End of Days
End of Days v0.1.5 Released!
+Support for the Oculus Rift
+Kar98k bolt action sniper riffle
+M4A1
+Vertical fore grip
+Silencer
+Holographic sight
+Retuned weapon stats
+Retuned item costs
+Mysterybox generates random guns with attachments
+Updated art style
+Low poly hands ( those were a pain to get right )
+Bullet Rain power-up (WIP, I will post about this elsewhere)
+Fire Storm power-up ( done, might need damage tweak)
+Increased exploding barel damage and added spawners
+Added sounds for knife, katana, arrows
+Added HLODs and changed distance render settings
+Added light profiles to each lamp and light source to properly work with the new volumetric fog
+some other stuff ;)
Lot's of bug fixes happened too!
SO the very next update is going to be all about the AI and repairable windows. The AI that came with Weapon Master served it's purpose till now, but it's time I write a less performance hungry system. I will be multithreading and creating more interaction with the zombies and spawners. For sure, I will be adding the ability to for zombies to tear down windows and for the players to rebuild them. Once this is in place I will feel comfortable adding a leaderboard system to End of Days. Having the Doors all start shut and zombies able to get into the building from the windows will really solidify the gameplay and End of Days will be less of a tech demo looking thing. Might redo the meshes this update too.
Update Almost Done!
Now that that is out of the way, I have good news still. I've been painfully updating End of Days to the new version of Weapon Master. For the most part I have finished that and I'm doing little tweaks here and there to lighting and trying to squeeze some performance out of whatever I can. The ai is pretty processor intensive because I actually didn't write it. The ai was a basic example that came with Weapon Master, but I'll get back to that in a minute.
So what you can expect in this update:
-Support for the Oculus Rift
-Kar98k bolt action sniper riffle
-M4A1 (if it wasn't in the last patch)
-Vertical foregrip
-Silencer
-Holographic sight
-Retuned weapon stats
-Retuned item costs
-Mysterybox generates random guns with attachments
-Updated art style
-Low poly hands ( those were a pain to get right )
-Bullet Rain power-up (WIP, I will post about this elsewhere)
-Fire Storm power-up ( done, might need damage tweak)
-Increased exploding barel damage and added spawners
-some other stuff ;)
Lot's of bug fixes happened too!
Back to the AI topic. SO the very next update is going to be all about the AI and repairable windows. The AI that came with Weapon Master served it's purpose till now, but it's time I write a less performance hungry system. I will be multithreading and creating more interaction with the zombies and spawners. For sure, I will be adding the ability to for zombies to tear down windows and for the players to rebuild them. Once this is in place I will feel comfortable adding a leaderboard system to End of Days. Having the Doors all start shut and zombies able to get into the building from the windows will really solidify the gameplay and End of Days will be less of a tech demo looking thing.
LASTLY, there is a beta branch of End of Days already up on steam. It is password protected of course. If you would like to help bug test and get a preview of what is in store for End of Days, join the Life Art Studios discord server and ask about beta testing. Bring a friend if you want :)
https://discord.gg/VUSGNQA
Interesting News!
In other words, End of Days is getting more than just a simple update. It's getting a complete overhaul of the systems. I wouldn't expect all of these features in the next update, but you CAN expect the following:
- climbing
- bolt action weapons (SNIPERS, MY FAVE!)
- alternative locomotion options ex: arm swinging
Some things that are to come in the near future, possibly update after this:
- perk sodas ( manually drinkable )
- swinging doors ( you can grab and move them)
- basic multiplayer ( do stuff in the shooting range together, i wanna take time to ensure stability before survival mode is multiplayer )
- virtual keyboards and web browser integration
- better levers, switches, knobs, etc.
- drawers and closets
- better physics objects
- more maps
- drones
Future plans, no estimated timeframe yet:
- full multiplayer ( co-op and vs)
- more weapons
- vehicles
- randomly generated maps ( i have a working prototype, not optimized)
- craftables
- upgrade machine
- zombie kill of the week
- achievements
- workshop support
- cameo weapons / skins
- LOOT BOXES ( just kidding, don't want to do that at all :p )
I have some other floating ideas I may have said before and didn't list here and others I just haven't said at all. I'd like to keep adding to End of Days and really build the IP.
Anyway, thanks for sticking with the project guys. There's lots to come for End of Days. :)
~ Starkium
OMG FINALLY! The code base has been Updated!
Moving right along, as stated in the previous update I'm aware of a lot of bugs and things that need to be taken care for End of Days to play smoother so I'm going to tackle those things as well. Since I'm going to be working on a lot of code related updates first, I probably won't get around to changing the zombie art style till I have the root problems dealt with.
I'm also in the process of updating the Life Art Studios website. I'd like to get more of a community in place as well as show off other projects in the works.
Lastly, I've been streaming pretty much everyday the dev work I've been doing on the other projects. I'll be adding the dev work for End of Days to the line up of what will be on stream, so if you want to come hang out and give some feedback check me out here: https://www.twitch.tv/starkium
Thanks for being so patient guys, you're the best XD
Still Here
I have also read over comments and reviews from online and in person play throughs of the game and it's noted that "minecrafty" is not the desired style. Luckily for you guys I already had plans of changing the character models because I don't want the game to look like Out of Ammo: Overdrive.
Cheers! ~Starkium
Project is not dead!
-Starkium @ Life Art Studios
End of Days V0.1.4 Now Released!
This build was also submitted to steam for review. More info at a later date.
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Updates and Fixes
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-Fixed Shotgun two hand grip
-Fixed Mag pick up from drop
-Fixed First Run/Restart bug
-Allowed shotgun to use scope attachment (because why not)
-Added descriptive text to shooting range
-Added teddy bear to mystery box
-Added algorithm for odds of getting teddy bear in mystery box
-Fixed mystery box teleport and beacon visibility
-Fixed turrets (cannot be damaged by player)
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LIST OF KNOWN BUGS AND ERRORS
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-Zombies possibly get stuck on truck
-Possibly can’t pick up canted iron sight
-Shadows for laser pointers
-hard to see down pistol’s sights in the dark ( going to add glowing dots )
-Critial hit damage modifiers varry per weapon, some over powered
-zombies stop moving towards player when game is waiting on return event from player character
-mystery box might give you the same weapon repeatedly
-Bow has floating faces near the ends
-Wand fireball occasionally does not collide with the floor
-Buying the sword doesn’t immediately attach to player hand
-Menu button doesn’t close menu -> Temporary close button added to menu
-Pistol accuracy is too low on the z- axis -> meant to be a short range weapon anyway
-Certain areas of survival map cause zombies to not “see” you -> keep moving and they will see you
-Sometimes can’t grab clip from ammo belt -> if you move you will be able to grab from you belt
-Lighting probably too dark
-I know that isn’t how a scope goes on an AK47 -> still need to create mounting bracket
-Attachments are still highpoly meshes, only The Iron sights need to be updated
-Lighting of controls diagram in safe house map is too bright
-If you reload your gun too close to your ammo belt you might store an empty mag -> check how many bullets are left on the side of it
End of Days V0.1.3 Release Notes
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Updates
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-Added more zombie meshes
-Added buyable doors and obstacles
-Added mystery box
-Added buyable turrets
-Zombie’s health displayed overhead
-Infinite waves
-Zombie health increases by algorithm every wave
-Some of the weapons’s damages have been changed
-Dynamic navigation and rebuild on runtime
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LIST OF KNOWN BUGS AND ERRORS
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-Need to close and reopen game on first launch
-Zombies possibly get stuck on truck
-switches for turrets might not spawn
-Shadows for laser pointers
-potentially can’t pick up dropped clip even with full ammo
-hard to see down pistol’s sights in the dark ( going to add glowing dots )
-Critial hit damage modifiers varry per weapon, some over powered
-zombies stop moving towards player when game is waiting on return event from player character
-mystery box might give you the same weapon repeatedly
-mystery box might not teleport to other spawn location ( never leaves, doesn’t disapear, still can use )
-Two handed grip of shotgun may cause internal bullet collision
-Bow has floating faces near the ends
-Wand fireball occasionally does not collide with the floor
-Buying the sword doesn’t immediately attach to player hand
-Menu button doesn’t close menu -> Temporary close button added to menu
-Pistol accuracy is too low on the z- axis -> meant to be a short range weapon anyway
-Certain areas of survival map cause zombies to not “see” you -> keep moving and they will see you
-Sometimes can’t grab clip from ammo belt -> if you move you will be able to grab from you belt
-Lighting probably too dark
-I know that isn’t how a scope goes on an AK47 -> still need to create mounting bracket
-Attachments are still highpoly meshes Only The Iron sights need to be updated
-Lighting of controls diagram in safe house map is too bright
-If you reload your gun too close to your ammo belt you might store an empty mag -> check how many bullets are left on the side of it