Gloomwood

Good luck, doctors...after this things are going to get... darker.

• New area
  
• New enemies
  
• New loot
  
• More story & lore
  
• First person swimming animations!
  
• Rat AI (not made with AI)
  
• All new rain and weather effects and soundscapes
  
• The Crowmen HIVE is our next update
  

Hello again good doctors.

Apologies for the lack of announcements over the last few months, but we've been... rather busy.

And today we bring you a full report on progress of Gloomwood's upcoming Underport District.

The Underport will be the largest and most interconnected district you've yet to explore in Gloomwood.

Featuring not only the looping dungeon design Dillon is so fond of, but new and clever ways to approach getting both in and *out* of it.

Bigger than the market.

Spookier than the Tavern.

More verticality than the caves.

But that's not all.

We've added rain (with accurate indoor/outdoor soundscapes)

And... RAT AI?!

Plus some new routes in The Caves to give the doctor even more options for how to approach his initial escape.

We're getting into the real MEAT of the game now, doctors... come prepared.

• Crouch will now release you from climbable ropes and ladders
  
• AI Lure Behaviour has been improved to be more consistent and capture the target AI's attention more, allowing the player to more easily sneak by
  
• Improved consistency of AI Search Behaviour contact events
  
• Increased player exposure visibility at sprint/holstered speed
  
• Buffet cabinet doors can now be opened
  
• Vanity mirror desk drawers can now be opened
  
• Merchant now sees food items as junk and will no longer buy them
  
• Improved shader variant and process handling for GPU performance
  
• Improved CPU handling for sound propagation, entity components, physics handling, VFX systems, fire propagation, door colliders and global illumination renderers
  
• Improved optimization of Shadow Projectors
  
• Improved material pass handling
  
• Changed splatter particle for food items
  

• Added initial critter behaviours like Scent Lure, Eat and Attack
  
• Added rat holes to allow rats to navigate around closed doors
  
• Added rat corpse item and pickup
  
• Improved various animations
  
• Improved rat hitboxes and collisions
  

• Changed Mr. Croup's initial safe dial values to prevent accidental input of easter egg code
  

• Added a new shack and scaffolding to the main elevator chamber to allow alternative routes around huntsmen
  
• Tweaked huntsmen patrols to make them a bit more exploitable
  

• Tweaked the cannon instructions to make it clearer where the required items are located
  
• Added additional AI jump spots and navigable areas
  

• Added an elevator lever to the top of the elevator shaft before the Emerald Eye
  
• Fixed various geometry and clipping issues
  

• Fixed an issue where AI could spot suspicious targets like corpses in the dark from afar
  
• Fixed issue where AI to AI line-of-sight checks would not target the correct position
  
• Fixed issue where climbables would not allow the player to correctly jump off them
  
• Fixed exploit where weapon animations could be cancelled by opening the journal
  
• Fixed issue where framerate would notably drop when speaking to Oliver in the Market
  
• Fixed issue where the player could clip the crush trigger while riding the dumbwaiter in the Market
  
• Fixed handlantern light animation not playing correctly during draw/holster/raise/lower animations
  
• Fixed issue where Flare Gun would not stock correctly in the shop
  
• Fixed outdated save issue where shop item text would not load correctly
  
• Tweaked Huntsmen navigation base offset so they snap better to the ground
  
• Fixed issue where weather effects would not play outside the Slaughtered Goat Tavern
  
• Fixed some texture issues in the Slaughtered Goat Tavern
  
• Fixed issue where pixel gap filler shader wouldn't work correctly
  

Ah, good Doctors...

We have a surprise for you this holiday season!

But that's not all!

Happy Holidays!

• Improved the fidelity and texture work for the gloves and models of the following viewmodels: canesword, revolver, shotgun, flaregun, beartrap, flashbomb, handlantern, light gem ring, jackolantern, syringe, enemy carry models
  
• Added inspect animation to light gem ring
  
• The canesword can now be unsheathed and charged up with a single input hold
  
• Lightmaps are now formatted for high definition range (HDR) and handle color/shadowing in a more gradual and smoother way
  
• Improved shop restock and inventory handling
  
• Added a Reset to Defaults button in the settings menu
  
• Added Anisotropic Filtering in video settings
  
• Improved antialiasing for point-filtered cutout surfaces
  
• Added action log message for placing the inventory in an invalid position
  
• Added action log message for trying to add an item to a full inventory
  
• Tweaked sound propagation so outdoor sounds travel a bit further
  

• Added outdoor falling snow and ground snowfall
  
• Added weapon 'Snowball' which douses fire and blinds impacted enemies
  
• Added Santa Hats to Huntsmen and Batbarbers
  
• Added Krampus skin for the Goatman
  
• Added Reindeer costume for the Fishdogs
  
• Added tiny Santa Hat for Bubert the Rat
  

• The locked watchtower is now accessible with a key
  
• The carriage basement garage is now accessible
  

• Added new kitchen and hammock area to the lighthouse
  

• Added entrance to the future Underport district
  
• Added Lord Kar manor entrance hall
  
• Added some additional enemies to Lord Kar's manor
  
• Reworked some of the structures outside the front of the barbershop
  
• The chest reward for the hidden switch has been replaced with a new unique treasure
  
• Stocked the kitchens and various dining rooms with new food items
  
• Tweaked some of the ammunition and treasure balance
  
• Made the jewlery box in the pharmacy shop openable
  
• Improved some detailing and texture trims
  
• Fixed dumbwaiter not dealing crush damage
  

• Added attic area
  

• The mirror beckons you...
  

• Wax cylinders should no longer appear in the shop on difficulties that don't require them
  
• Fixed issue where AI would sometimes not react to suspicious objects like allied corpses
  
• Fixed issue where AI could rotate past their IK limits
  
• Fixed issue where AI could not break doors correctly
  
• Fixed issue where rapidly interacting with the attached key on the Goatman's back would create a glitched duplicate
  
• Fixed various issues with AI pathfinding not taking the correct navmesh links
  
• Fixed market gunshop clerk room door not being properly locked
  
• Fixed Batbarbers not facing the correct direction after a lunge attack
  
• Fixed issue where repeatedly examining an item would gradually offset it in the examine window
  
• Fixed several issues with fire propagation and contact fire checking
  
• Fixed bullet trails not correctly pooling and restoring
  
• Fixed issue where projectiles would not correctly play their loop sounds after pooling
  
• Fixed physics issue where players would be killed while crouched while riding an elevator
  
• Fixed various geometry and occlusion issues
  
• Fixed various description typo issues
  
• Fixed an async error when switching monitors in settings
  
• Fixed an issue where empty save slots could be deleted
  
• Fixed issue where pause menu would override input while in load game menu
  
• Fixed null reference with model dynamic attachments
  

Well well well - good ol' PC Gamer voted Gloomwood as one of their top 25 most anticipated games (neat) and asked if we could show off some upcoming content for the game... SO WE HAVE.

You'll be able to delve into The Underport early next year, but we also have a sizeable Gloomwood update coming for you in DECEMBER.


See you soon, Doctor...

• Added the ability to 'Quick Use' food items by using right click (Alternate Fire)
  
• Added flashbombs to the merchant's shop inventory and changed restock logic
  
• Improved AI search handling when the AI has some visibility or cannot reach the target
  
• Tweaked AI senses/visibility to prevent some situations where their view angle was too large
  
• Tweaked AI senses/visibility to improve some situations where they should be able to see the target
  
• Improved particle effect for muzzleflashes
  
• Muzzleflashes are now factored correctly into player visibility
  
• Tweaked name and description for 'Undertaker' Flare Pistol
  
• Improved pooling for decals, ejected casings and projectiles
  
• Improved light visibility performance for blood splatter decals
  
• Improved light cell volumes for each area to improve memory handling
  

• Tweaked soundscape propagation
  
• Tweaked some door angles to avoid wall clipping
  
• Added some additional pathing jump links
  
• Fixed various sound propagation issues
  
• Fixed various occlusion issues
  
• Fixed a few paintings that were hovering off the wall
  

• Fixed several issues that would cause save files to write incomplete data and fail to load or load incorrectly
  
• Fixed null reference when a SaveObject was decoupled from its linked GameObject during save/load write
  
• Fixed issue where incorrect prompts displayed in the Load Game Menu
  
• Fixed issue where sound clips would incorrectly repeat if sound asset was set to 'RandomOrder'
  
• Fixed some situations where saving while throwing a flashbomb would not save the fuse timer state
  
• Fixed issue where Armored Huntsmen wouldn't apply the armor defense modifier for ballistic damage
  
• Fixed issue where AI search would incorrectly handle the exit delay state
  
• Fixed issue where AI would not correctly do their gib sound when gibbing
  
• Fixed issue where AI reaction targets would still be valid even without an assigned instigator
  
• Fixed an issue where AI could still react and shout about suspicious actions to their disembodied body even after they were dead
  
• Fixed an issue where AI's task handling would freeze after a navmesh jump
  
• Fixed an issue where AI would walk in place if stalk target was no longer detectable
  
• Fixed issue where the draw/holstered state of the current weapon wouldn't save/load correctly
  
• Fixed issue where weapon reload would cycle indefinitely if interrupted
  
• Fixed issue where items could save/load into the incorrect inventory position
  
• Fixed issue where muzzleflashes light sequence was timed incorrectly
  
• Fixed issue where blood decals would cast shadow projections
  
• Fixed subtitles not correctly displaying gib voicelines
  
• Fixed initialization order issue with RoomPortal transforms
  
• Fixed issue with PixelHoleFiller shader not initializing correctly in the execution order
  
• Fixed issue where LightSource data would persist even when disabled
  
• Fixed out-of-range index argument when too many light visibility requests were made
  
• Jack-o-lantern item can now be correctly unpacked
  

• Improved light source priority handling to improve general performance
  
• Improved AI update priority handling
  

• Added occlusion culling portals to many windows/archways to improve performance
  
• Added boundary clips along several outer buildings and walls to prevent out-of-bounds mantling
  
• Breaking Lord Marwyn's manor study window will no longer activate the gun shop alarm
  
• Tweaked some detail occlusion to prevent some window flickering
  

• Tweaked occlusion culling portals to improve performance
  

• Fixed an entity null reference when saving corpse attachment data
  
• Fixed issue where the revolver could not be continually fired by holding down the primary fire button
  
• Fixed issue where AI would target doors and objects with their throw attacks instead of meleeing them
  
• Fixed issue where player would not vocalize a 'hmm' when attempting to place an item into a full inventory
  
• Fixed issue where player would not vocalize a 'grunt' when attempting to place the inventory in an invalid position
  
• Fixed issue where projectiles would not play audio when rented back from object pool
  
• Fixed crowman beak skinning issue
  
• Fixed crowman being unable to move during the tease sequence in coast_cliffside
  

• Added All Hallows' Eve jackolantern turnips to all areas
  
• Added 'Subtitles' option for both Dialogue and General captions
  
• Added 'Seasonal Content' toggle to set whether seasonal content is shown
  
• Added color preview for highlight sliders
  
• Added several pathing ledges for AI to navigate by jumping to all areas
  
• AI now has a harder time chasing a player in combat if the player is in the darkest visibility
  
• Player can now parry thrown projectiles like axes, hatchets and daggers with firearms
  
• Increased the reaction priority of thrown bottles
  
• Added huntsmen sounds for moving and jumping on surfaces like tile/metal/leaves, ect.
  
• Added inventory resize console command
  

• First throwable weapon type
  
• Can hold to increase throw distance and cook fuse timer
  
• Will blind all creatures in the visible detonation area for 7 seconds
  
• Stacks up to 3 times in inventory
  

• Seasonal throwable item
  
• Will damage and ignite creatures and targets on a direct hit
  
• Stacks up to 3 times in inventory
  

• Can now throw their axe at targets if they are attempting to escape or climb out of reach of them
  

• Added scripted event where woodsmen lift the drawbridge
  

• Added flashbomb pickups
  

• Added interior areas to several manors and structures
  
• Added structures to skybox around the market
  
• Added new AI spawns, pickups and treasure locations
  
• Added some barriers to the main street
  
• Tweaked some pickup quantities
  
• Improved various textures to fit the style a bit better
  

• Fixed several issues with AI sense detection and hearing queue sorting
  
• Fixed several issues with inventory equip and item state handling
  
• Fixed issue where woodsmen would still charge at targets even when there was no valid path
  
• Fixed issue where ladder climbing would continue past the length of the ladder
  
• Fixed issue where merchant would not correctly lipsync his quell voicelines
  
• Fixed several issues where AI animations would get stuck or incorrectly interrupted
  
• Improved rendering and accuracy of projector shadows
  
• Fixed several issues with fire propagation
  
• Fixed issue where weapon viewmodels would get duplicated
  
• Fixed memory allocation issues with some RenderTextures
  
• Fixed various null ref and save/load issues