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22 March

V1.5 status update

Hello everyone! Today, we will cover quite a few topics regarding the latest game-related activities including the current progress with patch v1.5 and a few other improvements coming with it.

When to expect patch #5

As you may know, INSOMNIA is undergoing transition to the latest version of Unreal Engine 4 in order to improve overall performance and fix an array of issues that couldn't be addressed otherwise.

Thanks to your continuous support of INSOMNIA on Steam we were able to expand our QA staff and plan to hire additional devs to our studio so that we can speed up our progress.

Last Friday, March 15th, we have rolled out the latest iteration of the game and internal tests showed that there’s more fixing to be done and testing to carry out. As painful as a delay may be, we want to keep working further on the patch instead of simply releasing with several bugs that may cause issues for any fixes or content updates that we plan to add later down the line.

We are expecting to have our next QA session next Friday, March 29th, which should give us a better idea of when v1.5 is going to be released.

More fixes coming

In addition to the list of bugs mentioned before, we’ve managed to address a few more issues reported by the community including:

The lack of player indicator on the level map;
Map icons from the previously visited level overlaying the map of the current level;
The lack of durability parameter in gun descriptions.

We are also working on fixing Steam VR initialization upon game launch. Please keep in mind that this list is not final and is subject to change and expand. As always, we will keep you posted on our progress.

Until next time!

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14 March

Update #50: Media Appreciation Day, ptII

Hello everyone! Today we are giving you our 50th Steam update and we’d like to dedicate it to the press coverage INSOMNIA received since its release. Other than the usual media attention our game managed to participate in the self-cooling headset tests held by CNET. And of course it’s time to share a few more selected quotes:

“Insomnia: The Ark has been a long time coming. Developed by Russian developer Mono Studio over the course of nine years, it gained a significant following after a successful 2014 Kickstarter campaign. Now this retro sci-fi RPG is finally ready to play, and looks like an impressive combination of Fallout, Mass Effect, and Bioshock.” - Marshall Lemon @ VG24/7

“The art direction is mesmerizing. The dieselpunk Nomah civilization has a fascinating and beautiful aesthetic. It looks like a combination of Soviet propaganda and architecture with retro-futuristic elements. As said in the preview, the influence from the art direction of Fallout and BioShock is very clear, though it’s not just a barefaced imitation. It’s an original combination of elements and details, with a sleek space station visual design.” - Richard Costa @ Techraptor

We are also expecting an in-depth interview with 80 Level to be published for everyone to read in the nearest future. It covers quite a few peculiar technical details regarding the game.

YouTube vs. INSOMNIA: The Ark