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Simas | Jan 3, 2025 | game

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  • Release dateJan 3, 2025
  • DeveloperSimas
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Genres: Action

Company pages: Developer: SimasPublisher: Simas

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Latest Steam announcements

  • 10% DISCOUNT IS UP! - 12 February 2025

    Today and until the 17th of February you can buy The Overground at a discount of 10%, meaning it costs 4,49, Explore the valley and find all it contains!

  • FINAL UPDATE - 4 February 2025

    - Added occlusion culling So what is occlusion culling? occlusion culling is a performance tool which is quite simple, it disables EVERYTHING that the camera can't see, and as expected The overground's map is quite big, and there are dozens of things happening at the same time, so the moment you turn around, you get hit with performance drops that last until you are in the middle of the map, but occlusion culling fixes this issue. From here on out i am devoting my full attention to Pill Fight, wishlist it here! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3469010/Pill_Fight/

  • Update 1.1.2 - 30 January 2025

    - Reduced texture sizes generally down from 4K to 2K, to improve performance and reduce memory size - Fixed tree types not having colliders - added a Light source to a building with an encounter Updates have dialed down and will remain low as i have since begun working on another game which you can now wishlist here! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3469010/Pill_Fight/

  • update 1.1.1 - 13 January 2025

    - Added more thunder sounds, to add variety to the game's most prominent system

  • Update 1.1 - 8 January 2025

    Though the patch notes will be quite small, i felt it was only appropriate to have it be version 1.1, as the main focus of the patch, our lizard friend is completely overhauled, so: - Lizard-man behaviour COMPLETELY overhauled. While before he simply followed you at a relatively slow pace. - He now goes back and fourth between the map and you, - Every time he is with you, he has a certain chance of dropping useful items before leaving again. this behaviour change is mainly because i wanted players to be weirded out by the lizard but start to like him as time goes on, based on feedback i got, i got the first part nailed down, but the latter failed. - i also fixed animations on the lone soldier.

  • Patch 1.0.4 - 7 January 2025

    - increased flashlight radius - fixed a bug with the crate not letting you take the pistol. as always let me know if you encounter any bugs

  • patch 1.0.3 - 6 January 2025

    - fixed an egregious bug that prevented you from quiting - moved the pistol flashlight somewhere else and gave it more indication of where it was - reworked the car physics and deleted some props that we're behaving poorly with it - minor increase in detail in a building somewhere again, do not hesitate to give your feedback whatever it may be. Current bugsi know about: - the box will break incorrectly, preventing you from acquiring the gun a fix is coming for this in a few hours.

  • Patch 1.0.2 - 5 January 2025

    brand new update! - added a bit more guidance in the beginning, -fixed zombie animations not working, - fixed enemies death logic mostly not working - increased flashlight's radius the enemy death logic was the thing that took the most amount of time to work on today, as when i thought i fixed it, i had created a whole SEPERATE bug, to fix! again, feel free to write reviews detailing any bugs you find, write a comment anywhere here, or open a discussion thread, or hell send me an email detailing any bugs or feedback you might have, my email is: [email protected] Thank you

  • DAY 1 PATCH - 4 January 2025

    Mostly worked on the zombies and some more guidance early on. - reduced total number of zombies by 3 - reduced zombie speed down to 1 - reduced zombie attack range somewhat - depending on where a zombie spawns, they might not automatically start chasing you. - added more guidance in the opening manor to where you need to go - added a skybox to the menu... oops known bug(s) - zombie attack animations don't trigger properly - a event animation might not work properly i will keep updating the game as i get more feedback, do NOT hesitate to comment any bugs you find or email me at [email protected], any issues you get with the game. Thank you for playing!

  • The Overground has released! - 3 January 2025

    That's right! You can now buy the game, it has come out with a 15% discount i hope you all enjoy the game.

  • 3 DAYS LEFT! - 1 January 2025

    Be sure to wishlist the game, press the follow button or follow me on youtube, i am SO very excited for you all to play the game! You can expect a short launch trailer on January 3rd.

  • Final changes to the game pre-launch - 30 December 2024

    We are now just 4 days from launching the game! I am extremely excited about this, this will almost likely be the last change before the game comes out but regardless: - Fixed dying behaviour on anklegrabbers (procrastinated that till the damn end) - added an epilogue screen. - added more detail and loot around the map - added loads more notes to read, better read 'em fast!

  • Bigger update and some MORE information on what "The Overground" is - 23 December 2024

    Hi hello! i am Simas, the Overground's sole developer, i've been working on this game for several months now, and the game is finally close to being finished! I first considered releasing the game only on Itch.io like i usually do, but given the fact that it's been a long-standing dream of mine to publish on steam, i decided to give it one more try, i did the whole steamworks process and here i am now with my own game! Well The overground is a spiritual sequel to a previous free game i made called "The underground", that game had ONE unique enemy with a twist, you can't kill it, but everytime you shined a light on it, it ran away! for this game i am keeping the theme of darkness, and enemies with a twist, which unfortunately i can't spill the beans on because learning how to fight them is also where the fun and horror of this comes into play, but i am happy to give you a tease on what t…

  • Even SMALLER update! - 20 December 2024

    - all i really did was fix the sound effect triggering the moment you start the menu. - Fixed the name for the credits button reading "New Game"

  • Smaller update - 19 December 2024

    - added a light source to where it was needed, - Fixed a watcher having animations where it shouldn't - added sound effects to most of the menu - added more enviromental details -fixed sound effects on the car, yes the car. we are 14 days away from releasing! as a reminder: the game will cost 5 euros, but will have a 15% discount on release!

  • First update to the game - 16 December 2024

    - Added a doll enemy to the game, have you watched Doctor Who? - Ramped up the graphics on EVERYTHING - mostly some preparation for more content and story bits later on. - added more small encounters and one location heavily inspired by Stalker The game is already out on Itch.io! it's there for free but this version of the game ramps up EVERYTHING the free version has, so you can consider it a demo for the full release here.

Patch notes and updates

S.noRelease datePatch nameGID number
130 January 2025Update 1.1.21790214123068115
213 January 2025update 1.1.11788311419158165
37 January 2025Patch 1.0.41787858252858946
46 January 2025patch 1.0.31787858252827147
55 January 2025Patch 1.0.21787858252796124
64 January 2025DAY 1 PATCH1787858252762552
730 December 2024Final changes to the game pre-launch1786573930983312
820 December 2024Even SMALLER update!1786573930654379
919 December 2024Smaller update1786573930629983
1016 December 2024First update to the game1785774543653800

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