Greetings gunners,

We have a lot of little changes and a few bigger ones with this update.  The full changelog will be at the bottom of this post for those who would like to see all that's changed.

News Article Overhaul

The biggest change we wanted to share is that we decided to bring the narrative of the world into greater focus. To do so, we have drawn a greater focus on the newspaper, and the articles therein contained. Now, when you clear an area of hostiles, you will be greeted with an article from one of the news correspondents writing on the events impacting the city of Harland. To allow you to have a fuller picture of the story, we have also added a newsroom to the title screen for you to reference back to articles discovered on your tours in the trenches.

To make room for the article system, we have also removed the scoring system and all UI elements relating to it.

Until next time!

- Polearm Team

Changelog:

•  Overhauled the Newspaper system
•  Removed Scoreboard from the title screen
•  Created News Room screen on the title menu
•  Removed all score systems
•  Redesigned the HUD
•  Redesigned title screen menus
•  Added new model for flying squad leader
•  Added new model for flying medic
•  Added a new model for the supply carrier
•  Added a hit vignette to the windows
•  Added VFX to the shield squids to indicate where squids are getting their shields from
•  Redesigned the particles used to indicate when a squid is buffed, they should be more readable now
•  Updated the firing VFX for several weapons
•  Added radio static VFX to the radio in the cockpit
•  Added Healthbars to the chapter boss
•  Added damage numbers to display when hitting a target
•  Added controller rumble
•  Added menu navigation sound effects
• Rebalanced all weapons
• Added 'Are you sure?' screens before quitting a run and exiting the game
•  Fixed some issues where the chaingun would stop firing
•  Fixed an issue where exploders would get lost