I am pleased to announce the release of v1.7.0 of the demo for Haunted: Attack of the Dead Men. It turns out that when I said sometime this week in the development update earlier today, little did I know I actually meant today! This update brings a new highscores screen, many enhancements to existing mechanics, improved enemy sprites and more.

Full Release Notes for v1.7.0

• Added a new highscores section to the intermission screen. This section tracks the five best scores for each level
• Improved the enemy sprites. The Russians no longer carry around any Lee Enfields
• Added a bayonet stab attack for the Dead Man (the basic enemy)
• Added an option to the "Sound" menu to change the music played in the main menu
• Plates, cups and plant pots are now destructible
• Fire is now hot and will burn you
• Portraits, locked doors, large gates, artillery and certain signs are now interactive and display a message when interacting with them
• Added armoured cars as a new piece of scenery to Map 3
• Pickups are now bigger, brighter and have better contrast. They should stand out a lot more, especially in Map 2
• The switches required to progress in Maps 2 and 4 are now connected to the things they open with wires
• A number of minor bugfixes and improvements

Known Issues

• Button highlighting in the menus may be broken when first launching the game in fullscreen mode. The buttons will still work when clicked on, however they will not change colour or play a sound when hovered over - this can be fixed by tabbing out of the game and back in again. This appears to be an engine issue introduced by Godot 4.2.1 and only seems to be a problem on Linux.

Planned Features

• 7+ hour single-player campaign in the style of first-person shooters of old

• 14 levels in the main campaign + 1 secret level (the first 4 levels are available to play right now in the demo)

• 8 choices of weapon to dispatch the many undead Russians

• Intense encounters with dozens of enemies all at once throughout the campaign

• Earn rewards for more aggressive play-styles

• 5 difficulty levels + 2 bonus difficulties that unlock upon completing the game on the hardest difficulty

• Many different types of enemy, all with unique attack patterns and fighting styles, to keep the action engaging

• An epic boss battle against a well known Russian mystic who has now been dabbling in necromancy...

• Steam Achievements

• OS: Any Distribution. Kernel 5.10+
• Processor: Quad Core 2 GHz+Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: OpenGL 3.3+ compatible
• Storage: 2 GB available space

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04+. Manjaro 21.3+
• Processor: Quad Core 3 GHz+Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: AMD RX 480 or nVidia equivalent
• Storage: 2 GB available space