DEVOUR News

Tis the season to be jolly, and we think you'll have every reason to smile (or scream!) during this year's DEVOUR Christmas Event, which will run from 8th December at 10am PST until 27th December at 10am PST. We're celebrating by giving players the opportunity to unlock a unique new outfit and a collectable festive robe, and enjoy an EXP boost. Once unlocked, both the outfit and robe will remain available to you after the event has ended.



During the event, players can unlock this chilling new outfit for Zara by beating any map on Hard or Nightmare, while playing as her.



To unlock this robe, you'll need to find and collect the 40 Christmas presents hidden across all 4 of DEVOUR's maps. Once unlocked, the robe will remain available to you after the Christmas event has ended. For players who unlocked this robe last year, they will need to collect the 10 presents on The Town map in order to retain ownership of the robe. (We apologise for any frustration this causes: it's related to some technical issues and not intentional!).



[h3]EXP Boost[/h3]

Who said the holiday season has to be merry and bright? Take on the forces of darkness this Christmas and enjoy a 1.5X EXP boost until December 27th.

[h3] V3.3 Changelog[/h3]

• Added Zara unlockable 'Snowball Fright' outfit
  
• Added 40 collectible presents across maps
  
• Added unlockable Christmas robe
  
• Fixed a bug with thunder volume for indoors and outdoors
  
• Added Christmas theme to menu music
  

As we revealed in our previous post, we're currently working on our upcoming new map The Slaughterhouse, due for release in 2023. Keep an eye out here, on Discord and on Twitter for more details in future. We're moving as quickly as we can with development on it without sacrificing quality. We know you love more info, so here's another asset we've developed. Any ideas? (don't worry, we're not going DBD on you all!)



As we move towards the end of 2022, we'd like to take this opportunity to say how grateful we are for your continued support. For various reasons, this year has been a particularly challenging one for the DEVOUR team and we are grateful to you all for sticking with us. We are as excited as ever about DEVOUR and its future, and committed to bringing you all many more scares!

However you enjoy the holidays, the whole team at DEVOUR would like to wish each of you a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.

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We promised you a development update in November, and here it is! The DEVOUR team is hard at work putting together our new, upcoming map The Slaughterhouse, due for release in 2023. As we detailed in our previous Steam post, this one is taking a bit longer, and we'll give you an estimated release date as soon as we can. In the meantime, we're excited to show you some of the awesome work we've been putting into the assets, characters and environment:

We teased the shredder previously, and it's here again because we can't get enough of how gory it is. Any ideas what it'll be used for?




The oil can really shows how grungy The Slaughterhouse map will be, and it certainly won't be the only thing that's rough around the edges.




You can't have a slaughterhouse without a dark, creepy freezer, and there'll be plenty of chills to be had between the swinging carcasses.




What do you think these vents are for?




Here, piggy piggy.. You might not want to get too close to these guys. (Please note, this is concept art).




These gruesome slaughterhouse workers might not behave quite as you'd expect based on our previous maps. (Please note, this is concept art).






Nathan is ready to hunt you down. We think you're going to find his behaviour, sounds and animations just as terrifying as his appearance. (Please note, this is concept art).





We think The Slaughterhouse will be DEVOUR's most brutal map yet. There will be new mechanics, and we're returning to a smaller map size, so you can expect it to be visceral, bloody and claustrophobic. We want you to be shocked and terrified in equal measure.


Christmas Event

Similar to last year, we'll be doing an event over the holidays. This time you'll be able to unlock a terrifying, unique winter-themed outfit for Zara - we'll post with more details closer to the time.


Thanks again for your patience and support as we work on our next map. At some point in the near future we'll post some new info about Nathan's chilling slaughterhouse form, so you know more about what you'll be up against..

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- The Halloween event pumpkin robe reward is no longer tied to the Halloween achievement (which has also been removed)

- Fixed an issue where the lobby UI would still be visible after disconnecting from a lobby as a client
- Fixed a method to start a map using a character that would normally be locked from use
- Improved support for Samsung Odyssey VR controllers using new VR setting WMR Controller Type (only visible to users using Windows Mixed Reality as their OpenXR runtime)
- Fixed an issue that could cause the game to lock up when returning to the lobby after a game

Trick or treat?

Here at DEVOUR, we're celebrating spooky season with our yearly Halloween Event, which will run from September 29th at 10AM PDT to November 1st at 10AM PDT as part of Steam's Scream Fest. Read on for further details of what to expect. In this update, we're also thrilled to bring you a brand new pets system, new outfits, and lots more!

[h3] Cultist Robe [/h3]

For the duration of the Halloween Event, you can unlock this incredible, unique Cultist robe for free by beating any map on Hard or Nightmare difficulty while playing as the Cultist. The robe will also be available to purchase after the Halloween event has ended.



[h3]Pumpkin Robe[/h3]

To unlock this unique cosmetic, you'll have to find 40 creepy Halloween pumpkins hidden across all 4 maps. If you already own the robe from last year's event, you'll need to collect the 10 pumpkins from The Town map to retain ownership of it. This is because the pumpkin robe is now linked to a new Steam achievement. Once unlocked, you'll still be able to wear the robe after the Halloween event has ended, because at DEVOUR we firmly believe in celebrating Halloween all year round!



[h3]EXP Boost[/h3]

We know that a lot of you will want to play DEVOUR over the Halloween period, so we're enabling a 1.5x EXP boost for the duration of the Halloween Event!

[h3] Pets [/h3]

If Azazel has minions, why can't you? DEVOUR now has a pets system! You can now purchase your very own devoted follower to accompany you while you're banishing demons.



[h3] New Outfits [/h3]

Introducing two brand spanking new outfits for April and Nathan:





[h3] Upcoming Map [/h3]

As we detailed in our recent post, we are continuing to work on the next DEVOUR map, which is due for release next year. We'll publish a Steam post in November with a much more in depth look at what we've been working on so far. For now, check out a teaser of one of the major assets our amazing 3D artist has been working on recently:



[h3].. & More![/h3]

With this update, we've introduced further Discord integration, so that when you're logged into Discord and playing DEVOUR, it will display which map you are playing. We've also introduced a gamepad mode for VR, a vote system for kicking players, and a player text chat mute option.

[h3]Full 3.2 Changelog[/h3]

• New pets system with various pets available to purchase
  
• Adds limited edition unlockable Pumpkin Robe
  
• Adds limited edition unlockable Cultist Robe: Root of Evil
  
• Enables 1.5x EXP Boost for duration of the Halloween Event
  
• New outfit for Nathan: Noseslider
  
• New outfit for April: Down To Business
  
• Discord integration (people can see which map you are playing)
  
• New mode that allows players to use a gamepad in VR
  
• Clients can also now call votes to kick players
  
• Option to mute player text chat
  
• Fixes for Vive cosmos not working correctly in VR
  

Finally, a huge thank you from the whole team for all the support we've received recently - it doesn't go unnoticed. Stay tuned.

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