Peripeteia News

Peripeteia feels like what I'd get if I asked a wasp to describe Deus Ex to me. It has sharp, insectoid qualities. Unwelcoming but oddly comfortable in its rusty soviet Ozymandism. The first sign of sentient life this immersive sim offers me is the greeting of a gasmasked freakdroid as I leave a warehouse. Tinny propaganda songs play from TVs too big to comfortably fit in anyone's car. The warehouse is so huge I thought it was outside until I looked up and there was writing on the sky and I realised it was a roof. I'm still messed up about it, honestly.

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We’re very happy with the steady progress we’ve been making with Peripeteia since we last posted but the rate of public updates has slowed down as we’re polishing up existing levels, mechanics and unbreaking the save system, leaving little that we can show off without spoiling the fun for everyone.
If you’re interested in trying out our “dev complete” super buggy version of the game and help us test it, you can subscribe to our Patreon, as announced in this post/trailer summarizing what’s in store:
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We opt to create these large development updates rather than make separate post for every time we participate in Screenshot Saturday, but we’d like to remind you that you can follow our social media:
The platform formerly known as Twitter YouTube and our YT Community Blue Sky Instagram Facebook Fediverse (you can follow us from Mastodon, Pawoo, Misskey, poa.st and all other federated instances)
You'll gain the added bonus of fanart and reposts from other immersive sims and games with a similar vibe!
Also remember to join the Discord, as it is the best way to reach us, receive updates and interact with the community!

Enemies can smoke and use certain items dynamically now.
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There are many solutions for your problems, at times, it's spiritually an OSHA violation.
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We added more advanced gun attachments and had fun with them, referencing a certain popular action movie. Check out Deep State, which inspired the original twitter post
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We’ve also fully implemented new armor options for Marie.


Marie will be able purchase a Lada in later levels or live up to her people and steal one. Very proud of this addition
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Thank you for playing our demo, following the game and supporting us! Stay tuned for more exciting news!

Wow, what a week! The Steam Next Fest is almost over, thank you EVERYONE that wishlisted the game, played the demo, joined the Discord to leave feedback, commented on the Steam forums, tweeted out screenshots, drew fanart, streamed the game, made videos, took screenshots and attempted speedruns. There’s thousands of you and it’s been both a very humbling and encouraging experience for our team of 3 people and our contributors.

Many of you have noticed: there’s been a lot of updates over the week. We have been applying hotfixes, tweaks and patches daily. We have to admit: the demo you saw on Monday was very buggy, but thanks to your reports and a lot of work, the demo has achieved a level of quality we are close to proud of and hopefully you’ll find enjoyable over the coming months, as we won’t be taking it down. We’re still ironing out bugs and we’ll keep updating it, so please keep telling us your thoughts and sharing insights and suggestions.

For those who played the demo in its broken state and are planning to return to it, here’s a general patchnote:

• Added a clearer description to the Puppeteer implant.
  
• Added new areas to the Tutorial.
  
• Added new quest logs.
  
• Android does not collide with random invisible walls.
  
• Augmentation UI should not cause a continuous sine wave tone.
  
• Consumable items have been fixed.
  
• Fall damage has been lowered.
  
• Fixed flame damage on enemies.
  
• Fixed inventory wipe on save.
  
• Fixed issues with activating implants on load after death.
  
• Fixed issues with inventory items not saving.
  
• Fixed priest conversation.
  
• Fixed the main menu for ultrawide resolutions.
  
• Fixed transparent textures not working with raycasts (e.g. gunshots).
  
• Headshot now work as intended.
  
• Improved reliability of the light meter.
  
• Improved the intended “first time player” tutorial guidance.
  
• Instances of floating magazines removed, they can’t be “stolen” from enemy guns either.
  
• Inventory no longer activates during hacking, neither do you switch to third person.
  
• Issues with loading after death have been addressed.
  
• Items do not appear as “duplicated” inside containers.
  
• Mosin sights have been fixed.
  
• Night vision has been remade.
  
• NPC behavior on load mostly fixed.
  
• Resolved issue with receiving quest items from NPCs after load.
  
• Save menu works reliably.
  
• Snipers should not be sliding around, their laser sights no longer detach from their guns.
  
• The “slide” section works as intended (you survive).
  

Anyone that misses the original demo can still play it on itch.io to compare and contrast.

Thanks again for both encouragement and critique. You make working on Peri worth it.

Rip enemies arms off, bind their flesh to your own. New augments, new genocides, new demo. October 9th for Steam Next fest. Patrons get to try it now (and extremely helpful in inoring out the bugs).
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The featured track is Nostalgia by the wonderful Softxoxo's https://softxoxos.bandcamp.com/track/nostalgia

Things have been hectic on our side, we limited the number of updates on our socials as development carries on. Here's what we've been up to! Remember, if you are craving more frequent updates, our Twitter and Discord are the place to go!

[h3]June 18th: Stars in the Synthetic Sky[/h3]
The projected stars in the synthetic sky... a fitting temple, for the astral Soviet...
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The used track is titles 0451, made for peri by Ruruyousei! Yousei.bandcamp.com


[h3]May 27th: Raindrops[/h3]
The raindrops are simulated, yet so immersive...
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Featuring "why didn't i just stay home" by Joyless: https://joy-less.bandcamp.com/track/why-didnt-i-just-stay-home


[h3]May 14th: LPO-50[/h3]
Flamethrower mechanics in the works!



[h3]June 18th: Blue Morning[/h3]
Blue light seeps into a green city on a foggy morning, it's hard to tell if it's the sun or the moon radiating through the rain.
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Music for this SSS provided from Aineth's newest album, check 'em out here:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3hdFSI9thgzJIjxmzMuk1Q


[h3]April 22nd: Ratical Tech Demo[/h3]
This is a tech demo for our rat and roach based simulation system, capable of supporting thousands of critters at once with little to no performance drop. Available on our patreon! If you're a Kickstarter backer, hit us up on discord to receive access!
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The song is System ST91's Yummy Pills Bad Pills Wrong Pills: https://soundcloud.com/systemst91/turboacid-yummy-pills-bad-pills-wrong-pills


[h3]April 16th: Through the Mirror[/h3]
An experiment into parallax mapping and non-euclidean spaces
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Song is 1912, an unreleased by Lotchek: https://lotchek01.bandcamp.com/ but you can find the mp3 on our Discord ;)