Night Mist Part 1 !!! Slots system, new content explanation in depth!
Hey there, so I didn't really go over yesterdays big update I just made for Steams Summer sale. Here's most of the big additions in a little more detail.
The death screen has been changed a bit. You'll notice there's now a selection that says "Gamble" and one near the bottom that's greyed out that says "Weapon Compendium". I'll go over the compendium a little later. For now we're talking about gambling some tokens!
somebody just won Double Ammo next round.
Gambling costs the player one token. Tokens are earned from playing the game, the better you play, the more you earn. Even if you die, you still earn tokens.
When you gamble you typically win one temporary item or buff. This means it lasts ONLY for your next playthrough. These rewards won't stack either, so you basically get a burn card for next round.
Now you're probably asking ... "what can I win? Why are you so excited about this dumb update? " Well my friends, there's all kinds of neat stuff. For starters 8 new weapons have been added! Let's check them out and what they do.
WEAPON SPOILERS AHEAD
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My new favorite, and a long time coming.. Who am I to deny the immortal romance between chainsaws and zombies? The Chainsaw has been overhauled completely since the first game I made all those years ago. This new weapon has a 3 hit combination attack with 45% chance on contact for critical damage.
Every critical hit generates Amber a PWR orb, and with 3 PWR orbs you can perform the devastating Cleave attack. You're going to wish you had more enemies to keep the combos and cleaves rolling.
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This is a new shotgun with an extremely fast rate of fire. Shotgun blasts from close range have a chance to completely and critically destroy a zombies upper body. Yuck.
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This was another heavy weapon from the original game that has been overhauled and re-polished. Great for clearing spaces or just about anything death related. The Ogre can be charged up automatically (which takes about 2 seconds) or pre-charged manually by holding down the SPRINT key first. This doesn't actually conflict with sprinting as Amber cannot run with the Ogre in her hands.
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This is an extremely fast pistol with high damage and the bonus ability to take Precision Shots.
Much like the Sailfish Repeater, Holding down the "Sprint" button while Amber is not moving will cause her to focus fire the Vyper Twenty Forty. The aiming is relaxed on the Vyper making it easier to score critical hits in quick succession. Failing a precision shot does not cost Amber anything, so practice precision shots when you can !
This guns name comes from one of the most wonderful fans a creator could ever ask for, always stopping in and bringing the positivity levels to maximum. Thanks so much for being a player and part of STLD Vyper2040! It's always a pleasure.
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A newly revived and re-designed rocket launcher. Nothing in the game hits harder than this weapon. It holds 4 shots so if you win this gun make them all count!
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Noticing a theme yet? All of these weapons are either extremely fast, or strong, or both. The Dragon Fang is no different. This gun has high a damage output even at maximum range, and rapid fire speed to boot.
There is one caveat to the Dragon Fang, each shot costs Amber %15 of her Stamina. Stamina is important to have with this gun because the higher your Stamina is the higher chance she has of scoring critical hits.
So in a nutshell. Firing fast and wildly will not always be the best approach with the Dragon Fang.
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Previously only available in within the tutorial, the Goblin makes its triumphant return to the real battleground... This time with a few tweaks.
The Goblin is fully automatic with an extremely high rate of fire. It's weapon damage is dictated by how close you are to the enemy. Trying to pull down a group of zombies from across the stage may be more costly on ammo rather than letting them get close for focus fire. The goblins light weight makes it easy on Stamina usage and ideal for running and gunning.
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The Arctic Hawk is a fun little magnum pistol that can be extremely devastating if used correctly. The gun alone has a 25% chance of scoring a critical hit, each critical hit scored with the Arctic Hawk grants Amber a PWR orb. .. Now the cool part is if you hold down the SPRINT key and fire the weapon you can force critical hits at the cost of 1 PWR orb. If you're smart you can utilize those PWR orbs for some serious and consistent damage.
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There's even more fun stuff you can win in the slots system! I'm not going to visually go over it all, but let's just say there's things like Blazing Speed, Explosive grapple breaks, all kinds of random and fun shit.
Here's a quick slots key that puts a name to each icon.
If you're still reading this than kudos to you. Maybe now it makes a bit more sense why I was so excited about this update. And hopefully it will make you excited to know I'm still working on one more big content update that will hopefully be available very soon! The final boss is about 80% animated. And I really can't wait to get him into the game, I think its gonna be a really fun fight for experienced players.
I still plan to add custom controls, and make slots available on the main menu so you don't have to die to access them so expect that soon.
Lastly the Weapon compendium will basically go over every weapon in the game and act as a guide or key for the players to consult when they have questions or want to know how to best utilize their guns/knives/chainsaws for zombie killing.
That's all I've got for you now. Please if you can tell a friend or anyone you'd think might enjoy this game, or just give it a shout out that would be amazing. The game is on sale right now at 75% ( less than $1.25 ) so I'm really just trying to get it into more players hands. Thank you so much for reading and playing.
cheers,
The death screen has been changed a bit. You'll notice there's now a selection that says "Gamble" and one near the bottom that's greyed out that says "Weapon Compendium". I'll go over the compendium a little later. For now we're talking about gambling some tokens!
somebody just won Double Ammo next round.
Gambling costs the player one token. Tokens are earned from playing the game, the better you play, the more you earn. Even if you die, you still earn tokens.
When you gamble you typically win one temporary item or buff. This means it lasts ONLY for your next playthrough. These rewards won't stack either, so you basically get a burn card for next round.
Now you're probably asking ... "what can I win? Why are you so excited about this dumb update? " Well my friends, there's all kinds of neat stuff. For starters 8 new weapons have been added! Let's check them out and what they do.
WEAPON SPOILERS AHEAD
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The Chainsaw
My new favorite, and a long time coming.. Who am I to deny the immortal romance between chainsaws and zombies? The Chainsaw has been overhauled completely since the first game I made all those years ago. This new weapon has a 3 hit combination attack with 45% chance on contact for critical damage.
Every critical hit generates Amber a PWR orb, and with 3 PWR orbs you can perform the devastating Cleave attack. You're going to wish you had more enemies to keep the combos and cleaves rolling.
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The Heartbreaker
This is a new shotgun with an extremely fast rate of fire. Shotgun blasts from close range have a chance to completely and critically destroy a zombies upper body. Yuck.
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The Ogre
This was another heavy weapon from the original game that has been overhauled and re-polished. Great for clearing spaces or just about anything death related. The Ogre can be charged up automatically (which takes about 2 seconds) or pre-charged manually by holding down the SPRINT key first. This doesn't actually conflict with sprinting as Amber cannot run with the Ogre in her hands.
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Vyper Twenty Forty
This is an extremely fast pistol with high damage and the bonus ability to take Precision Shots.
Much like the Sailfish Repeater, Holding down the "Sprint" button while Amber is not moving will cause her to focus fire the Vyper Twenty Forty. The aiming is relaxed on the Vyper making it easier to score critical hits in quick succession. Failing a precision shot does not cost Amber anything, so practice precision shots when you can !
This guns name comes from one of the most wonderful fans a creator could ever ask for, always stopping in and bringing the positivity levels to maximum. Thanks so much for being a player and part of STLD Vyper2040! It's always a pleasure.
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Rocket Launcher
A newly revived and re-designed rocket launcher. Nothing in the game hits harder than this weapon. It holds 4 shots so if you win this gun make them all count!
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Dragon Fang
Noticing a theme yet? All of these weapons are either extremely fast, or strong, or both. The Dragon Fang is no different. This gun has high a damage output even at maximum range, and rapid fire speed to boot.
There is one caveat to the Dragon Fang, each shot costs Amber %15 of her Stamina. Stamina is important to have with this gun because the higher your Stamina is the higher chance she has of scoring critical hits.
So in a nutshell. Firing fast and wildly will not always be the best approach with the Dragon Fang.
_____________________________________________________________
The Goblin
Previously only available in within the tutorial, the Goblin makes its triumphant return to the real battleground... This time with a few tweaks.
The Goblin is fully automatic with an extremely high rate of fire. It's weapon damage is dictated by how close you are to the enemy. Trying to pull down a group of zombies from across the stage may be more costly on ammo rather than letting them get close for focus fire. The goblins light weight makes it easy on Stamina usage and ideal for running and gunning.
______________________________________________________________
The Arctic Hawk
The Arctic Hawk is a fun little magnum pistol that can be extremely devastating if used correctly. The gun alone has a 25% chance of scoring a critical hit, each critical hit scored with the Arctic Hawk grants Amber a PWR orb. .. Now the cool part is if you hold down the SPRINT key and fire the weapon you can force critical hits at the cost of 1 PWR orb. If you're smart you can utilize those PWR orbs for some serious and consistent damage.
_______________________________________________________________
There's even more fun stuff you can win in the slots system! I'm not going to visually go over it all, but let's just say there's things like Blazing Speed, Explosive grapple breaks, all kinds of random and fun shit.
Here's a quick slots key that puts a name to each icon.
If you're still reading this than kudos to you. Maybe now it makes a bit more sense why I was so excited about this update. And hopefully it will make you excited to know I'm still working on one more big content update that will hopefully be available very soon! The final boss is about 80% animated. And I really can't wait to get him into the game, I think its gonna be a really fun fight for experienced players.
I still plan to add custom controls, and make slots available on the main menu so you don't have to die to access them so expect that soon.
Lastly the Weapon compendium will basically go over every weapon in the game and act as a guide or key for the players to consult when they have questions or want to know how to best utilize their guns/knives/chainsaws for zombie killing.
That's all I've got for you now. Please if you can tell a friend or anyone you'd think might enjoy this game, or just give it a shout out that would be amazing. The game is on sale right now at 75% ( less than $1.25 ) so I'm really just trying to get it into more players hands. Thank you so much for reading and playing.
cheers,