We hope you've been enjoying our game! We've been hard at work this past month, and we're excited to show off our next batch of changes to address your feedback and concerns, as well as fixing a plethora of bugs!

Most of these changes have been available in the Beta Branch for some time - if you want to live on the cutting edge of design, consider switching over per the instructions in the latest beta patch. We'll try to keep the Release Branch as stable as possible by only moving changes from Beta to Release once they've had some time to be tested.


We're eager to hear what you think of the changes! Comments and critiques are, as always, extremely welcome!

• Added: Controller Support
  
• Added: Automatically pause game during steam overlay or app switching
  
• Added: option for controlling the appearance of the UI Highlighter
  
• Added: "press F1 to close" to F1 control help popup in HUD
  
• Added: "skip ahead" to the "Help, the Tutorial is Stuck" pause-menu option, and added an extra action for bypassing the Armory door in case of malfunction
  
• Added: on-HUD tracking indicator for puzzle activators (especially useful when entering a puzzle room vertically)
  
• Improved: UI Text for usability in weapon picker panel
  
• Improved: controller sprites for increased clarity on Triggers / Buttons
  
• Changed: Pensieve UI to confirm with a click when spending halite
  
• Changed: back 'buttons' now function as expected in a wider variety of UI menus
  
• Changed: increased size of some UI button controls and prompts
  
• Fixed: Map being unresponsive to first press of M
  
• Fixed: some UI menu object items positioning themselves wrong
  
• Fixed: stats sometimes not being saved and made stat display more uniform
  
• Fixed: HUD visuals sometimes not being removed if you restart while they are visible

• Changed: re-enabled players able to slide down steep slopes
  
• Changed: Loki and Pensieve (in starting room) now shielded and "slippery" for player movement purposes
  
• Changed: invulnerable impact visuals (i.e. nothing happened on impact) to look better and more obvious what is happening.
  
• Increased: idle VO timer from 20 to 65 seconds
  
• Expanded: auto-unstuck to give the player back their jump capability if they are sliding for longer than one second (i.e. stuck in a crevice)
  
• Fixed: On rare occasion rooms don't spawn enemies
  
• Fixed: enemies sometimes moving/sliding/jumping when bedazzled (i.e. stunned) near transition and jump points
  
• Fixed: "See enemies more clearly" effect doing nothing; enemies are now highlighted as intended
  
• Fixed: elemental and flak grenades (they were acting as normal grenades, now they do what they say they do)
  
• Fixed: standard grenade explosion not scaling according to size of explosion
  
• Fixed: Banners - naming, materials, and behavior when damaged/destroyed
  
• Fixed: broken halite from Clusters instantly disappearing instead of dissolving out
  
• Fixed: FOV settings being overridden after using Dash, Visceral, or Sprint
  
• Fixed: Minor glitches with 'buddy' behaviors
  
• Fixed: displayed effects of "Overkill" pickup drops (base level instead of upgraded)
  
• Fixed: some rare instances of ImpactEffect remaining visible after the thing they hit was destroyed
  
• Fixed: Large lantern (the one above the tunnel in the starting room) destructableness
  
• Fixed: Alvis Statue destructableness

• Changed: Black Hole grenade effects to
  
  • scale with explosion size
    
  • have 0.65x standard grenade explosion radius
    
  • deal true (unresistable) damage over time at its core (player is immune)
    
  • attract player (gently)
    
  • have a more engaging effect on loose debris (e.g. pot shards)
    
  • have a greater pull on enemies, and the timing of core visuals is corrected
    
  • have slightly less intense visuals so they don't completely block player vision
• Fixed: Made 'sturdy' objects (eg crates) 'sturdy' again.

• Adjusted: Firing and Overheat Sound Timing
  
• Adjusted: Launcher blast sound mix so its not as loud overall
  
• Added: sounds for starting room cell-gate dislodging and hitting ground
  
• Updated: invulnerable hit and glass impact sound so they can be heard regardless of distance and gunfire
  
• Improved Audio: Garmr howl

• Minor Fix: if a pickup falls off the world, its detected and cleaned up
  
• Improvements/Fixes to Level 2 (which you can't see yet because they are locked still)
  
• Progress on traps and placement (which you also can't see yet... soon though)

Note: If you prefer more stable builds and don't mind waiting, then you don't need to do anything but get excited for what is coming real soon.

The Beta Branch is the most up-to-date version of the game, with all the newest fixes and changes! We hope you'll enjoy the process of polishing this game along with us.

Changes made in the Beta Branch will eventually make their way to the Release Branch, once there's been time to iron out any issues that come along with these changes.

To switch between game branches, right-click Gunnhildr in your Steam Library, click Properties, switch to the Betas tab, and then select the branch you want to use.

• Added: on-HUD tracking indicator for puzzle activators (especially useful when entering a puzzle room vertically)
  
• Increased: idle VO timer from 20 to 65 seconds
  
• Expanded auto-unstuck to give the player back their jump capability if they are sliding for longer than one second (i.e. stuck in a crevice)
  
• Fixed: On rare occasion rooms don't spawn enemies
  
• Improved Audio: Garmr howl
  
• Minor Fix: if a pickup falls off the world, its detected and cleaned up
  
• Revised gamepad & control mappings
  
  • B: dash (previously right-control-stick-in)
    
  • X: interact (previously B)
    
  • Triggers/Bumpers now control tabbed screens in Settings Menu and Codex, rather than having to explicitly select the tabs
    
  • Left bumper now activates knack (used to be d-pad up)
    
  • d-pad up now resizes the map as well as the back button
    
  • Restart button operable via controller
    
  • Updated controller sprites for increased clarity on Triggers / Buttons
• Improvements/Fixes to Level 2 (which you can't see yet because they are locked still)
  
• Progress on traps and placement (which you also can't see yet... soon though)

• Traps
  
• Additional Rooms
  
• An easy way to 'jump to level 2' for testing

Note: If you prefer more stable builds and don't mind waiting, then you don't need to do anything but get excited for what is coming real soon.

The Beta Branch is the most up-to-date version of the game, with all the newest fixes and changes! We hope you'll enjoy the process of polishing this game along with us.

Changes made in the Beta Branch will eventually make their way to the Release Branch, once there's been time to iron out any issues that come along with these changes.

To switch between game branches, right-click Gunnhildr in your Steam Library, click Properties, switch to the Betas tab, and then select the branch you want to use.

• ːsteamhappyː Added: Controller Support ːsteamhappyː
  
• Added: Automatically pause game during steam overlay or app switching
  
• Changed: Pensieve UI to confirm with a click when spending halite
  
• Changed: back 'buttons' now function as expected in a wider variety of UI menus
  
• Changed: increased size of some UI button controls and prompts
  
• Fixed: some UI menu object items positioning themselves wrong
  
• Fixed: stats sometimes not being saved and made stat display more uniform
  
• Fixed: HUD visuals sometimes not being removed if you restart while they are visible
  
• Added: sounds for starting room cell-gate dislodging and hitting ground
  
• Updated: invulnerable hit and glass impact sound so they can be heard regardless of distance and gunfire
  
• Added: option for controlling the appearance of the UI Highlighter
  
• Changed: re-enabled players able to slide down steep slopes
  
• Fixed: enemies sometimes moving/sliding/jumping when bedazzled (i.e. stunned) near transition and jump points
  
• Changed: Loki and Pensieve (in starting room) now shielded and "slippery" for player movement purposes
  
• Changed: invulnerable impact visuals (i.e. nothing happened on impact) to look better and more obvious what is happening.
  
• Updated: Encounter bounds behavior for NifExt (level 2) tiles (rooms)

• Traps
  
• Additional Rooms
  
• An easy way to 'jump to level 2' for testing

Note: If you prefer more stable builds and don't mind waiting, then you don't need to do anything but get excited for what is coming real soon.

The Beta Branch is the most up-to-date version of the game, with all the newest fixes and changes! We hope you'll enjoy the process of polishing this game along with us.

Changes made in the Beta Branch will eventually make their way to the Release Branch, once there's been time to iron out any issues that come along with these changes.

To switch between game branches, right-click Gunnhildr in your Steam Library, click Properties, switch to the Betas tab, and then select the branch you want to use.

• Adjusted: Firing and Overheat Sound Timing
  
• Adjusted: Launcher blast sound mix so its not as loud overall
  
• Fixed: "See enemies more clearly" effect doing nothing; enemies are now highlighted as intended
  
• Fixed: elemental and flak grenades (they were acting as normal grenades, now they do what they say they do)
  
• Fixed: standard grenade explosion not scaling according to size of explosion
  
• Changed: Black Hole grenade effects to
  
  • scale with explosion size
    
  • have 0.65x standard grenade explosion radius
    
  • deal true (unresistable) damage over time at its core (player is immune)
    
  • attract player (gently)
    
  • have a more engaging effect on loose debris (e.g. pot shards)
    
  • have a greater pull on enemies, and the timing of core visuals is corrected
    
  • have slightly less intense visuals so they don't completely block player vision
• Fixed: Banners - naming, materials, and behavior when damaged/destroyed
  
• Fixed: broken halite from Clusters instantly disappearing instead of dissolving out
  
• Fixed FOV settings being overridden after using Dash, Visceral, or Sprint
  
• Fixed: Map being unresponsive to first press of M
  
• Fixed: Minor glitches with 'buddy' behaviors
  
• Fixed: displayed effects of "Overkill" pickup drops (base level instead of upgraded)
  
• Added: "press F1 to close" to F1 control help popup in HUD
  
• Improved: UI Text for usability in weapon picker panel
  
• Added: "skip ahead" to the "Help, the Tutorial is Stuck" pause-menu option, and added an extra action for bypassing the Armory door in case of malfunction
  
• Fixed: Made 'sturdy' objects (eg crates) 'sturdy' again.
  
• Fixed: some rare instances of ImpactEffect remaining visible after the thing they hit was destroyed
  
• Fixed: Large lantern (the one above the tunnel in the starting room) destructableness
  
• Fixed: Alvis Statue destructableness

We hope you've been enjoying our game! We've been hard at work this past month, and we're excited to show off our first batch of changes to address your feedback and concerns, as well as fixing a plethora of bugs!

Most of these changes have been available in the Beta Branch for some time - if you want to live on the cutting edge of design, consider switching over per the instructions in the latest beta patch. We'll try to keep the Release Branch as stable as possible by only moving changes from Beta to Release once they've had some time to be tested.


We're eager to hear what you think of the changes! Comments and critiques are, as always, extremely welcome!

• Changed game balance significantly:
  
  • There is now an additional, smaller intro level before the current first level, and enemy threat scaling has been drastically reduced
    
  • Weapon stats and enemy stats have been altered across the board
• Changed lots of text to make it easier to understand what the game is doing
  
• Fixed many issues in weapon stat displays that would cause most weapons to appear to be massively weaker or stronger than they really are; specifically:
  
  • Fixed incorrect damage calculation when dealing with projectiles that are both multiplied and explosive
    
  • Fixed passive effects affecting calculations for held weapons, but not calculations on found weapons
• Added pause menu option to change resolution and fullscreen mode - let us know if more options are needed
  
• Fixed an occasional crash when teleporting to the next level
  
• Fixed sound mixing for grenade impacts and pot breaks to be less ear shatteringly loud
  
• Fixed enemies calling out from incorrect positions after being flung across the room
  
• Changed intro/attract mode video to accept ‘any key’ to skip, rather than the games ‘action’ button
  
• Fixed enemies disappearing when carnage setting is low (because otherwise they'd have exploded!)
  
• Lots of ragdoll fixes!
  
  • They don't leave bullet impact decals on things when they slam into surfaces anymore!
    
  • No more “headless” Thralls or “broken” Pistoliers!
    
  • Lots of little changes to just make ragdolls better
• Fixed the Main Menu sometimes having a different appearance due to world lighting or missing objects
  
• Fixed several issues with the overheat visuals (and audio!) becoming stuck permanently “on”
  
• Fixed HUD directional indicators (damage, grenades, etc) sometimes becoming squished or invisible
  
• Fixed off-center HUD “Overheat” warning message
  
• Fixed some stability issues in impact effects and Wildfire visuals - no more invisible fire!
  
• Fixed a couple more rare cases where enemies respond poorly to being locked in a room with the player. For instance, forgetting where they are or which room they are allowed to move into.
  
• Fixed Lucky’s Pensieve charging significantly less halite than it should have for some upgrades - Lucky says he hopes you enjoyed your discount!
  
• Improved performance on many fire-related particle effects
  
• Improved performance for exploding projectiles and explosions in general
  
• Fixed the Berserker tutorial enemy dropping a shotgun that could be used in the tutorial
  
• Changed vertical launch pads so they no longer throw the player upwards when their associated door is locked
  
• Changed audio balance in Garmr’s boss music
  
• Added sound effects to Wildfire particles (the fire that spreads from the impact point of flaming projectiles)
  
• Fixed some issues with menus, such as obsolete settings, options visible only at certain resolutions, and some incorrect text
  
• Fixed an issue that would result in the player’s footsteps often producing the wrong sounds (e.g., ‘concrete’ sounds when walking on metal)
  
• Added a popup when changing quality settings in the menu, so it doesn’t look like the game froze
  
• Added a slight sheen of dust to glass surfaces so they don’t appear to be completely invisible in many situations
  
• Fixed a rare issue where, if the intro video fails to load for whatever reason, the game will never progress into the tutorial

Note: If you prefer more stable builds and don't mind waiting, then you don't need to do anything but get excited for what is coming real soon.

The Beta Branch is the most up-to-date version of the game, with all the newest fixes and changes! We hope you'll enjoy the process of polishing this game along with us.

Changes made in the Beta Branch will eventually make their way to the Release Branch, once there's been time to iron out any issues that come along with these changes.

To switch between game branches, right-click Gunnhildr in your Steam Library, click Properties, switch to the Betas tab, and then select the branch you want to use.

• Adjusted gameplay difficulty so progression feels smoother from game start to Garmr (boss)
  
  • Added another "ramp up" level of the Niflhel Interior Prison before the previous two
    
  • Rebalanced weapon damage, cooldown, and explosion sizes along with Enemy health, spawn rates, and speed
• Changed intro/attract mode video to accept any key to skip
  
• Fixed an occasional crash when teleporting to the next level

Note: If you prefer more stable builds and don't mind waiting, then you don't need to do anything but get excited for what is coming real soon.

The Beta Branch is the most up-to-date version of the game, with all the newest fixes and changes! We hope you'll enjoy the process of polishing this game along with us.

Changes made in the Beta Branch will eventually make their way to the Release Branch, once there's been time to iron out any issues that come along with these changes.

To switch between game branches, right-click Gunnhildr in your Steam Library, click Properties, switch to the Betas tab, and then select the branch you want to use.

• Changed: vertical launch pads now work even when the door they sometimes assist with is locked
  
• Tutorial: Made a few points in the tutorial more difficult for the player to get confused about
  
• Audio: Garmr boss music adjustment and wildfire effect spawns have their own sound
  
• Fixes to Ragdolled enemies:
  
  • trying to speak while ragdolled and that being played from a previous location
    
  • their ragdolled bodies no longer leave bullet hole decals on things they impact
    
  • general uncommon/rare situations when ragdolled or transitioning between ragdoll
• Fixed: some rare cases where enemies respond poorly to being locked in a room with the player. For instance, forgetting where they are or which room they are allowed to move into.
  
• Fixed: enemies disappearing when carnage setting is low (because otherwise they'd have exploded)
  
• Menus: Removed some obsolete settings, repositioned some to improve visibility, and corrected some text
  
• Improved: performance for exploding projectiles and explosions in general
  
• Improved: performance of shared particle systems and visual effect stacks
  
• Improved: footstep sounds to be more responsive and accurate
  
• Improved: impact effects and wildfire visuals (various)
  
• Improved: how the different quality settings actually affect quality
  
• Improved: window dusty appearance while in the lowest quality setting
  
• Fixed: A rare issue with the intro cinematic freezing things up
  
• Fixed: pensieve UI being slow to respond in some rare circumstances
  
• Fixed: a rare situation where the Berserker enemy in the tutorial would drop an item

We hope you enjoy, and as always, all feedback is welcomed wholeheartedly!