Hello everyone!  We’ve released a new patch and are very excited to show it to you ::).


Here’s a list of the biggest and most exciting changes:

• Removed an invisible repelling force that’s no longer necessary ;;)
• Added menu for gameplay options that can be triggered by looking at the Player Suit in the Ship after the first loop
• Visually revamped menu UI system
• Significant performance improvement on PS4, especially the PS4 Pro
• Changed the clue in the Black Hole Forge (again…)
• Sound, especially ship impact noises, no longer travels between Dark Bramble areas
  

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Design improvements

• The Fig backer satellite is now more easily accessible and less frustrating to explore
• Fuel and oxygen gauges in the ship cockpit now give actual measurements
  

UI

• Added tooltips to the gameplay options menu to describe each option
• Scrollbars across the game now fully scroll from top to bottom
• Improved dialogue UI to fit text better
• Asterisks in the ship log are now orange/yellow
  
  
  

Visuals

• Improved visual effects for a certain sequence in the High Energy Lab
• The Ash Twin hologram on the Orbital Probe Cannon now has antennae
• Changed the Ship Log picture for the High Energy Lab mural
• Improved lighting and added baked ambient occlusion to a certain Nomai area
• Mesh geometry on the Little Scout now rotates to match the camera direction
  
  
  

Minor fixes & adjustments

• Fix to the archeologist achievement that allows you to get all ship log facts from Gabbro in later conversations.
• Fix for not being able to look/rotate while using a Nomai projection pool in zero-g
• Fixed miscellaneous crash bugs
• Fixed bug that occasionally makes the geometry of the planet you're on disappear
• Fixed planet symbols at the Black Hole Forge
• Fixed lakebed cave lighting bug that occurs when the player enters in a particular way
• The player can no longer slightly see inside the clouds on Giant's Deep
• Slate and Hal's auto-conversation triggers now deactivate if you talk to them manually
• Fixed bug that occasionally vaulted the player upwards while jumping at a certain object
• Fixed a PS4 crash on the first visit to the backer satellite
• Fixed a bug where the autopilot tries to direct you towards something that doesn't exist anymore
• Fixed bug with singularities

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It’s been a great few weeks for awards at Mobius; this week we were nominated for three awards at The Game Awards, six at The Global Game Awards, and one at The Trophy Room Awards ::).  See below for voting links!

The Game Awards:
Best Direction
Fresh Indie Game
Best Independent Game

https://thegameawards.com/nominees

Global Game Awards:
Best Innovators
Best Original Game
Best Open World
Best Audio
Best Indie
Best Developer

https://www.game-debate.com/awards/2019

The Trophy Room Awards:
Best Indie of 2019

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqoVFniRWAp5bFDYQQwF2pnKQj6Ugu_j1uIiOp-qx8OS-XwQ/viewform   


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Results are in...Outer Wilds won Best Indie Game at the 2019 Golden Joystick Awards!  Thanks to everyone who voted for us!!

Check out our acceptance speech here:
www.twitch.tv/videos/508635964?t=01h33m46s

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Hello everyone!

We have a few updates for you today!  First, we have a patch coming with some bug fixes and a cool little secret!  We will be posting more specifics soon, so stay tuned ::).

Also, we wanted to mention that we are aware of the save data corruption issue in Outer Wilds on PS4 that can occur if the game is terminated while saving.  We are working to get a future patch out as quickly as we can to resolve the issue, and will send out updates as we have more information. Thank you for your patience!

Finally, Outer Wilds is shortlisted for Ultimate Game of the Year at the 2019 Golden Joystick Awards!  Voting closes tomorrow at 5pm GMT, so visit the link below if you’d like to vote!

https://www.gamesradar.com/vote-now-for-your-ultimate-game-of-the-year-in-the-golden-joystick-awards-2019/

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Outer Wilds is now available on PS4 in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan!  Don't forget your space suits ;;).

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Outer Wilds is now available on PS4! We’re excited to welcome our newest members of Outer Wilds Ventures...happy exploring, everyone!
store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2470-CUSA09929_00-OUTERWILDSSIEA00

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We’re hosting a Reddit AMA to celebrate our launch on PS4!  Tune in to r/PS4 on Tuesday, October 15, from 10-11am Pacific Time with all your burning questions.  We’re excited to see you there!

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Check out our PS4 announcement trailer as well as our Playstation.blog post discussing game design in Outer Wilds.

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We are proud to announce that we're shortlisted for 6 Golden Joystick Awards!

Outer Wilds:
Best Storytelling
Best Visual Design
Best Audio
Best Indie Game
Xbox Game of the Year

Mobius Digital:
Studio of the Year

Visit here to vote for us or learn more!

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Hi everyone! Thanks for your patience - we’ve released a new patch! (And it’s a big one!)

Patch 1.0.3 is out!
Here’s a list of the biggest and most exciting changes:

• Players can now sleep at campfires to fast-forward time. This automatically becomes available after a few loops.

• Updated writing, art, and level design across multiple planets to clarify the solution to the Ash Twin Project mystery:
  • Updated writing (and ship log entries) for the Black Hole Forge, High Energy Lab, White Hole Station, Nomai Mines, and Hollow’s Lantern.
  • Art and design changes for the Black Hole Forge and the area around it, including a different mural.
  • Art and design tweaks for the High Energy Lab, including a new mural, better gravity alignment, and other minor art fixes.
  • Art and design changes on Ash Twin, including a new mural and some architectural tweaks.
• Updated writing for the Sun Station and Interloper to clarify a certain story beat.

• Additional improvements to the key rebinding system.
  • It now registers more keyboard keys and controller axes (as in: more than one axis). New binds work immediately, but aren't saved until you specifically press Save and Exit.

• Support for ultrawide resolutions and other aspect ratios
  • Proper scaling for the HUD, reticle, map labels, and lock-on UI elements.

• Added support for 4k on the XBox One X

• Added support for user-customizable FOV

Continue reading below if you want to know what else made it in!

Design Improvements

• Slightly more speed is retained when traveling through a certain area in Dark Bramble.

• It is no longer possible to activate the "put me outside" feature of a specific Nomai device until it is necessary to do so.

• Player ship less likely to fall into the sun after falling through the black hole.

• Added dialogue to later Gabbro conversations to alleviate Archeologist achievement issues.

• Translator tool is less likely to accidentally skip over unread Nomai text.
• Translator tool now has page numbers.
• A Nomai computer in a certain room stays activated even after the orb moves away.
• Relocated fuel stash on the surface of Brittle Hollow for easier discoverability.
• Removed extraneous gravity crystal path inside a building on Giant's Deep.
• The ship’s eject button no longer allows players to bypass electricity on Giant's Deep.
• Miscellaneous writing tweaks, including tweaks to several Hearthians.

Profiles, Saves, and UI

• Deleting a profile from the menu now properly deletes associated files
• New profiles will now only copy over graphic settings, instead of all settings
• Profile Creation window now doesn't respond to Q/E hotkeys for Submit and Default
• Options menu will only save over settings data if something was changed.
• Save data will be created in a temp directory first, and then overwrite the current save file.
• Fixed returning to the settings menu from the key rebinding menu not selecting any menu options
• The "Reset to Defaults" menu option now sets all settings to default, including graphics settings.
• Fixed some UI elements not aligning to scaled text
• The "Discard Changes" button has been renamed to "Discard Changes then Exit Menu"

• Sliders in the options menu have new graphics and display numeric values when adjusting FOV and Gamma
• Gamma will now change as it is adjusted in the settings menu, instead of only when the change is saved.
• Fixed mouse behavior with various menu items (sliders, multiple option settings, etc)
• Updated keyboard button prompt icons and layout to improve visibility of certain prompts
• Fixed sound effect issues on menu elements

Minor Fixes and Adjustments

• Reduced jitter when zooming in with the signalscope
• Signalscope UI element now animates on zoom

• "Mark on HUD" and "Scroll Text" prompts in the ship log are 1.5x larger
• Fixes for the player ship's lights being on or off at the wrong times
• Changed the player ship's altimeter to be more visible in landing camera mode.
• Fixed bugs with the player ship's notification display
• Notifications on the player ship and HUD should update more consistently now
• Fixed foliage in the player ship
• Fixed the player ship’s landing camera view not properly showing warp fog, quantum fog, sand, and clouds.
• Fixed player character popping during certain animations.
• Improvements to keep the traveler's signals in sync.
• Adjusted Brittle Hollow fragments so they would not clip through the eye shrine area in the Hanging City.
• XB1: Fixed a bug involving an Xbox System Resume causing unwanted controller behavior
• The sun's fog should no longer override the Hourglass Twins' fog.
• Fixed occasionally falling off of the gravity crystal trails on Brittle Hollow
• Fixed a bug where default hotkeys were not being applied.
• More memory leak fixes.
• Optimizations on the title screen, Dark Bramble, and player ship
• Adjusted jetpack behavior to reduce jitter in certain situations.

• Fixed warp platforms to allow the scout to warp through them again.

• Fixed several missing arcs of text across the game.
• Fixing geometry and visuals on the Orbital Probe Cannon
• Toned down lights on the Orbital Probe Cannon
• Minor changes to some areas on Giant's Deep to prevent players from getting stuck
• Improved visual interaction of tractor beams and Giants Deep ocean shader
• Adjusted some sandfall visuals in certain places around the Hourglass Twins
• Fixed small art bugs (clipping meshes, seams) on the Hourglass Twins
• Lighting pass on various characters and Nomai objects
• Fixed missing nomai shuttle props
• Fixing collision on certain Nomai objects
• Adjusted art for certain Nomai objects
• Minor art and collision adjustments on BrittleHollow
• Adjusted vine geometry in Dark Bramble.
• Removed extraneous fog light from Dark Bramble
• Disabled certain shadows in dark bramble for low/medium quality settings
• Fixed a seam on the Quantum Moon
• Optimized materials for the player's tools and HUD helmet

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