Platypus Adventures 1.35

Minor update focused on sound, music and general polish

Core upgrades

• Engine upgraded to Unreal Engine 5.6

• Upgraded to DirectX 12 (Windows)

• Switched to modernized Xcode (Mac)

Content

• Added a few more musical beats

• Extended a few of the songs

Gameplay

• The music system reacts to gameplay in a more dynamic way

• Extractor stone energy discharges abduct nearby critters and items

• Increased the turning speed in rapids and a few other minor changes to the rapids system

Adjustments

• Moved Photomode to the pause menu

• Extractor stone energy discharges have been reworked to show the blue beams for much longer

• Contextual controls display on the screen while idle. This can also be triggered by pressing Tab or D Pad Right

• Adjusted underwater sound mix and updated a few watery sound samples

• Adjusted water undersurface material

• Simplified main menu scene

• Visual adjustments to the Volcano scene

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where some seagulls where spawning in the forest

• Fixed a few boundary issues

• Fixed an issue where using a gamepad to select pause menu buttons would play overlapping audio samples