Beast Hour News

Raiders and Beasts!

December is the start of winter, cold, pre-holiday time and one of the most important Beast Hour updates!



Open Alpha

From 22 December, 5 pm UTC, we invite everyone to play Beast Hour any day and time – the Оpen Alpha starts!

Download the game beforehand at the Steam page.

Our team has been preparing for this event for a long time, and all the previously promised updates are ready to make the game more exciting, diverse and interesting!!!



Vampire

We've told you about this Beast before. Because you know him well - it's time to try this terror that flaps in the night!

Let the hunt begin!

Map and Statistics

Map went through several updates. Whether you've participated in the playtests or this will be your first time playing Beast Hour, there will be something to look forward to!

And don't forget to check your place in the TAB-leaderboard of the match!



Skins and Lobby

You asked? And we've added it – the option to customize your character. Now you can set the look of every Raider or Beast to your liking!

Want to show off a new skin in front of your friends? Create a Custom match for your Steam list contacts or by invitation code to get everyone into the same game for sure!

Optimizations and Bug-fix

What can be said... try out and test yourself!!!

And... sketches of the new Raider!



For a sweet treat, check out the visuals of the new ice Raider!



Result

Open Alpha is waiting for everyone!

It will also be accompanied by Youtube streams, so we are waiting for everyone who wants to play with the developers and ask all your questions!

Follow Beast Hour on social media, wishlist on Steam and support on Patreon – it does help our small indie team to bring the game to the next level!

Beast Hour needs your help to prepare Italian, Korean and Japanese translations! And if you know German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic or Portuguese – we have a bunch of texts waiting for you to proofread them! You can contact us via email: [email protected]

If you want to discuss any form of cooperation with us, use this email: [email protected]

The Beast will come!

Raiders and Beasts!

The end of fall is the scariest night of the year! This day ghosts, werewolves, vampires and other horrible creatures wake up and go hunting. And now, after a long sleep, a creature of darkness awakens, and its name is Fiend!



Fiend is just gaining strength and has not yet reached the world of Beast Hour. But our team has already collected data on the appearance and behavior of this dark Beast.

Mirror, mirror on the wall…

Hearing the word "Fiend" each person imagines a different thing: from small tricksters, to great servants of darkness. But what, usually, all such creatures have in common? These are horns!



Horns demonstrate power and create an intimidating appearance, as well as symbolize cruelty and ruthlessness. In some mythologies, horned demons are considered to be holders of hidden knowledge and supernatural wisdom. And some believe that the horns serve as keys that open gates to other worlds or dimensions.

In case of our team, we again decided to draw inspiration from the game “Prince of Persia: Warrior Within” remembering the time demon Dahaka’s horns.



Researching the concept, we tried different character attributes design variations. But we always kept in mind the main thing – just a sight of such a creature should make blood run cold in your veins.



Behavior and temper

Fiend is very agile and can climb walls like Werewolf. Do its hooves make trouble? Well, they help the mountain goats a lot…

Fiend is an otherworld creature, which limits are not yet fully understood. What is already clear, is that our Fiend's single and terrifying eye is not just for beauty and intimidation!



Result

While Fiend has not yet entered the world of Beast Hour, Raiders, Werewolves, and Vampires have a bit more time to "rest".

Make sure to check our regular livestreams on YouTube and Twitch channels, since it's a great opportunity for us to talk with you!

Follow Beast Hour on social media, wishlist on Steam and support on Patreon – it does help our small indie team to bring the game to the next level!

Beast Hour needs your help to prepare Italian, Korean and Japanese translations! And if you know German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic or Portuguese – we have a bunch of texts waiting for you to proofread them! You can contact us via email: [email protected]

If you want to discuss any form of cooperation with us, use this email: [email protected]

The Beast will come!

Raiders & Beasts!

As we bid farewell to summer and embrace the autumn winds, we're thrilled to finally unveil the date of the Community playtest and tell what we are working on currently!



Community playtest

Our team has worked a lot since the previous playtest fixing bugs and improving many things which you can read about in our previous post. So now we have a stable build and need your help to check everything and get your feedback.
Enter the haunted city from 13 October, 5 pm UTC, to 16 October, 7 am UTC, if you dare!

NOTE: the features described below are in the development right now and won't be presented in the coming Community Playtest.



New terror look

We spoke about this before: welcome the flying Beast in all its beauty.

The final detailed Vampire model with updated textures & materials will make Raiders and Werewolves tremble in fear!



Compete!

The TAB-menu is getting the final touches, so here is how it looks.



Watch'em!

As you finish the match by dying or escaping, you can stay to watch the game to the end. Previously the only observation option was the free camera, and now we are ready to show the spectate mode design. See other players' status, position as the camera follows them during Beast Hour.

Conclusion

We're excited to see you in the upcoming playtesting to explore the grim world of Beast Hour together! Keep an eye on our social media to get ready for Beast Hour!

Make sure to check our regular livestreams on YouTube and Twitch channels, since it's a great opportunity for us to talk with you!

Follow Beast Hour on social media, wishlist on Steam and support on Patreon – it does help our small indie team to bring the game to the next level!

Beast Hour needs your help to prepare Italian, Korean and Japanese translations! And if you know German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic or Portuguese – we have a bunch of texts waiting for you to proofread them! You can contact us via email: [email protected]


If you want to discuss any form of cooperation with us, use this email: [email protected]


The Beast will come!

Raiders & Beasts!

The summer is ending... and we're gearing up for another round of public testing and have some exciting updates to share with you. Dive into what's coming next for Beast Hour – discover what we've added & changed to make our game even better.

Winged horror

We've been teasing the new Beast for a while now, and the time has come to play this winged monster! The Vampire model will be updated and finalized in the future, but that does not change the fact that you will already be able to immerse yourself in all its unique abilities in the upcoming play test.

New features of the haunted city

The Beast Hour universe continues to grow, and we've revamped the map with this update. New structures and captivating details will strengthen the gloomy atmosphere of the haunted city and tell its stories.

The full set of escape mechanics like invisibility mist, lifts, walls that allow Raiders to roll under them, suspension bridges, ziplines and portals will create for a much more fun parkour chases


Even Udoku makes her jump in a cool new way!



What, where, when

You've already heard about the notifications system (if not click here). Now every player will get timely updates about events that are happening on the map.



Custom lobbies

Thanks to our updated networking, you can now set up custom lobbies. Bring in your friends, or open your doors for everyone!

Customize everything!



So what about the technical side of things? In this update we added:

• controller support via Steam functionality,
  
• keybinding,
  
• detailed sound settings,
  
• and now you can play Beast Hour in English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish.
  

…and of course we got rid of different bugs. )

Conclusion

We're excited to see you in the next playtesting phase and explore the grim world of Beast Hour together! Keep an eye on our social media for the latest updates, and brace yourself for the ultimate showdown.

Make sure to check our regular livestreams on YouTube and Twitch channels, since it's a great opportunity for us to talk with you!

Follow Beast Hour on social media, wishlist on Steam and support on Patreon – it does help our small indie team to bring the game to the next level!

Beast Hour needs your help to prepare Italian, Korean and Japanese translations! And if you know German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic or Portuguese – we have a bunch of texts waiting for you to proofread them! You can contact us via email: [email protected]


If you want to discuss any form of cooperation with us, use this email: [email protected]


The Beast will come!

Raiders and Beasts!

We've already told how Raiders were created and what concept was used for them, so today it's the Beasts' turn.

Beast Hour wasn't originally planned as the game with unique characters: all Raiders were knights in armor, and the Beast was only the Werewolf. Hence the name of the game is Beast Hour, which means 'Werewolf Hour'.



But when we decided that Raiders needed to be diverse, so we did the same for the others. In fact, Werewolves are one of the most mainstream characters in the mass culture, ahead of them are only zombies, but they didn't fit the concept of our game. By the way, there aren't really that many games that allow you to play as a Werewolf, although a lot of movies/books/series feature these creatures.

The early Werewolf concepts

We approached the creation of the werewolf with great care, we didn't want to make it too human, for example, as in "The Wolf Among Us", so the references were reptiles first, and then - apes with their specific running, when the weight comes on the front arms phalanges.



It was also simple to choose the next character: werewolves, and then vampires. Bram Stoker's "Dracula", Friedrich Murnau's "Nosferatu: Symphony of Terror", Neil Jordan's "Interview with the Vampire", and of course Troika Games' "Vampire the Masquerade". You can probably easily complete this list yourself with books, movies or games that have featured Vampires in many different incarnations.



Again, we weren't satisfied with the mainstream "pale man with fangs" image, so the Vampire in Beast Hour looks more like a bat. We used the movies "Underworld" and "Van Helsing" as references.



Conclusion

Thanks for reading till the end! It's interesting that these creatures can look completely different. Which Beast do you think will appear in the game next? Guess in the comments!

Make sure to check our regular livestreams on YouTube and Twitch channels, since it's a great opportunity for us to talk with you!

Follow Beast Hour on social media, wishlist on Steam and support on Patreon – it does help our small indie team to bring the game to the next level!

Beast Hour needs your help to prepare Italian, Korean and Japanese translations! And if you know German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic or Portuguese – we have a bunch of texts waiting for you to proofread them! You can contact us via email: [email protected]


If you want to discuss any form of cooperation with us, use this email: [email protected]


The Beast will come!