Hello friends! Here's the first in a series of devlogs leading up to the release of Lost Nova. Exciting!
I've been hard at work getting the main content of the game done. Having a game that you can actually play from start to finish is top priority! Even though I really, REALLY want to add that extremely complicated, non-essential minigame I've been dreaming about.





The desert zone is by far the most complicated zone in the game so far. It has about as many art assets and NPCs as the first two zones combined. It also has the most scripted events and interactions! It's mostly done now though, allowing me start work on the next, extremely secret zone that will definitely, one hundred percent not be teased at the end of this post.





Behold the farms of the future!

I wanted you to have more to do every time you visit your main base so we have a little farming mechanic here. You'll be able to grow more of any of the glems you might need! The best part? It's the only farm where you harvest the crops with a laser beam.





I thought I'd share the very first piece of art created for Lost Nova! I drew this in the distant, forgotten past of September 2020. The game was a fresh ball of nebulous, potential energy then and I was really excited about where it could go. I had never made a game before but I had always been interested. This art and the staggering amount of rambling design notes I wrote along with it just would not let go of me until I made them real.

You might notice that most of this drawing turned into the desert zone we have today.





Every game needs one!

Thanks for reading, friends! I've been hard at work, trying my best to make sure this game is ready for you before the end of the year. Next time I think I'll be able to share some of the zone after the desert, the Coral Ocean!

- Jon

VDAP6 - Timed tips come up too quickly and too often.
Resolution: Modified tips to only come up after 90 seconds of no clicking and then every 10 seconds after that. If you click to cancel them it will wait another 90 seconds before it displays them again.

I also modified announcements (The system tips use to display text) so that they can timeout but also be closed sooner by clicking them. Also I always hate when I go to click something and something else pops up under the mouse at the last second. So I modified the announcement system so they can’t be closed unless they are at least 1/2 second old so I know the user intended it.

VDAP17 - Juggernaut: Multiple sounds when you do something more than one in a turn. For example if you placed 3 pieces play a sound for each piece placed.

VDAP30 - Added An Are you Sure message on the reset button in Options.
Added a “Game has been reset” announcement after the reset.

VDAP32 - Ignore F12 on the "You Win!" anykey to continue message so you can screen shot in Steam.
Resolution: Fixed this but also changed the messages after “You Win”. Now you will get notified of any awarded puzzle levels or unlocks immediately after you win. After that the “Continue“ message does come up but it is removed after a few seconds allowing you to enjoy the video.

• Fixed a bug causing multiplayer to fail to load on C3e
  
• Fixed a bug causing Knight's Shield DLC content to not activate correctly
  
• Fixed a bug causing lag after a game ends in multiplayer

Starting this Thursday (29th July) at 6:00 PM BST / 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST, we will be kicking off a ten-hour broadcast, where five content creators will play Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever live on stream.

Featuring popular VR content creators The Lonely Viper, GAMERTAG VR, Simply Chris, Jeaire and GameOnScorpio, viewers will get a chance to win thousands of dollars of cash prizes and giveaways during the live broadcast.

During the broadcast, each of the five streamers will be setting their best times for various levels in the game in two hour segments.

Viewers who buy Zombieland VR on Steam have 24 hours to compete against our streamers in two separate challenges, giving players the chance to win up to $1,000 during each segment. Over the ten-hour broadcast, this means we’ll be giving away a total of $5,000 in cash prizes!

Details on each streamer, the challenges, and how to enter for your chance to win are below.

Segment 1

Start time: 6:00 PM BST / 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST
End time: 7:55 PM BST / 2:55 PM EST / 11:55 AM PST
Host: The Lonely Viper
Challenge Levels: New Guy’s House & Junkyard

Challenge #1

Get your score on the global leaderboard for the New Guy’s House level by 4 AM BST on July 31st, 11 PM EST / 8 PM PST on July 30th.

Entry Details

Get your score on the Steam leaderboards for the New Guy’s House level by the above deadline, and the following day, we will announce the randomly selected winner on our official Twitter and here on Steam in a follow-up recap post. The winner will be contacted through Steam, so be on the lookout for a friend request and message from XR Games!

If you do not accept our request and respond to verify your winnings within 48 hours of us contacting you, we will move on to another winner.

Challenge #2

Beat The Lonely Viper’s best time on the Junkyard level by 4 AM BST on July 31st, 11 PM EST / 8 PM PST on July 30th.

Entry Details

Beat The Lonely Viper’s best score on the Steam leaderboards for the Junkyard level by the above deadline, and the following day we will announce the randomly selected winner on our official Twitter and here on Steam in a follow-up recap post. The winner will be contacted through Steam, so be on the lookout for a friend request and message from XR Games!

If you do not accept our request and respond to verify your winnings within 48 hours of us contacting you, we will move on to another winner.

Segment 2

Start time: 8:00 PM BST / 3:00 PM EST / 12:00 PM PST
End time: 9:55 PM BST / 4:55 PM EST / 1:55 PM PST
Host: GameOnScorpio
Challenge Levels: Smartik Technologies & Miami’s Apartment

Challenge #1

Get your score on the global leaderboard for the Smartik Technologies level by 4 AM BST on July 31st, 11 PM EST / 8 PM PST on July 30th.

Entry Details

Get your score on the Steam leaderboards for the Smartik Technologies level by the above deadline, and the following day we will announce the randomly selected winner on our official Twitter and here on Steam in a follow-up recap post. The winner will be contacted through Steam, so be on the lookout for a friend request and message from XR Games!

If you do not accept our request and respond to verify your winnings within 48 hours of us contacting you, we will move on to another winner.

Challenge #2

Get a C grade or better rating on Miami’s Apartment level by 4 AM BST on July 31st, 11 PM EST / 8 PM PST on July 30th.

Entry Details

Get a C grade or better rating on Miami’s Apartment level by the above deadline, and the following day we will announce the randomly selected winner on our official Twitter and here on Steam in a follow-up recap post. The winner will be contacted through Steam, so be on the lookout for a friend request and message from XR Games!

If you do not accept our request and respond to verify your winnings within 48 hours of us contacting you, we will move on to another winner.

Segment 3

Start time: 10:00 PM BST / 5:00 PM EST / 2:00 PM PST
End time: 11:55 PM BST / 6:55 PM EST / 3:55 PM PST
Host: GAMERTAGVR
Challenge Levels: Refuelled & 10 Seconds

Challenge #1

Get your score on the global leaderboard for the Refuelled level by 4 AM BST on July 31st, 11 PM EST / 8 PM PST on July 30th.

Entry Details

Get your score on the Steam leaderboards for the Refuelled level by the above deadline, and the following day, we will announce the randomly selected winner on our official Twitter and here on Steam in a follow-up recap post. The winner will be contacted through Steam, so be on the lookout for a friend request and message from XR Games!

If you do not accept our request and respond to verify your winnings within 48 hours of us contacting you, we will move on to another winner.

Challenge #2

Beat GAMERTAGVR’s best time on the 10 Seconds level by 4 AM BST on July 31st, 11 PM EST / 8 PM PST on July 30th.

Entry Details

Beat GAMERTAGVR’s best score on the Steam leaderboards for the 10 Seconds level by the above deadline, and the following day we will announce the randomly selected winner on our official Twitter and here on Steam in a follow-up recap post. The winner will be contacted through Steam, so be on the lookout for a friend request and message from XR Games!

If you do not accept our request and respond to verify your winnings within 48 hours of us contacting you, we will move on to another winner.

Segment 4

Start time: 00:00 AM BST / 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST
End time: 1:55 AM BST / 8:55 PM EST / 5:55 PM PST
Host: Simply Chris
Challenge Levels: Trent’s Store & Bongo’s Apartment

Challenge #1

Get your score on the global leaderboard for the Trent’s Store level by 4 AM BST on July 31st, 11 PM EST / 8 PM PST on July 30th.

Entry Details

Get your score on the Steam leaderboards for the Trent’s Store level by the above deadline, and the following day, we will announce the randomly selected winner on our official Twitter and here on Steam in a follow-up recap post. The winner will be contacted through Steam, so be on the lookout for a friend request and message from XR Games!

If you do not accept our request and respond to verify your winnings within 48 hours of us contacting you, we will move on to another winner.

Challenge #2

Beat Simply Chris’s best time on the Bongo’s Apartment level by 4 AM BST on July 31st, 11 PM EST / 8 PM PST on July 30th.

Entry Details

Beat Simply Chris’ best score on the Steam leaderboards for Bongo’s Apartment level by the above deadline, and the following day we will announce the randomly selected winner on our official Twitter and here on Steam in a follow-up recap post. The winner will be contacted through Steam, so be on the lookout for a friend request and message from XR Games!

If you do not accept our request and respond to verify your winnings within 48 hours of us contacting you, we will move on to another winner.

Segment 5

Start time: 2:00 AM BST / 9:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST
End time: 3:55 AM BST / 22:55 PM EST / 7:55 PM PST
Host: Jeaire
Challenge Levels: Bowling Realm & TP Farm

Challenge #1

Get your score on the global leaderboard for the Bowling Realm level by 4 AM BST on July 31st, 11 PM EST / 8 PM PST on July 30th.

Entry Details

Get your score on the Steam leaderboards for the Bowling Realm level by the above deadline, and the following day, we will announce the randomly selected winner on our official Twitter and here on Steam in a follow-up recap post. The winner will be contacted through Steam, so be on the lookout for a friend request and message from XR Games!

If you do not accept our request and respond to verify your winnings within 48 hours of us contacting you, we will move on to another winner.

Challenge #2

Beat Jeaire’s best time on the TP Farm level by 4 AM BST on July 31st, 11 PM EST / 8 PM PST on July 30th.

Entry Details

Beat Jeaire’s best score on the Steam leaderboards for the TP Farm level by the above deadline, and the following day we will announce the randomly selected winner on our official Twitter and here on Steam in a follow-up recap post. The winner will be contacted through Steam, so be on the lookout for a friend request and message from XR Games!

If you do not accept our request and respond to verify your winnings within 48 hours of us contacting you, we will move on to another winner.

Hey Blacksmiths!

The next beta is live right now for Blacksmith Bay! Just download the demo from our Steam Page and hop in. If you find any bugs to report or just want to hang out with the community stop by the Discord (Discord.gg/BSB)

This beta is part of Dreamhack Beyond so it'll be available until the end of the event (July 31).

Good luck with your shops! <3

Preston Weiler
Brand Manager
562 Interactive

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Some of you may have noticed we've been pushing out updates quietly lately. There's a lot of experimental stuff now in the game and a lot of improvements/changes from when you likely last saw the game. There's still much more to come, so without further ado let's look at some of the content on the horizon.
We always planned to make the game free to play. We sold the game on Steam to help support development during Early Access, but at this point we're ready to prioritize making it as open for new players to jump in as possible again.

If you already own the game - Thank you and congratulations! You're now the owner of a Founder's Pack! We're still working on implementing this into the game, but this will come with a handful of goodies. Current plans are to bundle a handful of cosmetics, an in-game Founder title, and some stuff associated with our next character, which brings me to...

We've been hard at work on many things, but primarily on a character idea we think is going to be a major game changer - The Slayer. This character is designed around customization, both in terms of fashion and gameplay.

The explanation I've gone to is to describe them as a Dark Souls character. They'll have weapon classes they can equip and several weapons within each weapon class to unlock. There's a ton of stuff we have developed and planned for each weapon class, but the overall idea is to make each weapon feel like a unique character with the wild game design you've come to expect from SLAYERS. Within each weapon you'll be able to prioritize which combination of attacks you prefer, what type of stats you find suit your playstyle best (speed? range? power? a e s t h e t i c s ? )

There are a lot of reasons why we're excited about the Slayer, but the main one is that we can add significant gameplay content at a much faster pace with them.

We'll also be adding a bit of a UI update alongside the Slayer, but that's another story.

We still plan on creating original characters alongside the new weapon classes, which brings me to the plan for our original roster.

We have a very significant amount of work done on the Dragon, but he's been a massive pain to get to a place where he feels fun to play as and against, without sacrificing our promise of making him feel like playing as a Dark Souls boss. We're getting there, but he got put on the backburner while we were developing Battle Royale and the Slayer. Once those are tuned up, it's back to the Dragon.

But not just the Dragon, the Boxer is planned to be wrapped up in parallel alongside him. The Archer, Ninja, and Jim Jam Flim Flam are after that.

Things are subject to change as we go, but that's the plan and timeline at the moment.

Shaman abilities bug fix.

This update fixes a crash issue when completing an international series.

Fixed a couple of small glitches