Blood Vial News

[p]What's up bloodsuckers,[/p][p]We just released another small update to the demo in order to fix some issues and make some small improvements.[/p]

• [p]Fixed a particularly weird bug where the game would spawn less enemies over time[/p]
• [p]Increased enemy awareness time[/p]
• [p]Pre-bake blood map information to reduce level initialization time in-game[/p]
• [p]Increase blood texture density a bit so splats have more detail [/p]

[p][/p][hr][/hr][h3]Join the Community[/h3][p]If you have feedback, bug reports, or just wanna say hi - head on over to the discord server. We want to hear from you![/p]

[p]What's up bloodsuckers,[/p][p]We have another little demo update for you.[/p]

• [p]Updated enemy placement algorithm:[/p]
  • [p]Take enemy difficulty into account when distributing enemies[/p]
  • [p]Try to prevent clumps of enemies[/p]
  • [p]Increase randomness in enemy distribution & placement[/p]
• [p]Added 'invert mouse' setting[/p]
• [p]Fixed: main menu music now loops[/p]
• [p]Fixed: a bug that caused the player to be invincible[/p]
• [p]Updated default rendering driver to Direct3D (for windows) due to frequent driver issues with Vulkan[/p]

[p][/p][hr][/hr][h3]Join the Community[/h3][p]If you have feedback, bug reports, or just wanna say hi - head on over to the discord server. We want to hear from you![/p]

[p]What's up bloodsuckers,[/p][p][/p][p]We have another little demo update before the next fest starts![/p]

• [p]We heard your feedback - The one and only Grant Steller comes in clutch with some new gameplay music![/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where bullets disappear after riflemen are killed[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where blood lookup was inconsistent depending on room size[/p]
• [p]Reduced blood texture resolution to improve VRAM usage[/p]
• [p]Balancing:[/p]
  • [p]Slightly reduced overall blood drain rate[/p]
  • [p]Slightly reduced rat and zombie run speed[/p]

[p][/p][hr][/hr][h3]Join the Community[/h3][p]If you have feedback, bug reports, or just wanna say hi - head on over to the discord server. We want to hear from you![/p]

[p]What's up bloodsuckers,[/p][p][/p][p]Got another little demo update for you![/p]

• [p]Added better main menu music, by Grant Steller himself, with more music updates on the way![/p]
• [p]Added a 'loading' indicator when spawning into the game for the first time[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug that would cause enemies to just... stand there. looking at you. menacingly.[/p]
• [p]Made some small improvements to the leaderboard UI.[/p]

[p][/p][hr][/hr][h3]Join the Community[/h3][p]If you have feedback, bug reports, or just wanna say hi - head on over to the discord server. We want to hear from you![/p]

[p]Hey everyone,[/p][p]I've just released another small patch to the Blood Vial demo, mostly focused around a bit of balancing to ease the difficulty curve.[/p]

• [p]Nerf crypt riflemen[/p]
  • [p]Lower damage[/p]
  • [p]Longer shot delay[/p]
  • [p]Slower strafe speed[/p]
• [p]Nerf zombie[/p]
  • [p]Reduce movement speed[/p]
• [p]Adjusted enemy counts in each crypt level for a smoother difficulty ramp[/p]

[p]Please remember to share your feedback over on the discord server. We want to hear from you![/p][p]-Dillon[/p]