Hello everyone! I am very pleased to finally share the newest 1.1.0 update. I'll cut right to the chase and list all of the newest editions to the game, with the fixes to follow.

But first, if you wish to support me, I’d like to celebrate the latest update by sharing two pieces of purchasable DLC for the game.

TC:WA soundtrack.This features all of the current music in the game, including some upcoming tracks that will be applied to the game later in future updates. You can get it here.

TC:WA supporter pack 1Introducing the first skins DLC that can be applied to all weapons currently in the game, including the new battle rifle that is included in this latest update. It’ll also give you the ability to change your laser colour to green for the attachments that can be applied. You can check it out here, with 40% already off the cheap price.

• Map extension and finale: Find all three keys to escape the asylum and to explore outside the grounds. Have the ability to escape if you can start up the car, and survive the finale onslaught, adding more to your final score.
  
• Battle rifle: Try out the new semi-automatic precision weapon, located on the second floor of the asylum. Being a reliable medium ranged weapon, it may just become your favourite firearm.
  
• New Screamers: Zombies be gone! Introducing the true horrors of the wasteland: Screamers! A great representation of how these violent, unreasonable beings are seen in my novels.
  
• New gore system: Explosive headshots, blood puddles and spattering chunks will surely be therapeutic, and bring you back for more. (After dozens of hours play testing these builds, seeing this never gets old. I may need help)
  
• Selectable characters, and gun inspection: Three playable characters have been added to the game, each with their lore-friendly background and five selectable skins to change up their tone. You can also inspect each usable weapon, read how they work, and how each attachment changes the behaviour of your weapon. Did you purchase the supporter pack DLC? Here is where you’ll be able to apply the skins, and change the laser colour.
  
• Leaderboards: What the highest score you can reach? Show it off on the Steam leaderboards. (This may be altered sometime in the future to cater to different modes and fixes.)

• You can now spend 1,500 points to on the second floor to unlock a quick escape back to the first floor. This is a great way to avoid using the tight and narrow stairs down. Be warned however, for you must use the stairs to climb back up.
  
• AR damage has been lowered by 25% while the shotgun has seen a 200% damage buff! (Whoa!)
  
• My fourth book has been added to the extras menu.
  
• You can now see your stowed weapons on your characters body.
  
• Fixed a bug where holding F to repair a barrier can be done no matter where you were in the map.
  
• The scope attachment for the sniper now zooms in much further than any other weapon.
  
• Added a new picture to the loading screen.
  
• Added 2 new achievements.
  
• A whole bunch of other minuscule bugs have been squished.

• When switching weapons, the camera sometimes snaps in a certain direction.
  
• Depending on the character you’re playing, the shoulders on the player model look very high while in the shack level.
  
• Only 1 golden machine Screamer is meant to spawn on round 10, but there appears to be 2 right now, earning you two gold keys when you kill them
  
• The laser for the supporter pack appears blue, when it’s meant to be green.

What to expect next?
Besides more bug fixes, we are moving on to work on a new map, one that will be bigger and more open than the asylum. Along with that will be yet another new weapon, another playable character, and a few other additional pieces of content to explore in the game.
Thank you to all of those who have shown their support, either through kind words, a positive review, and to those who consider purchasing the new DLC. I look forward to sharing more with you all in the coming weeks.

Mr. Ox

January has been a very productive month, and we are very close to releasing the next update. Here is a summary on what to expect in the next week or two for when the update finally launches.


Within a weeks time, you will be able to purchase the first piece of official content for TC:WA. The soundtrack will come with 15 tracks that are currently in the game, with some that have yet to make the cut. You can wishlist it now, and once it's out, for the first 7 days, you'll be able to purchase it for 40% off.
You can check it out HERE!

As of writing this, the map extension for the asylum level is close to finishing. This is the very last piece of the puzzle that is needed before we finally launch the update. Here are some preview pictures of what it is going to look like. All that there is to do is lighting, terrain detail, some extra props, and coverage of far points.

In order to get outside, you will need to find 3 keys within the asylum. 2 of them spawn randomly with every new playthrough. Depending on how observant you are, you should be able to escape the facility as early as round 10.

The bronze key will spawn in one of the three staircases that lead to nowhere. Be warned, searching for this key in the middle of a round will surely result in your death.
The silver key will spawn in one of the hanging body bags that scatter throughout the level. In order to take it, you must shoot the correct body bag to extract the key. If you have a sharp eye however, you will be able to tell what body holds the key.
The gold key can only be taken by force. During round 10, a special golden machine screamer will spawn and come after you. Kill it in order to take that key. After you have all 3, you will be able to leave the asylum, and will have the opportunity to escape!

The battle rifle meets you in the middle of being an accurate gun, but one that is also quick to tear through lines of Screamers. As usual, it has 5 attachments that can be applied that will make this weapon more of a deadly tool.

Once the update is live, you’ll be greeted by a more accurate representation on the horror of what a Screamer looks like in my novels. They will replace the zombies that are currently in the game, along with some new sounds to go with them.

Leaderboards:
After some testing and further adjustments, we have now got leaderboards working. Once the update is live, your scores will be publicly displayed on Steam, adding a somewhat competitive edge to the game itself. I can’t wait to see how far some people can get.

There is so much more that is going to be added in this update, but I won’t put it all up on here. Once this is live within a week or two, there’s a lot more to discover. Until then, have a good long weekend, for my Australian players.

-Mr. Ox

Hello everyone!

December has been a productive month so far, and we're going full steam ahead. Today I am going to show off some of the new features that are going to be in the next update, along with other assets that are a work in progress.

Below, I have inserted a video, allowing me to properly demonstrate the new and upcoming features that will be live in a few weeks time. I also clear a few things up about where the game is headed.


Moving forward, once this update becomes live, there will be a new tab to click on in the main menu. From there, you'll notice a selection of characters to choose from and to play as. They all have their own background, and lore friendly story that fits within the world of the game, and my books.
Keep in mind that the screen shots are only an example, and aren't final. There still needs to be some tweaking with the format, but you get a good idea of what it's meant to look like from this picture below.

Once the update is live, you will be able to select 1 of the 5 characters to play as, each with several basic skins to choose from. Depending on the reception and feedback given from some players, we'll slowly add more characters as the updates roll out.


There is also a new "weapon inspect" tab on the main menu. This will allow you to inspect the selected weapon, read the background of the firearm, and once the new DLC is live, you'll be able to apply a skin, and select the laser colour, once you have implemented the attachment during the game.

This new "supporter pack" DLC will grant the user access the use of the "bloody mess" skin for all 5 available weapons that are currently present in the game. This DLC is more of a testing ground for me, to see how I can support this game. Having a small scale DLC like this is good practice for other future content. It will be available at half price for the first couple of days for players that wish to help me out. Showing me this kind of support will help me out greatly, and will keep the fires burning to further keep this game going.


Currently, the "Screamers" in the game now don't exactly look like how they're meant to be. My books clearly show a different creature, and let's face it, the enemies currently present in the game are pretty much just basic zombies.

This is a page from my first book. I'm sure you can tell that that creature isn't what you see in the game. That's why we have gone back a step and have modelled a brand new Screamer model that will be live in the upcoming update, where they will replace the current zombie models. Here is a little preview on what it looks like so far.

It looks fantastic! All there is left to do is optimising and unwrapping the model to paint it, and obviously clothe the Screamers to suit the theme of the level, speaking of which, the new level!


Along with the update, there will also be a new level introduced, that will be bigger and have more of a complex role to play in order to get as far as possible. It will be called The Ruins of Truth. A destroyed town that takes place in my book, that was once a proud standing settlement, now a destroyed waste of life. You, the player are the only one remaining, and you will have to fight your way out of this ruined hellscape.
Along with the new map will feature a new weapon, the battle rifle; a accurate, semi-automatic weapon that acts as a marksmans best friend. While it is not as powerful as the sniper, you'll find it to be more forgiving if you end up missing a few shots here and there. It will be implemented in the new map and the existing asylum map.

Along with this major update, it will feature a bunch of other fixes that are still present in the current game. Hopefully, the leader-boards will also be up and running, showcasing players high scores, whilst further optimising it at the same time.

That's all for now. There's still a lot to do. Until then, thanks for reading and your support.

Mr. Ox

For this update, you'll notice the new safezone that you'll load into once you press play. This place will play a much larger roll in the future. For now however, enjoy the peaceful atmosphere, and use the table inside the cabin to launch the asylum level. Check below to see specific update notes.

A lot of progress has been made this week. You'll notice that once you hit the play button, you'll be taken to a new area that will serve as a player hub, where in the future, you'll be able to choose what level you will like to play, and even further down the line, there will be many more exciting things to do there.

Major additions:

• New Safezone map
  
• Leaderboards (currently, it is only a template for now, but within the next few days, it will be functioning properly)
  
• New HUD elements. (Right hand side, showing new players how to evade and access their weapon wheel)

Minor additions / fixes:

• Volume slider for music
  
• Volume slider for general sound
  
• Shadows are set to high by default
  
• Players will now start off with 500 points on a new game (We're testing the waters to see if this makes the start too easy)
  
• Barriers now no longer break by themselves if there are no Screamers present
  
• Two invisible walls on the first floor have been removed (before, players couldn't hit spawning Screamers in the hallway barriers)
  
• The size of the picture preview in "buy the books" have been reduced by 25%
  
• SMG now fires 50% faster
  
• The sniper could penetrate multiple enemies without having the 5th attachment
  
• Removed some instances of Screamers getting stuck on the barriers
  
• You can now repair barriers by holding F instead of having to press it over and over again
  
• Resolved a bug where the butcher kills you with one hit, regardless of what rank of buffer you had
  
• Removed the backpack from the character
  
• Removed two cots upstairs, allowing to train a line of Screamers easier
  
• Achievements should be functioning properly. Before, they we're unlocked at inconsistent times, or not at all. Either way, we'll keep an eye out.

What to expect in the next few weeks:

With the asylum level being our "testing grounds" I am happy with the way it is. The formula of how the gameplay works is at a point to where I'd like to stick with it, and further expand it on more levels to come. So, with that said, the next update will be a few weeks away, but it will be a BIG one, possibly bigger than the game now, how it was at launch, so look forward to that.
I'm wanting to add an extra weapon to the game, a new, and bigger map, more playable characters, new Screamer models, and a few more additions to top it off.

Again, like always, you are welcome to leave your feedback here, our discussions page, and even look at our Trello[trello.com] to see the progress we're making.

Thanks for all of the support shown by everyone. I'm very eager to get a move on, and further expand this game into something bigger.

Mr. Ox

I am pleased to announce that the new version of TC:WA is now live! If you encounter any trouble with this build, it is probably already being addressed on the Trello. On the main menu, be sure to set the volume to on in the settings. It may have been left off by default, this will be addressed in the next build. Let me know what you think of the new game.
Have fun.

The time has come.

I am very happy to share our latest work with everybody. After testing out this build, I have already noted down some fixes that will be addressed with this upcoming patch in the coming days. I had the idea of waiting a week before letting this go live, but then I thought, “why not release it now, and if the game has to be altered in any way (difficulty wise) then we can adjust that at the same time.”
So, if you’re reading this after giving the game a go, what is going to happen after today? I will leave behind some Q&A, if you’re question doesn’t appear here, then feel free to ask in the discussion tab.

Q: What are the controls?
A: I have my artist working on a picture that will layout all of the controls. Until then, you have the traditional WASD control scheme. Left click fires, Right click aims. Holding TAB brings up the weapon wheel, crouch with C evade attacks with Q, and sprint with SHIFT

Q: Why only one level?
A: Basically, the best answer I can give is that I want to make this formula right. Making the level was the easy part. However, I want to give players a challenging experience, but nothing that’s too hard and unfair, this level is perfect to test all of that out. In the next couple of week, once we get everything right, that's when the new levels will start rolling out.

Q: I have a request/suggestion/bug report.
I work a stupid amount of hours every week, but I try to keep my eye on the discussions page. If you post something, I'll try to answer as soon as possible. Also, keep an eye on the Trello[trello.com], you're fix/suggestion might already be in the works.

I really hope everyone can enjoy this new vision of my game. I have so many ideas that I can't wait to share with everybody. Have a good weekend.

-Mr. Ox

Revamped the game into a new version. The existing game is now a free demo to all. A new, and overhauled version will come out later in the coming weeks to replace it.



So... what's been happening?

Wow. Time sure does fly. To me, this past year of my life has flashed on by. Looking back at everything that has been shows that; as your life progresses, you truly understand that the seconds that pass by are precious. I say this because, I really haven’t felt that more than a year has already been since launching The Chronicles: Wasteland Assault.

After financially recovering from my eye surgery, I got back in contact with Tec-Sheild, and we have completely transformed TC:WA into something much more ambitious.
The first launch, last year, taught me a lot on how to handle not only developing a video game, but how to show it off to the public, and saying that my game is worth your time to enjoy. To get lost in the story that I want to tell. Since restarting this year, I’m excited to show off the relaunch of TC:WA V.2!

Right now, I have made the existing game as a free demo. If you still haven't tried the old version, now is the time to give it a go, because in a couple of weeks, it'll be gone. If you have played the game previously, you will definitely notice the difference in the feel of gameplay and detail of the revamped world that will come out soon. Currently, you will be able to play a mode that will be available in the full version that will be released in the near future. This is called Survival mode. CoD Zombie veterans will feel right at home in this mode, but you’ll notice that I have put my own twist in the gameplay.
Survival mode demands players to hold out for as long as possible until their inevitable death. The aim is to score as high as possible and to reach the top ranks in the public scoreboards (you know... just like CoD). This demo mode will feature one full map to give you a taste on what to expect the full version to be, with some modifications and changes, of course.

Along with the full version will also come with a single player mode, a campaign with a story behind it. Here, you’ll be able to customize your character and your weapons, tame wild Screamers to serve you, and to battle them out to make a name for yourself in the wasteland. It’s a big project, and I’m excited to share even more with everyone when the time is right.

Until then, try this mode out once it's available. See what you think of it, and feel free to provide feedback. Follow me on this journey to see how things are going with the full version that will provide a brand new (hopefully never seen before) experience for everyone. Below are a few screenshots of the new demo.

So, what's been going on with this game? It's a tricky question to explain but let me start off with the progress that has been made so far.


So after a while of updating this game when it first came out, it became clear to me that the current state wasn't really going anywhere. There was that little itch in the back of my mind that pressured me into moving the scope of what I wanted this game to be. So, after a long talk with TecShield, we did just that.
My first priority was character creation. Now, personally, I love when games allow me to craft my character to look however I want. This is exactly what I communicated to the team, and within a couple of months, it became a reality. So far, it is still a work in progress, however the core mechanics are in the game. You can pretty much create whoever you wish with our editor.

You can even go the "Oblivion route" if you wish. Something I think is necessary for a game like this. It is the wasteland after all, why not make your character look like they've been through something freaky. Maybe make them go through a mutation or have them be created by a madman experimenting with individuals.

"Oi! Come over er donkey!"

Or make them look full on Schwarzenegger

Alright, so you kinda know where we're going with this. You can make them look however you wish. Morph them into yourself or turn your character into something from a nightmare! I sure had fun messing around with this, but what you see isn't final, there is still so much to do for this module. There are more hairstyles to add, more clothing to suit your needs and even a roleplaying background selecter that will modify your unique creation into something more personal.


While we're focusing on keeping the game's vision as it currently is now, I made the choice to change up how the introduction works. What I mean by that is the safezone. Having those little lizard people guide you through was my first idea at the time, but everyone else's feedback was somewhat of the opposite. So, while everything else is more or less the same, I have instead allowed a different approach when it comes to the starting world.

Introducing: The new safe zone.

Right now, we have implemented a multi-storey building that will act as a new safezone for the player. This will allow the player to tend to their needs; as in sleeping to make night into day, modding and customizing their weapons, change their clothing, change the ambient music and even read a book! That's right, you can even sit down and read my whole book: The Chronicles, Wasteland.

I wanted this to be included with the base game. If the player wishes to know more about the world that they're currently playing in, I thought it would be a nice addition to give supporting players my whole first book as a thank you.
After the player is ready to venture out into the wasteland, they can scavenge and loot in the city map. Just like how you can now, you can gather materials, collect credits, find ammo and so on. The idea of finding the previous underground safezone at a later time is possible. Maybe that can be a place for you to have a breather if things get overwhelming for you.

Now do keep in mind that all of the above isn't publicly out yet, there are some things in my personal life that I have to address before closing out this update.


Now, you may know that I'm someone who's been funding this game by myself for a very long time. I work an insane amount of overtime at my job just to pay the TecShield developers and to support myself and the family. A new hurdle has appeared in front of me, it's called the Victoria Police.
My application has been going very well. I've been passing the required tests left and right and I'm nearing completion in becoming an officer. However, there is something that has hit me financially hard: my eyeballs!
To put it simply, my vision has failed me. I currently am short sighted, and I failed the minimum requirement for the sight assessment. I could either close my application and continue with my monotonous life, or get surgery. I'm sure you can tell where I went with this. So after thinking long and hard about it, I went with the latter. As of publishing this article, my surgery is set on the 21st of Nov, this coming Tuesday. While exciting as this may be, it has been very impactful on my wallet. It's pretty much come down to me putting progress of this game on hold until I have fully recovered and am confident on continuing this project. I mean, 6,000AUD for improving my life-long vision is very appealing and to secure a job in law enforcement, but it was painful to communicate with TecShield that the game has to be paused at the current moment.

That's kinda where we're at now. Progress on improving the game has definitely been made, but more time is needed to drop an update that will turn this game into something more worthwhile. It's a dream and a legacy that I don't wish to give up on, I love it too much.


I have lowered the price of the game to $5USD, it should reflect correctly for your currency, but this was something that should've been standard from the start. You'd think you'd get more results from a game that you've spent so much money on, but hey, not all investments are worth while. Either way, it's my legacy that I will leave behind, but it's one I don't plan on abandoning.

This is Mr. Ox signing off, for now...

Hello all!

It’s been a hot minute, but for good reason. There’s quite a lot of things to get through right now so I’m not going to waste any time and will go through the changes this new build has. Afterwards I’ll be highlighting what the team and I are going to be up to in the next coming weeks.


This map still uses the same landscape and locations as the previous world. If you’ve played this before, you should notice some… minor changes to the level.
As I’ve mentioned before, the map that the game launched with was a good starting point, however I wasn’t satisfied with the aesthetic of the world and it doesn’t reflect well in my books. If you were to play this game and read the novels, you would think that these are two completely different worlds. This build changes that by, well, making the map look like it’s gone though a whole century.
However, I am going to cut this section short, because this isn’t going to be the final version of the world. In the coming months, there are going to be some serious changes to the game itself. I’ll explain more further down but I’ll quickly cover a cut feature that I don’t think many people knew of.


This game has gone through several changes since we started this project around 2 years ago. The game was meant to be exclusively an isometric game, where the player survives wave after wave against Screamers, think of CoD: Zombies.
Over time however, new ideas came, and soon enough, third person was implemented and with ever update, top down mode because more and more obsolete to a point where the mode was broken and unusable. With the way the game plays now, third person is much more suited as a default mode anyway. So we removed the top down mode and replaced the TAB button to switch shoulders of the character so you’ll have an easier time to look around corners.


But that’s pretty much it…

Besides a few minor fixes, this is how the game will be… for now
Recently I have had a thought, something that’ll pretty much change TC:WA for good in a positive light. These past few months after releasing the game has taught me so much in how to handle building a game, showing it off to thousands of people and releasing it for the public to play. Besides a few harsh comments, this has been a huge learning curve for me and now I’m ready to take it up to the next gear. Doing this will take a bit of time, but after observing how everything turned out, the wait will surely be worth it.
Let me walk you through what’s in the oven right now.

Character creation.
I’ve grown up as someone who loves RPGs, you name it: The Elder Scrolls series, Mass Effect, Fallout and so many others. I’m actually doing a new playthrough of Mass Effect Legendary edition right now and the crucial component of such games always have one thing that I absolutely adore: character creation.

Nothing is better to me than seeing a reflection of myself in a virtual world where I’m the hero. I want this to be the case for TC:WA! What we’re doing right now is going to be quite literally a game changer. The team at TecShield are currently experimenting with a powerful new tool that will give the player endless freedom to how they want their character that is surviving the wasteland to look.
Zaighamgram[www.instagram.com] is doing a fantastic job making sure this implements into the game seamlessly. Not only will you be able to customize the way your character looks in the game, but you will also choose their background and their alignment to truly immerse you in this world. Right now, there is very little to show off right now. These next coming weeks will be focusing on adjusting everything to fit properly into the game itself. After this has been done however, there is going to be more!

Base building and world overhaul!
The underground bunker was a good start in terms of giving the player a place in not having to worry about the dangers of the outside world. To me however, it wasn’t MY safezone, that’s what kind of gave me doubts after releasing the game, Other players will experience the same place that didn’t really allow them to say “this is my safezone” if that makes sense. You were really a guest in someone else’s bunker and after a while, you didn’t really feel like it was a place that you belong.
This is what I’m striving to do now. Having a large landscape that the player can call their own and build their camp into a stronghold where they can be proud of what they’ve built.
As I mentioned before, the world will change as well. One that will be custom made instead of a pre-built map that exists currently. That’s what I meant by this won’t be the final version to the world with this build. After the previous two modules are completed, a new map will be forged that will properly be optimized and made to cater to a mysterious wasteland, full of secrets and horrors.

In saying all of this, the current build (V:1.2.0) will be as is for a while now. Not that anyone is playing this game anyways, I’m pretty much typing this out as if I’m talking to myself. But if you’re someone who already owns the game and is reading this far out of curiosity; thank you, there’s going to be a lot of exciting new features that are going to be put in over the coming months. Even if there’s going to be a slow-down on game builds, I’ll still be updating everyone on how things are going ever few weeks/fortnights.

That is all for now, thank you for your support and for reading on.

-Mr. Ox

Hello there. Another fortnight update and I’m pretty excited to share this update with everyone. Now this isn’t the BIGGEST update that we have planned but this will definitely add some excitement to the world. I’m just gonna get straight into it and will share our future plans after listing the changes.


This level begins at the very start of a new game. This will show you how the main mechanics will work and will allow you get a good idea on what to expect further on. You will play as an unnamed survivor who hears a ruckus outside. It’s up to you to investigate and find out what has happened.

• New settings: Toggleable enemy health bar
  
• New hidden achievement: Hume teaches us…

• Shotgun has been buffed
  
• Machine Screamer spawn has been fixed outside of church
  
• Achievements should now appear as soon as you meet the requirements. Before you had to check the achievement tab in the main menu for it to unlock. Now it should unlock instantly

Now this is the exciting part; something that has been in the backburner for a while now. I’ve mentioned it before that this current city map is more of a foundation for what I really want my game to be. What we have now is an apocalyptic map that feels like that only a few years have passed while in my novels, it’s been over 100 years. I’m please to share just a few images of what to expect for the next upcoming update that will pretty much overhaul everything that this current world is now.

Now I know that I said that this update will come with a wipe, however we think it’s best to do it once the new map is done. If you want to give the prologue level a try, either go to the settings menu and click delete progress in the bottom left corner, or wait until this next update.

That’s everything… for now…

-Mr. Ox
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