Vertigo 2 News

Hi Vertigoers,
I've updated the demo with a variety of bug fixes, new options, and other polish. No new content or anything, just a smoother experience.

Here's a complete list of the changes:

- Fixed some major bugs causing game to break after loading save
- Improved iron sights on revolver
- Improved BAMM model to reduce self intersection
- Rewrote UI code
- Improved low health fx
- Added options to change low health fx (in comfort settings)
- Added option to disable blood and gore
- Removed subtitles from some enemy voice lines cause they tend to spam
- Added HUD options
- made player immune to damage while loading a level, should fix softlocks where you die while exiting the level
- fixed thrown/dropped objects not keeping velocity when player is moving
- fixed bug where left hand would accidentally grab inventory and glitch out
- fixed health stations injecting even when empty
- BAMM health display is no longer rounded to the nearest 5%
- fixed bug causing some audio sources to become inaudible too quickly
- improved some audio culling to increase audio performance
- Teleporter now automatically sticks to valid targets to make teleporting more reliable
- Added some teleport blockers to prevent skips
- Added theme song vocals
- Added analog smooth turning
- Added joystick scrolling on UI

This video was produced in collaboration with Gianni Matragrano, Vertigo 2 cast member and staple of the retro shooter community. He'll tell you about Vertigo 2's inspirations and design sensibilities, and what makes it stand out from other games like it!

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In preparation for the full release of Vertigo 2 next year, I have finally updated the demo to reflect how the final game will look and feel. The changes include but are not limited to:

• Weapon interaction has been overhauled and now uses physics
  
• Arm and upper body IK has been added
  
• Enemy AI has been greatly improved
  
• Graphics and sounds have been polished
  
• Environments are more detailed and interactive
  
• Lighting has been improved
  
• Performance has been improved
  
• Detailed graphics settings and other options have been added
  

Note that no new areas or content have been added. In fact, the introduction area has been removed to get new players right into action, so the demo is shorter overall. This is simply an update to make the demo more accurate to the final game, not a brand new demo!

I hope you enjoy the new, much smoother gameplay!

After too many years of development, Vertigo 2 is finally nearing completion. I'm excited to announce the official release date, and show off this new trailer! Enjoy this look at some new locations, enemies, weapons, and characters.

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The game will be launching March 30th, 2023.

Now, I've got to get back to putting the finishing touches on the game. See you in March!

Hi gamers, enjoy this new trailer for a very special level in Vertigo 2.

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