It's been some time, yes???? Yet today we come with GOOD NEWS.

"NEW" Endless Maps (and some campaign ones) are now available for your perusal on the DUSK Steam Workshop along with some updates to the SDK. BEHOLD.




That's a spicy a-boneball! The formerly Nintendo Switch™ exclusive DUSK endless map (first shown in 2020) has been improved and is now available on the workshop!



Anti-DRM heads rejoice! The https://www.gog.com/en/game/dusk DUSK endless map is now available on the Steam workshop!

STILL DRM FREE



There was a leatherneck here. It's gone now... The former PlayStation™ exclusive DUSK endless map is now available on the workshop!​ Who would think of doing something so disgusting?



Ahh, good doctor. What an unfortunate predicament you've found yourself in. Kidnapped and brought HERE of all places. BAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA.

This Gloomwood themed map includes music from Gloomwood but sadly no canesword... yet.



Ayy whaddaya somne kinda wise guy? Who said you could bring Switchblade City to DUSK? Oh, da boss did?! Well then, have at it, boys!


This here is actually A PAIR OF MAPS. One Endless and one Campaign style. And they're gonna take a LONG TIME to load so don't go thinkin' your PC is acting up.

Just give it some time, sweetheart. They're worth it!



Speaking of Campaign Maps, looks like someone FINALLY made E1M1 from DOOM in DUSK!

And it even plays Andrew Hulshult's version of At Doom's Gate from IDKFA!

Took ya long enough!


Anyway: DUSK is currently on sale for BOOMSTOCK (It's like Woodstock for Boomer Shooters?) and we're also having a merch sale!



https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/11357/The_New_Blood_FPS_Trilogy/

INCLUDING THESE NEW DUSK HD POSTERS!



So what's next for DUSK? (Moddable)

Well we're finally gonna get custom weapons and enemies working in the SDK so you can get crowbars and Pinky Demons and and whatever else you want working in DUSK!

We'll even include all the assets from DUSK HD as separate mods on the workshop soon enough!

ONE DAY YOU'LL EVEN BE ABLE TO MAKE DUSK IN DUSK. MAYBE.

Until then...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/519860/DUSK/


Actual SDK Patch Notes:

• Fixed fonts being f'd up
  
• Fixed off-by-1 texture UVs
  
• New env_fog entity
  
• New trigger_fog entity
  
• Fixed point_template spawning issue
  
• Fixed endless mode enemy indicator rotation
  
• Support for scrolling textures (goldsrc style)
  
• Fixed light shaft model on light post entity
  
• Mod menu now pulls image from workshop
  
• Fixed trigger_secret and func_door custom sounds
  
• Music volume changes now apply instantly
  
• Level triggers with a missing destination will now go to the menu
  
• Updated to Unity 2022.3.46f1
  
• Added func_conveyor (does not move objects currently)
  
• Corrected func_wall behavior with angles property
  
• Removed scary clock
  
• Added Size 2 fish

The DUSK SDK is getting a sizeable update today! With better Quake and Half Life map support as well as the ability to make ENDLESS LEVELS, fixing some major bugs and advanced music scripting!

New Entities

Creates a music playlist. Give this entity a targetname, and assign a sequence of music tracks by setting track0, track1, and so on to music file paths.

Activates a music playlist. Set the target to the targetname of an info_playlist entity, then trigger the trigger_playlist in order to begin playback. You can set shuffle to 1 to enable shuffling of the playlist, and loop to 1 to cause the playlist to loop. When a playlist is looping, you can use a
trigger_changemusic trigger to stop it.

Used for creating enemy templates that are later spawned with a trigger. Refer to the Source point_template documentation for further details. DUSK additionally supports specifying teleportfx 1 to spawn teleporter particles on each enemy spawned.

This entity will trigger its target when a new wave begins, if the current wave is greater than or equal to its first_wave property. The last_wave property can be used to disable an info_endless_node starting from a specific wave.

This entity will immediately delete any entities it is targeting when it is triggered.

Fixes/Changes

• Fixed memory leak when finishing a custom level
  
• Fixed fence texture rendering for embedded BSP textures
  
• Game will now default to D3D11 instead of OpenGLCore
  
• Fixed load order buttons in modding menu
  
• Fixed .ent files not being loaded

Fixes/Changes

• Various environmental tweaks and improvements
  
• Extensive rework of particle systems, especially blood splat
  
• Replaced bars and ladder sprites with 3D versions
  
• Added grass and foliage to outdoors environments
  
• Added wide new range of objects to environments fitting their themes, such as:
  
• Rocks and rock decals
  
• ““““Functional”””” mirrors
  
• Wires, cabling and electrical equipment
  
• Drains, corrugated sheets and ground debris
  
• Various machines, pipes and modular flanges
  
• Tools and throwable items
  
• Boxes, pallets and yard junk
  
• Office supplies and mundane utilities
  
• Military-themed props
  
• A single pleasant ceiling fan
  
• Piles of spent brass, to illicit a warm and inviting atmosphere
  
• Lab equipment, including papers covered in exciting nerd stuff

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2717300/DUSK_HD/



https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/11357/The_New_Blood_FPS_Trilogy/

Added Steam achievements
Removed leftover developer camera lerp key
Secondary weapons can now be selected via the weapon wheel
Removed unneeded specularity on some Materials
Added in-game lights to keycard
Darkened Matal Particles

E1M5
• moved logs
E1MS
• Fixed a gap.
E2M1
• Removed Barbed Wire Collisions
• Fixed Exit Door UVs
• Repositioned “Turn and leap” text
• Shortened Fire effect with smoke clipping a rooftop
E2M2
• Stairs collisions flattened
• Final room Shelf explosion less wimpy
E2M3
• Fixed Some UVs
• Improved Entrace UVs
E2M4
• HD’d spiral staircase and collisions
• Corrected collisions
• Brightened "Dont Shoot The Buttons" sprite
E2M6
Updated UVs
E2M7
• Some UVs and bad lightmapping fixed
• Spikey Construct glowing particle effect spins now
E2M8
• Adjusted Sky tower energy effect
• Corrected stairs collisions
E2MS
• Big machine room floor crack Subdivided
• Big machine room wall normal error fixed
• Big machine room light added near ladder
• Room of stairs given new collisions

Even longer than that if you count Early Access and the two years of development that started in 2016.

And throughout all that time, we always promised to make DUSK as open and moddable for you as we possibly can.

But what we didn't promise you was a full remaster of the game only 5 years after its release. And that's what we've somehow done. What started as a fun way to beef up the DUSK Steam Workshop soon evolved into a full blown visual remaster thanks to the hard work of a group of very talented developers at New Blood under the supervision of David Szymanski, myself (Dave), our QA Lead Cam, Dev Support Lead Scott, and the rest of the New Blood crew. And the result? is DUSK HD


The response to DUSK HD has been bigger than we ever could have possibly imagined. So much so that we've decided to make it into its own FREE DLC that you can download and play without having to install anything else... RIGHT NOW.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/2717300/DUSK_HD/

Go ahead, prove yourself... WORTHY.

What that also means is that we've spent the last few months working overtime on DUSK HD to make sure it's as legitimate and cohesive and possible. Constantly iterating, tweaking and adding new things every day. It rules. We hope you love it.
HOWEVER

While DUSK has indeed been somewhat moddable and mappable for years - Shout out to DUSKmods.com - we've always envisioned a world in which DUSK was just as moddable as DOOM and and the other classics that inspired us.


We knew that undertaking would be massive, requiring us to basically rewrite the entire game and engine from scratch (which we have) but here we are, closing in on a decade of development, with the full DUSK DDK (Dusk Development Kit) ALMOST ready for you to use.

That's right, while DUSK HD and the basic SDK and Steam Workshop are indeed AVAILABLE FOR YOU NOW. The Full Dusk Development Kit built upon the new version of DUSK is still a few weeks away.

What does that mean?

Well, DUSK HD is playable now and the Steam Workshop is fully functional!

You can:

Make and play custom maps, (even basically drag and drop Quake and Half Life maps) use texture replacements and sound replacements. Plus every file from the base game is available for you to use.

You cannot:

Have custom models (enemies), entities, weapons, and nothing from the HD pack is available for you to use yet.

Once the FULL SDK built on the new version of DUSK is available SOON™ you will be able to play all the custom maps with both Classic or HD visuals, replace weapons, models and more.

Speaking of which, we've added a new weapon to the game :)

(It shares slot 7 with the crossbow)

Oh and DUSK - Moddable will even detect any installed games with compatible assets and allow you to seamlessly load their maps. Thanks, Garry.





This massive undertaking has been the work of primarily two of our developers.

Ben "Zombie" Moir has been rewriting DUSK from the ground up for nearly 5 years and David "Garumin" Bonin has remade every single visual asset from DUSK by hand over the last two years as well as creating all new ones to add to DUSK HD.

And unbeknownst to them, all the profits from DUSK for the month of December 2023 will be split between David and Ben. Don't spend it all in one place, lads.

The entirely new enemy and weapon models were made by our 3D artist Cody Lambert and all the new animations you see were made by our animators Dom Antonazzo and Lachlan Milne.

These developers all started out as external contractors for us and because of DUSK HD they are now full time New Blood employees working across all our games. WELCOME TO THE CULT.



All that being said... if you, dear reader, are playing DUSK for the first time, fifth time, or 500th time...

We hope it helps you realize a few things.

Firstly: We love you and we hate money.

Secondly: We work hard.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/519860/DUSK/

(a day late but whatever)




We're still discussing how we'll release the SDK version of DUSK (which is essentially an entirely new version of the game on a reworked engine) but we're aiming to make sure that modding and managing DUSK is as free and easy as possible for years to come. Thanks for 5 years of DUSK!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/519860/DUSK/

“I am super pumped and honored to be part of such a unique approach to FPS. Rhythm + Bullets = Fun. This is gonna slap.” Said Hulshult.

The DUSK tracks that you can slay to the beat today in Metal: Hellsinger are:

• Sacrifice
  
• Bleeding Out
  
• Murder Machine Inc.
  
• Erebus Reaction
  
• Mine Control
  
• Departure to Destruction
  
• Hand Cannon
  
• Burn in Hell
  
• Endless

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33614/Metal_Hellsinger_x_DUSK/

We still have some work to do! But expect a full ON / OFF style comparison trailer around Halloween.

Then full launch with the SDK + Steam Workshop around DUSK's 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY in December.


The HD models, textures, weapons, etc will all be available on the Steam Workshop as free downloads and not integrated into the base game until you install them!

This is all completely optional! IF YOU LIKE DUSK JUST HOW IT IS THAT'S GREAT!

And YES you WILL be able to use both the old and these new assets to create anything you want with the SDK and upload your own creations to the workshop as well. We can't wait to see it.

Because DOOM may be Eternal but DUSK is FOREVER. ...Or something.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/519860/DUSK/

Sorry this took longer than expected but DUSK is now VERIFIED for Steam Deck.



If you have a Steam Deck, try it out! We didn't add that weapon wheel for nothing!
And yes we're still hard at work on DUSK HD and the final SDK, Steam Workshop and all that fun stuff.



In the mean time... GLOOMWOOD Early Access starts next week.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150760/Gloomwood/

See you... SOON™

Complete remakes of all the weapon and enemy models in DUSK.

Available for FREE and coming SOON™ as part of the Steam Workshop update.

You didn't ask for this?!



Well you're welcome.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/519860/DUSK/

It's been 3 YEARS since we released DUSK, and we're celebrating by giving you some new GOODIES



*NINE* DEVELOPMENT BUILDS





OVER *500* DEV SCREENSHOTS






NEVER BEFORE HEARD MUSIC BY ANDREW HULSHULT



*HUNDREDS* OF RAW GAME ASSETS



MEMES



And of course, some photos of the bois





We'll keep updating "The Goodies" as we find more of them so keep that DLC updated!



Once you've successfully downloaded the DLC - the "Goodies" folder will appear in your game files



Thanks as always for your love and support. If you're reading this then you are WORTHY \o/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1846130/DUSK__The_Goodies/
We've got lots planned for DUSK in 2022 - so as we've said before and we'll say again...

THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/519860/DUSK/