Stygian: Outer Gods News

Greetings, ladies, gentlemen, and any eldritch entities watching us from the void!

Our performance patch has just gone live for everyone after being thoroughly tested both internally by our team and with volunteers from our community through the public beta. We'd like to thank especially those of you who participated in the beta testing and helped us by sharing your own experience and feedback; we appreciate all your support so much!

The update's primary focus, as the name suggests, was to improve the game's performance, but it also added Victoria's voice to more dialogues and fixed the "Burglar in Training" achievement. Along with the patch, we've also enabled cloud saves, another feature you requested, and we've heeded your call! Performance remains our priority, and we will work on improving it throughout Early Access while also generally polishing the game based on your feedback and adding more content.

However, expect incremental, gradual progress in this matter, not one single update that would completely revolutionize how the game runs on weaker machines. We also strongly recommend considering the minimum PC specs stated on the game's store page before buying Stygian: Outer Gods. Nevertheless, please keep sharing your feedback with us, especially regarding the performance.

To stay in touch and share your thoughts, please feel free to use the Steam discussions or join the Stygian: Outer Gods official Discord where not only can you chat with other Stygian adorers, you can also share your ideas, fan-arts, music taste and climb the user ranks!

Thank you once again! If you're among those who "celebrate" Walpurgis Night today, on April 30, what better place to hunt witches than in Stygian's Kingsport, hmm?

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Greetings ladies, gentlemen, and any eldritch entities watching us from the void!

As the prophecy foretold, we are approaching the completion of our performance patch. Alas, the Old Ones are unpredictable and their favor ever-fickle, therefore we are asking for volunteers to gaze upon our latest creation before we unleash it upon all our players!

We have been testing the update thoroughly ourselves, and we will keep doing so for several days more - yet there might be issues and bugs that have slipped through. That is why we are only allowing those who deliberately choose to enter to experience it for now; and if all goes according to plan, the update shall be released to everyone next week.

If you wish to heed this call, all you need to do is right-click on Stygian: Outer Gods in your Steam client Library and go to properties - betas, click on the drop-down menu next to "Beta Participation" and select "public_beta":



Your game will then update to this experimental version - besides improved performance, you will also be able to hear Victoria's voice in more dialogues, and the achievement of "Burglar in Training" will be properly awarded as well. Anytime you wish to return to the public, stable version of the game, just follow the same steps and select "None" from the beta list

Just don't forget, brethren - help us by reporting any problems and issues you encounter on your journey to Kingsport and beyond. Most importantly, let us know whether you feel the performance improvements we strive for - and if you can, include your computer specifications and the settings you play at with your reports. Share your impressions here in the comments, in Steam Discussions or, even better, come join our ranks on the official Stygian: Outer Gods Discord server!

Thank you, and may your descent into madness be swift and joyous!

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Greetings ladies, gentlemen, and any eldritch entities watching us from the void!

Many of you have been asking about playing Stygian: Outer Gods on Steam Deck – currently it is not supported and we cannot recommend you buy the game if you intend to play it on this device instead of a gaming PC. We strive to make the game playable on Steam Deck, and we are making steps towards that end as part of our optimization efforts; but at the moment we cannot guarantee when it is going to happen. We will make sure to notify everyone here on Steam as well as on our Discord server and of course, the compatibility information will be displayed on the storepage. If you are interested in playing Stygian: Outer Gods on your Steam Deck, please wishlist the game so you don’t miss the announcement in the future.

We would also like to extend a big “thank you” to members of our community who have already tested the game on their devices and provided invaluable feedback. It is truly heartwarming to see our fans care about Stygian: Outer Gods as deeply as we do, and we will keep working hard to make the game the best experience that it can be for you.

Stay tuned, we will be announcing more details about our Early Access plans soon!

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Greetings ladies, gentlemen, and any eldritch entities watching us from the void!

Can you hear the whispers calling to you from beyond the veil? The incessant choir, the sweet, nerve-wracking chant of horrors to come? No? Well... You will, and soon. It will be nary a week before we let you glean details of what the Outer Gods have planned for Stygian in its Early Access period, what new madness will be unleashed on your minds!

But even before that, if the Old Ones will it, we shall release one more patch to make your journey to Kingsport and indeed, insanity, smoother. We are in the midst of testing a performance update, trying our best to bring numerous optimization improvements into the world, as well as several other enhancements; such as letting you hear more of Victoria's voice and making sure your achievement of "Burglar in Training" is being properly awarded. Alas, we do not wish to make concrete promises yet, as the cosmic, almost Unreal entities we face are formidable indeed - but rest assured we will not give up on improving your experience, whether it is in significant jumps forward or small, incremental steps.

As always, we implore you, if you see potential in our project and would like to see it grow, and even leave your mark on it and help shape its final form - come join us either in the Steam Discussions, or talk to us and your brethren players on our official Discord server. And if you have already succumbed to the Madness and are enjoying it, we hope the whispers move you to write a positive review here on Steam - we will be forever grateful.

Thank you, and we will see you on the other side, soon...

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Greetings ladies, gentlemen, and any eldritch entities watching us from the void!

We are excited to see how many of you have heard the call and rushed to the mists of Kingsport since we've launched Stygian: Outer Gods into Early Access yesterday! And we've already gleamed valuable insight from watching you play from afar as well as reading your posts and reviews and chatting with those of you who have joined our Discord server. And we have already prepared and just released a remedy for several problems plaguing your nightmares, both serious and small.

The complete list of changes can be found below, but first, we would like to assure you that besides the removal of pesky bugs and addition of new areas, monsters, plot twists and mysteries into the game, improving its performance IS among our top priorities. We are already exploring several avenues of how to achieve this and make sure that your in-game experience is as smooth as possible. Alas, such is the nature of Early Access, that we needed to see how the game performs for more different settings on different machines than what we can ever hope to test ourselves, despite our best efforts. We therefore ask for a little more patience before you pass your judgment while we finish a performance patch that we are working on.

You see, all your feedback is beneficial and helps us in our endeavor to unleash the Stygian nightmares upon the world; however, if you share what troubles you with us in the form of a negative review, even if it is well-intentioned, it both hurts the game as well as impedes our ability to ask follow-up questions and investigate the problems more dilligently. In short, it makes it more difficult for us to improve the game and rectify the bad impression it has left on you. Therefore we implore you, if you see potential in our project and would like to see it grow, and even shape the form it takes, instead of sharing your woes through a negative review, come join us either in the Steam Discussions, or talk to us and your brethren players on our official Discord server - we will be forever grateful.

And now, behold what we have prepared for you in this short span of time:

• Fix for the visual display of the injuries (pulsating icons).
  
• Fix of the disappearance of the boatman some people experienced.
  
• Fix of missing interaction after the release of the Shackled.
  
• Added "Speech" checks for quest with paintings, Bethan and the lighthouse keeper.
  
• The location of the kerosene lamp has been changed.
  
• Added visual effects for skill cards.
  
• The lockpicking check for the Safe Room door in the mines has been removed.
  
• Improved balancing of reactions and health for ghouls, making them more formidable.
  
• Added voiceover for Victoria, The Boatman and the Masked Servant.
  
• Various other minor fixes and changes.
  

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