Waste Walkers News

Hey everyone!

I apologize for not posting earlier this week, I know some of you have been eagerly waiting to see more about the new upcoming game Chaos Chain, but I have been very sick and in bed most of the time until now. I am finally starting to feel better.

Anyways, today I only have one screenshot to show off a new QOL feature because I have only worked a half day today. Hoping to get more done tomorrow.

Floating Labels

This might seem like a minor feature, but in the past with my games, people have mentioned they don't always know or understand what they can interact with. I have always made it so that if you hover the mouse over something that can be used, hover text (labels) appear over top of it. Now, you will have the option to simply toggle them always on. It may get a bit cluttered on the screen in small areas from time to time, but I have the opacity lowered a bit from my other projects to allow better visibility and high-contrast text to be able to properly see the label itself.

I have added an option to the settings menu that allows you to permanently enable or disable floating labels - independently of the mouse. If you disable the feature, you will get labels when you hover over something with the mouse, but they will always be on if the setting is enabled. Some people tend to disable the mouse, but this change will still allow this feature to work.

Something else that is kind of visible in the screenshot is the red diamond over the door. This is just an indicator that I created (it pulses over time) to signify that an otherwise static environmental object (such as a door, trash can, etc) can be interacted with. Doors that can be opened to travel to another area have blue arrows inside of them as well.

That's all for now, thank you for reading. Hopefully, I can have more info and screenshots soon.

-Corrosion ːCStudiosː

Hey everyone!

So, I wanted to show off some of what I've been working on!

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Edge

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Menu


Thanks for checking it out!

I'll have more info soon!

-Corrosion ːCStudiosː

Hey everyone!

This is just a heads up that Disgraced is on sale for the next several days at 45% off!

Grab it now while the sale lasts!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/485360/Disgraced/

Enjoy!

-Eric "Corrosion" Plasencia

Hey everyone!

For those of you who missed the last announcement discussing my next project, Chaos Chain, you can find that here to get you up to date:

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/CorrosiveStudios/announcements/detail/5246117291297561777



For those of you who already know of the new game, let's talk about equipment.



has always played a significant role in my past games. Having the right tools for the job at hand is extremely important in my opinion, so I try to put that into the game worlds.

For Chaos Chain, this will still apply, but the system has been expanded and improved from my other projects.



First, as you can hopefully see in the image above, weapons have a pretty significant stat-line. A lot is taken into account and much thought went into how the stats function and what ratings each weapon was given. It may look simplistic, but each specific stat has a lot of factors to think about such as handling, ease of use, accuracy, speed, range, capabilities of fire modes such as semi, burst, and auto. The engine is somewhat limited, but I have done my best so far (still a lot of room for improvement) to make weapons feel unique.

Second, I've done A LOT of work on improving the combat system. I can't really show it off here right now, but something I'd like to mention is an EXTREME focus on sound effects and quick-flow combat. Weapons have unique sound effects and animations so you can tell what you are using compared to your enemies. I have improved the default battle sound system to include a variety of sound effects for each event so it's not always the same exact boring sound. There are several sound effects for each event like for example an evasion/dodge has multiple sounds of its own and then there are special sounds for bullets missing or a melee weapon hitting someone. I personally think that sounds make or break a game - especially when you're hearing the same ones over... and over... and over.

So far, I have around 50 or so weapons which are mostly melee weapons and improvised weapons, but I have a handful of fictional (based on real) firearms across a variety of different archtypes including pistols, PDWs (personal defense weapons), SMGs (submachine guns), shotguns, assault rifles, battle rifles, carbines, sniper rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers, grenade launchers, special weapons, and even some exotic weaponry. Not all of these are ready yet, but that's the weapon archtype/class lineup I'm going for. Like in my first game, Waste Walkers, firearms will allow for different ammunition types such as full metal jacket, hollow point, armor piercing, buckshot, slugshot, and birdshot, and even more are planned to be added. Depending on your preference, the different ammunitions will provide different bonuses.



Armor is the same way - they have a lot to take into account. One flaw of my previous games in my opinion is that armor resistances were very minor. A 5% here, maybe a lucky 15% there, etc. The idea was to stack up on resistances you favored with your combination of chosen gear. Most of the time, the numbers didn't add up enough to actually make any significant impact. That will NOT be the case here. The equipment slot system is more straight forward, but each slot has a specific purpose. Armor is armor. It should feel like it. In the above picture, you can see the current (subject to change) stats for the ballistic vest. The resistance percentages are high enough by themselves to actually protect you from different damage types, but they may be bolstered even more by accompanying gear in other slots such as the head slot for headgear or even the accessory slot.

Theoretically speaking, if your punk has 8 health remaining and an enemy thug stabs you with a shiv for 10 puncture damage (lucky roll) and you have a protection (armor) value of 2, a toughness of 4, and a 25% puncture resistance, you'll only take 3 damage. The detailed math: 10 damage - (2 protection - 4 toughness) * .75 = 3. That's pretty helpful. Taking a third of the dealt damage because of having decent armor instead of the full amount just kept you alive. A leather jacket (armor 1 with a puncture protection of 5%) would have left you dead in the street. The differences between armor types should no longer feel minimal.

That's all for now, I'll have more information soon!

Thanks for reading!

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Corrosive Supporters,

Hey everyone!

This is just a heads up that Corrosive Studios is hosting some special sales right now with some sweet savings deals!

It's hard to believe, but Lawless Lands is already a year out of development, so there's a sale for 40% off on it!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/880130/Lawless_Lands

Recently, Lawless Lands got the Runemaster DLC which gives more control over stats, stats of your companions, and makes highly specific playstyles easier to achieve. You can find that below!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1715990/Lawless_Lands_Runemaster_DLC/

There are also discounts on the expansions for Waste Walkers! The game (and expansions) were recently updated with a number of improvements and upgrades to refresh the game and give everyone more enjoyment out of it. The news for that can be found here:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/371100/view/4773239328954389839
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/371100/view/4773239328946091173

https://store.steampowered.com/app/439900/Waste_Walkers_Deliverance/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/581080/Waste_Walkers_Subsistence/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/443750/Waste_Walkers_Awareness/

Enjoy!

P.S. I'll have more info on Chaos Chain soon!



-Corrosion ːCStudiosː