The latest demo update contains changes to improve Joystick and Gamepad handling, and camera following based on feedback received.

The Joystick change addresses two issues, which will also benefit Gamepads. The first was to make the stick less sensitive near the center to make it easier to make fine adjustments when trying to aim. The second was to address an issue whereby it wasn't possible to apply full elevator and aileron at the same time, as the input system was normalizing the input values restricting the values to 70% of their maximum when the stick was moved diagonally. These two changes should provide better maneuverability and finer grained control, but I'd like to hear your feedback on whether these changes have made a difference so please leave a comment below.

The other change involved removing the chase camera dead zone, and reducing the soft zone and damping to ensure the player aircraft stays more central in the screen.

Hey everyone!

First of all, hopefully everyone has had a good new year and holidays and going into a new year means more updates for SurrounDead. In this dev update I'll be going over near future updates and stuff a bit further than that.

The base for quests have been added now with the 1.4.2 update. In the background, I've been working on systems for the quests and at a point where I can start adding this to the base game.
As quests get added the story of SurrounDead will get expanded. Find out the inner secrets of 'The Valley' or just help out your fellow survivors by getting them resources, taking out the undead and more.



Something I've recently started to concept/experiment with is the ability to remove trash objects from around the world map. While this may not be coming in one of the next few updates, it's possible to be added sooner rather than later.



This will be coming in the next update but I've completely reworked the context menu system so that I can easily add more options for the player to interact with. This as well then links to stuff like generators, water wells, etc. Allowing more options for them (Like being able to drink directly from a water well) and easier control or pre-existing options (No keyboard combinations for the generator for example).



More options for how you build a base will be added. From the normal thing of decoration items, etc but one new thing will be modular building. At a minimum, floors, walls, etc will be added.

This is one thing I believe is very much needed, bunkers need to have way more depth added to them. With this, systems like the keypad at the Oil Rig, or electrical puzzles at the Laboratory will begin to be added to the bunkers.
In an ideal world I would have this stuff be randomised but I'm promising nothing with random generation stuff, more something I will look into.



Found in safe zones will be the bounty system. Check the board for bounties survivors need you to do. This could vary from finding a certain item, to hunting or classic kill quests. These bounties will link back into safe zone (More info when this is closer to getting added).
Also, this whole system will basically be an off-shoot to the standard quests but using all the same systems that does.



Also coming, while different to safe zones are settlements. These will be areas where active scavenger survivors will call home. The locations for these will be randomized and different with each playthrough.
These will also be a place to get new quests or trade for rare resources or gear. Give them help and they'll help you.

The main thing with this is proper first person ADS. First person aiming at the moment is quite painful and well the weapon just gets in the way. While this is one way first person will get improved other ways will be improved animations and just a more smoother camera system.

The last game trailer for SurrounDead came out nearly 2 years ago and SurrounDead has changed heavily since then. It has now came for the time that it gets an overdue upgrade to show people what the game is nowadays.

Something more of an arcade mode, but somewhere you can have a quick play and slay waves of zombies in a unique map made only for this mode. The plan is to have it so you can unlock new locations, buy new weapons (Or find them), new equipment, etc. It's somewhere to have simple fun!

You may have already found this weapon in the dev menu. The next steps for this weapon are to create the bolt ammunition and give it some unique animations!



Coming in one of the next patches will be a revamp to vehicles and how you keep them running. From having to find a key unique to that type of vehicle (eg, Damaged Sedan Key), to fuel cans that you can fill up at the local gas station and vehicle batteries that slowly degrade over time.

At the moment, most player events have no animation that is linked to it. In the future, I will be looking at adding unique animations to certain events like; refuelling, eating, drinking, medical, filling up water, etc (One thing to note is that animations for eating, etc would not be overly long or complicated to not drag away from the gameplay).

Take over a substation and provide electricity to a part of the map (Attacks, repairs, etc?)
Something further down the road is the ability to provide electricity for certain parts of the map. This would allow the player to illuminate streets, unlock new objects that can help the player with certain tasks, production, etc. Suggestions for this system also would be welcomed as its still in the concepting stage.

With the addition of lockpicking, more minigames will be added to the game. These won't be just found in high level areas but places like towns or that odd house in the forest.

This would make the radio item actually useful. If you've got that item on you in game you'll start to get notifications about events happening in the world. These can vary from a survivor in need of help, to a military encampment that has been spotted, or a special zombie located somewhere. There are many possibilities for this system.

The simplest thing to say is, work is still getting done. Not soon however.

• Level design: Much of the west and north of the map is unfinished and still needs a lot of work, that is something I am actively working on. Expect new POIs in the near future. As well, a large city will pop up in the future.
  
• Companion AI: I am currently working on adding a dog companion to the game that you will be able to find around the map.
  
• Motorbikes: Has been on hold recently, but have got them working better recently.
  
• Farming: Create a small farm and gather seed packets, this is something I very much want to add, as well as foraging.
  
• New items: Always coming, got some fun stuff planned.
  
• etc...

Thank you for everything,
Zurvivor

Just because you're a goddess of love, sex, and destruction, doesn't mean you can't be cute and cozy too!

Right now we're focused on animation cleanup, which doesn't always lend itself to interesting pictures, so we wanted to give a glimpse of Dea's model in all her radiant succubus glory.

That said! If anyone is interested in seeing some of the production process, our lead dev often works late into the night, and will occasionally livestream while he works - so come hang out! He enjoys having company and answering questions. Hop on our Discord or our Patreon to get the announcement when it happens.

Happy New Year! Here are the changes for this update:

The game has undergone a huge visual update. There are new backgrounds, transition animations, button visuals, card animations, sound effects, and more. Overall, it should hopefully look and feel much more satisfying than before.

• Summoning cards has a new animation
  
• Enemy Hand Played abilities now trigger before Relic or Face Hand Played abilities
  
• Ability processing logic has been tweaked slightly in regards to Destroyed abilities

• Rat: Emoji has been changed. Summoned Mouse’s emoji has also been changed.
  
• Pig: Emoji has been changed
  
• Package: Golden ability changed from summoning 2 copies of the strongest card in deck → 1 golden copy of the strongest card in deck
  
• Flushed: Changed ability to: Increase health by 50/100/150% of base health
  
• Vampire: Changed ability to: Set health equal to 100/150/200% of the healthiest ally’s health

• Baseball: Removed
  
• 2 new Tier 3 Relics added

• Steak: Removed

• Fixed an issue where certain cards were getting their icons cut off
  
• Some slight performance improvements when there are tons of summons
  
• Fixed an issue where run history times were incorrectly formatted
  
• Fixed a bug where runs could be continued past 25 rounds
  
• Fixed an issue where emojis had transparent pixels within the outline
  
• Fixed an issue where multiple Collection menu tabs could be visible at the same time
  
• Added compression effect to audio to reduce the volume of certain repeating sound effects

Fixed an issue where players could unlock the same lock twice, using up an extra key.

• When in Immersive mode, available actions now appear when hovering over an item
  
• Bugfix: Door could not be closed in Editor mode

Hello, Heroes of Bermesiah!


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1. Seal Breaker Coordi Encore Event (January 3rd 00:00 - January 23rd 23:59) (UTC+0)

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- Spend a great time in the Christmas Lobby full of Carols and in the snowy World Map!
- Login for 30 minutes every day for 15 days to receive Little Elesis Card, Awesome Christmas Coordi Limited Time Select Box, Single Stat Change Scroll, Single Stat Drop Protection Scroll, GP Item Property Scroll, Coordi Fusion Scroll, Reinforcement Protection Scroll (+16), Reinforcement Protection Scroll (+0~+15), Potion of Wills (50%), Premium GC Club, Advanced Rune Summon Chest, and other various rewards.
- Little Elesis Card cannot be moved to the warehouse after acquisition. Please carefully select which character to receive the card.
- Players can clear dungeons to collect Good Deed Stamp x3 to increase [Good Deed Progress] to receive Christmas Random Box.
- [Christmas Random Box] Contents (Acquire 1):
Christmas Cookie Box x1, Harrier Monster Card Box x3, Another World Monster Card Box x3, Advanced Rune Summon Chest x3, Bonus Recharge x3
- Players can progress with [Make a Wish] once they increase Good Deeds 5 times.
- Players can press [Receive Gift] button that activates 12 hours after pressing [Make a Wish] to receive rewards by mail.
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- Upon reaching certain battle power, players can receive Single Stat Change Support Box, Raid Dungeon Entry Ticket, Single Property Scroll (Lv.85), Reinforcement Protection Scroll, GP Item Property Scroll, Coordi Fusion Scroll, Monster Card Box, and other various rewards by rank.
- Once a player makes a selection, they cannot cancel or change their selection. Players must make their selection carefully.

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- Awesome Christmas Coordi Package
- Happy Christmas Coordi Package
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- Seal Breaker Scroll x150
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- Single Property Scroll (Lv.85) x2
- GP Item Property Scroll x30

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- Reinforcement Protection Scroll (+0~+15) x30
- Reinforcement Protection Scroll (+16) x20
- Reinforcement Protection Scroll (+17) x20

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- Raid Dungeon Entry Ticket x1
- Single Stat Change Scroll x10
- Single Stat Drop Protection Scroll x10


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We will strive to create the best experience possible.
Thank you.

-Fix a bug where you are stuck at the cave during a wolf chase quest

- Added VR Game of the Year cosmetic

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improvements

• updated credits
  
• improved overall leaderboard connectivity

fixes

• fixed a bug that caused rank percentages to sometimes not show on leaderboards
  
• fixed a bug that caused incorrect rank percentages on leaderboards
  
• fixed an issue with blurry car wheels rendering through car bodies
  
• fixed an bug where damage wasn’t saved correctly between stages
  
• fixed an issue with certain world best leaderboard entries would cause errors
  
• fixed an issue where car stats wouldn’t count up correctly
  
• fixed a bug that caused high memory usage resulting in a crash when the player has a large amount of custom liveries
  
• fixed the two australia DLC song names being switched
  
• fixed an issue where the world best ghost option would not display
  
• fixed custom liveries not reloading at runtime
  
• fixed capture button in photo mode for controllers
  
• fixed some issues with selecting ghosts over a multi stage rally