Das offensichtlich von Half-Life inspirierte Action-Adventure Boneworks (zum Test) kann für VR-Verhältnisse einen beachtlichen Erfolg verbuchen: In der ersten Woche (Start: 10. Dezember) haben sich laut einem Steam-Update über 100.000 Nutzer mit allerlei Schusswaffen, Brecheisen und physikalischen Tricks durch die surreale Welt gekämpft.

Neben dem Ausbügeln diverser Bugs arbeite man u.a. an einem Checkpoint-System innerhalb der Levels, dessen Fehlen auch uns im Test störte. Legte man eine Erholungspause ein und verließ das Spiel, stieg man oft ein ganzes Stückchen früher wieder ein.

Die Entwickler freuen sich natürlich darüber, dass ihr Spiel gut angenommen wurde und wollen es entsprechend im Laufe dieses Jahres unterstützen – wie genau, werde noch ausgetüftelt. In Aussicht gestellt werden z.B. zusätzliche Modi, Herausforderungen, Sandbox-Umgebungen, eine Testkammer aus Youtube-Videos, Schusswaffen und Nahkampfwaffen (Vorschläge der Community erwünscht!). Boneworks unterstützt die PC-Headsets Index, Vive, WMR, Rift (S) sowie die per Kabel mit dem PC verbundene Oculus Quest.

„New Content

While we didn’t plan on anything other than bug fixes pre-January, we wanted to at least leave you with a couple of easy ones to enjoy in Sandbox over the holiday.

Destructible Wood Crate spawn unlock is hidden in MythOS, reclaim it to spawn crates
Indestructible Crate spawn unlock is hidden
Cardboard box spawn unlock is hidden
Everyone’s favorite sock monkey is reclaimable and spawnable

Upcoming Content

Starting in January we’ll be updating the game with additional content for you to enjoy. We’ll detail more in the new year as it begins to roll out, but for now, a quick list of things that we’re thinking about (not all for January, just in general). As always, please only buy the game as is, any and all future content is subject to change as we use our best discretion to decide how to curate Boneworks.

Additional Arena modes and challenges
New Sandbox environments
The Test Chambers seen in development videos
New guns along with specialized content to try out and unlock the guns with
New melee weapons (suggestions are welcome in the comments below)
New tools (we can confirm the Board Gun’s existence since it was discovered by Lava Gang)
Collectible display case
The Hover Junker will be uncaged
Lots and lots of VR physics

Please be respectful of our need for a holiday break, look forward to a crazy 2020,
Brandon

Patch Notes

UPDATE 0.1.1 – 12/11/2019

-BUG FIXES-

FIXED: Hand Track drop

FIXED: WMR defaults

FIXED: Cosmos defaults

FIXED: Slow jump fly bug

FIXED: Paletjack flight bug

FIXED: Weapon wall not destroying weapons

FIXED: Scoped rifle should unlock in sandbox

FIXED: Crashing on grips

FIXED: Dying in gravity fields

FIXED: Spawn gun reclaimable

FIXED: BigPrize Monomat consumes 10x rate

FIXED: Grabbing through Monomat glass

FIXED: Arena mode save bug

-ADJUSTED-

ADJUSTED: Key visibility in Tower

ADJUSTED: Level Ammo total possible shown

ADJUSTED: Text adjustments

ADJUSTED: Museum decals

ADJUSTED: Streets decals

ADJUSTED: Grips in various levels

ADJUSTED: Climb in Warehouse

ADJUSTED: Button count in Museum

UPDATE 0.1.2 – 12/21/2019

– BUG FIXES –

FIXED: Monomat launch/warp bug

FIXED: Cylinder grip target causing extra bounce while climbing

FIXED: Balloon gun is slottable

FIXED: Prevent repeat save if settings are the same

FIXED: Shelf in warehouse

FIXED: PILL vending machine art

FIXED: Spelling mistakes

FIXED: Katana spawn

FIXED: Big Headset capsule spawn

FIXED: OmniMen capsule spawn

FIXED: Null Corrupt capsule spawn

FIXED: WMR Grip friction and left hand offset.

-ADDED FEATURES / ITEMS-

ADDED: (Capsule) Collectible wood crate

ADDED: (Capsule) Collectible indestructible wood crate

ADDED: (Capsule) Collectible cardboard box

ADDED: Joystick mirroring

ADDED: Belt Left/Right placement

ADDED: Haptic intensity setting

ADDED: UI for switching joystick side

ADDED: UI for switching belt side

ADDED: UI for modifying haptic value

ADDED: Save file backup (futureproofing)

-MINOR ADJUSTMENTS-

ADJUSTED: Breakroom

ADJUSTED: Throneroom

ADJUSTED: Tower

ADJUSTED: Museum

ADJUSTED: Streets

ADJUSTED: TimeTower

ADJUSTED: Main Menu

ADJUSTED: Subway

-SANDBOX NOTES-

ADDED: Temporary mortal/immortal button setter

ADDED: Temporary ammo dispenser

ADDED: Majority of collectibles spawn on entry

Known Issues

Saving mid level in campaign

Latest AMD drivers causing rendering issue. Revert to GPU 19.12.1 drivers until their upcoming fix.

Texture resolution setting is needed for 3GB VRAM GPU’s

A way to select ammo type for Monomat

Rare abnormal performance on high end machines

Lots of minor bugs

-DEV NOTE FROM ALEX-
Thank you to everyone for having patience with us at launch as we update and adjust the game. We can’t wait to get onto additional content and fun features. Extra thanks to the folks in the public test branch helping to certify that our changes and updates work as intended! You can always expect to find patch notes displayed on the main menu board as well as the Steam discussion board. Our known issue list of additional changes and bug fixes is still very long, we will be working on everything as fast as we can!“