Bartlow's Dread Machine — patch notes and updates
Stored observation / content update:
Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Bartlow's Dread Machine Winter 2020 Update-aganza | 2020-12-24 | - The Agent character can now be changed between levels instead of requiring a separate play-through. Once you unlock a new hero you can play them the very next level. - The game’s difficulty setting can be changed at any time – between or during levels. - Finishing the game formerly scrubbed the current saved game after the final boss was defeated. Saves now persist so you can go back for unlockable characters you may have missed. - Added an option to start a new saved game with gear and money zeroed out. These will still exist in previously saved games. - Several difficulty spikes have been smoothed out, notably the jungle and temple levels |
| Hotfix- World 5_3 balance improvements. | 2020-10-01 | Fixes: -Summoners wait slightly longer to spawn enemies. -Slightly reduced enemy counts in summoner fights. -Summoners have a bit less life. -Health and ammo pickup before final fight. -Brightened lighting in dark areas. |
| HOTFIX Preview - World 5_3 Balance fixes | 2020-10-01 | Fixes: -Summoners wait slightly longer to spawn enemies. -Slightly reduced enemy counts in summoner fights. -Summoners have a bit less life. -Health and ammo pickup before final fight. -Brightened lighting in dark areas. General Directions: 1) right click "Bartlow's Dread Machine" 2) select properies 3) select the beta tab 6) change the build to opt into: update_preview So if you'd like to see the newest stuff before anyone else and don't mind a few extra bugs. Check out the update_preview! |
| The Canal Zone | 2020-09-09 | -World 5 "The Canal Zone" with 4 new levels. -Two new Unlockable characters! -New Enemies New Features: -Corner Sensitivity, you can now change the corner sensitivity for a different feel. Great for players who have trouble getting around corners. -Left trigger deflect, you can now use left trigger to deflect as well as A. Bug fixes. -fixes issue where player could walk off screen in some unintended situations. -fixed performance issue that could crop up if game was left idle during dialogue in some boss fights. -improved debris bounce sound. -FPS cannon sound has more kaboom for your ka-buck. -Fixed softlock that could be caused if you were |
| Open Beta! | 2020-09-01 | Our process with new changes going forward: 1) we make the changes 2) we do internal testing 3) we push changes to open_beta 4) Once the community ok's the update we will make the changes available to everyone in Early Access So if you'd like to see the newest stuff before anyone else and don't mind a few extra bugs. Check out the open beta! Instructions below. General Directions: 1) right click "Bartlow's Dread Machine" 2) select properies 3) select the beta tab 4) type in access code: iWillFindBugs 5) click "Check Code" 6) change the build to opt into: open_beta Detailed directions on how to access the open beta here: https://docs.google.co |
| To Sea! | 2020-08-25 | -World 4 "To Sea!" with 4 new levels. -New Unlockable character. -New Equipment -New Enemies -fixes rare issue where player cannot teleport back on screen in coop. -game will no longer degrade in performance when left idle in some situations. -Station master boss fight tentacles will no longer block projectiles during their death animation. -2nd player can no longer get stuck outside the room with the first Slugger fight in Level 1-3. -Stacking melee resist will no longer heal you in some rare instances. Checkout the trailer! HERE! |
| Open Beta! | 2020-08-15 | Our process with new changes going forward: 1) we make the changes 2) we do internal testing 3) we push changes to open_beta 4) Once the community ok's the update we will make the changes available to everyone in Early Access So if you'd like to see the newest stuff before anyone else and don't mind a few extra bugs. Check out the open beta! Instructions below. General Directions: 1) right click "Bartlow's Dread Machine" 2) select properies 3) select the beta tab 4) type in access code: iWillFindBugs 5) click "Check Code" 6) change the build to opt into: open_beta Detailed directions on how to access the open beta here: https://docs.google.co |
| Patch 1 | 2020-08-06 | Today's update fixes issues reported with what was considered "on screen" with some extreme wide monitors and also addresses rare issues where a player could get stuck off screen in coop on both wide and normal monitors. |
| Open Beta! | 2020-07-30 | Our process with new changes going forward: 1) we make the changes 2) we do internal testing 3) we push changes to open_beta 4) Once the community ok's the update we will make the changes available to everyone in Early Access So if you'd like to see the newest stuff before anyone else and don't mind a few extra bugs. Check out the open beta! Instructions below. General Directions: 1) right click "Bartlow's Dread Machine" 2) select properies 3) select the beta tab 4) type in access code iWillFindBugs 5) click "Check Code" 6) change the build to opt into: open_beta Detailed directions on how to access the open beta here: https://docs.google.com |