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Alpha 5 is now out!

Blacktrace
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

Here is Alpha 5 of Blacktrace! I got some feedback on the user experience of the game, so I started working on that first. Hopefully this makes the game less frustrating for new players. After that I worked on improving performance. While the game runs smoothly on most hardware, there are still some hiccups when a lot of explosions and bullets are in the scene. To resolve this I made the dismemberment and bullet wound system work on one job at a time. This makes bullet wounds show up later then expected, but in all the chaos this is hardly noticeable. 

Changes :

  • Intro can be skipped after it's been shown once by pressing spacebar.
  • Enemies flee the scene when they see a dead ally instead of telepathically knowing something is wrong.
  • Added controls explanation to the lock picking screen.
  • The map now shows the enemy paths as well while playing.
  • Enemies can be shot off their bike when they try to flee, and you will still win.
  • Increased shotgun spread and bullet count from 10 to 15.
  • Removed automatically go out of cover when aiming too far from the wall.
  • Increased the damage of the punch and knife slash.
  • Added questionmark to bulletinboard to show explanation again.
  • Reworked the bullet and bullet tracer system for better performance.
  • Reworked dismemberment and bullet wound system for better performance.
  • A lot more smaller fixes.

Files

  • blacktrace-linux.zip 575 MB
    Version Alpha5
  • blacktrace-osx.zip 599 MB
    Version Alpha5
  • blacktrace-win.zip 574 MB
    Version Alpha5
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