Beyond The Gates — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Small Patch | 2022-01-15 | Changes; -Cross Fixed in Singleplayer -Fixed AI not chasing properly in Singleplayer -Smoother cross and oil lamp indicators Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! | 2021-12-24 | Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! everyone! we wish you and your families all the best these holidays! enjoy yourselves! Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| New map | 2021-11-14 | Hi everyone, just wanted to let you all know that work on the new map has started, also if you are experiencing any issues with gameplay, please do let us know as that would be really helpfull. We will continue with game updates for act 1 as well. Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Happy Halloween | 2021-10-31 | Hi everyone, just wanted to wish you all a Happy Halloween!! We wish you a lot of spooks and scares. Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Update | 2021-10-24 | Changes; -added a few more sound effects -fixed 4th player in multiplayer not able to move -added a cross animation -added a possibility to move once you are downed Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Update delay | 2021-10-20 | Hello everyone and thank you very much for your patience. We are working hard on the newest update but unfortunately it will have to be delayed further because of time constrains. We will make sure the update comes out by the end of this week/mid next week. Thank you very much for the support and the purchases. Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Upcoming update | 2021-10-08 | Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you all know there will be a bigger update coming out in a few days. Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Update | 2021-09-19 | Changes; -Added a new revive system -Cross getting bugged fixed -Added hints -Added maps -New revive animations -Added a few more candles in the bigger dungeon -Added lamp oil fuel level indicator -Fixed AI getting stuck in the small passage to the tower We will start working on further improvements! Thank you all for purchasing the game! Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Upcoming update | 2021-09-18 | Hello everyone, we have been silent for about 2 weeks now, since we have been working hard on the upcoming update, we noticed the cross gets bugged out sometimes on singleplayer and the AI gets stuck at the passage to the tower sometimes. We are working on fixing that and just to all let you know the update should come out today. Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Feedback | 2021-09-04 | Hello everyone, We want to thank you all for purchasing the game. But there is just one problem. We are not getting any feedback, we are doing our best to update the game very regularly and any feedback that we get is really helpfull, if you have any suggestions feel free to write them to us. If you experience any issues during gameplay please report back to us as that would be really helpfull and benficial to us! Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Upcoming update | 2021-09-03 | Hello everyone, We saw there were a few bugs, so we just wanted to let you know we are working on them and as soon as they are fixed the new update will be released. We also saw that sometimes loading times on singleplayer tend to be slower than multiplayer, no worries we are working on that too. If you experience any issues during gameplay, please report back to us! Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Small Update | 2021-09-02 | Changes; -Added sound effects for candles -Added sound effects for carpets -Redesigned multiplayer lobby Thank you all for purchasing the game, if you experience any issues during gameplay please report back to us! Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Small Patch | 2021-08-31 | Changes; -Added a few more candles |
| Major Update | 2021-08-30 | Hello everyone! We are bringing you the newest update! Changes; -Changed in-game audio effects -Added an audio effect when burning a toy -Improved multiplayer AI -Drastically improved loading times for both multiplayer and singleplayer -Optimized CPU usage Notes; We will be keeping the peer to peer multiplayer system for now and we will try to improve it even further. Thank you all for purchasing the game, if you experience any issues during gameplay please report back to us! Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Upcoming update | 2021-08-24 | Hello everyone, we are finishing up with the newest update and we are hoping to get it out by the end of the week! The new update will have improved performance since we will introduce level streaming to the game. There will be small AI improvements and some new things added to the existing in-game ui. Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Bug reports | 2021-07-29 | Hello everyone, we kindly ask you to report any bugs that you may have experienced during gameplay. Any feedback that we can get is helpfull. Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Update | 2021-07-27 | Changes; -Candle light effect optimized |
| Update | 2021-07-27 | Changes -Random box flying around with the AI |
| Big update | 2021-07-27 | Hello everyone, we have been working around the clock to improve multiplayer experience and optimize the game even further. This update is big since we migrated the game to a newer version of Unreal Engine. Changes; -Changed lighting system to favour performance -Further optimized the game -Improved multiplayer system, keep in mind that the performance of the server on multiplayer entirely depends on "Host's" internet speed, so in other words if the host has good internet connection and speed, multiplayer experience will be good for clients and the host as well. -Improved loading times on singleplayer Regarding the multiplayer also keep in mi |
| Update announcement | 2021-07-25 | Hello everyone, I am just announcing tomorrow's performance update! And I also want to thank everyone for the support. |
| Update | 2021-07-25 | Hello everyone, changes in the new update; -Fixed possible frame drops -Fixed AI getting stuck randomly (singleplayer) -Changed the font of notes -Improved storyline -Additional notes added -Spawn for the main gate key changed We are still working on improving the peer to peer system and implementing the new AI into multiplayer, as well as switching to dedicated servers for multiplayer. Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Update delay | 2021-07-25 | Hello everybody, unfortunately we are gonna have to delay the update for at least 10 to 12 hours since we are having issues with lighting. Until the update comes out hold on tight! Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Today's upcoming update | 2021-07-24 | Hello everyone, Today we will be bringing you an update with improved storyline, as said in previous update we are working on implementaion of the smarter AI into multiplayer and we are switching on to dedicated multiplayer servers. Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Update | 2021-07-24 | Hi everyone, we have a new update. -reworked the whole AI system in singleplayer, multiplayer AI is still the same (there may be some frame drops in singleplayer) -changed some sound effects We are currently working around the clock to bring the new smarter AI to multiplayer and are also switching from peer to peer multiplayer to dedicated servers, while we are doing that we will try to improve peer to peer connections. We are also working on further game optimization and on storyline improvements. Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Update | 2021-07-23 | -Some lights were left by accident in the big room before the basement so we removed them Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Update | 2021-07-23 | Changes -Fixed issues regarding performance, performance should now be a lot better! -Fixed AI Idling in one spot and not moving or attacking -Randomized spawn points for toys even further, it should give you a better replay value now We are working on a major AI update! Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Performance update | 2021-07-23 | Hello everyone, we bring you a smaller update regarding performance. -some internal issues have been fixed so the performance should be a lot better now. We are working on a next update already, we will also change the networking system from "peer 2 peer" to dedicated servers since we read that players are experiencing issues with multiplayer. We are also working on a big update for the AI. Hold on tight! Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Release | 2021-07-22 | Hello everyone, we proudly announce the release of Beyond The Gates, check it out and have fun! Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Release | 2021-07-22 | Hello everyone! we proudly announce that in approximately 1 hour the game will be releasing on Steam! We are just doing some finishing touches right now! Hold on tight! Yours truly, Chonky Games |
| Release delay | 2021-07-21 | Release Hello everyone, we have bad news, due to quite unfortunate circumstances the game release will have to be delayed for a few hours or even for a day or two. We sincerely apologise and hope this is not a dealbreaker!, but hold on tight because we are doing as much as we can to release the game. Yours truly, Chonky Games |