AUTO-CRISIS news & patch notes

BUG FIXES :

• Fixed a bug that would make so the Steam Achievements didn't work.

• Fixed a few typos that slipped through the translation files.

If you find anything else, please post in the Community Hub.

I've worked with friends to deliver a few new languages options for AUTO-CRISIS! Let me know if you find any typos!

V1.2.0

LOCALIZATION :

• Japanese, Spanish and French are now available.

OTHER CHANGES :

• Slightly reduced stamina.

• Fixed a bug where the lightning bolts wouldn't be visible in the parking and dump levels.

• Rearranged some props for visibility.

• Critters (Forest Entities) are now slightly more visible.

WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO : Right now I'm back working on my next project, THE BACKWORLDS. I'm trying to keep the schedule and release it next year. If you wanna follow my journey into this next game, follow the page or add me on bluesky ! Some update soon!

I wish you a happy halloween ;..;

Some more language options are coming to AUTO-CRISIS in a couple weeks! I'm working with a few people to translate the game. I'm not sure which langages will be available in the next update, for now French and Spanish are complete. I'm working on Arabic and Japanese translations. Maybe more are coming but I'm not sure. More info soon!

This is the biggest patch yet, I hope it adresses the last issues some players found with the game!

STAMINA CHANGES :

• There is now a color indication when the stamina is about to be depleted, and if you succeed in saving your stamina, there is a green colored indication that you succeeded. This will hopefully communicate the stamina system better.

• If you stops just before it depletes, you have a really small bonus of resplenishment (the bar is light green)

• Stamina values tweaked. It is regained way faster if not fully depleted, but also it punishes you slightly longer if you deplete it.

• The delay before gaining stamina back if you don't deplete it fully is now reduced by about 55%.

• "Stamina depleted" sound is now 40% lower (I think nobody likes that sound)

Stamina in AUTO-CRISIS was a source of frustration or not fun for some players. Initially I didn't want to include such a system in the game and wanted the mood to be slower. However, it was even more frustrating for players to walk so slow, even if the monsters were slow as well.

If I add more sprint time, the monsters then have to be faster, and the shelters must be further apart. It is really hard to balance those things in a satisfying manner.

The way I saw this sprint mechanic is that you have to preserve a little of your stamina and not uses it fully. However, during a lot of playthrough, I've seen that many players just use the full sprint bar, get the stamina malus, and just do that the whole game without knowing that it's faster if you don't use the sprint fully.

Those changes & tweaks will hopefully communicate better the stamina system and rewards them for using it with bonus stamina!

DX11 SUPPORT :

• Fixed many issues related to DX11 support (it took a lot of time oh boy)

• Texture pool crash should now be fixed

• Improved performance in many levels that had "level instances" that does not work well with dx11

PARKING LEVEL :

• There is now a line of text to indicate what you must do when you first pick up the toolbox.

FOREST LEVEL :

• Fixed a problem where critters would hurt you during the cinematic or after.

DUMP LEVEL :

• There are now less Critters in the earlier part of the level. Later part is unchanged.

• Level is a slightly darker.

TRIBAL LEVEL :

• Updated the level art so that people don't think they can enter garages or climb cliffs that are not climbable.

• Roadkills now can't reach you near the start.

ROAD LEVEL :

• There was a bug if you initially refused to use the oil, that made it so you couldn't do it later in the level. You are now forced to use it at certains threshold in the level.

• Tweaked some enemies positions so that it is easier (some of them were near unavoidable)

GRAY3 LEVEL :

• Motherlight is now a bit faster in this level.

ROADKILL (PARKING ENTITIES):

• Shelters now protects you for 0.6 seconds after leaving it, allowing players to better understand the roadkill mechanics and not panic and misunderstand how it works.

CRITTERS (FOREST ENTITIES) :

• Are now slightly more visible when close to you.

Thanks again for all the feedback and the kind words, I didn't expect it to be so well recieved to be honest. This patch marks the last of the changes I have in store for the game right now and I'll mark a pause before there's further changes. I hope you enjoy the game!

If you find anything else, please tell me in the Community Hub.

It's been wonderful seeing so many positive feedback for the game! I had a blast seeing videos and streams of people playing. There was of course some people that didn't got drawn into the atmosphere and story and were irritated by some things in my game, which is understable I've gathered a lot of feedback and observations and made this update that hopefully adresses those problems.

BRIGHTNESS CHANGES :

• Some players had brightness problem during game, so I added clarification at the start that you can change the brightness at any time in the settings menu.

• Many levels are now slightly brighter by default.

GENERAL :

• The "safe car" visual effect was tweaked to better communicate when it is effective and when it is not.

• Fixed a bug where you could climb up some cars.

• Fixed some rare colliders bugs that slipped through my playtests.

• Tweaked level art & props in many levels to properly indicate where you can and can't go.

• Some typos in the writing has been changed. (Let me know if you find any others!)

• Removed the Zoom function from documents.

• Changed some footsteps sounds and fixed some spatialization problems.

PARKING LEVEL :

• Music sting at the end of the level is now earlier (because apparently that's a refund reason)

• Pickup objects now weight less (you go faster with an object than before)

GRAY 1 LEVEL :

• Added more strategically placed blue signs that clues at how to survive the deadlights.

• The deadlights near the start now deals way less damage

GRAY 3 LEVEL :

• The music and dramatic would sometimes not play if the player backed off early from Motherlight.

ROAD LEVEL :

• Level would sometimes start with the player facing the wrong way.

• Level's second part should be slightly easier now.

• It was a lot of trouble, but I added a much needed additional checkpoint for the final scene (so that player that loose at the climax of the game are not sent back too far in the level)

PARKING ENTITIES :

• Toned down the range of the monster from last update.

• They now attack way more quicker and the damage is immediate. This changes impact but not balance.

FOREST ENTITIES :

• Fixed a rare bug where they would jump randomly.

• There was still a bug where some would spawn in the air and be stuck there. I hope it's fixed now

MOTHERLIGHT ENTITY :

• It's now a little easier to run away from it.

• Added some sfx during its gameover animation.

If you find anything else, please tell me in the Community Hub.

Some more bugs fixes and gameplay tweaks!

GENERAL :

• You now have more stamina and can run for longer. However, if you deplete it, your stamina takes more time to resplenish.

• Changed the "stamina depleted" sound to be more discreet and not sound like an old guy wheezing (sorry)

• Fixed an issue where the lightning wouldn't render light flashes in low settings.

• The early parts of the game are now more challenging.

"PARKING ENTITIES" :

• They are now are way faster and more of a challenge.

• Fixed a bug where in many cases they wouldn't attack when they should.

• Altered the animations parameters so they would not moonwalk so much (teehee)

TRIBAL LEVEL :

• Fixed a bug where one of the car would not shelter you from attacks.

• Tweaked the scene so it would perform better in low settings.

Some bugs that slipped through, and a few tweaks to the game's difficulty :

GENERAL :

• Low quality settings : fixed an issue where the car in the intro and outro were not rendered.

DUMP LEVEL :

• Fixed colliders that allowed for the player to skip large parts of the level

• Fixed an issue that could make some monsters fly in the air

TRIBAL LEVEL :

• Increased difficulty a little bit : more monsters, they are faster.

ROAD LEVEL :

• the early part is now easier

• Fixed some colliders that would block the player or enemies

If you find anything else, please post in the Community Hub.

AUTO-CRISIS is out! Released with a -30% discount for a week! I hope you like it.

Exciting news!

AUTO-CRISIS is now 100% complete and has entered playtest phase a few days ago! It will releases in about a month, August 30th, for all to play.

Here is the final trailer:

What to expect :

• About 70-80 minutes of a short horror cinematic story.

• Various entities populates the world of AUTO-CRISIS. Learn their behaviour to survive.

• High quality immersive environments and setting.

I'll be posting sneap peaks every day on my bluesky account so don't hesitate to go and join me there!!

Welcome back!

New features:

Development is going strong. Since April I've added quite a few things in the game.

The major changes are :

• Two new type of enemies.

• There are a few documents of all kind to be found in the game (retroactively including where used to be the demo) that will give hints, context and additional narration.

• The storm system was reworked. It looks now considerably better, and performance on that front was heavily improved from the demo.

• The player is way faster and every entities has been adjusted for balance.

Sneak peak :

I'm working on what will take place during the climax of the game. Here is a sneak peak :

Dev progress

Here is where I'm at for the rest of the game :

ACT 1 (demo) : 100%

ACT 2

level1 forest : 100%

level2 dump : 100%

level3 gray3 : 100%

ACT 3

level1 tribal : 80%

level2 gray4 : 85%

level3 the road : 70%

OUTRO : 75%

I'm staying on the end of august deadline, but I might move the date slightly if additional playtests are needed.

If you have any question don't hesitate to contact me through the community hub or discord!

If you see this post because of the Next-Fest, welcome! I'm really glad of the feedback I recieved for the demo released a few months ago and I'm working towards completing the game. There were some errors in pacing and gameplay clarity here and there that I think are fixed in this new version of the game. I've set aside continuing the game for a few days and worked on it : I'm releasing a new version now that will drastically improve the experience.

Demo Update v0.1.0

General

The demo, covering the first act, have been changed drastically. The overall effect is that the demo is considerably shorter and make the experience tighter. Player speed has been reworked. Player is now considerably faster, but the speed and stamina is adjusted depending on the object the player is carrying. There's now one less trip to the station to do. Regen health is now lower, but "shelters" give you health faster.

Entities

Parking Entities now deal much more damage, are slightly faster and harder to see. Parking Entities sometimes bugged and wouldn't patrol normally. This has been fixed. There is now a way more clear red visual feedback when you take damage from the Deadlights. The blue panels that give warnings and tips on Deadlights are now presented better to make it so you can't miss it accidentally.

Settings & Misc

There was a bug making parking decals uglier and flater. Now the parking look even prettier! Graphical Settings : Some problematic options were either fixed or removed. Forest performance upgraded Lamps turning of more in a more dramatic fashion now. Some colliders have been adjusted In the mean time, developement of the final game is going forward. In a few months there should be a final release date announced. Have a good one! And again, if you have any feedback, please visit the Community Hub or the Discord and let me know.

• partyl fixed a problem that occured with low settings that would make everything way too bright. If that happens to you, it will be fixed if you quit and load any scene again. Sorry for the inconvenience.
• added some stamina earlier on the game. Downgraded the "upgraded running".
• "subterrean" levels are now a little brighter.
• "subterrean" level creatures now deal more damage.
• various environment & props changes.