AirBorne Sea News

Ahoy!

Long time no see, sailor.

We are back with updates and they are great!
We planned to release them in June but the work on sounds dragged on a bit. As a result, now the sounds are very rich and reveal the game even better.
We are currently in the optimization and testing stage before the release.


[h3]Environment:[/h3]
Now the ships around can also attack the enemy and illuminate the area. And if you shoot your own ship, then holes will appear (we do not recommend doing this).
Planes explode with new effects with refraction and bullets hit on them with sparks.
The effect of an airplane falling into the water also creates a slightly more global effect than just a splash.
By the way, the water is also new now as well as the weather effects.



[h3]Weapons:[/h3]
Shooting 10 bullets and then reloading killed all the fun of the game. Therefore, this system has now been replaced by a new one - the overheating. Shoot as much as you want but watch out for overheating, otherwise you'll have to wait a bit. Therefore, gun barrels and the bar on the interface will tell you what and how.



[h3]Missiles:[/h3]
Missiles were also slightly improved - now to understand where the missile will fly, there is a special frame around the plane.



[h3]Interface:[/h3]
Now the number of remaining enemies is shown at the top of the screen. There was no such information at all before.
Therefore, the health level and overheating of the guns were posted on different sides.



[h3]Game mode:[/h3]
Now you can create your own scenarios using the custom mode or test your strength in the hardcore mode. They both work.

[h3]Additional changes:[/h3]
The game pauses when minimized.
Added button designations and the ability to change them in the settings.
HDR support.
Completely new sounds for everything in the game.
A lot of optimizations and there will be even more.
The Demo Version has also been updated to its current state.


Feedback and bugs can be sent directly to the discussions or to our Discord Server (link below).

See you at sea!

Hello everyone!

I'm still here, but this year has been pretty tough for me both personally and professionally.

My team and I managed to release AirBorne Sea in early access, which
I'm very happy and grateful to everyone who helped me with this. This
includes translators, who allow the game to be touched by more people in
their native language, as well as the art and design team.

For me, 2023 has become a year of change, and I hope 2024 will bring even more pleasant changes.

We don't have a lot of money to rely on, and we don't have investors
financing our work. We just make the games that we want to show the whole
world, which is why we didn't abandon AirBorne Sea and won't plan to,
even though there has been no news from us since around September.

On a personal level, I'm developing a game by myself, but I say "we"
because it's a collective contribution to this game, and I don't forget
about everyone who helps me.

Happy New Year 2024!



[h2]What will 2024 be like?[/h2]

[h3]High Priority:[/h3]

- Transition to Unreal Engine 5
The game is currently built on Unreal Engine 4, and to achieve even more graphical changes, I need Unreal Engine 5.

- Optimization
Unreal Engine 5 is not smooth on every PC with different
configurations. We need to make everything as convenient as possible so
that updates can be uploaded more frequently and work well on minimum
system requirements.

- Bugs
There are bugs and unpleasant moments when using the controller (I
don't use it very often myself, so I'm not quite familiar with how it
should work). I will do my best to fix this issue.
This also includes changing the progression system and integrating
with Steam. Not all achievements are working for players at the moment.


[h3]Mid-Priority:[/h3]

- Immersiveness
This is a bit of a sore spot for me, after collecting statistics
and feedback from those who played in early access, only a small
percentage of players were satisfied with the overall game experience.
We need to put maximum effort into making you truly immerse yourself
in the role of the ship's gunner. So that each shot feels significant,
the sounds are clear and spatial, and each damage to the ship feels
painful.

- Graphic improvements
At the moment, the change of day and night is not causing such a
strong excitement. We need to completely rewrite this system and
introduce something truly new and diverse: spotlights illuminating the
sky, a variety of explosion and effects, especially when the plane falls
into the water, as this is a very important immersion element in the
game.

- Game Mode
We've had this idea of creating a free mode for a long time, where
the player can independently set up the game and try to win. It's
already in the game, in fact, but no one has found it. So, we need to
finish this mode and publish it for everyone.

- Skills
Currently, there's not much of a sense of progress in the game. I
think we need to work on skills so they are more understandable and make
players want to study them.


[h3]Low Priority:[/h3]

- Effects
There are effects that may not significantly affect the gameplay and
should not be ignored. This includes various concussion effects,
shooting by bots from other ships, understanding what damage the enemy
caused.

- Interface
Initially, I wanted to provide the player with minimal information
about the game to create an immersion effect. However, after conducting
several tests, it became clear that additional menus with remaining
opponents, additional buttons to help navigate the menu, and some
interesting facts or plot details would be beneficial.
Also, I might want to redesign the interface a bit and make it more modern, understandable, and just prettier.

- Aircraft
We plan to do a global overhaul of aircraft design and flight mechanics.



Please join the official WerFEST Software channel if you are interested in participating in any play tests or talk with us. (https://discord.gg/mtf7JuB7tp)

AirBorneSea was selected to participate in Steam's SHMUP Fest starting next week, on September 25th. Check our Steam page and remember to wishlist!

An update to AirBorne Sea has been released. The major changes include:

• Bullet speed increase: 60 -> 80
  
• Fire rate increase: 0.35 -> 0.25
  
• Increasing the amount of ammo in the clip before reloading: 10 -> 20
  

• Settings menu is now accessible from the pause menu during the game
  
• Improved mouse speed sliders
  
• Added text to skill menu
  
• Fixed bugs when changing the volume slider
  
• Fixed a bug that occurred when changing the camera
  
• Fixed display of rain on the screen
  

• Settings configuration is no longer saved to the Steam Cloud
  

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