Project Demigod news & patch notes

Hello Demigods!

We've upgraded just about every system in the game, improved enemy AI & ragdoll physics, added new post processing and times of day, optimized every script for performance, and added a new enemy type.

Combat!

• A new enemy: Archon! This is our first dedicated Flying Melee character with all new attack animations. (and we're already working on more upgrades to flying melee for future updates!)

• Enemy AI and combat in general has been improved in a number of ways. Better performance & detection, smoother attacks, and less physics weirdness.

• Enemies now have a MUCH higher hit rate with melee attacks.

• Enemies are better at navigation, coordinating movement with other enemies, and moving to accurate distances for attacking the player.

• All enemy melee attacks now cause knockback on the player (If Player Knockback is enabled in settings) Basic enemies will only move you a little, but Giant Robot, Titan, and Archon will really move you. The stronger the enemy, the higher the force!

• Insect Queen is now available in multiplayer. We've also improved her movement, animations, and attacks.

Visual Upgrades!

• The game is looking SO much better with new post processing. (You can also disable or edit these in the settings for better performance)

• Stretch power set: Giant Arms and Grow abilities are now scaled instead of instant. To scale the entire body, set both arms to Stretch Power, then double click and hold the Jump button. To shrink, tap the B/Y buttons as normal.

• Web Lines: now bend and show slack when not at full length, and textures look better at a distance.

• Performance improvements: we've reworked the traffic, pedestrians, and several sub-systems for better CPU performance overall.

• Updated enemy menus. Less clutter, & easier selection.

Improvements

• Enemies are now more accurate with combat distancing and melee attacks.

• Archon is now more aggressive with attacks, and slightly harder to ragdoll.

• Added new setting: Player Knockback Multiplier can be set from 0.1 to 3.0 for increased force on the player when hit with an enemy melee attack.

• Added new setting: Strong Melee Attacks Can Cancel Powers. Explosions, Force Waves, and melee attacks from Archon, Flying Blaster, Titan, Giant Robot, Mecha, and Insect Queen now have a chance to cancel active player abilities when hit.

• Added "Per Map/Time of Day" settings in the Settings -> Visuals menu. Now when you select a time of day for a specific level, you can adjust several of those settings, or override them to use the base game's Global settings.

• Updated all times of day for all maps.

• Disabled Tonemapping for Quest. It made everything too dark, and wasn't really doing anything since Quest builds don't use the HDR colors.

• Minor performance optimizations.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed enemy mod issue.

• Fixed ragdolls not keeping up with enemy meshes.

• Fixed Audio on Quest.

• Fixed issues with Insect Queen in multiplayer.

• Fixed localization texts for Korean and Japanese.

• Fixed hand poses.

• Fixed web power being set too high as a base line.

• Fixed lag with explosions.

• Fixed jump sounds not playing with charged jumps.

• Fixed Double Click for flight trigger option not setting/saving.

• Fixed enemy headtracking.

• Fixed enemy spawning + movement.

• Fixed city crime events not spawning or only spawning one enemy type.

• Fixed reflections for some times of day.

Patch 2.01.15 is now live! Thank you to everyone who play tested and reported bugs, you were a huge help! Thanks to you guys, we discovered underlying problems with some of the core systems, as well as some limitations of the game engine. It took us way longer than we wanted, but we fixed a TON of bugs & upgraded multiple systems. While there are some remaining visual bugs, the game is probably in the best state its ever been in! Here are the highlights:

Gameplay Notes:

• Wall Running now auto-rotates you back to normal unless you have checked the “Enter Free Flow” option in the menu.

• Super Speed Slow Motion now affects enemies, drones, and projectiles. (This is a new system and will be improved over time, along with Super Speed mechanics!)

Multiplayer

• To use multiplayer, all players MUST be using the same version of the game. In this case, it should be 2.01.15. Otherwise multiplayer wont work correctly. (This is a limitation of Fusion, the multiplayer engine)

• Multiplayer Avatars now have colliders! And while you cant control other players, you can now grab them. Let the weird physics begin!

• Fixed several issues with enemies.

• Updated Avatar IK system + setup.

• Fixed UI issue with server refreshing & improved multiplayer UI for readability & details.

General

• Improved overall player physics code. It’s now much smoother when using dynamic movement like jumping, web zipping, and explosion movement. It may take a little getting used to because it feels different, but it’s much better than before.

• Avatars should now sync to the player body better when strong movements occur.

• Overhauled Avatar & Power Customization

• Fixed longstanding issue with enemy AI logic. Many enemies now switch between Melee and Ranged attacks based on player location.

• Created an auto-rig program that should fix the weird head & arm ik + leg rotations for a ton of mods.

• Smoothed out the loading sequence for levels and multiplayer.

• Fixed & Improved Insect Queen.

• Upgraded enemy missile logic.

• Improved Indicator system.

General Bug Fixes

• Fixed the memory leak causing crashes.

• Fixed bug causing lightmaps to take up much more RAM than intended.

• Fixed longstanding Quest bug where the player menu would cause lag when opening & closing.

• Fixed Multiplayer UI that would close the keyboard and refresh anytime a room was created.

• Fixed Enemy Spawning locations + Multiplayer Spawning issues.

• Fixed bug where enemies would get locked into certain ranges and stop attacking.

• Fixed issues with indicators getting disabled.

• Fixed new pedestrians & their ragdolls.

• Fixed powers/abilities in multiplayer.

• Fixed UI for enemy readouts.

• Fixed edge cases where friction wasn’t restored to the player body after switching movement styles.

• Fixed missing hero events.

• Fixed Grapple Gun, Bow, and LCK camera.

• Fixed Utility Belt.

• Fixed issues with modio browser.

Finally, as a way of saying thank you, I thought I’d drop a teaser: designs and artwork for the 11th power set, coming this year. One of the most asked for power sets since the game started!

Calling all superheroes: Social Multiplayer and Drone Combat is now in game!

Fight Drones, Turrets, and the new Attack Helicopters together. Swing, fly, race, or just hang out with other Demigods in seamless multiplayer! (Full enemy combat is coming soon in a future update!)

Project Demigod is constantly expanding. New powers, maps, missions, enemies, and features are in development and released regularly—so there’s always a new way to test your might.

Hello Demigods: Update 1.06 called 'Lights, Camera, Action!' is finally here!

• Added Power Color Customization in Player Settings
• Integrated LCK Camera
• Added deadzone controls for thumbsticks.
• Added ambient noise to City levels.
• Updated some VFX & sounds.
• Reduced overall memory load of game files.
• Added basic post processing (Bloom). Controls are in Visual Settings tab.
• Moved City Controls tab to Settings.
• Fixed sounds that stopped playing after a while.
• Fixed earth spikes not stabbing correctly.
• Fixed tracking issues with Flying enemies when not using Hunter mode.
• Fixed environmental VFX.
• Fixed webline colliders.
• Fixed issue where player's jump would get cancelled out.
• General bug fixes & performance enhancements

• New Demigod Avatar
• Male Vigilante Avatar now has hair and a facemask.
• Weapon Mod Support. Melee weapons can now be created in the Demi-Mod SDK and uploaded to mod.io.
• New Utility Belt System:
  • Weapons can now be slotted into a visible inventory at the player’s waist. This can be set to always on, disabled, only visible when power wheels are open, or only visible when the player’s hands are near the Utility Belt.
  • Weapons can be assigned in the new Loadout Interface in the Player Menu
  • Lose your weapon? No problem. By moving the hand over the utility belt and pressing trigger, you can spawn another weapon into the same slot.
  • When grabbing a Pistol or Rifle, the Utility Belt’s ammo slot will switch to the correct magazine.
• New Weapons: Bow, Arrow, Explosive Arrow, Shock Arrow, Grappling Arrow, Extendable Staff, Assault Rifle, Demigod Pistol, Pistol Magazines, Light Hammer
• Added new Weapon Models for Pistol, Shield, Hammer, Sword, Baton
• Added new ability for Shield, 'Bounce':
  • When charged and thrown, the shield will now bounce off of objects towards nearby enemies, or recalled to the player’s hand.
• Added new ability for Hammers: Recall:
  • When charged and thrown, hammers can cause large knockback to enemies and then be recalled to the player’s hand.
• Fire Power Set’s Explosion Mode is now a charged hold and release to activate. You can hold/charge for up to 3 seconds for a more powerful blast.

Enemies

• Enemy Pistols and Rifles can now be dropped by enemies when defeated and used by the player.
• Updated Enemy Physics & Stats
• Upgraded Agent models
• Increased enemy bullet damage
• Improved enemy ability to deal knockback force to the player (if enabled in settings).

Other

• Improved performance of Traffic & Pedestrian Systems.
• Added over a dozen new destructible billboards to the game. (Thanks Testers!)

Experimental:

• When grabbing the top of a flat ledge, tapping the jump button will move the player to that point if nothing is in the way.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where some avatar mod’s heads & hands would be off.
• Fixed issue where some mods wouldn’t be usable after downloading.
• Fixed issue where enemies would sometimes lose collision physics.
• Fixed issue where enemies wouldn’t react to physical hits, or would pop back into place.
• Lots and lots of minor bugs squashed.

• Added support for Avatar “Events”. Modders can now link player actions that will activate/deactivate events.
• Avatars can now be set up to shoot weblines from any point, and can now “grab” the webs in their hands.
• Avatar mesh renderers can now be individually enabled/disabled to allow for multiple props to be added and switched.

• Objects can now be climbable.
• Several destructible objects can now be added to a map mod: Destructible building, streetlights, statues, glass panels, billboards, and more.
• Basic destructible script can be added to objects to destroy them when enough damage is done.

• Enemy avatars can now be created in the SDK and used in game.
• Once imported through the mod browser, the enemy can take on the attacks, stats, and movement of almost any enemy type. A single model can be made into a Robot, Ninja, Flying Blaster, and more.

• Overhauled user interface.
• Automatic folder creation and file movement for ease of use.
• One file location for all built mods.
• Modders no longer have to delete/move files when creating multiple mods in a row.

• Project Demigod has been upgraded to Unity version 2022.3.27, and converted to use the URP rendering pipeline.
• This was necessary for future updates, including multiplayer.

• Hero Base has been updated.
• Fog has been added to a number of levels.
• Water Materials have been updated.
• Glass Materials have been updated.

• Hero Events System: Take to the streets and tackle curated waves of enemies in specific locations.
• Integrated Mod Support: Featuring a massive variety of user-made avatars. All accessible from the game’s integrated menu.
• Optimized Performance: Improvements to the game’s overall performance result in a smoother, more immersive experience.
• More Content To Come: An evolving roadmap of content is in the works, including the arrival of a brand new enemy type soon after launch.