Version 0.36.0a is now available. (Patreon)

Version 0.36.0a is this month's major update, focused on improving the overall quality of NeonStrip through visual enhancements, combat improvements, world optimization, and residential area polish. While this release is lighter on new gameplay systems, it establishes a stronger technical foundation for future updates while addressing numerous bugs and performance issues.

Character Visuals

Hair & Rendering

Introduced the new Hair Card system, replacing Strand-Based Hair for improved visual quality and performance.

Implemented a new skin shader for more realistic character rendering.

Improved eye materials and overall facial appearance.

Added new hair materials and improved Character Creator lighting.

Applied additional tone mapping and lighting adjustments throughout the game.

Effects

Replaced the previous blood splatter effect with new blood pool effects that appear after NPC deaths.

Combat

Fixed NavMesh agent errors that could occur after NPCs entered certain actions.

Fixed arm and handgun alignment issues.

Fixed aiming input not functioning correctly while in third-person mode.

Fixed handgun sound effects.

Reduced NPC strafe speed during combat to create more natural movement.

Added a new handgun model.

NPC Improvements

Increased NPC despawn and respawn delays following death for improved gameplay flow.

Improved Male Police Officer LOD distances.

World & Environment

Continued polishing the residential neighborhood.

Optimized vegetation by removing unnecessary trees in several areas.

Added parks and open spaces to improve both visual quality and performance.

Fixed floating collectibles.

Fixed missing specular lighting within the Main Game Scene.

User Interface

Inventory preview now displays only the player character model.

Removed the inventory joystick cursor.

Removed glasses from the default player model. Glasses will return in a future update as wearable accessories available from clothing stores.

General Improvements

Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

Additional performance optimizations throughout the game.

General code cleanup and internal improvements.

DOWNLOAD LINKS

Google Drive - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bYChevLlfd94qQXK7t0ONO1OFQQ117Qr/view?usp=sharing

Gofile - https://gofile.io/d/ffxGPt

Thank you to everyone who continues to support NeonStrip through Patreon and by submitting bug reports and feedback. Every report helps improve the game, and many of the fixes included in this release came directly from community feedback.

Over the next month, I'll be taking some time to better organize development and plan the next stage of the project. My goal is to establish a more structured workflow that allows me to deliver larger, more polished updates going forward.

Thank you for your patience, your feedback, and your continued support throughout the development of NeonStrip.

I hope you enjoy Version 0.36.0a, and I'll see you all in the next development update.

— Blast