Features, Quality of Life, & Bug Fixes

Gameplay

• Added controller support
• Game flow and level is now linear
• Placeholder tutorial at the beginning of gameplay
• Gameplay environment visual facelift
  • Hallway floor, ceiling and wall assets implemented
  • Entire lighting overhaul
  • Boxes, crates, shelves, doors, bottles, hand trucks, cups, and much more
• Improvements to backend scene management and general game optimization
• Improvements to monster visuals
  • Improved and new animations, navigation spline, and more
• Brand new anomalies
  • Swamp
  • Water Drops
  • Trees
• Updated Light shift, Light flicker, and Slytherin horror moments to better mesh with the linear playspace and atmosphere
• New chase sequence leading to the end of the game
• Overhauled game narrative with 8 new narrative notes with unique visuals placed in the level
• Notes can be navigated with both KBM and controller
• WIP Intro and Ending Cinematics with temporary voice acting
• Updated several VFX to a higher fidelity

User Interface

• Fade-to-white scene transition
• Gameplay objectives in HUD and pause menu
• Updates to the world-space interaction prompts
• Pick-up HUD icons for the key and spanner items
• Controller controls diagram in controls menu
• Overhauled settings menu visuals with new icons, assets, and multiple pages
• Updated credit visuals, format, and various member title

Audio

• Reduced volume of footstep audio
• Theme, combat, and death music have been added
• SFX have been added to all horror moments
• Updated and created a number of SFX
• Map shift audio
• Placeholder voiced dialogue for both Captain and Player

Known Issues

• Point lights in the second level have unintended high brightness
• Certain voice lines in the intro and ending cinematic get cut off
• Brightness setting is deactivated
• Music does not play during credits
• Camera can be moved when a note is open
• Unable to skip the cutscene with a controller
• Certain UI popups clip through walls
• Player is able to interact with empty ammo racks
• Tutorial reappears when returning to the normal maze
• Cutting off the captain with the note will keep the captions on the screen

Pushed Features

Gameplay

• Diegetic interactive tutorial for keyboard and controller, replaced with a text based tutorial
• Functionality for certain interactables to spawn a jumpscare monster interaction
• Gas canister item

User Interface & Menus

• Screen resolution settings

Project Cuts

Gameplay

• Functionality for certain interactables to spawn a jump scare monster interaction
• Gas canister item
• Above deck gameplay (both intro and outro)
• Fan interactable
• Audio interactables
• Note inventory system

Audio

•  Audio interactables (radio static)

Art

• Light switch model
• Gas canister asset
• Above deck art assets
• Monster wince animation