Among Us 3D: VR News

Greetings, beans of all dimensionsss! ✨

Schell Games team here, chiming in to say 🎊🎊🎊 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMONG US!!! 🎊🎊🎊. And a big congratulations to the entire Innersloth team on surviving a bazmillion (math?!#$ where’s my abacus? 🧮) matches!

We’re so excited to be working with the team at Innersloth to bring all you beans into VR and we’re pumped for everything that’s to come in the next few months! AND BEYOONNDDDD! 🚀

But most importantly — thank you, thank you, thank you to all our Among Us VR players — we appreciate you and are beyond grateful that you spend your time in the virtual Skeld II with us.

And with that! Among Us VR will also be joining the birthday shenanigans with a host of dedicated festivities this week!

• 🥳 Tuesday, 6/13 at 12pm PT/ 3pm ET: Tune in for a special pre-recorded Birthday stream to celebrate Among Us! Players will include Innersloth and Schell Games’ Crewmates as well as influencers, Soul Fox Gaming and SteveKnows! Catch the chaos on the Schell Games’ YouTube channel here.
• 🥳 Tuesday, 6/13 at 1pm PT/ 4pm ET: You’ve got questions burning brighter than our birthday candles — and we’re here to answer them! We’ll be hosting an Among Us VR Developer AMA, streaming live on our official Among Us VR Discord server.
• 🥳 Monday, 6/12 thru Monday, 6/19: No birthday is complete without some GIFTSSSS — so, we’re excited to announce our gift to you! We’re kicking up the The Happy Birthday Among Us Bundle! You can now get the Among Us VR base game and two essential Hat Pack DLCs for 15% off.

Join the Schell Games Crewmates (...or Impostors?) to celebrate Among Us. They are 5.YEARS.BEAN.OLD!!





Hello from 2D Among Us land, Crewmates!

It's birthday week for Among Us and we have lots of fun activities planned to celebrate with our best crew - you! 🥳

We have a series of Q&A sessions we're hosting in the Innersloth Discord with members of the Innersloth team:

• 🥳 On June 12th at 3pm PT we're joined by Community Director, Victoria!
  
• 🥳 On June 14th at 2pm PT we'll be joined by Innersloth Co-founder, PuffballsUnited!
  
• 🥳 On June 16th at 1pm PT we'll be joined by original Innersloth artist, Amy!

And our Q&A's are just the start!

On our birthday, June 15th at noon PT, we've wrangled Crewmates across Innersloth to join in the celebrations with some live games of Among Us on the Innersloth Twitch channel. Come and ask us questions, hang with the team, and see how good (bad?) we are at being Impostors.



And don't fret if your IRL tasks keep you away from the fun - we'll have recordings of the Q&As and birthday stream posted later to our official Innersloth Youtube channel!

Prepping to party,

Dors

Greetings, Crewmates! It’s Patch Day! Patch 5 that is. ✨

The latest update is now available in the Live Build, and it’s time for the chaos to begin! Customize your look. Customize your lobbies. Customize your …chaos?

[h2]🎩🎩 Expand your Wardrobe 🎩🎩[/h2]


To start the preparations for our upcoming new map, Polus Point, we’ve added eleven new hats to the game. For everyone! For free! ✨

We know you’re excited to step your little bean feet on the chilly-lava vibes atmosphere of the new map (please see here our Polus Point Lofi video). But, naturally, you’ll need to be dressed appropriately first! Introducing the ‘Mostly Polus Favorites’ Hats:

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• 🪠 Clogged
  
• 🥳 PHat
  
• 💎 Unique Specimin
  
• ⛄ Snowmate
  
• 🪨 Drill
  
• 🚧 OHSACompliant
  
• 🧭 ColdBrim
  
• ⛏ MinersSetback
  
• 🥽 Safety Second
  
• 🌋 Eruptive
  
• 🐎 HORSE HAT

Oh, and did we mention that it’s completely free?!

[h2]🚨🚨 Call Out the Impostors 🚨🚨[/h2]


Say “No More!” to bad behaved Crewmates and toxic Impostors. Improved reporting options have been implemented to help you help us vote them out!

Additionally, we are proud to announce Among Us VR has implemented the ToxMod tool by Modulate, a leader in the fight against toxic online behavior.

This tool allows us to increase our efforts in targeting toxic behaviors like racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexually explicit language, harassment, predatory grooming, and excessively loud audio (i.e. disruptive screaming — we know you hate that, and we do too!). This is all in an attempt to foster a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment for all beans to enjoy.

We’ve got even more information about this part of the update here on our blog!

[h2]🛠🛠 Continue to Customize Your Lobbies 🛠🛠[/h2]


In case you missed it, our previous patch introduced the ability to customize your lobby settings — meaning ALL OF THE VARIETY! From the duration of cooldowns and meeting length to the strength of player vision and number of Impostors… there are now eighteen (18) adjustable setting options available to help you craft the PERFECT game of Among Us VR.

Think you’ve found the best Custom Lobby Settings? Whether it’s completely balanced or not, we’d love to hear more about the game modes you’ve created and enjoyed with your friends! Join our Discord or share your favorite settings via Twitter and tag us — and we just may reward you!

Stay safe, stay customized, stay stylish, and most of all beans …

Stay suspicious.

Greetings, Crewmates!

Back in February, we revealed a new map is coming to Among Us VR later this year. We also tasked you to help us make 📜📜 Crewmate History 📜📜 by voting as a community for the name of said map 🔎. Well, you voted and the results are in. 🧮

The official name for Among Us VR's new Polus-inspired map has been decided, and we’re excited to reveal it to the universe (and our fans)!

But first, let’s talk about how busy you’ve been, honestly. Around 14,000 of you voted for your map name choice, and over 80% of you provided extremely helpful insights about your experience and desires for the game going forward — thank you, beans!.

A number of you have also been participating in our Open Beta, getting a sneak peek at our upcoming patch and some new go-to fashion (such as the beloved Horse Hat). On top of this, you’ve also been doing the work, ejecting Impostors — and the unfortunate Crewmates 👀💦 — regularly.

So, not only do we send a huge note of thanks, but we want to formally invite you (oh, we know) to kick up your little bean feet and enjoy the chilly heat — snow + lava + map name reveal? Yes please! (Just go with it, beans. It’s self-care).

And thus, let us present to our fellow beans: 🥁🥁🥁

Greetings, Crewmates!

Patch 4 Time! Get ready to update your spacesuits and embrace an upgraded Skeld II — some in-game changes have arrived. Our finest Crewmates have installed a new mode to your lobbies — the power of customization! That’s right: Custom Lobby Settings, the thing you’ve all been asking for, is now at your fingertips (or is it bean-gertips?)!

[h2]✨✨✨ Introducing Custom Lobby Settings! ✨✨✨[/h2]


Over 9 billion customization configurations are being added to Among Us VR with this upcoming feature. We’re not even joking. One of our devs did the math. By hand. Using an abacus. Our team is truly dedicated. 😭😭😭

These settings will allow the host of a lobby to adjust the pace, balance, and general rules of how a match plays out! Want to favor the Crewmates? Go ahead! Think Impostors deserve an edge? We’re a bit skeptical… but do you, my friend. ⚖️ We’ve even added a little indicator to give you a bit of insight on just how much you might be skewing the default game balance. ⚖️This balance indicator shows how your personal settings compare to the default ones, but your mileage may vary — ie, we’re not perfect, so don’t be upset if it deceives you a little bit. 🤐

Crewmates with experience in the original Among Us will recognize many of the familiar Custom Lobby Settings, but we’ve thrown in some fun new exclusive-to-VR treats as well. For instance, you can enable “Hands Visible” at all times so that faking a task requires Impostors to not only stand near the proper station, but mime doing the task as well. It’s straight devious.

Here’s the full modifier list:

• Number of Impostors
  
• Kill Cooldown
  
• Hands Visible
  
• Chat Enabled
  
• Crew Vision
  
• Impostor Vision
  
• Number of Emergency Meetings
  
• Number of Long Tasks
  
• Number of Short Tasks
  
• Visual Tasks
  
• Taskbar Updates
  
• Report Bodies
  
• Discussion Time
  
• Voting Time
  
• Anonymous Voting
  
• Ejections Show Role
  
• Door Sabotage
  
• Sabotage Cooldown

[h2]✨✨✨ Billions Of New Ways To Play! ✨✨✨[/h2]


Given the above list, the team has put together a few experimental customization setups below to get your bean noggins churning. But, of course, feel free to create your own special rules to play how YOU want! If you do discover any specific combos you find enjoyable, let us know on our Among Us VR Discord! We just might feature your combo on our social media channels. 👀

🔎🔎 Where’s The Proof? 🔍🔍
Without skewing the scales too much, it can be fun to play with a little bit more vagueness and scarcity of information. Put your social deduction skills to the ultimate test by wiping away any shred of evidence.

• Hands Visible: Always
  
• Chat Enabled: During Meetings
  
• # Emergency Meetings: 1
  
• Visual Tasks: Off
  
• Taskbar Updates: Never
  
• Anonymous Voting: On
  
• Ejections Show Roles: Off

🫣🫣 Conceal and Prowl 😈😈
Numerous Crewmates. One Impostor seeking them out. And absolutely nothing stopping a brutal takeover except clever hiding skills and a speedy task list completion.

• # Impostors: 1
  
• Kill Cooldown: 10 sec
  
• Hands Visible: Always
  
• Crew Vision: Min
  
• Impostor Vision: Long
  
• # Emergency Meetings: 0
  
• # Long Tasks: 0
  
• Report Bodies: Off
  
• Door Sabotage: Off
  
• Sabotage Cooldown: 40s

[h2]✨✨✨ PIZZA TIME ✨✨✨[/h2]


All of these options are available to Crewmates with the game for the price of FREE. That’s great value! But, that’s not all! Update now, and we’ll also throw in a delicious slice of pepperoni pizza… onto your head!

The Pizza Time hat is now hot and fresh in your Wardrobe.

And, if that doesn’t satiate your hunger for hats… the Hat Pack: Accidental Favorites DLC is available today for $4.99 USD — featuring some go-to toppers from the original game:

• Note 2 Self (because who can keep track)
  
• MoRawk (go hard, beans)
  
• Third Eye (but can you see it all?)
  
• Magical ‘Corn (oh, you fancy)
  
• Peeled (apparently, potassium is important)

[h2]✨✨✨ Into the Unknown We Go! ✨✨✨[/h2]


We’ll continue to listen to your feedback and would like to extend another full course thank you to all of our players. Together, we’re checking off our Task Lists and making Among Us VR the best VR Space Bean Game of all time!

In case you missed it, we recently revealed a new course directive for the Skeld II: an unnamed location on Polus! For more details about the next map coming later in 2023 and how YOU can vote to help name it and become a part of Crewmate history, check the link here!

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Stay suspicious!

Grab your spacesuits, Crewmates! A new map for Among Us VR is in sight for 2023.
Innersloth, Schell Games, and Robot Teddy are teasing a new map inspired by Polus, a map in the original Among Us game.

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Community voting is now open to name the new map, and choices include:

• ⛏⛏ Polus Mines ⛏⛏
  
• 🧭🧭 Polus Frontier 🧭🧭
  
• 🌋🌋 Polus Point 🌋🌋

[h3]VOTE for your favorite here: http://bit.ly/3x1sUWA [/h3]

Please note: Voting begins February 7, 2023 and will remain open for approximately one month. The studio will use the highest-voted name for the new map in-game and will announce the winner publicly. New Among Us VR map release date to be announced at a later date. No purchase necessary to vote. Capture footage is still in development and is subject to change.



But that’s not all…
Patch 4 is on the horizon, and the Developer Crew are actively looking for beans to join the ongoing Open Beta. We’re currently testing some highly-requested features, including lobby customization options!

Over 9 billion customization configurations are being added to Among Us VR with this upcoming feature. We’re not even joking. One of our devs did the math. By hand. Using an abacus. Our team is truly dedicated. 😭😭😭

These settings will allow the host of a lobby to adjust the pace, balance, and general rules of how a match plays out — including almost all of the options directly from the original Among Us as well as some VR-exclusive options!

Want to favor the Crewmates? Go ahead! Think Impostors deserve an edge? We’re a bit skeptical… but do you, my friend. We’ve even added a little visual indicator to give you a bit of insight on just how much you might be skewing the typical balance.

[h3]“Where’s The Proof?” [/h3]
Without skewing the scales too much, playing with a bit more vagueness and scarcity of information can be fun. Put your social deduction skills to the ultimate test by wiping away any shred of evidence.

• Hands Visible: Always
• Chat Enabled: During Meetings
  
• # Emergency Meetings: 1
  
• Visual Tasks: Off
• Taskbar Updates: Never
• Anonymous Voting: On
• Ejections Show Roles: Off

[h3]“Conceal and Prowl”[/h3]
Numerous Crewmates. One Impostor seeking them out. And absolutely nothing stopping a brutal takeover except clever hiding skills and a speedy task list completion.

• # Impostors: 1
• Kill Cooldown: 10 sec
• Hands Visible: Always
  
• Crew Vision: Min
• Impostor Vision: Long
• # Emergency Meetings: 0
  
• # Long Tasks: 0
• Report Bodies: Off
• Door Sabotage: Off
• Sabotage Cooldown: 40s

All of these Lobby Customization Settings and a handful of additional bug fixes will come to the game in our upcoming Patch 4 update. Which isn’t today, but coming soon. So, stay tuned.

Instead, if you’re hoping to get a sneak peek into all of this match personalization goodness, you’ll need to join our Open Beta. Interested Crewmates should head to the Among Us VR Discord server for more information and then share their favorite customization settings to switch up gameplay.

Stay suspicious!