Summary: Sharper AI, new electric puzzle, visual upgrades, improved onboarding, environment overhaul incoming, and major December systems update. This is a large monthly patch with even bigger updates on the way.

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Enemy AI Now Fully Dangerous

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Functional Attacks

Enemies now reliably attack players as soon as they have a valid target and are in range.

Encounters now carry real threat stealth and movement choices matter more.

Improved Behavior Logic

Hunt Chase Search transitions refined for smarter, more responsive AI decision making.

Chases feel more cinematic, more intense, and less RNG-driven.

Animation & Blend Fixes

Improved attack animations, removed micro-stutters, and smoothed blend spaces.

Enhances immersion and helps players read enemy intent and timing.

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New Puzzle Electric Switch Challenge

\nTurn switches on/off in the correct sequence to move two mechanical dials into the sweet spot. \nIts dynamic, cooperative, and can be abruptly interrupted by enemy activity.\n\n[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/44472180/2a2729ed22356491abffa88f1271410149cdf29d.gif\"][/img]

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• Mechanic: Each switch modifies one or both dials. Align both dials within the highlighted range to complete the puzzle.

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• Teamplay: Meant for communication-heavy runs players call out values, timing, and alignment.

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• Tension: Enemy proximity, hazards, and timing pressure can disrupt progress, forcing you to reset or re-coordinate.

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• Replayability: Switch effects, values, and dial behaviors vary per run for procedural difficulty.

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Voice Chat Improvements

• Toggleable Voice Chat Accessible via settings or quick menu for immediate control.

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• Voice Activity Indicator Displays who is speaking during gameplay for better coordination.

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• Privacy & UX Focus Default voice chat remains off for players who prefer silence or text-only play.

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Visual & Environmental Upgrades

• Polished materials and props across multiple rooms and corridors.

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• Updated lighting passes with deeper shadows, cooler tones, and enhanced readability of interactables.

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• Improved post-processing: subtle grain, bloom tuning, and color grading adjustments.

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• New decorative assets to improve immersion and room-to-room variation.

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Better Player Onboarding

A new User Widget Guide appears the first time a player loads into a map.

• Explains core controls, objective basics, pinging, and puzzle interaction rules.

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• Does not auto-close you dismiss it manually.

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• Available later from the pause menu if you need a refresher.

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Progression System In Development

\nFoundational backend systems for leveling, XP tracking, and reward progression have been added. \nNo full UI yet those arrive in the next major update.\n

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Additional Improvements

• Ambient Sound Logic Updated: Cleaner transitions between default proximity chase themes with randomized transition lengths.

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• Menu Sound System Improved: Ambient loops rotate smoothly; random one-shot sounds added to improve atmosphere.

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• World Generator Optimization: Cleaner modular generation code, faster room validation, and better performance.

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• Networking Stability: Reduced client desync, improved movement replication, and smoother lobby transitions.

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Fixes & Stability

• Resolved multiple movement desync issues across clients.

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• Fixed lighting flicker in some dark rooms.

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• Improved AI pathfinding performance and room-transition stability.

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• Fixed rare crash when joining a lobby during environment loading.

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• Tons of minor QoL tuning across interactions, UI, sound, and world generation.

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Known Issues / Coming Next

• Environment Issues (Big One): Some rooms/modules do not align correctly visible gaps, misplacements, incorrect snapping, and floating/overlapping meshes.\nThese will be fixed in the next small patch. Coding first; modeling and alignment pass next.

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• Slow Game Closing: Exiting the game may take longer than expected.\nCaused by the early save-system writing player progress on shutdown.\nFull rewrite for December major patch.

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• Electric Puzzle Spawn Locations: In the next small patch, more spawning locations for the Electric Switch Puzzle will be added across maps for better variety and replayability.

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• New Puzzles Coming: Fusebox puzzle and Generator puzzle coming soon.

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• More Sound System Refinements: Dynamic monster sounds, proximity layers, and persistent/non-persistent ambient pools are still being polished.

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• Next Major Update (Next Month): More AI depth, more environmental content, more puzzles, and new gameplay systems.

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• Leveling System Expansion: UI, unlocks, and progression rewards are coming soon.

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• Hotfixes: Smaller patches will roll out as bugs are confirmed and addressed.

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Patch Notes (0.5)

• Enemy AI now properly attacks and transitions between states.

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• Added Electric Switch Puzzle with dual-dial mechanics.

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• Voice chat toggle added with speaking indicator.

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• Improved visuals, more props, better lighting.

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• New User Widget Guide for first-time players.

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• Progression system backend implemented.

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• Added more Electric Puzzle spawn points coming next patch.

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• General performance + stability improvements.

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Thank You

\nYour feedback drives the development of Blood Moon Horror. \nMore scares, more content, and more surprises are coming. \nStay with us the next months will be huge.\n

[ 2025-11-21 10:55:11 CET ] [Original Post]