21 July

0.34 Beta Update: New main menu. Custom loadouts. New Scoring.

The "Release Candidate" update. This update is the last big update until we add unlockables and progression.
The amount of changes in this update is considerable. We have improved performance of the enemies quite a bit, did fixes all across the board,added a new combo system for the scoring, and even allow you to customize the loadout you bring into battle.


We have completely overhauled the main menu. Now its a much bigger place, with interactuable objects you can grab and throw, and even a small shooting gallery. There is even an armory to grab and equip weapons (currently all unlocked, they will be buyable later). To grab anything, just point at it and press the Trigger. You will grab that object and be able to throw it around.
To the back of the spaceship, there is a small shooting gallery that lets you test the weapons.



In this update, we have finally implemented the loadout system, that lets you customize your inventory with the weapons you want. Easy mode and the challenges will still have a "forced" inventory, but Medium and Hard modes will let you equip what you want.
The inventory is now a flying glyph, wich makes it a lot cooler. To equip a weapon, you just have to grab it from a stand, and then drop it into one of the 6 slots in the glyph. To drop it, you need to press the inventory button.
Grab a weapon with trigger on the right. Press inventory on the left to open the glyph, and then drop the weapon to that glyph with the right hand, by pressing inventory button on it.


We have added a new combo system, to implement more interesting scoring.
The combo system is based on trying to keep the score multiplier as high as possible. This multiplier will grow when chaining kills, but will drop with time or if you get hit. Alongside the new scoring, there is now a new "post game" level, that lets you see your damage/kills/score stats.

Given the needs for the scoring multiplier, we now have a new healthbar. This healthbar is a lot more complex, and it includes your multiplier and current score.


The game will autosave your mission progress and scores automatically. When you finish a mission, it will add a green tick to that mission in the list.
Missions will also keep your highest score.
The game will also keep your settings saved, so if you configure your movement type, it will keep that movement type even if you restart the game.
It will also save your current weapon loadout.


At the end of August, we will release DWVR for PSVR. This version will be the final non-early-access version, and all of its features will go to the PC version too.
The main difference beetween this "release candidate" version and the final release version is that everything will not be unlocked by default.
Missions will unlock other missions when finished, and you will receive money depending on your score. You will then be able to buy the weapons you want in the main menu.

There will also be a few more missions that you will be able to unlock.

Achievements will also be fully implemented in that version, alongside of twice the weapons. We will have a lot more weapons now that you can just equip the ones you like or not, essentially different variations of the weapons, like a rifle with a bayonet, or a shotgun that has bouncing projectiles.

28 June

0.30 Beta Update: Added traditional locomotion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8V3iyqbbjE


As our probably last "important" update before "release candidate" update, we have added traditional locomotion for both Vive and Oculus.

In both the headsets, to enable it you need to go to the configuration in the main menu, and select "Smooth" as your selected locomotion. This will instantly enable the new locomotion mode and you will be able to try it in the main menu itself. This smooth locomotion lets you slide at not very fast speed, but it can be combined with the usual fast paced teleport. Enabling it also enables some other gameplay changes for balance. If you have smooth locomotion enabled, you wont be able to shoot enemy bullets out of the air, and teleport no longer slows time. Enemies are also a bit faster and more aggresive to balance how OP the smooth locomotion is.


For Oculus Rift it works with the left joystick. You just move the left joystick to glide around the ground. It combines with the usual teleport to reach ledges or go farther. The rest of controls are the same.

For Vive we had issues with the controls, due to the lack of face buttons. The smooth locomotion mode will completely change the control mapping.
The new controls are as such: With the "grab" buttons, you enter the inventory and switch weapons. With the left trackpad, you just touch it to move. If you press the left trackpad, you teleport. If you press the right trackpad at the edges, you rotate left/right.

• Skeletons now have a new sword, it glows red and it contrasts better with the environment to see the skeletons from afar.
  
• Bullet hit FX have been toned down to improve the performance if the player was also using MSAA
  
• Default settings have been lowered due to performance complains. If it still goes slow, go to settings and change the antialiasing to anything other than MSAA.
  
• Plasma rifle sight has been improved.
  
• Game now has a post-game screen. This screen shows your stats on the match. Select "next" to go to the main menu from it.
  
• Minor animation tweaks on several enemy characters.

We have fully ported the game to PSVR, and we want to release it this summer. The final version of the game will come with it, and will include this extra features that are halfway done

• Visible scoring system while ingame, with multipliers and combos.
  
• Improved starting level.
  
• Weapon store where you can improve/buy new weapons using ingame money.
  
• Fully realized mission system, with missions that unlock others and different rewards like new weapons or money.
  
• Challenge modes remaked.
  
• Tutorial.
  
• Full Achievements.
  
• More weapons.

All the features that are being done for the PSVR version will go back to PC, we have no exclusivity deal of any kind and the game will launch its "full version" around the same time as the PSVR version.

On PSVR, the game will play exactly the same as in PC, with similar graphic settings, and at 90 FPS on a ps4Pro. The game will work with the PSMove controllers in the same way as it does in PC with oculus/vive hand controllers, and offer gun controller support. (This "gun" mode will be a special mode in PC, with 1 big gun instead of 2 weapons).

0.30.1 hotfix. It solves some issues on Vive with the normal locomotion. Adds the missing healthbar back, and solves the bug where you could get stuck at the final score screen.



As allways, if you have any problem just post it on the forums and we will look at it.