Atomic Picnic News

• Tutorial
• New objective: reach X level
• New SFX:
  • Critical hit
  • All character skills, active and passive (only two needed specific SFX, Flare and Headbutt)
• New stingers SFX:
  • Picnic Start
  • Endgame
• Enemies SFX
  • Little Mac
  • Jellyfish
  • Jonathan (big turtle)
  • Wilson (big wisp)
• Area Hold SFX and OST

• Updated grass on Loner's Camp, Train Plateau, and Twilight Dam
• New Bonnie Model
• Rose idle animations in Loner's Camp
• Ash facial expressions on loadout
• New JD and Hani loadout animations
• New "Tesourinho" (special chest) model and animations
• New light poles on Train Plateau night map
• New enemies VFX
  • Taunt on enemies
  • New Skewer (brawler) tail attack
  • Improvements Snack (snake), Gunner, Wisp and Octavio
  • Improvements Chameha Teleport
• New Character VFX
  • Bonnie Poison buff
  • Ash Flare
• New Curio VFX
  • Firebranded Whisk
  • Eau du Medama
  • Gig
• New Evolution VFX
  • Live Whack
• New Gold Goblin Portal VFX
• Minibosses and bosses also have status VFX
• New icons
  • Character skill icons for both active and passive skills, in-game, on the character skill screen, and when unlocking skill for the first time
  • Air Gear
  • Weapons
  • Devices
  • Nope curio
  • Maps
  • Random upgrades on offerings and shop
  • Healing Gift
  • Pebbles Gift
• New moon core shader and model
• New target practice scaffolding model
• Increased resolution of mementos
• City of Sands background
• New buff overburden on enemies (JD skill)

• Squad panel while in loner's camp, and allow host to kick others out
• Now while on the game tab, you will see the next two closest discoveries to complete
• Esc menu with revamped buttons
• Special Chest rewards screen now shows details
• Seizure warning announcement
• Notification badges "new" on loadout screen, and 3D loadout station
• Start Picnic screen polishes and new sprites
• Picnic Session (widget on the top left, in multiplayer when in the camp)
  • UI pass
  • New animations
  • Sprites
  • Bugfixes
• Better stability and performance
• Reduced network package size, which reduces CPU usage

• Decoy Curio size was increased, and now it has a collider
• Add camera shake to shockwave curio
• Add damage modifiers on Boom and Rojo explosions
• Now ricochet interacts with pierce
• New icons for gamepads and keyboard
• Hid the timer on the ingame UI
• All character skills have been nerfed
• There shouldn't be any placeholder art in camp anymore
• We hid some sections in Loner's Camp, to create some sense of progression once we unlock more things:
  • Removed Nico's Discoveries
  • Removed Lei's Spying Booth
  • Removed Paulão Shop's
  • Removed bridges
  • Removed general constructions and updates done in the camp by Hani
• Balanced
  • Discoveries
  • Mementos unlock and update prices
  • Skill unlock prices
• Curio The All-Devourer VFX intensity
• New Aura Pillar
  • Now it's a late game objective (can only appear as the third main objective)
  • Maddening Kiln (fire) pillar does not affect player as a boss arena (giving damage every X seconds inside) and instead shoots homing bullets towards the players direction.
  • Smothering Copper (suppression) pillar now does not block players from using their abilities, however the cooldown is increased in 150% while inside the area.
• Twister Curio now tries to aim to an enemy in front of the player
  • If you jump inside of a twister now you jump higher
• Gold Goblin event partial rewards when half completed
• Air Gear resets while doing the movement track on Loner's Camp

• Fix Hani handyman stuck and animation
• Fix ledge climb collision layer mask
  • Players don't fly away anymore when colliding while on the air
• Fixed a bunch of places where enemies were getting stuck in Train Plateau and Twilight Dam
• Phantom bullets should not be appearing anymore
• Random upgrades on the store/offerings are now actually giving players an upgrade
• Players found a hole in camp where they could get stuck, this has been fixed
• The player is left with 0 Air Gears after collecting a Cursed Curio that reduces their Air Gear count while it is on cooldown
• Change special chest interactable localization
• Gold Goblin is now dropping the special chest as it was supposed to
• Character Active Skill prompt is now changing to controller one
• Ghost Story is now affected by Bubble Play Memento
• Missing active skill rebind for keyboard
• Now City of Sand does not presents a flickering background when playing with an AMD graphic card
• The Curios screen should not be visible anymore if the player opens the special chest at the time of getting a level up
• Twister VFX is appearing as intended
• Special chest is not consuming peace time anymore
• While using Sniper scope as Bonnie, the character model should not be visible through ADS
• Dead bodies do not have colliders that are affecting IK rigs and affect player aim
• Getting defeated during boss fight makes the player lose a Picnic instead of win
• Wilson hit-boxes are aligned while using all skills
• Collect XP vacuum triggering 2 level ups works as intended and grants two level ups
• Fixed Skip and Reroll button disappearing after first upgrade selection on multiple level up
• The Player is not kicked out of bounds while fighting Octavio when he falls on top of them
• Area Hold timer now pauses if there is a player downed inside the area
• Several Localization "text does not fit" issues were fixed
• Movement track collision review
• Night mode gamemode now displays the night sky for all players
• The shop items should have icons and be localized in all languages
• Enemies should not get stuck frozen if the player has cursed curios that change duration
• Turtle bomb explosion is not passing through ground anymore
• Enemies should not be spawning after game complete
• User should not be able to low their aim sensitivity to 0 and get their mouse unmovable
• Player should be able to rebind their active skill
• Esc is now closing the friend overlay
• Aura Pillars VFX should not be flickering
• Enemies falling through the floor
• Moon core currency should drop from bosses in night mode
• Discovery "Moving and Grooving II" Air Gear usage is now counting
• AMD crash
• Previous fixes from build 0.4.8

• UI - Pause Menu: Duplicate controller bindings can assign "Active Skill" to multiple buttons.
• Snakes' Projectiles: Occasionally, snake projectiles explode multiple times after bouncing on the ground.
  
• Leaderboards - Enemies Stuck: Enemies may get stuck in place after "Peace Time."
• Leaderboards - Train Plateau Map: Issues with movement and unit spawns have been observed.
• Characters - Hani's Handy Man: Level 3 does not correctly convert double damage to Bulwark stacks.
• Invisible Dead Allies: Dead allies may not be visible to other players.
• Discoveries - "Going On A Picnic": Placeholder image displays instead of intended artwork.
• Leaderboards - Missing SFX: Audio effects are missing for Friaca and Chamusca.
• Snake/Cobra Projectile: Occasionally, the projectile does not fire.
• Firebranded Whisk - Burn Effect: The fire trail doesn’t consistently apply burn stacks to enemies.
• Tutorial Discoveries: Mechanics like Active Reload in the Tutorial/Camp should not count toward Discoveries.
• NavMesh Issue: When a player is outside the NavMesh, enemies may lose behavior and remain stationary.
• Fire Path: May disappear when the game is paused (time continues).
• Leaderboards - Bullet Offset: Character bullets are sometimes offset from the crosshair.
• Hani’s Bulwark: Tooltip does not indicate the cap is set at +150 max HP.
• Bonnie's Headbutt: Move name does not appear on the DPS breakdown summary screen.
• Loadout - JD Animation: JD’s equipment animation freezes on character selection.
• Train Plateau - Enemy Spawn Location: Enemies can spawn inside terrain.
• Level Up - Healing Gift: Choosing "Healing Gift" while downed immediately heals the player and removes fade.
• Multiplayer - Picnic Completion: Clients may experience a connection error after finishing a Picnic.
• Characters - Mementos Damage Calculation: Damage modifier calculation is incorrect for Hani and Bonnie when equipped with Slugger Mementos.
• Discoveries - Picnic Deposits: Some destroyed Deposits are not counted in the Picnic summary.
• Audio - Footstep SFX: Footstep sounds only play about 10% of the time.
• Client - Damage Numbers: As a client, damage numbers may not display on Pillars.
• Localization - German Text Cut-off: The text "zone hat eine überraschung für dich... wenn du dich tra..." does not fit on screen.
• Steam UI - Level Display: Level Reached shows as current level +1 instead of the actual level reached.
• Train Plateau - Lightpole Spawns: Enemies sometimes spawn on top of light poles.
• Boss Defeat: Enemies may resume spawning after the final boss is defeated.
• Jump Marks: Enemies do not consistently follow jump marks.

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• Cursed Curios: A fresh batch of Curios that change your attributes permanently—both good and bad. High risk, high reward!
  
• New Curios:
  • One-Eyed Whirli: Spawns twisters that push enemies away.
  • Brisk Enkindlement: Chills nearby enemies.
  • Firebranded Whisk: Leave a burning trail when using Air Gear.
• New Evolutions
• New Objectives & Events: Missions to shake up your Picnics!
• Aura Pillars, Gold Goblin, and Area Hold Explosive challenges.
• New Drop Chest: Defeat Minibosses or complete events to score Evolutions, Pebbles, Curios, or shop items.

• Curio Limit: You can now equip up to 8 different Curios. Cursed and Evolution Curios don’t count toward this limit!
• New Memento: Unlock the Frictionless D20 (Reroll) by earning it—no more freebie on the level-up screen.

• Updated visuals for various locations inside the Loner’s Camp.
• Character idle animations are smoother.
• Ash now has dynamic equipment loadout animations.
• A reworked Toon Shader and better antialiasing for a cleaner look.
• New Water Shader and improved terrain materials.

• Single Player Pause is finally here—take a breather whenever you need.
• Improved rendering performance, better object culling, and shadow quality.
• Partial Localization and Controller Support improvements.
• Optimized for wider aspect ratios (16:10 and 21:9), the game looks crisp no matter your screen.
• New Loading Screens with tips and tricks.
• Sound upgrades, including a vocal boss-fight track and enhanced SFX for key moments.

• Harder Difficulty: We’ve cranked up the challenge. Think you can handle it?
• Discovery System: It now takes more playtime to complete, but the rewards are even better.
• Octavio Boss Rework: Now packs an even bigger punch!
• Improved enemy targeting and flying enemies that mix up their altitude for a more dynamic challenge.

• Fixed game freezes during objectives.
  
• Corrected issues where certain enemies weren’t taking damage from some Curios.
  
• Resolved problems with UI flickering and made various improvements to controller navigation.
  
• Fixed connection errors in some regions and addressed minor glitches to smooth your experience

• VFX for new Curios may persist when a character is downed.
  
• Some projectiles don’t disappear properly.
  
• Certain rewards for Discoveries aren’t showing the correct icons.
  
• We're still squashing various minor bugs with 3D models, endgame screens, and more.