Hey everyone !

I got a new update for Dead Alone today, it includes the last big missing piece for this game: A proper introduction and tutorial area !

This update also brings many changes and fixes as I continue to polish the game torward its final release

If you missed it recently, I released a brand new gameplay trailer and made the game available for wishlist on Steam ! Make sure to add it to your wishlist if you want to support me !

Anyway, let’s check what changes this update brings with the patch notes right below !

The biggest change of this update is the addition of a completely new area which includes roughly 5 to 10 minutes of gameplay. It is a proper introduction to the game with better tutorials instead of some basic messages at the launch of a new game.

The previous starting area also received a large update with a more confined and restricted playable area. This makes it more interesting and engaging than before. I also polished the visual aspect of this area to make it feel more like an abandoned place.

Changes and fixes:

• Various balance changes to zombie types
• Healer zombies can now only heal up to 3 allies at once instead of 5
• Base ammunition stock now scale with difficulty to reduce chances of getting out of ammos right at the begining of the game on higher difficulties
• Improved AI navigation in various areas of the map including a fix for an issue causing the zombies to stop moving if the player was in certain hard-to-reach locations
• The difficulty is now saved individually for each save file instead of being a global game setting
• Various optimisations to improve GPU utilization on several areas of the map
• Changed various graphics settings to reduce the large visual downgrade of some presets
• Improved collisions on some objects
• Improved and updated various UI elements
• Added missing SFX for the crossbow and flamethrower reload
• Pressing the ‘holster weapon’ input now also affect projectiles if the player has equipped one
• The healing “hint” will now take into consideration if the player has any heal item instead of always showing up when the health is low
• Fixed various issues with the save system including an issue that could lead to a crash when creating a new save
• Fixed an issue that caused the weapon crosshair to appear when it should not
• Fixed an issue that caused uncommon upgrades to not be displayed correctly in the inventory
• Fixed various issues with the healing system including an issue that caused the player to still be slowed down even after fully healed
• Fix some zombies models that had visible holes in them when viewed at certain distances
• Interacting with a workbench now properly holster the equipped projectile or cancel healing to avoid various issues

Hotfix 1.4.1:

• Fixed an issue that caused the time of day system to not be working properly after the introduction cinematic

• Fixed an issue with some effects not being displayed properly

Update 1.4.2 (October 12, 2023):

• Fixed a major issue that caused the supply room doors to not be interactable in some instances

• Fixed multiple issues with the saving system including an issue that cause the sleeping buff timer to not be saved properly

• Patched some area that could allow the player to go out of the map

• Added many color variations to zombies models

• Rebalanced headshot multiplier on several weapons to increase their effectiveness

• Improved collisions with some vehicles

• Social buttons on the main and pause menu will now be properly hidden when in the options menu

• Fixed an issue that could cause the “quit confirmation” pop up to remain on screen after canceling the action

• Rebalanced the ground loot and loot dropped by zombies

• The Horde Shop can now also be close with the same input as to open it