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1.6.0 has arrived and along with the usual bounty of streamlining improvements, fixes and tweaks, this update marks the debut of the mysterious and powerful Wanderers.

The Wanderers are Fearless who wish to leave the fog, but need the Engineer's help to do so. When you encounter a Wanderer, you'll have to decide what to do with them. If you let them on the train, they'll bring special abilities with them -- even more powerful than VIP modifiers. The Wanderers' abilities come at a price, however. So, it's time to ask yourself: Just how far are you willing to go to survive the fog? Also in this patch, we've added a number of settings to streamline the game for experienced players. These can be accessed via the new "Gameplay" options menu:

Page turning animations: Enabled by default. When disabled, all books in the game, including the carriage console notebook and manuals, will have their pages turn instantly. This can also provide a performance boost on systems with low-end CPUs.
Faster movement transitions: Disabled by default. When enabled, the crossfade effect when moving around the cabin and jumping between cabin areas will be much shorter. Turning using the keyboard is also significantly quicker.
Sleep immediately on time acceleration: Disabled by default. When enabled, pressing the time acceleration key (normally Tab) or clicking on the clock at the front of the cabin will make the player fall asleep immediately, bypassing the need to move to the bed and wait for the sleep animation to finish.

Everything included in 1.6.0 can be found below:

Added: The Wanderers. Wanderers are Fearless who wish to leave the fog, but need the Engineer's help to do so. Wanderers brought onto the train grant special powers... for a price.
Added: Gameplay options menu. This menu adds the following settings: Disable page turning animations; Faster cabin movement and Instant sleep.
Tweak: It is now possible to select pages in the carriage console notebook using 0-9, with "0" representing the 10th carriage. Pressing the tilde or minus key will select the overview pages.
Added: Ambient sounds when passengers board and alight from the train.
Tweak: Modifier cards provided by passengers now show which carriage that passenger is from.
Tweak: Normal cabin movement / turning is slightly faster.
Fixed: Idle passengers would sometimes not start repairs automatically.
Fixed: Food not being destroyed properly, causing it to reappear in loaded games.
Fixed: An issue with the vignette screen effect.
Fixed: Various issues with letterboxed resolutions resulting in visual garbage.
Fixed: Moving to and from the bed using the keyboard now plays the correct sound effects.
Fixed: Jump keys (F1-F4) being enabled when they shouldn't.
Fixed: Additional workarounds for the lottery phase being skipped after waking up.
Fixed: A workaround for duplicate disappearance reports.
Fixed: An issue with Twitch integration and SSL connections.
Fixed: Twitch integration now uses moderator names in addition to viewers.
Fixed: (Mac OS X) Workarounds to address visual corruption caused by the volumetric lighting effect.
Performance: Small optimisations to book page turning.

It is recommended you start a new game after updating, as saved games may not be compatible between versions.

[ 2016-02-15 02:32:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fear Equation v1.6.0 - The Wanderers

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1.6.0 has arrived and along with the usual bounty of streamlining improvements, fixes and tweaks, this update marks the debut of the mysterious and powerful Wanderers.

Page turning animations: Enabled by default. When disabled, all books in the game, including the carriage console notebook and manuals, will have their pages turn instantly. This can also provide a performance boost on systems with low-end CPUs.
Faster movement transitions: Disabled by default. When enabled, the crossfade effect when moving around the cabin and jumping between cabin areas will be much shorter. Turning using the keyboard is also significantly quicker.
Sleep immediately on time acceleration: Disabled by default. When enabled, pressing the time acceleration key (normally Tab) or clicking on the clock at the front of the cabin will make the player fall asleep immediately, bypassing the need to move to the bed and wait for the sleep animation to finish.

Everything included in 1.6.0 can be found below:

Added: The Wanderers. Wanderers are Fearless who wish to leave the fog, but need the Engineer's help to do so. Wanderers brought onto the train grant special powers... for a price.
Added: Gameplay options menu. This menu adds the following settings: Disable page turning animations; Faster cabin movement and Instant sleep.
Tweak: It is now possible to select pages in the carriage console notebook using 0-9, with "0" representing the 10th carriage. Pressing the tilde or minus key will select the overview pages.
Added: Ambient sounds when passengers board and alight from the train.
Tweak: Modifier cards provided by passengers now show which carriage that passenger is from.
Tweak: Normal cabin movement / turning is slightly faster.
Fixed: Idle passengers would sometimes not start repairs automatically.
Fixed: Food not being destroyed properly, causing it to reappear in loaded games.
Fixed: An issue with the vignette screen effect.
Fixed: Various issues with letterboxed resolutions resulting in visual garbage.
Fixed: Moving to and from the bed using the keyboard now plays the correct sound effects.
Fixed: Jump keys (F1-F4) being enabled when they shouldn't.
Fixed: Additional workarounds for the lottery phase being skipped after waking up.
Fixed: A workaround for duplicate disappearance reports.
Fixed: An issue with Twitch integration and SSL connections.
Fixed: Twitch integration now uses moderator names in addition to viewers.
Fixed: (Mac OS X) Workarounds to address visual corruption caused by the volumetric lighting effect.
Performance: Small optimisations to book page turning.

It is recommended you start a new game after updating, as saved games may not be compatible between versions.

[ 2016-02-15 02:32:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fear Equation

Screwfly Studios Developer

Screwfly Studios Publisher

2016-01-15 Release

Strategy RPG Simulation Singleplayer Tags

Game News Posts: 27

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Mostly Positive (68 reviews)

http://fearequation.com

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The Game includes VR Support

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Fear Equation - Linux [860.59 M]

The world is covered in fog. Most who enter the fog disappear, and those who survive say it brings their nightmares to life.

No-one knows where it came from, but they all have ideas. Some say it's an experiment gone wrong, others believe it's divine judgement. And you? All you know is that the Sun is rumoured to shine just over the horizon.

You are The Engineer. You have designed the perfect system: a train, sealed off from the fog, ready to rescue survivors and take them to salvation.

If only they'd listen...

Fear Equation is a turn-based strategy with rogue-like elements where you must take control of a modified freight train in an end-of-the-world scenario. The landscape has been overrun by a thick, deadly fog that manifests the nightmares of those inside it. Your survival depends on tactical planning and careful resource management.

As the Engineer, you'll need to rescue survivors, analyse their dreams and build defenses to protect them from their own imaginations. Complicating matters, passengers have their own theories as to how the fog was created and will form inter-carriage factions based on their beliefs.

Every game is unique and you can customise your Engineer to dramatically change how the game is played.

Your passengers bring their nightmares with them. When the fog attacks, it will make their worst fears come alive. Read your passengers’ dream logs to help prepare defenses.

The train needs resources and there's only one way to get them: send your passengers back out into the fog. Listen to radio broadcasts for hints and equip your scavengers well. But don’t stay too long because they’ll disappear into the fog.

Passengers will group into four factions based on where they think the fog came from. Different factions are associated with different nightmares, skills and concerns. You’ll need to maximise their talents, handle their disputes and meet their needs.

Create your own Engineer with special modifiers - both good and bad - that determine your individual train's starting conditions, overall difficulty and the different courses the game can take. Personalise your Engineer further by importing photos of yourself (or others) for use with your character.

Populate your train with passengers of your own design using the custom passenger creator. Name, vital statistics, occupation, factional tendencies and influence can all be modified. As with Engineer customisation, you can import photos from outside the game to give each passenger a life of their own.

Explore a richly detailed 3D cabin and interact with computers, train controls, maps and consoles. All interaction points feature an in-game manual so you’ll never get lost.

With squabbling passengers, limited resources and wandering foes including the cult-like "Fearless" and powerful military, the fog might be the least of your concerns...

About Screwfly Studios

We're a two-man developer based in Australia, dedicated to creating deep, innovative strategy games for PC. Fear Equation is Screwfly's third title; its previous games Zafehouse: Diaries and Deadnaut are also available on Steam.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04
Processor: Intel Core 2 DuoMemory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Mid-to-high performance NVIDIA or AMD graphics card with 1GB RAM
Storage: 950 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Other Linux distributions should work. however they are not officially supported.

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