SOVEREIGN SYNDICATE DEV UPDATE, AUG 2023: New Demo Out Now!

Categories:Devlog
Crimson Herring

Hi Everyone!

We’ve just released a significant update to our demo, please see below for all the details. Appreciate you taking the time to play and providing your feedback. There’s a feedback form on the in-game options menu or you can join us over on our Discord and chat directly with the dev team.

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GAMEPLAY
– Implemented traits system and integrated with major arcana tarot cards
– Streamlined tarot skill check and level up system
– Vigour and Nerve resources changed to Temperament
– Made inventory items consumable where appropriate
– Improved mouse sensitivity

GRAPHICS
– Improved cinematography to better frame player and prevent occlusion
– Reduced fog and bloom
– Improved real-time lighting and shadows
– Improved navmesh and pathfinding to prevent environment clipping

UI
– Updated dialogue panel with iconography to better communicate changes to secondary systems
– Re-formatted dialogue panel to provide better text readability
– Improved tutorial screens and skill check information presented to the player
– Improved in-game menu screens to better communicate information to the player
– Updated UI to better scale at higher and wide screen resolutions
– Updated player HUD to better display information on current tasks

Until next time, Take Care!