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Update 13.5 - Originality - Major Content Update

Release Date: TBA. Editor lag is being a massive problem currently

What’s new:

UI

• Major Revamps to the UI screen to be more clean and modern.

• Removed several old songs and replacing them with new music.

  • This music will be AI generated via Suno’s v5 model. Thus, it won’t be taken from another producer.
  • Some old songs will remain. Overall, there will be less songs in the music rotation. See dev notes for more detailed reasons.

• Similar to the Battle Music, the lobby music will see similar changes, but the number of songs will still be the same.

Gamemodes

The following gamemodes have received specification changes

Frontlines

• Reduced the number of tickets need to win a score victory to 500.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the message of a successful elimination would remain frozen on screen should it appear during the victory chime.
• I am aware of a bug that causes incorrect collision and roof rendering on some maps despite it being correctly placed in the costume editor. This is currently being investigated.

Developer Notes

This update is made to update the UI and make major changes to the music, along with a gamemode change.

First, the UI screen will receive some changes, including button layout and appearance, along with cleaner placement.

For the battle songs, changes have been made to the music rotation to remove low quality and somewhat boring music, add some songs which is more fit for the game’s genre, and overall for general originality. The same will happen for most of the lobby soundtracks. Overall, there will be less soundtracks. Some old songs will still be in the game

For context, all of the new songs will be AI generated using Suno AI’s v5 model. As part of a subscription to access said model, the songs get copyright protections, thus making these new songs the first soundtracks ever to be fully original to the game. These songs will be dropped shortly before the update as Volume 2.

For the Frontlines mode, the amount of tickets needed to win is reduced to 500 to reduce match times. This is targeted to the Standard variant of the gamemode where the only way to win is by tickets.

Lastly some small bug fixes were made as well as an investigation of a bug is underway.

The next update will add a new gamemode.

Update 0.1.3 - Sounds of Glory

Release Date: This Friday

past updates mentioned were not added due to bug reasons

UI

Added sounds to the following weapons

• M9
• AK-47
• M870

Added sounds to the following items

• Ammo

Added sounds for the following objects

• Trees

AI

• Fixed AI firing frequency to be less than before.

Dev Notes soon.

@info-creaticode I have, and the lag is still present, especially in both the code and costume editors, all the way down to just scrolling through the code editor. Scrolling through sprites and sounds though isn’t laggy. Given I have 11gb of ram, this shouldn’t be possible.

@info-creaticode

Is anyone’s editor super laggy, even on newly created projects?

@tao By anomaly types, are you talking about just a general overview of each anomaly type?

@charles I could do that in fact. Again, this would be done possibly in the second game. About 20% done with it since I have the engine from the first one.

@Charles With over 270+ anomalies in the game, this would take too long.

@dreamsmp_luck Sure.

@charles The second game will give one hour (100 seconds) to study the map before anomalies appear.

@charles That would kinda defeat one of the major mechanics. Most games in this genre make the players go in blind, as they have to find the anomalies themselves without any knowledge of said anomalies other than what the maps look like without any anomalies present, and must memorize each anomaly to reduce the likelihood of losing in the next run. To give a guide about each one with a picture defeats that mechanic.

@charles Elaborate.

Small Game Update.

• Nerfed Anomaly spawn rate by 35% in Hard Mode
• Made noise indications that sometimes play around when a anomaly appears slightly more frequent.

@artisilv It is in fact.

@dreamsmp_luck Texture anomaly is for when the appearance of an object is different, like it being a different color, appearance, or it being all black.

Light anomaly is the change in lighting when the room has different lighting, like it being dark, or brighter.

Abyss is just a giant black circle. Some of them can be in sneaky spots.

@dreamsmp_luck Light Anomaly

@dreamsmp_luck Here are some (Not all) of the hard anomales:

Living Room

The bucket in the left corner can disappear

The clock on the china cabinet can disappear

There can be a extra TV on top of the safe.

Yard

An Abyss can form on the ceiling of the roofed patio on the right side of the screen

There can be a funni looking intruder behind the wood fence gate.

Kitchen

A bucket can spawn on top of the fridge

The can next to the bundle of ropes can move from the left to the right.

Bathroom

A wire circuit above the shower can disconnect

A tincan can spawn on the shelf above the glass bottle.

Hope this helps a bit.

@dreamsmp_luck What map you playing?

@dreamsmp_luck The collage i’m going to has a firewall similar to school firewalls. Ima try to view it on my phone later.

@dreamsmp_luck can’t view it bc of collage firewall stuff.

@dreamsmp_luck Also, can i see a screenshot of what you’re saying?

@dreamsmp_luck For the sequel (Planned for March hopefully,) You would have about 50 seconds to study the rooms before the anomalies would start spawning.

@dreamsmp_luck There can be only 4 anomalies allowed on a normal game. If there is more than 4, you lose. Sometimes, a sound effect plays either right before, or right after an anomaly appears. Also, might reduce anomaly spawn rates on hard.

@dreamsmp_luck I ment for my game. But sure, what do you need help with?

@dreamsmp_luck How’s your first few games going?

Game has dropped!

play.creaticode.com/projects/68e7c43d7d877d732579fd7c?version=1

Gamemodes Overview

Along with the 3 maps, there is also 3 different gamemodes. These gamemodes are Normal, Hard, and Endless.

Normal

The standard mode of the three, you play the game an normal pace, with a normal number of anomalies, and with good chances of obvious anomalies appearing.

Hard

Truly the pinnacle of difficult games, Hard mode will ramp up the rate at which anomalies spawn, increase the odds at which harder anomalies will appear, less maximum anomalies allowed, and fewer odds of obvious anomalies appearing.

Endless

Same as Normal Mode, but the night will never end. Try to get as much anomalies as possible.

The release date has changed to today at 8:00 AM CDT!

@charles The static effect was created through rapid costume changes through giant static pictures, then set its transparency to a high value. The level goes to zero then back when you switch cameras.

@sirbots The platform search was there for a while. Just fyi. I was looking for platforms to actually make the maps.

@charles No. For reference, here is one of the cameras on the Forest Map:

(using incog bc i am using a collage issued computer)

@charles-m I ment the map rooms. I didn’t use 3d blocks, but rather careful editing of the sprites to make it look 3d. That took the most amount of time when making the game.

@charles-m Yeah. Its just about done.

@charles-m The rest was made with creaticode

@charles-m No, just some of the 3d scenes.

@charles-m I used PlayCanvas.

@charles-m No, its not. I’ve tried to fix it before but I could’nt figure out how.

@dreamsmp_luck That picture was made using some 3d software, so no.

Maps Overview:

PARMA will drop with 3 maps: The House, The Mansion, and The Forest. Each map has its own difficulty, secrets, and unique anomalies. Each of the pictures are actual screenshots from the game.

The House:

The [REDACTED] Residence resides in the quiet rolling green fields of Oklahoma, approximately 80 miles south of Oklahoma City. The house was built in 1964, and was the scene of several tragedies. Including the disappearance of a family after a severe storm in recent years. Most new hires and contractors start here and in similar watch environments. This is the easiest map of the 3 available, with a small number anomalies. Of those numbers, a very small number of the aforenoted anomalies are difficult to spot. Thus, this map is easy to memorize in a short amount of time, with a total of 5 cameras, one of which covers the backyard.

The Mansion:

The [REDACTED] Manor, or as we at PARMA call “The Mansion” is a giant, 2 story mansion snugly located on a mountanside in northern Ireland. Built 5 years before the start of World War 2, it was the scene of many memories both good and bad. These range from galas, dances, to unsolved killings and reported paranormal activity. At PARMA, buildings of such large size often have multiple employees watching the premises, with each one assigned to watch a certain location. However, for reasons unknown, all the activity is centered on the first floor, in a few select rooms. The anomalies here are rather tricky and bigger in number, with much more sneaky and tinier ones than The House. Though, the easier anomalies do make their presence quickly known, thus its a balance of hide and seek and blatant appearances.

The Forest:

Black Lake Camp, or The Forest, is a summer camp situated on a remote beach in Texas. Opened in 1926 and still currently in operation, this camp changes the lives of over 920+ children every summer, with activities like beach swimming, ziplining, and more, its a favorite among the locals. However, with such a long, eventful history, comes along with it’s dark side. With multiple hurricanes and disappearances, the camp has had it’s fair share of tragedy, with in some cases deaths of campers. The activity in which has been reported is common around 4 district areas around the campsite, with it being very frequent in number, and incredibly unpredictable. As of today, there has been over 100 total anomalies recorded, and almost 70% of those being almost unnoticeable, but detectable. This map is the hardest of them all, both in anomaly types, numbers, and frequencies. Don’t expect to beat this map even on your 12th try.

I have forgot to mention that this game is mobile friendly!

This has been the side project which I have been working on all summer and most of September. The game is now at a point where I feel like it’s ready for a game release.

You are a PARMA cameraman assigned to cover 3 locations on a very high paying contract. Your job is simple. For 6 hours, report anything out of place. Identify the anomaly, and report it with the correct classification. Some of these are quite noticeable, and others are tiny, requiring rigorous observation and memory of each room of each location.

This job isn’t usually easy, as other contract workers and employees have failed to properly secure their assigned locations. The cooperation advises that you come prepared, as failure will result in you losing that income you’ve so wanted to earn. Should too many anomalies be present in your assigned location, and fail to report them as quick as possible, then you will fail your job and thus lose your contract.

This game will release on October 15th as my first seasonal game release.

13.0 has dropped. Patch notes for 13.5 will drop later next week.

One last thing, as a replacement for artillery, each match can be in either realistic or standard battles after your first game of a session. 50v50 games will be a guaranteed realistic battle.

A project with the new soundtracks will drop this week! Additionally, the Artillery is being buggy, so it will not drop with the update as work progresses.

Update 13.0 is planned to release later this week to early next week!

@dreamsmp_luck play.creaticode.com/projects/679b952fe83001fc08dae8bb

@dreamsmp_luck Sure. Forgot to put the TBA release date in there.

Update 13.0 - Howitzers and Prying Night Fighting Pt.1 - Seasonal Major Content Update

Release Date: TBA

What’s New:

AI

• Removed the code which caused bots to flash upon taking damage

UI

• Added 4 new Battle soundtracks
• Added one limited time Soundtrack
  • This will be used in the upcoming Halloween event

Technical Changes

• Added “Base Defenses”
  • Base defenses are a set of long range artillery. Upon getting too close to the opposing team’s spawn, the artillery will fire, and being within range for too long result in an elimination.

Weather

• Reduced how dark the map is when it is Night time by approx. 5%

Maps

• Added a new time limited map: Hurgen’s Forest

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the player would not take damage from lightning or airstrikes

Development Notes

This update is targeted towards preventing spawn camping, fixing some small things, and updating the music.

After attempting to fix a bug which resulted from the brightness changes caused by weather, it was decided to keep the bug as this could potentially affect users with photosensitive issues.

Some new soundtracks were added, and one being for the halloween event in the near future.

After some time, it was decided that players could also get decisive victories just by sitting inside of the spawn point of the enemies and killing large numbers of them. Thus, a mechanic was added to make sitting in their spawn much more risky.

Lastly, a new Halloween map was added for use in the event and some small weather changes were made.

Update 12.5.2 - Hotfix Update

Release Date: TBA

What’s new

Weather

• Fixed a bug where the rain and sound effects play while the map loads
• Fixed a bug where rain effects wouldn’t play.

12.5.1 has been released!

Update 12.5.1 - Hotfix and Balance

Release Date: TBA

What’s New:

UI

• Replaced the Find Game feature with Patch Notes.
  • Patch Notes will only reflect on major or key changes. They will not show the full notes.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug which caused Airstrikes and Lightning to kill players offscreen, respectively.
• Made a second attempt to vix severe rain audio and visual issues.

The next update will focus on improvements to AI targeting, and measures to discourage spawn camping.

I will be experimenting with tables to see if a targeting system via a table of all the enemy coordinates would be faster in more populated lobbies.