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2022's most overlooked immersive sim just got a new game plus mode

Sometimes we all just need to shrug off the weight of existence that surrounds us. Looking after our fleshy human body suits can become pretty exhausting with all the eating, sleeping, eating again, going for a walk, and more sleeping. If you've ever become tired of being somebody, Ctrl Alt Ego exists for you to become nobody. One of the most overlooked immersive sims of the last few years, it just received a big free update that added a New Game Plus mode, and more.


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Ctrl Alt Ego NEW GAME +

New Game Plus (NG+) Has Arrived

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The full campaign, with a twist:
  • New gravity manipulation ability
  • New and different enemy placements
  • New surprises along the way
  • New shortcuts and skips
  • Carry over your Ego, Disks, Worms, MEM from a previous run
  • All achievements remain achievable


[h2]Troubleshooting / How To Unlock NewGame+[/h2]
If you've completed the main campaign, NewGame+ should unlock automatically when you launch the game with this update. If it hasn't unlocked, try loading up any Chapter 8 save (The Cloud) and that should give it the nudge it needs.

If you haven't visited The Cloud then you're missing out or the auto-unlock isn't working for whatever reason, you can force unlock NG+ like this:

  1. Navigate to your Steam apps Ctrl Alt Ego install folder and navigate through to the Ctrl Alt Ego_Data/Scripts folder, e.g. for me it's:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Ctrl Alt Ego\Ctrl Alt Ego_Data\Scripts

  2. Double click the script ctrlaltego.ngplus.unlock.vbs and if all goes well you'll get a success message telling you NG+ was unlocked.





Patch Notes v1.3.16

But first, an announcement

Before I list the changes for this patch, let me first announce sneakily here that New Game Plus (NG+) is coming in a major update on 15th April. You'll get a new gravity manipulation ability, there's a new enemy variant, different enemy placements, at least one new shortcut/skips, some surprises along the way, and you can carry over your resources from any existing save.

Patch Notes v1.3.16
  • Fix issue whereby a previously serialized Bug that had since been reprinted could end up thinking it was still inside DAD
  • Fix: Correction to bug grab state across level loads - could end up in a state where it never cleared the grabbed thing
  • Fix: Egonomics - Exterior geometry was disabled in the Comms Tower section! Might have been broken since v1.3.0, oups.
  • Fix: The Cloud elevators were missing ceiling collider! Also probably broken since v1.3.0
  • Improvement: For ultra low VRAM PCs, the game will now run with a very low texture budget - meaning it will look very bad but at least it will run. Anything under 1GB VRAM is considered ultra-low. One player was able to complete the entire game with a mere 128MB VRAM.

Patch Size: 19 MB

Português!

Português!
  • NEW: Portuguese localization of the game is now available
  • NOVO: Ctrl Alt Ego já está disponível em português



    Navigate to Menu > Settings > Language to change language
Patch Notes v1.3.15
  • Fix: Persist grabber state so that items aren't dropped across level transitions i.e. no more accidentally blowing yourself when trying to carry an ether-canister across from one scene to another.
  • Fix: Fattened a few colliders around Freight Lift ceilings to reduce chance of physics glitching through them
  • Improvement: Particles now help highlight the collectable bug bits in The Assembler level (new subtle visual effect)


Patch Size: 31 MB

Deutsch!

Patch Notes v1.3.14
  • NEW: German localization of the game is now available.
  • NEU: Eine deutsche Übersetzung des Spiels ist jetzt verfügbar.



  • Fix: Adjusted a few things to try to prevent Bugs from escaping through the Freight Lift ceiling - you know... the one you're supposed to be riding responsibly.


Patch Size: 24 MB