This Update is sponsored by Pluto Burger - Almost as big as a PLANET!
Dear Burger Flipper Playtester, Zynzu Entertainment here! First off, a huge thank you for playtesting our mobile game, Burger Flipper, as we prepare to launch it to the masses of Selaco. We're in the home stretch, and our best friends at Pluto Burger are eagerly awaiting the finished product. Just one more obstacle ahead; surviving the upcoming review embargo! Be aware that one of the highlights in this build is the introduction of microtransactions, which will be hidden in the Review Build. As far as reviewers are concerned, they do not exist. So please keep quiet about them. We're nearly there. Test, test, test! Alright?

Burger Flipper v0.3 Changelog

• Added Global Save System

  
  Progress is no longer tied to your local Datapad! If you were to, somehow, start a life, you can now continue where you left off. Just make sure to click the button to convert your existing save into a Cloud Save. Or Global Save... Whatever the term is post-Exodus.

• Added a bunch of Cosmetic Burger Skins

  
  
  Now featuring Gwyn Burger, VAC-Burger, and more that we will not spoil. You will not believe what the last one is!

• Added Achievement System

  
  Improve your Gamer cred by achieving Burger Flipping milestones.

• Added Battle Pass

  
  
  Complete achievements to earn Points for your Battle Pass. Unlock exclusive new Skins and Gems to use in the store.

• Added Golden Burger Events

  
  These rare burgers spawn periodically to boost burger flipping productivitybut they dont stick around for long! Click fast or miss out.

• Added In-Game Shop

  
  You can now spend your hard-earned Selver Credits on some in-game items.

• Added Uninstall Button

  
  
  Our business experts said this was a terrible idea, but we did it anyway! Burger Flipper can now be uninstalled from your Datapad.

• Added Prestige System

  
  Acquiring the final Production Building now lets you Prestige. Prestige resets your progress, but spawns more Golden Burgers, unlocks a new Mirror Universe Production Building, and gives more chances to earn rewards.

• Added In-Game Advertisements

  
  
  Someone ask Charlie from PR if this is meant to be listed here. Probably not the feature everyone was waiting for.

• Other improvements

  
  - Fully redid all Burger Flipper sound effects - Added larger number displays for your burger horde (Quintillion, Bazillion, etc.) - Added anti-cheat measures. it occurred to us that most playtesters we're cheating??

Conclusion

Greetings captains, The Spring Sale is here, and we've put the game on our biggest discount yet (again!). If you purchased the game at full price about a week ago, don't worryyou can request a refund for the price difference by contacting Steam Support. Just point them to this blog post as confirmation that were fully on board with it. If you do not own the game yet, you can get it right below for 30% cheaper during the Spring Sale. And better yet... if you own Fallen Aces, Echo Point Nova, or Mullet Madjack, it'll be even cheaper for you! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592280/Selaco/ Please consider reviewing the game if you haven't already. They help immensely and we do read all of them! Let's dive into the State of Development before we go through the patch notes, as there's quite a bit to talk about.

Chapter 2 is where most of our time is being spent these days, and the majority of the team is dedicating their full development time to it. We're happy to share that things are coming along very nicely, and the number of roadblocks we've encountered so far has been minimal at best! There's a lot to share and a lot we'd love to see reactions to, but we are going to hold off for now and save it for a trailer in the future. Instead, have a voxel chicken. One of the many new food items in Chapter 2.
And, fine, a Sniper. They will eventually replace the snipers we currently use in Chapter 1, as we're not quite satisfied with them and think they could be a bit more dynamic.



Selaco is a big game, and theres still plenty of work ahead before were ready to leave Early Access. To keep development moving at a steady pace, weve brought in some new talent to assist with programming! Were excited to welcome Nick London to the team! He has a lot of experience working on game engines, including building his own from scratch for The Last Exterminator; a game you may have heard of before, and one we can highly recommend based on the demo alone. If you're a fan of the game, rest assured that Nick's involvement with Selaco has no bearing on The Last Exterminator's development. In fact, it was one of the first things we talked about! I can also assure everyone that his game is coming along nicely. Let's get a bit more specific below.

On top of many smaller endeavors, two big projects have been set in motion that aim to improve Selaco's performance significantly across all systems.

• Particle System Overhaul We want combat to feel punchy, intense, and dramatic, using a variety of effects to spice up the action. However, the way we currently calculate and render these effects leaves a lot of room for improvement, often causing noticeable frame drops when too many explosions or bullets fill the screen. Based on benchmarks and user feedback, this is easily our biggest performance bottleneck when it involves action. To address this, we're developing a brand-new Particle System built directly into the engine (which is why we brought Nick on board). This will reduce the computational load, ensuring smoother performance across the board.
• Light Baking Every light source in Selaco is fully dynamic, allowing for interactive features like destructible and flickering lights, and functional light switches. However, most lights dont have these interactions but are still rendered dynamically. This is problematic because dynamic lighting is expensive to render and offers no visual advantage when interactivity isnt needed. We are exploring a way to implement static lights by baking lighting data directly into level geometry and textures. This would eliminate their performance cost entirely/mostly, leading to significantly improved frame rates, while interactive lights remain as dynamic as theyve always been. And who knows, maybe we can use this technique to make Selaco look even better by baking more accurate shadows into the game. VKDoom / GZDoom has been working on this for a while and hopefully we can get it ported into Selaco in the future. If you want to see an example of where this technology is used, take a look at Disdain (demo available!)

• Default (none): This is where most players are. Everything here is thoroughly tested, polished, and stable. If this is your first time playing Selaco, this is the version we highly recommend.
• Beta Branch: A collection of multiple Nightly builds uploaded over the past 2-3 weeks. While not entirely stable, it will definitely be more stable than a Nightly.
• Nightly: Untested changes that may not even work. Will the game boot up? Will VAC-Bots multiply? Who knows what happens in here! This is only recommended for those who want to stay deeply involved with the development process and report their thoughts early.

• Vastly upgraded engine version
• Added 'Early Access Roadmap' to the Main Menu
• Added 'Game Detail' setting
• Added Unlock notifications after beating this game.
• Added Visibility Welcome Screen that will be given to new players
• Numerous Special Campaign improvements
• Added 'No Health Regeneration' mutator
• Added 'Bottomless Mags' mutator
• Improved music quality
• Hardcore Mode has been made more Hardcore
• Lots of gameplay polish
• Wires can now be shot to briefly electrocute nearby enemies
• A whole bunch of new environmental reactions and effects
• Improved visual clarity for players with a Low Smoke Density setting
• Additional improvements to level design and scripting
• Another massive sound pass
• Weapon buffs and nerfs
• Improved numerous art assets
• Improved Error Handling
• Added 'Strongbox' achievement
• Audio pass for some robotic enemies
• Minor Shotgun buff because why not
• Performance optimizations
• SPECIAL CAMPAIGN: Added Encounter Chests
• SPECIAL CAMPAIGN: Added Grenadier Engineer

• Upgraded the engine to the newest GZDoom version. This will now function as our new base to expand upon. This will likely be more stable and perform slightly better
• Added "Game Detail" setting. Adds additional environmental details that make the world more reactive. This includes additional bullet puff behavior, improved object collisions, bullet casing duration, and much more. New 'non-essential' world details will consider the Game Detail setting moving forward
• Reworked numerous actors to be more memory-efficient
• Added Background Model Loading to reduce traversal stutter
• Numerous UI elements are now loaded on a different CPU thread
• Upgraded numerous particle effects
• Reduced the number of CVAR checks to lower CPU load
• Particle effects are no longer stored in saved games, reducing file size and stutter duration when saving
• WINDOWS: Fixed an error where mouse inputs would cease to function correctly when Selaco was running in the present or past

• Added Encounter Chests. These chests are spawned at random locations in Selaco. Interacting with an Encounter Chest spawns enemies around the room. Eliminate all enemies to get a reward
• Added Engineer Grenadiers
• Railgun Slugs can now spawn via the Randomizer
• Storage Cabinets are no longer empty
• Added numerous new Weapon Traits
• Improved spawning algorithms to consider density. Maps like the Mall will no longer see extreme amounts of enemies
• Reduced 'bias' to ensure Random Spawns are properly spread around the level rather than focused around certain spots

• Added "No Health Regeneration" mutator
• Added "Bottomless Mags" mutator - This mutator removes the reloading mechanic
• HARDCORE MODE: Removed spread and recoil limits. This makes weapons harder to control during sustained fire
• HARDCORE MODE: Added option to disable spread and recoil limits

• Reduced recoil build-up when zooming
• Shooting at wire textures will now create electricity hazards. This can be used to your advantage
• Explosion Area of Effect damage is now done with a spherical shape instead of a square. This makes explosion behavior more accurate and similar to modern titles
• Shock duration on enemies now depends on the amount of shock damage
• Reduced Airdrone bullet damage
• Alerted enemies will now enter Patrol Mode when the player exits the level
• Added 'Strongbox' achievement
• ENEMY SENTRY GUN: Gave them a much-needed sound pass
• ENEMY SENTRY GUN: Added self-lighting to make them easier to see
• ENEMY SENTRY GUN: Added a slight delay before they begin attacking
• ENEMY SENTRY GUN: Unalerted turrets can now be deactivated by pressing USE behind them
• NAILGUN: 'Twin Barrel' has been buffed. The second nail no longer deals reduced damage
• LANDMINES: Now require the 'Extractor' upgrade in order to be removed after deployment. Sorry, they were overperforming!
• ESG-24 SHOTGUN: Boosted damage per pellet (32 -> 34)

• Added Unlock notifications after beating this game. This will now inform players about new features that become available
• Added Visibility Welcome Screen that will be shown to all players on startup. This allows players to choose between two visual modes: 'Spectacle' and 'Visibility'
• Added "Early Access Roadmap" button in the main menu
• Added a brand-new error system. This will make it easier for us to solve reported issues moving forward
• Added a warning prompt when loading a saved game that it's incompatible
• Improved ammo counter display for weapons that do not require reloading
• Save Game Menu descriptions now have a scroll bar
• LookAt prompts now have a smaller font when they have a lot of text
• Used mods are now shown in the Save Game Menu when selecting a save
• Localization support improvements.

• Most of the music in Selaco has been re-exported from the source. The quality should be much higher now
• Improved behavior of Stretcher voxels. Rotating them will now display a proper animation and their hitboxes have been corrected
• Ice Grenades now have a unique voxel model
• Most weapons now have a layered gun sound, making them sound different depending on the amount of ammo left
• Added particle effects when mines drill themselves into the floor
• Added a new set of doodles
• Improved visuals for Grenade Launcher explosions
• Added carpet puffs when walking on carpet materials
• Carpet textures now spawn a unique effect when hit by bullets
• Added 'Cloth' material behavior
• Added new dust decals
• Level 1-1 and Level 1-2 have some additional ambient sounds
• Numerous new combat sound effects have been added
• Added animated smoke puffs
• Shocked enemies will now continue shocking when dead
• Improved Roaring Cricket gun sound and trail visuals
• Paper particles now seamlessly transition into paper decals when touching the floor
• Repainted some older art assets

• Fixed crashes when giving SelacoWeapon to enemies
• Level Editor will now visually display Path Node Connections
• Added more virtual functions that modders can override

• Fixed unintended horizontal lines on some smoke sprites. Let us know if you see any more!
• Reduced amount of trash that is spawned by the ENDLESS TRASH trait
• Slugs no longer cost ammo in the Shooting Range
• Players no longer take damage during the Intermission Screen
• Fists no longer increments 'Shots Fired' stat
• 'Deaf' enemies will no longer be alerted by sound
• FIxed bug where keycard icons would 'jitter' on the HUD
• Food items now have correct calorie properties. Water was never meant to add 50 calories to your diet!
• Cars and their hitboxes no longer go out of sync during earthquakes
• Lockers in Level 1-1 no longer close after 9000 ticks. They now stay open indefinitely
• Fixed broken Windows Shutters in level 1-1
• Weapon Traits no longer display incorrect values during the Special Campaign
• 'Enable Bipod' upgrade has been renamed to 'Bipod'
• Fixed error where 'Paintsplosion' trait would spawn Purple paint only.
• Gravity Manipulator no longer behaves incorrectly when used without ammo
• Fixed an error where Keyboards would sometimes be pushed by player collision
• Knifes now correctly break apart when used against armored enemies
• Knife kills against Siegers no longer turn them into Rifleman
• Fixed a bug where Iron Fury did not ignite enemies correctly
• Removed 'BEEP SPEED' debug in the console that was never meant to be there
• Fixed rare crash caused by Ammo Warnings
• World Items that cost 0 Selver Credits no longer displays your credit balance on the HUD
• Fixed incorrect animation timing in Save Menu
• Allied projectiles no longer spawn a smoke puff against killed enemies
• Sentry Gun and Combat VAC-Bot kills no longer counts towards the UC-36 Kill stat
• Plasma Area of Effect kills are now considered Plasma Rifle kills
• Target Dummies no longer have rarities during the Special Campaign
• Fixed 'Unknown Folder' crashes on Windows 11
• Fixed potential crashes caused by Pathfinding
• Fire Resistance for Juggernauts now works as intended

Wait for the download the finish [/olist] You are now back to the old version of the game!

Once again I would like to thank everyone for their support towards this project of ours, and for all the word of mouth that helped Selaco grow. It has almost been a year since we've launched and Selaco continues to perform above our expectations. We're very grateful for the community we've built, and it makes creating updates like these all the more satisfying for us. Looking forward towards hearing your thoughts!

[ 2025-03-13 17:11:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone, We have our next Game Update planned for March, but before this can launch, we are looking for some players to help us test one of the major changes. Allow me to elaborate on what is happening.

We are upgrading the engine!

Why does this engine upgrade matter?

What information are we looking for?

• Stability Did you encounter any crashes?
• Bugs Any quirks you think are engine-related and werent there before?
• Performance Did you notice any changes in performance compared to the old engine? If so, was it better or worse?
• Does it launch? This is an important one. During earlier testing, users reported being unable to launch the game. We have fixed these issues since, but the more people we can get to test this new build, the more likely we are to fix any issues weve missed before the update goes live.

How do I enter?

Start the game [/olist]

Where can I report feedback?

Three options! [olist]

Email me directly via wesley@alteredorbitstudios.com. [/olist] A big "thank you!" to everyone who is willing to lend us a hand with this one. The more information we have, the faster things can get fixed! Expect a new Game Update and State of Development blog post in March that goes in-depth on how the Early Access is coming along! Kind regards, - Nexxtic

[ 2025-02-27 19:40:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, We're still hard at work creating the next Mega Patch, which aims to be the most significant one yet, as it adds narrative elements, significantly amps up the worldbuilding of the game and updates almost every single level. While this is currently in the works, we've been working on a number of fixes that we wanted to patch early. This patch is not as significant as the ones we did in the past, but its still a good step towards making Selaco a more stable, better game. After all, why would we delay bug fixes!? Going in!

Version 0.86g

General Improvements

• Added a system that prevents floor decals from z-fighting
• Added Light Effect Culling to give a slight performance boost during scenes that are heavy on lighting (e.g., multiple enemies shooting at the player)
• Added precaching for animated textures to reduce potential stutters
• Multiple adjustments to how UI elements are cached, aiming for more efficient memory usage
• Updated an outdated texture that mentioned 'Teddy11' instead of 'Teddy13'
• Added a transition effect when loading a saved game
• Minor artwork revisions
• Audio readability improvements for damaged Fire Extinguishers
• Slightly reduced the file size, yay!
• Special Campaign: Squad Leaders no longer spawn when 'Spawn Additional Squad Leaders' is disabled

Plasma Rifle

• Slight increase to Damage, Magazine Capacity, and Ammo Pickup count
• Added multiple Muzzle Flash variants when firing
• Recolored Plasma Bolts to match the color of the Muzzle Flashes
• Reduced visual clutter when firing Plasma Bolts
• Added transparency to secondary crosshair elements for improved readability
• Fixed some inconsistencies in Upgrade descriptions

UC-11 SMG

• Shock Dart now has a small amount of Area of Effect to make landing shots easier
• Fixed a bug where Shock Darts would not shock enemies when hit during a pain state

Enemy Mines

• Enemy Mine Beeps are now brighter
• Enemy Mine Beeps will no longer be dimmed when Dimmed Muzzle Flashes is enabled

Bug Fixes

• Rain puddles no longer cause precaching issues
• Toilet Paper spawns from Paper Dispensers can now be picked up
• 'Panic Button' upgrade no longer persists when disabled
• Recovered a missing sound effect that was meant to play near ventilation shafts
• Fixed a large number of crashes and stability issues
• Fixed an error where Metal Shrapnel particles coming from Metal Floors would never despawn
• Fixed a very stupid performance oversight with Landmines
• Fixed numerous startup issues
• Weapon Kits no longer show Automap Notifications when Automap Updates is turned off
• Fixed Rate of Fire exploit for Elephant Rounds
• Fixed an exploit where Elephant Rounds would not have any recoil
• Fixed Elephant Rounds displaying incorrect stats on older Saved Games
• Fixed an error where the Overblown upgrade lied about adding +3 damage
• Fixed a couple of menu quirks
• Fixed an error where the Grenade Launcher would be missing Display Frames when equipped shortly after loading a saved game
• (Linux) Fixed Linux mouse disappearing when clicking

Public Beta Build

Conclusion

Hello everyone, Nexxtic here. I hope youve all been doing well! As the year draws to a close, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the state of the game and the progress of our Early Access. Ill summarize the major changes and improvements weve made so far, and give you a glimpse of whats coming next. Chapter 2 has been in full production since July, but in the meantime, Ive been dedicating time to maintaining the current Steam version with occasional help from other people in the team. Let's get started!
If youre just here for the highlights of what we've done so far, or just want to see the future plans, feel free to skip ahead. The decision to launch Selaco in Early Access was made about three years ago, shortly after we posted our Realms Deep 2021 gameplay video. With the story already written we quickly realized that, given its scale, starting 'small' was the only realistic path forward. This wasnt an easy decision, and we had long discussions about the best approach. The concept of Early Access isn't loved by everyone, and since we often play these type of games ourselves, we completely understand why some feel that way. From the start, we aimed to make Early Access a meaningful part of development. Instead of releasing a small portion of the game and making players wait for new content (something that can take over a year), we launched with a 10-hour-long chapter to see how it landed among players. Then, as feedback rolled in, we apply course corrections where needed while simultaneously working on the second chapter. This approach helps us understand our own game better. We looked at how Early Access was handled in its earlier days. Games like 'The Forest' and 'Dont Starve' stood out to me, as they were actively building the game alongside their community. I think we've done a good job communicating with players across multiple platforms so far, and have no intent to change this. There isnt a single post on the Steam forums or Reddit that we havent read or acknowledged. The extensive list of changes below is a direct result of these dialogues. We truly hope it shows!
Since our launch in May 2024, weve rolled out over 10 updates to improve the core game, fix bugs, and occasionally add new bits and pieces. If youve reviewed the game in the past, please consider updating your review if your biggest issues have been addressed. As a small studio, reviews are crucial and help immensely. Below is what we've worked on so far. Keep in mind that this is not everything we've done since then, only the most noteworthy changes.

Content / Major Changes

• Added Special Campaign - a new take on New Game Plus and Randomizer Modes
• Introduced Unlocking System, allowing players to gain new modes or features by completing certain tasks
• Enabled Public Beta feature for early access to experimental features
• Added additional Weapon Upgrades and Weapon Kits
• Major reworks to difficulty, weapon balance and combat
• Added 'Selaco Must Fall' difficulty, an intentionally unbeatable difficulty mode
• Added Workshop Support
• Added an option to roll back to previous versions
• Added GeForce NOW and Steam Cloud Gaming support
• Option to play the original demo build from nearly 3 years ago
• Full Steam Deck support, including Valve's verification
• (Upcoming) Story content and character dialog updates

Quality of Life / Core Improvements

• Added Steam Trading Cards and Point Shop
• Weapon Kits now persist across playthroughs
• Introduced Smart Ammo Pickup system
• Save Protection system to avoid unfair deaths due to unpredictable AI actions
• Option to change campaign difficulty mid-playthrough
• Increased number of checkpoints
• Smart Tutorial System to ensure tutorials are not repeated on replays
• Reworked player dodging to be more useful and provide better visual feedback
• Improved headshot feedback for better readability and impact
• Added Backpack Reloading
• Improved grenade-throwing responsiveness
• Additional accessibility options
• Added Resume Game button to the Main Menu
• Implemented Cloud Saving
• Improved visual readability for frozen enemies
• Engine rework to maintain save compatibility with every update
• Expanded map screen with more icons and better controls
• Rebalanced difficulty settings
• Improved keycard visibility
• Added 'Smoke Density' setting for additional visibility
• Enhanced weapon upgrade station UI
• Added Audio Device settings to switch playback device in real-time
• Added option to skip intro screens
• Improved enemy footstep audio localization
• Reworked Ice Damage for greater utility
• Added melee kicking when fists are equipped
• Implemented a proper framerate limiter
• Reworked certain game sections to improve combat flow and signposting
• Vastly improved stability, resolving nearly every crash report received (Not all, but many!)
• Improved menu descriptions and UI clarity
• Added a custom ammo system for the shotgun
• Default values are now displayed in the options menu
• Fixed at least 1,000 bugs (rough estimate as we didn't keep count lol)

Immersion

• Numerous improvements to immersion, including refined audio, effects, and interactables
• Introduced 'Extended Bullet Casings' graphical setting
• Reworked rain visuals, including puddles and splatter effects
• Added Healing Stations
• Added numerous ambient sound systems to help make the world feel more alive
• Most objects now feature unique sound effects upon collision with the player
• Enhanced muzzle flashes for greater impact
• Implemented 'Object Bumping' system
• Greatly improved gore visuals and audio
• Added new statistics to the Data Pad
• Included additional Data Pads for world-building
• Improved interactions for falling objects
• Multiple iterations on particle effect improvements
• Drastically improved explosion effects, including surface-specific effects (e.g., wood splinters on wooden floors), force and more
• Upgraded weapon sound effects for added punch
• Added maggots
• Players can now pet VAC-Bots as often as they want

Enemies

• Reworked enemy stagger system
• Enemies now react to the players flashlight
• Added dialog for sound-based alerts
• Enemies now throw grenades at the players last known position
• Enemies now throw grenades at allies (Combat VAC-Bots, Sentry Guns)
• Patrolling behavior added for enemies that lose sight of the player
• Added AI reactions for being shot in the leg
• Improved enemy tactics, such as being more defensive when losing squadmates
• Introduced new enemy callouts

Mutators

• Introduced a system to unlock new Mutators
• Added customization options for Mutators
• New Mutators
  • "Hard-Boiled!" - Adds new layers of difficulty
  • "Armor Up" - Increases armor durability
  • "Extra Ammo" - Ammo pickups have an increase in quantity
  • "Defensive Enemies" - Makes enemies take on a more defensive combat style
  • "Half-Like" - Removes or reduces gamified elements like secrets and intermission screens
  • "Burger Flipper Start" - Begin the game with the true GOTY of 2024: Burger Flipper
  • "Legacy Item Pickups" - Removes Smart Ammo Pickups

• The goal of the roadmap is to provide a rough idea of what we're doing, not give deadlines.
• We will provide deadlines when we're confident with them, otherwise we'll be giving rough estimates!

• Chapter 2 This is where most of our resources are currently being spent. As we've said since the start, both Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 will be quite a bit shorter than Chapter 1, but in exchange, they're a lot punchier on a minute-to-minute basis. It introduces new weapons, new tools, new enemies, allied NPCs, hundreds of new voxel decorations, overhauls the 'weaker' gameplay systems, gives Chapter 1 a good facelift, and more. We'll need a good amount of time to cook this one up and will share an ETA when we have a release date.
• Story Elements Currently being worked on. Originally aimed to launch in November, but we shifted focus toward the Special Campaign instead to amp up the replay value early on. Were aiming to launch this in Q1 2025.
• New Special Campaign features Enemy Traits, Battle Chests, and other randomization features are planned for the second half of 2025.
• Engine Upgrade Were actively working on upgrading to a new engine version that brings better performance, improved rendering features, improved compatibility with specific hardware combinations and more. While we initially aimed to release a test build in December, we couldnt quite meet that deadline. We want to avoid giving an ETA for the time being, but well keep you updated! It should not be much longer!
• Making Safe Rooms More Interesting The Big Chapter 2 Update will upgrade every Safe Room in the game by adding new facilities.
• Wave Survival Mode This mode is called 'Incursions,' and we started prototyping this 5 years ago. We will eventually pick this back up and finish it. It will be a while, however, as it also requires us to get a new dedicated level designer onboard to create deathmatch-style layouts. We'll plan this out after we've launched Chapter 2.
• Swapping Weapon Kits During Gameplay Currently, you can only switch Weapon Kits in Safe Rooms. We plan to change this by allowing players to select two Weapon Kits in Safe Rooms and swap between them during gameplay, at the expense of a slight delay while switching. For example, youll be able to use both Nail Gun Turrets and the Shotgun Module without being limited to just one, but switching in combat will take a second or two.
• Enemy AI A ton of stuff is planned over the course of Early Access, including a cover system for enemies, a reliable Last Known Position system, the ability for them to prone, a buddy system where individual squad mates can group up and stay close together, and more.
• Reducing FOMO Elements One common piece of feedback is the frustration of missing out on Weapon Kits, which can feel like missing part of the intended experience given their significance. To address this, were introducing a system where missed Weapon Kits can be purchased in Safe Rooms using credits. While exploration is still the better approach since it doesnt cost you any credits, this will give players an alternative method.
• Some upgrades aren't worth the Weapon parts We are aware. Consider a few of the upgrades placeholders for the time being. With the game being unfinished, there are only a limited number of parameters to work with, but we aim to redo a few of these closer to v1.0.

Hey everyone, As we actively work on the Story Update launching in February, we felt the need to address some issues in the current build of the game. As such, were releasing a quick update to improve stability and add a few new features. This update is now available! The Winter Sale has begun, and weve put the game on another discount. Just like with our Autumn Sale, if you purchased the game earlier this week at full price, you should be able to get the difference refunded by contacting Steam Support. We're completely fine with you doing this. Let's talk about some of the changes in this update!

v0.86c Patch Notes

Game Improvements

• Added in-game credits upon entering Level 3-2.
• Introduced new shotgun visual effects.
• Minor health nerf for Enforcers.
• Improved debugging information. This should make it easier to solve technical problems moving forward.

Special Campaign Improvements

• Added a 'Compensate Item Pickups' setting.
• Milestones are now available from the start.
• Earthquakes no longer break car hitboxes.
• Mammoth Turret is no longer affected by earthquakes.
• Fixed an issue where enemies would spawn inside doorways.
• Resolved a sloppy oversight preventing custom enemies from spawning. This ended up being more broken than anticipated. Apologies for that.
• Fixed the Vampire Trait not providing health correctly.
• Slug Generator now functions as intended.

Bug Fixes

• Prevented soft locks in Level 3-2b. An upcoming update early next week will see further stability fixes here.
• Pulling Metal Signs from walls no longer causes them to briefly clip through the wall behind them.
• In-game menus (e.g., Weapon Upgrade menu) no longer stay on-screen after a player death.
• Resolved accessibility issues where "Dim muzzle flashes" didnt work as intended.
• Weapon auto-switching is now forced when the player acquires a weapon while unarmed.
• Fixed flames having an unintendedly large damage radius.
• Adjusted the static crosshair to be non-additive, improving visibility in bright environments.
• Corrected an issue where enemies wouldnt react to taking damage.
• Tasked Zynzu Entertainment with fixing numerous bugs in Burger Flipper. They happily obliged as long as they may launch a feature update for Chapter 2!
• Fixed patrolling enemies lacking animations.
• Resolved spark effects spawning at incorrect offsets on metal signs.
• Fixed a progression issue with the Tychus Challenge not rewarding a Weapon Kit on repeat playthroughs.
• Attempted fix for a rare issue where the Cloning Plant Elevator Panel would no longer respond to input.
• Addressed multiple startup crashes -- please report any ongoing issues if you are still affected by this!
• Resolved Rifle Start taking unintended credits upon level entry.
• Dawn no longer takes damage when slide-kicking into dinner plates.
• Printers no longer display as an 'X' sprite when destroyed by explosions.
• Fixed a crash when punching Crawler Mines.
• Resolved a soft lock in Exploration Mode.
• Ensured "Selaco Must Fall" unlocks for players who completed the game in earlier builds.
• Medical Posters now display proper tags instead of "MedicalPaper2" or "MedicalPaper3."
• Fixed numerous typos throughout the game.

Public Beta Branch

IndieDB's Indie of the Year Voting

Conclusion

Captains, Hope youve all been doing well! Were thrilled to announce that Selaco has been nominated as a potential Indie of the Year over at IndieDB! This news caught us by complete surprise, as being on here is not something we ever anticipated. Indie games have been delivering incredible experiences this year, as they always have. Theyre a big part of why well always remain passionate about this industry. Being able to share a spot with such titles is nothing short of an honor. Becoming Indie of the Year is no easy task, especially given the popularity and quality of the other nominees. However, we may stand a chance for the First Person Shooter category. This is what we are aiming for! To make it happen, we need your vote! If not for us, vote for another game you love. No account is needed in order to vote.

• Click here to vote directly for Selaco
• Or use this link to see the full list and vote from there

Six-Month Selaco Anniversary

V0.86 Patch Notes

• Added Special Campaign - A mix between New Game Plus and Randomizer Mode. Here are some of the highlights:
  • A fully customizable campaign experience
  • ARPG-style rarity system for both enemies and weapons
  • Weapon Trait system where weapons can have new effects and behaviors
  • Random Encounter system where new enemies can spawn into the level in real-time
  • New unique enemy variants of existing enemies
  • Randomization options including shuffled pickup locations, randomized weapon spawns, mystery boxes, and more
• Added support for Steam Cloud and GeForce NOW
• Added Nextfest Demo for those who want to experience what Selaco was like 2.5 years ago
• Added new achievement
• Reworked Headshots
• Smart Tutorial Prompts
• Added behavior for shooting enemies in the legs
• Drastically improved Sound Design
• Added option to customize individual Mutators
• Added two new Mutators - 'Defensive Enemies' and 'Burger Flipper Tester'
• Improvements to Game Balance
• Improved numerous weapons
• Improved gun sounds
• Improved visual effects
• Added two new upgrades
• Added 'Custom Ammo' feature for the Shotgun
• Level reworks for improved flow, navigation, and immersion
• More stat tracking on your Wrist Codex
• Gore improvements
• Improved enemy behavior and added new abilities
• Melee Improvements
• Some art revisions
• Reworked upgrades
• Tons of bug fixes and optimization efforts

• New Game Special allows players to replay the campaign but with unique Endgame Content and Randomization
• Requires Chapter 1 to be completed
• The following options are available in New Game Special:
  • Random Encounters
  • Add Random Encounters
  • Weaken Random Encounter Enemies
  • Random Spawns The following options have 6 settings: 'None', 'Less', 'Normal', 'More', 'Way More', and 'Ridiculous'
  • Spawn Additional Enemies
  • Spawn Additional Traps
  • Spawn Additional VAC-Bots
  • Spawn Additional Item Crates
  • Spawn Additional Hazards
  • Spawn Additional Ammo and Items
  • Spawn Additional Health and Armor
  • Spawn Additional Clutter Objects
  • Spawn Mystery Boxes
  • Spawn Allied NPCs (Locked until Chapter 2)
  • Additional Spawns
  • Allow Squad Leader Spawns
  • Allow Zombie Spawns
  • Allow Robot Spawns
  • (Exclusive) Allow Nailgunners
  • (Exclusive) Allow Stinger Soldiers
  • (Exclusive) Allow Burst Rifle Soldiers
  • (Exclusive) Allow Crawler Queen
  • Weapons
  • Weapon Spawn Style [Vanilla, Swapped, Full Random]
  • Allow Heavy Weapons (Locked until Chapter 2)
  • Events
  • Allow Zombie Invasions
  • Allow Crawler Mine Ambushes
  • Allow Saw Drone Ambushes
  • Tier-Based Spawns Adds Action-RPG Style Rarity Colors to both Enemies and Weapons. Higher rarity types are less frequent but are more powerful.
  • Enabled Tiered Weapons
  • Enable Tiered Enemies
  • Tiered Progression
  • Additional Settings
  • Randomize Food Items
  • Randomize Enemy Types
  • Randomize Enemy Locations
  • Randomize Pickup Amounts
  • Shuffle Item Pickup Locations
  • Start with all Tech Modules
  • Earthquakes
  • Skip Opening Scene

Cloud Gaming

• Added support for GeForce NOW and Steam Cloud

Achievements

• Added 'Embrace The Chaos' achievement

Nextfest Demo

• The original Nextfest Demo can now be played by selecting `Nextfest 2022` as a Steam Beta.
• Important: This demo is outdated. It will work on Steam Deck, but has not been Steam Deck verified. Please do not report any bugs regarding the demo.

Save Protection

• Loading a Saved Game created by a Checkpoint will now give players two seconds of immunity against enemy attacks.
• This is exclusively applied to Checkpoints. Quick Saves will not offer Save Protection.

Smart Tutorial Prompts

• Tutorial Prompts now only appear once. After starting a new Campaign, you will no longer get tutorials you've already seen before.
• Added option to reset Tutorial Progress in Options -> Interface. Use this if you prefer to get all tutorials again.

Improved Headshots

• Added unique visual and sound effects when hitting enemy soldiers.
• Hitmarker tweaks to make headshots easier to read.
• Headshots no longer cause enemies to enter their sideways Stumble animation.
• Added 'Enable Headshot Sounds' setting in the Sound Menu.

Melee Attacks

• The camera no longer sloppily snaps onto the target in a single frame. Instead, there is now a clean transition to make it more similar to the HALO series.
• Increased Melee Lunge Distance and Lunge Speed.
• Melee detection has been rewritten to be more reliable.

Frozen enemies

• Frozen enemies take increased damage from all sources.
• Added additional ice particles around frozen enemies.
• Added 'frost smoke' effects around frozen enemies
• Frozen enemies will now display an icon above their head to indicate that they are frozen. This is a temporary solution to make them easier to spot.

Load Game Menu

• Added 'Campaign Type' information to the Save Game Description. This will show whether the save is for a Standard Campaign or a Special Campaign.
• Added Mutator List information to Save Game description.

Weapon Wheel

• The Weapon Wheel now always shows 10 Weapon Slots regardless of whether the player owns the weapon.
• SPECIAL CAMPAIGN: Weapon Wheel now shows Weapon Stats when selecting a weapon. DEV NOTE: A common critique was how weapons switched positions on the Weapon Wheel whenever a new weapon had been acquired, messing with the player's muscle memory. This change should solve that and make it faster to switch weapons from memory.

Leg Shots

• Enemies now react to being shot in the leg.
• Shooting an enemy in the leg while they are moving has a very high chance to cause them to stumble. This is a pain animation that lasts longer than other pain animations.
• Leg Shots deal 25% less damage compared to bodyshots.
• Enemies are now less likely to trigger a stumble animation from body shots, but it's still possible.

Accessibility

• Added 'Reduced Explosion Volume' option

Sound Design

Continued trying to give Selaco the richest soundscape in an indie shooter, ever.
• Aforementioned Headshot improvements
• Improved door sounds
• Went nuts on the audio design for bullet impacts and whizzes
• All guns now have a unique dry fire sound effect
• Added sound effect when loading a saved game
• Added mechanical sound effect when shooting at Crawler Mines
• Added new sound effects for bouncing pieces of debris and metal
• Added additional delayed sound effects when walking over glass shards
• Improved oomph for Fire Extinguisher explosions
• Improved sound effect when walking over glass
• Some props have increased sound variants when shot
• Some weapons have their firing sound improved
• ...And so much more

Enemy callouts / AI

• Enemies now call out your flashlight usage.
• Enemies will now request status updates after losing sight of their target.
• Enemies now respond to sound when unalerted

Interaction

• Drawings can now be torn down with the Use key
• The portrait in Dawn's HQ can now be downloaded to your datapad in a higher resolution
• Brooms can now be pulled from walls with the Use key
• Dinner Plates are now thrown like a frisbee, knocking enemies over when hit

Effects & Details

• Added squeaky sound and effects when enemies stumble sideways
• Improved particle effects when destroying glass objects
• Some spark effects now shrink as they fade out
• Added maggot particle effects that some of the later enemies can spawn when hit or gibbed
• Maggots can crawl across the floor
• Bullets and projectiles now pass through Kids Doodles
• Ceiling Fans are now interpolated to appear smoother
• Added cork voxel when destroying wine bottles
• Added Perfume Sprayer voxel for destroyed Perfume Bottles
• Reworked explosions further
• Spark Effects have improved visuals

Other

• Items spawned from Wooden Crates are more scattered and no longer face the crate
• Items spawned from Wooden Crates are less slippery after hitting the floor
• Improved effects when firing Heavy Metal container-type decorations
• Pickupable prompts now fade out when holding an object for a couple of seconds
• Tweaked one of our book cover illustrations to look less like some disrespectful doctor.

Mutator Menu

• Reworked some UI elements on the Mutator Menu
• Added support for configurable mutators. This will be further expanded upon in the future

New Mutator: Defensive Enemies

• All Enemy Soldiers are more defensive than usual. They are more likely to keep their distance and surround the player, and less likely to push and be aggressive.
• This makes Selaco slightly slower-paced while still maintaining a similar level of difficulty.

New Mutator: Burger Flipper Tester

• Dawn starts the campaign with the Burger Flipper Test Build installed on her Wrist Computer
• Locked by default. Unlocked by finding Burger Flipper in level 3-2

Hard-Boiled Mode

• Added Customization Option: Decreased stagger chances on enemies is now optional (Default: ON)
• Now requires completing Chapter 1 on Captain difficulty or above. Players who already unlocked it in an older version do not have to unlock it again.

Hardcore Mode

• Added Customization Option: Hardcore Reloading has returned!
  • If you preferred the original approach where reloads would discard the remaining ammo of a magazine, it can now be enabled again. (Default: OFF)

Game Balance

Upgrading

• Most Weapon Upgrades now require 50 Selver Credits on top of their respective Weapon Parts. Chapter 2 will introduce more credit sinks and may see this change reverted

Slidings

• Increased Dodge Chance from 50% to 75%
• Added sound and visual effects when evading bullets while sliding
• Increased enemy knockback by slide kicks by 33%

Weapon Melee Attacks

• Reduced melee knockback by 25%.

Shock Damage

• Enemies hit by Chain Lightning have a much shorter Shock Duration. The initial enemy hit by Shock Damage remains the same as before
• Enemies in a Shocked state now have their hitboxes updated. Before, projectiles had a tendency to pass through their head and not connect

Weapon Balance & Improvements

Roaring Cricket

• Reworked Elephant Rounds upgrade
  • Damage increased 40 -> 50
  • Headshot Damage Increased (5% -> 110%)
  • Increased Recoil (2.5 -> 4.5)
  • Requires 500 Selver Credits on top of 350 Weapon Parts
  • Upon hitting the fire button, it takes 0.3 seconds until the shot is fired

ESG-24 Shotgun

• Improved weapon sounds
• Reworked Recall Upgrade: Killing an enemy at Point Blank range with a Shotgun will now disable Slide Cooldowns for 2.5 seconds, allowing for more slides.
• Added chance to spawn a cosmetic bullet tracer effect
• Re-rendered most of the sprite work to make them more appealing to look at.
• New Weapon Kit: High-Velocity Slug - You can find this upgrade in Level 2-1

UC-36 Assault Rifle

• Added chance to spawn a cosmetic bullet tracer effect

24MM HW-Penetrator

• Reworked gun sounds
• Increased Base Spread (395 -> 425)
• Increased Stabilization Speed by (0.6 -> 1.0)
• Increased Damage (32 -> 33)
• ZOOMING: Spread has been greatly reduced when zooming (0.75x -> 0.4x)
• ZOOMING: Fire Rate is now reduced when zooming, but nails traverse much faster.
• SHOTGUN MODULE: Increased spread by 25% to encourage taking a bit more risk when utilizing its power
• SHOTGUN MODULE: Added Knockback when firing, pushing you slightly backwards (firing while running backwards will speed you up)
• New Upgrade: Twin Barrels - While firing from the hip, an additional nail is fired. However, Rate of Fire is slightly reduced and the second nail does not inherit any of the Penetrator upgrades

Grav-VI Plasma Rifle

• Raised weapon sound volume
• Added Area of Effect damage when gibbing Enemy Soldiers. Dawn is not affected by this damage
• New Upgrade: Overblown - Plasma Bolt kills have 25% increased Damage and Area of Effect

Landmines

• Explosion Radius upgrade has its radius reduced (110 -> 60)
• Landmine Capacity reduced (3 -> 2). You can still get a capacity of 3 by finding a Grenade Bandolier

Levels

• Navigation in numerous areas have been reworked, especially Water Treatment
• Improved Courtyard encounter zone in Level 2-2
• Added path nodes to Level 3-2 to allow for combat during a Special Campaign
• A full resolution sample of the 'Dawn&Mom' portrait can now be downloaded to the Datapad

Statistics & Milestones

• Added 'Legs shot' statistic
• Added 'Target Dummies destroyed' statistic
• Added 'Heads kicked' statistic
• Added 'Walls humped' statistic
• Added 'Weapon Kits Collected' statistic
• Added 'Melee Hits' statistic
• Added 'Slide Kick Hits' statistic
• Added 'Enemies Shocked' statistic
• Added 'Junction Boxes Destroyed' statistics
• Added Jump Counter - Yes, you can now keep track of how often you jump.
• Added Milestone for collecting Weapon Kits
• Added Milestone for eliminating Snipers

Steam Deck

• Added option to reduce FOV all the way to 60. Due to the smaller screen, higher FOV's ended up making the game harder to read
• Numerous improvements to performance and stability

UI / Interface

• Weapon Kit prompts now show a label informing the player what their current Alt Fire is
• Added icons to the Settings menu
• Added brand new menu where players can select their Campaign Style (Standard Campaign, Special Campaign. In the future this will also include Incursion Mode)
• Fully redrawn Dawn's intermission illustrations
• 'Credits' and 'News & Updates' are no longer visible in the menu when playing a campaign
• Extended Bullet Casings is no longer considered 'Experimental'. It has proven to be very stable and not impact the framerate as much as we had thought
• Level and Chapter completion screens now have to icon to show the current game mode (Standard Campaign / Special Campaign)
• Added support for UI shake in intermission screens
• Fixed menu stuttering when switching graphical presets

Dinner plates

• Improved destruction effects
• Dinner Plates are now thrown faster and spin around like a frisbee, knocking over any enemy it hits.

Enemy Damage

• Added new bone pieces that spawn when gibbing enemies
• Added bounce effects for bone sprites
• Added more Bone Pieces when killing enemy soldiers with Acid
• Improved visual effects when shooting at Red Blooded enemies
• Improved visual effects when shooting at Robotic enemies

Linux

• Updated Linux Workshop Downloader binary

Source Code

• To reduce the file size, the Source Files are no longer included in the Steam Download. Instead, there is a text file that takes you to the download page.

All Enemies

• Improved patrol system.
• When the enemy no longer sees the player at their last known position, enemies will now enter Patrol Mode
• Enemies in Patrol Mode have a slightly reduced Field of View and wander around the encounter zone looking for the player
• Chapter 2 will further improve upon this system.
• Enemy Soldiers can now crouch
• Enemy Soldiers can now throw grenades at Player Allies (Turrets, allied NPC's, Nail Turrets and more)

Juggernaut

• Added Headshot Hitbox

Siegers

• Added Nailgun Death animation for Siegers

Engineers

• Now have more accurate shotgun reloading where they must insert the shells one by one (before they were inserted in pairs of two). Interrupting the reload after an engineer inserted two shots allows him to fire two shots.
• Audio changes

Crawler Mine

• Crawler Mines now flash a red dynamic light when they are about to explode

Squad Leaders

• Increased Damage Reduction for enemies buffed by a Squad Leader (25% -> 35%)
• Squad Leaders now prefer to fight from long range and will no longer rush to the player.

Plasma Troopers

• No longer have Frag Grenades
• Now have a Crawler Bomb. A grenade that spawns 2 mini-crawlers upon detonation.

New Enemy Type: Mini-Crawler Mines

• Spawned by Crawler Bombs from Plasma Troopers
• Mini-Crawler Mines are smaller and have less health

All Zombies

• Increased hitbox height

Ranged Zombie

• Color Corrected their attacks

• Railgun Wallcrack in Starlight now has a correct hitbox, no longer requiring players to shoot slightly under it.
• Improved Wall Detection for brooms
• Fixed an error where Gwyn Machines could crash the game due to an out of bounds array reference
• Fixed a large number of errors where Juggernauts would trigger animations they did not have
• Fixed invisible screwdrivers
• Fixed an inconsistency where the DMR Extended Magazine upgrade description mentioned '6' instead of '4'
• Fixed Wall Paintings being far too slippery after being destroyed
• Fixed a floating rain sprite in Level 3-2. Thank you for reporting this at least 5 times a day! <3
• Fixed a bug where Red Blooded enemies would gib with purple fog
• Fixed Plant Debris always showing an incorrect sprite
• Fixed an error where enemies lost their headshot hitbox during their Taser animation
• Fixed a rare crash when shocking Crawler Mines
• Removed numerous debugs that were never meant to be shown in the console
• Fixed a rare bug where enemies killed by electricity would instead become invincible
• Chair feet no longer spawn smoke puffs when picked up
• Fixed a rare bug where Burrowed Crawlermines would become invisible during a chase
• Fixed a bug where picking up Weapon Parts at the same time as they were spawned would not despawn the gear decorations around it
• Fixed Whiteboard hitbox not matching the height of the voxel
• Fixed a crash caused by pressing START on Gamepad/Steam Deck before the game had time to properly initialize
• Fixed an error where left-sided lists were partially unclickable when the Interface Setting was set to 'Small'
• Enemy Speech Systems can now re-initialize when new voice lines are added, making older save files more stable.
• (Steam Deck) fixed missing symbols in On Screen Keyboard
• Fixed an error where Soldiers would consider a Pathnode as an enemy when failing to find a path
• Corrected more Keyboard positions to no longer appear under desks. If you find any more, let us know!
• Fixed a configuration error where the Steam download size was double in size of what it was meant to be
• Opening the Weapon Station for the first time with a UC-36 equipped no longer plays the Zoom/Unzoom sound
• Throwing toilets against enemies no longer crashes the game
• Fixed a bug where hitting Alt Fire during a Door Kick animation would result in an infinitely looping kick sound
• Fixed a bug where Starlight Purple's lipstick drawing could be torn by pressing USE
• Fixed an error where saves were improperly ordered
• Fixed Trashbins being more slippery than intended when pushed
• Fixed an error where enemies would be able to fire a shot when out of ammo. This would not spawn a projectile, but would spawn muzzle flash effects
• Corrected some questionable word choices for the Plasma Rifle AOE Invasion Tier
• Fixed an error where multiple Weapon Kits can be enabled at once on repeat playthroughs
• Juggernauts no longer turn into gigantic Riflemen when electrocuted by a Junction Box
• Removed lots and lots of Spawn calls towards actors that do not exist
• Dry firing while zooming with the Roaring Cricket will no longer unzoom the player
• Light Poles can no longer be picked up by the Gravity Manipulator
• Fixed a bug where the Shotgun Module would not spawn in the Safe Room Extension after beating the Tychus challenge
• Fixed a sound error where both 'Remove window' and 'Switch tab' sound effects were played when switching tabs on the Wrist Codex
• Fixed numerous z-fighting issues involving floor decals
• Fixed Water Bottle collision box being much smaller than intended
• Fixed an error where Paint Buckets crushed by a door became invincible
• Fixed an error where there was a very brief 1-tick delay before Paint Buckets got destroyed
• Fixed an error where Computer Monitor pieces had a spawn offset that was far too high
• Fixed Level 1-3 having an impassable desk that blocked objects.
• Fixed an error where picking up transparent voxels would be made fully opaque when dropped
• Fixed an error where Yellow Reagent barrels would be invisible when far away
• Fixed overlapping UI elements on Steam Deck
• Fixed yet another instance of a Brick Duplication glitch
• Walking over a large number of Paper Decals will no longer flood the audio channels with paper noises
• Fixed bug in Level 2-1 where the Yellow Crate would not spawn Yellow Paint Cans - ruining our joke!
• Fixed an error where ignition sounds would stack when an enemy kept getting burned
• Attempted fix for Plant Factory Elevator Panels moving out of position (We have been unable to reproduce this, but did find a quirk in the code. Let us know if it happens again!)
• Fixed a bug where two or more options at once would show up as selected in the Main Menu
• Fixed a crash caused by Paper Dispensers trying to reference a Toilet Roll that no longer exists
• Fixed a rare crash caused by walking on glass shards
• Fixed oversight where Slide Jump hits would register as a regular melee hit, eliminating the Slide Kick benefits
• Rephrased 'Bullets Evaded' to 'Shots Evaded'
• Fixed an error where Slide Jump Attacks were considered "Weapon Melee Attacks" and not "Slide Attacks"

Development Status

What has changed?

• Story Content has moved from December 2024 to January/February 2025
• Special Campaign has been moved from Late 2025 / Early 2026 to Today - Although, in a beta state.
• Chapter 2 development continues to progress rapidly

• One of the levels takes place in a mansion
• New defensive items, including a deployable Mini-Turret which comes with its own upgrade tree
• Heavy Weapons. These weapons are extremely powerful, but cannot be stored in your inventory and are thrown away once depleted.
• Enemy Miniguns can be picked up
• Drop Pods that can result in unexpected encounters when venturing outside
• Friendly NPC's

Wait for the download to finish[/olist] You are now back to the old version of the game!

Phew, thats quite the list, isnt it? It took a lot of doing but it resulted in arguably our most significant patch yet. Which is saying a lot, given the scope of every patch we've launched so far! While its unfortunate that the Story Content had to be pushed back by two months, we hope the early launch of the Special Campaign makes up for it. This mode offers endless potential for long-term expansion, which were excited to explore further in our Early Access period. We might even dedicate an entire update to Special Campaign additions further down the line. Thank you all so much for continuously giving us your feedback, and a double thanks for everyone who participated in the Public Beta where we could test this update a little earlier. Let us know what you think of the changes. Either in the comments below, or through a Steam Review. If the update fixed any of the issues you've had, consider giving your review an update! Have fun, captains!

[ 2024-11-27 18:09:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

The new Special Campaign mode is available in Beta for everyone who owns Selaco. This is Selaco's answer to New Game Plus, albeit with a slightly different approach, hence the different name. Something akin to this has been frequently requested, and after playing around with the idea long enough, we figured we would do this now and not wait until v1.0 arrives. This mode allows players to replay the campaign with unique endgame content and randomization, including new enemy types, a weapon rarity and trait system, random encounter mechanics, and more. Our goal here is to make Selaco infinitely more replayable!
You can play the Beta Build right now! However, we highly recommend finishing a Standard Campaign first before playing this. Once the beta has ended and Special Campaign becomes available in the Default build, this mode will have to be unlocked by beating the Early Access campaign. You can enter the Beta by activating the Public Beta branch.

• Right click 'Selaco' on the Library Page
• Click 'Properties'
• Click 'Betas'
• On the dropdown menu, select 'publicbetabranch'
• Wait for the Download to finish

Random Encounters


Spawns additional new enemies in real-time
• Add Random Encounters
• Weaken Random Encounter Enemies

  Random Spawns

  
  Spawns additional stuff while the level is being loaded. The follow options have 6 settings. 'None', 'Less', 'Normal', 'More', 'Way More' and 'Ridiculous'
• Additional Enemies
• Additional Traps
• Additional VAC-Bots
• Additional Item Crates
• Additional Hazards
• Additional Ammo and Items
• Additional Health and Armor
• Additional Clutter Objects
• Spawn Mystery Boxes
• Spawn Allied NPC's (Locked until Chapter 2)

  Additional Spawns

  
  
• Allow Squad Leader Spawns
• Allow Zombie Spawns
• Allow Robot Spawns
• (Exclusive) Allow Nailgunners
• (Exclusive) Allow Stinger Soldiers
• (Exclusive) Allow Crawler Queen

  Weapons

  
  
• Weapon Spawn Style [Vanilla, Swapped, Full Random]
• Allow Heavy Weapons (Locked until Chapter 2)

  Events

  
  
• Allow Zombie Invasions
• Allow Crawler Mine Ambushes
• Allow Saw Drone Ambushes

  Tier-Based Spawns

  
  Adds Action-RPG Style Rarity Colors to both Enemies and Weapons. Higher rarity types are less frequent but are more powerful.
• Enabled Tiered Weapons
• Enable Tiered Enemies
• Tiered Progression

  Additional Settings

  
  
• Randomize Food Items
• Randomize Enemy Types
• Randomize Enemy Locations
• Randomize Pickup Amounts
• Shuffle Item Pickup Locations
• Start with all Tech Modules
• Earthquakes
• Skip Opening Scene

Hello everyone, I want to take a very quick moment to explain what our plans are for the rest of the year. If you've read the v0.85 Changelog Post, you've seen me mention how we are doing a patch later in the year that consists of both Story Content and the Randomizer Mode. The goal was to do this in a single patch, but we've changed our mind on this as it did not make a lot of sense. Allow me to explain what changes and why.

Changes

Randomizer Mode will launch earlier than originally intended

Story Update plans remain unchanged

Randomizer Mode Options

Conclusion

Three-Month Selaco Anniversary

• 70,000 copies have been sold (!)
• 410,000 wishlists
• 2,500 Steam Reviews with Recent sitting at 94-95% for almost 2 months
• 8 Game Updates have launched since entering Early Access
• 0.2% Increased Purpleness on blood splatters

Some mods may have become incompatible. If you notice anything strange, please try disabling your mods [/olist]

v0.85 Patch Notes

This patch once again adds and improves lots of different stuff. Here is a brief summary on what to expect before we go into more details!

• Lots of Quality of Life improvements, including backpack reloading, 'Last Weapon' button and more.
• Added Smart Ammo Pickups
• Adjustable difficulty during a campaign
• Improvements to immersion
• Reworked Mutator menu with 3 new mutators
• AI Improvements
• Stagger Rework
• Weapon and enemy balance changes
• Further improved level design
• Vastly improved soundscape with more ambient noises, reworked sound effects, and more
• Rain reworks
• Fan Art Kit

Checkpoints

• Additional checkpoints have been added to the levels.

Last-Used Weapon Button A 'Last-Used Weapon' keybind has been added

• Keyboard / Mouse users: The default bind is 'T', but this can be customized.
• Gamepad / Steam Deck users: Tapping the weapon wheel button now selects the previous weapon. Holding the weapon wheel button opens the weapon wheel as usual.

Grenade Throwing
The grenade throwing system was old and a rather sloppy left-over from the days where Selaco was a small Doom mod. We have decided to rework this system to make it more snappy and responsive!

• Completely reworked logic for how grenade throws are detected.
• Grenade throwing now happens much faster with less windup time.
• Fixed an error where hitting the grenade button twice would throw another grenade after your previous one.

Backpack Reloading This is a system that many shooters have running in the background. Half-Life 2 is one example. We've added something similar to the game as well.

• Unequipped weapons will now automatically reload when not used for a duration of time.
• Backpack reloading is disabled for Hardcore Mode.
• Added 'Enable Backpack Reloading' option in Gameplay. This is on by default.

Smart Ammo Pickups

• Ammo pickups will remain if the full capacity of the pickup is not used. This allows for less ammo to be wasted when picking up ammo while nearing the ammo capacity.

Dodge Improvements In Version 0.84, we introduced a mechanic where making a Sideways Dash would momentarily have bullets phase through you. Visual feedback on whether a dodge was successful was lacking and had to be addressed. The following things have been added when players do a successful dodge move

• Added a bullet whiz sound effect
• Added a slight rolling effect to the camera
• Added a subtle screen effect
• Added 'Shots Evaded' stat tracker for the Statistics screen

Stagger Rework
On higher difficulties, the shooting experience became a lot less fun due to enemies being less likely to stagger. We have addressed this. However, as shown later in the changelog, we've made some difficulty tweaks to compensate.

• Removed per-difficulty Stagger Chances entirely. Weapons will no longer 'feel' weaker on higher difficulties.
• Enemies are more likely to stagger when shot by automated weapons.

Map Screen
Explosives Charges were rather easy to miss. So...

• Explosive charges are now visible on the automap once you have been close to them.

Adjustable Difficulty

• Added a 'Change Difficulty' menu that can be accessed during the campaign.
• The lowest selected difficulty during the campaign will be shown on the Chapter 1 completion screen (e.g., playing on Captain, switching to Lieutenant, then switching back to Captain will be considered a Lieutenant playthrough).
• The difficulty cannot be changed during SMF.

Healing Stations
In Selaco, all life is precious! The Allied Coalition for Expansion has taken additional steps to ensure Security Agents remain in healthy condition.

• All Safe Rooms now have a Healing Station installed which can be used for free (eat that, Gwyn!).
• Interacting with a Healing Station administers first aid to the player, restoring 10 HP.
• Healing Stations have a limited supply of first aid. When depleted, they cannot be used anymore.

Weapon Kits

• Taking weapon kits you already own will now give 100 Selver Credits. This should provide players with more money to spend on repeat playthroughs.

Menu

• Most menu descriptions now show the default value.
• Moved some things around in the Audio Menu. Volume controls are now on top and device settings are below it.

Other Stuff

• Health for allies is now displayed as a percentage instead of a flat number (e.g., "315 HP" is now shown as "100% HP").
• Added engine support for real-time pitch shifting on sound effects that are already playing. This is not used currently, but will be used in the future.

NEW MUTATOR: Extra Ammo

• All ammo pickups in Selaco contain 50% additional ammo. Powerful ammo types like Acid Shells, Railgun Slugs, and more are ignored.

NEW MUTATOR: Legacy Ammo Pickups

• As stated above, v0.85 introduces Smart Ammo Pickups. Use this mutator if you prefer the traditional approach to ammo pickups.

NEW MUTATOR: Half-Like

• Aims to make Selaco more seamless with fewer distractions that get between you and your goal.
• Removes the 'Secrets Found' stats and no longer informs you when a secret is found.
• The intermission screen is no longer shown when completing a level.
• The Chapter Completion screen no longer shows the secret counter.
• Entering a new level no longer prints the level number. It only prints the area you just entered.

DEV NOTE: A common critique is how some players felt secrets ruined the pacing of the game. While we personally enjoy the number of secrets in Selaco, it's understandable how this is not something everybody likes. It is also a welcome accessibility feature for players who have difficulty moving on without a full completion first. Mutator Menu Rework

• Given the quantity of mutators nowadays, a scrollbar has been added to scroll through mutators.
• Added category labels to improve navigation. So far, the categories are "Game Modes", "Booster", "Difficulty Modifiers", and "Misc".
• Added a 'NEW' label for Mutators that are newly added to the game.

• Added collision sound effects when colliding with common props (crates, barrels, etc.).
• Added an Object Bumping system. Small props will now get kicked out of the way when walking over them.
• Added Material-Based Body Impacts. Depending on the material an enemy dies on, different effects will spawn (e.g., wood on wooden surfaces, grass blades on grass surfaces).
• Improved footstep sounds and completely reworked ventilation footstep sounds.
• Boosted the volume of most ambient effects. They were too subtle and barely audible without headphones.
• You can now rip posters apart by interacting with them. This adds nothing of value to the game but it's fun.
• Hundreds of new sound effects have been added, and many outdated sound effects have been reworked to match our newer standards.
• Added true fall damage for props and decoration actors. For example, bumping a mug off a table will now shatter it once it hits the floor. Prior to this, this was only possible when the player threw them manually.
• Added vacuum cleaning sound for VAC-Bots
• Added proper death sound for Sentry Guns
• Added oil-like decals around the floor for killed robotic enemies

Muzzle Flashes

• Player muzzle flashes now fade out a little slower than usual. This makes them more appealing to look at in darker areas
• The Lighting Quality setting now determines the size of the muzzle flashes.
  • LOW and MEDIUM will produce a slightly smaller light effect
  • ULTRA will now produce a brighter light effect

Rain effects

• Added rain puddles.
• Added Sound Effects when walking over rain
• Added additional rain splatter effects.
• Added a 'Rain Quality' setting. Higher values add more rain and spawn additional effects.
• Added proper directional wind sound effects.
• Other smaller enhancements.

Explosion Effects

• Explosion effects now take the floor type into consideration. Explosions on a metal surface will spawn pieces of burned metal, wood will spawn plank pieces, etc.
• Added shattering wood sound effects when explosions happen on wooden surfaces.
• Enemies killed by grenades now have death animations and no longer always gib.

Bullet Impacts

• Greatly improved impact effects when firing at wood surfaces.
• Added a 'Metal Chunk' particle effect that occasionally appears when firing at metal surfaces.
• Improved particle effects when firing at reinforced windows.

Captain Difficulty

• Increased global enemy damage by 10% to compensate for the vastly increased stagger chances.

Admiral Difficulty The goal of Admiral is to provide a challenging experience even for veteran players of Selaco. Given the changes in v0.85 that make the game slightly easier, this difficulty needed some further tweaking to maintain its high challenge level.

• Enemies can now deal Critical Strikes. Every bullet has a 10% chance to be a Critical Strike, dealing 25% more damage than regular attacks. Engineers cannot deal Critical Strikes.
• Increased global enemy damage by 15% to compensate for the vastly increased stagger chances.
• Enemies are 10% more likely to throw grenades.

Juggernaut A while back we removed his explosive resistance. This was a bad idea and made them pushovers.

• Juggernaut now has 75% Damage Resistance against Explosive Damage.
• Juggernauts no longer take full damage from Ice Grenades. The main draw for Ice Grenades against Juggernauts is to cripple his movement abilities and reduce his rate of fire, not dealing damage.

Riflemen

• Increased enemy grenade chance by 5%
• Ammo Drop Chance reduced from 25 to 20

Hard-Boiled!

• Reduced chance for enemies to drop Weapon Parts.

UC-36 Assault Rifle

• Significantly reduced damage randomization. Damage now ranges from 24-32, rather than a dice roll selecting between 14, 32 or 48 damage. This makes the UC-36 more consistent and reliable.
• Decreased hip fire spread (320 -> 290).
• Very minor increase (0.1s) in reload time to make the animation look better.
• Added an improved sound effect when ammo for the UC-36 is running low.
• FRAMEWORK UPGRADE: Gives slightly more bonus damage (1 -> 2).
• INCREASED CALIBER: Gives slightly more bonus damage (1-> 2).

UC-11 Compact SMG

• Like the UC-36, reduced the amount of randomized damage per bullet to be more consistent.
• MAGNETIC ROUNDS: Increased damage against small robots from 30% to 60%.
• ZOOM: Improved zoom accuracy.

GRAV-VI Plasma Rifle
The plasma bolt hitbox was very small and did not match up with the size of the sprite, making it far too easy to miss targets. This has been fixed.

• Increased Plasma Bolt hitbox (7 -> 17)

S-8 Marksman Rifle

• DMR now respects the zoom/toggle zoom setting.
• EXTENDED ZOOM: Now requires the melee button to be pressed to zoom further instead of the Zoom button.

Roaring Cricket

• Knocking enemies over is no longer baseline.
• Added 'Knockback' Upgrade. This will be the first upgrade players can get in a Safe Rooms for 60 Weapon Parts.
• HAIR TRIGGER: Now requires 250 Weapon Parts instead of 60.

24mm HW-Penetrator
A powerful weapon with a near guaranteed chance to stagger enemies. However, given the Stagger rework, its value has dropped a bit. Upping the damage to compensate!

• Increased base damage (28 -> 33).
• NAIL BOMB: Decreased damage per nail (28 -> 23)

Landmines

• ANNIHILATION MODE: Explosion Range reduced (50% -> 15%)
• ANNIHILATION MODE: Explosion Damage reduced (25% -> 15%)

Flashlight It was a bit too short.

• Increased Flashlight Battery Capacity (100 -> 135)
• Increased Flashlight Battery Recharge Rate (10 -> 20)

The battery was indeed a bit too short, but we do want to briefly explain why we went with a limited battery. 1. GZDoom is not good at utilizing moving light sources, especially around richly detailed environments. We've taken steps to make the engine utilize cone-shaped lights better, but it's unfortunately still far from perfect. A more casual player is not likely to manage their flashlight usage, so they'll likely turn it on and never turn it off again. A battery ensures this wont happen and is the reason why the recharge time is almost instant. 2. Selaco relies heavily on atmosphere and lighting compositions. While it is, of course, up to the player whether they choose to keep their lights on or not, there's a solid chance players will never turn their lights off and potentially ruin some moody areas that benefit from being lit 'normally'. However, if you want an infinite flashlight, we have created a mod for you that's safe to use and will not kill achievements: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3258941092 Space Bro

• Removed difficulty scaling. Space Bro will now play identically across all difficulties.

Enhanced Grenade Throwing Grenade throwing logic for enemies has been improved.

• Soldiers can now throw grenades at the player's last known position. This allows the soldier to flush out the player if they choose to hide.
• Soldiers are much better at ensuring the grenade lands near the player.
• 'Hot Drops' have a slightly longer fuse timer to allow more time for the player to evade.

Stealth Kills

• Stealth kills are now more reliable, and melee kills from the back will now insta-kill the enemy.
• This will become more useful later on in development when enemies have a proper patrolling system.

NOTE: A large amount of stuff has changed. A lot of it unfortunately went undocumented. You may notice plenty of changes while playing through the game again!

• Moved Exodus Mall Gwyn Station to the entrance of the mall for easier access
• Fixed a lot of texture alignment errors
• Fixed numerous soft locks
• Continued to make improvements toward navigation, signposting, and the general quality of the game.
• ...And at least a hundred other things.

Performance

• Further optimizations have been applied to smoke and particle effects.

Misc

• Added controller rumble when running through glass.
• Improved visuals when throwing trash in dumpsters.
• Combat VAC-Bots are now replaced with a regular VAC-Bot when destroyed. However, their turret is gone.
• Picking up a Combat VAC-Bot will no longer have Dawn point the barrel towards her face. Instead, she will always point it towards the enemy.
• Added a proper voxel model for dropped miniguns.
• Added version number to the main menu.
• Added 'Steam Workshop' info screen to the main menu.
• Reduced the file size of the game by cleaning up unused assets. This may have saved a bit of VRAM too!

General Fixes

• Attempted fix for floors and ceilings being black. If you've used the 'vk_device 1' fix before and suddenly have this problem again, you may have to return to 'vk_device 0' to fix the issue again.
• Fixed an oversight where some secret items could not be picked up when Manual Pickup Mode was used.
• Fixed 'Stutter Stepping' problem with enemy soldiers.
• WorkShopDownloader.exe will now properly launch without Steam.
• Removed 'Fullscreen' setting on Steam Deck which caused the game to become unplayable.
• Fixed a bug where the DMR bipod would attach while zooming.
• Fixed a bug where the DMR bipod animation could cancel important animations.
• The 'Subtitle' option now actually works.
• Fixed an error where the Headshot Death animation for Siegers would not cause them to explode.
• Fixed an error where Siegers would not explode when something obstructs them on their way down.
• Fixed strange infinite-zoom glitch when exiting out of a slide.
• Fixed an error where the UC-36 Auxiliary Launcher would not fire without a loaded magazine.
• Fixed an error where dying with the Weapon Kit prompt open would lock your game.
• Fixed an error where one of the enemy voice lines would not play.
• Fixed scaling error where the keybinds on the automap would not show up correctly on 4:3 monitors.
• Burning people will no longer awkwardly run on desks and other pieces of decoration/furniture.
• Kickable doors no longer become unkickable after being lit on fire.
• Dawn can now kick doors while on fire.
• Fixed trash bin duplication glitch.
• Fixed an error where destroyed trash bins were very likely to clip into the wall when shot.
• Entering a new level while crouching will now keep you crouched.
• Fixed the achievement 'NotEvenRemotelyFair.wad' not triggering as intended.
• Fixed a crash when soldiers tried to call out a dead player without a squad.
• Fixed an error where fast weapons would cause Shooting Range targets to get knocked over further than intended.
• Fixed an error where Dual SMGs would miscount the 'Shots missed' stat.
• Fixed a crash when reloading the grenade launcher while on a ladder.
• Fixed a bug where Dual SMGs firing sound would keep looping when unequipped during firing.
• Fixed a bug where melee kills were not correctly displayed on the Stats screen.
• Fixed a bug where grenade launcher ammo would not properly return when leaving the shooting range.
• Shooting Range dummies no longer spin into the floor when hit at high rates of fire.
• Burning aliens no longer spawn red blood decals.
• Fixed a rare crash that happened when landmines exploded when the player was dead.
• Tweaks to sound engine to not play 'empty' sound effects.
• Fixed an error where throwables could 'sleep' unintentionally.
• Fixed a really silly bug where Iron Fury did not do anything.
• Fixed a visual error where the ''1'' in the upgrade menu was poorly aligned.
• Nailgun alt-fires now properly alert enemies.
• Fixed a bug where numerous gibs would spawn out of bounds.
• Removed Gas Mask breathing sounds when Dawn is dead.
• Fixed a typo in the credits (Sorry, Nick Palsmeier!).
• Combat VAC-Bots no longer shoot at dead targets endlessly.
• Fixed an SMF error where an entire encounter would refuse to alert themselves if the player attacked them from one specific sector.

• Tons of functions are now virtual, allowing modders to override them and/or make changes to the code for their mod.
• Modders can now add mutators and put them into categories

We posted this on Twitter a few weeks ago, but we might as well include it here. We've put together a Fanart Kit consisting of high-resolution art references! This includes character, weapon, and environmental art, as well as tutorial illustrations, key art, and the source image of the Burger Flipper icon. The assets belong to Altered Orbit Studios and are copyrighted. You can use them for any non-commercial projects, including mods and fan games. For anything else, please contact us for approval. You can access the Fan Art Kit here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1McPTDRhzzTy8W2we3ctF66pIW18mnUNk

Randomizer Mode & Story Content I (Nexxtic) will continue to work on the Randomizer Mode and the Story Update, both of which are still planned for the end of the year. The Randomizer Mode has gotten a little out of hand and has become a much bigger project than originally intended. It adds a ridiculous amount of replay value to the game, and it's not something I want to rush. The rest of the team will resume development on Chapter 2. Chapter 2 Speaking of Chapter 2, it's coming along really well and I strongly wish I could talk a little more about it. All in due time though! I'll slowly start posting some teasers on our Twitter page. Modding Documentation We're truly sorry this is taking so long. With this patch out of the way, progress on this will vastly increase. I'll post an announcement about this in the near future! Steam Cloud / GeForce Now support We are looking into this! I am not able to currently give a definitive answer on whether we will/can use it or not. New Pain and Death animations for the enemies Because variation never hurt anybody! AMD Vulkan issues A recent driver update has apparently broken Vulkan support. We have a lot of data on this and have began figuring out what is going on here. Once we have a fix, we will launch a hotfix. For now, please launch the game using OpenGL!
If you ran into any issues or simply prefer the old version, you can go back to an older version by rolling back using the Steam Beta features [olist]

Wait for the download the finish [/olist] You are now back to the old version of the game!

And.. That's it! We hope you like the list of changes we've made. As usual, if the patch fixes any problems you may have had, please consider updating your review! We work really hard to address valid critiques and aim to make Selaco a fun experience for you. If you have any suggestions for future ideas, let us know in the comments. We thank you all for your continuous support and for spreading the word about Selaco's existence. Us little developers wouldn't be here without you! Now, time to work on the anticipated Randomizer Mode and Story Content. Have fun! <3

[ 2024-08-30 15:55:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Good day everyone, Nexxtic here. With Selaco having launched two months ago, it felt like a good time to talk about the state of Selacos development. I want to briefly talk about what to expect from the upcoming update, and what to expect from us for the rest of the year. But first

Selaco has been Steam Deck Verified!

What will be in the next update?

- Backpack Reloading

- Improved Immersion & Interactivity

- Weapon Rebalancing

- Stagger improvements

- Another round of performance improvements

- A slew of other Quality of Life Improvements

What else are we working on?

- Story Content

- Randomizer Mode

- Improved enemy tacticsI

- Adjustable difficulty during the campaign

- Customizable Mutators

- Improved Safe Rooms

- Chapter 2 is coming along nicely

Conclusion

Happy (almost) 1-month anniversary for Selaco! The reception for the Early Access build has been amazing! Truly, seeing all the excitement and positivity surrounding the game has been extremely inspirational. We know things aren't quite perfect yet, and given the size of the game, we've missed a couple of rough edges that should not have been there. The goal of this patch This patch adds a bit more content to the game, improves navigation and signposting in some levels, balance changes, and adds a number of quality of life/convenience features to make the game more fun to play. The main goal here is to just make the game feel a lot better, and I think you will notice that right away. To the people in our Discord, our Steam Forums, Twitter, and more: thank you for giving us valuable input. We always aim to make the game better, and you've been a great help! Let's dive into the patch notes and talk about what has been changed!

Version 0.84 - The MEGA patch

• The official soundtrack is now available on Steam!
• Added Steam Trading Cards and Points Shop
• Added "Resume Game" button in the main menu
• Added level versioning system
• Added "Hard-Boiled!" mutator
• Added "Armor Up" mutator
• Added "Extended Bullet Casings" graphical setting
• New weapon upgrades
• Weapon kit reworks
• Improved navigation in the earlier levels
• Improved general feel of the game
• Improved map screen
• Improved movement options
• Blood is now 0.2% more purple.
• VAC-Bot petting
• And more!

• Full Chapter 1 Soundtrack
• Unused Tracks that did not make it into the game
• Bonus tracks like an alternate Menu Track, a remixed Intermission and more
• Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 tracks will be included for free once released
• Includes the option to download an uncompressed version of the soundtrack (FLAC)

• Added map icon for weapon kits. They will appear once you have been in their line of sight.
• Added map icon for secrets that have been discovered.
• Added map icon for friendly sentry guns.
• Added option to add textures to the map screen.

• Added Steam Trading Cards. One card will be given every 30 minutes of play
• Added Selaco themed backgrounds, stickers and emoji to the Steam Point Shop

• Quicksaves and autosaves have been reworked to function properly with Steam Cloud saving. Previously, when using two different machines, some autosaves/quicksaves could be overwritten in the wrong order, which was very confusing.
• Save files will be migrated to a single folder. The first time you launch Selaco, all saves will be backed up and migrated into the program folder so they can properly be synchronized between platforms.
• Steam Deck/Linux and Windows should now be able to synchronize saves correctly.

• Some portions of the Weapon Station UI have been touched

• Added "Skip Splash Screens" options to go straight to the menu after loading the game

• This system allows us to update the game, including levels, while retaining full savegame compatibility.
• There are some limitations. Any level you have visited in your saved game will still be identical to the version from before the update. Level versioning is only applied to new levels that have not been loaded in your saved game before.
• While we have thoroughly tested this with our playtesters, errors may occur when traveling to previously loaded levels. If this happens, please let us know!

• Credits and Weapon Parts are no longer shown on the HUD at all times.
• Picking up Credits or Weapon Parts will now briefly show your total amount on the HUD.
• Hovering over purchasable items (Gwyn Machines, Purchase Panels) will briefly show the amount of credits.
• You can now see your currency at all times on the Datapad screen.

• We've reworked the difficulty screen to now have a dedicated Mutator button.
• Added support for unlockable Mutators. This will be utilized more in the future

• All enemies are stronger with slightly more health, pain resistance, ability chances, and mobility options (strafe and flank chances).
• Dawn spawns with the highest possible Tech Module, making all upgrades purchasable right away.
• Killed enemies drop credits and/or Weapon Parts.
• Pathfinder Memorial's Saferoom is unlocked right from the start.
• Enemies will have other surprises that we will not spoil.

• Booster Mutator that increases armor durability by 25%.

• Save price decreased from 400 to 300.
• Removed Hardcore Mode Mag Dumping. Rather than throw away all the ammo, it will now use the same approach as Traditional Mode. We understand that some people liked this approach, so we are considering adding it back as a separate mutator!

• Added ability to zoom in and out while firing.

• Added distance-based headshot damage. Using the DMR at long range will now eliminate soldiers with a single headshot.
• Slightly increased reloading speed

• Added 'Quick Swap' upgrade for faster weapon switching to the shotgun.
• Added 'Improved Pump Grip' upgrade for faster shotgun pumping.
• Added 'backpack pumping'. Unequipping the Shotgun before pumping will now automatically load a shell after a few seconds of not being used. [This is disabled for Hardcore Mode]
• Double Barrel Mode tweak: The first shot has reduced recoil to make it easier to connect both shots.

• Reduced maximum spread (5.2 -> 4.8) for improved sustained fire.
• WEAPON KITS:
  • Added 'Burst Fire (Hip)'. Replaces primary fire with a burst fire. This deals +1 damage per shot.
  • Added 'Burst Fire (Zoom)'. Replaces zoom fire with a zoomed burst fire. This has 25% increased accuracy.
  • Removed traditional 'Burst Fire'.
  • 'Scarab Mode' no longer carries over across new campaigns. This upgrade was never meant to be found without cheats.
• Added 'UC-36B Framework' upgrade. This is a free upgrade once you hit Tech Module 3.
• Auxiliary launcher now deals 25% additional grenade damage.
• Improved firing sound to be a bit more punchy.
• Reduced 'Increased Caliber' costs (500 -> 200).

• Added kicks! Hit the melee button when you have your fists out.

• Increased base damage (43 -> 48)
• Increased stagger chance per shot (50 -> 70)
• Added sound and lighting effects when killing soldiers with the Plasma Rifle

• Added 'Mule Stock' upgrade. This will decrease spread but add a little bit of recoil that requires control.
• Added 'Magnetic Rounds'. This increases damage against small robotic enemies, making the SMG even more suitable for clearing Crawler Mines and Saw Drones.
• 'Extended Barrel' now reduces spread by 45 instead of 85. Combined with Mule Stock, you will be able to reduce spread further than before.
• DUAL WIELD: Slightly increased spread per shot

• Added an extra sound effect while reloading

• Increased self-damage by 25%. It was never meant to deal this little damage to the player.

• Added 'Invincibility Frames' while dashing. The first couple of frames while dashing will now make Dawn immune to bullets. Any other hazards (like Area of Effect damage or fire) will still hurt Dawn. This effect is brief, but if you can time this with incoming attacks, a lot of damage can be mitigated.
• With dashes being a bit more useful than usual, its cooldown has been increased by 20%.
• Reduced full slide cooldown (3.0s -> 2.5s) to allow for a bit more sliding

• Increased armor durability on Captain, Admiral, and Selaco Must Fall. With the significant increase in damage, they began to lose their worth.

• Increased pick-up radius to be less clunky.

• Added sound effect when credits spawn into the level (e.g from crates or Hard-Boiled kills)

• Made enemies a lot more reactionary. They move around more and do a better job at wandering around the backline of combat

• Riflemen are now a bit more mobile, mostly in terms of strafing ability
• Their 'martyrdom' grenades that can drop when killed, now explode sooner. They were far too slow and barely serve a threat.
• Added visible grenade pin when a 'Martyrdom' grenade is triggered

• Melee Types have their health reduced (150 -> 120)
• Ranged Types have their damage reduced (8 -> 6)
• Ranged Types have their health reduced (130 -> 110)
• Dawn can now slide through Plant Enemies. This will allow players to evade when cornered.

• Increased Turret Deployment Chance (4% -> 6%).

• They no longer look away before firing a rocket at you

• Health Reduced (110 -> 90)
• Siegers are a bit more mobile than before.
• Improved visual spectacle when a Sieger explodes.
• Fixed an error where his explosion would not deal damage.
• Fixed an error where they would spawn more gibs than intended (4 arms or 4 legs)

• Reduced Plasma Projectile Speed (30-> 26)
• Reduced Armor Penetration (-15% -> -25%) (Meaning Plasma Attacks deal an additional 25% less damage when using armor)

• Increased Leap Explosion Damage (90 -> 110)
• Decreased Leap Explosion Area of Effect (380 -> 280)

• (SMF) Sieger Projectile Speed has been increased by 2.5x
• (SMF) Siegers now gently move to different directions while firing.
• (SMF) Enemy Mines now spawn 3 crawler mines when destroyed
• (SMF) Crawler Mines may now fire an occasional Plasma Bolt
• (SMF) Added 10% chance for Engineers to fire a rocket instead of a regular shotgun attack
• (SMF) Enemy Landmines have a much smaller light on them and no longer have Self Lighting
• (SMF) Saw Drones no longer feel any pain
• (SMF) (Rare) Some enemies now spawn with 50% extra health (Juggernauts excluded)

• Increased Global Damage by 5%

• Streamlined the Lockdown Sequence before fighting Juggernaut. It should now be way easier to navigate through.
• Fixed some very unfortunate softlocks
• Tweaked objective labels to be clearer
• Removed an outdated shotgunner that spawned behind the player in Level 1-3
• Corrected Cabinet Card position. Both cards were always meant to be close to the two Storage Cabinets.
• Slightly raised the doorway before the first Crawler Mine Encounter to make it more obvious the player needs to slide under it

• Fixed an error where decorations could be brought into the Safe Room Elevator.
• Removed Glass Pane that required destroying in order to progress.
• Damaged Koalas are now valid for the Nailbomb Secret.
• Added a unique mechanical sound effect when the bridge lowers/raises

• The Pluto Burger gauntlet has been enhanced and now lasts a little longer.
• (SMF) Fixed a gunner getting stuck in geometry.
• Fixed some fences not blocking the player.

• Minor encounter reworks to make combat more dynamic.

• Texture change for the Keypad that opens the door towards HQ.
• Fixed a broken midtexture.
• Fixed an error where 2 objectives were in the incorrect order.
• The Junction Box is now a little easier to spot

• Added a brand new music track during the final gauntlet.
• Fixed a softlock on Floor B2.
• Added obstruction warning when closing the Plant Stamper machine with the barrel on the door.
• Fixed an error where Aos would repeat a structural integrity message when opening/closing a junction box.

• Starlight Green: Fixed an error where the blue keycard icon would persist.
• Starlight Green: Fixed an error where a shutter texture did not block the player.

• Grenades are now infinite during a Shooting Range session.

• Fixed a typo.

• Added per-weapon 'Shots Fired' stats.
• Added per-weapon Kill stats.
• Added 'Upgrades bought' stat.
• Added 'Squad Leaders Killed' stat.
• Added 'Signs Removed' stat. You can finally know how many signs you have pulled from the wall

• Added 'Gunners Killed' milestone.
• Added 'Squad Leaders Killed' milestone.

• Applied more speed variations between different chunks of gore.
• Explosive Kills now apply more force to spawned gibs.
• Added more splatter and fog effects for moving parts. This is increased per Blood Quality level.
• Added 'Dense Purple Fog' clouds for Sieger Deaths.
• Made 'Armor Fog' darker. It was probably still using our old spritework where everything was brighter.
• Added more disgusting noises when gibbing enemies.
• Added sound effects when gibbing corpses
• Applied a bit more friction to enemy corpses to make them appear heavier

• You can now press USE on a VAC-Bot to pet them, this can be done an infinite amount of times
• Added visible muzzle flash for Dawn's third-person sprite (visible in mirrors).
• Air Drones now have a water splash effect when colliding with a water surface.
• Delete Key can now be bound in the Controls menu.
• Added visible Grenade Pin when throwing Ice Grenades.
• Added 'Extended Bullet Casings' graphical setting.
• Added Custom, 35, and 45 FPS Settings (NOTE: Due to how GZDoom works, we cannot go below 35FPS).
• Shocked and Frozen Enemies now take 1.25x more damage.

• Added 'Smoke Density' setting
• Performance optimization for bullet casings.
• Fixed far, far too many typos.
• Your current Security Level is now visible on the Wrist Computer screen
• Fixed Shotgun Shell ejections looking weird
• Added ambient sound for Junction Boxes.
• Renamed 'Rifle Start' to 'Rifle Reset'.
• Gave Koalas a major health buff.
• Static Crosshair option now shows Throw meter.
• Revised artwork involving the house of a sponge.
• Ice Grenade HUD indicator now has a proper icon that no longer resembles a Flare.
• Fixed a bug where soldiers refused to move when they had lost sight of the player. This often resulted in enemies not appearing as dynamic as intended. Whoops!
• Tweaked Locked Door parameters to be far more likely to appear on the Automap once close.

• All enemies are now properly shown in the editor
• Added 'HOWTOUSE_SELACOBUILDER.TXT' to explain how to set things up. This is a temporary solution until we get something better going!
• Added 8 different types of Cardboard Boxes
• Added Kickable Door actors

• Fixed an error where 'Reset Defaults' in the Keybind menu did not have a proper description
• Fixed numerous instances where hitscan attacks were blocked by level geometry.
• Lab Equipment no longer 'slides' when shot.
• Fixed an error where 'Reduced Impact shake' resulted in more impact shake.
• Reduced Water Cooler step height to prevent it from climbing onto desks.
• Gravity Manipulator can no longer pick up Junction Boxes.
• Juggernauts no longer burn permanently. (Sorry Gianni!)
• Fixed an error where Vending Machine purchases were not tracked on the stats page.
• Fixed a bug where destructible Metal Bars would move without being destroyed.
• Fixed an error where dead ACE Security Guards could be picked up with the Gravity Manipulator.
• Fixed a mismatch where the Plasma Rifle's Projectile Velocity description was showing an incorrect value.
• Returning to Level 1 after Level 2 no longer prevents Milestones from displaying or accumulating.
• Fixed a number of instances where effects could accumulate in areas the player has left, causing the game to gradually slow down.
• Fixed severed heads not bouncing correctly.
• Fixed a freeze that could happen when a projectile targets itself (!?).
• Fixed Dawn getting stuck when transitioning from Level 1 to Level 2 and standing on the edge of the Planter.
• Bandoliers now count as a secret when picked up while having a full grenade supply.
• Fixed tutorial sizing when loading a savegame on a machine with a different screen resolution than when saved.
• Small props are now correctly destroyed under doors.
• Fixed a VM abort when punting the throwing knife.
• Punted knives now properly kill enemies.
• Fixed an infinite loop that could occur when crushing a broken trash bin under a door/ceiling.
• Fixed Rifle Start/Rifle Reset not removing weapons at incorrect times.
• Stat categories added in updates will now apply to old save files.
• Fixed a potential crash when pressing TAB in the train menu.
• Fixed an error where Completed Map markers would appear far too tiny on the map.
• Fixed added Recoil stats showing as green instead of red in the Workshop.
• Fixed some Workshop mods not appearing in the Mod list under Options.
• Fixed an oversight where the screenshake settings ignored the fist attacks
• Starting a new game will no longer create two autosaves.

Other updates

Wait for the download the finish[/olist] You are now back to the old version of the game!

Unfortunately, this will have to wait a little bit longer. We tried to get proper Modding/Mapping documentation out 2 weeks ago, but given how badly we needed to patch out some issues, all of our efforts went into the Mega Patch. We did include a quick ReadMe file in the UltimateSelacoBuilder folder that you can use to get up to speed! Mapping is largely the same as for Doom, so a lot of that knowledge carries over! Rest assured, proper documentation is still coming! We just need a few more weeks.
Next on the list is getting to work on the Randomizer Mode and the Story elements, as well as begin production for Chapter 2. However, we are going to take a short vacation first. I know we said that in the previous blog post, but we really wanted to iron out a whole bunch of the inconveniences that creeped their way into release so we decided to work for an additional 2 weeks before finally taking off. Which is now! Once more, thank you for being passionate about the game and giving us your thoughts. We hope the Mega Patch made the game even better for you. Have a great weekend!

[ 2024-06-28 19:26:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

We have a bigger update planned in a few days, but we decided to launch this one early because it fixes some glaring issues.

Selaco has sold over 50.000 units!

What are currently working on?

Patch Notes

Quality of Life

Save System

Minor Additions

Minor Corrections

Shooting Range

Burger Flipper

Bug Fixes

I want to use the old build

This update is now live and should be fully Save Compatible! A much-needed stability fix that addresses some common issues we've kept hearing about.

Attention Steam Deck Users

Patch notes

Minor Additions

• Let's start with the big one. Added chance for broken microwaves to have a burger inside of them
• Set default sound output rate to 48000Hz
• Added a dropdown option for audio sample rate

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Junk not being permanent with Permanent Destruction turned on
• Fixed an error that caused Soldier and Gunner sprites to look like Dawn when being pinned by the Penetrator
• Fixed a crash that could occur when gibbing an enemy with the Penetrator
• Fixed a crash caused by a broken reference to Blood Pools
• Fixed a VM abort that could happen when clicking a Burger Flipper upgrade
• Fixed a crash caused by kicking a park bench with the Railgun equipped
• Fixed a VM abort caused by BattleSquad when enemies re-acquire a target on Dawn
• Fixed a VM abort when changing levels while holding a Fire Extinguisher in Riflestart mode
• Fixed a crash when transitioning a Sentry Turret between maps in 05C
• Fixed Dawn possibly being on fire forever
• Added limiter to gore to prevent infinite spawns in the rare instance that certain gore objects get stuck
• Added some debug commands to clean up blood left behind by infinite blood spawns. If you are experiencing extreme FPS loss in one particular area, try the following command in the console while in the problematic map: "netevent debug_purplespot_delete"

A quick patch to address an issue that didn't make its way into Update 1

Gameplay

• Increased Enemy Footstep sound volume by 30%. We anticipate that this will make it easier to pinpoint enemy locations and anticipate incoming ambushes

Captains, The first ever Selaco patch is now live! This patch focuses entirely on balance changes and bug fixes. We always intended for Selaco to be difficult, that will always the case, but we've taken some steps to make things more fair. Especially on lower difficulty modes which are meant to be more accessible. With the launch behind us, we are going to take it easy for a moment to get our bearings back. Once our little break time is over, we start working on the first major content patch that will arrive later this Summer. Thanks for the feedback everyone! Keep it coming. Please bare in mind that most Balance Changes will only be applied on a brand new save!

BALANCE

Armor

• Increased Player Armor durability by 20%, armor will now protect you for a fair bit longer.

UC-36 Assault Rifle

• Decreased Spread Per Shot for improved sustained accuracy
• Increased Spread Recovery speed when the player is no longer firing

Difficulty Tweaks

• (Ensign) Further reduced Enemy Health by 25%, further reduced Enemy Damage by 20%
• (Lieutenant) Further reduced Enemy Health by 15%, further reduced Enemy Damage by 15%
• (Commander)Further reduced enemy damage by 10%

Enemy Soldiers

• Increased Stagger chances for most low tier enemies
• Reduced movement speed for Engineers, and Rifleman who got an Attacker role

QUALITY OF LIFE

Improved Autosaves

• Added system where entering older levels will create an autsave
• Fixed an error where the game would not autosave before the first Juggernaut Fight

Improved Keycards

• Drastically improved the Sight Range for Keycards, causing them to appear on the Automap much sooner. This was always meant to happen, but due to an oversight the distance was 256 units, instead of 1536.

Cloud Saving

• Corrected Cloud Save directory. Due to an error this was not working. Please let us know if it works now!

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a crash that could be caused by some objects failing to penetrate glass
• Fixed credits being invisible at the end of the Episode
• Fixed an infinite loop if a crushed soda can is crushed again by a door
• Added some missing Patreon backer credits
• Fixed a crash caused by Crawler Mines attacking a dead player
• Toolbox Drawers no longer have an overly generous hitbox
• Fixed typo where the Cricket Headshot upgrade mentioned 30% more damage instead of 60%.

I want to go back to the old build!

The 'Public Beta' branch is now live! First and foremost, thank you all for the valuable input! It's been fantastic to see so much love surrounding the game. There are some issues, but we are working on it. We have created a Beta where we can test new versions together befor making them available to the Default branch of the game. We are still slowly recovering from a very hectic launch period, so please bare with us before we start making more drastic changes to the game. They will come, do not worry! The current Beta aims to address some flaws and improve the Armor system.

HOW TO ACCESS:

WHAT DO LOOK FOR

VERSION 0.83A (BETA)

• - Increased Armor Durability by 20%. Armor will no longer break as easily. (IMPORTANT: This only applies to new saves! We will improve the backend ASAP where such balance tweaks are applied to existing saves as well)
• - Added Autosaving system that automatically saves when returning to previous levels that haven't been visited in a while
• - Fixed a broken autosave that was meant to appear before disengaging the Lockdown
• - Fixed a bug where the credits sequence would not appear when beating the game
• - Fixed a major performance issue that would cause when blood decals went out of bounds
• - Fixed an error where some backers were not credited accordingly
• - Fixed a crash when placing crushed sodacans under a doorway
• - Fixed a crash caused by objects failing to penetrate glass
• - (LINUX) Fixed a bug where Achievements did not work

Selaco is NOW AVAILABLE! on Steam! Can you believe it? We're finally here! Our friend ZlimBratSki has streamed a 2-hour long uncut gameplay video for you to watch if you're still on the fence. If the gameplay speaks to you, or want to dive into the game right away, you can get the game right here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592280/Selaco/ Even better news? You can play it within minutes because we managed to squeeze in a ridiculous amount of content in just 1.1GB! Good luck our there, captain! - Altered Orbit Studios

Introduction

What is included at launch?

• 31 Action-Packed maps
  • This is what we consider the entirety of the Base Campaign and covers the majority of the game
  • Not all maps are created equal. Some will take upwards of 30 minutes, others may only take 5 minutes.
• 11 Powerful Weapons
  • 8 of which can be equipped with unique and powerful modifications, including new functionality or improved stats.
• Weapon Kit System
  • Find items that completely change the behavior of your weapon. Such as a grenade launcher that fires rockets, a Nailgun that behaves like a shotgun, or an on-demand dual-wield button for the SMG
  • Weapon Kits are permanent upgrades, and carry over into new games
  • Additional Weapon Kits will be added in later content patches
• Modding support
  • Create new campaigns, new weapons, new enemies, mechanics and more
  • Selaco will have Steam Workshop support right from launch
  • We will actively encourage modding and provide support when possible. Maybe we will even do contests!
• Steam Achievements
  • Unlock Steam Achievements by completing challenges that are not bound to difficulty. Like escorting Wilson the Teddy Bear all the way to Dawn's house, or finding a way to spawn a Trash Tornado
• 14 Challenging Enemy Types
  • Including a faction that we haven't shown before!
  • Fight highly dynamic enemies who adjust their behavior based on your playstyle. The enemies will communicate, provide cover fire, flank, rush, defend and much more.
• Invasion Tiers
  • Face enemies who constantly gain access to new equipment and tactics as you progress through the campaign, resulting in increased difficulty without relying on simply increasing enemy health or damage
• Gameplay Modifiers
  • Hardcore Mode: More punishing, fixed saved points, no health regeneration
  • Item Scarcity: Fewer items, requires players to be more resourceful
  • Harsh Invasion: All enemies have access to late-game tactics and tools right from the beginning
  • Fresh Start: Start the game without any of your unlocked Weapon Kits
  • ...and more to come post launch!
• Train System
  • Seamlessly revisit completed levels to continue exploring and find more secrets and collectibles
• Bonus Mode: Selaco Must Fall
  • A difficulty designed to make Selaco nearly impossible. Replay the game with completely altered enemy spawns, traps around every corner, and encounter setups that are extremely difficult to beat. You will not win
• Shooting range, mini-games and other things we prefer to not spoil

Why Early Access?

When will you leave Early Access

Will there be a roadmap?

How much is the game going to cost?

At what time will Selaco launch?

Conclusion

Hello everyone! We need to take a moment to talk about the demo. If you prefer a TL;DR version, here is a Steam thread that's more straight to the point than this blog post! https://twitter.com/SelacoGame/status/1783947199795036514

What is happening to the demo?

Why did we decide to do this?

Why not update the demo instead?

What difference does it make to keep it on Steam?

Can I make a backup?

Conclusion

Attention: At this time of writing, the Early Access store page is not live yet. We made an error and are awaiting approval from Valve! [previewyoutube=nUbF8Ytadx0;full][/previewyoutube] The Release Date is finally here! After lots of dedication towards the game, we're gearing up to launch a massive chunk of our work to the public. Before we dive in, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has been with us on this journey. We began working on this back in 2016, restarted the project multiple times over until we finally found something that worked to our satisfaction. In 2020, we announced Selaco with a screenshot from a build that was barely able to hold it together. The entire thing consisted purely out of prototypes and, in the distance, were visible placeholder sprites that were nothing but a string of text. Fast forward to today, and here we are, getting ready to launch something we feel is immensely fun to play, polished and dynamic. Never in our wildest expectations did we anticipate having the audience we have today. Whether you joined us from our very first tweet many years ago, or became a part of our community just recently; your support has brought us to this moment. Thank you for giving us time, encouragement and support. What to expect from the Early Access launch? Our goal is to start big and build from there. We always meant to release in Early Access and to make the initial launch worth the price of admission by itself. I'm sure you've heard that before, but let me prove to you that we are not exaggerating. Here is a summery of what to expect from the initial launch in May 2024:

• 25 levels. For comparison, the demo had 3
• 11 weapons, 10 of which will be upgradable with new stats, abilities and Alternate Fire Modes
• Dynamic encounters with reactive combatants
• Heavy emphasis on exploration and worldbuilding
• A large number of secrets and unlockables
• Intense combat and effects taking inspiration from John Woo movies
• A wide range of environmental variety where no two levels look the same.
• Full modding support
• Gamepad & Steam Deck support
• A synth-heavy soundtrack composed to Lawrence Steele
• Very kind robots who clean up your mess you've created

Good day everyone, We are thrilled to announce that we will be featured in the Realms Deep 2023 stream, where we will unveil our Release Date (finally!) The trailer will showcase a variety of exciting new things, including new enemies, environments, weapons, and brand new systems. But, most importantly, a release date! After years of hard work, we are confident that we can reach a date that's both realistic and not too far away. We know it took a while, but trust us that it's going to be worth the wait! Tune in to Realms Deep on September 30th using the following Twitch link: https://www.twitch.tv/3drealms Additionally, we will be showcasing the trailer and the announcement on our own YouTube, Twitter, and Steam pages. So, keep an eye on those spaces <3 Wishing you all a fantastic week, Altered Orbit Studios

Hey everyone! It's been a while, hasn't it? This update wont be nearly as big as the one we dropped back in December, but we did want to apply some maintenance to our demo and fix some issues that we've had numerous reports of. Change Log:

• Significant improvements to Engine Stability
• Improved Steam Deck and Linux support
• Full Controller Support for SPACE BRO
• Improved Smoke performance
• Slight tweaks to Pathfinding (the full game will use a completely new system that is more reliable and more performant)

Hello everyone, As the year comes to a close, we've decided to update the demo one last time. Weve challenged ourselves to come up with a (optional) heavily altered Selaco experience and gave ourselves 5 days to design and implement it. The result? The Christmas Challenge! The goal was to make a Christmas Event that would require no alterations to the level itself. The level layout is exactly like how you remember, but a lot of randomization is now applied on top of the level, like snow piles and presents. This event will require you to be very resourceful since the randomizer may not give you exactly what you want. We'll explain the event further down below!

How to play:

The Christmas Challenge changes the following:

• Selaco's indoor environments will be covered in snow, somehow! Don't ask, Christmas in Selaco is special.
• All item pickups are removed from the game. The only exceptions are keycards, Cabinet Cards and upgrades.
• Presents are spread around the level at random locations. Open them up for Weapons, Ammo and Tools.
• Enemies spawn at random portions of the level. You will encounter foes at locations you've never seen them before.
• Unwrap a total of 10 gifts to unlock the exit to the next area.
• Beat the demo to win the challenge!

Version 0.4

• Significant Quality of Life improvements
• Added Steam Deck Support
• Added Gamepad support
• Challenge rework
• Drastic changes to levels, both in design and visuals
• Engine changes for better performance and smoother visuals
• Most Particle Effects have been migrated to our own Particle System, making performance smoother in combat
• Fully rewritten, better looking flashlight
• Brand new gore system
• (Vulkan) Added multi-threaded asset loading to combat stutters and improve gameplay smoothness
• Hundreds of new special effects and sound effects
• Improved AI
• Pacing changes
• All weapons rebalanced
• First phase for Translation support
• Over a hundred bugs have been fixed

General Improvements

• Player movement has been slowed down a little and this one needs some explaining. Selaco was always meant to be a fast-paced title, but we felt like things ended up being much faster than intended as development continued. We were aware of this problem before the demo launched, but due to Steam Nextfest arriving earlier than we had anticipated, we had no time to properly test a tweaked movement system, until now. In this new build, you will still be fast, you can still Slide Jump, but running speed is slightly reduced. We are confident this makes combat more engaging and exploration more immersive. Do let us know your thoughts on the Steam Forums if you have the chance!

• Lighting has been redone in most areas
• Additional rooms have been added
• Combat encounters have been partially redesigned to flow better and allow for more movement
• New effects have been added to all levels
• New scripting has been applied in some places

• The previous demo version has some errors. Holding the Dash button before moving would often not trigger, or players were unable to dash shortly after sliding. These issues have been fixed and improved upon.

• Sliding, zooming and firing your weapon will now smoothly adjust the camera FOV without giving the illusion of the game running at a low framerate.

• See the "Balance" section below for more information!

• (Vulkan only) Added Asynchronous Asset Loading to GZDoom (Multi-threading). Audio, textures and sprites will now be loaded on a different CPU thread to eliminate a large amount of stutter. - Quick Saves will still cause a slight hiccup - For the time being, this is only supported on Vulkan. But will eventually support OpenGL - Some UI effects may still cause a short hitch when loaded for the first time (e.g Dirt, Damage Vignettes). This will be fixed in the full game
• Expensive alpha effects are no longer rendered inside reflections (both floor, ceiling and walls).
• Updated explosion effects to look juicier and more performant.
• Heaps of logic code have been rewritten for improved to require less CPU resources.
• Added Particle Limiter. In case extreme amounts are happening, to prevent stutters.
• Reduced CPU load for individual smoke effects.
• Drastically improved loading times when entering a new level.
• Complete rework for lighting effects. All lights attached to special effects like explosions and muzzle flashes perform better than ever before.
• Migrated most effects to our own Particle System for improved performance
• Added 'Shadow Quality' setting. This setting adjusts the amount of lights that cast a shadow. A lower setting means less effects casting shadows (e.g muzzle flashes, flashlight and more)
• Expensive AI tasks are now seeded, preventing stutters during larger battles.

• The player icon has been made much more readable and is no longer a thin white arrow
• A couple of icons have been reworked
• Players can no longer shoot with the map open
• Adjust Default Zoom to keep things readable.

• Language Packs have not been added yet, but fan translations are now possible. We will explore this further in the future! A couple of smaller things like Datapad Labels are not translatable yet, but will be the case before we launch the full game.

• Some tutorial pop-ups have been made bigger for better readability on smaller screens / players sitting further away from the screen. This can be reduced.
• Reduced the default UI scale to make the HUD less big. To customize the HUD size, go to the Options Menu -> Interface -> ''UI Scale''.
• Reloading a Saved Game will now show you a reminder of your current goal / objective.
• Picking up new equipment now adds a description to your Datapad.
• Objectives on your HUD are now easier to read due to a different font size. Receiving a new objective has also been made more obvious through a new sound and text effect.
• Added Context-sensitive Death Tutorials. Getting killed by certain types of enemies will give relevant Tips on the death screen.
• 'Secrets' label in the Datapad has been renamed to 'Current area secrets' and 'Total Level Secrets.
• Applied some tweaks to the Customize Control menu. They are categorized better and Weapon Keybinds now show weapon names.

• We have removed challenges that required the player to use specific methods to kill enemies (Explosive Kills, Melee Kills, Headshots, Throwing Knives etc) and decided to only keep general kill challenges (Kill X amount of Y enemy type) and exploration challenges (Find X amount of Y, destroy X amount of Wall Cracks). The previous system forced players into playstyles they may not like or would or not offer a tactical advantage.
• Some challenges have increased requirements.

• Improved performance and less bloated code.
• Added Intestines when gibbing enemies
• Added brain pieces for headshots / full gibs
• Added slime pools for enemies who have been dead for a while.
• Brand new sound effects for gore/impact/combat related audio
• Additional severed arm and legs sprites
• The position of blood effects when killing an enemy is now relative to the point of impact
• Recolored the blood effects and adjusted the way they are illuminated by light sources, resulting in an overall more pleasing visual
• Fixed a bunch of gore related errors

• We've considered this for a while now but eventually decided to pull through with it. General fall damage is low, but high enough to give a slight penalty for recklessly jumping off a high ledge.

• Players are no longer able to save when there is danger nearby (e.g Active Grenades, alerted enemies).

• Armor now absorbs more damage and deplete less fast. With how damaging the enemy can be, this armor change makes scavenging for armor more rewarding and important.

• The flashlight now uses a cone-shape, making it more like a real flashlight. This not only looks better, it's also much more atmospheric.
• Adjusted how lighting is applied to sectors ahead of the player. This improved flashlight performance
• AI is now more reactionary to your flashlight usage

• Added 'coyote timer' to jumping, making platforming more responsive and less prone to failed jumps during platforming sections
• Slight reduction in Cooldown before being able to jump again

• Dashes and Slides no longer share the same cooldown.
• Added Dash Cooldown indicator
• Hitting the wall while sliding will now cancel the slide, rather than awkwardly slide you backwards.

• Completing Level 1-1 will now give you a confirmation box asking if you are sure about continuing on with Hardcore Mode. In case you feel like Hardcore Mode is a bit too difficult, you can revert to Traditional Mode.

• Finished Photosensitivity modes. ''Reduce Light flickering'' will eliminate most the light effects that last for a short duration of time, and ''Reduced Muzzle Flashes'' no longer kills the entire muzzle flash light, but rather makes them smaller and less strong; maintaining a power feeling weapon while still being more friendly towards the eyes.
• Added auto-climbing feature. Run up to a ledge that's within reach and climb automatically!
• Streamlined Screenshake intensity setting to be less overly complicated.
• Added 'Disable Camera Motion' setting. This will eliminate movement from the camera when using melee, sliding and other things.
• Added 'Censor gore' setting. This will reduce the amount of blood and gibs, as well as altered scripts to contain less depictions of violence.
• (Gamepad Only) Added Assisted Mode. On Commander Difficulty and below, Assisted Mode will provide additional guidance to lock-on to targets. Use this if you have difficulty aiming with a gamepad.
• (Gamepad Only, requires Assisted Mode) Added option to enable a Ringing sound. This is a sound queue that plays when Lock-on acquires a target, and when the target is inside your crosshair.

• VAC-BOTS now properly clean up trash that they can see
• Added VAC-BOT Emotion System. Their display will now portray how they feel and they will adjust based on circumstances. They will actively flee from incoming explosions, find a way to hide when shots are fired, look disgusted when cleaning up gibs and can get lonely if left alone for too long. If you want to keep them happy, give them frequent pets or stuff to clean up that aren't giblets.
• VAC-BOTS now utilize Pathfinding, allowing them to reach their destination better
• Added a cleanup effect when a VAC-BOT erases something from the map.

• Selaco is now fully playable using a Steam Deck / Gamepad.
• Rewrote the majority of GZDoom's Gamepad input code. Setting it to modern standards and improving support on Linux devices.
• Added Steam Deck Optimized preset. This will enlarge certain UI elements for increased readability and optimizes graphics based on either Quality or Performance.
• Added Vibration Support to GZDoom
• Added Aim Acceleration to GZDoom
• Added support for both Xbox and Playstation button prompts. Visible buttons can be tweaked in the Gamepad Menu.
• Added 3 stages of Aim Assist; Weak, Default, Strong. This adjusts how much the Aim Assist is going to help you aim.
• Added 2 Aim Assist Modes. 'Moving Targets', which only enables Aim Assist on targets that are on the move, and 'Always, which applies Aim Assist to all enemy types regardless of movement.
• Added joystick button prompts that dynamically adjust based on the input device that is being used. Gamepad and KB/M are able to be used simultaneously.
• Added optional Lock-on mode for lower difficulties.
• Added squared stick input option for gamepad Look and Move, allowing for more responsive diagonal inputs.
• Gyroscope Aiming is not included natively, but should work perfectly fine when using Steam's Gyroscope mode. If you have any trouble with this, reach out to us and let us know!
• Redesigned portions of the Wrist Computer to make it easier to navigate with a gamepad

• Now that Credits are harder to come by, ArachnoCola prices from Vending Machines have been reduced (5c -> 2c)
• Additional Credit Bags have been added to the levels.

• The menu has been partially overhauled
• Added 'Longest Headshot' statistic.
• Added option to increase Zoom Sensitivity above 1.0.
• Crouching behind flipped cover will now properly protect your head
• Explosions made by the player deal significantly less self damage. Standing close to the origin of the explosion will still end up dealing a significant amount of damage, however.
• Weapon Switching has been tweaked to feel snappier. It is now easier to switch weapons even during animations.
• 90 is now the default FOV. Remember to change this if you prefer something lower or higher!
• Grabbing objects now lowers the player's weapon to keep the screen free of additional clutter.

World / Presentation

• Updated Splash Screen when loading the game
• Re-rendered some of the sprite work to make them seem less out of place. Not all sprites are properly 'converted' yet. This will be an on-going process.
• Enemy muzzle flashes now properly follow the shooter and no longer clip through the sprite of the shooter.
• Smoke effects have a bit more transparency applied to them, causing less problems with visibility. (The RIDICULOUS setting of Smoke Quality uses the same thickness as the previous version)
• Added proper impact effects when shooting at Window Blinds
• Added impact effects when a shot down sign impacts the floor.
• Added voxel model for Blood Bags (decoration)
• Added 10 new variations for Wall Paintings
• All datapad entries now have proper dates assigned to them.
• Enemy footsteps now react to glass shards and leave footprints behind when standing on water, blood or slime.
• Added bullet whiz effect for tracers flying past the player
• Improved visual effects for Smoke Grenades
• Added new variations of Cardboard Boxes.
• All Pickup Items have been brightened up for improved readability.
• Added variants of impact sounds after landing from a fall. Additional grunts and effects have been added.
• Added a weight scale. No further elaboration needed.
• Changes to Crate destruction to make them a bit more satisfying to break.
• All weapon descriptions in your Wrist Codex have updated artwork
• Brand new effects when destroying window panes. This new system ensures that the amount of glass shard matches the size of the window pane. Longer windows spawn more glass, smaller windows spawn less.
• Added Breathing Frames for the Roaring Cricket.
• Dawn shields her eyes from explosions much faster.
• Cleaned up the Slide Entering animation, making it less jerky
• Added new death animations for all enemy types
• With subtitles enabled, the names of the opposing side are written in Orange.
• Most actors will now properly adjust to the slope of the floor
• Food now fades out when eaten, rather than disappear right away
• Bullet Brass code has been entirely rewritten to be more performance friendly and visually appealing.
• All weapons will now spawn a unique bullet case model when fired.
• Added brand new toilet voxels. Happy flushing!
• Added Toilet Cleaner voxel model.
• Dawn will no longer eat the flag of a burger.
• Level Names have been adjusted to be more clear. A "Level" is broken up into multiple "Areas". Every loading zone takes you to a new area within the level.
• Added 'Foot Slide' sound that often plays on top of footsteps.
• Added visual effects when sliding
• Shockwave effects from explosions are now smoother
• Drastic adjustments to the lighting of the levels to reduce visual busyness
• Retextured and redesigned significant portions of the demo level
• Walking on human blood will now leave bloody footprints behind
• Added transition effect when interacting with a Camera Feed
• Improved enemy readability
• Added splash effects when jumping into water
• All guns play a sound effect when the last bullet of a magazine is fired.
• Optimized ejected Weapon Magazine models. With the new optimization, we can keep them in the level for much longer. Playing with ''Effects Lifespan'' on Ultra, keeps them around permanently
• And a whole bunch of other improvements that we forgot to log...

Audio

• Completely remade the Intermission track when completing the demo. The previous one was outdated and no longer matched the tone of the game
• UC-36 and Shotgun have improved sound effects
• You will now be able to hear the mechanisms of the weapon when firing while zoomed in
• Added sound effects when hitting wooden surfaces
• Added unique sound effects per bullet casing type. Heavy sounds for big bullets, lighter sounds for machineguns.
• Added unique sound effects for paintings being hit, and new sounds for when they hit the floor
• New sound effects for Destroying Crates
• Added additional foley sounds for different player actions
• Brand new bullets impact SFX, making them sound more punchy and impactful than before.
• Added new sound effects for bouncing metal
• Added sound effect for paper debris touching the floor
• Added sound effect for bouncing ceramic pieces.
• Updated sound effects for player footsteps
• Added new sound effects for Metal floors
• Added new sound effects for walking on boxes
• Added squishy sound effect when walking on blood piles
• Security Camera sounds have been updated so it's no longer a stock sound
• Enemy soldiers now have their own footstep and foley sound effects for improved recognition
• All weapons now have unique (de)selection sounds
• And a whole bunch of other sound effects we forgot to log...

Difficulty Tweaks

• Various stat tweaks to enemy tactics and action speeds
• Portable Medkits now heal for 50, just like the other difficulties. We felt that 25 was not enough for such an uncommon item.
• Portable Medkits healing rate has been cut in half.

• Given the slight tweaks to a certain number of factors, enemies deal 10% more damage to compensate.
• Enemies are much more mobile in this difficult setting.

WEAPONS

• Primary Fire Recoil reduced (1.5 -> 0.7). Alt Fire remains the same as before.
• Magazine capacity increased (9 -> 12)
• Damage per shot reduced (60 -> 48)
• Max ammo reserve increased (45 -> 48)
• Increased Roaring Cricket ammo pickup (9 -> 12)
• Roaring Cricket alt fire now works with less than 3 shots. It will deplete the rest of the magazine instead.
• Swapping speed is now nearly instant, making this the ideal weapon to switch to when caught with an empty weapon during a fight.
• Particle trail is now instant between player and target. The previous version made the Roaring Cricket look like a projectile weapon instead of hitscan.

• Headshot damage has been decreased (25% -> 15%).
• Increased damage per shot (13 -> 14)
• Changes made to the firing sound to sound more punchy
• Some sprite improvements when Zooming
• Changes to how recoil is handled, making it increase incrementally with each shot.

• Beefed up the firing sound of the shotgun
• Dawn will now pump the shotgun before starting to reload, in case the shotgun requires pumping.
• Added 'Chamber Empty' indicator when your shotgun requires pumping.
• Pressing 'Reload' with no shell in the chamber will now cause Dawn to pump the shotgun.
• Fixed minor stutter when firing the shotgun

• Quick Melee with your weapon is now much faster.
• Weapon Melee damage has been reduced
• Collision damage has increased. For maximum effectiveness, try hitting targets against walls.
• Improved wall collision detection. Hitting enemies against walls should be much more consistant and reliable.

AI

• This will allow soldiers to dynamically adjust their strafing behavior based on player location. This results in soldiers being more intelligent with how they strafe. A confident soldier with high health will be more likely to stay within line of sight of their target, while a low health soldier is more likely to strafe towards nearby walls for cover.

• When a soldier is low on ammo, there is a chance they will seek cover to reload their weapon.

• AI no longer gets stuck in geometry
• Enemy are now able to chase you around the entire level
• Tweaks to Pathfinding to make it more likely for AI to flank your position

• Animation smoothing, logic performance improvements and other additional things have been added.

• Increased mobility. Rifleman is far less likely to hold still. This increases per difficulty.
• 'Attacker' Rifleman now has a slight speed boost to have an easier time closing the gap.
• Rifleman now has less issue dealing with faraway targets.

• Slight reduction in health (135 -> 125). This change should be enough to make it easier to take him down after he sets his sights on you.
• Engineers no longer fire at teammates.
• Added Suppression role. Engineers can now choose to not rush towards their target, but instead unload shotgun shells from a distance to keep targets suppressed.
• Engineer strafe patterns have been improved to make them more engaging to fight.

• Health Reduced (1200 -> 1000)
• Tracer Speed has been reduced (80 -> 70)
• Added a slight delay before the Juggernaut starts firing during a Sidewash dash.
• Increased Splash Damage Range after leaping (300 -> 390)

• Energy Shields (that soldiers can deploy after reaching Invasion Tier 1) felt a little weak because their height was small enough to not cover the head of the enemy soldiers. We've added an extra piece on top that gives them a bit more protection

BUGS / MINOR TWEAKS

• 'Rifle Start' can no longer be checked. It is not supposed to be present in the demo because there's only one level, making a Rifle Start impossible.
• The Credits Track now fades in.
• Fixed a bug where the 'Open Codex' button would not work when '5' was one of the assigned buttons.
• Items can no longer be picked up through the walls
• Fixed an error where Dawn would make two grunts after landing from falling.
• Fixed an error where footstep sounds would play underwater
• Corpse hitboxes are no longer overly large, causing enemies to keep hitting corpses despite going over them.
• Players can no longer slide jump when there is no space to jump, preventing players from getting stuck
• Fixed a goof where the weapon sprites would show a breathing animation when underwater
• Soldiers no longer kill themselves with Smoke Grenades
• Fixed an error where Fan textures behaved like Concrete when shot
• Fixed an error where Dawn's underwater speed was much faster than intended
• Fixed a bug where the UC-36's firing sound would abruptly end without a proper tail sound.
• Fixed an error where smoke grenades used an outdated sound effect from way back in our modding days
• Fixed a bug where tracers would be blocked by plants. My sincere apologies to all ACE Security agents who used plants as armor. Adjusted the size of certain objects. The scaling was not very consistent. This includes enemy sprite work
• Applied a minor tweak to Interaction Prompts to make them update faster and seem more responsive
• Stationary Grenades are no longer shootable
• Fixed an error where enemies touched by a burning actor would lose their Self Lighting properties
• Fixed a bug where bananas would briefly turn into a sandwich when eaten
• Fixed a bug where crates would jitter around the level when hit by particles
• Certain smaller items no longer collide with the player
• Dawn will no longer shield her eyes from explosions when dead
• Fixed a bug where throwing fire extinguishers against enemies would sometimes not put the enemy on the floor, but would have them enter their Collision animation instead
• Fixed a bug where paper pieces would have a random angle upon touching the floor
• Fixed a bug where the hitbox of flipped cover was not high enough to fully protect a crouching player.
• Fixed a bug where keyboards could not get destroyed with melee attacks
• Fixed a bug where Dawn's legs would not go away when climbing after a slide
• Fixed a bug where Zoom Sensitivity would have an effect on the overall sensitivity
• Fixed an error where some areas of the game looked darker than intended on the Low graphics setting
• Fixed an error that forced XY Billboarding on enemy soldiers after hitting them with melee.
• Fixed a bug where picking up Health Injector would take your health away when on health above 100
• Enemies colliding with falls no longer damage the player when nearby
• Fixed a very sloppy error that added a one tick delay (one 35th of a second) before showing an impact effect on walls.
• Sliding away after being near an explosion will no longer cause Dawn to awkwardly shield her eyes too late, and temporarily get 3 arms.
• Fixed a bug where 'chair base' could not be picked up
• Fixed an error where the Shotgun muzzle flash was not properly aligned to the animation of the weapon
• Fixed a bug where a certain Easter egg progressed a challenge
• Fixed an error where Engineers their 'attack indicator flare' would flicker rapidly
• Fixed a bug where Fire Extinguishers could pass through rushing engineers
• Fixed Fire Extinguisher duplication glitch.
• Loading the saved game of an incompatible version will now display a proper error message. In the future, this will explain how to fix it as well.
• Sliding in a narrow tunnel that is of crouching height will no longer endlessly slide you forward.
• Zooming while reloading no longer causes the camera to 'jitter' to one game tick
• Fixed a bug where the 'end fire' sound would not properly play when a player stops firing a Zoomed UC-36
• Fixed an error in the Gameplay Menu where 'Automatic mode' and 'Manual Mode' were swapped around
• Fixed a bug where Engineers would spawn a severed arm after a melee death, despite the sprite showing both arms intact
• Fixed an error where HoneyComb Cases would not properly align to the slopes they were on
• Fixed an error where using iron sights showed an unintended crosshair
• Fixed a bug where floor paper decals would not spawn
• Pathfinder's alert sound now persists to Level 1-2. This was always intended but ended up broken
• 'Toggle Run' has been renamed to 'Toggle Walk', since Run is already the default speed.
• Flares carried by the player now correctly transition between levels
• Sliding Sounds now require the player to touch the floor. Once contact with the floor is removed, the sliding sound stops.
• Fixed a bug where the player could slide while crouching, making their hitboxes 1 pixel high.
• Fixed a bug where one corpse actor could not get gibbed.
• Fixed a bug where Strafe Tilting was still applied when dead
• Dying while holding an object will now properly drop the object
• Fixed a bug where bullet casings were able to climb staircases
• Fixed a bug where a couple of icons on the automap would disappear when getting far away from them.
• Given corpses some weight. They will no longer slide across the floor when shot.
• Fixed an oversight where ArachnoCola cans could not get kicked by enemy soldiers
• Fixed a bug where some footstep sounds were not playing correctly
• Fixed a rendering bug where Lightshafts would show artifacts at the bottom
• Fixed a bug where players could climb into very narrow surfaces and get stuck
• "Disable Hud" now properly disables the visor frame as well
• Fixed a bug where Selaco's movement code was ignored prior to opening a Keypad or Gwyn Station. This caused Dawn to slide forward like she was on ice skates.
• Fixed a bug where Slide Kicks would stack multiple times, sending enemies flying further than intended. (It was funny though! Will keep it in mind for a mutator >:) )
• Fixed an error where reloading an empty Shotgun would 'twitch' the weapon sprite
• Fixed a bug where reloading a weapon while being at max ammo reserve capacity would take too much ammo away
• (LINUX) Fixed ''SDL unsupported'' errors
• Fixed a bug where the game could keep playing during an Invasion Tier screen
• Water Coolers no longer keep buzzing after being destroyed
• Alt Fire can now be used to drop objects.
• Fixed a bug where Juggernauts left a 'solid ghost' after dying

We are updating the engine and need your help! We are looking for a number of people to help us test an engine upgrade. After launching the demo, the most common complaints were performance related, primarily stutters, and we are taking steps to eliminate these. A large amount of these happen because GZDoom is a single-threaded game engine, meaning your CPU is not being utilized to it's fullest potential. We have made adjustments to the engine to better utilize multiple cores with the intend to eliminate as many stutters as possible. We expect this version to be ready later this year. This is still the same demo level, albeit with numerous upgrades to the engine side of things. Are you interested? Please join our Discord server and let us know in #Selaco-Lounge. We will assign you a Tester role and notify you with the version is ready. You can join the Discord using the following link: https://discord.com/invite/selacogame Once the test is complete, the upgrades will be rolled out to the Public version, but with more gameplay related changes. Requirements: - A PC that exceeds the Minimum Requirements. (See Selaco's Steam page for more information). - A PC that had stuttering issues in the current Demo version. This is a preference, but you are free to join if the Demo version ran smoothly on your machine. What are we looking for? Information on whether or not stutters have been eliminated in the Testing Version. A stutter means that the game freezes for a couple of milliseconds (sometimes even longer!) during gameplay. This often happens in combat, when a scripted event happens, or when destroying objects. Play the test version when it's ready and let us know if things felt smoother than before. We *do not* need framerate reports! We only need data on stutters. MINI FAQ Q: What about Linux? A: This Engine upgrade is for both Linux and Windows! Q: What does this mean in plain English? Why is it better? A: GZDoom only allows one task to be executed at any given time. When you run around the level, your computer is working really hard to execute all kinds of code. Almost every modern system has a CPU that uses multiple 'threads', allowing multiple pieces of code to be executed at the same time. GZDoom currently does not utilize this properly, so whenever a complex task needs to be executed, the game will freeze until this task is completed. The most common cause for these kind of stutters is when brand new assets are loaded during gameplay. This happens often while exploring the level or entering a combat encounter. This new multi-threading solution will ensure that these new assets are loaded on a separate thread, significantly reducing the load on the main thread. This will eliminate the stutter and keep the game running smoothly! Q: How do I know if I am part of the testing group? A: Click on your Discord name in this server. If one of your roles says ''Tester'', you are in!``` We hope to see you in our testing group!

On Monday, we launched the very first version of the Selaco Demo. To say that we are excited and happy with all the feedback we have gotten would be a severe understatement. Truly, thank you all very much for the love and the feedback about numerous things regarding the game. Of course, like with any game that is still in development, a good amount of problems were found. The most recurring complaints were "Unfair difficulty" and "Visual clutter". We have addressed them both, but still have ways to go before we are completely satisfied with them. For now, we have made a handful of improvements that should enhance the experience of the game. Summary - Many changes to the visuals to improve navigation, improve encounters, reduce clutter and make things more 'natural' to look at. There is still a lot of work left here, we had to make do with the time we had, but the worst offenders should be significantly better! - Additional rooms have been added to a couple of combat encounters to make them flow better. - Big balance changes to combat. - Ability to pickup and throw live enemy grenades. - Map Controls are now visible on the automap. These will allow you to zoom out and pan around the map, as well as follow the player around. - Performance enhancements, especially during combat. - Quality of Life improvements - Bug Fixes. Added - Added option for 'Reduced' Weapon Shake. This will not eliminate Screenshake when firing weapons completely, but will reduce the duration and amount. - Added a warning system for future updates that will break save game compatibility - Added additional information for the 'Smoke Quality' description - Added the option to disable certain screen effects (Dirt, Healing effect, Armor Breaking and Dash Lines). You find these in Gameplay -> Immersion. - Added an option to link mouse sensitivity sliders - Increased Self Illumination to enemy spritework. This is a temporary solution, we will be redesigning the Rifleman enemy in the future to make them easier to pick out in combat - Added the ability to pick up and throw enemy grenades - Added the ability to slide kick enemy grenades into the direction of the sliding - Automap now shows controls in the bottom left corner. Use these buttons to Zoom, Pan or follow the player character around. - Added voice callouts for soldiers when Dawn loses her armor. Balance We've heard lots of great things here, but there are a couple of things that needed tweaking. We tried not to touch too much upon the higher difficulties because we feel like Captain and Admiral are (mostly) in a great spot, but lower difficulties could go with some improvements to make it playable. Ammo Economy - The amount of ammo dropped from enemies is now dependent on Difficulty. Lower difficulties have enemies drop more ammo. This means that exploration and discovery becomes more important as the difficulty level increases, while lower difficulty players can take a more simplistic approach without being required to explore too much. - Increased amount of Machinegun Ammo from dropped Rifleman Soldiers (10 -> 15) UC-36 Assault Rifle: A well-liked weapon, but hipfiring was a bit too inaccurate and unreliable. - (Hipfire) Weapon Spread has been reduced by 15% - (Hipfire) Recoil has been reduced by 5% Difficulty Changes: All difficulties: - Enemy damage decreased by 15% (Does not apply to Admiral) - Additional ammo pickups have been added (Does not apply to Admiral) - Headshots are far more likely to cause a stagger per shot. (70% -> 90%) - All enemies are more likely to get staggered by regular gunfire on body shots. Ensign: - Enemies are much easier to stagger - Enemy Damage reduced by an additional 10%. - Increased the time it takes for Soldiers to begin firing after aiming at the player - Enemies are far less likely to strafe and fire Lieutenant: - Enemy Damage reduced by an additional 10% - Enemies are easier to stagger Admiral: The difference between Captain and Admiral was noticeable, but not nearly enough. We are giving the enemies some extra juice on this difficulty. - Enemies are far more likely to strafe, and will be more likely to fire while strafing. Melee Combat: - Hitting props while sliding will no longer slow down your slide. Rifleman (All types) - Decreased weapon damage (4,5) -> (3,4) Rifleman (Defending Stance) - Defending Riflemen are far less aggressive and more likely to wait for Dawn to show up, rather than the other way around. Rifleman (Attacking Stance) - Same as above, except they are now less afraid to get close. Engineers - Damage per pellet decreased (5 -> 3) (Does not apply to Admiral) Juggernaut - Now takes 25% additional damage from the Roaring Cricket, which is a weapon with armor piercing bullets. - Shotgun now damages the Juggernaut accordingly. - Reduced Rate of Fire by 25% (Does not apply to Admiral) Hardcore Mode - Gwyn was not satisfied with the amount of money she gained from Saved Games and she has to stay in character. The Saved Game price has been bumped up from 600 to 800 - The game will now save right before picking up the UC-36 Assault Rifle in the patient room. This way, dying means you wont have to re-run the introduction again. You respawn right back into the first combat encounter. Changed - Explosions are a bit more performance friendly without sacrificing their visuals. - Optimized enemy pathfinding to be more performant. - Updated some texture work to contrast better with the rest of the environment - Optimized enemy 'checks' to not happen 35 times a second anymore. They are more spread out and should result in far less strain on the CPU. This was a bad oversight from our end. - End game credits can now be skipped by pressing BACK/ESC three times - Quit To Title menu option added while in game - Backspace can now be bound as a useable key in game - An additional autosave has been added to Level 1-3. Apologies for everyone who had lost significant progress due to a poorly spaced out autosave. - Low graphics preset disables texture caching for cards with low VRAM - Low graphics preset now disables light shafts - Destroying a window will now alert nearby soldiers - Increased the volume of the UC-36 Firing sound to be more in-line with other weapons - Removed 'Enemy Soldier deployed ' prompt. The visuals and dialog from the enemy was already making this obvious enough. - Rebalanced default audio settings to allow more dynamic range Fixed / Improved - Adjusted a string of text that shows underneath the crosshair when your weapon is about to run out ("LOW AMMO" -> "RELOAD") - Fixed an error where the Flashlight tutorial did not show up until after you leave a dark area. Whoops. - Fixed a bug where Teddybears could destroy the MRI Machine door. - Flares now work underwater. I am not so smart. - Fixed a bug where Camera Tilt was not properly applied when killed by Alien bullets. - The flare effect on a flare stick no longer flickers too quickly. - Fixed a bug where animated flares had incorrect offsets. - Fixed an error where plant hitboxes were overly generous. In the future, we will make it so that bullets go *thought* plants, rather than damage them. But this is not something we could fix within a reasonable timeframe. - Fixed a potential crash when sliding into cover objects - Fixed an error where the Door Breaching Sparks got unintentionally bright. - Fixed Dawn's "Get Well Soon!" balloon from despawning. - Fixed some ghost interaction prompts that would show up in 1-2. - Fixed a bug where enemies got confused and thought they fought alone, when they actually still had allies left. - Fixed a bug where Engineers who wind up their attack, just to realize they are out of shells. They are now competent at counting how much ammo they have left before engaging. - Addressed a good amount of texture and scripting errors in the levels. - UC-36 Rifle performance improvements, fixed stacking light effects. - Automap should toggle correctly now when bound to M. - Prevented accidental console spam from the Tutorial handler. - Dawn can no longer open her Codex while dead. Linux - Numpad keys can now be used for in-game keypads - Fixed crashes and issues related to dynamic-library clashes with steam-runtime - Fixed requiring wayland libraries on non-wayland systems - Fixed the game requiring newer OS than stated in the system requirements - Potential fix for audio issues == End of changes == What's next? - Armor rework. We understand that armor is currently a little underperforming and could use some more oomph. After all, armor is more often than not placed outside the beaten path so you should get rewarded for it. - Additional polish to the visuals. - Improved balancing - Add proper Player Icon on the Automap

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• A lengthy story-driven campaign

• Intense Action set pieces

• Custom AI

• Full soundtrack

• Professional voice-acting.

• Extra Gamemodes

• Full open-source modding support

• OS: Linux 64-bit | Ubuntu 18.04 | Mint 19 | Debian 10
• Processor: Intel i3 2100 or higherMemory: 2 GB RAM
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics: Anything capable of running OpenGL 4.0 (eg. ATI Radeon HD 57xx or Nvidia GeForce 400 and higher)
• Storage: 600 MB available space

• OS: Linux 64-bit | Ubuntu 18.04 | Mint 19 | Debian 10
• Processor: Intel i5-3570kMemory: 4 GB RAM
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: 1 GB of VRAM with OpenGL 3.3 (GeForce GTX 630 or higher)
• Storage: 600 MB available space