Temporal Purge: Z News

- Added new language select option to the main menu (previously the language required changing in the Steam client before launching the game.

Firstly, a huge thank you to anyone who has bought and supported our little indie game, we appreciate it so much.

We've cooked up a big update for you all, it's an early access game after all, so please look forward to more updates in the future!

[h2]Notable changes:[/h2]

• New music!
  
• New hard difficulty option for each map!
  
• New weapon, the APS submachine gun!
  
• Level cap increased from 10 to 20!
  
• New achievements!
  

[h2]Finally, some music![/h2]

• Music has been added to each map, listen to some bangers as you lay waste to the army of zombies!
  
• Each map has an interactable boombox in the starting area, so you can enable and disable the music as you please easily during gameplay
  
• The songs will get more intense during later waves to help ramp up the tension, we hope you enjoy!
  

[h2]New Weapon! - APS Submachine Gun[/h2]

The APS is a brand new submachine gun we've added to the game today.

• Easy to control and high damage compared to other SMGs.
  
• It's quite rare, try your luck and get it from the vending machine or mystery box on any map.
  

[h2]New difficulty option, test your skills on the Hard difficulty![/h2]

• A new Hard mode difficulty option has been added to each map
  
• You can select it from the map select screen on the spaceship
  
• Separate leaderboards for hard difficulty on each map
  
• Zombies will rush you down relentlessly, and you'll take damage faster, have you got what it takes?
  

[h2]Various bug fixes, balance tweaks, and other changes![/h2]
Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a lighting issue on Trailer Park which made the shadows/dark areas appear to be striped
  
• Fixed a bug with the hit sound effect being played too many times while shooting zombies with shotguns
  
• Tweaked the footstep sounds to prevent audio overlapping/glitching when there are many zombies active at the same time
  
• Fixed a UI overlap bug on the skin select screen in the loadout menu
  

Gameplay Changes:

• Starting cash increased from 0 to 500
  
• Level cap increased from 10 to 20
  
• Added new Steam Achievements
  
• Replaced the music on the main menu
  

Balance Changes:

• Reduced damage for the Eradicator, and it's upgraded variant
  
• Viper SMG damage reduced, increased the damage of the upgraded variant
  
• Viper SMG spread/recoil reduced
  
• PM-334 pistol upgraded variant damage increased
  
• Halved the amount of time required to collect the power source rocks, and the time required to activate the weapon upgrade machine
  

Temporal Purge: Z launches into early access 1 week from now, it's probably already released by the time you're reading this! Check out the new launch trailer below:

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Will there be more updates soon?
Yes of course, the game is in early access so it's not finished just yet. Our future updates will depend on the feedback we recieve, so please share any thoughts you have if you decide to check out the game. You can share your feedback on the Steam discussions, or join our Discord server.



Where is the multiplayer?
There is no online multiplayer in the game right now, the game was not designed with online multiplayer in mind. If this is a feature you would like to see, please let us know! We cannot promise it will be implemented, but your feedback will certainly help.



High Score Leaderboards
We will be resetting the pre-release leaderboards, but keep an eye out for a special mention in-game for those who held the high scores.



Thanks again for reading this and supporting our little indie game! We really appreciate your feedback, and please leave a review if you enjoyed the game, it helps us a lot.

[h3]Project Outbreak is now "Temporal Purge: Z"![/h3]
The name has changed, the game has too! Check out the updated free demo just in time for Steam FPS Fest and let's see how long you can survive. Now fully playable in Russian, Simplified Chinese and French.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1885210/

[h3]Check out this new gameplay trailer![/h3]
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