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The Horror Buddies Bundles available NOW!

Heeey!

For Halloween, we thought it’d be awesome to create bundles with our friends who also make horror games! So we did it! Check out the games included in both bundles! (because, hey, we’ve got not just one bundle, but two)

The Spooky Buddies Bundle


https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/46437/Spooky_buddies/

The buddies from Phasmophobia, Content Warning, and Buckshot Roulette and us thought it’d be awesome to team up and create a bundle together. And that’s how the Spookie Buddies Bundle was created!

Bonus: You’ll get an extra 10% off, so don’t miss out on the double discount while Dark Hours is still on sale too, with an 11% discount until November 7th!

Here’s a description of each game included in the bundle:

[h2]Phasmophobia: [/h2]
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.


[h2]Content Warning:[/h2]
Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! (strongly advised to not go alone)


[h2]Buckshot roulette:[/h2]
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Two enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

[h2]Dark Hours[/h2]
Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for up to 4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out or hide and wish for daylight.



The Scream Buddies Bundle


https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/46586/Scream_buddies/

For this second bundle, we’re teaming up with our friends over at Murky Divers and Remnant Record to bring you the Scream Buddies Bundle! Just like the first one, you’ll get a 10% discount, plus it stacks with any other promotions going on!

[h2]Murky divers:[/h2]
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses


[h2]Remnant Record:[/h2]
Remnant Records is a horror investigation game for 1 to 4 players. Explore places haunted by the dead, survive elaborate and unique ghosts and find out what happened to them through thousands of generated stories.


[h2]Dark Hours[/h2]
Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for up to 4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out or hide and wish for daylight.


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Patchnote #6 for Dark Hours (v.0.5.13401)

[h2]Patchnote #6 for Dark Hours (v.0.5.13401) - 31/10/2024[/h2]

[h3]Monster[/h3]
  • Monsters Navigation: The control room is no longer a safe zone for players. Prevents monsters from getting stuck after being teleported in.

[h3]General[/h3]
  • FPS Capping: On first game launch, FPS are capped at 60, which should help prevent certain crashes. Be sure to activate VSync to avoid artifacts!

    For players who have already launched the game, this change doesn't apply, and your FPS may not be capped correctly, so feel free to adjust this setting in the options menu.


[h3]Online[/h3]
  • Lobbies Improvement: Improved the Steam filter to more accurately display the number of available public lobbies.

Patchnote #5 for Dark Hours (v0.5.13380)

[h2]Patchnote #5 for Dark Hours (v0.5.13380) - 30/10/2024[/h2]
[h3]Gameplay[/h3]
  • Score Sharing Ratio: Player score is now calculated with the share ratio at the end of each heist, with the cumulative score representing the full score at the end of the series for accurate tracking.
  • Player Score: Player scores are now clamped to zero if negative, and the score table only shows the final score without cumulative data, improving readability and medal display.

[h3]Monsters[/h3]
  • Banshee Teleport: Added a function for the Banshee to check for players distance before teleporting, avoiding spawn camp feeling.
  • Banshee Catch: Fixed orientation of Banshee on player catch while dashing to avoid the player to be teleported behind walls or outside the building.

[h3]Level Design (LD)[/h3]
  • Map 1889001728: Improve a case where a key would not spawn in the statue's hand in the art room of seed 1889001728.
  • Metal Door Fuse Requirement: The metal door is now only used when requiring power, and no longer applies to maintenance-type doors near the director's office.
  • Item Position Fixes: Corrected item positions in drawers and fixed issues where items in bathroom cabinets were not retrievable by clients.
  • Lockers doors: Fixed lockers doors that were sometimes visually desync between clients and host.

[h3]Interface[/h3]
  • Network Error Display: Improved the presentation of network error details, now with a button that appears for unexpected errors. (Note: This remains a debug UI.)

Patchnote #4 for Dark Hours (v0.5.13298)

[h2]Patchnote #4 for Dark Hours (v0.5.13298) - 29/10/2024[/h2]
[h3]Monsters[/h3]
  • Statue Block Fix: Fixed an issue where the statues could become stuck together.
  • Banshee Teleport: The Banshee doesn't keep anymore the caught player with her while teleporting.
  • Blind Ghoul: Breaking display cases are now detected by the hearing of the blind ghoul.
  • Blind Ghoul Lighting: Better lighting of the blind ghoul face when catching a player.
  • Hidebehind Attack Delay: After the Hidebehind is becoming visible, there is now a pause of 2.5s before attacking if its target doesn't see it.
  • Kissers: Cross doors improvement
  • Monsters behaviors: The monsters no longer kills if obstructed by occluders.
  • Monsters movements: They now initiate a cross-door movement when they start moving through a doorway.

[h3]Level Design (LD)[/h3]
  • Furniture Placement: Fixed an issue where some furnitures could spawn in corridors crossing.
  • Safe Interaction Fix: Safes are no longer interactable through walls.
  • Object Interaction: Fixed issues where certain objects could be dropped through walls and vents.
  • Wall Cabinet Interactions: Fixed objects in bathroom wall cabinets not being interactable.
  • Electrical Room Push Button: Fixed the metal grid push button not appearing in certain cases in the electrical room.
  • Bathroom Visual Update: Enhanced visuals in the bathroom.
  • Window Curtains: Added curtains to the windows in some rooms.

[h3]Interface[/h3]
  • Input Fixes: Fixed the Esc/B input to close or go back in the Lobby, Equipment, and Customization screens.
  • Motion Sickness Setting: Added an option to disable some motion visual effects.
  • Gamepad Rumble Setting: Added an option to disable gamepad rumble.

[h3]General[/h3]
  • Customization Save: Customizations are now saved when exiting a game.
  • Customization Color: Fixed certain customization colors not displayed correctly.
  • Hat Fixes: Hats now no longer appear to float in the van.
  • Network Error Panel: Added a detailed error panel for specific network issues.
  • Sound Component Adjustment: Minimum sound requirements are now in place for specific components to prevent unintended silent audio triggers.
  • Steam integration: Now forcing call to Steam connection shutdown when exiting the game using the "Quit" UI button

Dark Hours is joining Steam Scream Fest

Hello everyone,

Only a few days after our Early Access release, we are thrilled to announce that Dark Hours is joining Scream Steam Fest from October 28th to November 4th. Dark Hours is still on sale with an 11% launch discount—grab it while you can!





[h3]What is Dark Hours?[/h3]

Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for up to 4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out!


[h3]Play it now:[/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2208570/Dark_Hours/

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May the heists be ever in your favor.

Raven