First of all I would like to thank everybody who expressed their closeness and solidarity to our team and to me personally.
As you probably have read in some of my posts the situation is not the most cheerful, but we are doing well. We are all working from home, the New Game ( codename : NG ;-) ) is shaping up well. We release a major update for DieYoung today with French and German languages fully supported, an improved Russian translation, several graphic fixes including a brand new effect for dynamic water and sea ( we rebuilt it from scratch ) and much more. In short ... we continue to do our best to carry out the development of our projects and to always offer you the most advantageous offers on indiegala.
Anyway, this is my 16th quarantine day and frankly, I can't wait for summer.
But here we go with update notes:
New Dynamic Water
The sea and in general all water surfaces in DieYoung never satisfied us. Therefore we adopted a new approach and did the whole thing again. the new water material has new water as well as an underwater effect and reacts to daylight.
Languages
German translation with full subtitles and texts. French translation with full subtitles and texts. Improved Russian translation.
Bugfixes
- fixed incorrect reset of the difficulty settings - fixed audio bug in vipers - fixed pop-up bugs in save screens - fixed "discard item" bug in inventory - fixed bug with Flame Detector interaction at Biofuel Refinery - fixed missing items in Military Post - fixed some markers on the map - fixed wrong neutral state for dogs AI - fixed poison status bug - fixed bug of bottles that did no damage to enemies - fixed image of the Military Post in the Loading screens - missing audio fixes - fixed Radio Tower door bug - fixed power switch bug in Radio Tower - fixed GoodEnding save bug - fixed interaction with Red Backpack Guy of the quest "The Campers" - fixed description of the Healing Ointment item in the Collector's "shop" - fixed High Tower bug - fixed various graphics imperfections
Design fixes / improvements
-several level design improvements in Manor Farm, House on the Beach, Coastal Tower, Stone Pillars, Military Post -fixed incorrect spawn of rats
Miscellaneous
- added WIKI link in the main menu
Also, from this version we upgraded to Unreal Engine version 4.24 so it would be a good thing to have your video card drivers updated. That's all for today! I hope you enjoy playing Die Young, especially if you feel lonely these days!
Edit: We just realized that we forgot to update credits and some other minor stuff so expect a hotfix on Monday!
About darkness and loneliness..
Abandonment.
Loneliness.
Emotional states that make you uncomfortable but at the same time… fascinating ones. After all, when you are alone you understand yourself better.
These days of forced isolation have led me to think about loneliness and in general on solo experiences.
Oh, and an upcoming update with new languages, fixes and an engine upgrade is coming for Die Young soon. Best!
About isolation and our newest game.
Hi all,
Many of you are probably wondering: what are we working on or if we are even working on something. After all, the latest update for DieYoung dates way back to October.
Even though everyone here in Rome, Italy, is working at the moment from their own homes, due to the current situation, we haven’t lost our initiative despite the isolation. Part of the team, as mentioned, is working on DY PS4 port and on an upcoming update for PC ( more news on this coming soon ), while others are working on a new project, an idea we’ve been sleeping on for quite a while and which is set in the same narrative universe as dieyoung... several months after the end of the first game.
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