PolyTears Beta
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
PolyTears is an in-dev, single player sandbox open world FPS game inspired by the likes of Far Cry and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. with a low poly artstyle and many things to do in it, such as raiding enemy outposts for loot, participating in faction warfare, completing bounty missions, exploring, and hunting!
Join the development discord for more updates on this game! https://discord.gg/SmgVbmX
Also check out this Document for more info about the future of this game: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IPwUfzoYN-H1GhX1pLzVRtKRcWA7GxnhQS90IoGV-_8/...
--Important Controls--
WASD, 1,2,3, F, R
Left Control - Cycle Healing
Q - Weapon Grid
Left Shift - Sprint or Steady ADS (while standing still)
C - Crouch or Slide (while sprinting)
All controls can be checked in the "Controls" option menu (no custom keybindings yet)
--Outposts--
Outposts are bases full of enemies which can be raided either stealthily or guns-blazing for loot such as ammo, medkits and money. Each outpost also has a loot crate providing the player with a new weapon.
In the Beta, there are 2 maps. Kathban Dunes & Nabati Valley
Kathban Dunes:
-Junkyard
-Temple
-Prison
-Oil Depot
-Airstrip
Nabati Valley:
-Storage Depot
-Plantation
-Fish Market
--Money & Rations--
Money & Rations are earned through hunting animals, killing enemies, looting outposts, winning a faction battle and eliminating bounty targets.
Money is used for all items in the game such as weapons, attachments, weapon repairs and the Scout For Hire.
Rations are used in the Reinforcement Kit to call in many useful assets. In the Beta the Reinforcements are:
-Friendly Squad Backup Spawn
-Supply Crate (Loot and access to Stash)
-Car Spawn
-Mortar Support
--Bounties--
Bounties are random missions placed around the map for the player to complete for rewards. 3 Bounties can be on the map at one time and can be referred to in the Bounty Board located in Hub areas, they can also be manually refreshed from the board or by sleeping. In the Beta the possible bounty missions are:
-Target Assassination in Outpost
-Loot Convoy
-Target Assassination in Convoy
-Destroy Antenna Tower
--Battlefield (0.9 and below only, replaced by Skirmish mode in beta)--
The Battlefield is a place on the map where two factions clash at all times. It is marked on the map with the red pulsing circle and winning the battle (killing most enemies) will yield rewards and move the Battlefield to a new location.
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Development log
- Beta 1.1 PatchNov 12, 2023
- Beta Version ReleaseOct 30, 2023
- 0.9.1 Patch ReleasedFeb 05, 2023
- Alpha Version 0.9 Out Now!Jan 24, 2023
- Alpha V0.8 Released!Jul 30, 2022
- Alpha 0.7 Out Now!Jan 16, 2022
- Version 0.6 Out now!Jun 26, 2021
- New Version 0.5 Update!May 22, 2021
Comments
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Great job on the game! I pull out my laptop on the bus, It keeps some 28 odd people entertained for the 45 minute drive from home to school. And has continued to do so for about a month now.
damn thanks thats awesome to hear! glad you enjoy it :)
Also, Just wondering, Is this game still in development? As in are you still working on this game
Are there still active players
its singleplayer
Will this game receive any more updates?
not likely anything major, as mentioned in the comment below i am busy working on a new game
fun game, unfortunately it's abandonware, looks like the dev is working on a new snow based game called "some snow game"
Glad you enjoy it. While yes, I'm not currently working on this anymore the snow game was a temporary project to learn the Godot engine. I am currently working on a new game similar to polytears in said engine, you can find more details in the discord :)
noice
there is a minor bug where some settings don't save, like game settings and sound, not too big, but a bug non of the less(you don't have to go out of your way to fix it)
Looks very cool! I'm a big fab of 'Far Cry 2'. Definetely have to check it!!
gigachad
thanks!
This is a very good game, but with multiplayer it would be much more fun and interesting
this games really fun and satisfying but the bow is so hard to use
Ok... So you/player character are a bandit?
Your character is Mr. Krabs
I can't use the HEAL kits!
This is so difficult that I could say it is impossible.
press CTRL to use them, if it doesn't work then you have none
I apologise for all the haughty comments. One thing I would like to see would be different firing methods for the RPG-7. The RPG-7 is held/fired like a mobile mortar, so to shoot forwards you have to lean forwards.
you can ads to shoot the rpg straight
When will the next update come out?
Very good game, very much like a pixel version of Escape from Takoff. But I wanted to be able to include things like body armor, adrenaline, quick-dial gun clips, and bulletproof helmets. There's also hope to add terrain destruction and add more maps, as well as more weapons, vehicles, and tutorials. By the way, there is a bug in the machete view animation！
and there is one other thing its not that big of a deal but putting weapons in stashes and leaving and joining again resets whats inside
great game 2 problems though sometimes the enemies inside cars look silly because the wheels glitch into the floor its not that big of a problem but the next problem is, if you jump right after getting out of a car you go flying...
HELP!!! I DOWNLOADED THE WRONG FAR CRY
can you add more graphic settings? my pc cant handle it with the standart graphic
There's a potato graphics setting if that helps
imagine this bomb on mobil
Looks like unturned difference or something, Nice game, i like it
if you dont have grenade, but you can throw it. Anywhere throw. spam spam spam!
use guns : no
Spam mouse whill : hell yes
cool update, hope u doign great LieonNoob, have a good week
thank you, have a good week too
:D
great game, want to see better AI, night vision, and more missions. Keep up the good work!
thank you, those ideas sound great
next update?
currently busy with other things :)
great game, how is development goin?
more people should talk about your game
thanks, currently busy with other things
good game
thanks
epic work my guy
thanks
Fackin ell kant
Hello, we had another QA test with students, here are bug reports from 0.91 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CX_oiHOJhwF4Q7smHNfRhmkHsKFZ1VMS7SvD7t9C...
oh nice, thank you very much
Weapons jam A LOT. Reduce it please
should be reduced a bit in the next update, thanks for the feedback
hello, I tried running this game on Windows 10 and it keeps closing when i try to open it. any way to fix this?
Hey, sorry for the late response. This is a known issue especially for low end hardware most likely because I used Unity's HDRP for Version 0.9. Would it be ok if you posted your specs? Should hopefully be fixed in the next update, thanks.
Sure.
CPU: Intel Pentium G2020
GPU: ATI Radio 5400 Series
RAM: 4GB
OS: Windows 10
thanks, appreciate it
Hi just wanted to say, really good game and the fact that its free is great. Not sure if this was mentioned but a truck exploded during the animation for opening it. now i'm invincible cant look down far enough to kill people and so short i cant see while driving. Keep up the good work and hope you keep developing it!
thanks
Dude!!! Sick game! can you add like a final boss? that would be awesome!
happy you enjoy the game. maybe something like a main boss could be added eventually
its a very good game ngl. but is there a way to reset the (insert something to do with the save system idk what its called) that I start with the pistol again like I just downloaded the game for the first time?
yeah if you go to the options there is a button called wipe all data
I love this game! It's clearly smartly made, and it's pretty stable for an alpha game. I love the mechanics, and I'm excited to see it being updated. The Mac version (which I play on) is really badly optimized, but it's impressive one exists. The car mechanics are a bit floaty and strange, but it's otherwise without any design level flaws. I'm aware that there is a way to get and use healing items, but I still haven't figured it out yet. I've been playing for like a month now, and I'm trying to recommend it to people searching for an awesome indie game. I hope to see this fleshed out more as time goes on!
Thanks alot man, really appreciate it! Yeah i'm aware that performance and the vehicle handling aren't the best, although i am wanting to improve upon those things eventually. As for healing you press Left Control (probably command for mac) to cycle between syringe healing and basic healing. Also if you don't mind me asking, what type of Mac do you use? Because for a few people the mac version straight up doesnt work lol. Thanks again.
I'm using a 2017 MacBook running MacOS Monterey 12.1 with 1.2 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core (M3) and Intel HD Graphics.
gun swaying is too much
Hold shift while ads to reduce the sway
hipfiring
when i load in its a black screen with riverside town at the top but layered multiple times pls fix this i really wanna play this game
yea it’s a known bug
Please give more option for the graphics
is a poligon game bro
My pc is not that good, sadly
I really appreciate this game even though there are performance constraints in the game
thanks
Honestly the game is great! All systems are working quite well, the enemies are challenging, the animations are smooth, I really love the elimation scenes! Game reminds me of Unturned and Far Cry. All I have to say though is to add help with visibility of the map at night.
Great game!
I applaud your ambition man. The ingame systems work quite well together and i dig the FC2 aesthetic. I can only say that the weapon sounds are a little to weak and barebones, otherwise good job.
Thanks!
Could you please add an option between windowed and fullscreen? Really wanted to play it but fullscreen doesn't work well on my computer.
yeah I can work on more options
the game wont really let me see anything' its pitch black and i can still go the pause menu and it says that im in a town so its pretty weird and wont let me play
Is your brightness or something just really low lol? Because the game starts off at nighttime. Also can you hear footstep sounds and stuff if you try moving around? Weird that you would be able to get past the menu and into the town if you had the black screen bug (usually people would get stuck by main menu)
not the brightness cause it showed up that im in the town its just the screen the gui showed
also when i looked straight up i could some what see, dk why its like that.
hmm could you send your specs please?
Yeah it happen to me too.. I couldn't play it
could you post your specs please?
The game is great! I enjoyed the different playstyles and open world kind of gameplay. The only problem I had so far is just reading the map at night. It's hard to see the markings and the arrow direction of where my character is facing. Other than that, keep up the good work!
thanks! yeah nighttime and the map still need some tweaking
How do you get gun attachments and equipment?
Go to the weapon shop and instead of pressing E, press T with a weapon equipped to customise it. Equipment arent in the game yet
Thanks!!
Also, how do you use the bipod attachment? I'm not sure what it does and I thought it would stabilize the scope or something
oh, sorry for the late reply but the bipod basically reduces firing recoil only while crouched