ANBW ALPHA 5.0.0 RELEASE UNCENSORED
🕑 Added 2023-10-08 01:48:26 +0000 UTCHey there, Science Team!
First of all: THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT so far and we hope this build is going to give you an idea of the scope we are going for with this game. It´s kinda big.
Hot Quicktip: Press ALT to lock and unlock the camera.
This build is marked PRE ALPHA because there are many new and experimental systems in place:
Character Spline Movement System
Genital Spline Movement System
Revamped Cinematic Storytelling Pipeline
Revamped Character Creator
Revamped True First Person Player Character
Full Overhaul on Animation Processing
Fully Rebuilt Sandbox aka Sandbox V2
Virtual Little Tokyo Full City Loading System
Full Revamp of the Outfit System
Procedural Head Orientation System
Below (KNOWN BUGS & ISSUES) you can find a number of issues and possible solutions when interacting with this PRE ALPHA build of ANBW.
This is a Pre-Alpha build, so there is definitely going to be some scuff. If you prefer a cleaner experience, we recommend waiting for the hotfixes that will be coming later this month.
Now to the official announcement message:

We're thrilled to announce the arrival of a NEW Build. In the latest subchapter in A Nut Between Worlds, get ready to introduce yourself to Melody properly, and see Virtual Little Tokyo for the very first time! Explore Melody’s apartment, get yourself some fresh clothes, and prepare to embark on your adventure to save VLT.
The Sandbox has also been REVAMPED and is easier to use now! With more animations and less technical tinkering, we think you’ll greatly enjoy what we’ve cooked up for you. There will also be new characters added soon!
KNOWN BUGS & ISSUES
Female Player Head does not receive skin tone changes (but body does)
Silent Protagonist currently has no speech bubbles (avoid playing with this option for now)
Popping and Hopping of the Camera between Scenes / Subchapters / while loading
Game at times can randomly skip entire subchapters, especially exploration sections
Some scenes in Sandbox V2 do have really shaky or blurry camera angles
Melody at times tracks back on the movement spline
Double Music in a section of Portal Subchapter
A spoken line in the new subchapter has no lipsync animation
City Lights load in late
Save and Loading System does not retain all character information (Outfit System)
Sandbox V2 - when playing with Melody interacting (pressing E) with her QUITS the game
HOW TO PLAY A PRE ALPHA BUILD
We left portions of the STORY MAP menu in the game, which allows you to easily start over a new character at the character creator subchapter.
UE5 uses DX12 meaning your shader cache gets generated at runtime during gameplay. Expect hitches and harsher load times during your first play-through because of the caching working in the background.
As always, our team here at Big Bang appreciates all of your support! We look forward to hearing your feedback on the new story portions and features, as well as what you experience in the new Sandbox Mode.
Comments
Grobi
q did nothing for me :(
Potato
Sorry typo, I did press q but nothing happened
Shotjunkie
I switched my character to female and that got me into the sandbox but then it froze. So id call that progress, I will keep playing with it and see if anything works
Big Bang
In theory Melody should walk a few steps towards the street and you get a message that you´ve reached the current end of the pre alpha playthrough and can transition to testing the Sandbox V2 feature by hitting the Q button. If you need further help feel free to open a ticket on our discord server and we´ll walk you through the rest. A more polished version of the current build will be released end of this month!
Wupperschnapper YT
Hello, i got a qick question to the new 5.0.0 pre alpha release... i am stuck in the storymission: "GO OUTSIDE" - "Take the elevator down to head off to Bliar´s Lab". I dont have any idea where to go after i used the elevator. Outside there are signs that say "Under Construction" and inside in front of the elevator door, there is a door that you cannot interact with. Can anyone tell me where i have to go to solve this mission?
Big Bang
Did you try this again? Just wondering if it just fixed itself or if you need further support :3
Big Bang
Press Q :)
Prinz_Eugen
ok nvm now i redownloaded it and extracted fine now
Potato
At the end of the play through I pressed W but nothing happen what do I do?
Shotjunkie
A male and I changed the hair color if that would somehow matter.
Prinz_Eugen
trying to download the game but theres 1 error keep giving me files from Melody-Windows.pak wont download i kept trying to make it download a few times just keep giving me errors
Big Bang
Glad it worked out! <3
Birb
Oop nvm, found out that I actually need to install the driver after downloading GeForce. Thank you tho!
Big Bang
https://linktr.ee/bigbangstudio69
Birb
Sure do you know where I can find the discord?
Big Bang
Please open a ticket on the development discord so we can properly help you with this <3
Big Bang
What type of character did you create?
Big Bang
That looks like something we should discuss through our ticket system on the server. If you can :) Please make sure you are using TAA in the antialiasing settings and try that again. Also often issues occur with outdated drivers or generally "too high" settings. We can help you dial in the right ones through the ticket system <3
Big Bang
Thanks for letting us know! Putting it on the bug list to fix for the end of month patch <3
Mactalisker
Just to let you know that for me the Uncesored version is censored. tried turning it on then off (to be clear it is set to off by default in settings) again which worked but once scene changes i turns on again everytime.
S1lv3rW0lf2
My entire computer keeps crashing at parts that stress the graphics card. I have a pretty beefy one (AMD Radeon RX 6700) and this doesn't happen with any other game?
Birb
Hey, I’m having an issue where I’m booting up the game but then after a few seconds saying a fatal error due to a crash and closing the game. Could it be a bug that keeps on occurring or is my laptop not the best for running it?
Shotjunkie
So I made it to the end I am prompted to hit Q to enter the sandbox and I pressed Q but it does nothing.
Big Bang
The Sandbox V2 is activated via pressing Q at the very end of the current play-through. You should be able to see a short notice popping up that hints toward it. The core concept behind Sandbox V2 and its future iterations is full integration into the exploration portion of the core game instead of a separated section entirely. We will be releasing a patch towards end of the month that will heavily increase the quality of life when entering and playing Sandbox V2.
Kevin wilkiams
Same issue here.
Sentinal
I'm having an issue on finding sandbox mode. It's not appearing in the menu