Happy 2019! A build is now live on Steam for Windows and Linux! The first update of 2019 brings visual updates and new wildlife to areas of the game.

Animals, Insects and Birds

There's now a plethora of wildlife in Estranged - crabs, moths, birds, rabbits, snails, ants, fish, rats and eels throughout the game. See if you can find them all!

Graphical Improvements

Estranged: Act II now supports ambient occlusion, enabled by default.


This can be disabled in the Advanced Graphics menu (Options > Graphics > Advanced).

Motion blur is now disabled by default to make the game feel a lot snappier.

There is now subtle eye-adaptation in the game, meaning that darker areas get brighter, and brighter areas get darker depending on the current brightness levels.

Development Blog Videos

I published three development blog videos since the last update, covering some of the animal AI and foliage culling!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XImbCvbX_U4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRaZBPhpDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjIatHHLZck

I have a lot more content planned for 2019, so stay tuned to continue the adventures of the fisherman!

If you'd like to provide feedback, you can do so in the comments below, using the in-game feedback, or join https://discord.gg/estranged to chat in person!

Thanks for playing Estranged!
Alan

[ 2019-01-08 21:00:29 CET ] [Original Post]