Happy festive season to all pammies and unpaid crisis management interns!

We managed to stack up quite a to-do list after Gamescom earlier this year thanks to all of the feedback, since then we've been keeping busy in building both new content and working through our bug list. Although we've still got a few things that we're still working on, we're excited to share the stuff we've got ready - including three new levels and a new tool, the Wrecking Ball! Here's hoping you'll enjoy and thanks again to everyone for all the feedback over the year. Wishing you all a productive and efficient festive season!

Seasons Greetings from all of the MobiusCode Team

Panic Mode Update 0.3.12.0

(Released on 21.12.22)

New Stuff

* Three new properties need evacuation protocols, including a festive one * Wrecking Ball tool - for more precise wanton destruction * Smoke Pipe - Broken black industrial pipes now emit smoke * Snow Pammy - Warning: melts very easily

Changes

* Reintroduced air purifier item * Tweaked pammy speed and 'fast forward'

UI/UX-Changes

* Items placed by the player are now highlighted while placing additional items or using the eraser * Arrows are now on top of directional items * New UI icons and replacement ones for the Toolbar

Bug-Fixes

* Bomberator fixes * Fixed issues with long loading times introduced in last patch * Fixed pammy behaviour causing them to be a bit too stupid at times; even by their standards.

[ 2022-12-21 17:36:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Panic Mode Update 0.2.10.0

(Released on 09.09.22)

UI/UX-Changes

* More complete Credits - Sorry it took so long, but everyone should be in there now.

Bug-Fixes

* Fixed Pammy navigation inconsistencies when using fast forward * Fixed smaller level inconsistencies Thanks for everyone that visited us at the Gamescom! We are still in processing all of the great feedback and suggestions we have gathered during it, keep an eye on our discord server for further announcements.

[ 2022-09-09 14:51:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Panic Mode is exhibiting at the Indie Area at gamescom in Cologne this year. It's been fantastic to see people in person and naturally our to-do list is filling up with feedback and suggestions. To celebrate all the input and feedback, Panic Mode is now discounted at 70% until gamescom is over! If you're in the area be sure to stop by and say hi to the team, we'd love to hear from you!

[ 2022-08-24 00:09:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

Thanks to everyone for the feedback since the bigger update this summer! In the spirit of making more frequent smaller updates going forward, here's a few things we've been working on. ----------------------------

Panic Mode Update 0.2.9.0

(Released on 12.08.22)

General-Changes

* Destruction feature Alerts & alarms (Speaker & Smoke Alarm) now propagate through destroyed walls * Smaller Bugfixes

UI/UX-Changes

* Menu exit through click - clicking outside of the menu closes it * Visual Alerts - a fancy new overlay now visualizes alarm behaviour

Level-Changes

* Minor Visual adjustments to some levels * Two awesome new levels - try them out! ---------------------------- There's still a whole backlog of things to work on, if you'd like to help prioritise what we work on next join us on Discord where you'll find a link to where tickets are voted on. Also, anyone attending Devcom and/or Gamescom this year, do stop by! More details on where you can visit us in our next update and on our Discord. Cheers!

[ 2022-08-12 18:39:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

[previewyoutube=87ahgnHjmNk;full][/previewyoutube] Human interns have requested significant changes to the Pampermpel Safety System.exe software, the corporate issued remote login application that allows earthlings to build safety protocols to save employees on another planet - find below some changes: -More properties have been built and require evacuation protocols (new levels, like) - Initial safety management training has been improved (revised tutorial) - Pampermpel Industries now produces new consumer products and resources:

• Explosives
• Freezeables
• Recyclable (burnable) trash
• and many more!

- Corporate supervisors have been upgraded with a nearly noticeable amount of empathy - The city and districts have grown with only minor pollution to the environment The home screen now shows a clearer world map Properties include some surrounding decoration based on the district - Pammy workers have received new training, including having a better understanding of what fire is and slightly fewer erratic behaviours - Camera controls have been totally revised - The software has received some input upgrades

• You can now submit reports and suggestions directly
• Help texts are now available
• More tasks will be asked of you at properties
• Item descriptions now available on the toolbar
• Buttons are shinier
• Who needs payment after completing your work when you have confetti?
• Pammy names and health are now clearer
• The software is now more compatible with different hardware

[ 2022-06-22 19:49:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

[previewyoutube=87ahgnHjmNk;full][/previewyoutube] There seems to be an incoming transmission from Pampermpel Industries! keep in mind there tends to be about 48 hours of interplanetary delay given the proximity of their planet to Earth. Or, less cryptically, a new update for the game is set to release this week watch this space!

[ 2022-06-21 18:52:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Its been a while since our last update and were excited to talk a bit more about what were working on - here's what we have in store for you for one of the upcoming updates:
Interior walls and objects (and pammies) will soon be able to get exploded by certain items. Who needs to strategically plan escape routes when you can blast open a few walls?

Crisis employees will soon be able to zoom, rotate, and pan to get a better look at the situations.
Confused about which item does what thing, about how to reset items, or about existence in general? Were working on answering some of those questions with a totally new tutorial.
Also in the works is a cool new element - Ice forms when water freezes (who knew?) causing blocked paths or stopping Pammies in their tracks.

Theres a world of difference (sorry) between our old and upcoming world maps:

Shinier buttons and colours, highlighting things, and some general refinements are also on the way.
Were making use of the new mechanics to develop new accident-prone situations.
Upcoming improvements to the game's aesthetic include new room decor and outfits along with some improvements to the heat vision and such.

Whats that? Who knows. In any case this is apparently a very handy thing to do to prepare ourselves for future goals like enhancing objective progression or potentially a level editor.
We've had a list of things to tidy up that hopefully won't grow too big during the next phases of testing.
We'll roll out some of the updates in late January pending tester feedback. Finally a big thanks for the support and feedback throughout the development so far, the feedback from our earliest builds right through to recent playtests has helped us make much better decisions during task planning which will hopefully result in a much better experience. If youre interested in becoming a beta tester or to let us know your feedback we'd love to hear your from you on our discord here: Panic Mode Discord

[ 2021-12-10 15:09:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Panic Mode - Update 0.2.0.3

General-Changes:

• Added a new splash screen
• A new heat filter to observe the elements behavior
• Pammies are properly clickable in all situations now (try it)
• Health-Bars work as intended now
• Ambient Occlusion setting working again (requires level reload)
• Scrolling text does not jump around anymore

Level-Changes:

• Improved outdoors look
• Fixed some cases of objectives not completing

Item-Changes:

• Sprueschutz animation fixes

We have more gameplay related changes in the pipeline, keep an eye on our social media channels to not miss them.

[ 2021-08-25 14:32:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Panic Mode - Update 0.2.0.4

General-Changes:

• Fixed Health Bar and changed it to new UI Look
• Fixed pammy hover getting obscured
• Fixed jumping text issue
• Fixed Sprueschutz Animation Bug

[ 2021-07-17 13:16:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Panic Mode - Update 0.2.0.3

General-Changes:

• Some UI upgrades (more pending)
• Fixed ambient oclusion (game looks pretty again)

Level-Changes:

• Pamperumpel Water level revision - objectives, space, easier to understand
• Pamperumpel Smoke/barrel level revision - better tutorial, room adjustments, objective fix
• Reduced pammy zig-zagging in some cases
• Updated cosmetics for some levels

Item-Changes:

• Upgrades to SpruSr and SpruJr
• Replaced deioniser with Air Purifier

[ 2021-07-14 16:57:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

We noticed that for some players some walls looked like they were made of aluminum foil. This was due to a faulty texture and was now corrected.

[ 2021-07-10 07:45:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings employees of Pampermpel Industries,
Thanks for taking a look at our game - the feedback we've received so far has helped refine the direction. We know what we're showing is very, very early although based on the success of the feedback thus far we've decided to open the project up to community earlier than originally planned. The major points we're taking on board before the Early Access Alpha is that the difficulty needs to be higher and a few UI tweaks - do let us know your feedback or ideas either in the survey or below!
We're approaching the finish line in preparing our Early Access Alpha version (July 9), which we hope will give a better feeling for what the game is about at the moment rather than the more technical/gameplay oriented demo. The improvements between the demo version and the early access version are as follows:

• First biome - Pampermpel's City
• 10 levels
• Elements: Fire, Water, Smoke
• Pammies and Pammy variations
• Objectives within levels
• Updated level select
• Upgraded UI - planning phase
• Improved tutorials for first-time users
• Improved UI for demonstrating the level's hazard
• Pamperumpel employee rankwill improve based on performance
• 5-7 placable crisis tool items (for now!)

_________________________________________________________
We have had a bunch of ideas that had to be put aside to stick to our scope though should we secure the means to continue, here's a rough look at what would be to come from alpha to a full release:

Destruction

Obliterating walls to create paths for Pammies - not the safest option!

Wiring

Linking up items based on signals and available electricity

Utilities

Allowing the player the ability to control the water and air in an office building

New Elements

After fire/smoke and water, we're planning to introduce electricity and a mouldy mushroom element that causes the Pammies to zombify

Level Creator

By popular demand the level creator has made its way into the roadmap before our previously planned biomes. We'd love to develop something to enable a sandbox mode

Pammy Behaviour Upgrades

More smart yet more stupid. We'd love to explore the interactions between Pammies, work routines, variations of their decision making, and more item and elemental interactions.

Revised Economy

Rethinking how a player could earn items and adding extra dimensions to what happens to the Pammies after they've been saved

New Biomes

What other parts of this planet might the Pammies be inhabiting - we're interested in exploring new hazards that impact every level in a series and the corresponding items to counter them

More Levels

A wider variety of levels with more difficulty - approximately 10-15 per biome

More Lore & Prettier Things

The different biomes and level surroundings would get upgraded and lots more decorative items added to the game.
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If you'd like to give us any feedback or thoughts do visit our discord or drop us a comment below - Likewise here's an anonymous survey. We're looking forward to see what you all think! Thank you for your continued loyalty, Pamperumpel Industries Employee#25

[ 2021-07-07 09:43:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings potential Pampermpel Industries employees! Watch the dev team broadcast the journey that Panic Mode as a project has taken this far - featuring the lead developer Ilja Immler, lead artist and 3D modeler Jaroslaw Sokolowski, UI & graphic designer Stuart Scargill, and our sound & music designer Olli Oja. See how the elements of the game were created and check out some sneak preview footage of Panic Mode June 21th at 9pm (CEST)

[ 2021-06-21 17:41:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings potential Pampermpel Industries employees! Watch the dev team broadcast the journey that Panic Mode as a project has taken this far. See how the game evolved and how levels get made on this live stream - questions are welcome during the stream through the chat! June 18th at 9pm (CEST)

[ 2021-06-17 13:21:48 CET ] [ Original post ]