Rad Venture 0.0.7.3 Changelog

12/11/2024

Gameplay

• Updated wall sliding/jumping
• Nerfed height you gain after grappling to a target using the Grapnel Gloves by 100 units
• Nerfed Double Jump horizontal movement
  • Double Jumping now gives you less horizontal movement and more vertical movement.
• Extended spin attack hitbox
• Dying no long reloads map, it just respawns Rad at the last checkpoint with full health
• Added ability to change outfits
  • Pressing “CTRL+9” will cycle through Rad’s outfits
  • Pressing “CTRL+0” will return Rad to his default outfit

User Interface

• Added new main menu
  • Added “Venture” option that brings you to a File Select menu.
  • Added “Options” menu (wip, doesn’t work).
  • Added “Quit” option.
  • Added “World Main” option that brings you to the main world.
    • Select this to play the game.
• Added File Select menu
  • The File Select menu is still wip and does not bring you to a new game.
• Updated Pause menu
• Started work on Options Menu
• Added menu for the Augmented Reality Arena
• Added helpful text to main menu and gameplay HUD

Levels

• Converted world to World Partition
  • Levels now stream through chunks instead of streaming volumes
• Updated lighting throughout the whole game
• Updated Post Process Volumes throughout the whole game
• Updated Skybox
• Vistabell
  • Updated various prop and asset meshes
  • Updated Fountain Square location
  • Updated Water Works entrance location
  • Updated various props in Ducktor’s Lab
  • Added new Bell Tower exterior
  • Added Bell Tower Interior location
  • Updated Lagoon location, which now connects to in front of the big waterfall under the cliffs
  • Updated Cliffs Cave location
  • Updated Beach location
    • Added new platforming challenges
    • Moved McGuffinite location
    • Moved Magic Ring location
    • Added new area that leads to the Resort level
    • Added Hover Fan as a shortcut to the Bell Tower arch
  • Updated Harbor location
  • Updated location under Ducktor’s Lab and Cliffs to act as a starting point for the game
  • Added tunnel that leads to the Bell Tower arch and beach areas
  • Started to update distant mountains that surround the city
  • Added new cloud meshes
  • Updated the Cafe to be “Gianni’s Joint”, a themed restaurant
    • This is the level entrance to Headline Street
  • Added new monkey bars to various locations
  • Added new Grapple Crystals to various locations
  • Updated platforming section around the Clock Tower
  • Updated platforming section on the cliffs that leads to Ducktor’s Lab
  • Added new meshes for the city walls
  • Added additional McGuffinites
  • Added entrance to Augmented Reality Arena in Ducktor’s lab
• Shiver Swamp
  • Repainted foliage
  • Updated lighting
  • Updated fire particles
  • Added rain particles
  • Added rain droplet particles
  • Added more rain puddle particles
  • Adjusted platforms
  • Added distant rock wall meshes
  • Adjusted Stardust locations
• Headline Street
  • Adjusted lighting
  • Updated “Donkey Kong” skyscraper platforming quest
  • Updated switch cutscenes
  • Updated Sewer entrance event
    • Sewer is opened by default now
  • Updated scaffolding platforming section above Sewer entrance
    • Magic Ring moved to the top of this section
  • Added Club Smooth abandoned interior
  • Added Club Smooth interior portion of level
  • Added 3rd clue (found in Club Smooth)
  • Moved Magic Ring locations
  • Added trampolines to final sewer section because it’s currently broken
• Augmented Reality Arena
  • Added new level geometry
  • Added new props
  • Added new obstacles
    • Added swinging hammers
    • Added pushing flipper
  • Added Finish Line asset
  • Added exit that leads back to the main world
• Resort
  • Started adding level geometry
  • Added various props
  • Added various particles (like fish)
  • Added objects
    • Generators
    • Uplift pipes
    • Water bucket hazards
    • Grind rail meshes
• Synergy Silo
  • Updated trimsheet textures
• Greyboxes
  • Finished second boss level greybox
  • Nearly finished final level greybox
  • Continued greyboxing Arena levels

Characters

• All
  • Updated textures and materials on most characters
• Rad
  • Added new animations
    • Added various jump start animations
    • Added wall slide animations
    • Added various wall slide jump animations
  • Updated animations
    • Updated running animation
    • Updated idle animation
  • Added new Alt outfits
    • Added “Ray of Hope” outfit
    • Added “Bonkle” outfit
    • Added “Doodle” outfit
    • Added “Ghost” outfit
    • Added “Headless Horseman” outfit
• Iris
  • Added running animation
  • Added jumping animations
• NPCs
  • Scout Leader Leslie
    • Added headline Street alt outfit
  • McKayla
    • Added Headline Street alt outfits
    • Added Resort alt outfits
  • Marcus
    • Added Resort alt outfits
  • Wiska
    • Added Resort alt outfits
  • Added Amira NPC model and base outfits
  • Added Carl NPC model and base outfits
• NPC Dialog
  • Started work on new NPC dialog system

Objects

• Updated Crate mesh
• Updated Fan Crate mesh
• Updated 100 Stardust mesh
• Updated Checkpoint mesh
• Updated Fast-Travel Telepad mesh
• Updated Upgrade Terminal mesh
• Updated McGuffinite Fusion Machine mesh
• Updated Ducktor monitors

Optimization

• Optimized a LOT of textures
• Updated LODs on various meshes
• Updated various particles
• Optimized lighting
  • Reduced amount of lights
  • Turned off shadows on certain lights
  • Reduced range of specific lights
  • Added “Skylight Leaking” to interior Post Process Volumes to help with lighting

Sounds/ Music

• Rad
  • Added effort sounds to Rad
• Added sound fx to various objects
• Added ambient sounds to various locations
• Temporarily removed music from levels
  • Working on new music system

Known Bugs

• Menus / UI
  • Having trouble with keyboard/gamepad focus on most menus
    • If you’re having trouble, just use the mouse. You might have to press alt+tab to leave the game to have the mouse appear.
  • Pausing the game then unpausing by pressing “P” does not remove the Pause menu from the screen. You must select “Resume” from the menu for it to go away.
    • Continuing to press “P” will spawn more and more of the pause menu.
• Collision
  • Some collision meshes aren’t final
• Skybox
  • Vistabell’s day/night cycle snaps between lighting instead of transitioning
  • Skybox is just kinda fucked at the moment
  • Headline Street’s lighting is too dark when switching from Vistabell’s skybox
• Levels
  • Shiver Swamp cave silo climb water doesn’t rise
  • Headline Street Sewer water puzzle doesn’t work
    • Section is still possible by jumping on various pipes
• Characters
  • Navigation is broken
    • Page enemies don’t walk around
    • Birds only spawn one in a flock instead of the set number
• Shaders
  • Water reflections are kinda broken