Alpha 1.0.3 Patch Notes

The demo has reached an alpha state! While there's still much to do and improve, I deeply appreciate everyone who has provided feedback and wishlisted the game—your support means a lot. This patch includes numerous fixes and major updates for the Sanguine demo, introducing a brand-new end game ranking system, extensive Main Menu and UI enhancements, significant map improvements, audio reworks, and much more.

Note: It is highly recommended to create a new save.

Key Updates

End Game Ranking System

• Introduced a new end game ranking system with seven different ranks to achieve.
• Ranks are determined by:
  • Time taken to complete the demo.
  • Number of saves used.
• Rankings will appear upon completing the demo.

Main Menu

• Added a new 3D background for the main menu.
• Adjusted button locations and highlights for improved navigation.
• Added a Credits button to watch the credits video.
• Fixed minor navigational bugs.
• Added new menu sound effects (SFX).
• Increased save file capacity.
• Updated save data font for better readability.
• Rolled back previous audio settings changes; it is recommended to keep audio at the default value of '0.'
• Enabled the ability to pause the intro car crash cutscene using Esc (keyboard) or Start (gamepad).

UI

• Updated UI legend icons for keyboard users.
• Added keyboard/gamepad detection for dialogue screens.
• Improved new player experience dialogs and added a new tutorial for sprinting.
• Enhanced the inventory UI:
  • Locked slots are now more visible.
  • Inventory dynamically adjusts when expanded.
• Adjusted legend locations across all UI menus.
• Updated the pause menu layout for key bindings.
• Added a "Switch UI Layout" option in the pause menu, toggling between keyboard and gamepad layouts.
• Updated document icons in the Files menu.
• Added a damage feedback UI to show when the player takes damage.
• Reworked the pickup text UI for better clarity.

Map Improvements

• The map now dynamically updates based on player interactions with the world:
  • Icons and text appear and persist after interactions.
• Default state has the legend hidden.
• Added a Legend toggle:
  • Click (mouse), Q (keyboard), or X (gamepad).
• Refined UI layout for improved clarity.

Audio

• Reworked in-world audio to reflect what the character hears.
• Added new surface SFX for various materials.
• Enhanced and added multiple SFX cues for immersion.
• Introduced:
  • Audio for Officer John and the character in the diner bathroom.
  • Dynamic world SFX.
  • Audio for swinging the kitchen knife.
  • A new song for the Main Street area.
• Fixed various audio bugs.

Content Updates

• Added a new cutscene and slightly extended the demo.
• Updated several existing cutscenes:
  • The corpse blood encounter.
  • The truck bed corpse blood scene.
• Added:
  • New areas to explore and interact with.
  • Footstep visual effects for surfaces like water and dirt.
  • A small cutscene introducing the mutated corpse blood.
  • New decals for environmental detail.
• Balanced health pools for better gameplay experience.
• Enhanced various models:
  • Officer John’s model.
  • The first officer statue and matching doll color.
• Updated environmental features:
  • Improved lighting across the world.
  • Added leaky pipe outside the diner to showcase water physics.
• Introduced new animations for actions like reaching high objects.
• Updated newspaper visuals and text.
• Refined Steam achievements and their icons.
• Added a new model for the AltRan main gate.

Document Updates

• Rewritten and refined the text for nearly all found documents.
• Updated the first tutorial document.
• Moved the map tutorial document to the forest.
• Added a new tutorial document in the shack near the mobile homes.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue where the first frame of the initial cutscene would flash.
• Fixed multiple collision issues.
• Addressed mouse state issues.
• Fixed disappearing Officer trunk key.
• Corrected long text running off the item examination window.
• Resolved inventory issues with multiple items being selected simultaneously.
• Fixed storage not updating after inventory expansion.
• Fixed jittery rotation bug.
• Corrected shot attack range and inconsistent headshot registration.

Thank you for playing and supporting the Sanguine demo. Your feedback is invaluable—stay tuned for more updates!