Shale News

[h2]0.7 Update Notes[/h2][p] Another regular update including more content and a few fixes. [/p]

• [p]Level cap increased to 70[/p]
• [p]Added 15 enemies and 6 bosses for levels 55-75 (Next update will increase cap to 75)[/p]
• [p]5 new player bodies and heads to unlock[/p]
• [p]4 new character and backpack tints to unlock[/p]
• [p]4 new car models and 6 new wheel models to unlock[/p]
• [p]6 new car tints and 6 weapon tints to unlock[/p]
• [p]5 new backpack models to unlock[/p]
• [p]6 new weapon models to unlock[/p]

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• [p]Small improvements to player movement[/p]
• [p]Fixed keybinding causing duplicate assign [/p]
• [p]Minor changes to Shale drop rates[/p]

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[h2]0.5 Update Notes[/h2][p][/p][h3]The Forest[/h3][p]This major update includes the addition of the forest location. The newly designed tile set will mean the player will move around the forest slightly differently to the previous city variety. For all enemies, the player will travel between city and forest until future updates bring more locations. [/p][p][/p][h3]Visual Effects[/h3][p]I've also been working on improving the overall visual style of Shale to have more variety in color and light. Here is a small example of some of the changes.[/p][p][/p][h3]Other Content Additions[/h3][p]The Level Cap has now been increased to 50.[/p]

• [p]1 new character, bag, car and weapon tint to unlock.[/p]
• [p]1 new tape and note to discover.[/p]
• [p]1 new car model and wheel type to unlock.[/p]
• [p]1 new character body, head, bag and weapon model to unlock.[/p]
• [p]3 new music tracks, enemies and bosses to encounter.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Gameplay Changes[/h3]

• [p]First respawn orb now spawns 10 shale.[/p]
• [p]Second respawn orb now has small hazard that pushes the player away if touched.[/p]
• [p]Moved battery, can opener, pocket knife and bucket to common loot drop pool.[/p]
• [p]Added crowbar and bolt cutter to common loot pool.[/p]
• [p]Rare loot and rare crafted items now colored yellow and play sound effect when looted.[/p]

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Reduced animation glitches across all enemies.[/p]
• [p]Fixed error when items were added to traders.[/p]
• [p]Wind audio looping errors across maps caused audio cutting. This has been solved.[/p]
• [p]Fixed issue where UI scroll lists were missing items.[/p]
• [p]The last few notes and tapes sometimes were not dropping. This is fixed.[/p]
• [p]When generating skills, the cost now remains at 50.[/p]
• [p]Possessed were sometimes not spawning during combat. The issue was the spawning system sometimes miscalculating the spawn location. This is now solved.[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug when player constantly re-rolled on skill selection and missing cost minimum.[/p]
• [p]Solved issue where the airdrop thief was spawning notes and tapes physically inside the dropped container.[/p]
• [p]Fixed issue with consumed spawning in strange locations due to collision errors.
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[h2]0.42 Update Notes[/h2]

Another regular update including more content and a few fixes.

• Level cap increased to 45
  
• 3 new common enemies for level 45
  
• 1 new tape and 1 new note to collect
  
• 1 new character body and head to unlock
  
• 1 new car model and 1 new wheel model to unlock
  
• 1 new car tint and 1 weapon tint to unlock
  
• 1 new bag model to unlock
  
• 1 new weapon model to unlock
  
• Fixed consumed thief collision bug
  
• Fixed acid bloater moving after death
  
• Fixed sacked backpack shape
  
• Fixed consumed flamer movement on player death
  
• Fixed ui bug on no items
  
• Fixed ui bug on scrolling
  
• Fixed respawn audio looping bug
  

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[h2]0.41 Update Notes[/h2]

This regular update mostly includes more content and a few minor fixes.

• Level cap increased to 40
  
• 3 new common enemies for level 40
  
• 3 new bosses for level 40
  
• 1 new tape and 1 new note
  
• 1 new character body and head
  
• 1 new car model and 2 new wheels
  
• 2 new car and weapon tints
  
• 1 new bag model
  
• Acid bloater bug on death fix
  
• Mouse input ui on craft fix
  
• Create character body type fix
  

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[h2]0.4 Update Notes[/h2]

[h3]Skill Points[/h3]
With this update I've finished off the levelling and skill system. Now once you level up or collect enough Shale (only by pickup), you'll be given a skill point which you can apply at your car. This process requires you to have at least 50 Shale and 1 skill point so you can generate your options and spending 50 Shale each time if you want to roll again. I've also added more options to choose from now including damage resistances, dodge cool-down, crafting XP boost and more. This point system has a maximum of 250 which eventually maxes out all stats.



[h3]New Loot[/h3]
This update I've included some rare loot which can be crafted into expensive items that the player can sell. The full list is below but the main 3 items are a Generator, Lighter and Water Filter. You can also see the benefits of crafting and selling these as they'll help with costs for fusing items and generating skill options.



[h3]Getting Started[/h3]
I've improved the getting started screen to hopefully give a better introduction for new players.



[h3]Additional Notes[/h3]

• Level cap increased to 35
  
• 3 new enemies for level 35
  
• 2 new tapes to collect
  
• 1 new note to collect
  
• New weapon, car, character and backpack tints
  
• New character, backpack, weapon, head, and wheel models to unlock
  
• Junker walk animation improvements
  
• Audio improvements and weapon balancing
  
• Main screen improvements
  

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