That’s right, 105 hours of work in this new update ..give or take a day. And that’s mostly the reason I haven’t been updating the Patron version or this devlog: because I’ve been adding so much stuff in recent weeks that I also introduced a bunch of bugs that needed fixing at every turn before I could push something stable!

But this is that stable build! .. more or less.  Now let’s see what the main highlights are in recent weeks.  First there’s a complete redesign in the mission / game structure. I pretty much removed the mission screen, and replaced it with a shorter/faster overview of the 3 missions you have to do in the current world before you can move towards the next one.

I really like the flow of this a lot more than having to pick what to do next. It also allowed me to add more replay value to the game by now simply picking a set amount of missions from the growing pool of missions, so that you end up with a new set of missions every time you play.

On that note, I added new mission types! There are now informants you can contact, there are generals you need to abduct, and a bunch of other smaller missions thrown in. I’m basically turning every fun feature in the game into some sort of mission where ever I can.

Besides missions there are a handful of new items to find and use, a bunch of new Pop-up shops, and you can now find out more info on your items by checking the inventory screen.

Anyway, grab the Patreon build if you are a Patron by following this link, or Wishlist the game and come hang out in Discord.gg/Orangepixel to get a chance of playing the public-beta version that I’m now slowly moving towards!

Full change list:

• added: Complete redesign of mission structure / game-progression
• added: new item – Army uniform disguise
• added: new item – Gold bars(translates to X amount of coins)
• added: sound and music now gets softer if you enter ventilationshafts
• added: single shot or thrown items at a camera will disable them for a few seconds (without raising alarms.. unless you destroy them)
• added: dust particles when ledge-climbing
• added: variation in daylight and rain world-graphics
• added: new item – Dracula Tooth
• added: new shop – Count D Coffins
• added: new shop – Clothing
• added: Informants now carry briefcases
• added: Briefcase melee weapon
• added: passive-item info to the inventory screen (boots/helmets/ etc )
• added: Building-door should check if player is carrying General (or if general-body is in the building) – before exiting
• added: show “base weapons” on the char-select screen
• added: new mission type – cut down crates
• added: make player “operator” door (look at it, like with cages)
• added: scenery improvements
• added: improved graphics in various overworlds

Changes and fixes:

• fixed: bombs don’t explode on touch
• fixed: player sometimes in sneak-mode when moving left (not right) and no reason for it to go into sneak-mode
• fixed: bow+wand can still spawn (should never happen) same for predator-helmet
• fixed: small bugs with enemies+avatars head direction when looking at you
• fixed: improved building generator
• fixed: items inside vents still spawn/drop outside vents (if not picking them up inside vent)
• fixed: fences in Amazon world are corrupted after entering building and returning
• fixed: tiny destroyable scenery now also trigger noises (can be used for/against you)
• fixed: lots of destroyable scenery like bottles/small tables isn’t being generated anymore
• fixed: item placement in some pop-up stores
• fixed: abducted-general at the_Chopper is vanishing too soon (collision detect at door)
• fixed: general should be dropped when entering vents
• fixed: general should hide if player hides
• fixed: some shop-owners start floating in the air when entering building
• fixed: player can be killed in chopper (make invinceable)
• fixed: checking passive items, puts them in your hand when exiting inventory
• fixed: completing missions doesn’t move to next world
• fixed: elixer isn’t “passive” ?
• fixed: smashing camera doesn’t make sound (add a CLUNKC)
• fixed: soldiers still shoot at player when already dead
• fixed: building door should check for “briefcase”
• fixed: general body is dumped at chopper when completing mission
• fixed: end-chopper thinks we didnt give general or briefcase (we did both)
• fixed: improved enemy capability of chasing you
• fixed: removed some info-prompts from the screen.. making it look cleaner
• fixed: made enemies shoot-speed slower on early levels
• fixed: improved response of enemies chasing rocks/balls/etc
• fixed: disabled cameras shouldn’t be “Target” in auto-aiming
• fixed: extra cranes (for misison) should be generated from right-side of the world backwards.. Also do more test on empty-ness of the area
• fixed: added extra code to fix positioning bugs on level-start/building-start
• fixed: some “Crane-drums” are “unstuck” and thus not positioned correctly underneath crane
• fixed: chopper should check for general/briefcase mission
• fixed: briefcase stays with player after exiting level
• fixed: alarm shouldn’t trigger/happen in special worlds
• fixed: Speed up level generator for Amazon + Arctic
• fixed: item in hand doesn’t “hide” with player
• fixed: 2nd building won’t have general spawning in it.. but door still thinks we need to bring it to exit
• fixed: if taken general out of building 1, then entering building 2 – gives us a 2nd general