Hey there everyone, apologies for the radio-silence for the better part of this past month. To put it quite simply, we all needed some time to recover after our mad dash to get the initial release of ViViD completed. Rest assured though, we're primed and ready to kick things back into gear on Relapse development!

So, a few words on what our plans are now, going forward.

Since our initial release back on the 13th, we've pushed a couple of updates focused primarily on back-end improvements. A lot of bug-fixes, a lot of systems changes, and pre-existing level design refinements. Chief among these was a design overhaul to our in-game options menu, courtesy of Nate, with new sound and gameplay options in tow. Like I said though, all of this has been fairly under-the-hood. What about our plans for entirely NEW content?

0.0.9

Before then, though, we've got some other (smaller) updates in the works. Our goal is to release a 0.0.9 update within the very near future as a near-final back-end update. With this, we primarily hope to address some of the issues surrounding effect intensity by better-balancing them across both campaigns on all intensity settings. We're also looking into an accessibility option to disable them entirely, but this may not arrive until a future patch. Beyond this, more options and minor refinements would follow along, as with previous minor updates.

0.1.0

0.2.0

There's plenty of other important features we'd like to get to after these next few updates. We want to bring the game to more platforms (MAC and Linux are our current priorities), and provide some speedrunner friendly features like built-in timers, quick restarts, and advanced movement options. We'll also be making a bigger effort to get the game in front of more people. All this, in addition to the Act II story and gameplay sequences we're working on (and bonus content), and I'd say we've got a pretty healthy road ahead of us in terms of updates!