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πŸ‘» !PLAYTEST HAS STARTED! πŸ‘»

Hello Thrill-Seeker!


[h2]πŸ§›πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Whispers from our haunted house tell us that the testing of HORROR TYCOON has just begun! πŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈ [/h2]



[h3]We want to give each of our players an amazing opportunity to create their own haunted house, so we are pleased to announce that anyone who signed up for the test can play Horror Tycoon NOW
πŸ₯³ [/h3]

But don't worry! If you haven't had the chance to sign up for the game playtests yet, you can catch up! But quickly, because there is not much time left πŸ“’







[h3]πŸ’­ Don't forget about feedback πŸ’­[/h3]

Your feedback is very important to us. Especially since it is a test version of our game. Thanks to this, we can change and improve the game according to your expectations! We always remember that we create our productions for our players πŸ€œπŸ€›

You can do it in threads specially set up by our Team :

BUGS & PROBLEMS SUGGESTINS & FEEDBACK


If you are interested in our game, we encourage you to add it to the WISHLIST and click the Follow button πŸ”˜

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1506680/Horror_Tycoon/



[h3]As always, we also invite you to join our Discord server! There, you have the opportunity to talk to the Creator of the game and make new and great friendships with other players[/h3]





Have fun!
Horror Tycoone Team

Horror Tycoon - Join Free Playtest



Welcome to the first Horror Tycoon Playtest.


For now you can sign up for the Playtest, all you need to do is just press green button β€œRequest access” on the game Steam main page. After that just wait for the invitation. We will start really soon!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1506680/Horror_Tycoon/

[h2]What to expect with the playtest:[/h2]


  • This is a some part of the upcoming game that will be released soon on Steam.

  • The first level is included with over 50 building pieces, 30+ decorations, 10 scare traps and 5 FX.

  • The total expected playtime of the first level is around 1 hour, however, the game can be paused and you can still build/create with no time limits.

  • The game is currently in a pre-alpha state. Some UI and gameplay elements are placeholder and will be updated or changed as the game is further developed and there will likely be some bugs, these will be eliminated as development continues with normal updates and hotfixes.






If you encounter any bugs you can post them in the Steam Community or through my Discord. (Link is also included on the main menu in game) you can also submit game feedback and suggestions as well through either of those links.

Thank you again for trying out Horror Tycoon and if you enjoyed the game please consider adding it to your Wishlist and follow the game on Steam for more updates and announcements.

April Update 0.7.6

Significant changes and improvements.

---4/27/2022---
- Finance screen takes the player to a computer terminal now inside of an office.

- Police will only come to investigate once a wave can be manually called (1/2 of the countdown timer remaining).

- Cars will now stop if within range of a police car.

- Lawyer Intro can now be skipped with spacebar.

- Fixed an issue where traffic would sometimes get backed up and stop working.

- Fixed an issue where clicking on bones and teeth were difficult to click on.

- Bones now fall to the ground after the body has been dissolved.

- Fixed an issue where player could click anywhere on bloodline agreement page.

------4/13/2022------

- New resource collecting gameplay element implemented. Collect bones and teeth from guests that die.

- Unlock new items with Bones/Teeth collected from guests that die.

- UI is currently undergoing a new visual style. Build Items are completed. Other menus will receive makeovers as well.

- Backyard haunt neighborhood has been completely re-designed due to new traffic/streets.

- Tutorial has been updated this is not the final version of the tutorial but will provide players with information regarding the HUD.

- New sound FX added.

- New guest death visuals added.

- Added rodents to the world

- General bugs and stability fixes.

Patch 0.7.1

After major update, here are a few additional changes/tweaks.

  • Fixed an issue where items initially spawn outside of the haunted house attraction area.

  • Fixed an issue where text would overflow tooltip bounds.

  • Phobias are now displayed as an icon.

  • When guests enter the haunted house, they will have a significantly reduced amount of Fear Reputation that is added.

  • Player can now build their haunted house without having to spawn the guests in first. If path is blocked after a wave is called a visual will show where the guest was last trying to navigate to.

  • Fixed an issue which caused the soundtrack to stop playing.

Hotfix 0.7.0

  1. Fixed an issue where the soundtrack would stop playing.