Beyond the Circle Update

What's New

• Night Countdown: once the siren ends, a moon timer appears in the top-right corner so you always know how long you have to survive.
• Faster Day/Night Cycle: nights are now much shorter and days are a bit longer. But every death during the night makes it angrier...
• Beyond the Base: the world outside the safe zone has lost its colour, and the edge of the base now has its own unsettling sound. Stay close to home.
• New Intro: an atmospheric intro now plays over a new loading video when you create or join a game.
• Waking Up: a new eye-opening effect plays every time you spawn.
• Maze Entrances: you will feel it when you step into a maze.
• Auto-Equip: picked-up items now go straight into your hands.
• New Languages: Japanese, Arabic, Portuguese (Brazil) and French.

Combat & Creatures

• Getting hit now feels much heavier, with camera shake, a red screen-edge flash and impact sounds.
• Other players now see you flinch when you take damage.
• Slaps sound more varied, and enemies flash when you slap them.
• Some cursed objects now give a warning before they strike. Watch closely.
• Turning into a frog no longer keeps you safe from everything.
• Night creatures hit a little softer, but there may be more of them.
• Penalty waves have been reworked and now actually come for you.
• A certain enemy has a lot more to say now and repeats itself much less.

Improvements

• Improved automatic microphone selection, so most players no longer need to pick their mic by hand.
• More reliable microphone recovery.
• Players joining a lobby now see the loading screen too.
• Smoother lobby creation with no freeze.
• Clearer interaction prompts and on-screen text in every language.
• Some items now sit properly in your hands.
• Improved lighting, glow and colour.
• Better texture quality.
• Rendering optimizations for better performance.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some enemies being invisible to non-host players (the "invisible damage" bug).
• Fixed some doors and objects not appearing for non-host players.
• Fixed several multiplayer sync issues.
• Fixed the death camera so you can see your own body after dying.
• Fixed missing or broken characters in some on-screen texts.
• Fixed overly bright glare from items held close to a light source underground.
• Fixed outdoor ambience playing underground after a revive.

Thanks for playing, and keep reporting bugs!