Desolate News

Hello Volunteers! This is not a voice in your head, this is us — developers from Nearga.

We are happy to announce that loads of free improvements and expansions are coming to DESOLATE soon! We continue to work on many things regarding Granichny Island and its inhabitants — from new versions of Volunteer’s appearance to the improved combat system, quests and environment.

Today we want to share our plans for the next update with you, as well as uncover plans for the whole year ahead. Check your equipment and let’s get started!


[h2]Close combat improvement (early spring 2021)[/h2]

Your main ally in DESOLATE are your melee weapons (apart from savvy and sanity, of course). That’s why we decided to develop this mechanic into something deeper. Battles with enemies will now get more interesting and spectacular than before.

• 3 distinct types of weapons will appear in the game, each with its own features: heavy, medium and light.
  
• Battles will get more tactical: you’ll have to adapt to your opponents, pick a strategy, keep track of your stamina and search for a vantage point.
  
• You will be able to risk and try to parry your enemy’s attacks, in case of success you will gain an advantage.
  
• New animations will let you feel the battle dynamics and attack impacts better.
  

[h2]Characters’ visual improvement[/h2]

A book is judged by its cover, right? We’ll make the appearances of the in-game characters more detailed and polished. Same thing applies to some of the environment objects.

• New hairstyles, beards and facial options for the character creation
  
• New starter suit for the main character
  
• Environment 3D models and textures update
  

[h2]Elaboration of the storyline, quests and gameplay[/h2]

Everything regarding story quests will be improved: locations, fast travel points, quest geography, and even voiceover.
[h2]And more...[/h2]

But that’s not everything. In 2021 we’ll enhance artificial intelligence in Desolate. Enemies will get smarter, and clashes with them will become truly life-threatening. As for the visuals, Desolate will get even more good-looking thanks to the textures’ update.

Keep an eye on the updates and stay tuned, Volunteers!

Hello everybody! Nearga team here.

We've just updated the game so that Windows 7 users can play the game without issues. We are sorry for the inconvenience that the issue had caused for some of the players.
The update will be live by the time you read the news.

Stay safe, folks!


P.S.
While we are on the topic, check out the game we are working on right now.
It's called Voidtrain.




Nearga Studios

Greetings, Volunteers!

[h2]A new patch is already available for download. [/h2]
Ability to dupe ammo — fixed;
Bug concerning inventory interface’s focus on gamepads — fixed;
Removal of saved games now works correctly.

[h2]Regarding Windows 7 support[/h2]
We were informed that the developers of UE4 will not stop supporting Win7. They are aware of the problem and planning to fix it. Unfortunately we have no knowledge of the date of that fix. Once it is available we will update the game, so that users of this OS could also embark on the adventure in the Granichny Island.

[h2]Giveaway[/h2]

Do you wish to play Desolate with a friend but don’t have a spare key? Or maybe you haven’t got the chance to play it yourself? In this case we’ve got some great news for you: right now we’re giving away Desolate Steam keys!

How to enter:

• Follow @HypeTrainD on Twitter
  
• Retweet giveaway post
  

And that’s pretty much it — that simple! For every 10 retweets we’ll be giving one Steam key, so the more you retweet, the more keys will be given away. Winners will be chosen randomly, and we’ll DM all of them on Monday, June 29 — please make sure to keep your DM open.

By the way, the whole giveaway thing happens every week, so stay tuned if you’re interested in getting more of the HypeTrain Digital games for free.

Good luck!

Hi!

We’re delighted to take part in the Steam Game Festival (June 16 - June 22), which is already live now! Throughout the event we've brought demos for each of the 8 games we are currently working on.



All of them are in different genres, settings and styles. You will surely find something that piques your interest! All the content available for Steam Summer Festival is free, some demos are long, some allow infinite play. Here is a little sneak peek of every title available.





Voidtrain is a first-person action/survival game where you become a crew member of an interdimensional express. Build your own train, upgrade it, craft weapons and travel across different mysterious worlds full of outlandish creatures, Nazis and other dangers.

https://youtu.be/o0bIODWSX5Y

Voidtrain’s demo features a base loop of the game, where you’ll be able to travel between biomes on your train, gather resources to upgrade it and stop by interdimensional train depots filled with Nazis ought to be defeated.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1159690/Voidtrain/





Tunche is a charming, hand-drawn beat'em up hack and slash game with roguelike elements, co-op and a pinch of shaman witchcraft. Visit the amazonian jungle alone or together with your friends, choose one of the 5 unique characters and hack through hordes of enemies!

And if you like A Hat in Time, we got a big surprise for you — Hat Kid will be the 5th Playable Character in the game. Moreover, you’ll be able to test her in the demo!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/887450/Tunche/





Do you miss the golden era of Game Boy? Linked Mask is a 2D platformer that will make you reminiscent of the good old days, where a player has to overcome six towers, collect six masks containing elemental powers and ultimately conquer the Castle of the Primals. And there’s a chillingly cool soundtrack that will make your head bop as you traverse the deadly Towers!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1111590/Linked_Mask/





Plunge into a VHS-era cyberpunk world of Jack Move, an RPG featuring japanese style turn based battles and gorgeous Hi-Bit pixel art. Take on the role of Noa, a vigilante hacker who is thrust into a world of murder, kidnapping and dark research after her father goes missing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yOLVvhsJFw

There’s a brand new demo of Jack Move available that features a new slums area, a new dungeon and a whole bunch of new enemies for you to tangle with.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1099640/Jack_Move/





Black Book is a dark RPG Adventure based on Slavic mythology and featuring card-based combat. You will take on the role of Vasilisa, a young sorceress on a quest to revive her beloved one. In order to do so, she has to uncover all the 7 seals of Black Book — a demonic artefact, said to be powerful enough to grant any wish.

The demo features an essential part of the story — the First Day of Vasilisa becoming a witch. You’ll be able to test test the core game mechanics, battle regular demons and even test your strength in a fight against a boss.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1138660/Black_Book/





There Is No Light is a pixel-art action adventure in a dark post-apocalyptic setting, which tells a story of a protagonist fighting against a fallen underground civilization and its appalling religious rituals.

In this demo you’ll be able to explore a small part of the game world. Visit a village, the existence of which remained unknown for a long time. Find out how people live in the underground world ruled by the Church of the Great Hand. Find your own playstyle by combining 3 available weapon types, so that eventually you can fight a giant boss Behemoth that gets in your way to freedom.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1132980/There_Is_No_Light/





Tower Princess is a 3D roguelike action platformer where you'll have to beat a dungeon, defeat a dragon, rescue a princess/prince and manage a perfect date with them! There’s a wide variety of royalty members you can hit on — you’ll be able to find someone you like even if you’re not into humans.

The demo is a linear and brief sample of a run in one of the Castle's areas. It shows the visuals and the core gameplay of Tower Princess, but it's focused on the princess aid in combat, as without her help, you wouldn't stand a chance against the Evil Dragon. Are you ready to test yourself as a knight in shining armour?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1138650/Tower_Princess/





SuchArt is a painting sim game featuring you being such an amazing artist. Really you rock, your latest DNA test is very positive about it. Now please paint, sell and expose your art from your new studio aboard the Space City. And don’t forget — the only limit is the size of your brush (or a flamethrower).

SuchArt demo features a separate room (a virtual studio instead of a real one you’ll get in the full game) with a limited amount of tools and an introductory part of the story. However, you’ll be able to test the core game mechanics and take a couple of commissions from virtual clients, which is already fun!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293180/SuchArt/

Hello, Volunteers!

A new patch is already available for download.

— The game has been transferred to the new Unreal Engine version 4.25.
— A performance issue caused by new versions of drivers for graphic cards has been resolved.
— Additional optimization of locations, ticks and lighting, influencing the loading of CPU and graphic cards.
— A bug with the customization save has been fixed (please note that if you’ve made progress in game and you want to change your character’s appearance, then after changing it use your last save file; if it’s not the last save file you’re loading, then for the customization to be applied you need to make this file the last, i.e. re-save it).
— Numerous minor bug fixes

P.S. Transferring to the new engine version can cause some peculiar problems, which we couldn’t track down after all the tests. If you come across them, we’ll be really happy to receive your feedback on our Discord server. If there are many of those, we’ll prepare a fix update.