The latest build of Heist has gone live and here's whats changed
Art Gallery:
Now live and unlockable by completing the Casino
A rare painting is your target and could be on display at 3 possible locations!
Risk searching for it, or break into the Art Gallery's offices to find it location
Casino:
Re-added walls that had gone missing
Options Config:
Audio volume Settings now persist
Audio Setting generate a modifiable ini file.
Can be found in C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\AtomizerGames\Heist'
Re-added Antialiasing setting
Re-added Antialiasing Quality setting
Re-added Texture Quality setting
Re-added Anisotropic setting
Re-added Luma Sharpening setting
Fixes:
Fixed Country Club and Casino room hiding not saving settings correctly
Fixed Some Get it objects not animating when interacted with
Fixed some potential performance issues with Player tracking
We are very keen to hear from you on your thoughts and any issues you may have encountered with the Art Gallery! Feel free to reach out to us on the forums at General Discussions and the Bug Forums
Beta News: Plan B
Greetings!
Last Wednesday we pushed out a big Update to steam that encapsulated a bunch of changes.
This included new content and fixes to outstanding issues we didn't didn't notice present in the initial update last weekend.
We chalk up the oversight to a lack of coffee...
So here's what has changed:
Casino We had begun rebuilding the street section of the Casino but wasn't finished when we pushed out the update. Since we have done more work to get the area into line with our final vision
<*>Reduced the height of street buildings
<*>Added wall fading to Street borders
<*>Added Gun Guard to Street entrance
<*>Fixed underground transition
<*>Country Club The long-awaited changes to the Country Club are now live and ready for testing
Redesigned the outer rooms for better gameplay as well as made them outdoors
Converted the outer areas to be encapsulated
Removed large uninteresting open area around outer rooms
<*>Video configurations
Re-added Monitor selection
Re-added V-sync setting
Re-added Texture Quality setting
Added ini file generation for easily adjust settings outside of the game
Can be found in C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\AtomizerGames\Heist'
The Art Gallery at present still requires some additional work but will be available in the next Update
We are eager to hear your feedback on the Country Club and Casino updates which you can post to the General Discussions and Bug Forums respectively.
Happy Heisting
~Atomizer
Quick update
We recently pushed out an update to Heist that features some amount of WIP changes that slipped under our watch.
As such, expect a few updates throughout the week to resolve these issues.
Once they have been addressed, we will let you know with our latest Beta News update!
Til next time, stick to the shadows...
~Atomizer
Beta News: Master planning
Greetings,
This fortnight, we have devoted a lot of time into the planning as we previously mentioned, and are now poised to ramp up the development and updates in the coming fortnights.
Last time we mentioned the UI overhaul we have been undertaking and we are pleased to share with you something more than screenshots!
In today's update, we have included the Updated Audio menu and a partial update to the Video Menu.
You will be able to change the Resolution and Windowed setting presently, but other settings are yet to be set up completely.
Please let us know of any issues you come across in the Bugs Forum
Additionally, we have also fixed a couple of issues spotted in the Shipping Yard from the previous update.
We are planning on bringing you some massive updates to the Country Club and have the Art Gallery up and running for the next update, so keep an eye out for that!
Til next time, stick to the shadows...
~Atomizer
You couldn't keep us away if you tried
Dear Heisters,
The road ahead is a long one, and a lot of our attention these past weeks have revolved around planning out the year.
While those discussions are going on within the team, we have continued on where we left off from last year.
The Shipping Yard entry got a make-over last year, turning a boring box into a Train Platform. You can check out the Before & After on our Twitter.
We have started to give the Exit region the same treatment!
Fellow Beta testers can now skulk about in the initial changes and help find any flaws.
Additionally, some of you may notice a difference in style between the Options Menu and the rest of our UI. This disharmony will soon be no more as we are work on updating all of the in-game menus to fit the new style.
While it's far from complete, you can check out some of the changes here!
We have to make this brief as we have much to do.
Keep an eye out for our next update! Till then, Stick to the Shadows...
~Atomizer
Returning to the Scene of the Crime
Welcome to 2018!
What a year that was.
Full of; deep design discussion, constantly confluent codebase, art advances, plentiful podcasts & bountiful bug bashing.
We at Atomizer Games feel tremendously proud of what we have achieved in 2017, especially with our showing at PAX. We are excited to continue sharing the growth and completion of HEIST with you all.
This will be a huge year for us with a lot of work ahead.
Some of it includes; Level designs being finalized, 3D models getting refined, splashes of sepia and touches of color across levels, and more jazzy tunes!
As part of this journey to complete Heist, we will continue to provide a steady stream of updates to you in the Beta program. We will continue to provide some amount of update on a fortnightly basis. Including constant bug fixes and more content to explore and master as it developed.
As we wade back into the depths of development, we're looking forward to seeing what tool combinations, approaches to levels & community challenges you all come up with this year!
Expect the next update to go live in about a weeks time, but till then, Stick to the Shadows...
~Atomizer
New Update and Holiday News!
Greetings!
As the year comes to a close, we wanted to get out one final update to the build and let you know of our plans for the Holiday season.
Here's what's been changed in build 0.3.9r1:
Tutorial
Bomb placement instruction clipping through geometry
Fixed the wrong ambience SFX set for the level
Shipping Yard
Fixed some Props floating
Fixed a bug where kicking open the Crate allowed you to leave hiding spots without pressing the interaction key
Country Club
Added an effect when Looting the Filing Cabinets and Boxes
Fixed Document storage boxes playing the wrong SFX when looting
Ensured Lootables will play opening animation
Fixed a bug where loading a checkpoint wouldn't reset the animation of opened Filing Cabinets and Boxes
General
Updated the Art for the Paused menu
Moving the mouse will now trigger a change in preferred input device
Fixed an issue where new players would have their texture quality setting set to quarter
As always, if you come across any issues, please let us know on the Bug Forums.
If you don't see the update immediately, try restarting Steam.
The next update will be in January once we get back into the swing of development.
We plan on bringing you the final design of the Country Club as well as get you all into a functional version of the Art Gallery ready for testing.
In the meantime, we recommend checking out Snortlepig's latest Community Challenge:
The Caffeinated Casino Caper.
This one is a doozy of challenge and not for the faint-hearted.
We wish everyone and Happy Heisting Holidays! And we'll see you all in the New Year!
For this Update, we've been focused on addressing the issues with the Levels and Get It Objectives as identified by you!
Here's a break down of improvements and fixes in this update:
Safe Cracking - Tutorial : The Safe wouldn't restore to its default state after loading a Checkpoint
Safe door remaining open after loading a checkpoint
Being unable to re-take the loot after loading a checkpoint
Level Exit would remain Activated
Shipping Crate - Shipping Yard:
Opening animation would play after loading a checkpoint
General stability improvements
Spamming the kick could cause you to freeze in place
Documents - Country Club:
Fixed a bug that would freeze the player when attempting to collect loot
Fixed a bug where the player would tilt when attempting to collect loot
Changes to the Cherry Bomb:
Reduced the cherry bomb distraction radius from 10 to 7.5
Changes to the Tutorial:
Modified Tutorial to factor in Cherry Bomb changes
Improved the layout of the cherry bomb room to prevent players being spotted by off-screen guard
Changed cherry bomb instruction text to be more direct
Visual Improvements to the Shipping Yard:
Added Train Platform
Converted space around Dock A lobby to be Outdoors
Changes to the Country Club: There were several parts of the Country Clubs level design that we weren't happy with, and as such have begun making improvements
Rebuilt Starting Area
Converted Meeting Rooms into Servant Village
Added Maze to South East Grounds
Re-designed Lounges Layout
Added Locked Get It Door combination collectables
Improved various UI:
Steam will now always show when pressing the Bug Report Button
Removed the Bug report button appearing on the Press Any Key screen
Fixed the Hotswap Dpad keys showing incorrect direction
The Country Club should now be playable from end-to-end without interruption.
A HUGE shout out to our community contributors to the Bug Forum!
We'll continue to tackle Bugs currently posted and any new issues uncovered in this update.
We'd like to turn your attention to Snortlepig's Latest Challenge: Stomping the Shipping Yard. The goal: Beat the Shipping Yard level with the Stompers Equipped!
The Stompers can be unlocked by completing the Country Club.
Be sure to Post your results to determine who the best Thief is!
We look forward to seeing all your attempts at this Challenge and future Community Challenges!
Build 0.3.7r4 Live and more!
Greetings!
We have uploaded a new build addressing various issues with gameplay across the game.
Here is a list of the changes
Fixed Key UI appearing when loading a checkpoint at any stage in the shipping yard
Fixed Level graphic in level selection, calling the Country Club the Art Gallery
Fixed Casino and Art Gallery not unlocking. (NB: that the Country Club still is unfinishable)
Fixed Shipping yard door allowing you to slide backwards after opening it.
Fixed Guards going to initial distraction source after chasing the losing the player.
Fixed Hiding spot in Tutorial Safe Room
Fixed Nabbed Exit button restarting the level
Changed default resolution settings (will require regedit to see this change)
We are currently in the middle of addressing issues with the Country Club's playability (known as the Art Gallery due to the level selections incorrect graphic).
We plan on having these issues resolved along with updates to the Level design by the next update.
Huge thanks to everyone who has been submitting issues in the Bug Forum
See you again real soon
Beta Update 0.3.7 now live!
Greetings!
The build we have been promising since PAX is now live, and just in time for the rest of the long weekend!
You'll now see the improved art in the Tutorial that was on show at PAX.
Those changes had caused a lot of art in the shipping yard to break, and fixing that has been the bulk of the work leading up to this build.
Additionally, we have also added a 'Bug Report' button in the Main Menu and Paused Menu respectively.
Clicking on this will load the Bug Forums within the steam client.
We are already underway for the next update, but details on that later!
