Features: - Boss now dies at the end of the game - Reactor closes after end of the boss fight so people don't jump in - Added light to 1. boss back to better indicate weakspot Fixes: - Added some doors in C3L3 - Mutant doen't throw goo when he doesn't see the player - Boss mutant doesn't endlessly spit when killed in some scenarios - Mutant doen't throw goo when stunned - Robot Havir doesn't shoot when stunned - Carary cage has correct physical material - Changed requirements for why achievement - Door gets locked when entering last bossfight - Selected folders in folder browser are now dark - Achievement "You shouldn't be here" now works - Progress achievements doesn't get reseted - Button in C3L4 now opens secret door - Janitor achievemnet fixed - Music doesn't loop indefinitely and stops at proper places in C3L2 - Notepad in CH1L5 can now be read Balancing: - Mutant throws goo faster

[ 2024-10-11 08:01:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! We recieved a few reports about bugs so we fixed them. Changelog: - Folders in collectables are now expanded by default - Added setting to invert inventory scrolling direction - Smoking cigarrets now does consistent damage - It's possible to get "Green sludge" achievement - Drones behavior improved And as always if you find any bugs don't hesitate to contact us and report it.

[ 2024-10-04 13:56:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

KVARK is out now!

Hey everyone!

It's finally here, release of the third and last chapter of Kvark. It was a long journey to get here but we did it, with your help of course. Big thanks for everyone who submitted feedback or wrote us a review. The game wouldn't be what it's now without you! You can look forward to 4 new levels, more enemies, new weapon, 5 new localizations, and much more. We also added new system for collectibles and greatly improved binding settings to be able to bind almost anything (so the guy who wrote us that he can't bind shooting to space bar can do so now :D). Here is the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBmUjnIvO4I We hope you enjoy 1.0 - Latest past team Let's get to work comrades! If you want details, here is the full changelog for the 1.0. Additional content - 4 new levels - More enemies - New weapon - More lore - Player thoughts - Collectibles - More posters - New perks - More interactive items Features: - New localizations to Japannese, Chinese, German, Polish and Russian (We already had localization for English and Czech) - Added arachnophobia mode - Improved shader compiling process to use new Unreal Engine PSO - Physics props now have dynamic shadow - Inventory is more compact and looks better - Various UI improvements - Some switch N puzzles will display progress - Organized bindings into categories - Fixed and improved bindings - Cardboard box has random drop Fixes: - Fixed hit animations - Drones shouldn't get stuck in walls - Audio - Ambience is muted when going back to the main menu - Improved drone movement - Audio - Settings - Loading doesn't stop ambient audio - Audio - headshot doesn't play when attacking with wrench - Music stops after killing boss in CH1L5 - Added missing reverb and ambient in CH2L1 - Audio - Conveyor belt doesn't stop on load in C2L3 - Overlay material on pickups fade smoothly instead of abruptly appearing - Footsteps works on level geometry - All levels arent unlocked in level picker - Elevator shouldn't damage the player - Enemies shouldn't get stuck in C2L5 in big cave - Player can't get stuck in C2L2 - And many many more small fixes

[ 2024-10-03 08:03:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

Release date announcement

Hi everyone!

After many months of hard work we are pround to finally announce release date of Kvark 1.0.

We set it to October 3rd!

Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FNwn3v_dEc

Here are some screenshots:

New gun

New enviroments

What can you look forward to:

4 New levels
3 New enemies
New weapon
Many new interactibles
New posters
New lore
Improved visuals
Better bindings
More supported languages
And much more!
And much more!

We hope you are as exiced as we are for the release. If you want to follow development, we post regular updates on Twitter. If you have anything you would like to share with us you can do so here on Steam or in our Discord.

[ 2024-09-09 21:08:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Small update 0.6.12.59

Hey everyone

This is just a small update to fix some bugs we encountered after release of the second chapter. Thank you to everyone who reported bugs, we couldn't have fixed them so quickly without you.

Changelog:

Fixes:

Weapons are saved correctly when you die after loading from level selector
Added preview to last save machine
Elevator doesnt deal damage now
One secret was made considerably easier
Camera shake plays correctly at the start of the game
Cables should no longer spawn underground
All paintings are displayed correctly
Acid in C2L3 deals damage now
Some buttons are all caps
Improved font of censored text to be more clear
Best time is now correctly displayed
When you shoot Hornk to chest plate, the headshot crosshair is no longer showed
Havi doesnt shoot when dead
Kovodlnks gas tank fire particle does no longer stay in the air
EMP cant be overcharged
Audio - Added missing footsteps for chemik, kovodlnk and hornk
Audio - Turned off gore sound before boss fight
Audio - Music in C2L2 doesnt stop after puzzle save
Audio - C2L1 Music doesnt stop randomly during fights
Audio - Music is saved correctly in C2L1
Music plays correctly in first chapter
Fixed navmesh in C2L3

Balancing:

Faster EMP charging

[ 2024-02-01 21:36:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Chapter 2 out now!

CHAPTER 2 IS OUT NOW!

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Hey everyone! steamhappy

We are finally back with a new chapter. Including plenty of new features and improvements. You can now explore the second chapter with 5 brand-new levels, each offering unique challenges and puzzles. Including many new enemies and weapons.

Full changelog:

5 new levels
4 new enemies
3 new weapons
Reworked AI behaviour
Improved game visuals, like color grading or film grain
Improved perk system. Added new perks for you to unlock
New interactive items
Added statistics system and level selection
Added timer for speedrunners
Improved hud and UI look
All toxic things now glow
New secrets
Expanded lore
Many small bugfixes and tweaks

Chapter three coming soon! If you want to follow our development, we post regular updates on Twitter. If you have anything you would like to share with us you can do so here on steam or in our Discord.

[ 2024-01-25 10:32:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Development News and Update

Hey everyone!

We are back with an update and information about the future development of the game. Let's just start with the important thing: Our original plan was to have 5 chapters in the game. This was also stated in early access description on our steam page. After careful consideration and planning we have decided that we will merge some levels and instead of 5 smaller chapters there will be 3 bigger chapters.

Why?

We originally thought that each chapter would have a different number of levels, so chapter 2 would have 3 levels, chapter 3 would have 4 and so on. But we have realized this is quite confusing and impractical so we are merging everything into 3 chapters each with 5 levels. As it will be easier to manage this you can expect more content with this change.

Where are some dates?

We know that we didn't share any public roadmap with you and now we want to correct that, so this is our plan:

What are those feature updates in between chapters?

We are always working on some cool new features that aren't dependent on release of the next chapter and we would like to release them as soon as they are ready. For example we are now planning to add level selection and speedrun timer. Those features don't need to wait for a next major release.

How is the 2nd chapter going?

We were working hard for the past few months and here are few sneak peeks from the development. Small spoilers ahead!

We've finished first two levels

With many new interactables

And a new enemy

We are also working on a new introduction video for the second chapter

More to come! If you want to follow our development, we post regular development updates on Twitter.

Comunity spotlight

Small comunity of speedrunners emerged organized by goober was able to create category for Kvark on Speedrun.com and we already have some great runs, skips and funny glitches. So if you ever considered speedruning Kvark we encourage you to give it a try.

And finally here is the changelog for the new update:

New features:

Enemies limbs can now be shoot off
You can now interact with lamps and oil cans!
Mutant's projectile will now splash on impact and create more dangerous area around it
Enemies will now try to split when attacking player so they don't go in one line
Fire extinguisher will now start to fly and explode when shot
New and improved animations for rat, chemik, chemik with gun and mutant
Improved saving system, we measured twice as fast loading times in some cases
Pickaxe and spade are now also props
Changed and improved system for switching movement animations
New system for setting parameters on materials, this will optimize enemies, interactibles and more
[audio] Added sound to mutant's goo
[audio] Improved audio in animations
[audio] Heavily optimized all audio features, measured 10% less utilization on CPU
[audio] Added drag audio to props

Balancing:

Decreased damage from enemies on easy difficulty
Increased mutant's goo damage
Players will get a little bit more ammo from pickups on easy difficulty

Bugfixes and tweaks:

Improved lightning
Fixed some stuck spots in level 3
Enemies won't shout if they don't have head
Improved physics on some props
Radio audio no longer gets occluded when shot
Optimized some shaders
Tweaked FOV change intensity when running
HDR setting is now loading correctly
Chemik will drop his gun when killed (just a visual thing)
Step sound has a different volume for each movement state (walk, run and crouch)

[ 2023-09-19 18:54:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hands!

Hey everyone! Last month we were busy working on this new update and we finally adressed the most wanted feature hands! Of course everything is subject to change so if you have any feedback for hands or other feature we would love to hear it on our discord. We also upgraded engine version from Unreal engine 5.0 to 5.1 which greatly improved lightning on moving objects, reflections, physics and much more. We tested improved physics of both versions and you can see difference here:
Here is the full changelog: New features:

Enemy head will explode if you kill them with headshot
Added hands to all weapons and improved animation. Added idle animation
Player will push props around when walking through them
Improved camera shake on all weapons
Added HDR support
Improved fire feedback, player now sees flames when burning
Added highlight on pickup items for better visibility
Added headshot and damage indicator to the crosshair
Reprogrammed the whole weapon system from scratch (you wont notice that, but we did it :D). Its now more robust and modular. This will enable us to create alternative attacks and more.
[audio] Headshot kill now has unique sound
[audio] Overhauled all weapon sound to have stronger feel and fixed mixing
[audio] Wrench attack has more weight upon impact
[audio] Many new impact sounds, destruction sounds and prop sounds - rubber, plastic, metal, wood, cardboard
[audio] Reading device has audio feedback: beeps when not read

Balancing:

Change accuracy of all enemies
Changed damage of some weapons

Bugfixes:

[audio] Infinite loop of shotgun reload sound fixed
[audio] Infinite loop of ladder sound fixed
Many small environment fixes (alignment, levitating props, clipping, etc.)
Physics props will now detach from player if he is too far away, so props should now clip much less
Barrels close together will now consistently trigger each other when exploded
Save machine material fixed
Improved green acid pool in level 4

And what we worked on beside this update? We started by planning whole second chapter, all enemies and new weapons. After everything was planned we started on blockout of first level:

We also worked on new enemy:

More to come! If you want to follow development, we post regular development updates on twitter.

[ 2023-07-27 11:52:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

First update!

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for playing the game! Since we are in early access, we would love to hear your thoughts about the game. If you have any feedback, suggestions, questions, or just want to chat with us, join our Discord. Here is the change log: New features:

Changed how interaction works with props - You now need to press E once to take them and E once to put them down
You can also now throw those props with LMB
All cardboard boxes are now props and can be destroyed
Camera shake of all weapons improved
Shotgun feel improved
Added Discord icon to the main menu
HUD will get more glitched out the lower your HP gets
Added in-game text tutorial at the start of the game
Texts in levels will now show their translation when hovered

Balancing:

Decreased accuracy of all enemies
Drones now start shooting after they spot the player (not right away after spawning)
Shotgun damage increased
Made easy difficulty easier and hard difficulty harder
Increased headshot damage multiplier

Bugfixes:

Improved Chinese localization
Brightness setting is now also affecting main menu
Indicator device is switching to green when pumps are turned on
You can now interact with every interactable actor and also should see their tooltip
Anethium tutorial screen now has correct image
Rat isnt getting stuck on dead enemies
Ladder movement improvements - It is now possible to use W to get of ladder when looking away from it
Player isnt rotating when any key is bound to left or right arrow and pressed
You were able to duplicate N1 Great when picking it up

Bugs we are aware of and are trying to fix them:

Drones get stuck in wall sometimes
Shotgun reload sound is playing infinitely and restart is needed for fix
For some people flicking flashlight on and off frequently crashes the game

And now, community highlights: (kvak is quack in Czech :D)

sent to us by XtramCZ on Discord, thanks! And what are we planning for the next update? As we now have a little time between chapter we want to upgrade to Unreal engine 5.1 for better physics engine and we would also like to move game repository from git to subversion for better teamwork. This won't take long but it will help us to work more efficiently. And then we will of course start to work on the second chapter!

[ 2023-06-14 14:20:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Kvark
Latest Past

Developer

Perun Creative

Publisher

2024-10-03

Release

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Website

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2319390

Steam Store

Congratulations, valued future employee, on your decision to interview for a position of [REDACTED] at Kvark! We commend you on your impeccable decision-making skills, which will reflect positively on your overall assessment. While you wait for your complimentary lunch of dill cream sauce, dumplings, and exactly 110 grams of what is most assuredly a beef sirloin steak, we have prepared a short presentation for you on what you can expect from working at our facility… apart from the sense of pride and accomplishment that you are helping to secure the nation and advance the humankind!

Here at Kvark, we take security very seriously. Our mining, production, and research facilities are guarded 24/7 by highly trained security personnel with access to a wide array of weapons tools to help them deal with any unexpected situations, ranging from riots incited by imperialist infiltrators to [REDACTED]. Rest assured that we take every precaution possible to make sure that these dangerous, double-barreled and even explosive weapons tools do not end up in your wrong hands.

Workplace safety is our utmost priority and we are proud to inform you that it has been [REDACTED] number of days since the last incident of a workplace injury at our facilities. We do our best to contain all dangerous elements we use in our research, including radioactive isotopes. Do your part in helping us keep your place of work safe and report any suspicious substances you find to your overseer. Do NOT attempt to handle them yourself as contact with such substances can have unforeseen consequences for your body.

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We care for the well-being of our employees! Interiors of our facilities were designed to provide necessary sensory stimuli and every work area has been outfitted with machines where you may receive purchase refreshments. Employees are allotted [REDACTED] minutes of break time per day, which they may spend as they see fit. While smoking is not prohibited within our facility, we kindly ask you do so in smoking-designated areas. Keep in mind that smoke breaks will be deducted from your allotted break time.

Afraid of the radiation? You do not have to be! Our large underground facility has been constructed with great care to provide as much shielding and protection as possible, while also keeping the construction costs risks of any radiation leaks and containment breaches to the absolute minimum. You will be pleased to hear that the probability of one such breach event happening is less than [REDACTED] percent at any given time!

Addendum:
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That will be all for the presentation, thank you for your attention and patience. Please do enjoy your complimentary lunch, we will see you very soon at the interview!

Kvark - For the secure nation, for the bright future!

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