12/9/22 - FREE OVERHAUL UPDATE For Waste Walkers - 2.2.0
Waste Walkers
Survivors...
Almost 8 full years since release, and free upgrades and improvements are STILL coming.
This update was announced a few days ago, but now it's ready to go. You can view more about it here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/371100/announcements/detail/3651886049862159186
THIS UPDATE IS FREE FOR ALL OWNERS OF WASTE WALKERS ON STEAM. IT COVERS THE MAIN GAME AND ALL THREE PLAYABLE EXPANSIONS. CHECK THE CHANGE LOG BELOW FOR WHAT IS IN THIS UPDATE.
*Please note that these changes are not in any particular order.*
Update 2.2.0 Change Log:
Bug Fixes:
Fixed some issues where radiation wouldn't be added like intended
Cleaned up some icon art graphics
Radiation on the Hud no longer says .0 and is put in integer form
Changes & Additions:
Base hit chance (Accuracy) for (Player controlled) characters and companions has been increased by 5% across the board
Combat is now in 60 FPS
Rain drops fall faster and look a lot better
Combat text is no longer all bold and has been heavily modified in terms of colors, and sizes to look more appealing
Health bars are now red (No longer orange-ish) and are much smaller and cleaner looking
The screen no longer gets quite so dim when it's raining (Engine default removed)
Increased the field of view for the fog of war and also lowered the opacity significantly
Boosted performance in large areas (And outside especially)
Completely redid ALL sprites for humanoid characters including ghouls so they all have the same type (They all have the same type of model so it isn't broken between 2 formats anymore - this does NOT include specific characters that are wounded, and otherwise posed in the environment, but it is over 100 new files for the characters you see often)
Updated all battler images for the remade sprites
Added several more environment details
Added Hardcore mode (Activated after character creation if you wish - This is for veteran players for a new challenge, it is only based in combat, but combat becomes MUCH harder)
Removed Flight option from main combat window (Still exists if you press the back button)
Removed Take Cover option from main combat window (Now listed in techniques)
Added randomized combat sound effects for hitting, killing, missing, evading, ranged bullet flyby sound effects, and so on (These are copied from Chaos Chain)
Current selection in menues is now tinted slightly blue to give better contrast
Tinted the visibility range fog slightly green
Added a very slight white circle around the main character to help illuminate them better
Music is now set to 80% volume on new game
Background sounds are now set to 90% volume on new game
Differentiated melee and ranged attacks so they have unique sound effects for the hit and miss effects
The base game now has footstep sound effects like the DLC expansions
Damage random max increased by 2 points
Rolling fog opacity increased slightly
Selling price for items is now 33% instead of 50% (It was always WAY too easy to make money in the game)
Countless other minor improvements and tweaks all throughout the game
Please let me know of any bugs or issues you may encounter so I can fix them. The update will be available shortly.
That's all for now, enjoy!
-Corrosion ːCStudiosː
Waste Walkers - Huge Sale In Prep For FREE Major Overhaul Update
Waste Walkers
Hey everyone!
This is just an announcement to let you all know that the game is on sale now for a large discount with all the DLC and expansions in preparation for the massive FREE overhaul and improvement update coming very soon. Read more about that here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/371100/view/3651886049862159185
Around 7 years ago, Waste Walkers was released. To this day, I still maintain and update the game, all while working on my newer projects. This has been on my to do list for awhile, but I'm going back to Waste Walkers for a bit to make some improvements, upgrades, and some overhauls.
It was my first game, my introduction into game development, and it was far from perfect - it still is, but if you cannot see the love and the work that's gone into this project, you're not looking very closely.
Despite its shortcomings, it helped me get to where I am today, helped me make a lot of friends and earned me a humble bit of a fanbase to continue moving forward with. Many of these supporters have stuck by my to this day and it doesn't go unnoticed. I've done free upgrades and additions over the years, but this one is one of the largest that I will be releasing. Let's take a look at what I've been working on.
Some of the redone raiders (Image below)
Before (Bandit machete)
After (Bandit machete)
(Colonist security)
Firstly, ALL character sprites and battlers that were using the original (chibi I believe they're called) sprite models are getting (or have already been) completely remade. This goes for all NPCs, companions, and humanoid enemies including ghouls. A few models here and there are used from my other games like the ghouls from Lawless Lands, but most of them have been remade from scratch to look more detailed, diversified, and just overall better. This also means that the longstanding issue of some sprites not matching in type is fixed. This problem bothered me for awhile but I didn't have the time or resources to dedicate to resolving it. This has been quite the task because there were SO MANY of them to fix.
Next, I've done A LOT of optimizing and improvements in terms of how the game runs that I've learned over the years. Some things have been rewritten, some have been tweaked and changed to be more efficient, and some things have gotten minor tweaks to be better after reading through feedback and using some of the new systems from my newer projects. The game should feel a bit smoother and less clunky where it did previously.
Finally, the game has gotten a bit of a polish pass over pretty much the entire thing. I went back and revisited several areas in the game that were lacking and had obvious issues in one way or another. This includes how some locations looked sort of barren (unintentionally), the fog of war was way too thick and restricting, combat text was not appealing to look at, health bars looked like something from the 90's, and a lot of other small issues here and there that made the game look so amateurish. It was, and still is in many ways, it was my first game, but I've come A LONG way since then. A bachelors degree in the field, formal knowledge in programming and game design, years of experience, a lot of energy drinks, and lots of time to reflect. It hasn't all been a walk in the park, but it is what it is.
Now, you may ask, why now? Well, I don't have an answer as to exactly why. I guess I got a wild hair on my ass and wanted to do this finally. That's my official response and I'm sticking to it. Deal.
You also may be asking if this is all really free. Yes. Yes, it is. For everyone who owns a copy of the game on Steam. This is the ONLY place that I've really made ANY money or sales on the game - EVER. Steam is the reason I am where I am today and my supporters who have helped me (or those who have bought stolen keys off the grey market constantly to use on steam............................................) out deserve a special thank you. I've been meaning to do this for a very long time. Point is, if you own the game on steam, you'll get it.
The improvements will be for the base game and the dlc expansions!
I will hopefully have this overhaul update out by next week. You have something special to look forward to from Corrosive Studios for Christmas/the Holidays!
I'll let you guys know more when I know more.
Thanks for reading!
-Corrosion ːCStudiosː
Corrosive Studios - Steam Autumn Sale!
Corrosive Studios
Hey everyone!
This is just a heads up that all of our games and extra content are on sale now for the Steam Autumn Sale!
This is just a heads up that I have just finished personally testing all my games and they all work on Steam Deck!
Waste Walkers, Disgraced, Lawless Lands, Chaos Chain, and even Affliction!
Hopefully, Valve can tag our pages soon for us, but this was just me letting everyone know. I set up some default configurations for controls as well, but feel free to modify them and set up your very own!
Enjoy!
-Corrosion ːCStudiosː
Disgraced 40% Off Sale!
Disgraced 40% Off!
Hey everyone!
This is just a heads up that Disgraced and ALL of its DLC is on sale now for 40% off until November 20th!
Chaos Chain, my current project, is on sale now for 25% off along with the support DLCs if you want to help me out a bit more and/or get some cool extras in game!
"Chaos Chain is a dark cyberpunk roleplaying game set in a bleak dystopian future. Assume the role of a desperate dweller of Slade City, a sprawling urban nightmare of grimy asphalt and broken dreams where crime and disorder run rampant. - Stay Alert. Stay Armed. Stay Alive. Don't lose your humanity."
Corrosive Studios - 8 Year Birthday And Waste Walkers Sale!
Happy Birthday Corrosive Studios
Woohoo! It's been 8 incredible years!
I wanted to stop by and say thank you to everyone who has helped support Corrosive Studios over the past 8 years. It has been such a wild ride and a real dream come true! I couldn't have done it without you guys!
To celebrate, my first game, Waste Walkers, will be on sale for the next several days with a huge discount along with discounts for all the extra content and DLCs! You can find more info on that below!
Once again, thank you all for your friendship, support, and interest that you've shown over the years! Hopefully, we can continue to have many more!
Thanks for reading!
-Corrosion ːCStudiosː
Corrosive Studios Turns 8 Years Old Today And Waste Walkers Sale!
Happy Birthday Corrosive Studios
Woohoo! It's been 8 incredible years!
I wanted to stop by and say thank you to everyone who has helped support Corrosive Studios over the past 8 years. It has been such a wild ride and a real dream come true! I couldn't have done it without you guys!
To celebrate, my first game, Waste Walkers, will be on sale for the next several days with a huge discount along with discounts for all the extra content and DLCs! You can find more info on that below!
Once again, thank you all for your friendship, support, and interest that you've shown over the years! Hopefully, we can continue to have many more!
Thanks for reading!
-Corrosion ːCStudiosː
8/12/22 - MASSIVE Chaos Chain Update 1.3.5
Chaos Chain
Hey everyone! I wanted to share this here so everyone can check it out if they're interested!
Update 1.3.5 Change Log:
Bug Fixes:
Extended battle background image width by 100 to account of screen shake (It showed black around the edges and looked odd)
Fixed an unreachable container in the Condemned Apartments Second Floor area
Fixed Crescent Strip Metro Station characters not saving their locations
Fixed ranged attacks being counted as Cyber in some cases
Fixed a bug that showed weapons listed in the ammo slot possible equips list but did not allow them to be selected (They should not show up at all in the list now like how it should be - This bug drove me crazy for a very long time)
Fixed a few stat inconsistencies related to equipment
Fixed some tileset shading
Fixed some gaps in certain tileset entities such as tables and countertops
Fixed Smelling Salts text not being colored like other medical items
Fixed some dialogue texts running off screen
Got rid of duplicate models/objects in several tilesets
Fixed an issue which prevented ANY critical hits from happening in certain cases
Fixed criticals not multiplying properly in certain cases (If the original damage of an attack was 0 but the random roll was applied - It was happening after the fact)
Fixed Hunker Down skill not properly reducing extra damage rolls (Hunker Down should be A LOT more useful now)
Fixed inconsistent damage rate issues
Fixed Blinded status temporarily removing control of the character (Not intended)
Fixed some runoff text with some quest descriptions in the menu
Fixed optimize equipment not optimizing certain slots if they relied on stats from other slots (Example: Neural Link grants ability to equip hackpads but since headgear is below the gadget slot, it could never optimize hackpads)
Fixed Ammo slot not optimizing ever (It might not always be perfect because different bonuses are based on player preference instead of what is "better" for ammo types
Fixed some minor typos
Fixed a PDA color code inconsistency
Fixed some status effect priorities for sorting status effects listed on characters in combat
Changes & Additions:
Added some new Steam achievements
Old saves will now automatically fetch quest data from the current set up to update automatically to the latest version (This means old saves won't get stuck with old data for quests anymore)
Added Industrial Zone new city district area! (The gameplay area just grew by about 20% - This area is also one of the largest yet!)
Added Industrial Zone metro station area
Added Leaky Pipe bar area
Added an extra 15% chance of toxic rain if you're anywhere within the Industrial Zone
Added custom jukebox playlist for the Leaky Pipe
Added some new equipment icon art
Added a few radio static sound effects to the random sounds lists (Exterior and interior)
Added Corrupt Cyber skill program (1-3 Interference Damage, +100% Glitched,+5 Initiative On Use)
Added Corrupt skill animation
Added Lockup Cyber skill program (Program: If the target is Glitched - Add Stunned, +20 Initiative On Use, 3-7 Interference Damage)
Added Lockup skill animation
Added Bio Shock Cyber skill program (Program: If the target is Glitched - Add Poisoned, +10 Initiative On Use, 1-5 Interference Damage To Health, +20% Shock)
Added the new Bows and Arrows to Neko's shop but that is likely only temporary until we have more areas and more weapon sellers
Updated some shops
Rewrote optimize equipment function
Completely rewrote damage calculation code to be more efficient, better organized, and more streamlined (I really need help testing these changes so please let me know if you guys encounter anything wrong or acting strange)
Added damage handling exception for when an attack/skill does no damage but still has some effect
Added status prevention handling when an attack does no damage except for shock, which can still be added (Attacks that are blocked/nullified will no longer apply status effects UNLESS they are: special case AND/OR the shock status to represent a near miss)
Re-ordered damage calculation code so that critical hits are last to be determined (This will make criticals more effective)
Critical hits now always give shock status (Critical hits should make a noticeable difference for morale now - As it should be)
Characters now gain the shock status automatically when revived
Augment surgery now automatically gives the shock status effect
Added Trauma system (More info below)
Added "Trauma" status effect (Reduced max health and mettle, reduced initiative, increased global damage intake - Enemies or characters get this from criticals of at least 5 damage 10% of the time OR when being revived from being downed OR 20% of the time if they take a hit of 10 or higher damage)
Characters now gain the trauma status effect automatically when revived
Trauma Kits now remove trauma status (But also cost a bit more)
Medical background loadout now has 2 trauma kits instead of 3 but also now have a med kit (The price went up for the trauma kits and this change was to balance this background to avoid any exploits or unfair advantages on starting loadout price)
Doctor services now automatically remove ALL physical ailments INCLUDING trauma (But they all cost 5 Cred more now)
Resting (Sleeping in a bed) now has a 33% default chance to remove trauma for each character, but the chance is doubled to 66% if the character is fully healed
Updated Tips screen to detail trauma
Added a new vendor to Smugglers' Bend (Darren - sells cheap improvised weapons)
Removed AP display from the HUD (It's not necessary there)
Updated the HUD for better spacing between values displayed and made it look a little neater
Optimized some ongoing background processes for updating info on screen
Moved the position of the entire HUD upward slightly on screen (I also removed the very top outer window bar from the HUD so it is more in line with the stamina window as well - It all takes up less space on the screen)
Tracked quests in the journal are now marked with ">>>" instead of just one ">"
Quests tracked on screen now have an indentation between their ">" and the objective text to better show what objectives are part of each individual quest
On screen quest info will now only show 0/N (N is the objective max) if the objective maximum is higher than 1 ONLY (To reduce clutter and to make it look more intuitive)
On screen quest info for objectives that are completed will now display in green so it's easier to keep track of (This change is reflected for tracked quests on the main screen only - The jorunal is still as it was and contains extra information on the quests anyways)
Updated several quest journal descriptions and details
Slightly lowered the volume of using quickslot items
Added two new quick slot keys (V, B - There are now a total of 5 quick slots instead of only 3)
Updated the manual scene with the new controls
When you or a companion take damage in combat, the screen will now turn red for a very short time in addition to the short screen shake
Added a slight vignette effect in battle
Synthetic Muscles implant now grant +5 initiative along with their other benefits
Added Cassia Companion
Added Cassia joining requirement She will ask you to bring her a Storm hackpad to replace her old one, which was damaged.
Added Flaw: Weak (Cassia)
Added Background: Netpunk (Cassia)
Added Edge: Nimble (Cassia)
Increased saturation of all lights in the environment
Updated world map image with some new districts and details
Added Surveyor Drones to the Metro Station areas
Improved Drone appearance to more clearly define the front and back (It was hard to tell which way they were facing before)
Improved shading in a few areas
Added some floor/ground variation to some interior areas
Added new wall/roof/ground/floor graphical variations
Added some new hand drawn graphics for some generic city environment stuff
Added more details to several areas including clutter, debris, characters, and effects
Updated various environmental graphical stuff to look more unique, detailed, and just overall better
Darkened all vegetation graphics and tinted them slightly brown to look more unhealthy
Greatly improved the appearance of sandbag graphics and reduced their size so they look more believable
Added City (Industrial) tileset with hand drawn smoke stacks, some machinery, and other various environment stuff
Melee damage resistance is now (Global) physical damage resistance
Ranged damage resistance is now (Global) stress damage resistance (Morale, mettle, shock effects, stress, etc)
Police background melee damage resistance now changed to physical damage resistance
Updated character skill lists for both the main character and companions
Brightened all floating label text
Generic and otherwise unimportant characters and objects which have floating labels are now in grey instead of gold so that it's easier to identity important characters and points/objects of interest
Location change event floating label text is now displayed in purple to make it easier to identify
Potential hostiles now have floating label text displayed in orange (Does not include bosses and named enemies - They will still be in gold)
Slightly buffed the Ripper Wire CyWare weapon
Added Jolt Rods CyWare weapon [Inv: 2, Arms Imp., CyWare, -10% Interference Res] (-2% Mettle Regen, 2 Damage, +7 Init, +20% Glitched, +5% Shock, +6% Stunned, Burn) - (These might seem kind of weak, but they are quite powerful given that their damage type is considered Burn damage and not just a physical one such as punture or rupture or impact and they also have a high chance to cause the Glitched state which makes enemies unable to use their CyWare)
Added Kickers CyWare weapon (Installs on the leg slot) [Inv: 4, Legs Imp., CyWare, -10% Interference Res] (-2% Mettle Regen, 5 Damage, +3 Init, +25% Stunned, +15% Confused, +10% Shock, Impact)
Created a specific category of skills/abilities for Implant based abilities called "Implants" (This will make it easier for me to distiguish what is a regular ability and what is an ability that is granted from an augment)
All CyWare implants that give abilities (I.E. CyWare weapons, Blinkers, etc) now give access to the Implants skill type
All CyWare abilities (Excluding Cyber attacks like hacks and such) are now classified as Implant abilities
Glitched status effect now prevents use of Implant abilities in addition to Cyber abilities
Added Neural Link headgear equipment (This is an alternative to getting a processor implant for using hackpads)
Techie Background starting equipment updated (You now get an infovisor, neural link headgear, and the icebreaker hackpad instead of a preinstalled processor and hackpad only)
Techie Background now gets +5% exp, +1% mettle regen, and 2 extra skill points instead of +10% exp and 2 extra skill points
Military Background now gets +5% shock resistance, +5% hit chance, +5 initiative, and +5% ranged evasion instead of +1% mettle regen, +5% hit chance, +5 initiative, and +5% ranged evasion
Police Background physical damage resistance (10%) is now split to 5% physical resistance and 5% stress resistance
Added an automatic optimize equipment immediately after character creation (It might not be perfect, but it helps in case you forget to equip something in the beginning)
Weather effects now gradually ease in and out instead of being nearly instantaneous
Raindrop falling speed and raindrop wind drift is now given slight randomization to make the weather look more natural
All interior area wall positioning is now much more "filling" (They look like they have more depth compared to the old way I set them up - You should notice a pretty obvious difference)
Added some more NPC blockers to prevent NPCs from getting in the way of important or cramped places
Added some more lore dialogues
Updated some interiors
Random power outages when outside are much less intense
Decreased time between choice windows appearing slightly to allow faster selection
Gave Lynch a better (Larger) desk, added a laptop to the desk, made his office bigger, and gave him expensive looking wooden walls for his office (Now he's a proper bad guy XD)
Updated some quest related interactions
Characters and companions now always have "1 + Resolve
0.20" restored of their AP (Action/Ability Points) when they survive a battle unless they have Anticipation, which gives them any and all of the AP earned/gained in battle
Slightly reduced the pitch of message related sounds (To reduce their overall playspeed by a small amount)
Slightly increased message related sound volumes
Added several more lights to various areas
Updated loot tables
Added Fast to React IV passive skill
Added Fast to React V passive skill
Updated learnable skill lists
Optimized and streamlined some existing processes that control multiple variables to be more efficient
SO MANY other various minor tweaks, adjustments, and minor changes