The Spy Who Shrunk Me
📌THE SPY WHO SHRUNK ME VERSION 0.14.2 AND VR VERSION 0.22 PATCH NOTES
Main feature of this patch is the VR version of Quaternion Identity
level that was released for PC in the last update. We have also fixed
some issues and overall optimised the level in preparation for this update.
The 1.0 release will happen soon, but we wanted to get this VR content
update out of the way first, so we can get some feedback and testing
done on it.
General
VR version of the Quaternion Identity mission
Bug Fixes
Quaternion Identity
-Fixes to colliders and gaps in geometry
-Agents in the underground tunnels are now disabled until player enters the area
-Kitchen should be easier to find with more markers to show the way
-Player should now respawn in correct area of the level if their position is reset
-Neutral NPC's are disabled from West German side while player is in the tunnels, before returning to West Germany
Cheers,
Arttu Laurila
Game & Level Designer
Catland
💃🌇 QUATERNION IDENTITY UPDATE NOW LIVE!
Welcome to The Spy Who Shrunk Me: Quaternion Identity, an all-new free bonus mission set in Berlin! Can you save a hacker from the Soviet clutches by performing a daring switcharoo inside a night club split into two sides by the Berlin Wall?
Complete the main campaign and watch the "A Night to Remember" cutscene to unlock the bonus mission.
The Spy Who Shrunk Me has been updated to version 0.14 with the all-new bonus mission for PC.
🛑 Note that the VR version of this update will come next week.
General
- Added all-new mission "Quaternion Identity"
- Added two cutscenes ("A Night to Remember" and "The End")
- New Stasi guards for the mission
- New Disco Ball collectible
- New achievement for completing the new mission
So close! We will release the 1.0 update with localization support, additional spit shine polish, four new achievements and more very soon. We want to thank you all for sticking with us for the ride.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/754850/The_Spy_Who_Shrunk_Me/
Start the boogiewoogie,
Tomi Toikka
CEO
Catland
🌇🎶 QUATERNION IDENTITY COMES OUT TONIGHT!
An epic bonus mission is arriving tonight for The Spy Who Shrunk Me!
Infiltrate a stupendously large night club set under the Berlin Wall in Audrey Smoothspy's final adventure.
All new cutscenes, music, voice acting and dangers await!
Stay tuned. We'll have the build live tonight.
Get your boogie on,
Tomi Toikka
CEO
Catland
📌 THE SPY WHO SHRUNK ME VR VERSION v0.15 PATCH NOTES
The Spy Who Shrunk Me VR has been updated! The new patch brings some minor fixes and some new additions.
General
- New ranged grab system
- Height adjustment
- Dedicated crouch button
- Added some more collision checking to the Teleporter gadget to prevent certain severe cases of no-clipping through solid stuff
- Made VR settings sliders easier to use
- Fixed double agent spawns in "Mind of Madness"
- Fixed edge case where scientists and Eierkopf might not spawn in "Mind of Madness"
Some known issues we'll fix soon:
- Crouching with button while shrunk makes you see through the world
- Sometimes picking dropped shrink ray when shrunk will make it gigantic
Stay tuned for the end of month - an all new mission, localization and much more is coming soon!
Have a nice weekend,
Tomi Toikka
CEO
Catland
📌 THE SPY WHO SHRUNK ME VR VERSION v0.13 PATCH NOTES
The Spy Who Shrunk Me VR has been updated! The new patch brings teleporter locomotion, performance improvements, new VR settings and bug fixes.
General
Difficulty Levels
- You can now choose a difficulty in the home hub Missions menu
New VR Options
- 3 different movement modes (head relative, controller relative, short teleporter)
- 2 Display mirror modes (quality vs performance)
- Toolbelt position customizability
- Swipe rotation customizability
Bug Fixes
- Fixed gadgets colliding to other gadgets on toolbelt
- Fixed correct keycard objective marker in Offices
- Fixed current objective panel being unreadable when shrunk
- Fixed shrunk guards not having glorious explosion effects when thrown
- Scaled down all big screens x0.5 for better readability and less neck injuries
Roadmap Adjustments
We'll take some additional time to polish up the upcoming mission and VR edition even further. We're moving the new mission and exit from Early Access to May - but don't fret, new content is still fast coming!
We can tease that the new mission takes Audrey Smoothspy to Germany! An exciting new mission will have you infiltrating an opulent night club split into two by the Berlin Wall. Stay tuned for more updates.
Enjoy,
Tomi Toikka
CEO
Catland
🍻🍺 ANNOUNCING TAPHOUSE 2: THE TAPHOUSENING!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1008900/Taphouse_2_The_Taphousening/
THE BELOVED TAPHOUSE VR GETS A SEQUEL SUMMER 2019 FOR PC & VR!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W19xKmlmMW0
It's true - we are making a sequel to Taphouse VR - it's called Taphouse 2: The Taphousening and it is bigger, better, drunker!
Featuring an all-star cast of new drunkards to fill your taverns with, you once again get to step behind the counter of various drinking joints to make them a night to remember.
New to the Taphouseverse, we are introducing goblins and elves on top of our traditional dwarves!
New tavern games from Switcharoo to the extremely Finnish Pajatso are also available.
We've remastered all the taverns from fan-favourite Taphouse VR and added 5 new taverns on top the bunch in various delicious difficulty levels!
And this time you won't need a VR headset if you don't want to play with one - full PC support is included.
Stay tuned for more information as we continue working on the best dwarf/elf/goblin bartending simulator on the planet - we're looking at a Summer 2019 release date with a low low price tag of $5.99 (cheaper than the average pint of beer in Finland)!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1008900/Taphouse_2_The_Taphousening/
Bottoms up,
Tomi Toikka
CEO
Catland
🔬👢 THE SPY WHO SHRUNK ME VR NOW AVAILABLE!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/843000/The_Spy_Who_Shrunk_Me_VR/
The Virtual Reality edition of The Spy Who Shrunk Me is now available!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLhiaMxGhvE
Step into the world of Audrey Smoothspy like never before on your SteamVR headset and save the free world from General Bolscotchkovich's nefarious plan of world domination.
Featuring the entire game with all its hilarious stealth action comedy, The Spy Who Shrunk Me VR is packed to the brim with content. And it'll be updated even more during the base game's Early Access - jump right in by downloading the free DLC which allows you to launch the game through SteamVR.
All major headsets (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & Microsoft Mixed Reality) are supported. In addition, the game supports the new SteamVR input system to make sure it functions on future headsets and controllers as well!
If you encounter any issues or bugs be sure to hit the Forums and we'll help you out.
There are some future additions we are looking to implement:
- Teleport-only movement
- Toggle Crouch
- Difficulty levels
- Streamer Camera Toggle for performance
- Additional optimization
Next month, we're looking to add a new mission "A Quaternion Identity" to the game as well as getting the game out of Early Access.
Now that we've added the VR edition to the game, the game has increased in price from $9.99 to $14.99 or regional equivalent. We feel you're getting the best bang for your buck now that the VR edition is bundled in for free!
What are you waiting for? Go play!
Step into wonder,
Tomi Toikka
CEO
Catland
📷💥 0.13.0 "TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES" UPDATE
We have updated The Spy Who Shrunk Me to version 0.13.0 with the new "Technological Difficulties" Update!
DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND: DIFFICULTY LEVELS!
Choose from Casual, Normal or Superspy to play YOUR way. We'll adjust the experience based on your choice - enemies detect you faster on higher difficulties, alarms last longer and there are more traps about!
NEW OBSTACLES: CAMERAS AND LASER WALLS
Each level has new obstacles in the form of cameras and laser walls. This should make the game considerably harder on higher difficulties. Lower difficulties have less of these obstacles that require you to use the Shrink Ray and Teleporter to get past them. You'll encounter the first of Cameras and Laser Walls in "Software Company Shenanigans" and onwards.
CODEX - YOUR LORE HANDBOOK
Starting now, the main menu and pause menu has a handy dandy Codex that tells you where you can find lore item pickups! Later on, we'll expand this to include information about the world and characters of The Spy Who Shrunk Me.
COMING LATER THIS MONTH: VIRTUAL REALITY
We thought you'd enjoy this update first while we use some much needed polish time on the upcoming Virtual Reality edition. The game will work on all SteamVR headsets - and due to a few funny last minute issues, we wanted to push this update out first. Keep an eye out a little bit later in April for the debut of our Virtual Reality edition. We'll do our best to get it out to you as soon as we think it'll be the best it can be!
Here's the full patch notes for your enjoyment.
General
- New feature: Codex! It will tell you where you can find the lore item collectibles. Later on, it will give you exciting lore tidbits.
- Added obstacles: Security Cameras and Laser Walls to all but three levels (not included in "Rails to Russia", "Virtual Insanity" or "Sayonara, Smoothspy!")
- Added difficulty levels, with differing enemy and trap spawns in different difficulties. On Easy difficulty it takes longer for enemies to detect you, with Superspy difficulty doing the exact opposite. Also made changes to "Sayonara, Smoothspy!" time limit depending on difficulty.
- Fixed some objects that showed a pick up prompt even when the item wasn't supposed to be picked up
- A cocktail of bug fixes, performance improvements and other cool backend stuff
Beyond the Books
- Minor fixes to props and prop placement
- The enemy holding the key is now somewhat randomized between few possible choices
A Mind of Madness
- Added an info notification that tells you that the scientists in the laboratories are friendly
Virtual Insanity
- Added new dialogue
- Fixed a bug with certain prop audio volumes in the mission not respecting player audio settings
Onwards with the roadmap, which will next feature the Virtual Reality edition, an all new mission and our way out of Early Access!
Break a leg,
Tomi Toikka
CEO
Catland
📌 THE SPY WHO SHRUNK ME VERSION v0.12.2 PATCH NOTES
Here's the notes:
General
- Fixed jumping when player is shrunken
- Fixed problem where picking up bananas gave more airbag mines
- Fixed problem with jumping if VSync is off and frame rate is high
- Fixed issues where FPS would drop on prolonged gameplay
Audrey's Bungalow
- Added story choice-based unlockables: Eierkopf's Goggles, Eierkopf's Purse and Miniature Rocket to Audrey's Bungalow
- Added "You're Fired" letter to Audrey's Bungalow if player sent Eierkopf to Cuba
- Added colliders to carpets in Audrey's Bungalow
- Replaced spy base monitor graphics in Audrey's Bungalow
- Fixed lighting issue on computer screen in Audrey's Bungalow spy base
- Fixed lighting issues in Audrey's Bungalow
- Fixed issue where vinyl would sometimes freak out when inserted into vinyl player in Audrey's Bungalow
Person of Importance
- Added missing colliders to sink in "Person of Importance"
Beyond the Books
- Fixed lighting issues in "Beyond the Books"
Remember, VR edition is this month! Get psyched.
Have a good one,
Tomi Toikka
CEO
Catland
🏠🎁 0.12.0 THE "GET COMFY!" UPDATE
We have updated The Spy Who Shrunk Me to version 0.12.0 with the new "Get Comfy" Update!
NEW AUDREY'S BUNGALOW AND SPYBASE
You can now visit Audrey Smoothspy's British bungalow home equipped with extremely comfortable furniture and a hidden spybase behind a bookcase!
All your collectibles will be automatically added to the bungalow, so get cracking on finding them!
You can access the bungalow through the "Missions" menu.
We'll keep this area updated with new collectibles, music and more in the updates to come. There's going to be more vinyls to play with and some trophies for the most hardcore of players.
COLLECTIBLES FOR EVERY MISSION
Can you find all ten? We've hidden an amazing assortment of trinkets across all the missions in the game. There's two new achievements for finding one or all the collectibles. Some are in pretty hard spots, so get your thinking caps on.
Here's the full patch notes for your enjoyment.
General
- Added new hub area, Audrey's spybase and bungalow!
- Added 10 collectibles and some story-based additions (based on your choices)
- Optimized music files to help with loading times
- Two new achievements
- Minor bug fixes and performance improvements
SMALL NOTICE
We burned the "Beyond the Books" mission beyond recognition due to a last minute lightmap change - the mission is playable but some walls might look a bit funky. We'll fix it in the new update.