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Pre-Alpha Build Released!

Synaptic
A downloadable game for Windows

Hello everyone! 

We are happy to announce that our Pre-Alpha Build has been released! This has a lot of changes and updates since our last build including:

  • 2 more levels (Tutorial, Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3) with unique soundtracks
  • Environment implementation - no more grey walls!
  • Flowing animations and transitions for each of the weapons!
  • Settings screen with working audio sliders
  • Screen VFX when taking chunks of sanity damage
  • And lots of gameplay tweaks!

We also have a list of known issues:

Gameplay

  • Section of the tutorial can be skipped if a certain target is not destroyed (the specific memory target zoomed in on during the pop-up)
  • Large collision boxes around vein pillars obstructing some player movement and bullet trajectories. Also, the dip in the floor in the hub doesn’t exist in collision either.
  • Lower targets in the final level are impossible to hit due to bullets colliding with the barrier keeping the player from going over the edge
    • We suspect this is also causing an issue with the snipping weapon failing to cut targets in the final level
  • Tutorial pop-ups being a LMB to move on is a recipe for people skipping through the tutorial unintentionally
  • When zooming in to a target, sometimes the camera whips towards a target that doesn’t exist and leave the player facing the hub
  • Can get softlocked when you start a level if you walk back into the hub before the door closes (will need to die or restart)
  • Sign targets can freak out when deactivated after a level
  • Sanity depletion is a little too fast, and memory targets / tracking targets inflict too much damage on it

Graphics

  • UI looks disjointed with clashing styles
  • Rarely getting stuck in a Calm Animation loop if it is playing when the game pauses
  • Floor texture warping in the final level (balcony)
  • Bullets not lined up to the animations.

We will continue to make tweaks, but any feedback is massively appreciated! Please use this form: https://forms.office.com/e/X5qfvKcK3t . No questions are mandatory, but the more you answer, the more it helps us out! And please share your thoughts with us on our itch page!

Files

  • Synaptic v0.4 551 MB
    Mar 13, 2025
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