Kathy Rain: Director's Cut News

[h3]Changelog:[/h3]

• Added Russian language support
  
• Fixed a rare soft lock related to picking up the envelope on the floor and spam skipping
  
• Resolved some fade issues related to skipping in the final forest scenes
  
• Kathy should no longer sometimes give an invalid denial message when combining tapes with the dictaphone
  
• When leaving the computer and using the controller, the virtual keyboard now properly fades out
  
• A certain door can no longer be lockpicked more than once
  
• Hotspots for two invisible characters should no longer appear off screen in the nature reserve on ultrawide aspects
  
• Various small translation tweaks and improvements
  

[h2]Engine:[/h2]

• Updated our Unity version to 2019.4.31f to improve overall compatibility, stability and performance
  
• Added MacOS 12 Support
  

[h2]Gameplay and UI:[/h2]

• Fixed a soft lock if the player picks up the flower and shovel in the nature reserve on day 3 but ignores the drawing
  
• Kathy can no longer get stuck if the player mashes the skip button as she is picking up the scarab
  
• Dragging a tape onto the dictaphone now won't result in an an occassional invalid denial message by Kathy
  
• The postcard is now blocked from being examined during an action sequence to prevent various glitches
  
• Fixed some odd game states related to saving and loading when viewing the postcard
  
• Optimized the sequence with the falling rocks to significantly improve the framerate
  
• The smokes are now deselected properly after successfully using them on a character with the controller
  
• It should no longer be possible to walk on top of the clinic doors with the controller
  
• Background subtitles in the jail now always fit within the camera when playing in narrow aspect ratios
  
• A character should no longer appear off screen when entering the jail in narrow aspect ratios
  
• Beau now properly turns to the right to face Kathy during their final conversation
  
• Fixed a glitched dictaphone UI state after some tapes were removed during the transition between days 2 and 3
  
• The notebook should no longer show an odd transition involving the phone numbers when adding a regular note on a few occasions
  

[h2]Audio:[/h2]

• Lowered the super loud initial volume for the ambient gear sounds when entering a late game scene
  
• The music in the sheriff's station should now properly reset when re-entering the scene
  

[h2]Localization:[/h2]

• Various translation fixes and improvements for German, French and Spanish
  

Those of you who have yet to play Kathy Rain: Director's Cut may not realize how creepy of a game it actually is! We don't wanna spoil too much of the spooky stuff, but we are dead 💀 sure that you wouldn't regret taking it for a spin during Halloween! 🎃👻

Have a peek at the spoiler-free screenies below for a hint at some of the unnerving moments from Kathy Rain: Director's Cut, and get ready to give yourself the creeps! 😱

v.1.0.0.4954 Hotfix changelog:

• Fixed some voice overs (most notably Eileen's) not playing on systems with certain language settings.
  

It’s been 5 years since we released Kathy Rain, and launch day for the Director’s Cut is finally upon us! We couldn’t be more excited to share our third game with you all — the definite version of Kathy Rain. We believe that KR: DC elevates Kathy’s journey to a whole new level, opening many doors for the future of Kathy Rain!

While you wait for the download to start, enjoy our launch trailer below, and as always — thank you for being here. We wouldn’t be able to do this if it wasn’t for all of you, and we sincerely hope that Kathy will bring you some joy in this spooky season!



- Clifftop Games