Project Venus [v0.2.2] [Team Venus]

v0.2.2

Content

• New loading screen – yes, we are fans of Alien.
• In the first town, a certain fat guy might pay you a visit in the attic if you decide to sleep there.
• Almost immediately after arriving at the church and receiving the first quest, Jillian can visit Sarah (the doctor) and see something.
• While sleeping in her room, David might visit Jillian to check on her.
• For the Survival mode, we’ve added an option to get a discount if you’re willing to show your body to Crow.
• Added a story scene in the police station where Jillian meets the game’s new boss – the Sheriff.
• Added a conceptually new boss. Before this, we only had Mr. X, but he was too primitive. Now that our technical capabilities have expanded, we decided to add a boss fight with the Sheriff in the police station. Be careful, he’s quite resilient, has an ally, and uses various attacks.

Technical Stuff

• implemented a plugin and added unique equip sounds for every item and weapon.
• Added a lighter. Well, it was already in the game—you get it by completing the events in the sewer—but now you can equip it to light up the area around your character.
• Grenades create a flash of light upon explosion.
• The fire from a Molotov cocktail now works like real fire—it illuminates the surrounding area! Have you ever seen an RPG Maker game that has this? I haven’t.

Bug fixes

• fixed a wall’s layer at Malene’s house, which was covering player

Upcoming features:

• Gallery: Although it’s technically complete, we will release it in the next update because we’re not sure if it displays all the scenes correctly. There are quite a lot of them, and triggering each one to check the display is a very time-consuming task.
• Physics: The game will get the ability to move objects pixel by pixel, and you will no longer get stuck in zombies. We decided to implement physics a bit later because it’s needed for an enemy that can perform a running attack.

Brutal patch

• Since now all harsh content will be available only in Brutal patch. To access new ending for loosing a bossfight at police station, install Brutal patch.

v0.2.0

• Fixed an issue where elevators triggered a transition during the fight with Mr. X.
• Save problems have been resolved.
• Resolution error has been fixed.
• Bug with medkit prices at sewer traders has been fixed.
• Bullet trajectory logic has been reworked.
• Shooting accuracy has been significantly improved.
• Weapon reload logic has been reworked (reloading is interrupted if the player starts shooting).
• RMB (right mouse button) logic has been revamped: now holding RMB causes continuous firing until the ammo runs out.
• M249 weapon has been enhanced (visual and sound effects).
• Movement while firing automatic weapons is now blocked.
• Added a 3D sound system.
• Added a new “ABSonDamage” feature that plays a sound when damage is dealt.
• Zombies on the map now have voice lines.
• Pathfinding system has been improved and optimized (the number of simultaneous enemies on the map has greatly increased. FPS on older PCs should improve during high-load moments).
• Added a new item search mechanic.
• AI for allies has been significantly improved.
• Fixed minor visual bugs.
• Camera core added (the camera now moves smoothly with a slight delay, zooming and other features are now available).
• Spawner logic has been reworked.
• Loot generation logic on the map has been reworked.
• Loot system improved (sprite sizes reduced by 50%, dynamic ID pooling system added to prevent ID loss in loot objects).
• Save system core created (autosaves every 5 minutes to the first slot; all saves, except autosaves, now display the map name and a screenshot).
• Added a load button in the ESC menu.
• Cheat menu for ammo has been created and added.
• Adrenaline duration doubled.
• Lockpicking mini-game created.
• 10 new maps added (Act 2).
• New zombies added
  The renders are still in production.

v0.1.9

• Act 1 is finished (19 map pieces). You can now play through the shopping mall and escape the city.
• New throwable weapon – molotov.
• Slightly improved AI for friendly NPCs. They are still stupid, but we are working on it.
• Shooting mechanic was changed a bit. Weapons has much lesser projectiles now. It was done on purpose, because bullets were hitting various objects too often.
• Shotgun has less spreading.
• Zombie spawner was completely rewritten. Now it shouldn’t cause performance drops. Heroes wear no capes.
• Zombie book was added. You will receive it during the plot at cinema’s WC.
• Quest journal was added! Now every (if my memory serves) task in game has a quest log. I can’t tell how huge this task was, but it is here.
• Bug at status window was fixed, now ass picture shouldn’t disappear. Also vagina and ass statuses are working separately now.
• Fat zombie received increased health and a chance to blow up.
• Red zombie’s regeneration is working properly now.
• Global fog effect. You’ll first notice it on new maps. New global effects will appear more in future updates.

This update brings story only. We are sorry if you’ll find it small, but we had to finish this part of the game to move on to freeplay part.
IMPORTANT: new maps can cause crashes during saving. You can resolve it by reopening the game. We are working on fix.

v0.1.4.1

• Continuation of the story. Now you will be able to visit the police station (22 map pieces)
• Added second outfit which you will obtain at police station
• Introduced new NPC with two conversation scenes. You can talk to her and learn what her story is. She will appear later in story
• Added new type of zombie: hunter
• Added human enemies (12 variations)
• 3 new variations for generic zombies
• New main theme in the menu
• Added first melee weapon
• Added explosives: grenades and land mine. Molotov is in progress.
• Technical: added animated status effects. Now every single npc and PC are able to bleed, burn and get poisoned with visual effects
• Created spawner, which will be used later
• Added regeneration passive in skill tree
• Added stamina increase in skill tree
• Added max carrying weight in skill tree
• Increased shooting rate for all weapons
• Implemented AI teams. It allows us to use NPCs as friends. You will notice that when you arrive at police station for the first time. Later in the game there will be neutral NPC which will attack both PC and zombies
• All existing scenes are reworked for second outfit. They will change depending on which outfit do you use at the moment
• Cassie got additional scene with animation from 3 angles
• Forest man received a different scene if you wear the second outfit. He also received a new scene, which you can trigger if you corruption is high enough
• Added scene with the boy at the confession booth right after you get mission to infiltrate the police station
• Added hints for some lewd actions. Now you’ll see how much corruption do you need

Bug fixes:

• Fixed broken shops at the sewers
• Fixed limitless running option
• Fixed oldman’s animations in the gun shop