Hey all, with this update being so big, I just wanted to give you guys a quick rundown of some things you can expect! And this is just the end of [i]Phase 1.[/i] Firstly, the overall survival story is more than twice as long. We reworked it so there is an actual plot, and takes you to a bunch of new places with a whole new antagonist, more cinematic events, and even a boss fight. If you are a streamer or youtuber with a good following, hit me up to talk about getting early access to the content maybe! There are basically 5 or 6 new maps and locations. Two or three were essentially remade from scratch, and the rest are new. A few other levels and areas also had major revisions, but you'll still be able to recognize them. There's some new SCPs. Nothing too major yet, most of the new SCPs and polish content will come with Phase 2, the Xmas Update. But there are some new things I think you'll like (hate). Tons of visual polish. New designs, new lighting, new audio overhaul, new lots of things. Even I was impressed with all the stuff I learned doing full time freelance, and I brought all that new knowledge and experience and put it in Blackout. Lots of bug fixes. Like seriously, months worth of reports got finally organized and I fixed almost all of it. I got crunched for time though, so there may be a few things that will be rolled in to the next update, but overall a ton of it is there. Performance should be better, but it is hard for me to tell. I did a lot of optimization, but the Xmas update will fix a ton more, especially for VR. All of this will get explained in more detail when the update comes out near Halloween, including the pages of changelog. Though if you were inclined, we do have a Patreon, and Patrons will get early access to play and stream the update before everyone else. Also, I do lots of posts on the Discord. (pls join the discord lol) [url=https://patreon.com/user?u=14787740&utm]Patreon Link[/url] [url=https://discord.gg/GhefN58]Discord[/url] [b]So what's next?[/b] Well I'm glad I asked. As mentioned, Phase 2 (the Xmas Update) will be all about polish, and what I missed for this one. The story is all there for survival mode, but I will also be reworking the ending. Well, 3 endings actually depending on how you played and the difficulty. The biggest thing I'm excited for is that I will be entirely scrapping the first/"main" map, Zone A. It is a performance nightmare, and the design is pretty terrible. I'm going to remake it in to a lobby and Research Wing, and it's going to be awesome. I'll also be splitting the prisoner cells in to it's own level, with more things to do. There will be more SCPs, more Safe objects, new mechanics, new secret areas, more documents, new voice logs from guests, and a ton of QoL stuff. I also plan to do all the VR focused stuff and redesigns for this update. So that's it so far. Stay tuned, a bunch more info will come out with the big update. If you're still reading, even more thanks to you specifically and personally. Your're pretty cool.