Update 0.6.2

Holochamber Power-Ups

• Supercharge your gameplay with new power-ups dropping in Holochamber: Arcade! Extra damage, stat bonuses, and more are available to collect if you’re lucky
  • Temporary Power-Ups grant a tremendous boost and visual flair to the player for a limited time:
  • These include: Super Damage, Super Armor, Super Experience, Super Rich, Super Health, and Super Score
  • Permanent Power-Ups boost the stats (Offense, Support, Special) of your character for the entire duration of the arcade run:
  • These include: Offense Boost, Support Boost, Special Boost, and Omni Boost
  • You can find Power-Ups by defeating enemies and finding special Power-Up Caches around the simulation floor

New Skills

• • Overcharge your summons (turrets, spider bots, etc.) to unleash more mechanical mayhem!

General Updates and Fixes

• • Updated the Stats window in the Flyout Menu with colored icons for Shield, HP, and Shield Regen
  • Added new logic for locked caches (unlocked with Cypher decoder keys)
  • Added Cypher Key Kiosk
  • Added new Locker and Container Caches
  • Added Skill Category icons to Advanced skill screen
  • Skill power level is now being tracked by the save system
  • Fixed an issue where the stat bonus to the Engineer’s Turret stats only affected the left barrel projectile
  • Decreased charge time on Skorlac plasma grenade and increased AoE countdown brightness
  • Fixed an issue where de-spawning caches could lock players out of using interactables

• • Solved a bug that caused Power Weapons to drop in the level
  • Updated the tutorial popup timing to start at the beginning of the level
  • Temporarily disabled two early voice lines from the Prison Attendant
  • Fixed some minor collision issues on level geometry
  • Added new dead bodies past mining floor
  • Updated and added unique enemy encounters past the mining floor
  • Falling debris now deals enough damage to kill enemies
  • Miniboss now gives EXP
  • Damaged Warden Mech now deals 2X bullet and missile damage
  • Fixed bugs on caches throughout the level allowing multiple uses
  • Fixed a final instance of weapons chest to replace with credits
  • Messed around with blueprints and triggers to change where the new level loads in
  • Cleaned up navigation and blocking volumes in the tram area
  • Defeating the Warden now opens up access to the Prisoner Transfer area
  • Updated art around the boss room and new tram area
  • Enemy Power Levels have been increased in Mining zone for balance testing
  • Power Weapons have been moved to the beginning of Titus and no longer drop in Lockjaw

• • Expanded the starting area to include the Tram from the Mining zone
  • Added a specialty cache in B Block containing Bot Damage weapons
  • Added prisoners at visible windows throughout the level
  • Updated and added unique enemy encounters in the Distribution Hub
  • Created camera zooms for the crossroads Distribution Hub
  • Slightly expanded art there to account for the additional camera view
  • Solved a multiplayer bug where players could become stuck on the other side of the collapsing bridge between X Block and the Observation Walkway
  • Minor art, lighting and VFX updates throughout the level
  • Improved collision on the tall angled wall at the old level start to keep the player from disappearing behind the geometry as easily
  • Fixed bugs on caches throughout the level allowing multiple uses
  • Updated and added unique enemy encounters in the Military Warehouse
  • Added a new encounter before Surface Elevator sequence
  • Temporarily disabled enemy encounters in the Surface Elevator while we fix a respawn bug
  • Doubled the speed of the Surface Elevator for now until the respawn fix is implemented

• • New Area: Engineering Bay
    • Access to Engineering and the Engineering Ring is now granted after completing Titus
    • Added the Cypher Key Kiosk – purchase keys to unlock hidden chests
    • Added the SP Respec kiosk – regain all of your spent SP and try a new Skill Build (for a price)
    • Many more customization options and ways to spend currency coming in future updates!
  • Maintenance Bots throughout the level now have new voiced dialogue!
  • Added a previously unused dialogue update for a Maintenance Tech
  • Updated post-Titus dialogue for Jorge and the Station Guard
  • Added new lockers to Dr. Hadley’s Lab and Hangar
  • Updated Maint. Bot dialogue VO
  • Fixed issue with Post Titus Maintenance Bot dialogue logic for Juggernaut
  • Fixed several instances of Caution Tapes floating in front of the doors
  • Unlocked the Command Center door to the Engineering Corridor by default
  • Moved Jorge to the end of the Engineering Corridor
  • Moved the patrolling Aesrenan Trooper from the Engineering Corridor to the Barracks Corridor
  • Updated default and post-Titus dialogue for Jorge to fit his new locations
  • Solved a logic issue that was causing Billie to not offer unique dialogue options post-Titus
  • Cleaned up grammar and punctuation on NPCs
  • Fixed an issue causing Quinn’s and Sparks’ animations to reset after every line in their post-Titus dialogue

• • Power Weapons are now available after starting the first quest!
  • Power Ammo now drops after opening the first Power Weapons cache
  • Updated grammar and punctuation on NPCs throughout the level
  • Updated a branch of Tych’s dialogue that was referring to a very outdated build of the Sinkhole area
  • Updated Sanders’ dialogue to prevent formatting errors when playing on Steam Deck
  • The cave by Drill Site 4 now shows up on the Minimap
  • Fixed several small minimap marker bugs in the Site 4 cave
  • Moved the West Gate Guard to better match the positioning of the East Gate Guard
  • CommsNet Bot now has voice acting enabled
  • Fixed bugs on caches throughout the level allowing multiple uses
  • Player can no longer exit the Deagus Brood Watcher’s chamber in the Sinkhole without first collecting the Battery
  • CommsNet Tower Maintenance Bot is now fully voiced

• • Added locker caches and new locked weapon caches
  • Cleaned up misc foliage
  • All light pylons have been scaled up throughout Wetlands for better visibility
  • Added new swamp water shaders and VFX
  • HQ Maintenance Bot now has voice acting enabled
  • Cleaned up NPC grammar in the Boomtown area
  • Fixed bugs on caches throughout the level allowing multiple uses
  • Cleaned up collision on more ruined staircases in the Wetlands
  • Solved an issue that was causing one of the destroyed B3 bots to move and attempt to interact with the player
  • Fixed multiple errors surrounding the data module quest:
    • Dr. Hadley no longer references the quest if the player hasn’t started it
    • Updated how loot drops after defeating B3-L1-4L south of the Wetlands
    • Improved language on quest completion at the Forward Base
  • Updated boundary art near the entrance of the Wetlands
  • Added interaction prompt text for the Lost City Key pickup
  • Added a locked weapons cache in a hard-to-find area near the end of the Wetlands

• • Turned off the lingering Halloween player spotlight
  • Added an ammo cache in the Grassy Clearing
  • Fixed some errors which were impacting enemy pathing
  • Fixed bugs on caches throughout the level allowing multiple uses
  • Players can now move diagonally between stone tiles in the final trap room
  • Cleaned up some art throughout the level

• • Cleaned up collision at the starting door – players should no longer get caught on the invisible walls there
  • Fixed the starting door disappearing into the floor tiles as it opened
  • Locked the first interior door and added a pylon nearby to unlock it; now all doors in the level are consistent
  • Slightly adjusted art in the area around the door
  • Improved collision on some rubble piles
  • Added art to the Antechamber’s back wall
  • Raised up some waterfall FX whose origin points were visible from certain camera angles inside the Antechamber

• • Fixed bugs on caches throughout the level allowing multiple uses
  • Added the unique Chatka Shotgun “Kamchatka”
  • Small art updates throughout the level

• • Skill power level is not saving correctly. We have found the root cause and are working on a potential fix. This will take a bit of time, but should ideally be in the next update!
  • Lockjaw Mining’s Tram Station area is not yet included on the Minimap
  • Player melee strength is not increasing on level up as intended; a fix is in the works
  • Some materials on Rygar are still not working as intended. A fix is underway, but cannot go live without some major under-the-hood changes to the Skill system. This may take a few updates to go live.

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