CARRION News

CARRION Deluxe Edition Now Available

CARRION Deluxe Edition - OUT NOW!

We’re proud to announce the release of CARRION Deluxe Edition!

The Deluxe Edition bundle consists of the reverse horror indie hit CARRION, its critically acclaimed Original Soundtrack by Cris Velasco, and the brand new Deluxe Edition Content:

CARRION Digital Comic Book - written by Rob Yescombe, illustrated by Damien Worm
The Art of CARRION Art Book - featuring a peek behind the scenes, in-game art, promotional materials, and art inspired by the game
an exclusive set of CARRION wallpapers (including 4K versions!)

Last but not least, the Deluxe Edition features an exclusive track The Worm Turns by Cris Velasco!
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16788/CARRION_Deluxe_Edition/

P.S. Don’t forget to check out the amazing mods that are starting to appear on the CARRION Steam Workshop page!

Minor Workshop Updates

Some of you might have noticed that we have published several updates in a row over the last few days. They are mostly related to the Workshop, as we still occasionally stumble upon some minor issues and missing features that need to get fixed or implemented.

Full changelog:

Added: new Lua wrappers to expose sound and music API;
Added: missing property setters in some types exposed to Lua;
Fixed: inconsequential asset paths in the mods;
Fixed: hot reload not working with user levels;
Fixed: hard crashes happening in Lua wrappers not logging any meaningful error messages;
Upgraded: SDL 2.0.10 to 2.0.12.

That's all for now. Happy modding!

Carrion Workshop Features - Open Beta

Gain early access to the new Steam Workshop integration and modding features by joining the following Steam group: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/carrion-workshop-tests

The new Carrion build is now available in the beta branch on Steam (no passphrase needed) and gets new updates frequently.

[h2]The Workshop is now LIVE![/h2]

New features include:

Streamlined and safer mod loading - each mod is a self-contained hermetic package stored in a single folder and doesn't require hacking/changing the base game's resources. When the game loads a mod, it prioritizes loading the mod's resources over the base game's ones, falling back to the original assets only if necessary.
Save files stored separately for each mod allowing for fail-safe experimentation.
In-game mod browser - subscribe to Workshop items or unzip the mods into a "UserContent" folder to make them visible in the game!
User-Generated Content Toolkit shipped alongside the game's binary.
Basic Lua integration - makes it possible to add new functionality or load extra assets (check out the Streaming Avatar mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2252217602).

...and more to come!

We're looking forward to your feedback on our Discord server: https://discordapp.com/invite/phobia-game-studio

Happy modding!

The First Post-Release Update

Hello, Amorphous Beings!

The first post-release update is coming out today! The patch focuses on the most critical issues you've reported so far since day one, such as game-breaking softlocks, crashes, and so on. Additionally, there are some quality-of-life improvements made with custom level creation in mind. Not quite the Workshop integration we're after yet, but there's more to come soon!

Version: 1.0.3-RELEASE-140-gaacc44a3

Patch notes/changelog:

General:

Fix: linking to glibc 2.2.5 on Linux (instead of glibc 2.27)
Fix: the prehensile tentacle is no longer able to keep grabbing switches through walls
Fix: the prehensile tentacle is now unable to keep grabbing objects while traversing through background doors
Fix: more windowy windows
Fix: KO translation for "Deposit biomass"
Fix: crash caused by some controls being bound to "None"
Enhancement: power nodes cannot be grabbed while they are inactive/charging

Level Design:

Fix: First Flashback Sequence softlock
Fix: Frontier - Highlands minor geometry bug
Fix: missing ladder pieces added in Bunker
Fix Leviathan Reef Base - Bridge Arachnoptysis puzzle skip*
Fix: Leviathan Reef Base - Bridge Parasitism puzzle softlock*
Fix: Relith Science HQ Parasitism puzzle softlock*
Fix: a rare bug that prevented backtracking through Botanical Gardens*
Enhancement: a smoother introduction to rivets in Nuclear Power Plant*
Enhancement: power nodes remain inactive before obtaining the Photokinesis skill*

Custom Level Creation:

Enhancement: it's now possible to load a level on startup with the following command line argument: carrion -level level_name
Enhancement: the "editor" mode (edit_level level_name) hot-reloads the level upon detecting any change in the level/script file
Enhancement: the console hotkey can be rebound in the config file
Enhancement: the .png version of the "tiles" texture is shipped alongside the game

*old saves might remain unaffected

Lost in Carrion? This map might help

Alien fleshbeasts are really good at flinging, creeping, bashing, and gnawing on the bones of hapless scientists. But as the formless biological horror in Carrion, it's easy to realise that The Thing doesn't have a great sense of direction - or an in-game map. It's easy to get lost in Carrion's caverns. What's a tentacled meat monster to do?

One option is to use this handy map created by two Carrion fans working in collaboration. The first step was to map out the game, and that was accomplished by YouTuber Demajen. Demajen specialises in videogame map making, and while he enjoyed finding his way around in Carrion, he noticed that plenty of players posting on the Steam forums did not. Setting Carrion to run at 720p, Demajen used console commands to view Carrion in its "pristine" state. He then took screenshots of each room in the game, and then carefully pieced them together in Photoshop.

That generated a massive, 462 megabyte file, which Redditor MrDrWho used to create an Adobe Acrobat file. This let MrDrWho link up the passageways that allow the Carrion monster to travel between areas in the indie game quickly, and the PDF file will zip you from one end of a tunnel to the other at the click of a mouse.

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