3/15/26 - Chaos Chain Update 1.98.0 And Status Update

Chaos Chain

Attention, freelancers!

Hey everyone.

So, for those of you who read my last status update, you know that my whole living situation, world, and life are kind of in limbo right now. This HAS NOT CHANGED unfortunately. I'm trying to get that situation sorted - it should only be a few more days max, hopefully. But, I really wanted - needed - to get some work done on something I care about.

With that said, today I spent pretty much my entire day just working on things for the game to put SOMETHING out because I haven't been able to get much done work-related for a few weeks and it's been kind of driving me insane and making me depressed. Among everything else going on doing so as well. Once I can FINALLY get settled into my new living arrangements (that were supposed to be all set as of over 2 full weeks ago), I can really start getting back into the development of the game and moving forward with my life.

So, here's an update for the game that I put together today. I realize it's a small update, and there are some random things in here, but they were all things that I had written down at one time or another to get done. So, I kind of picked a few things that seemed doable for me today amid all of the problems that I'm currently dealing with - such as sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag, not really sleeping, not having a real living situation at the moment due to circumstances beyond my control, splitting with my significant other after almost 10 years, moving across country, leaving behind a bunch of my belongings including my vehicle, etc. It's been and still is a bad situation that I just needed - and still need - out of. I'll keep everyone updated as the situation hopefully gets better or maybe worse as has been the latest trend.

Anyways, here you go.

Check out the full change log below!

*Please note that these changes are not in any particular order.*

[h2]BETA Update 1.98.0 Change Log:[/h2]

Bug Fixes:

FIXED difficulty selection still mentioning an exp reduction in the easy difficulty description message (The actual reduction was removed a long time ago but the message was still present)
FIXED some messed up shading on some environmental entities


Changes & Additions:

Added a new side quest "Daily Bread" (Small, simple side quest but with some nice rewards - find this in the Central Canal Crossing area)
Added a new side quest "Lifeline" (Small, simple side quest but with some very nice rewards - find this in the Central Canal Crossing area)
Added some new Steam achievements
Added new unique character graphics
Added some new unique characters to interact with
Updated floating garbage/flotsam sprites with different versions (It's not all identical now)
Added some new tileset entities
Updated some tileset pathing rules
Updated some areas with some new environment details
Updated descriptions of several inventory items (Flavor text, better detail, etc)
Added a new custom main menu soundtrack
Updated and polished some plot related dialogues
A few other minor tweaks

Please let me know of any bugs or issues you encounter so I can fix them. This update will be available for download shortly.

A friendly reminder: if you're enjoying the game so far or have ideas you'd like to share, please consider leaving a review for the game. This not only helps with much needed visibility, but also gives me important feedback for the game to help it become a better final product. Also, if you have questions, concerns, or requests, please visit the official Chaos Chain Steam Forums or join the official Discord Channel!

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That's all for now, enjoy!

Stay Alert. Stay Armed. Stay Alive. Don't lose your humanity.

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