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🦊 Tobi's update 0.1.3 is out!

Side Effect Demo
A downloadable Side Effect Demo for Windows and macOS

Yo guys, many players have experienced Tobi getting stuck during the gameplay. This is very unpleasant situation since Tobi is essential for the story to continue and with him being stuck in one place forever the player won't be able to finish the demo.


Apart from this main problem I've decided to add and tweak more features of the game, some are smaller others are larger, to make it more interesting for you guys.

Here is the list of changes / fixes for 0.1.3:

  1. When bringing garbage to recycler, Tobi will now select proper 'NavMesh' position on the ground which will make sure he will not get stuck anymore.
  2. I have flattened bumpy terrain under the small downhill river to prevent players getting accidentally stuck while walking in the river.
  3. Tobi's monologue speech has been simplified to communicate story more clearly.
  4. Sometimes Tobi would not pick up garbage when player recycles, even though there's clearly trash near him. This is also fixed.
  5. Garbage will no longer sink underwater but will now float on the surface surface, which will make it easier for you to find it.
  6. Tobi's garbage collection mechanics explaining has been simplified since before it took quite long time for him to explain it.
  7. 1 golden trash has been moved to apparent location to make it more clear for the player that there are collectables in the demo.
  8. A flower pot can now be removed & recycled from Tobi's dead child's head to reveal an ugly truth (yes I know).
  9. When you fall to your death, game will now respawn you inside the cave instead of going back to the main menu.
  10. Tobi's range at which he asks player to follow him has been decreased a little to make it more natural.
  11. Facebook and Youtube social media buttons have been hidden from the main menu to prevent visual clutter.
  12. Tobi's crying sequence has been shortened a bit.
  13. Increased size of garbage collector's surface to make it easier to hit it with trash from greater distances.


A huge thank you to all players who saw an issue in the game and decided to report it via a form online, I'm grateful for that. That's all for this update, I hope you will give it a try and let me know how you like these new changes.


Sincerely, your dev

Files

  • side-effect-demo-windows.zip 130 MB
    Version 0.1.3
  • side-effect-demo-mac.zip 136 MB
    Version 0.1.3
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