I hope you enjoyed The S.E.X Update earlier this month. I for sure enjoyed seeing your reactions to both the name and contents of the update.
One of the reasons I made It was to promote the new Laifu plushie campaign, which needs to sell 200 plushies to be funded.
As of when this post is written 137 plushies have been sold and there are 9 days left. There's still a significant chance the campaign won't be funded, so consider getting one or more plushies while you can
Fixed some critical issues
- Fixed being able to return into the lab after completing it - Fixed leaving the lab, returning to it and then dying causing the player to spawn in broken space - Attempt to fix a crash that happens on old computers for players fighting Reinbo's 2nd and 3rd boss battles
Hotfix update
Fixed several serious issues introduced in the last updates that tried to fix other several serious issues. Sorry about that!
The S.E.X update is coming, and it's gonna be HARD!
I also made a little fun trailer to convince you to get one
Let's talk about the Update
There's one thing everyone in the world loves and that is S.E.X. After all, everyone kept nagging me to make a S.E.X update.
What is S.E.X? Why of course, it stands for Scientifically Experimental X-rays! Or as the Crusaders from the Middle Ages used to describe it: "Lo and behold, noble brethren, the wondrous contrivance known as Scientifically Experimental X-rays!! By the grace of the Almighty and the cunning of wise alchemists, we are granted the power to gaze upon the innermost secrets of the flesh, discerning the hidden marvels within the bones and ligaments of man."
Some people prefer to describe S.E.X as lasers. There are a lot of them
What have I cooked for you in the S.E.X update?
Before I answer that allow me to ask a question of my own. Do you like girls? The answer is yes. Everyone likes girls. Guys like girls, girls like girls, even misogynists like girls and they only pretend not to because girls don't like them back.
So what's the point?
Well, I like seeing Outcore fan art, which usually is about Lumi. I've seen what kind of fanart you disgusting degenerates like to make. And let me tell ya, you're not making enough of it for Laifu.
Which is why I decided Laifu deserves an upgrade! Better-looking sprites and more poses (she no longer looks like Monika, which I swear was never intended). She's a bit smaller, but to compensate I decided to increase the size of her PERSONALITY!
Some of you poor simps have always wanted to sleep with Laifu, so I'm happy to announce you finally can have a slumber party with her! Isn't this what you've all been asking for?????
NEW STORY CONTENT!
Remember that stupid door in the school that does nothing?
Now it can be opened! Ohhhhh I wonder what's inside? Spoiler: I already ruined the surprise with the previous picture.
This new content sheds light on the unexplained things during the school chapter. It contains a difficult optional sidequest that grants you access to the mastermind's 4th and secret boss route.
Oh, I should mention. The S.E.X update is HARD. The new content is optional and to complete it you'll have to go through the most difficult platforming obstacle course in the game. Good luck.
You can start the new content right after defeating Reinbo's first encounter.
How much does the S.E.X update cost?
Some people pay a lot for S.E.X. But you? You're getting it for free, buddy! But.................. If you reaaaaally don't want me to be a tortured artist you can always (not always, just for 3 weeks) buy the Laifu plushie I mentioned earlier
Now go! What are you waiting for?! Play the new update you simps!!! And don't forget to show me your new fan art too!
May 12th update
This update either fixes the game getting stuck sometimes when meeting booty or introduces more bugs.
Enjoy!
Fixed some sonar issues
- Fixed a rare case where K-Lev's sonar fails to detect the Windows folder. - Literally exactly the same fix as the previous point except this time it was caused by something else
Look at this insane code with a billion fallbacks I had to write to deal with all the rare edge cases where K-Lev failed:
Ukrainian & Hebrew translations now available + new content
Do you like speaking Ukrainian or Hebrew and you're also unable to play games in English?
Well too bad because it means you can't understand these patch notes: - Ukrainian localization now available (provided by PrismaLoc) - Hebrew localization now available (provided by TeamKipod) - Emotional support provided by your mom
Have fun!!!
Ohhhhhh, yeah.... by the way. I'm working on a new content update. Remember that weird door in the school chapter? Well, keep remembering it.
Here's a sneak peek of a new character that lets me get away with not being able to translate the new content
Black screen fix
For a while many people who opened Outcore more than one time ended up not seeing their desktop (aka The Notorious Black Screen bug).
Solving it required asking users to navigate to Outcore.exe on their Windows filesystem, opening its properties, and disabling fullscreen optimizations in the compatibility tab. While this solution works, it is not ideal to ask users to go through all that. To make it worse, many users never even find out about this solution so they end up quitting.
This (I hope) changes today. I finally found the registry entry that remembers if fullscreen optimizations should be enabled/disabled, so I made the game force disable it when it launches. You may need to launch the game more than once to see it take effect.
The "I'm sick of players getting stuck in this puzzle" update
There's this one puzzle room in the school chapter where like half the players get stuck. I've tweaked this puzzle several times since the game was released and yet I've failed to make it intuitive.
Well I'm done tweaking this. From now on I'm going to assume you guys LOVE tutorials and just put a sign that disrespects you by telling you what to do
There, world peace has been restored.
.... By the way. You know the escape room puzzle? It has 3 colorful buttons that make stupid noises when you click them. Apparently this did not work for the last couple of months and I found out about it only now........................................................................ ops. Well, it's fixed.
The Lumi Plushie update V2.00000000
Remember the last time we had a Lumi Plushie update? Well, how about another one?
This update celebrates the plushie's design reveal + campaign kickoff. Before we talk about how you can buy the plushie, let's start with the patch notes:
Added a giant Lumi Plushie outside one of the windows in the school's chapter. This plushie will simply stand there, judging you.
It took months to develop this update. Every single hour poured into it was worth it for you, the players (btw it's getting reverted once the campaign ends).
The initial ref was designed by AlpacaCarlesi, who also drew Lumi in Ourcore's header artwork + (SPOILER)Big Lumi boss sprites
I sent these as refs to Makeship and they started working on the prototype of Lumi. After about 2-3 weeks I received photos of the first iteration:
First of all: CLOWN NOSE! I was planning to surprise everyone and asked Makeship to give Lumi a detachable clown nose. But more on that later.
I was excited to see Lumi, a character I designed, as a real life plushie. But my thoughts of the first iteration were... that it needed more work.
V1 was too off-model which made it feel like it was not really Lumi. A bunch of minor issues also made her look a bit awkward, such as:
A somewhat long distance between her eyes
Eyes looked a bit dead
That velcro in her nose that made it look like she had a Hitler mustache
Rabbit teeth
Her bangs were too round
Luckily, Makeship lets creator send change requests. After thinking about it for a couple of days, I sent them this:
I showed the initial design to alpaca + a couple of friends, got their feedback and combined it into the V2 ref above. One of the changes I asked them to do was to change Lumi's back hairstyle, as I felt it was too hidden when viewed from the front.
I also discussed the clown nose idea and decided to drop it, since Makeship couldn't implement it without using the hitler stash velcro.
A few weeks later, I got pictures of Lumi V2:
It was already MUCH better than V1. But I felt like there was still more work to be done. The things I disliked about V2 were:
Her front bangs curled too much. It kinda made it look like a helm
I wanted the eye highlight to have that orange/pinkish outline that Alpaca used in the ref she made
Her eye color was better than V1, but the dark and lighter shades were too similar
In V1 I asked Makeship to remove the teeth, but looking at the teethless mouth in V2 made me feel that it looked weird.
I didn't like the new shape of the back hair
Lumi looked great in Alpaca's ref without teeth, but something about it didn't translate well into plushie form. I realized the teeth in V1 were too narrow, which made it look like rabbit teeth, so I asked them to give her wider teeth.
I also didn't like the new back hair shape because it was too short, which made it look like Lumi had a completely different haircut. When i designed V2's ref I made it longer, but didn't take into account that it could be shortened so she could properly sit. Being able to sit was important as it's a signature pose for Makeship plushies. I ended up asking Makeship to revert the back hair to the same one in V1.
These were the change requests I sent:
Again, after a couple of weeks I received V3 pics:
This iteration was good. I still wasn't sure if it was better to have teeth or not, and thought it could still be better. I decided to not be a perfectionist and accepted that she can't look exactly like Alpaca's ref, so I approved it.
A couple days later I physically received V3's prototype via air mail. She's adorable!
BUT!
I noticed a minor issue that bothered me. The shape of V3's back hair was not exactly the same as V1. It was a bit more rectangular: It was a minor detail but it still bothered me. Lumi's hair as a prominent feature in her design and I wanted it to look like right.
The campaign's start date was fast approaching and I didn't know if Makeship would be willing to make changes. Luckily, they agreed to change her hair, so you're all getting V4, the better version of Lumi's plushie. Kinda funny but I'll be the only person in the world to hold a Lumi plushie with a slightly incorrect design.
Anyway we've talked enough about Lumi. Let's take a look at Jiji doing a poor job drinking water.
