We can't wait: while not yet officially verified (we're working on it), the game is already tested by our team and perfectly playable on the Steam Deck. Even without that verification, you can already search the game in the console and give it a go!

After all, I See Red is a twin-stick shooter roguelite; if we go by the first, it should be clear that it is a natural candidate for this type of consoles. Even in PC, you can plug in a controller and play normally, which means a majority of the work we did to optimize the PC version, as well as adjustments we made for future releases in other consoles, served to have us working excellently in Steam Deck.

We invite everyone who owns a Deck to try out I See Red and play or replay it in it's full, twin-stick glory!

Even if it's a small issue, we don't want to leave anything behind. Here are the changes for today's update:

Fixes
- Crash fix that occurred when Portable Body Printer was used and a cutscene started.
- Crash fix that occurred when an Alien Sower Child spawned when the Player was dead.
- Crash fix when purchasing upgrades and having more than 100 Printing Matters.

We're very happy to share with you that I See Red has obtained the Argentine Seal of Good Design as a digital export product! 🔴 The SBD (for its initials in Spanish) gathers a prestigious catalogue of the best of Argentine production, distinguishing also respected videogames; a list that I See Red now joins.

Out of all the awards and recognitions that we can receive as a videogame or at Whiteboard Games, the ones that come from our Argentine colleagues, developers and mentors are the ones that make us most proud.

Here's to many more!

Today we bring you a lot of fixes and balancing that was almost all of it based on reports made by you, our beloved players. The changes are the following:

Balance
- Reduced the hook kick damage from 5 to 3.
- Melee damage is now considered for the hook kick attack.
- Sentient Artillery health reduced from 100 to 80.
- Sentient Chaser health reduced from 35 to 30.
- Sentient Security Handler health reduced from 30 to 25.
- Sentient Rebounder health reduced from 65 to 50.
- Sustained Energy Releaser ammo increased from 10 seconds to 12 seconds.
- Tesla Projector ammo increased from 6 seconds to 8 seconds.

Changes
- Small transition improvements in the Boss and the High Human difficulty musics.
- Improved lightning in a room in Unknown.
- Improved the Flamethrower's decorative particles
- Updated internal tools and plugins for better performance, fixes and production speed.
- The achievement Bip Bop has been renamed to Beep Boop.
- Elements pushed by melee weapons and the hook kick now consider the total damage received for an extra push.
- Improved the direction of certain knockbacks.

Fixes
- Fixed the missiles from Missiles Director tracking the Player instead of enemies when used by a controlled enemy.
- Crash fix when removing Head Start.
- Fixed the Flamethrower and Back to Back decorative particles still playing when their owners were hidden.
- The achievement Banned got its description updated to include its requirement since it was partially missing.
- Fixed The Harvester from having its description and short description flipped.
- Improved the interaction detection when many physical objects were close together.
- Fixed a rare crash related to using the Gravity Gauntlet.
- Fixed Collector awarding blocked passives.
- Fixed Desperation being usable in Omen.
- Gun Welder got its description updated since it was describing an incorrect behavior.
- Fixed the VFX used in Loot Boxes from having the effect being restarted when exiting and entering the same room.
- Fixed Unknown having a room with a decorative door marked as interactive.
- Fixed Sentient Security Handler knockback not working.
- Fixed certain attacks not triggering the stun chance system.
- Fixed What Remains of Viktor Ivanov spike attack from not playing its fade out transition.
- Tentative crash fix when firing the Railgun.
- Tentative crash fix when firing at the Mech Bodyguard.
- Tentative crash fix when destroying a body using Brutal Vampirism.
- Tentative crash fix when an enemy dies having the Alien Mask.
- Fixed rendering issues with the Giant Blind Crab.
- Fixed So It Begins movie controls sounds when pausing not playing.
- Fixed enemies remaining paused forever when pausing during So It Begins.
- Fixed the room sequence not pausing during So It Begins (this is tied to the "close" effect the room has which was also not playing).
- Fixed strange behaviors when dying at the same time the game is paused.

As promised, we still keep working on the game providing balancing and fixes as we see fit based on your feedback. This time we bring you a very interesting and diverse patch that touches upon almost all the areas of the game.

New
- Added a sound for the alien teleporter.
- Added more tree variety for The Lab.
- Alien throwables now have a chance to drop Space Coins.
- Hangar boxes now have a chance to drop Space Coins.
- Added details and interactables to a room in Scrokrals.
- Added databank entry for Matbot.
- Added databank entry for Viktor Ivanov's Empty Shell.

Balance
- Decreased Back to Back attack cooldown (from 1s to 0.33s).
- Increased Back to Back damage from 12 to 16.
- Gun Welder now require less destruction to build a weapon.
- Gun Welder now builds from a specific list of weapons.
- Decreased Indecisive Barrage explosion radius from 8 to 6.
- Decreased Indecisive Barrage explosion damage from 50 to 20.
- Enemies now have double the chance of getting targeted by the Indecisive Barrage missile.
- Economic Bubble Space Coins requirement lowered from 400 to 100.
- Unstable Neural Accelerator now increases values by 2 (the negative part remains at 1).
- Codependent Parasite now has its effect inverted.
- Codependent Parasite rarity increased to Uncommon from Common.
- Crystal Howitzer rarity increased to Epic from Uncommon.
- Hot Drink rarity decreased to Rare from Epic.
- Decreased Printing Matter shop price from 5000 to 1500.
- Decreased Legendary passive price from 2800 to 2500.
- Decreased Epic passive price from 1500 to 1350.
- Alien Sower cooldown decreased from 30 to 10.
- Decreased Commanding Sister's health from 600 to 550.
- Decreased What Remains of Viktor Ivanov's health from 2000 to 1500.
- Big boxes from the human and robot levels had their Space Coin spawn amount increased.
- The Railgun throws farther now.
- Increased the number of Space Coins Mother and Father drops.
- Increased the number of Space Coins Command Sister drops.

Changes
- Internal code restructure to improve production speed for future developments.
- Updated internal tools and plugins for better performance, fixes and production speed.
- Updated to Unity version 2021.3.28f1, which fixes a lot of visual issues including camera transition, missing VFXs, improves performance and has better compatibility.
- Minor CPU performance improvements.
- Improved rendering quality of trees.
- Rendering performance improvements for trees.
- Drastically increased the lightning quality in the Forbidden Forest.
- Improved the timing of the robot teleporter sound.
- Updated many different floor designs from the alien levels.
- Improvements to how the 3D audio is played in the game.
- Improved the SFX mixing quality.
- Removed certain passives from the prologue level.
- Modified the race of many passives for the databank.
- Buying a passive from the shop now picks up the passive immediately.
- Moved the cloning tutorial after the cloning recording sequence.
- Animated the disappearance of the Commanding Sister's shield.
- Made so that the Escape Ship doesn't push the Energy Blades.
- Reworked how the trophies from the shelf are rendered.
- Adjusted a weird camera placement in a room in Ulmos.
- Made so that pickables cannot be destroyed while they are in your hands (i.e. they could catch in fire and then crash the game).

Removed
- Removed Gameforge's logo from the opening cutscene, their animated logo from the game's initialization and the legal line from the credits screen. More information here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1594460/announcements/detail/3685687142776732219
- Removed very small pieces from the destroyed version of the laser spheres that the Commanding Sister throws.
- Removed the Maximized Window graphic option since it's not supported on Windows.

Fixes
- Several memory leaks have been resolved.
- Fixed Matbot footstep sounds not playing.
- Fixed Matthew's propulsors not rendering properly in the prologue.
- Fixed a crash related to the Specialist E-1 when exiting a level.
- Fixed lights flickering in Omen.
- Fixed incorrect colliders in the prologue.
- Fixed incorrect collider in The City.
- Crash fix related to enemies when the Player died.
- Collider fixes in different robot levels.
- Scale fixes in robot boxes.
- Fixed the see through effect playing in the Hologram consumable's hologram.
- Fixed missing material for the Grenade consumable during the triple flashback cutscene.
- Fixed Matbot's flames playing when cloning didn't begin.
- Fixed getting stuck in a room in Centurion.
- Crash fix related to the Player's ragdoll going off room.
- Fixed Gun Welder's sound not playing.
- Fixed passives not getting properly removed when completing the prologue.
- Fixed One Last Rage particles still playing when completing the prologue.
- Crash fix related to the alien veins effect.
- Crash fix in the Genesis ship.
- Fixed a missing floor in the Vera ship
- Fixed missing enemies in the Vera ship.
- Crash fix in the Vera ship.
- Fixed cables overlapping in a room in the Apollo ship.
- Fixed the final room in the Ulmos ship closing earlier than it should.
- Fixed an organ that was clipping in ‘Wetlands’.
- Fixed typo in the databank.
- Fixed tutorials not getting registered in the databank. This fixes certain completion achievements.
- Fixed missing materials in Torment, Unknown, The City and the Commanding Sister arena.
- Fixed incorrect color in a robot floor.
- Fixed occlusion culling in Tsol Sluos.
- Fixed rendering issues with the Hunter.
- Fixed boxes floating when beating a ship at the same time that an item was being hooked.
- Fixed a floating door in The City.
- Fixed a black shop shadow in Torment.
- Fixed the whiteboard element movement sounds not working.
- Fixed Galkti navigation when turning it off and on.
- Fixed the Whiteboard Games animated logo not playing on certain devices, such as the Steam Deck.

You may have noticed that I See Red's storefronts no longer feature Gameforge, its release publisher.

The reason behind this is that Whiteboard Games and Gameforge have mutually agreed to part ways on this project in search of new horizons. Don’t worry: we are still working on future updates as well as continuing our work on getting the game to new platforms.

Everyone at Whiteboard wishes our friends there the best in their future adventures. We are thankful for the work we did together and more than ready for what comes next, both regarding this raging twin-stick shooter roguelite as well as other exciting projects.

Stay tuned!

An audio-focused update that will bring joy to the most hardcore of heavy metal fans, including a content update to the I Hear Red DLC. And of course a lot of fixes based on your reports.


New

- Added a new music track for the Alien Low Threat levels.
- Added a new music track for the Alien INSANE Threat levels.
- We updated the OST pack with ALL Alien tracks, including the new ones!
- Added sounds to ALL the enemies when they enter the Ready to Brutal Murder state.
- Added a sound to the Tesla prop.
- Added sounds to the Electroshocker Collector's Edition.
- Added sounds to the Infinite Pistol when it fires critical shots.
- Added sounds to the Robot Shop Door.
- Added sounds to the in-movie menus of Galkti.
- Added Guidance System tutorials to ships in Sector 1 - Area 1.


Changes

- [Steam Only] Updated Client Icon to match the App Icon.
- Reworked the Alien Boss Theme.
- Updated Unity version to 2021.3.16f1, which includes performance improvements and other minor fixes.


Balance

- Reduced What remains of Viktor Ivanov health from 3000 to 2000.
- Reduced What remains of Viktor Ivanov laser damage from 40 to 30.
- Reduced What remains of Viktor Ivanov toxic laser damage from 20 to 10.
- Reduced What remains of Viktor Ivanov damage of electricity grenades from 25 to 15.
- Reduced What remains of Viktor Ivanov melee damage from 40 to 25.
- Reduced What remains of Viktor Ivanov rage melee damage from 50 to 30.


Fixes

- Fixed even more effects that were drawn below blood decals.
- Fixed interactions of certain enemies when the Player becomes invisible.
- Fixed Sentient Defensive Magnetic Core to weapons to collide with the world when the armor gets broken.
- Made sure the Sentient Defensive Magnetic Core to always have the Brutal Murder occur when the armor is broken.
- The shop seller will no longer attack when you are at the ship's hallway.
- Oil Directional Decal now correctly displays it second version.
- Legendary Loot Box now always shows the rays effect when picked up.
- Fixed that the Giant Blind Crab was leaving the Room when jumping.
- Fixed Sentient Security Handler not attacking other enemies when being controlled by the Player.
- Crash fix for the Mech Bodyguard that occurred when the Player was dead and the bodyguard caught an attack.
- Space Coins are no longer conserved after beating Viktor Ivanov.
- Regression fix for the inventory since it was not closing automatically when leaving the shop.
- Fixed the Transporter I.S 2's explosion damage not getting affected by Bounty Hunter.
- Fixed the charge particles of the Electroshocker Collector's Edition not stopping when pausing the game.
- Fixed the sound of the Cloning Machine glass not playing when cloning.
- Fixed the Forbidden Forest not getting added to the Databank.

Hey! We have been working non-stop to figure out why the game was crashing for some of you! And we have figured it out! After talking with Unity we came to the conclusion that it was a bug with the engine, so we updated the engine version and that was it! Not only that but the game now performs better due to some upgrades introduced in the new version.


Changes
- Improved reflections in The Lab.
- Cloning Recording Sequence is now faster.
- Removed the distortion from One Last Rage as it wasn't adding much visually and had a handful of render issues.
- Improved Player's blood in the Escape Cutscene.
- Improved mist and fog effects throughout many levels. This improve the visual quality and also optimizes the levels.
- Updated Unity version to 2021.3.12f1.
- Changed the pick-up animation of Mother and Father eggs.

Balance
- Many balance changes throughout many levels.

Fixes
- Improved navigation of enemies in many levels.
- Fixed some more effects that were drawn below blood decals.
- Fixed the Player going through the windshield of the Escape Ship in the Memory Box Cutscene.
- Fixed doors not getting opened in The Auxiliary System (thanks InHocSignoVince!)
- Fixed not being able to make a Brutal Murder on a Sentient Artillery when its on Ready to Brutal Murder state.
- Fixed a visual bug on the Alien Spawn where the hole was not rendering properly.
- Fixed floating tentacles in Deimos.
- Crash fix that occurred when the Player died while grabbing a Consumable.
- Crash fix that occurred when Richard didn't have any place to run away from.
- Crash fix that occurred when the Portable Turret was held by a dispenser.
- Tentative crash fix that occurred in the Weapon Selections GUI when leaving a level.
- Crash fix that occurred when you killed an enemy right next to it while it being the last enemy of the Room and also being targeted by the buff of the Bounty Hunters passive.
- Crash fix related to animations.
- Crash fix that occurred when the Room disables objects sometimes.
- Crash fix related to impact decals.
- Crash fix related to Napalm Bullets.
- Loot Boxes inside of Sell Booths no longer have their custom camera, fixing some crashes.
- Crash fix that occurred if you used One Last Rage and then grabbed another one and you also end up using it.
- Improved Memory cameras throughout many levels.
- Fixed black shadow in The Alliance.
- Crash fix that occurred when some things turn on fire.
- The shop no longer flies off if you purchased a passive, then tried to rob the shop seller and tried to leave.
- Fixed rendering issues related to the Robot Player.
- Burst Dash particle now has the correct direction of the dash.
- Magnetic Bullets particle now stay in place.
- Crash fix related to releasing the bittersweet Pills Bottle.

Thanks for being the first to get I See Red! This first round of improvements come directly out of your feedback.


New

- Special interaction with the Memory Locker when having all the Memorial Items.


Changes

- Increased Angular Missiles Launcher explosion camera shake.
- Guidance System line rendering optimization.
- Calkti now saves the game file when completing it (Useful to get the 100% of the game in case you forgot to pick up some tutorials).
- Memory Locker no longer interactable when 0 memories where picked up or when having unlocked the Robot Player.
- Minor CPU optimizations.
- Minor optimizations when some enemies die.
- Improved lightning in Heaven's Luck.
- Made the glass floors more opaque.
- Increased the detection range of the Flamethrower to better match its visuals.


Balance

- Alien Sower Children - Damage increased from 1 to 5.
- Alien Sower - Cooldown increased from 5 to 30.
- Mother and Father Combat now starts way sooner.
- Mother and Father Egg Break Time is now random between 4 to 6 (was a fixed 5 seconds).


Fixes

- Many level fixes around Sector 2 and 3.
- Fixes to text materials.
- Guidance System has a tiny height offset to avoid clipping below the floor.
- Alien Invulnerability particles now reproduce in World Space (Meaning they don't follow you).
- Fixed vibration and camera shake for the Shop Ship flyby effect not triggering sometimes.
- Fixed secondary inputs not working sometimes.
- Keycard now disables its see through after being inserted.
- Fixed being able to switch categories and filters in the databank while waiting for the player to sit.
- Fixed the display of tutorials that use generic inputs with text (Like the default key for the skill) in the Databank.
- Fixed the new item mark in the databank not getting cleared if you navigated the menu using the categories.
- Potential crash fix for throwing the Tooth Launcher.
- Fixed the Gravity Gauntlet use SFX not playing.
- Ship Selection screen ship icons more clear.
- Fixed Player not playing footstep SFX and VFX when having certain weapons equipped.
- Fixed Memorial Items in Hantitor.
- Fixed detection trigger on certain Memory items.
- Tentative crash fix for the Databank when switching input devices.
- Door Close animations block the Player faster.
- Increased Mother and Father Mouths colliders (Which fixes not being able to shoot at its mouth without being way too precise).
- Fix Robot Vending Machines outlines.
- Fixed Ready to Brutal Murder state not being displayed on Hacked enemies.
- Fixed Death Rhythm buff counter being drawn below the blood.
- Crash fix when activating the Portable Turret.
- Fixed the Player being able to interact or have its animations broken when trying to instantly throw burst weapons (like the Tooth Launcher).
- Fixed the Player not entering combat state when throwing something.
- Fixed Alien Boss Looping Blood sound to have an infinite range
- Adjusted some floating props in Dark Phoenix.
- Fixed low FPS in Vera and Kraken by reworking some fog particles.
- Crash fix related to a missing bank in a sound.
- Fixes to the Italian and Spanish (Spain) localizations.
- Crash fix that occurred when the Player died while having the Ultratech Armor Type-B activated.
- Crash fix at the start of the Cemetery cutscene.
- Fixed Colorblind mode not working in The Lab.
- Fixed incorrect position of Memories in New Beginning.
- Fixed inner doors in the Guns Room set being always blocked.
- Fixed weapons dropped by Sentient Defensive Magnetic Core not being able to damage it again when stealing its weapons.