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Version 0.8.9

3 Nights at FRI
A downloadable game for Windows

🛠️ Development Log – Project Update

🎮 Gameplay Systems and Mechanics

  • New textures were added to the button interface used for entering door access codes.
  • Multiple flashlights and fuses were introduced, allowing the player to recharge power sources and repair corridor lighting.
  • Following the television jumpscare event, the character now disappears and begins roaming the institute environment.
  • New paranoia-related activities were implemented within the protagonist’s household.
  • A symbolic safe code system was designed, enabling access to the true ending.
  • A prototype system for storing and reviewing collected lore documents was implemented.
  • A task list system was added and made accessible within the house environment.
  • The ability to sleep in the protagonist’s house is now restricted until all active tasks are completed.

🏠 World Interaction and Tasks

  • A new domestic task was introduced, requiring the player to organize children’s clothing into drawers within their rooms.
  • Visual models of buttered toast were added to enhance the interaction during food preparation sequences.
  • The flashlight model was removed due to the absence of a finalized player animation for holding the object.

🔊 Audio and Presentation

  • New sound effects were added for collecting lore documents, flashlights, fuses, and for recharging the flashlight.
  • The font used for lore documents was changed to a handwritten style to improve thematic consistency.
  • Voice acting for the supervisor was added to the introductory sequence, guiding the player through the core gameplay mechanics.
  • Additional supervisor voice acting was implemented for the power outage event.

🐞 Bug Fixes and Adjustments

  • The duration of subtitle animations was adjusted to better match in-game dialogue pacing.
  • Probability values were corrected, replacing test values with balanced gameplay parameters.
  • Sound effects were refined to better align with object movement and interaction timing.
  • The interaction logic during the television jumpscare event was revised.

Files

  • TNAFInstaller.exe 593 MB
    47 days ago
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