Extraneum News

Hi all! It's been a while and I figured it was time for a small update on what's been going on with the development of Extraneum.

Ever since the Realms Deep event on September 15th, I've been in a depressive slump and development has slowed to a crawl. I'll get better soon I'm sure, but I believe I owed it to you to be completely transparent about it.

Also, I've been thinking about it, and if I want to be able to release v1.0 in a timely manner, I'll be forced to cut down on the number of maps I initially wanted to do, going from 24 to 16. As a solo dev, I have to do everything by myself, and level design is particularly time consuming. I thought of hiring a level designer, but I just can't afford it right now. And I'd rather give you quality content, than a bunch of subpar level that only serve to fill the gaps.

This also means that the episodic structure will have to go, and instead of having 3 episodes of 8 levels, the game will have one single unnamed episode of 16 levels. This shouldn't have an impact on your save file, however.

The next update, v0.9.0, will be released in November, and include what is technically the first level of episode 2, along with a handful of minor features and bug fixes.

As always, thank you so much for your support, and stay awesome! :)

- David

As announced previously, Extraneum will be 25% off for one week, starting... right now!!

Don't forget to check out realmsdeep.game for the Realms Deep 2022 online event, which will showcase a plethora of retro first person shooters like Extraneum, from Friday to Sunday, September 16-18 2022!

In addition, an update has just been released for Extraneum (v0.8.7). It includes the following changes;

- Fixed UI sounds not playing
- Made the Flayer Spawns sometimes move around when hit instead of making a bee line for the player
- The automap saves its settings between levels
- You can't buy stuff when your inventory is full anymore
- Added new difficulty options in between the hard and easy difficulties
- Made the secrets appear orange on the automap when you previously found them
- Money drops are now a single item that is worth an arbitrary amount
- The item icons on the store UI no longer block the mouse cursor

Episode 2 is still being worked on, but life is getting in the way and so is my mental health, so I might have to keep it on hold for a little while in order to recharge myself. Rest assured that work will resume very soon however.

As always, thank you for your support, and stay awesome! :)

David

I'm happy to announce that Extraneum will be present at Realms Deep 2022, a digital event hosted by 3D Realms, featuring world premieres, special guests, and interviews from different retro and old-school first person shooters! The event will run from Friday, September 16, at 12:00 PM PT, to Sunday, September 18. More info can be obtained at realmsdeep.game ːsteamhappyː

During the week surrounding the event (September 15 to 22), the game will be discounted at 25% off, so if you haven't grabbed it yet, it will be a great opportunity to do so!

The game will also receive a small update, featuring the first level of episode 2, and a few improvements which will be listed when the update goes live.

As always, thank you for your support!

David

EDIT 2022-09-09: Because I'm unhappy with the current layout of E2M1, I'm going to have to redo parts of it, so I don't know if I'll be able to release it in time for the 16th. With that said, rest assured that I'm doing my best to release it soon.

A new update has just been released (0.8.5).

It fixes a physics related bug, where, after a while, enemies would stop attacking or receiving damage. The source of the bug has been found and should be corrected now.

As always, if you find any more bugs, please make sure to let me know! And if you enjoyed the game, feel free to leave a review on the store page!

Thank you for your support!

- David

​A small update has been released today, which mostly made a few minor adjustments and optimizations.

There's also a bug this update tries to fix; it's been reported that in some very rare cases, the enemies will stop attacking or receiving damage, and will just walk around without doing anything else. If you encounter this bug, please send the files "Player.log" and "Player-prev.log", which you can find at "%AppData%\..\LocalLow\David Jalbert\Extraneum", at the following email address; [email protected] .

As always, thank you for your support, and make sure to leave a review if you enjoyed the game :)
- David