Chaos Chain News

Attention, freelancers!

Here is the next update for the game. This update contains the Freight Haven subdistrict - home of the Free Slade Militia faction. There aren't any quests in here yet, but there will be soon. For now, you can check out what I made and get a look at the new faction. Check out the full change log below!





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

[h2]BETA Update 1.47.0 Changelog:[/h2]

Bug Fixes:

FIXED a few dialogue typos
FIXED a bug which caused the activate supporter DLC event after character creation to get skipped if the player was rapidly skipping messages
FIXED a couple of typos related to world modifiers


Changes & Additions:

Added Freight Haven subdistrict (There are no quests here yet but the layout is finished and you can see the new faction and trade with them)
Added area transition between Industrial Zone and Freight Haven
Added area transition between The Slabs and Freight Haven
Added new faction: Free Slade Militia (Civilian Vigilante Militia who oppose the violent gangs, ruthless outlaws, corporate/government corruption - these are meant to be "good guys")
Added Armican HP44 Goliath pistol (44 Magnum Auto pistol - this thing is extremely powerful and can be side-fired but it's not as accurate as the Sobek revolver)
Added Armican HP44 Goliath pistol attack skills and animations
Enemies now have slight variation to their max health and mettle (+/- 10% --- This means that enemies of the same exact type can have up to a 10% boost or reduction to their health and mettle each time they are faced --- Example: Thug Hoodlum 1 may have 19 hp and Thug Hoodlum 2 may have only 16 --- These numbers are then slightly randomized again by a % based on the enemy's skill level)
Reduced interior fog by 10%
Increased raindrop sprite amount by 10%
Centralized the rain splash effect to be closer around the character (Center screen - lowered the max and raised the min for the coordinate that the effect can spawn)
Added new item icon art
Added 11 new militia sprites
Added 15 randomized generic militia phrases
Added 8 new male sprawler sprites (NPCs - generic)
Added 8 new male squatter sprites (NPCs - generic)
Added 8 new female squatter sprites (NPCs - generic)
Storms now play thunder sound effects when they begin
Added new randomized sound effects for both interiors and exteriors
Randomized sounds will no longer play in character creation
Added new unique NPCs to interact with
Added new unique NPC graphics
Added new character dialogues
Removed a few instances where infamy is awarded for extremely minor interactions in the world
Added nudie magazine misc item (Worth a decent price if sold)
Added a new shop
Updated several shop listings
Updated loot tables
Optimization improvements across the board
Various other small tweaks and adjustments

Please let me know of any bugs or issues you may 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! I've also gone ahead and started an official Patreon Page to help bring in financial support for the game going forward.

For more info on the game, visit the store page below!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1536730/Chaos_Chain/

There's even a demo to try the game out!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2324430/

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

That's all for now, enjoy!

-Cryptic ːCStudiosː

Attention, freelancers!

Based on hugely popular request, you can now import up to 8 (at a time) custom portraits for use in game!


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Guide for getting started:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3239267834

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

[h2]BETA Update 1.46.0 Changelog:[/h2]

Changes & Additions:

You can now import up to 8 custom portraits for use in game (Guide attached to this announcement on how to do so)
Added Activate Custom Portrait option under Customization in the PDA
Added Custom_Faces png file in the game's root folder with colored boxes to guide players in importing their custom faces

Please let me know of any bugs or issues you may 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 critiques you'd like to share, please consider leaving a review for me. 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! I've also gone ahead and started an official Patreon Page to help bring in financial support for the game going forward.

For more info on the game, visit the store page below!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1536730/Chaos_Chain/

There's even a demo to try the game out!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2324430/

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

That's all for now, enjoy!

-Cryptic ːCStudiosː

Attention, freelancers!

I've got a quick hotfix for some issues I found while testing the new update.

[h2]BETA Update 1.45.1 Changelog:[/h2]

Bug Fixes:

FIXED some typos
FIXED police background starting with better armor than intended
FIXED the main character having a chance to mention the weather during character creation

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

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

That's all for now, enjoy!

-Cryptic ːCStudiosː

Attention, freelancers!

So, I have another big update for the game. I've been reading over a lot of feedback, talking with players, messing with some different things, etc. Many of the changes you'll see in this list are based on community input. I was planning to have a new district available for this update, but I decided to push this out now and continue working on the new district aside from all this (ready to go) stuff.

A few notable things:
-Equipment choices (Weapon) for police and military backgrounds
-Inventory weights for items have been drastically lowered and make a lot more sense now (For example: a can of soda no longer weighs the same as a rag)
-New Psion Ability - Mind Siphon
-Dialogue options that you don't have the requirements for no longer show in red, they are removed from the list
-The reputation HUD is no longer always on so it isn't taking up screen space (It really wasn't necessary anyways to always be visible)
-Lots of flavor adjustments in language and terminology used to amplify the cyberpunk vibe
-Adjustments to how easy it was to get sick (It should be much less frequent now)
-Giving the main character some dialogue lines when walking around (Comments on the weather from time to time currently)
-Bug fixes of course
-Optimization improvements

Beyond that, take a look at the changelog below!

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

[h2]BETA Update 1.45.0 Changelog:[/h2]

Bug Fixes:

Removed a leftover testing event
FIXED some typos
FIXED an issue in the first meeting with Mick where one conversation option would have to pay more than the other to keep keys
FIXED Mind Spike psion ability having the same animation as Mind Vice
FIXED a bug with a quest item weighing literally 10 times what it was meant to in "The Edge"
FIXED a bug in the "Up in Arms" side quest which prevented the objectives from triggering properly
FIXED a bug which caused the processor for alignment and experience shifts to remain on after finishing adjusting values, which meant it would run over and over again in the background


Changes & Additions:

Dialogue choices and roleplay options will now be hidden by default if you do not meet the requirements (Example: If playing as a civilian background and a conversation checks to see if you have the medical background, it will no longer display in red --- It will not show at all for you until the condition is met. If it is something that you can change, then it will appear when you have the requirement --- I wanted to make this change so that the exploit of saving skill points until needed and then dumping them in the needed skills to pass certain checks would be less obvious and less likely)
Updated item weights for a lot of items to be more reasonable (Example: Why did a ring weigh as much as a roll of duct tape? Well, it doesn't anymore! --- MOST items had their weights DRASTICALLY reduced)
There's now a small (~20%) chance for your character to make mention of the weather when it changes
All randomized dialogue values are now reset to 0 after they've triggered (Should help with keeping memory use lower and everything running smooth by clearing out those numbers)
Drop Pouch has been renamed to Leg Bag and it is now 8 inventory spaces and 3 bonus initiative instead of 6 inventory spaces and 2 bonus initiative (I liked the idea of the item more than the utility was actually useful, so it's been redesigned)
Added Greasy Pizza consumable (It's like the grubby burger but very slight stat differences - just for flavor --- pun not intended)
Rags now only have a 95% chance to cure bleeding and have a 5% chance to cause sickness, -7 init on use
Added Sterilized Rag item (Cure Bleeding, +1 Health, -6 Init On Use --- can be crafted)
Added Sterilized Rag crafting recipe (1x rag, 1x soap)
Added Pipe Bomb crafting schematic (1x rag, 3x scrap, 1x circuitry, 1x duct tape, 1x fuel)
Updated bandage recipe from 2x rags to 2x sterilized rags
Added Sleeping Pill consumable (Restores 1 Rest Use, Removes Rested State, Adds Burnout, -100 Stamina --- Use these to sleep again in a game day)
Cigarettes can now be found more commonly in random containers (Their loot drop rate has increased roughly 40%)
Sick chance roll threshold upon weather shift reduced by 2%
Being fully healed for the sick roll chance in weather shifts now gives 6% resistance instead of 5%
Negative factors that influence the sick roll chance in weather shifts now only give 3% each instead of 5% (They only affect the roll 3% each instead of 5% each)
Added new psion ability "Mind Siphon" (Siphon energy from an enemy --- 12-18 Mettle Siphon, +45% Shock, +15% Stunned, 20% Failure)
Added Mind Siphon animation
Balanced some enemy stats
Updated learnable skill lists
Updated several tileset pathing parameters
Removed a lot of old code associated with the weather system and cleaned up the weather shift function to remove a lot of unused code that was still being processed
Cleaned up and removed some old/leftover code from old methods and functions
Added 3 new incoming thunder sounds to the random sound lists
Reputation HUD is no longer always visible - It is only visible in travel events or for a short time when a value changes (You can still see your reputation scores anytime using the PDA overview page)
Added one new tutorial slide to mention how to use the PDA to view reputation
Added Hackpad bag (Very cheap and small bag with only 15 inventory slots but only has a -1 initiative)
Cassia now begins with a hackpad bag instead of a sling bag
Removed the flashlight from the starting area (You get a glow stick already and with the recent balance changes to make the early game easier already, a flashlight should be an investment or something you find along your way)
Updated starting loadouts for the different histories a bit (Mainly civic as it starts with the most items and was a bit OP since it started with one of the better weapons)
Military and Police backgrounds now have a choice on the firearm they start with (More customization from the start! --- Military can choose an assault rifle, smg, shotgun, or battle rifle and the police can start with a light auto pistol, heavy auto pistol, heavy revolver, or a shotgun)
Added hackpads to a few more vendors
Updated and redistributed several shop lists
Balanced some misc item prices
Added soap misc item
Updated loot tables
Slightly reduced fog opacity for the foggy weather variant (It was a bit obtrusive)
Added new item icon art
Added some more NPCs to some areas
Renamed residents to tenants (Sounds a little more "confined" and fitting)
Renamed urbanites to sprawlers (Fits better)
Added new color coded names to the list of NPC types
Various other small tweaks and adjustments

Please let me know of any bugs or issues you may 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 critiques you'd like to share, please consider leaving a review for me. 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! I've also gone ahead and started an official Patreon Page to help bring in financial support for the game going forward.

For more info on the game, visit the store page below!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1536730/Chaos_Chain/

There's even a demo to try the game out!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2324430/

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

That's all for now, enjoy!

-Cryptic ːCStudiosː

Hey everyone, I'm just letting you know you're in one big announcement instead of spamming multiple announcements that Waste Walkers and Disgraced are getting a new patch shortly.

The patch makes it so that when the party has more members than can be active at once, the reserve members will get 50% extra experience than how it was. That means it's going from 10% to 60% just like in Lawless Lands and Chaos Chain.

That's all for now!

-Cryptic ːCStudiosː