Hey, While the current iteration of items in the S2 build is not as we like yet, in general the plan is to make items behave similar to before but not require the ability press anymore. Also we noticed that in S1 most items that had a press were only being used in the early game and then required way too much attention mid-lategame, like shotgun system and kunai, so we put these type of items more into the classes and class specializations or convert them to trigger based The new system will still give you a turret or shotgun system but automatic Also we have much greater upgrades now and upcoming, items can now be upgraded with extra or reduces charges, double / quad proccs, multi cast, free casting and all such things and allows for things we did not even consider You will also a bit later be able to upgrade class abilities (or maybe items also) with further 'actions', it is now technically possible to add abilities onto abilities, so one can do things like make your dash cause an AOE stun or such things Something like Kunai by design was 100% a class core item, something you play around all the time, so something like that will return as class ability. One concern I see is with an item like a health vial or shaker, but then shaker people use on cooldown and vial you always want when going low health, so this could be automated without any downgrade Shops in general now also provide multiple choices and things have more synergies so it should be easier to go for certain paths so far in our build I did not feel like I was missing out on abilities to press, I felt more like I was already forgetting to use my existing 4 class abilities to be honest but I will monitor this topic closely If it really dosn't work then we likely add a ROR style slot for one switchable active ability/item

Sadly the latest engine version is still plagued by memory errors and now our dev kits got stolen as well and need to be re-sent, I hope both will sort out at around the same time but we can do nothing but wait I'm afraid, I can't give a clear ETA sorry Due to it being a memory leak, restarting the game after a run will delay it but yeah ..

I used cinema 4D with Octane renderer for the weapons, basic Cinema 4D renderer for the rest of the game (there Octane provided too little shadowing and AO and the basic renderer worked much better, on the weapons Octane was much faster and gave better results however) That is an expensive combo however For Synthetik 2 our weapon artist uses Blender but results are comparable with a bit of tweaking

I dont get anything from this text sry : P

There are a bunch of good ideas here, definitely helpful

There will be a demo but very limited

Very hard to say but 2GB is not a very future proof card, I wouldn't count on it, also 100% not on integrated, try get a 4GB 570, performance wise thats a decent card but 2GB version is always a bad buy

There might be some handguns that drop but in general its strange if a pistol competes with an assault rifle, and pistols are not that good in real life, its extremely hard to hit something even at small ranges apparently There is definitely at least 2 revolvers that can drop Also I think in S1 you can get a lot more out of a pistol than from most games that use them with upgrades

There will be an annoucement for the new classes in the near future but I can already confirm that there is no gunslinger class but there will be dual wield pistols at least and some specs will have some handgun bonuses for a bit more of such a playstyle

Nice, Thanks!

Using coil gun with HG ammo reg build is a pretty smart idea

HP regen is fundamentally an issue and will be more rare or maybe only in-combat. Ill see to improve these things but on the other hand, I feel like for S1 it is very unique in how unrestrictive it is and you being able to do the level exactly how you like, even if you want to cheese it. Other games do not give you this freedom or lock you into small rooms until it is cleared exactly. The executioner is a bit weak and not really a threat Backtracking is a bigger issue but some people really want to search for the small stuff, we'll have to see, right now we are focussing on getting the core gameplay working fully

Here is a screenshot that represents the style better, but right now there are multiple day time setups so it varies heavily in lighting

yes it was unfinished, check the steam news version its much better

There was really no screenshake at the time and the numbers I fixed 2 days after, it already feels way better now but it was too late to fix the teaser

the oilrig is a bit of a monstrosity as it was the first floor we tried (but is very varied for that), the other ones are becoming simpler in layout again