FEATURES
- new law "Manufacturing regulation" with 2 articles
- 2 new articles "Employment agencies" and "Employment protection" to target unemployment parameter

IMPROVEMENTS
- end turn performance improvements
- gameplay rebalancing

FIXES
- parameters changes by laws, gdp and migration
- sometimes icons where not correctly displayed

-- ALL VISUALS ARE FROM NIGHTINGALE ALPHA AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE --

It's that time again to sneak into our studio folders and uncover what the team has been up to over the last month.

But, before we do that, let's talk a little bit about our last Developer Update. In short, we finished our latest closed playtest in the beginning of September and got a lot of insightful feedback from our playtesters. Right now, we are busying ourselves with implementing some new QoL features, as well as improving a few other systems ahead of our next playtest (more details on that to come).

If you want to hear more about how the last playtest went, get some context on our Early Access launch, and see some awesome cosplay from gamescom, then check out the video below.


Now, for some new fun stuff...

We've added new Estate sets! You will have seen a glimpse of this Estate set in the last trailer, so we thought we should make it official. Here is the beautiful Pagoda Estate set.



We will be showing more Estate sets in detail on our socials and in future updates.

As always, we want to continue to fill the Realms with fantastical locations, or, POIs (Points of Interest). Here's a look at a few that our team has created for the adventurous Realmwalker.







Our new water VFX is making a real splash in Nightingale. And what better way to show it off than with some shots of sun-soaked beaches. Even a Realmwalker needs a moment to get swept away with chill sea vibes.


That's the fancy way of saying: Baobab Trees! Who doesn't like a nice Baobab tree? We definitely do. So, we thought they'd fit nicely in Nightingale.



We made minerals shinier in the game not only to make them pretty to look at, but also easier to differentiate them from other rocks.




Puck, we saw you. No need to pretend like you weren't waiting for us all this time...

We are so excited to announce that after a year's work, Overture Games' first release title Intervallic is now available in Early Access!

Our work on creating the best music practice tool is just getting started. We plan to push out a first patch next week to address any launch bugs. We'll then be consistently updating the release with new fixes, content, and features.

We want to extend a huge thanks to everyone who has worked on our game, helped with QA testing, or even just played the demo! Your insight has been so helpful in shaping the future of this game.

In the meantime, stay in the loop and give us feedback directly on our Discord server.

Get started on boosting your music skills today!

Steam VR players looking for a challenging and innovative demo during Steam Next Fest (October 9-16) will have the opportunity to get a first look at Bootstrap Island, a Robinson Crusoe-style virtual reality survival game set in the 17th century.

VR gamers who download the demo will awake to find themselves shipwrecked on a mysterious tropical island, where they must quickly learn to adapt and survive by exploring for food and drink, collecting materials to make fire; and surviving the dark night from being eaten alive by ferocious beasts.

Focused entirely on PCVR headsets, like Valve Index and Meta (Oculus) Quest PC-link devices; Bootstrap Island offers a realistic survival adventure in an immersive, yet comfortable VR experience designed with minimal menus and natural feeling controls.

Some of the game’s features PCVR players can look forward to exploring are:

• In-depth systems-based gameplay like tearing open coconuts for nourishment and tinder
  
• Realistic and detailed interactions such as striking together flints to create sparks for a fire
  
• A dynamic day and night cycle on the island
  
• Finding randomized resources inside locked treasure chests
  
• The grande finale of witnessing an active volcano erupt 🌋

During the week of Steam Next Fest, a variety of top VR talent including Soul Fox Gaming, Atom Bomb Body, IndieVR, Misery VR, ChickenMeChanga, c0ld vengeance and MrsAllHerShots will all lend their expertise to show off the many facets and pitfalls this roguelike game has to offer. The choices these VR gamers make will be critical to their chances of survival, with every decision perhaps resulting in life or death consequences.

The Bootstrap Island development team will also make an appearance during Next Fest on Steam for 2 livestreams scheduled for Tuesday October 10th at 9pm Pacific, and Wednesday October 11th at 9pm Eastern. The developers will be discussing the origins and future development of Bootstrap Island, answering players' questions, as well as sharing a few tropical survival tips.

YOOOOOOOOOO BOIS WE ARE ALMOST THERE

So, the release date for early access is 12th of October, and we were polishing the game the whole month for this.


(new promo art ^)

• 12 levels, including the whole midgame section
  
• 7 characters, each one with their own unique deck
  
• 100+ enemies
  
• 90+ events
  
• 30+ bosses
  
• fleshed out meta progression

Yeah, we decided to go with phonk music for it, because why not.
You can check it out on youtube or on the store page

We are planning to do those, so keep a lookout for new content

Also the last opportunity to wishlist the game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2113040/RUNGORE/

YOOOOOOOOOO BOIS WE ARE ALMOST THERE

So, the release date for early access is 12th of October, and we were polishing the game the whole month for this.


(new promo art ^)

• 12 levels, including the whole midgame section
  
• 7 characters, each one with their own unique deck
  
• 100+ enemies
  
• 90+ events
  
• 30+ bosses
  
• fleshed out meta progression

Yeah, we decided to go with phonk music for it, because why not.
You can check it out on youtube or on the store page

We are planning to do those, so keep a lookout for new content

Also the last opportunity to wishlist the game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2113040/RUNGORE/

• Chaos mode effects reduced to 1 minute per effect
  
• Units should pick better paths for navigation and get stuck less often
  
• Improved pathfinding performance
  
• Improved performance bottlenekcs related to scattered map objects

Hello everyone!

Patch 1.0.6 is out and the main focus was given to the basket to make it easier to get items in/out of the forge and the evaporator. We also had the chance to introduce more fixes that we saw thanks to all of you.


Basket, mainly QoL :

• Players can now put items in evaporators and forges from a basket in hand with the use button
  
• Basket opens automatically when hovering on an evaporator or forge
  
• They also can switch the selected item in the basket while hovering on producers
  
• They also can take evaporator/forge output through the interaction button
  
• They can sell items one by one from a basket in hand to a selling chest using the interaction button
  
• Adding item to the basket now automatically place it in the middle spot
  
• Fixed an issue where taking a stack of items from a container would erase the whole stack.

Fence:

• Fixed an issue where dropping a fence would block a constructible zone
  
• Building fences has been made more robust
  
• Fixed an issue where one type of fence was not visible for non-host players

Other fixes :

• Fixed clients being unable to upgrade their tools
  
• Fixed firewood chest in build mode to be able to place it against a wall
  
• Fixed the key
  
• Fixed “M” key binding to open map
  
• Fidos now teleport to their tile every morning like other NPCs.
  
• Fixed a bug where non-host players would see all Fido as Blue Fido.
  
• Fix canoe using the wrong spawn type
  
• In single player, opening the wardrobe will now pause the time
  
• In single player, opening the atlas will now pause the time
  
• Fixed restaurant music not being heard by non-host players.
  
• Fixed some typos in French localization

Known issues we are working on! :

• The clients in a co-op game cannot see the map correctly (black screen).
  
• The basket sometimes selects the wrong item when in front of a chest.
  
• Hosts fighting physics when picking up fido’s basket on clients’ side.

Please let us know of any bugs you run into in our Discord!

With the update #1.0.3.4 we introduce back scopes, but this time totally different. Instead of the old PiP method, we are now using a method that is broadly used in most modern video games, and uses much less resources, hence is a lot more performant than the old method while still keeping the scopes as realistic as possible.


For now, we have added the Acog and the SIG SAUER BRAVO4 back. More to come in the future:




We also tweaked the ragdolls for Enemies to make them look less comical and more realistic:




Additions

Added two new Scopes .
-> BRAVO 4
-> Acog
Added fov settings for unaffected & affected in iron sights & reflex sights.
Added aug semi fire option.

Tweaks & Updates

Improved Performance (added ai & animation optimizations).
Updated screen resolution setting to scale (50-200).
Updated standard weapon sight distance default for iron sights & reflex sights.
Updated FOV transition curve & aiming curve.
Updated unsupressed AUG fire sounds.
Tweaked anim play rates for sprinting & walking to be more in sync with sounds
Tweaked aim influence: decreased aiming time.
Tweaked hit effect: increased camera flinch and vignette on hit.
Tweaked aiming animation.
Tweaked AI to more often seeks for cover.

Fixes

Fixed audio settings always resetting on loading new level.
Fixed bug for resolution scale on the post processing effects.
Fixed ai bug causing them to get struck due to infinite replanning.

Fix the touch controls for the crystal assembly puzzle