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CACTUS Demo - 24.9.23.0 Patch

Sep 24, 2024

Hello everyone,

The last patch fixed a bunch of critical errors and made the demo way more playable. Yet there were, of course, still smaller issues that we had on our list or that were found by you guys.
So, while we were working on the final product, we put some of the fixes into the demo.
Additionally we made some slight balance changes and implemented some of your ideas:

General

Added 'Automatic Reload' to the settings. Turning this setting off will disable any form of automatic reload. Meaning, that if you shoot your last needle, you will have to reload yourself.
Slightly decreased the vignette post-processing effect in the demo level

Enemies
Increased step height of all enemies, resulting in enemies not getting stuck on small ledges and steps as often anymore.
Explosions now break dung balls from the dung beetle enemy, making it easier to fight the enemy, especially with the pear launcher
Enemies will now try to escape spike pits instead of just standing still and slowly dying
Slightly buffed the 'Grim Keeper' boss
Improved armadillo ghost trails when rolling. This is quite technical, but it basically now consumes less CPU and memory resources.

Fixed a bug where armadillos could get stuck indefinitely while rolling in the boss arena
Fixed a bug where the sand tornado would reappear after clearing the wave in the sandpit arena
Fixed a bug where the music would stop playing after loading a checkpoint
Fixed some smaller lighting issues where some objects would be way too dark or black

Thanks to everyone who actively reached out to us to give us feedback and send in bugs. You are a massive help 🙏

Have fun playing the demo and stay tuned for future updates🌵
- Nils

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Crash in demo

I'm constantly having crashes at the same particular spot. It's this area just after blowing a door with a cannon. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3317335294 I think it might have something to do with the enemies spawn, because it either happens while they spawn or very shortly after. I have no other issues with the demo, only this particular area gives me trouble. I was able to pass it a few times and complete the demo, but, I'd say 70% of the time game crashes here....

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shep7000

Sep 2, 2024 @ 6:49am

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CACTUS Demo - 24.9.2.0 Patch

Sep 4, 2024

Hello everyone,

I like to present to you the very first public patch for our demo and, therefore, also for our game. A lot of people played the demo at the Gamescom convention and at home. We received a massive amount of feedback, criticism and love.
And we are very thankful for that 🙏

We had the opportunity to spectate a bunch of people while they were playing, which gave us a good insight into how newer players manage to traverse through the demo level.

This patch focuses on minor level and visual changes to make the demo less confusing at some places. We also changed a couple of tutorial prompts to hopefully better explain some mechanics.

A couple of people experienced crashes, especially at the later part of the level. And we hopefully managed to fix these crashes - according to internal testers, they no longer experienced any crashes, which is a good sign, especially for me :D

Added a new checkpoint to the hub area
Moved cog wheel in sand pit tunnels away from the door to prevent confusion
Updated the texture of cog wheels
Updated the visuals of crystal doors
The player can now reload while still holding the fire button
Increased range of player melee attack
Increased duration of agility booster
Increased duration of damage booster
Changed some tutorial prompts to explain mechanics better

Fixed a crash caused by enemy pathfinding
Fixed a bug where loading a checkpoint would reset the state of the level and softlock the player
Fixed a spot in the level where the player could walk into a cliff and look through the map
Fixed a spot in the level where the player could get stuck in a pillar and get softlocked
Fixed a couple of occlusion culling errors
Fixed some lighting issues in the level
Fixed color blindness filter dropdown showing a wrongfully selected item
Fixed color blindness filter not working
Fixed display modes not showing in the settings
Fixed localization for "Enemy Hit Flash" in the settings

Again, a big thanks to everyone who played our demo and to the people who actively reached out to us to give us feedback and sending in bugs.

Have fun playing the demo and stay tuned for future updates🌵
- Nils

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INTERVIEW: Talking CACTUS with eSports.ch

Jul 19, 2024

New Interview Released

As the next edition of Gamescom nears in, we're grinding it out. Still, we had some time for a chat with the folks at https://esports.ch/. We talked about the current state of the game and also gave some insights into our preparations for the big event in August.

📖 Check it out on their page [German]:

Read Here[esports.ch]

Have a great weekend!
Oliver

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Demo Feedback

Hey there. A bit of feedback from someone who's played FPS since the 90's. I enjoy retro-shooters that lean on the silly side, and you've definitely nailed that atmosphere. Charming enemy designs and cool looking desert areas! -Please let us disable the vignette effect! -Powerups feel like they last too short, hardly have time to enjoy them before they're over. -The beetle enemies are not very fun to fight currently. They feel more like a nuisance. -I get that the demo serves as an extended tutorial, but ...

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Reptiloid

Nov 26, 2024 @ 8:53am

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Enjoyed the demo, but...

Really enjoyed the gameplay, but it lagged pretty heavy. ended up crashing twice when exploding plants. its got a lot of promise tho, can't wait to try the final release!

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daedalus115

Nov 26, 2024 @ 8:50am

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i rly wasnt ready for this game being SO AWESOME

+ 1) enemies infighting with each other, that super rare in modern fps tbh, good job 2) you somehow make egypt level fun, im was completly sure that's impossible. 3) scarabs really cool enemies 4) CACTUS every detail about him is great, melee, his face, reloading animation 5) main weapon and reloading is cool - sometimes mobs stuck in water puddles, add more diffrent and dynamic music, low fps even on lowest settings. You should be proud of your work, good luck with release full game!...

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boris

Sep 2, 2024 @ 5:09am

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Udon Good

(U done good)

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Zwarama

Aug 26, 2024 @ 2:49am

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