Sublevel Zero Redux Update (13 July 2017)

It’s finally time! The enormous free Redux expansion for Sublevel Zero is now live, including full VR support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive!

Sublevel Zero Redux brings a remastered campaign, difficulty modes, new enemies and unlocks, and much more. As the definitive version of the game we couldn’t be more excited to get it to all of you. It’s a great moment to finally get all of this content out there, and to have the VR version done! It was back in 2014 that we first had the inspiration for this game, and it wasn’t long before we were dreaming big and imagining how awesome it would be on the (not-even-out-yet) Oculus Rift DK2. It’s been a long road, as covered in previous posts, and we’re so glad to have delivered something we’re proud of.

Major features include: Intro Campaign

Intended to familiarise new and existing players to the game. It's shorter and easier to introduce the core game mechanics. Once completed, the regular campaign is unlocked.
Restructured Campaign

We've introduced difficulty modifiers that scale to a variety of different player skill levels and affect enemy health, drop rates, crafting costs and Nanite life. This provides an easier introduction, with an even tougher challenge for veterans.

As you progress, harder alternate levels unlock that add more challenge as you improve. You can track your progress through the game on the new Campaign Progression tab on the menu.

Expanded Procedural Generation

We've added over 70 new rooms to further expand the game and add more variety to levels.
Full VR Support

Full support for Oculus and Vive. Weapons such as the Smartgun, Homing Missiles and Homing Swarms have lock-on capabilities which can be utilised with head tracking. There’s also a wide variety of different comfort options to suit your individual needs, including a unique Comfort Calibrator mode to help you quickly find the settings you want!
Teleporters

To reduce backtracking, Teleporters are now available at certain points to help you get back onto the critical path through levels.
New Enemies

We've created two brand-new enemies that add deadly new twists to combat.
Elite Enemies

Progressing through the game will unlock harder variations of existing enemies. These guys take more hits and punch back even harder, adding another layer of difficulty for the most experienced pilots.
Enemy Codex

By destroying enemies, this unlocks trophies in the Codex tab. Each entry gives you more information about different enemy types as well as their strengths and weaknesses.
New Starting Classes

The Seeker class is specifically designed for players to take advantage of homing weapons such as the Homing Swarm and Smartgun right from the start. It’s also perfect for VR players.

The Reaver is an experimental ship bolted together by a dangerous madman. Even rumoured to indulge in cannibalism, his regard for the safety of others and himself was legendarily lacking.

Save and Quit

Leaving mid-game now gives you the option to continue from the start of your current level. One thing to note is that Hard difficulty modes disable this feature.
Optimisations and Performance

Levels load faster and gameplay is smoother thanks to a bunch of optimisations. There’s also an option to turn on banking which adds a great sense of weight to the ship.
Localisation

We've added French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian localisations so you can enjoy Sublevel Zero in multiple languages.
Patch 1.2 (15 February 2017) Features

Almost unnoticeable valentines easter egg
Improvements

Controller layout diagrams

Lots of weapon rebalancing

Hull inventory space increased slightly

Better controller button prompts

Updated player ship model

Updated Orb Grunt, Shotgrunt and Homing Defender models

Lots of improvements to industrial and military rooms

Procedural generation tweaks
Fixes

Fixed crashes during level loads

Fixed some reactor issues

Lots of UI fixes, mainly for controller/keyboard input

Fixed some controllers not responding when multiple plugged in

Fixed conflicts between custom bindings and presets

Fixed issues with rebinding multiple controllers/joysticks/HOTAS

Fixed tabbing away from rebinding menu

Mouse is captured properly after alt-tab
Notes

Joysticks/HOTAS no longer have default bindings as they caused complex conflicts with rebinding and presets. However manual rebinding now works properly even with multiple inputs plugged in.

Applying a controller preset will wipe ALL manual bindings!
Patch 20160318 (22 March 2016)

this update fixes issues with in-game stats and unlocks
Patch 20151119 (19 November 2015)

This patch adds additional content to the game.

We've added the Mac and Linux versions of Sublevel Zero.
Patch 20152010 (21 October 2015)

10 new rooms for the Industrial biome

Keys appear on map

Scrolling unlock and inventory panels

Fixed run stats persisting after winning run

Turrets no longer spawn on doors

Made Stormtrooper unlock easier

Quit dialogs notify player that run progress will be lost

Changed starting loadout for some ship classes

Fixed 'using' things at closer ranges

Flux Drive Component now requires manual pickup
Patch 20151510 (16 October 2015)

Fixed portal occasionally appearing in inaccessible location

Fixed engine crafting

Fixed ammo pickups occasionally getting 'stuck' over player's view

Added mouse rebinding (does not yet allow mouse axes to be rebound)

Fixed SOME cases of bindings being lost