We’re thrilled to officially announce Dead Pulse!
Our action-strategy survival roguelike is now visible on Steam, and we can’t wait for you to step into the apocalypse with us. This moment marks another defining chapter for us at Aroko Game Studio.

Dead Pulse is more than just a game, it’s our vision of survival where every trap, every bullet, and every decision matters. It reflects the kind of studio we’re becoming: one that blends intensity with strategy, atmosphere with heart, and challenge with meaning.

Your support means everything. By wishlisting Dead Pulse and sharing it with your friends, you’re helping us grow, reach more players, and continue building experiences that resonate far beyond the screen.

Wishlist Dead Pulse now and join us in holding the line against the endless horde.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3691410/Dead_Pulse/

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The goal is to make a more parkour focused jungle, specially for assassins.

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• Halloween Achievement - unlock a secret Halloween achievement if you open PianoGlow during the Halloween season.

• In the spirit of Halloween, a new blood overlay, available in Settings > Theme > Theme Add-ons

• Minor bug fixes.

Thank you!
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Hi hello again - thank you everyone who played the Demo and left feedback and reported bugs, Ive been working on fixing the majority of issues in this patch.

I will continue updating the demo to fix major bugs, but I will start focusing the majority of my dev time towards finishing the game and adding actual new content (probably no content updates for the demo!!)

The only new major thing to speak of is this reworked secret:

• Added invert X button to settings

Added new Patreon supporters (THANK YOU!!)

• Added more lore to secret in first Ventilation Shafts Area and reworked one of them

• Polish across the entirety of the first Venitlation Shafts Area (prettier)

• Polish across the entirety of "Containers" (more obvious to navigate)

• More Polish and improvements across all scenes

• Added a way to get up into "The Canyon" again after dropping down.

• Platforms in area "Platforms?" move slightly faster

• Better movement in Vents (harder to get stuck)

• even less volumetric lights blurr

• Changed leaves texture to be more lore accurate

• Changed textures for barrels and boxes

• Made the "fail generator" sfx more clear so its not confusing

• New Camera break sfx

• more reverb in sewers

• Seed resets when loading checkpoint 1.

• Plimbos and Quibbles are no longer "bound" to an area and can be carried beyond

• Secret pictures are actually materials now (they interact with lighting)

• \[Experemintal] Starting brightness slider adds slight boost to brightness value (so the game feels brighter as a whole)

• Build size optimisation (also makes runtime memory usage smaller)

  • Build size from 7gb -> 5gb

• Optimisations for sounds, how and if they are streamed, and how much they stall the loading thread

• Reduced loading stutters in some places.

• Optimisation improvements in "Testing Track 17"

• Optimisations improvements in last areas of Level 2

• Anti Aliasing optimisations for lower settings

• Minor optimisation for volumetric lights

• Occlusion Optimisations

• Fixed Timer / Leaderboard Issues

• Fixed bug where weird sounds would play when restarting game

• Fixed bug with crouch-clipping through the floor

• Fixed Plantlife not appearing in "Testing Track 17"

• Fixed lighting bugs in "Testing Track 17"

• Fixed lighting bugs in final Area(s) of the game

• Fixed lighting bug with bottles

• Fixed bug where settings for disabled volumetric lights would not update

• Fixed vaulting issues in some locations

• Fixed tutorial displaying wrong key bug

• Fixed lighting issues in last area of Level 2

• Fixed non visible secret in Level 2

• Fixed bug where you couldnt rebind keys in main menu

• (Hopefully) fixed steam not starting up fast enough and therefore breaking saves / some other stuff

• Fixed bug where screen would start fade in effect again when entering level 2

• Fixed respawn bug in "Sewers?"

• Fixed settings main menu "return" button not being selectable when on input page

• Sensitivity actually works now

• Fixed selection issues in pause menu

• Fixed volumetric lights not updating properly when changing settings level

• Fixed objects popping in/out in multiple places

• Fixed collision errors in multiple places

• Fixed multiple bugs in the secret in the first Ventilation Shafts area.

• Fixed multiple issues with Notes clipping, Spelling mistakes etc

• Fixed lots of other minor bugs in other areas

-Stefaaan

The story continues! Our brand-new DLC brings exciting levels, extra content, and tons of improvements across the game. Experience a richer world with refined gameplay and smoother performance. Ready to take it to the next level?

PATCH NOTES v1.0A

10/24/2025

GENERAL

- Background updates

- Enemy art updates

- Lower music and sfx volume when voices are playing

- Credits page

MULTIPLAYER

- Darken teammates

- Replace player name with gold arrow for self

BOUNTIES

- Bounty specific power-ups now have new sfx and vfx

BUG FIXES

- Fix Nebula worm projectile art

- Fix a lot of tutorial issues

📈Members Double XP📈

Members can enjoy double XP this weekend.

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• Fixes major bug that broke all epilogues

• Small text update to clarify ending 3

• Credits update

We've just released an urgent hotfix addressing the animation skip issue that prevented players from viewing cutscenes.

Animation Playback System
• Fixed CG animations and cutscenes automatically skipping without player input
• Players can now properly view all animations and cinematics at their own pace
• This fix restores access to over 35 minutes of animated content across 140+ animations

Some players were unable to see significant portions of the game's content due to this bug. With 140+ animations totaling over 35 minutes of content, affected players were missing a substantial part of the experience they paid for.

If you experienced this issue during your playthrough, the animations will now display correctly. You may want to revisit scenes to see the content you missed.

If animations still skip after this update, please report it via Discord or email: greuceanuheavyindustries@gmail.com

Thank you for your patience and reports that helped us identify and fix this issue quickly.