Sorry We're Closed News

Ahh! 72 indie horror games and a Haunted PS1 demo disc just screeched into 2025 honking the horn and apologising for being late

EEK3 is the alternative showcase of small horror game creators that amalgamates every year like a shell of flies around the corpse of E3. It's a lot of fun for people who enjoy ye olde PS1 aesthetics and foggy throwback horror. The 2024 showcase was supposed to happen in time for Halloween, the night when the spirits of old platformer mascots rise from their graves to gift polygons to small children. But it was postponed due to technical problems. Only now has the 2-hour showcase of game trailers emerged, culminating in a new Haunted PS1 demo disc packed with upcoming games. "The curse," say the organisers, "is lifted."

It's easy to reduce Sorry We're Closed to a checklist of Silent Hill 2-isms. Fixed camera angles? Check. Psychosexual monster design? Check. Filthy, rust-eaten environments? Check. However, like the celestial beings that make up its cast, this familiar visage is only skin-deep. Whereas others seek to replicate the formula to pay homage or to recreate it for modern audiences, indie studio À La Mode is incomparably brave. This scion stands before the sacred cow that birthed it and dares to continue the conversation that Silent Hill 2 began two decades ago.

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Controller Aiming Improvements and New Aim Assist Options

Today’s patch updates controller sensitivity, smoothness and adds an adjustable aim assist feature for targeting enemy weak points.

This is an update I’ve been working on for several weeks with the goal of improving play when using a controller. Aiming should be smoother and we’re hoping it makes for a comfortable experience when playing with a controller.

The “Weak Point Aim Assist” will help with aiming at enemy weak points while using the third eye, it has low, medium and high settings. You can combine it with the existing “Weak Point Stickiness” setting which helps to keep weak points targeted once the reticle is over them.

Feature: New “Weak Point Aim Assist” setting available in “Settings” > “Accessibility”
Adjustment: Smoother controller aiming
Adjustment: Slightly higher default controller sensitivity (your existing setting won’t be changed if you already started playing). You can adjust this in “Settings” > “Controller”

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Tom

Awards, Nominations and Overwhelmingly Positive!

[h3]Best Queer Horror Romance Game[/h3]
Yesterday, Friday 13th, we were awarded "Best Queer Horror Romance Game" at TGAGWCAGA 2024 (The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards) - a highly contested category! It was a lovely event highlighting so many cool indie games. You can see the show here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prrLRWxntgg

[h3]The Horror Game Awards[/h3]
Today, Saturday 14th, we'll be at the Horror Game Awards where we are thrilled to be nominated for:

Horror Game of the Year
Best Indie Horror
Best Survival Horror
Best Narrative
Best Soundtrack
Best Indie Developer

📺 Watch the stream here: https://www.youtube.com/@HorrorGameAwards

🕔 Friday, December 14th
8pm GMT / 9pm CET / 3pm ET / 12pm PT

[h3]Thank You![/h3]
It means so much to us to see people resonating with what we've created. We can't quite believe we've reached the 500 review threshold on Steam and are now labelled as "Overwhelmingly Positive". It is very surreal and we are very grateful!

Thank you

Tom and C.B.

Sorry We're Closed is part of TGAGWCAGA 2024!

We’re thrilled to announce that Sorry We're Closed will be featured in TGAGWCAGA 2024—The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards!

This one-of-a-kind indie showcase is streaming today Friday, December 13th!

📺 Watch the stream here: https://www.youtube.com/@TGAGWCAGA

🕔 Friday, December 13th
5pm UTC / 6pm CET / 12pm ET - the event has been delayed by one hour!
6pm UTC / 7pm CET / 1pm ET

TGAGWCAGA highlights incredible indie games that truly deserve more attention while also poking a little fun at the exclusivity of The Game Awards.

We hope you enjoy the show!

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