Viscerafest News

• Controllers can now navigate the loadout menu
  
• Can now use the back button on the controller to exit the level settings screen in a hub slipgate rather than needing to hit the button on the UI
  
• C2 U.S.C. key doors now marked with locks
  
• Minor resource balancing tweaks in various Chapter 2 levels
  
• Tweaked Puzzle room battles enemy placements on easier difficulties in C2L2
  
• Tweaked C2L5 Shoot switch puzzle
  
• Tweaked C2L5 escape encounter
  
• Changed the triggers for C2L6's bunny line
  
• Added a touch of cover atop the train in C2L6
  
• Some extra save beacons in C2L6 and C2L7 after/before particularly brutal encounters
  
• C2L6's and C2L7's pacing, item, and enemy placements tweaked to make them slightly less relentless
  
• Shoot switch holding barrel in C2L7 now has a subtle light to it to make it more eye-catching
  
• The standard enemy type version of Chapter 2's first bosses health nerfed from 7000 to 5000
  
• Final boss of Chapter 2 was a little too easy so some minor balancing changes have been made to toughen him up just a bit
  
• Spawnlings, Warhounds, and Drones explosion radius shrunk
  
• Various explosion visuals now better match explosions size
  
• Stalker projectiles now have a limited lifetime and will self destruct after a brief period
  
• Hellbirds movement speed on easier difficulties nerfed
  
• Enforcer projectile speed nerfed
  
• Blitzer projectile speed nerfed
  
• Enemy corpses now subtly flash to indicate you can gib them
  
• Player can now pass through sacrifices
  
• Game will now autosave after cutscenes
  
• Pressing E after dying will almost instantly start the loading process rather than having to wait for the counter
  
• Tweaked railings to mitigate step height issue
  

• Fixed profile issue where despite having beaten Chapter 1 players were unable to access Chapter 2
  
• Fixed various save issues tied to the timing of specific triggered events
  
• Fixed issue with the Chapter 1 boss where if killed whilst doing the AOE attack the summoning circles wouldn't disappear
  
• Fixed weird selection bug with the push platforms in C2L2
  
• Fixed a soft lock-in C2L2 caused by a door being unintentionally closable
  
• Fixed C2L3's Fortune Cookie
  
• Fixed a soft lock-in C2L4 caused by the switches around the puzzle elevators the base for if you fall down not working
  
• Fixed a navmesh issue that caused enemies to walk through glass in C2L4
  
• Fixed the game autosaving in the middle of the first boss fight of Chapter 2
  
• Fixed platforms in C2L5 breaking after loading a save
  
• Fixed pillar platforms in C2L5 infinitely looping audio
  
• Fixed dialogue in C2L5 replaying if using the elevator again upon loading a save
  
• Fixed saves breaking in the train station segment of C2L5
  
• Fixed C2L3 and C2L7's secret armor not triggering the secret on pickup
  
• Fixed bug that caused stun barrels to do way to much damage to the final boss of chapter 2
  
• Fixed issue where punching the final boss of Chapter 2 whilst he was stunned would cause the player's weapons to vanish
  
• Fixed bug where push platforms became unusable after loading a save
  
• Fixed explosions not properly pushing the player like they should
  
• Fixed bug where some explosions would deal double damage to the player
  
• Fixed Spawnlings death sound not playing
  
• Fixed items gravitate component ignoring cracked walls
  
• Fixed issue where the player was unable to lock onto the first boss
  
• Fixed bug where if you entered a level without the last weapon you had equipped in your inventory, your weapons wouldn't work properly
  

Acid Man Games and Fire Plant Games continue building up their retro-styled fast-paced FPS with a major update available.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/sci-fi-fantasy-arena-styled-fps-viscerafest-sees-chapter-2-released

• The entirety of Chapter 2 and its hub containing 7 levels
  
• 8 new enemy types
  
• 2 new weapons
  
• You can now customize your loadout when replaying levels
  
• Hampter
  

• Updated logo
  
• Revised difficulty descriptions
  
• Various enemy, weapon, and UI sprite reworks
  
• Icons for saving, and no save zones
  
• Death has gotten some extra flare with new sounds and visuals along with a counter to tally your demise
  
• Tweaked Chapter 1 ammo placements
  
• Tweaked Item placements in Chapter 1 secrets to prevent players from being able to overstock on resources, completely negating the need to think tactically about how resources are used
  
• Nerfed shotguns because with fixed piercing they were overpowered
  
• Tweaked Quad Shotgun encounter in C1L5
  
• Enemy placements on Nightmare have been nerfed
  
• Tweaked Thunderbirds charge to be more consistent across all difficulties
  
• Buffed Blitzers projectile speed
  
• Zetheran projectile speed nerfed
  
• 8 new sets of difficulty names
  
• Stalker Death effects tweaked
  
• Moved the tutorial options
  
• Gibbed enemies will no longer Re-Gib upon loading a save to help with performance
  
• Blood now despawns overtime to help with performance in some of the more taxing maps
  
• When replaying levels from the hub, the player's health is automatically set to 100
  
• Keys are now themed after the doors of the location that they are used on
  

• When punched, the drone enters an alternate stun state where it drops a stunning field that slows the player and drains their health
  
• Drones now take reduced damage from melee attacks
  
• Explosives now pass through Drone shields
  
• A new weapon has been introduced to directly counter Shielded enemies like the Drones
  
• Drones now drop a custom armor pickup upon death rather than the standard shard
  

• Fixed shotguns projectile piercing
  
• Made minor fix to a single shot in the Chapter 1 end cutscene
  
• Fixed issue where certain interactions caused the players weapons to vanish
  
• Fixed issue where pressing Escape would interact with pause menu buttons
  
• Stalker Homing Projectile impact effects fixed
  
• General Optimization
  
• Various save fixes