• The completed soundtrack is now in the game! A high quality version of the soundtrack will also be available to buy as a DLC when the full release of Final Days launches.
  
  
• The soundtrack composer, Chris Head, has also helped me out with the sound effects a bit in this update:
  
  
  
  • New sound effects were added for Rapid Fire, Spread Shot, and Hot Shot. Which means every ammo type now has a unique sound!
    
  • We've added new unique sound effects for each type of mutant and their boss variant. To put it in perspective, before there were only 4 different mutant sound effects. Now there are 32!
    
  
  We've both spent quite a bit of time getting these sound effects sounding good in the game, so we hope you enjoy them!
  

• Custom maps support
  You can now make your own maps for Final Days! If you're interested, here's a guide to get you started:
  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1458908761
  There's also a brand new dedicated map making forum where can discuss and share your custom maps. And there's a map making channel over on the Final Days Discord server as well.
  
  
• Customisable key bindings
  You can now finally customise the key bindings to whatever you want!
  
  
  
  
• Fixed volume controls
  If you've ever noticed that the volume was overly loud and it had to be turned right down, then this should now be sorted. Volume controls are now fixed so that maximums aren't so loud, volume steps are more consistent, and music volume is in line with sound volume.
  
  
• Several other tweaks and fixes
  

New Music and Trailer!

Other Changes in v0.30

• If you just want to unlock everything immediately, then open the credits screen and type: IWANTITALL
  
• You can also use the dedicated server which will always have everything unlocked
  

• Support for the new rich presence features in the upcoming new Steam chat
  
• The demo has also been updated to include the first 2 maps from the Rendezvous campaign. It cycles between them and is capped at 7 days.
  
• Several fixes
  

Release Plans

• Customisable controls
  
• Support for custom maps
  
• I will also continue to further polish the game. I'll particularly be focusing on polishing gameplay (e.g. further improving the "Escape" campaign).
  
• Anything else I can do in this time will be a bonus
  

• IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to a major overhaul to difficulty progression, this version starts with fresh leaderboards. The old scores are still there though and can be viewed in the leaderboards screen.
  
  
• Further work on "Escape"
  I've done a fair bit of work on "Escape" (which is now a campaign by the way) to make it a lot more playable and enjoyable. There were several changes, but the major ones were related to improving the procedural generation and the overall progression.
  
  
• Difficulty progression overhaul
  There were still some issues with the difficulty progression which have come to my attention recently. So I've spent quite a bit of time overhauling it to get it better balanced and more enjoyable. I have made a lot of changes in this area. But of particular note, it should be a lot more forgiving for single player games now (but still challenging).
  
  
• Eradication improvements
  After analysing the difficulty progression, I found that the progression for Eradication mode in particular was a bit broken and not very smooth at all. So I've overhauled this a bit to make the progression a lot smoother and more balanced. It should be a lot more achievable to actually complete floor 50 now (and get the associated achievement).
  
  
• Power Shot and Heavy Auto
  Most people (including myself) seemed to find these ammo types in particular to be a little underwhelming. So I've made some changes to try and make them feel more powerful. I hope you like them!
  
  
• Many other changes, tweaks, and fixes!
  

• Flesh out "Escape" mode further
  Escape mode is still a work in progress and is a bit basic at the moment. I've got a few ideas in mind to make it more interesting. And I've actually already been working on some improvements for the next update (I plan to release an experimental build soon actually).
  
  
• Bots and a matchmaking system
  Quite a few people have asked me to add bots to the game. And I have also received some complaints about it being hard to find a multiplayer game. So I'll be trying to address both in one go. I'm hoping the bots should help fill out games when there aren't enough players about. And the matchmaking system should make it easier to host/join games. I'm not sure how well it will actually work, but I will definitely give it a go and find out!
  
  
• Support for custom maps
  At a minimum, I at least want to allow people to play maps that they've made themselves.
  
  
• Customisable controls
  This one speaks for itself and is quite important in my opinion.
  

• Improve ammo sharing mechanic (it's still a bit clunky to use)
  
• Healing mechanics (e.g. ability to heal other players)
  
• More items such as mines, flares, firecrackers (for distracting enemies), molotovs
  
• Look into maybe adding some kind of sprint mechanic, and rework how the shove mechanic works
  
• Customisable characters (e.g. choose colours, player head)
  
• Additional campaigns, maps, and modes
  
• Some kind of basic ability to build/repair barricades and structures
  
• More enemy types (particularly ones with projectile attacks)
  
• More ammo types
  

• New "Eradication" mode!
  Clear a bunker of mutants floor by floor. How low can you get?
  Procedurally generated levels mean that each game is different!
  
  
  
  
• More forgiving to new players!
  v0.26 was still a bit too brutal for new players in particular. So I've tweaked the enemy numbers again so that they ramp up less in the earlier stages, and more in the later stages. This makes the early game more forgiving to new players, and the late game more challenging for experienced players.
  
  
• More arcade feel!
  I've added and improved several effects to give more of an arcade feel to the game. Global leaderboards are now also displayed at the end of a game so you can compare your top scores.
  
  
  
  
• Destructible pipes!
  There's now more stuff to blow up! All levels now have pipes added to them, which can be destroyed with explosives and will collapse.
  
  
  
  
• More tension!
  For some added tension, the levels get darker as you progress further in the game until it's eventually pitch black!
  
  
  
  
• Several bug fixes!
  

• Achievements
  This update adds Steam Achievements to Final Days! There are a total of 74 so far. I've still got a few more ideas for achievements as well, so I'll likely add some more in a later update.
  
  
  
  
• Demo players can now join full version games!
  The only limitation is that demo players can't pick up full version item drops (e.g. pipe bombs). So your friends who don't own Final Days can now just use the free demo to join your games (and hopefully buy it if they like it ;D).
  
  
• Ammo Progression
  There is now some basic progression to the ammo types that are available to you. Now only Rapid Fire ammo drops in the first stage, and drops of other types gradually become unlocked in later stages.
  
  
  
  
• Difficulty Rebalancing
  I've been noticing that new players in particular are having a tough time with the "normal" difficulty level. So I've spent some time making a few changes to make the game a little more forgiving for newer players while still keeping the challenge there for experienced players.
  
  
  
  
• Campaign mode now has 7 waves per day instead of 5.
  This is to extend the overall duration and challenge a little, as well as further differentiating it from Last Stand mode a bit more. Note that the enemy numbers still peak to the same levels, so the waves themselves shouldn't be any harder. There's just a couple more waves in between now.
  
  
• Power Shot tweak
  To try and make Power Shot ammo a little more valuable, it now has a much faster aiming speed than the other ammo types
  
  
• Brightness
  I've received feedback from a few people over time that the game brightness was too dark. So I've increased the brightness a little and added a new brightness adjustment setting to the video options.
  
  
• Screen Scaling & Resolutions
  
  
  
  • There are now 4 new scaling quality options to better help balance quality with performance. This includes a new "high" quality option which is better than the previous best quality option. The default "medium" quality option has also been optimised.
    
  • Available fullscreen resolutions are now fixed scales of the display resolution which are nicely upscaled to the display resolution (e.g. 1920x1080 (x1.00), 960x540 (x2.00)). Note that whole scales (e.g. x2.00, x3.00, etc.) look sharper than fractional scales (e.g. x1.25, x1.50, etc.).
    
  • Available windowed resolutions are now standard 4:3 and 16:9 resolutions, as well as a few fractions of the display resolution (i.e. 1, 3/4, 2/3, 1/2)