Deck of Haunts News

Update V1.12 Human Movement, Changes & Fixes!

[p]End of the week build? How about middle of the week![/p][p][/p][p]The most notable change is how humans now move around the house, making them move more efficiently, which can significantly reduce the waiting time in between turns on high numbered nights with large rooms and groups of humans.[/p][p]Changes[/p]

[p]Human movement improvements to reduce time between turns in large rooms:[/p]
- [p]Humans will now roam to and then near the door they intend to take.[/p]
- [p]Increase walking speed by 50% while roaming in a room.[/p]
- [p]Increase walking speed by 20% if the path they need to travel between turns is long.[/p]
[p]Humans spawned by the Helpline trait can no longer have the Helpline trait.[/p]
[p]Collective Toll now correctly updates damage and drain according to the amount of traps in the room description.[/p]

[p]Fixed Bugs[/p]

[p]Fixed Totem selection with controller for Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulties.[/p]
[p]Fixed the Heal Heart option of the boss reward screen not working with controller.[/p]
[p]Fixed moving upgraded Rooms causing negative Essence values.[/p]
[p]Fixed Crypt not showing up in card discovery after unlocking it by completing Nightmare 13.[/p]
[p]Fixed Killing Spree not rewarding AP and Draw when multiplied (through Encore for example) and lethal on an extra trigger.[/p]
[p]Fixed Relentless doing more damage than displayed by counting itself as a played card.[/p]

[p]If you've encountered any other bugs or crashes, you're always welcome to log them in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look at them.[/p][p]And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback ❤️[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

Update V1.11 Changes & Fixes!

[p]We hope a lot of you were able to try out the all new Nightmare mode already, that we just released last Friday! (You unlock it by completing a full 28-night run)
If you did, feel free to leave behind your thoughts on it. If you didn't, well, what are you waiting for?![/p][p]Some bugs were logged by helpful players, and we've got the chance to squash a first batch of them.[/p][p]If you've encountered any other bugs or crashes, you're always welcome to log them in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look at them.[/p][p]Changes[/p]

[p]Deafening Silence now also applies to Humans that spawn after playing it.[/p]
[p]Mind Wipe interrupts the investigation of a Human with the Investigator trait.[/p]
[p]Add VFX to the counter for Nightmare 10+.[/p]
[p]Harvesting a Human with the Martyr trait does not give a Rotting Beams card anymore.[/p]
[p]Veiled cards can no longer be removed from the deck during card removal.[/p]

[p]Fixed bugs[/p]

[p]Fixed a crash when moving or removing rooms with the controller and then trying to target the (re)moved room.[/p]
[p]Fixed Crypt collider.[/p]
[p]Fixed Reaper ready VFX showing even without the Crypt built.[/p]
[p]Fixed Humans with Compass walking back to the door they were going to take when teleported away during their second move.[/p]
[p]Fixed missing translations for Collective Toll.[/p]
[p]Removed possible lowered health Human from normal difficulty night one to avoid potential soft lock in the tutorial.[/p]
[p]Fixed some sound effects that were playing twice.[/p]

[p]Our main focus for this week is bug & crash fixing, so expect another update by the end of this week![/p][p]And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback ❤️[/p][p][/p]

Summon Death himself with deckbuilder Deck of Haunts' new ultra difficult mode

Think Resident Evil's zombies and mutant monsters are terrifying? A major new update for reverse-horror game Deck of Haunts lets you summon the Grim Reaper. This eerie deckbuilder, which casts you as a haunted mansion, will let you introduce all those meddling ghost hunters to the literal embodiment of death roaming your halls. At least, you can if you prove that you're sufficiently evil.

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Friday the 13th Update 1.10: Nightmares and Scythes

[h2]The tolling of the bells has been answered by Death.[/h2][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]One month after releasing Deck of Haunts, we're now ready to unleash the largest update yet.
It contains something a lot of you have been wanting, a higher difficulty![/p][p]Before we start off with giving you all of the info, we want to express a big thanks to our community, you give us motivation and energy to keep pumping out all of these updates.
And as always, if you like the game, a review is greatly appreciated, as it helps us a lot![/p][h3]Some of the highlights:[/h3]

[p]New game mode: Nightmare (Unlocked through playing a 28-day run first).[/p]
[p]New trap cards and trap starter deck.[/p]
[p]Crypt room and Grim Reaper (Unlocked through completing Nightmare).[/p]
[p]New achievement.[/p]
[p]Portraits of dead humans now disappear to make room.[/p]
[p]New traits.[/p]
[p]Raised the level cap from 10 to 12.[/p]
[p]Most importantly, we added "Jason" to the pool of names for humans, it is Friday the 13th, after all.[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h2]For those that want to know more, let's dive a little deeper.[/h2][p][/p][h3]Nightmare[/h3][p]Instead of just scaling some numbers to make the game more difficult, we've made an entirely new game mode: Nightmare.[/p][p]In Nightmare, you will have to survive 13 Nightmares consisting of 13 nights each.
During those nights you will encounter increasingly difficult curated groups of humans, some of them even containing new traits.
To make matters even more dangerous, every Nightmare will have a specific new modifier applied to it, which will carry over to the next Nightmare.[/p][p]A new mechanic & professional scythe wielder has also been introduced in Nightmare: the Grim Reaper.
Whenever you kill or drive a human insane, you will collect a soul.
Once you've filled up your meter to 13, you can exchange those souls for a visit from the Grim Reaper, who will Harvest a human in your house of your choosing.[/p][p]If you can survive the final Nightmare, 13, you will have won over the confidence in your haunting skills of the Grim Reaper, and you will be able to permanently add them to your house in other game modes with the Crypt room that you'll unlock.[/p][p]These are the extra unlocks you can achieve in the Nightmare mode:[/p]

[p]Upon finishing the first Nightmare:
- Card: Corpse Explosion.[/p]
[p]Upon finishing the final Nightmare:
- Room: Crypt.
- Card: Sleep Paralysis.
- Achievement.[/p]

[h3]Trap deck[/h3][p]Upon reaching XP-level 12, you will unlock the new Trap deck.[/p][p]To make trap decks more viable, we've added 5 new trap cards:[/p]

[p]Leaking Rust[/p]
[p]Improvised Snare[/p]
[p]Collective Toll[/p]
[p]Amplify Agony[/p]
[p]Dragged Under[/p]

[h3]Some smaller additions[/h3][p]For some quality of life and more polish, we've added some other things to the game, such as:[/p]

[p]Death animation of the heart, when you lose a night.[/p]
[p]Removal of portraits of dead humans.[/p]
[p]Setting a counter of turns on humans with the "Helpline" trait.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]The full changelog.[/h2][p]Changes[/p]

[p]Added Hard mode with curated nights.[/p]
[p]Added Nightmare mode with curated nights .[/p]
[p]Added Trap Deck to deck selection.[/p]
[p]Added new Cards:[/p]
- [p]Leaking Rust[/p]
- [p]Improvised Snare[/p]
- [p]Collective Toll[/p]
- [p]Amplify Agony[/p]
- [p]Dragged Under[/p]
- [p]Corpse Explosion[/p]
- [p]Sleep Paralysis[/p]
[p]Added Crypt Room.[/p]
[p]Moved modifier/totem selection to the Deck selection screen.[/p]
[p]Added an Achievement for Completing Nightmare mode.[/p]
[p]Removed portraits of dead Humans.[/p]
[p]Added death animation for the heart.[/p]
[p]Balance cards:[/p]
- [p]Deepening Shadows: Is now a rare card instead of uncommon[/p]
- [p]Unending Madness: Now costs 2 AP (From 1)[/p]
- [p]Triskaphobia: Upgraded version now costs 2 AP, Drain 2 thrice instead of 3 AP, Drain 3 thrice[/p]
- [p]Cascading mechanism: Now costs 1 AP (from 2)[/p]
[p]Added new traits:[/p]
- [p]Martyr: Adds a useless card to your deck for the rest of the night when killed.[/p]
- [p]Destined: Dies upon reaching the Heart, takes max 1 damage 1 drain per turn.[/p]
- [p]Wary: Flees at the sight of insane humans.[/p]
[p]Bell Crush ignores Traits that limit damage.[/p]
[p]New basic room floor material during the day phase, also increasing its performance.[/p]
[p]Update the amount of turns until an extra Human spawns for the Helpline Trait in the Human portraits.[/p]
[p]Raised Level cap to 12.[/p]
[p]Added “Jason” as name to the name-pool.[/p]

[p]Fixed Bugs[/p]

[p]Fixed an issue where undo didn’t always work properly for room upgrades.[/p]
[p]Fixed Panicky trait not working properly.[/p]
[p]Fixed the Bell Crush animation not playing on the upgraded card.[/p]
[p]Fixed Slasher achievement tracking not resetting on the start of a new night.[/p]
[p]Fixed a bug where insane people were not always properly targeted by some card effects (For example Guttural Pain, with Body and Soul active).[/p]
[p]Fixed Storage Room not being selectable with a controller for cards that don’t already target it.[/p]
[p]Fixed Under Fate’s Spell Hex count requirement is not the same as indicated on the card.[/p]
[p]Fixed a French translation error for The Dreams Begin upgrade.[/p]
[p]Fixed Guttural Pain also including diagonal adjacent rooms.[/p]
[p]Fixed Helpline trait still spawning new Humans after the Human with the trait is killed.[/p]
[p]Fixed controller scrolling on Unlocked Cards screen.[/p]
[p]Fixed Card selection highlight disappears when going beyond the last card in the Upgrade Card screen if the Deck already contains upgraded Cards.[/p]

Upcoming Friday the 13th Update

It is almost time for a Nightmare to begin. In this case, you will be the one doing the haunting.

Post release we've been pushing out update after update, multiple times a week, leading the game into a direction based on your feedback.
But now, for our "1 month anniversary" we're saving up some time to bring you something with a little bit more "oomph"!

On Friday the 13th of June (how could we ignore such a date...) we'll be releasing the biggest update for Deck of Haunts yet.

Without giving away too much: there will be a new mode, where something "familiar" will be lurking about. Giving you a helping hand... if you are willing to offer up something in return.