Genesis Noir
Patch 9718
Here's a small update that fixes a few issues:
<*>Fix for character movement not being re-enabled after inspecting certain items.
<*>Fix for being able to walk into buildings during the Prologue.
<*>Various small audio fixes across the game.
The Checkpoint Update!
Most importantly, this update adds mid-level checkpoints! A circular indicator will be shown in the bottom right of the screen whenever a checkpoint is reached. Most levels will have 2 to 4 checkpoints during transitions between key interactions. We'll be working to add more in a future update.
While we've worked hard to test these checkpoints, there may be unexpected issues that we're unaware of. If you encounter anything strange, send an email to support@genesisnoirgame.com. Also, you can revert to the previous non-checkpoint version of the game using the Previous branch in the Beta section if desired. This will not break your save data.
Additionally, we'd like to thank everyone on the Mac team at Epic Games for working with us to solve a big issue related to mouse movement, where no movement would be detected if the cursor is moved along the edge of the screen / game window. This fixes various issues on Mac where several interactions would behave strangely due to this bug.
While adding checkpoints, we've also fixed a large number of additional issues. Here's a full list of everything we've done:
<*>Singular: Bypass a strange engine bug that occasionally causes the mini character interactions to not return to the clock scene.
<*>Singular: Ensure that held keys/buttons are cleared after the bench cutscene. This fixes any issues related to not being able to interact with the scene.
<*>Singular: Ensure that held keys/buttons are cleared after each timeline. This fixes any issues related to not being able to exit a timeline.
<*>Singular: The B button on gamepad can now be used to exit timeline scenes.
<*>Hunt: Fix for character getting stuck in the cave near a mushroom, due to a tiny missing bit of navpainting.
<*>Collision: Increased gamepad deadzone for activating knobs in the lab interaction. This fixes an issue where releasing the analog stick could move the knobs when not desired.
<*>Improvisations: Restore cursor position to somewhere sensible after dragging a train. This prevents the cursor from getting lost at the edge of the screen.
<*>Thaw: Prevent the player from standing on the firewood or bucket objects, which can cause the pick-up animation to never complete.
<*>Seeding: Fix for character falling thru the world if the inventory hand opens while the character is in mid-air.
<*>Seeding: Removed potential divide-by-zero in plant-spawning code.
<*>Gather: Fix for the cursor getting set to an invalid asset if the level is exited via the pause menu during the lotus flower interaction.
<*>Gather: Prevent unintended things from happening if the level is exited via the pause menu during the ash-clearing interaction.
<*>Reflections: Prevent unintended things from happening if the level is exited via the pause menu during the reproduction interaction.
<*>Singularity: Prevent unintended things from happening if the level is exited via the pause menu during the smoke-clearing interaction.
<*>Switch: Restore default rendering settings when returning to the start menu via the pause menu.
<*>Options: Fix for material quality not being applied correctly due to confusing parameters in the engine.
<*>Mac: Fix for cursor movement not registering if the cursor is moved along the edge of the screen, which made a lot of interactions very difficult to complete.
Thanks again for all your support, and stay tuned for more updates!
~Jeremy, Technical Lead
Extended Soundtrack Out Now - Big Bang: Music from the Universe of Genesis Noir
Friends!
We come with fantastic news: the Expanded Official Soundtrack for Genesis Noir is now released.
May we present to you the complete and final Big Bang: Music from the Universe of Genesis Noir. 28 pieces extracted, enlarged, expanded and elevated from the Genesis Noir Original Soundtrack.
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What this means is that we’ve taken the pieces we made for the game and we’ve filled them out and rounded them off with extra solos, lyrics, vocals, instrumentation and anything we felt was required to make an all-round ‘albumy’ listening experience.
Thank you so much for your patience while we prepared this album for you.
Hope you’ve enjoyed listening to the EP while you’ve waited, the Expanded Official Soundtrack includes slightly improved versions of the songs from the EP as well.
This update is now live! If you have automatic updates on Steam turned off, you’ll want to click Update in your Library. Then, next time you play the album, you’ll see the full Expendaded Official Soundtrack appear!
The soundtrack files format for Big Bang: Music from the Universe of Genesis Noir is MP3 and FLAC
With jazziness,
Skillbard (composers) & Feral Cat Den (developers)
Enjoy!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1530730/Big_Bang_Music_from_the_Universe_of_Genesis_Noir/
Genesis Noir in the Fellow Traveller Publisher Sale!
Genesis Noir is 30% off in the Fellow Traveller Publisher Sale!
Until 10am on Monday June 21st, Fellow Traveller is having their biggest sale yet! Featuring the deepest discounts they'll be offering for the next couple of months on their games, as well as demos available for their upcoming games, and watch developer and gameplay streams!
Fellow Traveller commissioned the comic book artist Guillaume Singelin to create an illustration inspired by our logo as well as three pieces inspired by our games.
Join our Discord during the event to get your hands on desktop and mobile wallpapers of his art and become part of the Fellow Traveller community.
Big Bang Update: Delivery Timing Change to the Official Soundtrack
We wanted to update you all that we’re facing a delay in producing the expanded soundtrack album due to some personal life events, most notably that one of our composers is expecting their first child! We will now release the full download version of Big Bang on July 9.
In the meantime, we’d like to offer you a sneak peek of the new bops to come in the form of “Marsmalade”, the 7th track of the Genesis Noir soundtrack. That new track, along with a complimentary set of gorgeous digital wallpapers using art from the game, can now be accessed if you update the soundtrack app via Steam!
This update is already live! If you have automatic updates on Steam turned off, you’ll want to click Update in your Library. Then, next time you play the album, you’ll see Marsmalade appear as a new playable track!
The digital wallpaper can be found if you select Browse Local Files from your Steam Library, and then open the Wallpapers folder.
Thanks very much for your patience as we finish up the expanded soundtrack!
With jazziness,
Skillbard (composers) & Feral Cat Den (developers)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1530730/Big_Bang_Music_from_the_Universe_of_Genesis_Noir/
Vote in the IGF Audience Choice Award!
We received 4 nominations for Genesis Noir!! The game is up for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, and additionally was nominated for Excellence in the Audio, Narrative, and Visual Art categories. AND also got an honorable mention for the Nuovo award, which is given to games that show exceptional innovation.
Our label mates, In Other Waters and Paradise Killer were also nominated, for Excellence in the Narrative Visual Art and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize respectively!
As you can imagine, we're so grateful to have been nominated, and very pleased for our nominated label mates as well! The full list of nominated games this year really showcases an incredible list of unique, creative, and beautiful games from talented and lovely people in the indie space.
There's also an Audience Choice award, for which we encourage you to cast your vote!
Anyone at all can vote, so long as you do so before Monday, May 24 at 11:59pm PT.
Vote here to make your pick of the lot for the audience award!
Fellow Traveller's The Invisible Hand is Out Now!
The Invisible Hand is a satirical take on stock market trading, where you’ll be empowered to pursue wealth and success… at the cost of everything else, in a story of finance and personal responsibility.
You begin the game on your very first day at the trading firm FERIOS, a brokerage where they turn a blind eye to breaking the rules as long as you deliver results. Profit is what matters and the rules don’t apply to winners. Plenty of others want your position, so it’s up to you to make money, at any cost.
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Congrats on your new job, and welcome to FERIOS. It's time to make some money.
Buy the stocks going up, sell before they go down. Short the ones that are going to fall (or the ones you’re going to make fall). The more money you make, the bigger your commission. And you want that commission, don't you? Well don’t worry, the rewards are limitless, if you’re hungry enough.
We’re one big happy team here at Ferios and nothing brings the team together like competition.
So in the spirit of togetherness you better meet your daily profit targets and beat your coworkers’ results if you want to keep your job. We won’t hesitate to fire anyone who can’t or won’t do what it takes to succeed...
Purchase The Invisible Hand on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/628200/The_Invisible_Hand/
Patch 9391
This patch fixes an issue in the previous patch where some endgame content would be skipped. Once we noticed this issue a few days ago, we pulled the patch and reverted to the previous version. This patch restores those fixes, in addition to fixing the issue which caused endgame content to be skipped.
Thanks!
Patch 9364
- Prevent the escape key from closing the menu while a confirmation box is up.
- Prevent confusing connections in Reflections molecule interaction.
- Ensure multi-atoms expand correctly in Reflections molecule interaction.
- Fix for connectors moving strangely if the photo is looked at in Reflections molecule interaction.
- Fix for cursor turning into a dot at the end of Gather.
- Fix for out-of-memory crashes in Singular on Switch.
- Behind-the-scenes work on setting up mid-level checkpoints.
Thanks!
Genesis Noir Stream: One Month Anniversary
You can tune into the One Month Anniversary stream right here on the Steam page, at 11am PT Monday April 26 / 8pm CET Monday April 26
About the stream:
Evan and Jeremy, the developer of Genesis Noir, along with special guests who worked on the game, reflect on Genesis Noir one month after launch.
To learn more about LudoNarraCon, visit the LudoNarraCon website
