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Hey everyone!

I'm thrilled to announce that a new update for my game is now live! This update brings several bug fixes, exciting improvements and new features that enhance your gaming experience.

What's New in This Update:

1. Improved Audio: I've polished the audio to make the game more immersive. The sound effects have been enhanced for a better overall experience.
2. New Feature - Refiner: Introducing the "Refiner" - a new feature that allows you to refine unwanted inventory items into batteries. This adds a new layer of strategy to resource management.
3. New Item - Crystals: I've added a new item called "Crystals," which can appear after destroying large white rocks. These crystals can be picked up and refined into batteries with increased charge or repair kits, depending on the crystal's color.

Feedback Needed:

I would really appreciate your feedback on the following:

1. Audio Quality: How do the new sound effects enhance your gaming experience?
2. Refiner Usability: Is the Refiner easy to use and understand? Does it add value to the gameplay?
3. Overall Gameplay: Does the game feel smoother and more enjoyable with these updates?

Play the Updated Demo:

You can try out the updated demo here (Itch.io). I'm particularly interested in knowing if the changes have made the game more playable and enjoyable.

Thank you for your support and feedback!

Hey!

The first version of the demo was sinful in that the main character was literally buried under alien bodies. They attacked from all sides! Is it possible to pass the demo now? I go through the game on any difficulty level, but that's the problem.

https://gygavolt.itch.io/protocol-surface

3D Sci-Fi Adventure. Protocol "Surface".

There has been a major malfunction on a passenger spaceship. In accordance with Surface protocol, all passengers have been evacuated in escape pods to the nearest planet.

The ship's captain is troubleshooting the malfunction, but once it is fixed, the passengers must be returned back to the ship. To do this, an assistant captain is sent to the planet in whose orbit the ship is stuck. His task is to place orbital beacons on the capsules.... Is it that easy? Well, the game will tell you all about it.

Screenshots:

Currently in the demo version:

- one mission is available

- saving / loading does not work

- primitive AI

- day/night change

- there is a plot

Four missions are planned in the future.

Thanks for the feedback!

My comments:

There is a "Save" function in the game. But it is only available after building a spruce shelter (in the menu of the shelter itself) or installing a milestone. I think I need to somehow warn the player about it. Honestly, this point was simply missed. And it's also not the fact that the save works correctly, although for the alpha version it is not so important. The total duration of the gameplay is probably not more than an hour and a half or two hours.

It's a bit strange. I've checked several times, the falling of the character and the helicopter follows immediately after the end of the narrative. Perhaps the pause should be increased. There needs to be research.

Quite right! You can't run because you're wounded. Definitely need to add an appropriate warning about not being able to run. Good point!

In the logic of the game: force is the ability to perform certain actions, while stamina is how quickly your force wanes. More precisely, the game has no concept of " stamina" in the usual sense at all. There is the concept of "tiredness". Gradually a character gets tired if he or she doesn't rest. The more tired a character gets, the less strength he has to move, craft, etc..., the more quickly his strength diminishes and the slower he recovers. And that's not all. There is a parameter in the game "amount of time without sleep". The value of this parameter is displayed by the color of the eye on the HUD. The value of this parameter affects the rate of decrease of all other indicators. In the future there will be an additional effect on gameplay: being without sleep for a long time, the character can fall and fall asleep at any time. Which can lead to illness.

Be definitely added in the next alpha version!

The worse the character's stats are, the faster the key parameters (thirst, hunger, fatigue) change. But the balance can still be changed in one direction or another. This is a subject of investigation.

Hey!

The alpha version of the game about a rugged survival in the woods on an island is ready. All you have are matches. And bears.

I managed to survive. As I was coming back from the river without energy, I heard the rumble of a helicopter. I wanted to run to light the signal fire as soon as possible, but I could not do that. I could stumble, fall, and die. But I was in time. Not like the last time I had run from an angry bear.

https://gygavolt.itch.io/the-way-home-finding

Hey! I need feedback and your advises.

So. What is already implemented in the game:

• The island area of approximately 13 square kilometers
• Destructible vegetation
• Day and night cycle
• A simple loot and crafting system
• Saving game progress

There are huge problems with unbalanced food and water consumption and speed of crafting. And I'm not sure for adequate stamina behavior. Perhaps, all these factors make my game unplayable at all.

https://gygavolt.itch.io/time-to-escape

What is already implemented in the game:

• The island area of approximately 13 square kilometers
• Destructible vegetation
• Day and night cycle
• A simple loot and crafting system
• Saving game progress

Hey!

A lot of interesting things are planned, so far it is more of a demo. In my plans:

Alpha 2: AI + weapons

Alpha 3: A feature that completely changes the gameplay

Alpha 4: Weather conditions, diseases, injuries

Beta 1: Improved graphics and environment

Short gameplay video

Download here

https://gygavolt.itch.io/time-to-escape