1. Alien Dawn
  2. News

Alien Dawn News

ALIEN DAWN - Update 16

Hello!

🏠 Home Screen 🏠

A focus of this update has been on revising the opening Home Level of the start of the game.

Instead of the Cabin it's now the Old Brick Mansion, and time was invested in adding higher quality models, along with more Physics and Player Interactions to this level.

There's still more to be done on the Start Scene Home Level, but it shows a step in the right direction to improving the graphics and game play interactions in the game.

🏆 Achievements 🏆

We've added Achievements to this version, with the plan for future versions to have the achievements unlock Modifiers for the various game modes. This new stat system also saves your progress to your Steam account, so your stats will now travel with you to different devices. Moving to this new stat system will reset any locally saved stats you currently have in the game.

*Working on adding Leadersboards to this soon*

🎥 A.I. Camera (Alpha) 🎥

Anyone that has been following ALIEN DAWN knows about the new type of Spectator Camera we've been developing to create movie like stories out of your game play. Previously this was only available on our official VoyagerVR server, but you can now experiment with it as a VR player on your own computer.

🔻 In addition to the updates mentioned above, here are several gifs of some new game play 🔻

[h3]More Attention to Physics Actors[/h3]
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
[h3]New Focus of Player Interactions[/h3]
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
[h3]Attachments - First Scope[/h3]
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

-Xtian

9/20/2022 (Early Access) v1.16

Added Steam Achievements (10)
Added Player Stats to Main Menu

Added New Weapon - Sniper Rifle with Scope

Enabled A.I. Camera for VR Players
A.I. Camera now cuts to what the Player is shooting at
A.I. Camera now cuts to NPCs or Players on Death
Smoothed first person perspective of Player with A.I. Camera

Added New Sounds to Physics Objects
Added New Particle FX to some Surfaces

Glass Physics Objects now Fracture when thrown
Desktop Players can now Push Physics Objects
VR and Desktop Video Settings now save to separate files
Mothership now leaves randomly during Escape
Redesigned Opening Level House Home
Increased Distance Soldiers can See Player

Fixed Grabbing Mag out of Weapon with both Trigger and Grip
Fixed Crates disappearing sometimes when Exploding
Fixed Iron Sights on KA74

Alien Dawn - Update 15

After watching many streamers, getting feedback on the forums and reading many reviews we decided to focus on 3 things in this update.

1. Performance

Performance is the first priority when it comes to VR. One of the most difficult things to do is an open world with hundreds of thousands of individual objects, in particular with multiplayer.

Version 15 of Alien Dawn pays specific interest to optimization and should solve many of the performance issues hindering the game, in particular frame drops that happen the longer you play, and in multiplayer.

2. Gameplay

An actual tutorial has been something we've thought was important since we released the game in Early Access in October of 2021, but there were other factors that needed to be addressed first.

In addition to teaching new players the idiosyncrasies of the Alien Dawn controls, it also demonstrates SOME of the graphic fidelity we will able to achieve as we optimize the game more because the tutorial is constrained inside of a smaller world.

3. Graphics

Graphics are improved in this version, but see #1 and #2. We also did a lot of general cleanup of the main menu and settings options to make things a bit easier to read and adjust.

-------------------------------------------------------------

There's a lot more we want to do for the next update, but Jes and I thought these improvements were important to release ASAP for player's familiar with and new to the game.

Xtian

THANK YOU to everyone who has taken their time to leave a review of Alien Dawn.

8/22/2022 (Early Access) v1.15

Added Tutorial for VR and Desktop Modes

Added updated version of Escape Map 2
Added Proxy Meshes to view Shacks at long distances in VR

Added Splash Screen for VR when loading new Level
Added Screen Space Reflections to Weapons and other Items
Added Dust Mote Particles
Added TedSan Easter Egg

Melee Weapons now break when used multiple times
Revised “Never Hold Items” Grip option for VR
Revised Vehicle Interaction Buttons on Desktop & Gamepad
Cleaned up all game menus
Cleaned up many Actor Blueprints
Reduced Food consumption speed
Zombie Aliens now Attack even IF Alien Master is Dead

Enabled RHI Thread for improved Frame Times
Resolved Tick Enabled on Multiple Components Turning Off
More World Actors shut off when leaving Open World Areas for Better Performance

Fixed proxy textures on Ruined House 2
Fixed interiors for Mothership attack on Cabin 1 and House 6
Fixed Punching when still Gripping Item
Fixed “Never Hold Items” Grip option IF on for Desktop

Alien Dawn | v1.14b (HotFix)

8/6/2022 (Hot Fix) v1.14b

Quest and HP Reverb G2 Bug Fixes

Alien Dawn - Update 14 | Steam Survival Fest!!!

Welcome to the Steam Survival Fest!


We've got a new update in honor of the Survival Fest that includes new content, performance enhancements, new features and 1 new mode.

The new Survival Mode is the result of us implementing a save game feature for the player and all of their inventory and vehicles. The save game feature has been requested by many people, and is also helpful to us for development. The Survival Mode also allows us to implement features that have been programmed into the game, but didn't fit into the Escape Mode, like the flyable helicopters you can find at the Radio Towers.

Our primary focus will still be making the Escape Mode the best it can be, but all improvements to the game will benefit each mode because it gives us additional options to test under. As an example, before there was ever an Escape Mode, we programmed a sample PVP mode to get some of the gameplay and multiplayer code improved. The same will go for the Survival Mode and save system. It's something new for players to do and will help us develop the game as a whole.

Speaking of the PVP Mode, it's been in the game for sometime, but now it's actually selectable from the Main Menu again. I hope people give it a try.

And finally... "We have the mini wini! A part of the American tradition, and today on the cutting edge of design and function in a Class C MotorHome... Do you believe any of that $#^T?"

Video contains strong language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWUWPx2VeQ

I've been wanting to add a vehicle like this to the game forever, and it's super fun to drive around.

Xtian

8/1/2022 (Early Access) v1.14

+ Added new Vehicle “RV”
+ Added Alpha version of Save Game System with test Survival Mode
+ Added PVP Mode to Main Menu

+ Re-Added Semi Trucks back into Open World Map

+ Revised Loading Splash Screen
+ Revised Server Browser Name Hosting options

+ Fixed various Vehicles Spawns not Spawning
+ Fixed Scoreboard position in PVP
+ Fixed Helicopter door closing all the way
+ Fixed NPC Items going to above floor in Houses
+ Fixed Shack Loot Spawns

+ Performance Improvements

Update Video / v11-13 - New Free Test Demo!

Hi All!

We've got some nice updates for you today with our new devlog covering versions 11 through 13 as well as our new Free Test Demo.

We decided to release a Free Test Demo so that everyone is able to test their VR hardware to check for compatibility and performance before purchasing Alien Dawn, and confirm that their VR controller and gameplay preferences are supported​.

We want anyone interested in this game to be happy with their purchase.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

There are also several new updates below in today's HotFix.

6/30/2022 (HotFix) v1.13c

+ Added Free Test Demo to Store Page
+ Cleaned up Opening Message Screen
+ Fixed bug where Map 2 would not start sometimes
+ Fixed bug on Map 2 when loading map will now start with a black screen
+ Fixed Shack placements
+ Fixed Pitch limit on Player Camera | Desktop