In Heat
In Heat: Rules of nature UPDATE
HELLO HELLO! I am very happy to say that ERROR 258 is squashed!
Very cool!
Anyway lets get into updates!
We have a huge amount of additions, including a slot-machine and a brand new character Cassidy!
We also have a bunch of goodies for you lovely folks!
Including a figure collecting system for you guys as well!
How do you get these? It's a mystery but for now check out our brand
New
Slot machine!
What a cool little machine!
We are currently fixing up the linux build, we appreciate your patience
Be sure to check out our discord for a fun community!
Discord.gg/monsterbox
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NOW THEN, FOR THE TECHY FOLKS, HERES THE HUGE PATCH LIST.
Please excuse my sanity as I needed to edit this all.
Patch 0.5
Bug Fixes
Removed Custom Radio system due to Linux bug.
Watermark version number was incorrect.
Fixed Misty door needed to be closed after Poggerino save.
Fixed the ability to click on multiple switches on the screen in the tape room.
Cassidy’s cams shake too strong, decreased screen shake.
Fixed intro screen repeating.
Fixed right clicking on the map screen will lock the player view from clicking on buttons but can return to the map then hit return to fix bug.
Fixed using Map button while on Misty’s view to exit her camera bug.
Fixed error associated with using vorpal blade and radio at same time.
Fixed Poppi's 2nd video freeze.
Adjusted door sounds, because they got stuck.
Adjusted collision on tapes.
Fixed tapes duplicating. Fixed Poggerino saving you from situations that he shouldn’t be able to save you from.
Fixed Poppi Video count.
Fixed Megaphone buff.
Fixed a situation where the game would no longer be able to Fullscreen after being set to windowed mode.
Radio should now keep track of where you are at between nights. Fixed cartoon looping.
Investigated game breaking bug which would crash the game upon first radio cache load.
Added delay to switching tapes, to prevent duplication of tapes.
Fixed audio playback persisting after video close.
Fixed Debug systems.
Collected Tapes are still spawning bug.
Investigating texture bugs for older gpu. Investigating Character movement bug that has a 0.3% chance of happening.
Fixed Poppibox was not playing pop up animation on win.
Investigating some of the items bricking during this update.
Fixed Sammy notification bug.
Fixed Phone and hand interactions.
Investigating rare issue with Roombah bot breaking inside your room . Fixed various exploits with Misty’s metagame. Investigating tab-out crash.
Adjusted splash screen audio to fix lag. Fixed Global time tick issue with ending a night.
Fixed girls no longer playing a sound or posing at a window.
Adjusted girls’ positions after player death.
Investigating dynamic shadows rendering a texture bug.
Adjusted interactions with Misty and Nile to prevent a rare glitch.
Fixed the statue’s legs. Adjusted Nile Metagame to optimize fps. Fixed black screen error on vehicle crash minigame.
Enhancements
Optimized Misty’s cam metagame. Door buttons were slightly still visible on front camera enhancement.
Fix lever on breaker clipping visual bug.
Added extra radio song.
Fixed various figures. Removed figure detail text.
Fixed some of the typos!
Made desk night counter update nights on clear save.
View instead of View on figure view (help me what).
Disabled collection on enter screen of the figure viewer.
Repositioned right camera to not see the inside of the security room.
"Caution" sprite in the Sammy minigame is stretched vertically.
Adjusted difficulty on Misty’s metagame.
Improved model rotation on figure view.
New Game over Screen UI Polish.
Implemented brightness slider for new players enhancement
Adjusted lights out mode for even more scary horror stuff.
A fish is out of the tank bug!
Nile Metagame switched to flipbook for more optimization!
Slot machine made more *Wacky*.
Added return button to map view.
Integrated new gallery to menu.
Implement segmented map system for more efficiency.
Camera sound adjustment.
Adjusted compatibility with ultrawide Chad monitors.
Add LOD to models to reduce GPU use.
Adjusted Sanity Max and made Sammy’s meta game cover up the heat and sanity bar until the player finds their toy.
Added a check for shadow casters for fps optimizations.
Made more clickable objects like Sammy poster.
Adjusted Samantha’s boot so it no longer clips.
Moai statue nerfed. Like hella nerfed. Misty’s boobs have been buffed. Desk is now center.
Nile’s restaurant got buffed.
Added fireworks to Poppi’s jacknthebox. Improved Night 0.
Misty’s cam visual improvements.
*Admin Room Polished and Bug free as much as possible*
Revamped the Audio system.
Improved the Ai to be more aggressive over time during runs.
NEW Features
Introduced "HardMode", "Turbo", and "LightsOut" game modes enhancement.
Plushi honk prototype near desk.
Supporter love wall cam!
Separated camera every map support view.
New cameras from 3d menu system much cleaner and more efficient.
Added watermark for build in upper right corner feature.
Poppi Chad animation.
Made more clickable objects like Sammy poster enhancement.
Gambling has been added to the game.
Cassidy added to game. New main menu.
Diamond Straits is watching.
New toy model viewer.
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Thank you guys so much!
Comments
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How do I update to 0.5?
Do I have to buy again?
You should be able to download the new update by going into your library/collections!
ok i have a few questions...
1. it says to check the vent (i assume that means the thing above me) but when i get caught by misty it shows her coming from behind me
2. i keep collecting tapes every night but it never lets me see them
3. how can i see what items i have bought and what they do? i bought niles phone but i cant find it or its benefits anywhere in the game
what im saying is that there needs to be somewhere (not in the game. like a page) that explains how to really play this game
I want to get a tutorial for the first level together once it is completed. Unfortunately we are early enough in development where things change quite often and making a tutorial that might get scrapped later on in development doesn't work very well.
We have a system originally where you could collect 6 tapes per level to unlock a lewd. Skyb0y recently decided to disable the function that shows how many tapes were collected on the level. It is a priority of mine to get that back XD.
Don't worry about the vent.
so i just gotta let misty get me for the time being? awesome
Yes, unfortunately the coder was already miles ahead working on the nightclub. So we had a dead build for awhile. I have switched programmers since then, and we will be much more careful about these issues.
How do you get Poppi's third tape? I got the first one from using her doll in a night, got the second secret one, I can't seem to find the third one.
There was a small snippit you could get from the minigame. Skyb0y recently disabled that. We will be putting in new minigames a bit later down the line. Ill see about uploading the poppi animation on our twitter.
Bunch of thoughts and feedback based on the latest update
Gameplay & Bugs:
- Add some sort of indication to the presence of Cassidy. I swear she has attacked me less than 10 seconds after checking the vent.
- The interactivity issue that has been noted by multiple players. It seems to happen after a few nights of play.
- The game only saves when closing. Please autosave from time to time. A crash lost me a good hour of gameplay, farming money and spending at the gacha machine
Shop:
- Shop and Desk customization should be accessible between nights from the main menu.
- Shop should have a slot dedicated to character plushies, especially since the gallery unlocks are tied to it. It's day 24, I've only seen plushies twice (and I didn't have the money to buy it one of those times).
- Multiple typos in the item descriptions
Figure Viewer & Gacha
- With how low the drop rate for gems is, allowing duplicates in the gacha machine isn't fun. If at least duplicates filled some sort of meter that grants a guaranteed new figure, that would be better.
- Rotating the figure moves your cursor off of them, putting them out of focus.
- Players should be able to rotate the figure in all direction, instead of just one.
- Same for zooming in on figures, it would be nice.
- Auto rotation should probably stop if the player has manually rotated the figure.
- Can't put down a figure without backing out of the collection, maybe something as simple as right-clicking to put down the current figure.
Gallery:
- Add in animations (with camera control) for the gallery instead of just using pre-rendered cutscenes. I know it was stated before that the videos are there for compatibility with older PCs, but the option would still be welcome for those of us with computers that can handle it.
- A full animation viewer (Idles, sexy poses, glass cling, attack on the player, etc.) would also be welcome
I completely agree with the figures not having duplicates. However our main programmer seems to want to keep dupes around for the sake of a future Casino level. I will get these fixes for the figure viewer sent to the team!
With the built in animations, I might try pushing more of those out but those will be much later on in development. Same with a animation viewer!
I dont really understand some of the mechanics for some of the characters. Is there some kind of tutorial i'm missing? if there is no current way to give a hint towards how the characters work maybe some more death screen tips, depending on who caught you, would be a good idea. also i got the same gachapon twice, don't know if that's intentional but i dobnt have a duplicate figure to show for it :,(
With constant changes it is not viable to have a tutorial atm. As one build you might be doing one thing and the next build it might be adjusted. We will have a tutorial pushed in when things are more finalized!
Is a new game required for cassidy? Because I haven't seen her yet.
where is cassidy
She will come from the vent
Had this happen when trying to open the new update, any help on how to fix this?
Hello! this is a rare error to see. Might I ask if you use the itch.io app at all?
Hey, sorry for the late response. yes i'm using this through the itch.io app on PC
any fixes?
There's a bug with interactions, I've had them break several times towards the end of a night. I'll lose the ability to click on the camera locations once the map is open. I've also lost the ability to click on the door switches when the power ran out in these circumstances.
FIX THE GALLERY WHITE SCREEN ISSUE
For the gallery white screen issue, we have done a crap ton of testing. This build we did switch some of the systems up to hopefully fix it but I guess we need to go back to the drawing table.
Are all videos white screening for you, or only some?
it is all
every tape i play are the same, sorry im kinda impatience after seeing so many changes recently i was almost sure it is fixed but it was a letdown
Are you using a windows 10n or a windows 8N issue? https://monsterboxgames.itch.io/in-heat/devlog/401020/quick-talk-white-screen-is... I provided a general fix here and a bit more explanation about the problem.
im using w10 yes
Are you in the discord? You could probably help with testing this issue.
good game
actualmente lo tengo en mi lista de deseados de steam para cuando salga XD.
me fije que el juego cuenta con si no estoy mal con 7 idiomas pero no recuerdo haber visto el español me preguntaba si con el tiempo se agregaría
it crashes when i try to play the new update
ok i just had to reinstall the game and it fixed. And you fixed misty yaay :}