Update Notes for Oct 1
Fixed bug on hint in Chapter 7 which would skip the final "Meeting" theorize puzzle
Methods: The Canada Files News
Update Notes for Sep 30
Updated Chinese translation of "hacker"
Struess no longer says that Ki is the only one who doesn't believe the suicide theory
Struess no longer says that Ki is the only one who doesn't believe the suicide theory
Update Notes for Sep 28
Some translations updated and incorrect hint count for theory corrected
File 02 is Here! 🤩
File 02 has been released into Early Access, and the price will increase on Oct 6th, so you will be able to get File 02 at the current price for this week!
It took a long time, but File 02 has been written, modeled, composed, designed, implemented, tested, and translated — and now is finally in Early Access!
Please note that this update may break your saves, because I've added new systems to File 01.
Speaking of that, this update to the game comes with a few new features and improvements, not just in File 02, but File 01 as well!
As a reward for completing Hangouts, you now unlock outfits for Team Tads. Hangout One's outfit set, "Casual", is now included! More outfit sets will be released with later Hangouts.
The Hangouts now get a special menu where you can see which routes you've unlocked, and navigate to the different Hangouts in the future.
Both File 01 and File 02 have a new scoring system with rank "S" as the highest and "F" as the lowest. See how you score!
I've implemented a hearts system to the Interrogation and Theorize puzzles. Every incorrect answer loses a heart. If you run out of hearts, you get the chance to "Auto-fill" the correct answer.
I've implemented feedback from players about Viu's minigame. Now areas "focus" to highlight where you can find eyes. It makes the minigame a lot easier, especially for people who for some reason play the game with a trackpad instead of a mouse (kudos to you for dealing with that), and hopefully encourages more careful searching as opposed to randomly roaming your mouse around.
The music room is here! Listen to the soundtrack in-game, now with functionality to scrub through the track or pause it.*
Achievements have now been added to the game!
Thanks for supporting the Early Access! With your feedback, I've been able to make improvements to the game.
Enjoy File 02, and see you soon for the release of Hangout Two... ;)
Best,
— LockedOn.
* Thanks to the Ren'Py Universal Player by GanstaKingofSA
It took a long time, but File 02 has been written, modeled, composed, designed, implemented, tested, and translated — and now is finally in Early Access!
Please note that this update may break your saves, because I've added new systems to File 01.
Speaking of that, this update to the game comes with a few new features and improvements, not just in File 02, but File 01 as well!
💥Outfits
As a reward for completing Hangouts, you now unlock outfits for Team Tads. Hangout One's outfit set, "Casual", is now included! More outfit sets will be released with later Hangouts.
💥Hangouts
The Hangouts now get a special menu where you can see which routes you've unlocked, and navigate to the different Hangouts in the future.
💥Scoring System
Both File 01 and File 02 have a new scoring system with rank "S" as the highest and "F" as the lowest. See how you score!
💥Hearts System
I've implemented a hearts system to the Interrogation and Theorize puzzles. Every incorrect answer loses a heart. If you run out of hearts, you get the chance to "Auto-fill" the correct answer.
💥Viu Minigame Updates
I've implemented feedback from players about Viu's minigame. Now areas "focus" to highlight where you can find eyes. It makes the minigame a lot easier, especially for people who for some reason play the game with a trackpad instead of a mouse (kudos to you for dealing with that), and hopefully encourages more careful searching as opposed to randomly roaming your mouse around.
💥Music Room
The music room is here! Listen to the soundtrack in-game, now with functionality to scrub through the track or pause it.*
💥Achievements
Achievements have now been added to the game!
Smaller Improvements!🙊🙊
- The evidence the dummy is being asked about now appears on screen
- "Correct!" sound effect for when you submit the right evidence in Interrogations, select the right toxins in Anadyne's minigame, and as positive feedback for positive answers in Hangouts.
- Dummy icon now marks dummy interrogations
- Dummies will now be "locked" until you have found the evidence you need for their interrogation, so that you waste less time backtracking
- Added casefile summaries
- The amount of evidence you need to select for an Interrogation/Theorize puzzle is now simply a UI element, instead of the characters awkwardly discussing it in the hint.
- In Chapter 4, Larika will now only say she "almost submitted the wrong answer" if the player did in fact choose to submit the incorrect answer.
- Fixed Anadyne's bio.
Thanks for supporting the Early Access! With your feedback, I've been able to make improvements to the game.
Enjoy File 02, and see you soon for the release of Hangout Two... ;)
Best,
— LockedOn.
* Thanks to the Ren'Py Universal Player by GanstaKingofSA
Erabit x LockedOn
Hello!! I have some very exciting news!
I'm teaming up with Erabit Studios, the publisher of 20 Minutes Till Dawn, Brotato, Star Survivor, and many other indie games! They are coming on board as the publisher of the Methods franchise!
Erabit will be helping bring the games to a bigger audience, so be prepared for the fanbase to expand soon! ;)
I chose to work with them because of their passion and enthusiasm for helping indie devs like myself. Rest assured that Methods is in safe hands! I still have creative control of the series and I'll be involved with everything to be sure it's in the spirit of Methods. And I'll keep developing Canada Files as well as Motives. With their help, I'll be able to go full-time, which will speed up development.
As you may know, I have a very open policy on fan works to encourage fans to make their own Methods-inspired creations. Erabit is all about supporting fans too, so don't worry — that policy has not changed!
We have many cool things in the works, so I hope you will look forward to more news soon.
Many thanks to Sound of Mystery for getting the ball rolling.
Here's to the exciting next chapter of Methods!
Until next time!
— LockedOn.
I'm teaming up with Erabit Studios, the publisher of 20 Minutes Till Dawn, Brotato, Star Survivor, and many other indie games! They are coming on board as the publisher of the Methods franchise!
Erabit will be helping bring the games to a bigger audience, so be prepared for the fanbase to expand soon! ;)
I chose to work with them because of their passion and enthusiasm for helping indie devs like myself. Rest assured that Methods is in safe hands! I still have creative control of the series and I'll be involved with everything to be sure it's in the spirit of Methods. And I'll keep developing Canada Files as well as Motives. With their help, I'll be able to go full-time, which will speed up development.
As you may know, I have a very open policy on fan works to encourage fans to make their own Methods-inspired creations. Erabit is all about supporting fans too, so don't worry — that policy has not changed!
We have many cool things in the works, so I hope you will look forward to more news soon.
Many thanks to Sound of Mystery for getting the ball rolling.
Here's to the exciting next chapter of Methods!
Until next time!
— LockedOn.