We have pushed an updated build of Entropy : Zero 2 to a new release branch for testing. (Release-1.6)


Changes

• Updated HEV zombie models ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2994012565 )
  
• Metrocops in Chapter Zero can now switch weapons to stunsticks if their target gets too close
  
• Fix Combine soldiers not attacking zombies up close

Unused Content

• Combine Assassin ( https://github.com/entropy-zero/source-sdk-2013/pull/207 )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKf37rZ7e1Q

Changes

• Fix antlion guard dynamic prop shoving/punting from stock HL2 ( https://github.com/entropy-zero/source-sdk-2013/pull/209 )
  
• Fix for squad members not following orders when there are more than 4 squadmates ( https://github.com/entropy-zero/source-sdk-2013/pull/211 )
  
• Hunters can be pet ( https://github.com/entropy-zero/source-sdk-2013/pull/216 )

Unused Content

• Combine Husks ( https://github.com/entropy-zero/source-sdk-2013/pull/217 )
  
• Lowered pulse pistol NPC damage from 12 to 6

The Combine Assassins and the Combine Husks do not appear in the main campaign, but they are available for use and experimentation by modders. They stem from experiments for where we plan on taking the E:Z series going forward. However, for simplicity's sake, we've decided to release them publicly with the game so that the community can use them without relying on future installments that may or may not happen (or may not even use the default variation of either NPC).

If you're curious to see what they look like, you can find a new "Combine Assassin Demo" map in the Bonus Maps menu demonstrating the new assassins. The husks don't currently have their own demo map, so for now, you must create them via the "npc_create npc_husk_soldier" and "npc_create npc_husk_police" commands in the developer console.


If you would like to test out this new update, please set your Entropy : Zero 2 beta branch to "upcoming". For more information about beta branches, please check out our Entropy : Zero 2 version guide.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2861987007

In this update we added achievements, steam cloud support, UX/UI overhaul, bugfixes and... new dungeons!
Have fun in Infestation and Infernia - happy dying!

Bestiary-related achievements are temporarily disabled and un-achievable, but this will be fixed next week!

• Added unit effect icons.
  
• Added keywords explanation for cards “details”.
  
• Added quality-based item frames.
  
• Added type-based frames to monsters.
  
• Added dungeon goal display.
  
• No “floating” zoom now - it follows mouse scroll instantly now.
  
• All tooltips have limited width and are multiline now.
  
• Unit details appear on hover (right click works too).
  
• Armor degen no longer shows if enemy has no armor.
  
• Perks now show the related card on hover.
  
• Now you can always see how many races/classes are in the game.
  
• Now you can see which cards you gained/lost/blessed during events.
  
• New unit details window.
  
• New unlock popup.
  
• New campfire & altar of sacrifice UI.
  
• New summary.
  
• New game log.
  
• New deck/discard view.
  
• New dungeon view.
  
• New damage icon.
  
• New sealed handslot sprite.
  
• New edge scrolling (can be disabled in options).
  
• Tutorial improvements.
  
• Few descriptions/tooltips improvements.
  
• Shop improvements.
  
• Bestiary improvements.
  
• Loading animation in-between scenes should be smoother now.

• Added “first win bonus” for each dungeon - gain 10x normal karma reward for completing the dungeon for the first time.
  
• Hold down ALT/middle mouse button or use the button on the UI, to see what is under monsters.

• Added achievements.
  
• Added cloud save support.

• Added “Infestation” dungeon.
  
• Added “Infernia” dungeon.

• Karma shop rebalanced, now all upgrades have their respective max level.
  
  Buffs:
  
• Touch of Midas:
  - Gain 10 gold -> Gain 79 gold (atomic number of gold!).
  
  
• Masterful Attack:
  - Stamina cost 7->4.
  
  
• Masterful Spell:
  - Mana cost 7->4.
  
  Nerfs:
  
• Paladin’s “Wrath of the Heavens” perk:
  - Adds 2 radius to Holy Smite instead of infinity.

• Fixed random card destroy RNG (now it is true random).
  
• Fixed blurry texts.
  
• Fixed card hover shader - it is no longer too bright.
  
• Fixed buttons highlighting.
  
• Fixed Time Lab summary text.
  
• Fixed Fire Imp ability.
  
• Fixed few minor tutorial bugs.
  
• Fixed Grimoire crashes.
  
• Fixed Golden Lands effect.
  
• Fixed Guard unit ability.
  
• Fixed Moonwalker unlock.
  
• Cards burn animation length is constant now.
  
• Added missing translations.
  
• Original boss tile no longer reveals surroundings if boss isn’t there.
  
• Mouse hover no longer goes through interface.
  
• Same unlock does not display more than one time now.
  
• Master volume no longer overrides Music with “streaming mode” enabled.
  
• Wisdom points are now properly updated.
  
• AoE debuff against Slimes no longer counts as one attack towards unlocks such as Sculptor.
  
• Cards now properly calculate damage when buffed.
  
• Loading an empty save no longer causes a crash.
  
• Killing an elite during a tutorial no longer causes the game to go into frozen state.
  
• Resetting a tutorial and then continuing the game no longer causes the tutorial to be unfinishable.
  
• You can no longer use campfire after death.
  
• Card rarity popup is now closer to the origin.
  
• Card in discard destroy animation no longer appears on deck instead of discard.
  
• Not pushing an enemy no longer causes a popup to display.
  
• Using “weapon blessing” with stamina card no longer can trigger mage unlock.
  
• Silence now properly stops passive immunities (e.g: Rocky).
  
• Unlocking something while in store no longer causes a visual bug.
  
• Sell tag in shop no longer gets red color.
  
• Only existing “fire” cards counts towards Volcano unlock.
  
• Transparent objects on the interface no longer can block clicking a tile.
  
• Blessed card can no longer be removed during blessing.
  
• Echoing Strike can no longer unlock Assassin.
  
• Monsters abilities no longer duplicate (e.g: Volcano, 2x fire immunity).
  
• Continuing in Plaguegeon no longer zeroes player’s resources.
  
• Continuing a game no longer can change “next unlocks” display.
  
• Continuing in Caverns no longer causes an additional stairs to appear.

Bad Dreams is the fruit of the hard work of our team, CREATIVE VR 3D, a small French studio made up of 3 passionate members. We've devoted our energy and creativity to bringing you a virtual reality experience that lets you experience real horror, that tests your courage and resilience. Every element of the game has been meticulously designed to immerse you completely in this nightmarish world.



With sincere gratitude, we'd like to thank every player who has helped improve the game throughout its development. Your feedback, comments and support are invaluable and have enabled us to refine Bad Dreams and make it so terrifying and unique. Without you, Bad Dreams would never have been what it is today, and we sincerely hope we've exceeded your expectations. Your support and passion are what drive us to create unique and memorable gaming experiences.

We're delighted to announce that Bad Dreams will be coming out of early access on July 25, offering an even more complete gaming experience. What's more, for those reluctant to dive into horror, we're planning to release a free demo on August 4. At Creative VR 3D, we understand that facing your fears remains a difficult choice, which is why we want to offer you the opportunity to discover part of the experience before committing yourself fully.



You wake up with a start, your heart pounding, your breath ragged, and realize you're trapped in a nightmarish world. Darkness surrounds you, the atmosphere oppressive. Every step you take echoes through the empty corridors. You seem to be alone, vulnerable, and your only chance of escape is to face your worst fears.

Welcome to "Bad Dreams", a virtual reality experience where nightmares come to life. Inspired by your greatest phobias, this horror game plunges you into a terrifying universe from which you can't escape.

As the experience begins, you find yourself on a heavenly beach, lulled by the sound of the waves and the gentle caress of the setting sun, but reality soon becomes distorted, and the idyllic beach is transformed into a dark and disturbing underground labyrinth.

Monsters prowl, death traps lurk in every corner. Your only chance of survival is to find your way out, solve tortuous puzzles and face the creatures that await you in the darkness. As you explore long, dark corridors and terrifying rooms, your heart rate quickens.

Your breathing becomes faster and faster, and you plunge into madness. Every shadow seems to conceal a danger, every sound becomes a warning signal, and you must never, under any circumstances, let your guard down. You must never.



The VR controllers become your weapons, your tools for defending yourself against the horrors that assail you. You're no longer sure what's real and what's not. Be careful to keep your sanity intact, or they'll have won... Bad Dreams' gameplay puts you right in the middle of the action. Every move counts. Use your flashlight to light your way, but be careful not to attract the attention of the monsters. Explore the environments, confront your enemies with melee and ranged weapons, and try to keep your cool in the face of the horror that surrounds you.

Dare to dive into Bad Dreams and face your biggest scares yet?

The experience depends on you !

See you on 25 July 2023 !

For further information and inquiries, please contact us:

E-mail: communication@crvr3d.com

You can also visit our website at http://www.baddreams-vr.com/ for more information on the game, screenshots etc...

Zebasi Polyssuem tournament finals - Pond King versus alexej.dobry. Two Polytopians are reviewing the opening game of the Best of 3 series.



This time we have invited THEBIGBURR and espark from PolyChampions to give their take on the mirror match.

THEBIGBURR: https://www.youtube.com/@BIGBURRGAMING

PolyChampions: https://www.youtube.com/@polychampions


And, just in case you wanted to see all their matches for yourself, here you go!

Game 1: https://share.polytopia.io/g/6917b4e7-4038-4010-9290-08db8512c974

Game 2: https://share.polytopia.io/g/59ca653a-e4d1-4a43-92f1-08db8512c974

Game 3: https://share.polytopia.io/g/ef2d70d5-4fee-417e-9349-08db8512c974

• Liches have been added to the game. They are powerful undead spell casters.
  
• Texture optimizations to some NPC types, allowing for more efficient texture memory usage.
  
• Opacity masks can now be virtual textured, saving additional texture memory.
  
• Added additional spells to NPC spell casters.
  
• Pet post-teleport grounding improvements.
  
• Fixed a bug that could temporarily remove your armor visuals in some rare circumstances.
  
• Fixed a bug that was preventing Reapers from playing their death particles.

Hi
Folks, we have another update for you!
We added:
- Controller support
- AZERTY keyboard layout support
- localization (Google.Translate): Ukrainian, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Japanese.

We also made a lot of other small adjustments

We will be constantly updating and improving the demo.

That's all for now! If you have any questions or suggestions, you can join our Discord or Steam community!

Hello there,

You can all FINALLY fight The Final Boss and get an achievement for defeating it! I decided to leave the option for the final battle at the end of every LOOP, but this might change in the future.

Let me know if you'll have a chance to deal with him and how was your experience!

Cheers!

-
SnoutUp

- Fixed a very rare bug that could cause the game to crash in the first season.
- Fixed a very rare bug that could cause the game to crash during transfer calculations.
- Fixed a very rare bug that could lead to crashes in the middle of the season after a coach moved to another team.
- We also found several potentially dangerous places in the code that could lead to crashes, but we did not receive any reports about them before. We still fixed them and updated the game.

Have fun! ːcannonshotː

Dear Cygnus community,

We again wanted to thank you for the outpouring of support you have given us the last couple of days! This has been a difficult transition for us, as we seek to find what is next. As our company shuts down, we also wanted to notify you that our servers will be shutting down alongside it. This means that Cygnus Racing League will no longer be playable. Our servers will be shutting down on October 25th 2023, so please enjoy the game while it is still currently running.

Hi all, we hope everyone is doing well. Thank you all again for the continued support and comments across Steam, socials and Discord. There's plenty of content being shared frequently so please hop in for the latest updates and come talk Deathground.

We have some more visual content and dev updates to share with you but firstly, a quick note on our wonderful CM, Gee. You may have noticed she's not been active lately but that’s because we’re proud to announce, Gee has recently become a mama and the game has its first development baby raptor!

We can confirm that both Gee and her newborn baby are safe and well, and she'll be on Maternity Leave for a while. Thanks for your patience as we handle things on this end.

Back to the game, check out some teasers into the Motion Detector scanning for danger in the wilderness and in the interior archive room:


Someone remembered to shut the gates right?...Right?


Here's a few more of the gates and the surrounding jungle areas, we hope you like them.




Who's nominating themselves for the raptor autopsy? He's dead, we promise!



Ground Control to Major Tom - a glimpse into our Powerplant desks.


⚠️Flood Warning ⚠️
Good luck trying to wade your way through the water and escape the danger that awaits you around every corner. You'll make a tasty, albeit wet, snack!


Thanks again and talk soon,
Jaw Drop Games!