Aighty! So we have a lot to talk about with this coming update but I wanted to kick things off on a slightly more fun note. If you follow us on social media (which if you don't you totally should) this won't be anything new to you, however, I know not everyone does. But last week we unveiled a small teaser for Viscerafest's final chapter via its Lil promo image, and we thought we might give you guys who may have missed it a peak!
Development on the game's final chapter is kicking off now and as time rolls on we'll be giving you more Lil insider peaks here and there. But it's time to focus on the here and now because we've got a patch to get to! And boy is it a doozy...

The "I May Have Gone A Bit Too Far In Some Places" Patch

So over the course of time since Viscerafest chapter 2 was released I've had the chance to sit down and observe some folks run through the new content. Hearing their thoughts, watching them play, and just generally taking mental notes as I evaluate what needs to be fixed tweaked, or change. Over the course of me doing this, it ultimately brought to light a fact I'd had a hunch on but was not fully sure about. That of course being Viscerafest chapter 2 was just a bit too hard. You see the way the game was supposed to be paced as follows. Each chapter would escalate throughout the course of its run time, getting harder and harder throughout until it ended, as one would expect. But when the chapter after rolls around the idea was the chapter would open by scaling things back to about the midway point of the prior chapter. This was going to be done for 2 reasons.

Give players a bit of breathing room in the hopes of preventing the experience from becoming exhausting.
Prevent the game's consistent escalation from reaching a critical mass where it becomes so torturously hard partway through that nothing after that point could surpass it outside of being unrelentingly cruel.

So in essence, C2l1 was supposed to be as hard as C1l4, which it is very much not, and as a consequence, the consistent escalation seen thereafter impacts the rest of the chapter resulting in the game getting a bit harder a Lil faster than I intended. As a result, this patch's aim is to scale things back to where they were supposed to be as well as address various other balancing and gameplay-related issues. Now it's worth noting, not every inch of every level has been altered, some fights and encounters have remained the same, but for the most part, a fair chunk of the levels encounters have been completely reworked and the chapter's pacing as a whole has been changed for what I believe to be the better. Tbh this is an issue I can't fully go into here. Most players are just reading this to get to the patch notes, it's not really the time or place for a deep design discussion. So if any of the changes or tweaks leave you feeling perplexed or worried, please feel free to post your thoughts in the steam forums, OR more preferably hop over to our discord! Which I will be including in a link below. But enough talk! Here are your patch notes!

Patch 0.9.1.0

Tweaks:

Stalkers HP nerfed
Stalkers homing projectiles now have looser homing
Arachnospud's HP nerfed
Arachnospud's homing projectiles now have looser homing
Nomad's hitscan attack damage output tweaked
Nomad Priest's speed buffed
Nomad Priests' aim nerfed
Hellbird's speed nerfed on harder difficulties
Hellbirds will now be vulnerable for longer after they attack
Spawnlings will now wait longer between jumps
Mecha scientists now wait longer to begin attacking
Chapter 1 final bosses projectile spew damage nerfed
Chapter 2 final bosses homing missiles now have looser homing
Enemy and item placement tweaked in C1l3 and C1l4
Enemy and item placement tweaked across all chapter 2 levels
C2L6's level geometry tweaked to allow enemies free access to other parts of the level
Warhound's initial blast radius slightly reduced

Fixes:

Fixed bug where Chapter 2's final boss would shoot one last cheeky projectile between phases
Fixed level/teleport transitions breaking due to fixed fades
Fixed bug that allowed the chapter 1 boss to be damageable via melee during its intro
Fixed train outdoor ambient sections that were playing indoor sounds
Fixed platform in C2L5 infinitely looping sounds

Discord: https://discord.gg/E2pUkxe

[ 2022-04-08 14:19:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Viscerafest
Acid Man Games

Developer

1C Entertainment

Publisher

2021-05-20

Release

Indie Singleplayer EA

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THE STORY

The year is 3796, and you are Caroline. A bloodthirsty, psychopathic mercenary who wants nothing more than to marry her wonderful boyfriend Athens Fetter. Problem is money's tight, and rings aren't exactly cheap. But thankfully there may be hope for her yet, as a warlock named Cromune has acquired a rather hefty bounty on his head. He's being accompanied by a small fraction of the U.S.C. (The United Scientific Conglomerate) Lead by Dr Mortice. Which means he's got a small army defending him. But what's an army to someone who's taken on a legion? What're a few hundred soldiers to death incarnate? Nothing but a slaughter... Nay... A viscerafest.

The Early Access version includes an introductory prelude level, the game’s main and chapter 1 hubs, and the entirety of the first chapter with 7 levels to play through. It also features 8 of the enemies, and 6 (out of total 9) of the game’s weapons. The second chapter is planned to be added down the line during the Early Access period. The hub's primary features together with the third chapter are planned for the game’s full launch.

KEY FEATURES

Navigate nonlinear hand-crafted levels, stuffed to the brim with secrets, using key cards, completing puzzles and various objectives to progress. Set across a wide variety of locations, from a space station above the earth, to a realm beyond our reality.

Wield 9 unique and powerful weapons, from staples of the genre like the bunker buster double-barreled shotgun, to the more unique and offbeat, such as the Pung Cannon.

Slaughter over 2 dozen different enemy types, from the minor grunts who make up the U.S.C's forces, to monsters beyond your ability to comprehend such as The Soul Hunters. New enemy types are introduced every level, each compounding the challenges you'll face with a variety of attacks and behaviors.

Juggle your resources, as you fight to stay alive, constantly balancing your use of ammo, health, and armor.

Move at the speed of light, chaining bunny hopping and dashing together to move at speeds no man would dream of, and with your overbearing air control, dance around projectiles like no other.

Collect tons of goodies to unlock items such as Cypher keys, and level modifiers to spice up your playthroughs.

MINIMAL SETUPProcessor: Intel Pentium i3Memory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTS 450
Storage: 2 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPProcessor: Intel Pentium i5-4440Memory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 660
Storage: 2 GB available space

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