weapons (you can now holster them)
• Little camera shake added to explosions for that extra immersion
• Leaderboard added to SWARM mode
• Performance improvements in big enemy encounters
• Performance improvements when using weapon selector
• Tons of bugfixes

If you encounter any problems with the game, or you have ideas, feedback concerning A-Tech, let us know either here on Steam or on Discord: https://discord.gg/R5ZUsjB We hope you enjoy this update, stay tuned for the next one!

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Hey there Challengers!

Thank you so much for participating in the A-Tech Cybernetic VR Swarm Challenge. We are very happy that so many of you have participated, and so we are here to announce the winners! We're using Steam/Twitch usernames.

Categories:

• Survivor- You survived the longest.

• Tamanegi

  Congratulations, you are the recipient of 2 Zero Caliber VR keys, a Dead Effect 2 key, your name will be in a designated spot in the Hall of Fame as Survivor and you get to write your custom Tablet Note which will appear inside the game!

• shermonstar

  Congratulations, you are the recipient of 2 Zero Caliber VR keys, a Dead Effect 2 key, your name will be forever engraved in the Hall of Fame as Survivor!

• Kisu

  Congratulations, you are the recipient of 2 Zero Caliber VR keys, a Dead Effect 2 key, your name will be forever engraved in the Hall of Fame as Survivor!

• Sir Terence

  Congratulations, you are the recipient of 2 Zero Caliber VR keys, a Dead Effect 2 key, your name will be forever engraved in the Hall of Fame as Survivor!

• Slice of Rye

  Congratulations, you are the recipient of 2 Zero Caliber VR keys, a Dead Effect 2 key, your name will be forever engraved in the Hall of Fame as Survivor!

• WMan 22

  Congratulations, you are the recipient of 1 Zero Caliber VR key and your name will be forever engraved in the Hall of Fame as Survivor!
• Melee Survivor - You survived the longest using only melee weapons.

• realdying

  Congratulations, you are the recipient of 2 Zero Caliber VR keys, a Dead Effect 2 key, your name will be on a designated spot in the Hall of Fame as Melee Survivor and you get to write your custom Tablet Note which will appear inside the game!

Congratulations to all the winners!

To claim your prize, please e-mail us at [email protected] and we'll get in touch with you shortly! DEADLINE IS 15 AUGUST! Thanks everyone for participating, we appreciate your support!

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Hey People! We are happy to announce the A-Tech Cybernetic VR Swarm Challenge. Valuable and exclusive prizes such as Dead Effect 2 VR and Zero Caliber VR Steam keys. Get your name on our Hall of Fame, come and participate, don’t miss the chance!

Watch the video trailer here: https://youtu.be/c2eXJqhZbz0

Categories:

Survivor - You survived the longest.

Melee Survivor - You survived the longest using only melee weapons.

Prizes

(details at the end of the post):

• Every participant will be included in the Swarm Hall of Fame. This will appear inside the game and on our Steam Page.
• We will distribute 26 Steam Keys total (10+3 for each category) to our new military-tactical FPS developed exclusively for VR called Zero Caliber .
• 10 Dead Effect 2 VR Steam keys in total (5 for each category). Just in time for their huge upcoming update!
• Survivor - You will have an exclusive board with your name on it as the “Survivor” or “ Melee Survivor” and get to have yourself included in the game and write a tablet note.

Rules

What do you have to do to participate: Survivor

• Play Swarm Mode on Normal difficulty
• Take a screenshot of your results.
• Upload it to our Screenshots page on Steam using your name and A-Tech Cybernetic VR Swarm Challenge in the title.
• If you have any social media don’t forget to use the #atechchallenge and #DE2VR.

Melee Survivor

• Capture your gameplay on Normal difficulty as a proof.
• Upload it to Youtube - Include A-Tech Cybernetic VR Swarm Challenge in the title and the category in the description.
• Send the Youtube link to [email protected].
• If you have any social media don’t forget to use the #atechchallenge and #DE2VR hashtags!

Below you can see the PRIZES for each place. (Applies for both category but keep in mind that you only can apply for just one of them.) 5-10.

• Zero Caliber VR Steam Key
• Hall of Fame (in Steam Discussions)
• Hall of Fame (in-game)

4-5.

• All of the above
• + Dead Effect 2 VR Steam Key

2-3.

• All of the above
• + Exclusive place for your name at the Hall of Fame
• + Two Zero Caliber VR Steam Keys instead of one (As this game will support Co-Op you should share it with a friend and play together!)

1.

• All of the above
• + Write your custom tablet note

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/31b51cee9630e9b78e764ccfefdebcee773c509e.png Hey All, Our precious Chapter 4: The Surface is coming soon, until then enjoy this trailer that we put together for you and let's dig into the details. https://youtu.be/nuarEwSs49U In this chapter, you get to escape the research facility and explore the surface for the first time. This is our first completely outdoor level which was quite exciting for our developers. They could utilize the “landscape” tool of Unreal, which lets you sculpt out the layout of the level. This big open space really gives you the feeling of freedom and enhances the gameplay and immersiveness. Feel free to enjoy the view (climbing up the metal containers is highly recommended). https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/a9d52416304e79f2e4f7784d3d309071680f682d.gif Have a look around because valuable loot is lying around all over the place! The explorable area is huge compared to previous maps. It’s roughly the same size as Chapter 1 & 2 COMBINED (maybe even bigger), the scales are off the chart, everything is just huge. Starting in a dark and tight corridor, you flounder and search for your flashlight. Seconds later you get to escape the research facility and look around. Take your time to admire the view and get some fresh air! This is art, isn’t it? https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/f32ca80751bdf0a117e502f7e03b5fc4949b9c1f.gif Enjoy the diverse red environment and beautiful stone rocks and cliffs but beware! Look out for bloodthirsty and aggressive mutant hordes coming in all shapes and sizes. Be creative, you can defeat them in many ways. Try to pick up the notorious Eden Baton and strike them off a bridge. Remember to look for loot, you’ll need it! What’s even better is that we’re introducing our new Sniper Rifle in this chapter. Exploit the landscape, use the altitudes. Look for a cliff, some high grounds, camp out and utilize the valuable scope. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/e758bdf0de6820bafd2eae9160d0b99082a96bef.gif Don’t forget that your feedback is very important to us. We would like to perfect the game together with the community and won’t stop developing until A-Tech Cybernetic VR becomes the best VR Fps experience up to date!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/cdddd8e4435cbc7d69e5f79bd47aa13b5c05d6a8.png Hey All, Please welcome our new trailer for A-Tech Cybernetic. Our goal was to make an exciting, action-packed video that reflects the evolution our game went through during the past year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR_A06wdGPM&feature=youtu.be If you haven't tried the latest update, you should definitely check it out. You will be surprised with how much the game has improved! Countless bugs have been fixed with your help and valuable feedback. You already have a wide range of weapons at your disposal (from a simple wrench to an eagle eye Sniper Rifle), and we're expanding the arsenal even further (one of our players mentioned a katana... we'll see). You can already play the first three Chapters, and Chapter 4 (out of the final 6+1) is coming very soon. Co-Op gameplay with dedicated maps is also on its way! You as a community and your feedback are the first priority to us because our goal is to make one of the very best VR experiences to date and you can bet we will not stop developing A-Tech until that is achieved! Don’t forget: Steam Summer Sale is ON, so don't hesitate, give it a try!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/b1c70640a8500c4ae2e39f6f0604785ae77435d5.jpg Hi A-Tech Fans, Our latest major Update (v0.14.0) is officially out now! We have added new stuff, fixed a lot of bugs, fine-tuned the gameplay, optimized performance and so on. Many of you will be pleased, give it a try! If you have any question we have good news for you: our FAQ has been updated too. If you still have questions don't hesitate to reach us! Twitter Facebook Discord

Story and mood improvements

Major sound and music overhaul. Tablet notes with additional story elements

• We have added many Tablet Notes that you can pick up, scroll, read and immerse yourselves in the demise of A-Tech Inc.. It is highly recommended to take your time and have a look at them, they enhance and color our story beyond the narration.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/890fe8604f06ecceed5fd6184afa675b2aed4631.gif Reworked narration

• We can’t emphasize enough that your feedback is extremely important for us. Many of our players said that our narrator is a bit irritating so we reworked it and introduced a whole new character! Give it a try again, there are some surprises waiting for you!

Enemies and fights

New enemy

• Our new enemy is called the Shotgunner – and he has a… wait for it… Shotgun! Watch out for those close encounters!

New look for zombies, multiple “levels” for enemies

• This means the usual variation in hp and damage but there is something more in it. It affects their priority: for example shooters will cull down lesser zombies now.
• Zombie HP and damage reduced on easy.

Hangar fight rework (at the end of Chapter 02)

Weapons

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/a8d67ebc757c0e64b01c00d9094f7f759777ad05.gif Eden Baton – new “sword-like” melee weapon

• It’s much longer and deadlier than our previous melee weapons. Get ready for the chopsticks you’ve always wanted for your zombie-sushi!

Adjusted melee weapon colliders (less likely to go right through the enemy) Gun damage adjustments

• A thrown weapon’s explosion damage has been reduced to 60% of its previous value (because of the new weapon selector).
• Headshot damage increased on every difficulty.

New gun handling method

UX and Gameplay

New looting method

• Loot are now automatically used on pickup. This actually means that the stomach-pouch is gone for good, making the game more arcade-ish, user-friendly and intense.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/881b2be8d2d473af656007d072f2ad47dd666563.gif Achievements A multitude of UX changes Hard mode changes

• Negative modifier for loot amount removed from Hard difficulty
• Slight damage reduction for Hard difficulty.

Menus

New Inventory - Introducing the Weapon Selector menu

• With the new weapon selector menu you now have a basic inventory. With every piece of ammo picked up you can spawn a weapon. Please note that only unlocked weapons can be spawned regardless of ammo. Just see the achievements for information on your unlocks. ;)
• How to use it?
• With an empty hand, Press and hold the trigger button.
• Hover over the weapon you want to use.
• Release trigger button.
• The selected weapon is spawned into the nearest holster.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/1c42d3e51aefedbf2f5d85701f1938d57b9ab095.gif Reworked In-game Menu Reworked Death Menu

Performance optimizations on all chapters and enemies.

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Story, Weapon, UX, Menu Improvements and New Enemy

Hey A-Tech Fans! After a bit of a silence we're close to releasing our next huge update(06.06)! Below you can find summary about it's contents. If you are into details do not worry, we will come back with an extended version when the update is out. Until then feel free to check our Twitter page and participate in our community on Reddit and Discord It contains many improvements, content and fixes based your feedback (that we're extremely thankful for). https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/743c793da0a7aa922576dd65a11f42a8af104ca8.jpg

Story and mood improvements

• Major sound and music overhaul.
• Tablet notes with additional story elements
• Reworked narration

Enemies and fights

• New enemy: Shotgunner (watch out for close encounters)
• New look for zombies, multiple “levels” for enemies (more hp and damage)
• Hangar fight rework (at the end of chapter 02)

Weapons

• New melee weapon – Eden Baton
• Adjusted melee weapon colliders (less likely to go right through the enemy)
• Some gun damage adjustments
• New gun handling method

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UX and Gameplay

• New looting method
• Achievements
• A multitude of UX changes
• Swarm leaderboard

Menus

• New Inventory - Gun selector menu
• Reworked In-game menu
• Reworked Death menu

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/9c3d0cc1c2251f2517ece0ecf01b9a214447bac3.jpg - Disclaimer: Please note that you SHOULD NOT ALTER Windows Mixed Reality config files (e.g. default.vrsettings) because if you do and move with that configuration the game might break logically. - Hi, It is here at last! After a long struggle with the sad state of the European VR economy and our local customs department we've finally been able to get our hands on a WMR headset. A quick (and painful) engine upgrade later we can now say that our game officially supports WMR headsets. We've also fixed our latest update (v0.13.1) so you can also enjoy those features bug-free. Unfortunately we have a second disclaimer that will hopefully be irrelevant to everyone but the most eagle-eyed of our players: The new Unreal Engine version is a mess. Like really-really frustratingly messy. Upgrading to it broke a LOT of things in the game, most of which are already fixed but there are a few graphical issues (these will require 1-2 weeks of our time and we didn't want to delay WMR support any more because of a few minor visual imperfections) and there could be some bugs that eluded our testing. We're trying to fix every issue in the shortest time possible, but we must ask for a little patience. Known issues:

• Game is not that beautiful as it was and will be 2 weeks from now :)
• Some lights are 90 degree broken
• Ammo pickups 90 degree broken
• Enemy gun handling 90 degree bug
• Landscape weird LOD near the end of Ch3

Thank you for your continuous support, XReal Games

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/2ea1dbd73ba6eb41834c14e2552df4c35e795864.jpg Bug Alert!!! We had to pull our latest update (v0.13.1) and revert the live Steam version of A-Tech to the previous update (v.0.13.0) due to a particularly nasty, game-braking bug. The damn thing managed to not only elude our pre-release testing but we had to work all weekend to be able to reproduce it on our hardware. Fortunately we probably managed to fix it but we want to be absolutely sure that it's gone for good before we re-upload the new version. If you're really anxious for that sweet smooth turn you can try downloading our public beta of the fixed update, it would also help us a lot in making sure that the next update is bug-free. We want to apologise for everyone who was affected by this stealthy bastard, we hope a fixed version will be out soon. The Devs

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/3df526db3ca281539aa73879e3c8ffc2531959fd.png Our Anniversary Sale is still going until Thursday, but our next update is already live, containing the long awaited "Smooth Turn" option for both the Rift and the Vive along with another upgrade to the A-Tech soundscape.

• Oculus controls reworked (turning) In the options menu you can turn on/off and use the followings -Smooth turning with right thumbstick. (This way you can teleport with pressing the right thumbstick) -Snap turning with right thumbstick. (This way you can teleport with pressing the right thumbstick) -Teleporting into any direction kept the same as before
• HTC Vive controls reworked (turning) In the options menu you can turn on/off and use the followings -Smooth turning when touching right thumbstick. (This way you can teleport with pressing the right thumbstick) -Snap turning when tapping on thumbstick left/right side. (Please note that you don’t have to press it. This way you can teleport with pressing the right thumbstick) -Teleporting into any direction kept the same as before
• Sound effect updates We are transitioning to a fully spatial binaural audio system: -A lot of player, enemy and gun sounds made binaural -Chapter 03 got it’s nice ambient sounds -Added reverb zones to story levels -Better versions of some sound effects (e.g. barrel explosion, headshots, crystals)

We hope you'll enjoy the new features. You can look forward to our next Story Chapter coming in a few weeks! (worst case scenario:end of April) Chapter 4 is quite a break from our usual level design, so we're very curious about your feedback! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/e8f0657709747ddfc25aa6cc5c8ac61bc1d5fd16.gif See you in the comments, The Devs

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Hello there!

(...General Kenobi!) It's Makrangoncias again. Today’s post is about Chapter 4. Working Title: “Surface” Chapter 4 is coming in a few weeks and it's kind of a big deal for us. It’s the first level designed from scratch since the original 3, and boy can you feel the difference! The explorable area is roughly the same as chapter 1-2 COMBINED (maybe even bigger), the scales are off the chart, and everything is just huge. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/ba1e8dafa5cafce909e8275daa3e8ab23bf18d4f.png Yep, that's a full-scale dump truck. What made this easier to achieve is that this is a completely outdoor level, so we could utilize the “landscape” tool of Unreal, basically sculpting out the layout of the level instead of placing a ton of cubes. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/ed69dc65d688cb50b76353761fbd7ff06efe9f40.png Our next IP: Clay-Tech Cybernetic What we were worried about though is that the size and outdoor nature of the level might affect performance. About performance: Vr-ready machines are basically the strongest PC-s commercially available on this planet, yet we still have to optimize the game as strictly as we would for a 5-8 year old hardware. Why? Because in VR games instead of just one, you have a total of 3 displays (2 for your eyes, and 1 for your desktop monitor). Each of them running around Full HD resolution (higher for the Vive Pro) and the two in your headset require at least 90fps. So it’s actually worse than rendering the game for three standard monitors, and that consumes a hell lot of hardware capacity. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/d40258821973aebfb2eea46dd1f05da8140cbbff.jpg Even a Titan starts to sweat under VR But enough of the technicalities. The reason why most VR games play in very confined or at least well-separated areas is that these require much less resources to optimize. Nevertheless, we’ve tried implementing a truly massive, continuous map layout. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/e9d95bc6987be82a37e7f183e8c6fa5aef485d05.png That circled area is the same size as the area of the hangar fight. To our huge but pleasant suprise, the performance seems to be stable. What’s more it’s even more stable than on the usual indoor levels, so much so that we even managed to add some fancy new effects! Last but not least, the great render distance made is possible to utilize the new Sniper Rifle, and using it is a ton of fun. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/065bc099904ac803be437bdc653f3f374454d930.png A true beast for a wild map From a design and gameplay perspective, Chapter 4 is a huge leap forward, but like everything else, it also comes with a price. We had to save time by avoiding events that require custom behavior, but I think the new environment, the sniper rifle and all the fresh gameplay that they bring will be more than enough to keep you entertained! We're crazy anxious about your feedback, you can expect Ch4 in the next few weeks! Norbert (Makrangoncias) Game and Level designer

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Hello there!

(...General Kenobi!) It's Makrangoncias again. Today’s post is about Chapter 4. Working Title: “Surface” Chapter 4 is coming in a few weeks and it's kind of a big deal for us. It’s the first level designed from scratch since the original 3, and boy can you feel the difference! The explorable area is roughly the same as chapter 1-2 COMBINED (maybe even bigger), the scales are off the chart, and everything is just huge. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/ba1e8dafa5cafce909e8275daa3e8ab23bf18d4f.png Yep, that's a full-scale dump truck. What made this easier to achieve is that this is a completely outdoor level, so we could utilize the “landscape” tool of Unreal, basically sculpting out the layout of the level instead of placing a ton of cubes. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/ed69dc65d688cb50b76353761fbd7ff06efe9f40.png Our next IP: Clay-Tech Cybernetic What we were worried about though is that the size and outdoor nature of the level might affect performance. About performance: Vr-ready machines are basically the strongest PC-s commercially available on this planet, yet we still have to optimize the game as strictly as we would for a 5-8 year old hardware. Why? Because in VR games instead of just one, you have a total of 3 displays (2 for your eyes, and 1 for your desktop monitor). Each of them running around Full HD resolution (higher for the Vive Pro) and the two in your headset require at least 90fps. So it’s actually worse than rendering the game for three standard monitors, and that consumes a hell lot of hardware capacity. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/d40258821973aebfb2eea46dd1f05da8140cbbff.jpg Even a Titan starts to sweat under VR But enough of the technicalities. The reason why most VR games play in very confined or at least well-separated areas is that these require much less resources to optimize. Nevertheless, we’ve tried implementing a truly massive, continuous map layout. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/e9d95bc6987be82a37e7f183e8c6fa5aef485d05.png That circled area is the same size as the area of the hangar fight. To our huge but pleasant suprise, the performance seems to be stable. What’s more it’s even more stable than on the usual indoor levels, so much so that we even managed to add some fancy new effects! Last but not least, the great render distance made is possible to utilize the new Sniper Rifle, and using it is a ton of fun. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/065bc099904ac803be437bdc653f3f374454d930.png A true beast for a wild map From a design and gameplay perspective, Chapter 4 is a huge leap forward, but like everything else, it also comes with a price. We had to save time by avoiding events that require custom behavior, but I think the new environment, the sniper rifle and all the fresh gameplay that they bring will be more than enough to keep you entertained! We're crazy anxious about your feedback, you can expect Ch4 in the next few weeks! Norbert (Makrangoncias) Game and Level designer

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/91f2bfa9e6d8985b81f3d0f78f2a405d14fe0aba.jpg Before we start we'd like to thank you for your wonderful support over the last year since A-Tech was released on Steam, we couldn't have achieved this milestone without you. For this occasion we've decided to hold our first sale independent of the big seasonal Steam sales, if you're still hesitant about getting A-Tech this price is the best you'll probably ever have. ;) We are hard-at-work on as much new and polished content as humanly possible, with Chapter 4 releasing as soon as a few weeks! And now the Patch Notes: Disclaimer: Please note that savegames had to be discarded (because we fixed a checkpoint issue) but we removed the level locks so you don’t have to restart the whole game. Finally. With this update we can safely call Chapter 3 as polished as the rest of our game. We've had a few more major bugs than we would have liked this time, but thanks to your feedback we were able to locate and eliminate them as quickly as possible. You were extremely patient with our hiccups and for that you deserve our eternal gratitude. As a thank you we've hidden a little sneak peak of Chapter 4 at the end of the patch notes ;) Highlights: - Chapter 03 fixed after lava part and can be completed - Locomotion improved to fully support weird landscapes like in the chapter 03 caves https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/f335bb935590187c9169cbdd65257b38d2578b94.png (Read the full Dev Diary on our struggles with the Evil Navmesh) - New weapon: SUBMACHINE GUN - Removed level locks But wait... There’s more! -Added a lot of improved and high-quality sound effect -Added even more particle systems -New and much nicer hand-options menu UI -New weapon: SUBMACHINE GUN! It's going to make an appearance in Ch4, but you can already try it out on the SWARM maps! -On Oculus, fixed the one-eyed shader error flickering -Optimized gameplay graphics here and there so you can expect a little performance increase -Tutorial expanded with holster and looting mechanics And now for that sneak peak: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/e8f0657709747ddfc25aa6cc5c8ac61bc1d5fd16.gif (Ch4 is going to play out completely on the asteroid's surface!!! We're extremely excited as this will be the first time we venture out of the comfortable and performance-friendly rooms to the wilderness of the PX923 asteroid.) A thousand thanks for your support and patience, you can bet that we will not stop developing A-Tech until we can say it really is one of the very best VR games to date!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/91f2bfa9e6d8985b81f3d0f78f2a405d14fe0aba.jpg Before we start we'd like to thank you for your wonderful support over the last year since A-Tech was released on Steam, we couldn't have achieved this milestone without you. For this occasion we've decided to hold our first sale independent of the big seasonal Steam sales, if you're still hesitant about getting A-Tech this price is the best you'll probably ever have. ;) We are hard-at-work on as much new and polished content as humanly possible, with Chapter 4 releasing as soon as a few weeks! And now the Patch Notes: Disclaimer: Please note that savegames had to be discarded (because we fixed a checkpoint issue) but we removed the level locks so you don’t have to restart the whole game. Finally. With this update we can safely call Chapter 3 as polished as the rest of our game. We've had a few more major bugs than we would have liked this time, but thanks to your feedback we were able to locate and eliminate them as quickly as possible. You were extremely patient with our hiccups and for that you deserve our eternal gratitude. As a thank you we've hidden a little sneak peak of Chapter 4 at the end of the patch notes ;) Highlights: - Chapter 03 fixed after lava part and can be completed - Locomotion improved to fully support weird landscapes like in the chapter 03 caves https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/f335bb935590187c9169cbdd65257b38d2578b94.png (Read the full Dev Diary on our struggles with the Evil Navmesh) - New weapon: SUBMACHINE GUN - Removed level locks But wait... There’s more! -Added a lot of improved and high-quality sound effect -Added even more particle systems -New and much nicer hand-options menu UI -New weapon: SUBMACHINE GUN! It's going to make an appearance in Ch4, but you can already try it out on the SWARM maps! -On Oculus, fixed the one-eyed shader error flickering -Optimized gameplay graphics here and there so you can expect a little performance increase -Tutorial expanded with holster and looting mechanics And now for that sneak peak: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/e8f0657709747ddfc25aa6cc5c8ac61bc1d5fd16.gif (Ch4 is going to play out completely on the asteroid's surface!!! We're extremely excited as this will be the first time we venture out of the comfortable and performance-friendly rooms to the wilderness of the PX923 asteroid.) A thousand thanks for your support and patience, you can bet that we will not stop developing A-Tech until we can say it really is one of the very best VR games to date!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/0732c161ceb430c64a4869fcf5ea010f1d816f14.jpg We have a Birthday Present for you! It’s been a whole year since A-Tech came out on Steam and boy oh boy it’s been a long year. We’ve made a Story Mode with 3 Chapters along with brand-new Enemies, Guns and Swarm Maps. We’ve immensely improved upon locomotion, accessability, UX, compatibility and a ton of other stuff. Our dev team has also been growing considerably (you should read this post if you’re interested) and the next year might hold more than a few surprises for our fans. ;) As a way of celebrating our anniversary we’d like to give out 10 FREE KEYS to the Steam Community. Entering is easy: Put A-Tech on your wishlist and write a comment on this post about how you usually discover new VR experiences. The deadline is midnight on March 18th (this Sunday). On Monday we’ll randomly chose 10 person and if you’re one of the winners you’ll get a friend request and a message from us with your FREE STEAM KEY! So don’t hesitate, our keys are eager to find new homes!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/0732c161ceb430c64a4869fcf5ea010f1d816f14.jpg We have a Birthday Present for you! It’s been a whole year since A-Tech came out on Steam and boy oh boy it’s been a long year. We’ve made a Story Mode with 3 Chapters along with brand-new Enemies, Guns and Swarm Maps. We’ve immensely improved upon locomotion, accessability, UX, compatibility and a ton of other stuff. Our dev team has also been growing considerably (you should read this post if you’re interested) and the next year might hold more than a few surprises for our fans. ;) As a way of celebrating our anniversary we’d like to give out 10 FREE KEYS to the Steam Community. Entering is easy: Put A-Tech on your wishlist and write a comment on this post about how you usually discover new VR experiences. The deadline is midnight on March 18th (this Sunday). On Monday we’ll randomly chose 10 person and if you’re one of the winners you’ll get a friend request and a message from us with your FREE STEAM KEY! So don’t hesitate, our keys are eager to find new homes!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/aec5bab3c8f43f7b9b99c25e4ba1dac43e2b24ee.jpg Sometimes we must admit if something goes awry. In our last content update we tried to do a lot of new things and we may have bit off more than we could chew at once. Our aim was always to provide content as polished as humanly (or rather Indie-ly) possible, but as many of you may know, A-tech is slowly 2 years old. When we’ve started developing, many of today's templates and standards didn’t really exist. At that time smooth locomotion wasn’t really a thing, and we just started with some very basic behavior and went with it. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/05cb9f0b499689b260f9f481b299f041a1c03da1.jpg Ah the good old days of swarm mode Later “revolutionary” features like moving on angled surfaces and on multiple levels of navigation mesh was implemented. Let me explain the later for you. Navigation mesh basically defines the area where you can move around. It’s not really that simple but let’s stay with this. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/f335bb935590187c9169cbdd65257b38d2578b94.png The green stuff you see is the NavMesh What you can move over however is a really different topic. Here is when the collision of the objects come into play. Collision is defined by the shape of the objects and a lot of other parameters. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/ec3b1bb68faed960cae61623b8db0cda52f604f5.png The collision view of the same level A lot of the problems attributed to this could be solved by very high resolution shapes. However everything you can step on and shoot has to be calculated by the engine’s physics so higher definition surfaces => more calculations => less FPS. You could reply “Come on, other games have solved this problem!” Sure they did. We should do too, on that we agree. The problem as I mentioned before, is that we’ve started from very very far away, and we never had time to properly upgrade our navigation system to today’s standards. And since this is the first case we actually came across this problem it takes some time to fix it. We basically have to rewrite our whole locomotion system, and for a small indie studio that is a nightmare scenario. The new system is probably going to break a ton of things, which will need to be tested and fixed and tested again. We are working on it, but for now we must ask for your patience. A thousand thanks for your support, Norbert (Makrangoncias) Game and Level designer

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/aec5bab3c8f43f7b9b99c25e4ba1dac43e2b24ee.jpg Sometimes we must admit if something goes awry. In our last content update we tried to do a lot of new things and we may have bit off more than we could chew at once. Our aim was always to provide content as polished as humanly (or rather Indie-ly) possible, but as many of you may know, A-tech is slowly 2 years old. When we’ve started developing, many of today's templates and standards didn’t really exist. At that time smooth locomotion wasn’t really a thing, and we just started with some very basic behavior and went with it. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/05cb9f0b499689b260f9f481b299f041a1c03da1.jpg Ah the good old days of swarm mode Later “revolutionary” features like moving on angled surfaces and on multiple levels of navigation mesh was implemented. Let me explain the later for you. Navigation mesh basically defines the area where you can move around. It’s not really that simple but let’s stay with this. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/f335bb935590187c9169cbdd65257b38d2578b94.png The green stuff you see is the NavMesh What you can move over however is a really different topic. Here is when the collision of the objects come into play. Collision is defined by the shape of the objects and a lot of other parameters. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/ec3b1bb68faed960cae61623b8db0cda52f604f5.png The collision view of the same level A lot of the problems attributed to this could be solved by very high resolution shapes. However everything you can step on and shoot has to be calculated by the engine’s physics so higher definition surfaces => more calculations => less FPS. You could reply “Come on, other games have solved this problem!” Sure they did. We should do too, on that we agree. The problem as I mentioned before, is that we’ve started from very very far away, and we never had time to properly upgrade our navigation system to today’s standards. And since this is the first case we actually came across this problem it takes some time to fix it. We basically have to rewrite our whole locomotion system, and for a small indie studio that is a nightmare scenario. The new system is probably going to break a ton of things, which will need to be tested and fixed and tested again. We are working on it, but for now we must ask for your patience. A thousand thanks for your support, Norbert (Makrangoncias) Game and Level designer

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/e32ae65946958a9e1a2b62c4aec6b9b7f6ef3c10.jpg Hey VR Lovers, So... in our last update there were a bit more bugs than we've intended, we've fixed the worst ones for now and working on the others. Sorry for that! Full Patchnote

• Fixed chapter 02 end hangar fight checkpoint
• Expanded chapter 03 experience
• Due to the above changes, we sadly had to make old saves invalid. Sorry for the inconvenience =( .

Here is our discord channel http://steamcommunity.com/games/578210/announcements/detail/1670142401205352462 If you have a good idea or any suggestions please don't hesitate to send us a message. Your feedback is very welcome and by giving your input you also become a part of the development process! :) Thanks for all your feedback! See you soon, Xreal Team

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/e32ae65946958a9e1a2b62c4aec6b9b7f6ef3c10.jpg Hey VR Lovers, So... in our last update there were a bit more bugs than we've intended, we've fixed the worst ones for now and working on the others. Sorry for that! Full Patchnote

• Fixed chapter 02 end hangar fight checkpoint
• Expanded chapter 03 experience
• Due to the above changes, we sadly had to make old saves invalid. Sorry for the inconvenience =( .

Here is our discord channel http://steamcommunity.com/games/578210/announcements/detail/1670142401205352462 If you have a good idea or any suggestions please don't hesitate to send us a message. Your feedback is very welcome and by giving your input you also become a part of the development process! :) Thanks for all your feedback! See you soon, Xreal Team

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/0732c161ceb430c64a4869fcf5ea010f1d816f14.jpg Hey VR Lovers, It's finally happening! A brand-new environment, two fresh enemies and a lot of cool puzzles and the next chapter of the story mode has been arrived! Meanwhile Watch Our new Trailer video on our Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/OfKdIjL27Vg Full Patchnote:

CHAPTER 03 !!!

• First iteration with
• New enemy types (dog and polip)
• New puzzles - it’s surprise ;)
• New player HUD design http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/a3f303f5fec042df784441722ac0f92c0585aa9e.jpg
• AI improvements
• Reworked projectiles (much spectacularrrr, very fireworks, wow) Here is our last Dev diary: http://steamcommunity.com/games/578210/announcements/detail/1591325606968787970 http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/e32ae65946958a9e1a2b62c4aec6b9b7f6ef3c10.jpg Here is our Discord Channel! http://steamcommunity.com/games/578210/announcements/detail/1670142401205352462 If you have a good idea or any suggestion please don't hesitate to send us a message. Your feedback is very welcome and by giving your input you also become a part of the development process! :) Thanks for all your feedback! See you soon, Xreal Team

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/0732c161ceb430c64a4869fcf5ea010f1d816f14.jpg Hey VR Lovers, It's finally happening! A brand-new environment, two fresh enemies and a lot of cool puzzles and the next chapter of the story mode has been arrived! Meanwhile Watch Our new Trailer video on our Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/OfKdIjL27Vg Full Patchnote:

CHAPTER 03 !!!

• First iteration with
• New enemy types (dog and polip)
• New puzzles - it’s surprise ;)
• New player HUD design http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/a3f303f5fec042df784441722ac0f92c0585aa9e.jpg
• AI improvements
• Reworked projectiles (much spectacularrrr, very fireworks, wow) Here is our last Dev diary: http://steamcommunity.com/games/578210/announcements/detail/1591325606968787970 http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/e32ae65946958a9e1a2b62c4aec6b9b7f6ef3c10.jpg Here is our Discord Channel! http://steamcommunity.com/games/578210/announcements/detail/1670142401205352462 If you have a good idea or any suggestion please don't hesitate to send us a message. Your feedback is very welcome and by giving your input you also become a part of the development process! :) Thanks for all your feedback! See you soon, Xreal Team

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/1659e1e188428ef99f7c0f01801ca631b70e2fc2.png Hey VR Lovers, TLDR:

• CONTROLLER ORIENTED LOCOMOTION
• Smooth turning
• NEW MENU
• Narration rework
• Audio improvements
• New enemies
• Better gunplay

Watch Our new Trailer video on our Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/OfKdIjL27Vg Okay, so the game has changed A LOT. Details below.

Menu

If you liked the previous one you’ll be stunned from the new one. (Actually if you liked the previous one, something might be wrong with you). Completely new stunning visuals, more obvious level selector, completely overhauled user experience.

Gameplay

Gameplay elements now highlighted for better visibility Lighting setups changed to make the game more understandable Some parts of the levels were slightly change to make for a more streamlined experience

Player/controls

CONTROLLER ORIENTED LOCOMOTION added as an option Smooth turning can be used on Oculus Rift (instead of snap turning) On Oculus snap and smooth turning factor can be changed Grenades can be stored on body from now on Footsteps became material-dependent

Audio and sounds

FINALLY the sounds got some love. We know that a lot of you had problems with guns not sounding badass enough some noises were just out of place. There’s still a lot to do, but we are working on it Narration got blended in the atmosphere more and we also eliminated the shouting parts. Also your companion is no longer a complete asshole. Also narration can be completely turned off for our lone-horror fans.

Game framework

Added automatic quality setter at first start for newcomers

Enemies

The AI has been improved somewhat (still working on it) New fast enemy (a female :o you can bash virtual cyber-undead ladies now) Body-headshot damage rebalance, difficulties now more accurate (hard is not nightmarish, easy is a lot easier than normal) http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/3799e50d864bb8919d6207454f52724edb2d7dc1.gif Here is the full dev Diary: http://steamcommunity.com/games/578210/announcements/detail/1591325606968787970

Weapons

Machine gun was nerfed damage, ammo capacity and accuracy (just waving it around and killing everything is not our definition of fun). Shotgun is more accurate (maybe it can be a tuned a little bit more, we’ll see) Also, improved particles and projectiles! In the next update you’ll get all the new projectiles, in this one we could only include the pistol bullet as an example. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28133510/355275df07a236ebf301362a18ed7c8b42c8075a.gif Please note that unfortunately we had to drop backwards compatibility (game saves cleared) but we hope that the improved, smoother experiences of chapter 1 and 2 will compensate for this. And We made our Discord Channel! http://steamcommunity.com/games/578210/announcements/detail/1670142401205352462 If you have a good idea or any suggestion please don't hesitate to send us a message. Your feedback is very welcome and by giving your input you also become a part of the development process! :) Thanks for all your feedback! See you soon, Xreal Team