Many new updates and bug fixes!

1) Monster hair now has rudimentary physics
2) Players that are attacked from the front by a monster will now have a chance to fight off the monster by rapidly pressing the spacebar key
3) Map physics is improved for player and vehicle physics
4) Hiding in objects like trunks and cabinets will successfully distract and repels monsters. A warning though, if you remain hiding for too long, monsters will become suspicious of your hiding spot.
5) Shotguns now have multiple projectile "scatter" shots
6) Melee weapons now work more responsively.
7) Garlic successfully repels the vampire and can be swung or thrown at enemies.
8) Player body physics are now accurate, and the player's head will not "mistakenly" clip through environment obstacles
9) Monster AI is a bit trickier now. If you manage to run to an area that appears to be out of reach, most monsters can leap at you and pull you down.
10) New music added! Suspenseful music that will play when you face a monster in a "final fight" showdown.
11) Groundwork is set for a new monster to be added:
THE BANSHEE!
12) If anyone played the most recent builds, they will have noticed that the game world is only random when it starts up. Now every time the player wins/loses or quits, the game world is randomized!
13) Added a "fade" to the muzzle flash with python animation. For the visual, but also to protect any potential players prone to epileptic seizure.
14) Improved the in-game shadows so when the sun sets things look natural!

Bug Fixes:

1. Enemy AI sometimes "lock ups" after the player damages them.
2. Enemy AI would occasionally see through walls
3. If players entered a hiding place while crouching, they would be twice their height upon exiting.
4. OK... a LOT MORE. WAY TOO MANY TO MENTION.

MAJOR UPDATE

1) Many performance and AI improvements.
2) Now when the monster attacks you from the front, you have a chance to aim and attack with your currently equipped weapon. This gives players a final chance to fight off, delay or vanquish a monster.
3) Now if players drive 3 miles east, they will arrive at a convenience store!
4) Vehicle physics improved
5) Players can now jump in and out of windows
6) Over time, use of weapons will become less and less effective against a monster (for example the pistol will only delay the monster, and eventually become useless)
7) Monster Behavior starts out as less aggressive and increases as the night gets longer
8) SHADOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now the sun casts shadows and they "LENGHTEN". Now the game lives up to its namesake with "Lengthening Shadows"!!!!!!!!

More stability updates and audio fixes!

1) Bullets ricochet with environment.
2) The monsters are more capable at hunting you down
3) Loading improved
4) Holy water bottles have water in them that "wobbles" with movement
5) Werewolf eyes now glow in the dark
6) More game environment
7) Roads are now included in the game
8) Menu improvements
a) settings can now be saved for game volume and fullsreen mode

Major Updates to Game, including the "Lukanthropos" better known as the Werewolf. Other various animation, inventory, enemy behavior changes have been made including:
1) Different animation and cooldown times for different weapons and equipped items
2) Players can deter both monsters with the holy water bottle. Simply throw them at a monster, and it will flee in terror.
3) Discarded items and items that you can interact with will now highlight red.
4) Player head animations have been included (when the player runs too far, they get tired and this is to show fatigue)
5) Procedural clouds have been added with a new sunset and time of day system
6) Audio fixes for vehicle, doors, footsteps have been included.
7) Animated Plants
. . . and many more changes ... too many to list,

Major Updates to Game, including the "Lukanthropos" better known as the Werewolf. Other various animation, inventory, enemy behavior changes have been made including:

1) Different animation and cooldown times for different weapons and equipped items
2) Players can deter both monsters with the holy water bottle. Simply throw them at a monster, and it will flee in terror.
3) Discarded items and items that you can interact with will now highlight red.
4) Player head animations have been included (when the player runs too far, they get tired and this is to show fatigue)
5) Procedural clouds have been added with a new sunset and time of day system
6) Audio fixes for vehicle, doors, footsteps have been included.
7) Animated Plants
. . . and many more changes ... too many to list,

Greetings denizens of the Darkness! As I am essentially a one man team working on an open world game, the updates and progress are slower. However I am please to announce that this is a major update to the game.

Most notable updates & changes include:

1) Weapons can be reloaded
2) Monster can now hunt players throught the entire environment
3) Main menu now included a "quick selection" section so players can jump right into a new game
4) The werewolf is new moster that players can now face
*Many of players will notice that the Werewolf will be missing many different animations
5) The vehicle has had a slight overhaul. Features include: Animations, engine sounds, speed, turning and spacebar to break
6) Fully procedural 3D cloud shader sky is now included with Day/Night cycle.
7) Advanced AI behaviors including - monster hiding, monster searching and monster fleeing as well.
* you will notice if you strike the vampire with a holy water bottle, she will run away in fear
8) Player inventory is updated. Items can be switched in and out of menu
9) Tons of visual fixes and other chagnges

Monster can now hunt you down and she gets stuck on the environment far less.

Just a few tweaks to the real-time reflection so it works a bit more consistently.

bug fix #111 Reduced multiple materials into a Marco material, reducing crashes.
bug fix #112 Heartbeat audio now works more predictably .
bug fix #112 Pause menu now works with the ability to exit the game and return to the main menu.
bug fix #113 Ground tesselation/parallax visual issue is now solved.
A tweet detailing this fix for the ground geometry can be read here:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1458548274038722560
bug fix # 114 All terrain now returns the correct sound effects. There are a total of 60 unique footfall sounds.
bug fix # 115 Crashing has been greatly reduced with improved reflection maps and reflection rendering system.