A new build is now live for Windows with the following additions (Mac will follow in a few days). These features will all be improved over the next few updates.

Update News & Changelog

To make it easier to follow updates on Estranged, I have added a news page when you open the game showing the Steam news and the latest build, and a changelog section:
The changelog section is a very raw view into the development on Act II, and lists all commits and all builds pushed to Steam so you can see what each incremental update contains. In future updates this will be extended to track public JIRA issues, so players can see which bugs are fixed, and which are outstanding.

Experimental Stamina

Stamina is now an experimental resource in Estranged Act II as it was in Act I, making is so sprinting is no longer unlimited. Under the hood this uses a new "resource" component, which is now also tracking flashlight power and health. An oxygen resource is planned, so it is not possible to stay underwater for long periods of time without surfacing (also a mechanic used in Act I).

Movement Key Rebinding

Some users have reported that it has not been possible for them to play Act II without support for rebinding the movement keys. For folks with AZERTY keyboards it is not comfortable to play with the default layout. Last week we received in-game feedback from a user with this problem, so I spent the evening making it possible to re-bind the movement keys in addition to the other action keys. If there are any other critical features you'd like to see, we are always reading the forums, the in-game feedback and comments. Alan

[ 2017-06-01 22:57:08 CET ] [ Original post ]