Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle Update 1.03 – Patch Notes on October 05, 2023

• Slightly increased Equip/Unequip weapons animation speed.
• Increased animation speed of all Frost Grip shooting modes.
• Increased Frost Spray freezing power but also consumes more charge.
• Slightly increased Frost Spray radius.
• Slightly buffed MPG 510-K stopping power.

• Decoys move significantly slower in Story and Normal mode, and slightly slower in Hardcore.
• Decoys can now spawn First Aid Kit on death, only in Story and Normal mode.
• Decoys will now spawn ammunition slightly more frequently on death, only in Story and Normal mode.
• Slightly decreased Decoy’s dodge rate.
• Slightly decreased Decoy’s damage per second.
• Mutated Decoys now will not instantly grab the player after blinking close to them.
• Lightning Orbs move slightly slower in Story and Normal mode.
• Red Lightning Orbs will now move at the same speed as the Blue ones.

• Reduced the corpses in the arena.
• Increased pylon’s hitbox size.
• Enemies’ spawn rate will now be adjusted based on difficulty mode.

• Eggs are now slightly slower to hatch.
• Slightly decreased White Sparker’s health.
• Increased the time that the White Sparker needs to get back in the fight after teleporting out.
• Slightly reduced newly born Sparker’s health.
• Enemies’ spawn rate will now be reduced in Story mode.

• Boss grab attack is now slightly slower.
• Boss will teleport slightly further away from the player.
• Boss will be less reactive.
• Enemies’ spawn rate will now be adjusted based on difficulty mode.

GAME IMPROVEMENTS

• Sudden changes in direction no longer interrupts the run.
• Flashlight is significantly stronger and clearer across all levels.
• Alien collectables can now be destroyed with the Frost Bullet.
• Increased Very Hard hacking minigame timer.
• Increased Very Hard hacking minigame attempts.
• Decreased countermeasures presence in Very Hard hacking minigame.

MAP IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved the helicopter animation in the Lair Dam.
• Increased dead corpses variety through the levels.
• Added a new skippable screen for the final dialogue post-credit scene.
• Added a checkpoint in the Evacuation Zone.
• Removed an invisible camera collision in the Medical Area.
• Removed the duplicated helicopter in the final desert scene.

SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENTS

• It’s now possible to use the arrow keys and numpad keys in the Key Binding.
• Added borders to the windowed mode.
• Anti-Aliasing settings correctly use the word “Off” instead of “Low”.
• Opening the Extra menu will now unlock all the achievements related to completed challenges.
• Controller vibration improvements during cinematics.

BUG FIXING

• Solved a rare issue that could corrupt the autosave when force closing the game during certain cutscenes.
• Now player HUD will correctly remain hidden when it needs to, even with the “HUD Always Visible” option.
• Fixed a bug that incorrectly reset the JP PECK-DC12 skin after loading a new level.
• Solved an issue that prevented the player from interacting with the Upgrade Badge Station in the Water Supply Plant.
• Sparkers now will correctly scale movement speed based on the difficulty mode.
• Fixed a bug that made elevators play a 2D sound instead of a 3D one.
• Solved an issue that made the Frost Grip backpack blink in a weird way in certain levels and during certain cutscenes.
• Fixed a bug that prevented unlocking an achievement if the corresponding challenge was already completed.
• Frost Grip Upgrade Stations now correctly attenuate ambient sounds.

AUDIO

• General audio mix improvements.
• Various ambient sounds improvements.
• Improved intelligibility in various in-game dialogues.
• Fixed various post-cinematic audio events that prevent the in-game audio to come back right after the cinematic ends.
• Added missing sounds for some ambient element and a few interactions.

Source: Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle