Hello. Just fixing a level that has an unbeatable time.

Bugs fixed:

• Sneaky difficulty level 25 had an impossible-to-beat time

Thank you for the user who pointed this out. Please head over to the Community Hub to report other bugs or provide feedback or suggestions

Thanks,

Thomas
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Hello, back with a quick fix for the last larger update. I have only a few things:

Bugs fixed:

• Game crashes when switching to a loadout with the Double Pistol weapon
  
• Game crashes when switching to a loadout with the Machine Pistol weapon
  
• Katana incorrectly referred to as "sword" in extra unlock requirements

Please head over to the Community Hub to report other bugs or provide feedback or suggestions

Thanks,

Thomas
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I bet you thought I wouldn't be back... But here I am! For some reason. I'm trying to be more thorough with my notes for better changelogs, but there's still things I forget to write down

The biggest changes to note are Steam Cloud saves are now enabled and more melee changes, along with some new items of course. Steam Cloud speaks for itself but the melee changes should make melee feel better along with opening up more ideas for the future

Features:

• Melee rework: Building on the last update that allowed melee clashes, this update features more polish to the mechanic. These updates are my attempt at adding proper, counterable melee combat:
  
• - All melee weapons now lunge forward when used. The amount varies per weapon
  
• - You can now dodge using melee weapons. Right as you charge a melee weapon, if you walk backward you will dash in that direction
  
• - Melee clashes can now only happen if each party is facing each other. Before, it was possible to clash even if someone was backstabbing you
  
• - Melee detection has been tweaked to be more accurate but also slightly harder to execute
  
• - You can now grapple with an empty hand / empty hands
  
• New item: Rapier => An upgraded knife; one-handed and longer-reach
  
• New item: Charged Rifle => A laser version of the lever rifle, with 3 charge modes depending on how long you hold the fire button (semi-auto, stronger charged shot, and fully auto)
  
• New Mod: Explosive Parry => Reflected bullets explode when destroyed
  
• You can now flip tables for cover (as long as they don't have a TV or lighting on them)
  
• New Achievement: Tactical Table => Flip a table
  
• Steam Cloud saves feature enabled for save data and local level editor maps
  
• Set the default camera from 3D -> 2D camera (can change in options)
  
• Set the default camera zoom Normal -> Auto (can change in options)
  
• DOF VFX tweaked
  
• New graphics option: DOF
  
• New graphics option: Bloom
  
• Chairs are no longer an obstacle but will be pushed around by characters (this is a big deal, OKAY?)

Small changes:

• Arm spread is slowed down in slow-motion to look better
  
• Player movement slowed in slow-motion to look/feel better
  
• Explosions will now knock nearby characters back slightly even if they are not in the explosion radius
  
• New bullet impact audio FX for wood and bushes
  
• Melee weapon attacks can destroy books
  
• Item categories are separated in the shop to be easier to read
  
• Charge Pistol balance: clip from 6 -> 5, amount per reload 2 -> 1, slightly faster reload
  
• Particles added to Charge Pistol when charged
  
• Renamed sword -> katana
  
• Renamed for consistency: double_pistol => pistol_double
  
• Renamed for consistency: machine_pistol => pistol_machine
  
• Renamed for consistency: charge_pistol => pistol_charge
  
• Survival mode is automatically unlocked when added to the shop
  
• A shortcut to the shop and extras menu has been added to the unlock menu depending on what you just unlocked
  
• Up/down menu input can now be held
  
• Enemies no longer have lines beneath them showing their direction
  
• Force applied from grappled enemy to grappler changed from 1 -> 0.75
  
• Some item unlocks have been reordered. A main note is that some equipment points unlock later as I think there are too many too early

Bugs fixed:

• Classic mode shop points could be unlocked in Level Editor mode
  
• A grappled character will sometimes die even if they melee deflect the enemy
  
• Bullets reflected more than once became to fast to detect collisions
  
• Unneeded timer elements were visible in Survival and Level Editor modes
  
• The warning circle around the grenade utility would disappear for 1 frame between cooking and throwing (literally unplayable)
  
• Changing the camera settings did not immediately apply until next level load
  
• Rain VFX glitched in 2D camera mode
  
• "NOT SNEAKY" text lingered if the next level is loaded right as you die
  
• Incorrect animation with katana when putting back to resting position
  
• Incorrect animation/physics when spawning in a grappled enemy
  
• DOF effect popped in and out when changing levels
  
• Tutorial arrow was not positioned properly in 2D camera mode
  
• Changing window mode using alt+enter would not reflect in the options menu / saved settings

I still have a few more ideas for this game, so there will probably be another update sometime soon!

Please head over to the Community Hub to report other bugs or provide feedback or suggestions

Thanks,

Thomas
boxedworks

Hello, I've been cooking up a new update for Definitely Sneaky and it's time to finally release it! This major update is focused on achievements, reworking melee combat, and adding some new items. But I haven't forgotten to remove (and add) some bugs, too!

Features:

• Melee combat rework - A melee clash can be defined as two people hitting each other with melee weapons at/around the same time. Before, when the player clashed melee weapons with an enemy, the player would always win. If two players collided, the one who swang last would win. Now, melee interactions are standardized to try and make them more understandable. Now, with melee clashes, both parties will get knocked back and will instantly get to melee again
  
• New weapon - Charge Pistol - The first laser weapon, this pistol is similar to the silenced pistol but differs in a few ways. The projectiles are lasers and travel slightly faster than bullets. You can charge the pistol by holding the trigger, allowing three differently-powered shots. Reloads ammo two at a time
  
• New utility - Tactical Bullet - Throw a bullet
  
• New utility - Mortar Strike - Remote-controlled explosions
  
• All achievement icons have been redesigned
  
• New achievement: Regal Prospect - Complete all Classic levels' challenge times in sneaky difficulty
  
• New achievement: Royal - Complete all Classic levels' challenge times
  
• New achievement: Mine's Bigger - Destroy a bullet with a bigger bullet
  
• New achievement: Clown Teammate - Get a kill with a grappled enemy
  
• New achievement: Dying Pan - Deflect a bullet with a frying pan in the rain
  
• New achievement: Extra! Extra! - Unlock an extra
  
• New achievement: Extra Cool - Unlock all extras
  
• New achievement: Party Time - Spawn some confetti
  
• New achievement: Extra Hot - Use the 'time' extra
  
• New achievement: Sleepy Time - Put another to sleep after grappling them
  
• New achievement: Restless - Survival 10 waves on map 1
  
• New achievement: Risen - Survival 20 waves on map 1
  
• New achievement: Hunted - Survival 10 waves on map 2
  
• New achievement: Hallowed - Survival 20 waves on map 2
  
• New shop purchase - +1 max equipment points (brings the total from 11 -> 12)
  
• All Classic mode challenge times have been redone to reflect the new changes and features
  
• Similar to a past update with bullet collisions, now all throwables interact when colliding mid-air

Small changes:

• Grappling is easier/more reliable
  
• Added controller inputs for previous/next level (hold d-pad left/right)
  
• Some levels have been edited and/or reordered to play better
  
• New melee animations for the Knife, Axe, and Sword
  
• Knife - New hitting SFX
  
• Blood footprints
  
• Survival mode has been optimized for better performance
  
• Survival mode purchase values have been tweaked
  
• Survival mode enemies now resemble zombies (removed knife and added outstretched arms)
  
• Sword - Move slightly slower, but sprint when holding down the trigger
  
• Sticky gun - Hold down the trigger on reload to detonate 1 pellet at a time instead of all
  
• Extras are now unlocked automatically instead of having to go to the shop to buy them after satisfying their requirements
  
• Re-colored extras menu slightly
  
• Added new control options to ignore the first controller plugged in (may be useful for some weird cases)

Bugs fixed:

• The level timer would start immediately if the level was restarted
  
• Achievements would not be awarded for the first 59 seconds of the game
  
• Beating either classic mode difficulties would not trigger the award screen
  
• The following settings did not work: Show Tips, Menu Speed, Controller Vibration
  
• Reloading the last level in sneaky difficulty right after unlocking sneakier difficulty and then completing the level again resulted in winning the game
  
• Reaching wave 11 in survival map 1 would trigger the message that you have unlocked a new map every time
  
• Grappling right after meleeing an enemy would instantly kill the new graplee
  
• Killing a grappled enemy triggered doors twice
  
• Flamethrower was affected by Smart Bullets mod
  
• Sticky gun - Could not detonate pellets if switched weapons pair
  
• Bullets from guns became harmless if you swapped weapons before they impacted their target
  
• Bullets redirected using Smart Bullets could not hurt the person who shot them
  
• After adding doors in the level editor, they would not display properly when opening/closing them until the map is reloaded
  
• The extras menu was still temporarily selectable after deleting game save data
  
• Chopped-off arms fell through the map
  
• The first level for each difficulty's challenge times showed negative numbers
  
• Particles created by doors had physics colliders

The melee combat is a little more dynamic now and will probably be built upon later. My favorite addition is the new Tactical Bullet utility. That along with the Mortar Strike allows you to play more... tactically. Take some time to try out the new features!

Please head over to the Community Hub to report other bugs or provide feedback or suggestions!

Thanks,

Thomas
boxedworks

Well, I really went and broke something didn't I..? This update should fix all those people unable to see the levels in the level selection! So sorry. If you would like to read about what happened, you can check out this post: Community Hub post

Bugs fixed:

• Levels will not load if the computer's regional formatting is different than InvariantCulture

Please head over to the Community Hub to report other bugs or provide feedback or suggestions!

Thanks,

Thomas
boxedworks

Some bugs slipped through the last feature update! They were quite small but very noticeable...

Bugs fixed:

• Level 2 does not display correctly in level select
  
• Money UI at the end of the level does not increment properly
  
• Extras menu unlock available from the beginning of the game

Please head over to the Community Hub to report other bugs or provide feedback or suggestions!

Thanks,

Thomas
boxedworks

Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky was just updated to version 1.3.0 for a major update!

Recently I've been having the itch to push out another update for this game. So here we are, new items, features, and QOL settings! Please read the notes below if you are interested.

Check out the update trailer, it features some new features such as the new camera angle and some items!

• Added Grappling; when behind another character, if you have a one-handed melee weapon, press in the right stick (or middle mouse) to grapple them. Grappled characters will be held in front of you and can be used as a shield. You move slightly (10%) slower when grappling. Press the grapple button again to release them or melee to... release them ;)
  
• Added level timer to keep track of best level time
  
• Added 4 rankings per level you can beat by getting faster times
  
• Reworked the shop costs and $$$ system by awarding 4 money per level rank
  
• Added setting: camera type - 2D. This camera type allows the camera to stay centered on some maps (I highly recommend trying this option! There is a hotkey [F3] in the controls)
  
• Bullets now collide with each other. Bullets have health equal to the number of objects they can penetrate. Bullets with higher penetration will beat smaller bullets
  
• Bullets can detonate active utilities
  
• Added the Extras menu. Extras are basically game settings you can change for different game modes/modifiers. You have to unlock extras by beating certain levels with specific loadouts:
  
• Added extra: gravity
  
• Added extra: time (this is my favorite extra)
  
• Added extra: horde mode
  
• Added extra: chaser
  
• Added extra: enemy off
  
• Added extra: player ammo
  
• Added extra: explode on death
  
• Added extra: blood type
  
• Made another pass through all levels to make them look nicer and play better
  
• New theme: stormy forest theme
  
• Added weapon: sticky pistol - shoot small sticky pellets onto surfaces then detonate them all when you reload
  
• Added weapon: frying pan - like the knife and sword had a baby; single kill melee weapon but can deflect and even block bullets!
  
• Added utility: temp shield - spawn and grapple a knife enemy
  
• Added mod: smart bullets - after a bullet kills a character, if it has any health left, it will redirect toward the nearest enemy
  
• Added mod: grapple master - while you grapple a character, they get armor (+2 health)
  
• Added mod: speed up - your movement speed is increased (+15%)
  
• Added new environment object: books - these will tank 1 bullet health and explode into pages
  
• Added new environment object: TV - some enemies might be watching the TV too closely
  
• Increased movement speed
  
• Removed sprinting
  
• Silenced pistol enemies now spawn with a grappled knife enemy
  
• Changed utility controls behavior: left/right inputs now strictly mapped to left/right utilities
  
• Utilities now have a L/R letter under them to display what side the utility is on
  
• When all players die, text saying "NOT SNEAKY" will now appear in large text and flash so it is extremely obvious you have lost. There is an option to turn this off in the settings
  
• Removed 1 level directory from each difficulty (24 levels total). Developer: I felt like there were levels that were either too similar to one another, or did not play well. Removing them hinders the difficulty curve from flattening out. The new features hopefully should be an even trade for this removal!

• Level editor - Added level objects to menu and rearranged for better use: books, TV, tile cover, arch, small table
  
• Updated how bullet spread for guns that shoot multiple bullets per shot to look/feel better (shotguns)
  
• Level themes have their own distinct footstep SFX
  
• Reload UI for weapons is smaller and over each weapon instead of over the character
  
• Keyboard shortcut for restarting now shown if using keyboard (before only showed controller)
  
• Bullets have FX when they collide with the wall/objects, are deflected, or hit the chaser
  
• Options menu has been split in two: game options and settings; one for game settings and the latter for system settings
  
• New game option: fast text - menus now load instantly instead of being typed out
  
• New game option: level completion - what happens when you beat the level? Options include: Next level (default), previous level, nothing, random level, random level (any difficulty)
  
• Sniper penetration amount changed from 15 => 999
  
• Added setting: toggle lightning
  
• Level # is now shown in CLASSIC mode during play
  
• $$$ is now shown in CLASSIC mode during play
  
• Door model and FX updated to look nicer
  
• Chaser shoots sparks on death instead of blood
  
• Circle around explosions and burn mark FX are now subtler
  
• The amount of loadouts you can have is now an unlock you buy from the shop in intervals of 2. You can now have up to 15 max loadouts instead of 10
  
• The current loadout will be highlighted when swapping to the select loadout menu. When swapping loadouts in the select loadout screen, the current selection will also be changed
  
• All themes have been tweaked to look nicer (objective)
  
• Game version now visible in game options menu
  
• Updated Unity Engine version to 2021.3.24f1

• Quality level was not applied properly on load if value is 0
  
• Sword's use rate does not refresh when deflecting a bullet
  
• Laser pointer on guns goes through walls/doors
  
• Level editor - when deleting an enemy linked to a door, the door will not unlink the enemy properly causing the map to be corrupted
  
• If time is slowed on level load, level loading takes longer than it should
  
• Level selection menu shows two level-selections highlighted

Important note: If you have a prior version of the game- I would recommend deleting/resetting your save data in the game options to replay the game with the touched-up levels, level times, and new bullet interactions! The game should be playable if you choose to reset your game data or not.

This update has a lot of things in it; a lot that I have remembered to note down like above, and a lot that I forgot to note down! So I apologize for not keeping track of all of the changes but the biggest ones are there. This definitely won't be the last update. I'm sure another will come shortly as with new features come new bugs. I can't say when updates will come but they will come!

Please head over to the Community Hub to report other bugs or provide any type of feedback or suggestions!

Thanks,

Thomas
boxedworks

Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky was just updated to version 1.2.4 for a quick bugfix:

Balance:

• Decreased shop price of Sticky Kunai from 8 -> 7

Bugs fixed:

• When you beat the game, you would find yourself to be one point short in the shop...

Please head over to the Community Hub to report other bugs or provide any type of feedback or suggestions!

Thanks,

Thomas
boxedworks

Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky was just updated to version 1.2.3 with a small bug fix and feature addition:

Feature:

• Added camera zoom option to 'Game Options' menu with 3 levels of zoom: close, normal, and far

Bugs fixed:

• Game would not load properly with certain Linux OSes due to directory not found error

Please head over to the Community Hub to report other bugs or provide any type of feedback or suggestions!

Thanks,

Thomas
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