Dread Protocol

This is the biggest update Dread Protocol has had yet. It touches almost every part of the game: a full first-person mode, a brand-new sword combat system, a complete rework of the cybernetic system (the boons), new weapon attachments and gun juice, deployment briefings to give you more context when boarding a station, a reworked store, real difficulty scaling, and a long list of fixes and quality-of-life improvements - many of them straight from your reports and reviews. Thank you for those. Keep them coming.The original plan was to split this update into three or four smaller ones: swords, first person, cybernetics, and so on. But the more I worked on each, the more I realised how well they complemented and fed into each other. So here I am with a hulking big update for the gameSo grab a drink! There's a table of contents for a reason.  In this update First-Person Mode Sword Combat Cybernetics Overhaul: 18 New Augments Deployment Conditions Three New Floor Status Effects Difficulty Scaling Weapon Gadgets: The Fourth Attachment Slot New Equipment: Decoy Player Loadouts Aiming Gun Feel Improvements Getting Spaced Store Quality of Life Enemies, Bosses & Pathfinding Overlapp

Steam achievements stopped triggering for some players after the localization update. This is now patched. Achievements were still being logged locally, so anything you earned during normal gameplay will re-sync with Steam the next time you launch the game. This also covers achievements earned while playing offline or when Steam was down, so fire it up and claim what you're owed. No progress lost. Thanks for being patient with these Early Access hiccups. Cheers, James

Hey everyone!Dread Protocol now supports 12 languages. The full interface has been localised into 11 new languages on top of English. This is interface text only for now, there's no localised voice-over.That's around 4,000 lines of in-game text, over 22,500 English words, roughly a short novel's worth, now ready to read in your own language.Languages now supported:English, French, Spanish (Latin America), Italian, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Turkish.The game will load in your PC's native language automatically. If you'd rather play in something else, you can switch any time from the settings menu.I've also added separate volume sliders for Star Map voices and character barks, so if the English voice-over clashes with your language you can turn it right down, or off.A note on how this was done: as a solo dev, getting 11 languages out the door meant the localisation was AI-assisted. Think of it as a strong starting point rather than a finished, hand-polished translation. If there's enough interest in the game, I'd love to improve it properly down the line. For now, if you spot anything tha

Squad Command UpdateHey everyone. This major update focuses on Squad mechanics, with some difficulty rebalancing, quality of life improvements, and the usual round of bug fixes. Read this one in detail because there's a lot to cover.Command WheelIntroducing the command wheel:You can now issue orders to your squad.Move: Tell units to move to a specific location. They'll hold off attacking until they reach the location unless an enemy is too close or in their path. Upon reaching their destination, your squad will fan out to the nearest cover point.Search and Destroy: Similar to the Move command, but they go hunting in the direction you command them to. Useful for entering rooms. This command also permits allies to open doors. Try issuing a S&D command on a door and watch your allies breach.Hold: Your squad will find their nearest bit of cover and hold a defensive position.Follow: Allies will do their best to follow you, if they're not heavily engaged with the enemy.Cover Positions GaloreA cover system did exist before, but now it's been greatly expanded. I have quadrupled the number of meaningful cover positions across the whole game.When you issue a Move or H