After a long period of hard work, Untamed: Life of a Cougar beta 2.0 is finally out. The new version features a highly polished environment and a lot of bug fixes along with other updates. keep reading to see the release notes.

While being available at the OCCA studios website, Untamed: Life of a Cougar will also be available for download at Desura, Gamejolt and IndieDb, considerations are also being made to make it available in GOG. announcements will be made regarding this.

Also I read some comments on Untamed: Life of a Cougar on deviant art asking for a goal in the game, in the final release there will be pseudo goals to achieve and also character leveling up and other things to do, but for now one step at a time.

Release Note 2.0 These are the updates and changes added to Untamed: Life of a Cougar beta v2.0

Character Addition
-Hunter
-Hound

Terrain Improvement
-Addition of Normal map and specular to give the terrain a realistic look (Don’t worry game devs and artists know this one)
-Addition of extra foilage(Plants) to make the environment look beautiful
-Renovation the navigation system to prevent characters getting stuck
-Fog colour has been changed to green to give the forest a more foresty feel

Character Improvement
-Addition of Normal map for the Cougar, Cub, AlphaWolf, Omegawolf, Bear, Deer, Doe, Eagle, Rabbit, Bison, Hunter, Hound, Moose, Fox
-The deer model has been change to a much better one
-The moose and bison don’t snap when starting to graze and stopping to graze
-The Cougar cannot strafe while eating
-The Cougar cannot jump while holding an object

Gameplay Improvement
-Jumping to fight the eagle is now smoother and doesn’t affect the camera
-The camera hardly jitters and follows the Cougar properly
-Eagle deal more damage and regenerate health while flying round the Cougar
-Alpha wolves can now call Omegawolves for help
-Characters are more aggressive and challenging
-The dragging system has been improved greatly that means no more jittering and weird ragdoll behavior (The animals may slightly move still This will be fixed)
-A new soundtrack has been added for a relaxing gameplay
-Players can continue to play the tutorial to get a better understanding of the fight mechanics
-More animals are spawned in an area to make the environment seem less scanty
-The animals are spawned randomly to give a random fell to gameplay

Miscellaneous Improvement
-The rendering of the game has been changes leading to a more beautiful and realistic visual experience
-The loading screens have been altered to feature tips and advice instead
-The about menu is fully function. It does not redirect to the website instead it shows advice and tips
-The GUI buttons have been change to give a more glassy look

Don’t forget to spread the word.

Have fun and Happy hunting.

Eugene.