HumanitZ News

Hey Survivors!

We have a bunch of new things and bug fixes coming with the next update and wanted to share a few of the upcoming changes and features with you. We recently shared that we have been experimenting with new camera settings and that is just the tip of the iceburg!


[h3]Upcoming Additions[/h3]

• brand new tutorial to help new players into the game
  
• new quest system added
  
• new clothing and trainers added
  
• new random coast spawns
  
• new basketball shirts added (good for summer season)
  
• new bandana item added (worn on face or head and can be turned into a bandage)
  
• new large warrior backpack added
  
• new items and special weapons added for quests (list hidden to avoid spoilers)
  
• new inventory quick slots for watch and compass
  
• new zombie skins and variations
  
• new items added to the game to find and use
  
• new house level streaming system to help lower end PCs load the main map
  
• new foliage, flowers and trees added to the map
  
• new research facility added to the map
  
• new pancake restaurant added to map
  
• new overgrown neighbourhood location added
  
• new POI’s added to the map.
  
• new random house alarm can be triggered when smashing a window on a house for the first time
  
• new money item added to the game can help with trade deals
  

[h3]Upcoming Changes[/h3]

• major changes to the movement and camera for the default game. middle mouse also works as well as Q&E and also option to tilt the camera with middle mouse to help you see your player inside building or tight spaces. and being able to see further.
  
• new market/exchange system added to the game
  
• changes to some craftables and buildings now hidden behind skill books/blueprints/recipes
  
• Improvements to controller support
  
• changed XP to give you slightly less XP than before to balance with XP from quests
  
• changes made to zeek attacks some zeeks will now do different attack animations
  
• change player camera to be slightly more zoomed out and also when inside buildings
  
• unique car spawns added to map to guarantee 1x of each popular vehicle will spawn per map
  
• zeek house spawning has been improved for more unexpected encounters
  

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For those playing HumanitZ right now, your feedback is INCREDIBLY important to us - we take notes on everything you tell us. If you would like to leave us feedback in the form of a Steam review, it helps us tremendously. You can also join our Discord below to connect with other players and follow along with our development.

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Hey Survivors

We wanted to reach out to our steam community as not all of you will be within our discord.

We have been testing a better tilted camera angle to allow further viewing distance and wanted to share a video with you all to see what you think.

https://x.com/humanitzgame/status/1798360236451078468


Thank you for your support
Yoz
Lead Game Designer

Greetings Survivors,

It's been 2 weeks since the last Zeek Feed, let's dive in and see what's being going on


What we have been working on…

Changes to default controls!!! So one of the biggest issues that some players have is the movement and camera controls, most people love it or love it after some time and others just do not like it. We are fully aware of this and it's something we are actively looking at improving and testing these improvements, but it's not easy and if it was we’d have done it already. But when the next update drops in June the default player movement controls will be set to Movement (this will feel more similar to other top down games as the player will only face the direction of the crosshair when aiming), and camera rotation will stay on continuous. For players that don’t like to use Q&E they can set camera rotation to MiddleMouse instead.



Steam Deck!! So recently we added all buildings in our map to our level streaming system to help with performance and loading time. This has been successful and I’m currently testing with my personal steam deck OLED and the game and map loads in seconds which is a huge improvement as previously this device really struggled to load the main map. Now we are working on the controller support to go with the steam deck updates so we move closer to get HumanitZ being fully supported for steam deck.



We’ve been working on a new master material for all our character clothing to allow weather effects, dirt, blood, wear and tear to add some more realism to the character clothing. More info on this when it's ready to be added to the live build.



Brand new menus coming to HumanitZ making them more streamline and work well with both PC and controller/console, here is a WIP sneak peak of how they might look. More info coming soon.



New POI added to the map that was teased on our discord recently is a research lab on a small little island so this will be a cool place to discover when the new update drops. But please note this is not the hidden island that is coming at 1.0 this is just a new location as we look to update the map further.




Future stuff:

• Animal hide will be coming to the game allowing the player to craft certain items like clothing etc.
  
• All houses and buildings have a low chance of an alarm going off when smashing windows for the first time.
  
• Adding the option to use/consume half of something that allows you to share with your teammate. Example a bottle of water you and your friend can share, this will create more fun in scarce loot settings when surviving is a lot harder.
  
• Zooming out the camera a bit further so the player can see further and also the same inside buildings allowing better viewing.
  
• Some changes to crafting and building items as some items will now be tied to in-game recipes you will need to find/unlock. Basically learning how to do something.
  
• Big map updates coming with new towns, neighbourhoods and places to loot with improvements to house layouts and more variation across the map.
  

Thanks for the support and taking the time to read our latest zeek feed.
And we’ll see you on the next one

Regards
HZ Team

Hi everyone!

We're excited to share that HumanitZ is part of the Open World Survival Crafting Fest on Steam that celebrates games where you start with nothing and eventually end up with... well, maybe still nothing. Show off your survival skills starting May 27th to June 3rd!

Now is the perfect time to dive into HumanitZ as it will be 30% off for the duration of the event.

Don't forget to join our Discord to stay up to date with the latest news!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1766060/HumanitZ/

Greetings Survivors,

It's been a week already so it's time for another Zeek Feed, this week will be a bit of a short one so let's dive in!

What we have been working on…

We tested our first dev build with quests added to the map and it was a lot of fun for the team to dive in and play HumanitZ with quests, we will be continuing to improve and test the newly added quests system over the coming weeks as we edge closer to its release.


We mentioned last week about adding a level streaming system to our houses in our map and we are happy with how this is helping with performance. More testing will continue this week but it's going in the right direction as we work towards helping support lesser PC specs, steamdeck compatibility and just overall game performance.


We’ve been working on a new overgrown location of the map to explore that will have a different feel to it. Not much else I can say right now on this but we plan to do this with more locations in future if it works out well.


We’ve added lots of new items to the game (and I mean lots) for the player to find, some items will be used for new game mechanics and crafting etc, other items will be used later in development and anything that cannot be used right now will be part of the quest system or used as a high value item to use with traders.


Future Stuff:

• Being able to build certain actors in the game will be made harder with unique items, for example CB radio and generator will be harder to build in the future due to new required items.
  
• Changing how rock and mushroom spawners work so they can be added to the map in a more performant way so that players will be able to find rocks etc a lot more easier.
  
• Updates around the player’s health system with more types of illness and bleeding etc coming soon.
  
• Making noise! More actions in game will trigger noises like looting etc more info on this soon.
  

Thanks for the support and taking the time to read our latest zeek feed.
And we’ll see you on the next one

Regards
HZ Team