Amnesia: The Dark Descent News

Record discount on Amnesia: The Bunker

[h3]Happy new year everyone![/h3]

We’re kicking off 2024 with a record discount on Amnesia: The Bunker!

For one week only you can grab the game at a 35% discount.

We just launched the Accessibility patch with a bunch of new features, as well as the recent Halloween Update which introduced whole new ways to experience the Bunker.

If you're hungry for more we also have Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs at 90% off!

There hasn’t been a better time to strap in for some good ole’ horror madness.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1944430/Amnesia_The_Bunker/

Autumn Sale | Vote for Amnesia: The Bunker in the Steam Awards!

Rain pouring down out there? Looking for a good reason to stay indoors? Look no further!

Amnesia: The Dark Descent and the entire Frictional Games library is part of the Steam Autumn sale with discounts up to 85%.

Autumn sales also mean one big thing…

[h3]The Steam Awards nomination period is here![/h3]

Steam Awards mean a ton for a small studio like ours. We poured a lot of passion and hard work into this project and we are tremendously proud of what we achieved!

With Amnesia: The Bunker we wanted to design systems and gameplay that both offer something new and truly challenging to the players, which we think we achieved. If you agree we encourage you to nominate us in the “Best game you suck at” category in this year's Steam Awards - vote here!

For a reminder as to why, please check out this video:
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Either way you chose to vote we want to thank you for playing the game and being part of our community, it means the world to us.

Halloween's over but you can still scare yourself witless with this VR recreation of Amnesia

There are some things in life that I admire but can't claim to properly understand. These include the literary works of James Joyce, the vegan lifestyle, and people who want to play incredibly scary games in VR. I like horror games, but there's a limit on my tolerance, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent landed right on that limit when it slithered out of Frictional Games' culvert a terrifying thirteen years ago. Hence, the mere idea of playing that game in VR makes me shudder...
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Total Conversion support

Hey everyone,

Hope you have been trying out and enjoying the recent Steam Workshop support for Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

There are already over 180 (!) mods available to try out - this is truly insane and we are so happy to see the community engaged after all these years!

So, today we’re enabling Total Conversion support for the workshop as well, meaning you can go buck wild with the mods, if you want to.

Today we’re also launching the anticipated Halloween Update for Amnesia: The Bunker!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1944430/Amnesia_The_Bunker/

This update brings a bunch of new features, adding new horrors and heaps of replay value.

If you've beaten the game once you can challenge yourself with the new Shell Shock mode - or play around with the settings in Custom Mode.

Happy Halloween! 🎃

Watch the trailer now: [previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Changelog for ATDD version 1.5

Added total conversion support through custom story menu
Fixed support for dds cubemap textures
Restored old custom story window behaviour when loading an entry
Added navigation of custom story menu with gamepad
Fixed a crash caused by using more than 2^16 (65,535) callbacks
Added option to menu.cfg to allow specifying colors for menu item text
Added option to main_init.cfg to specify how custom stories are loaded within a custom story (Variables.ShowLocalCustomStoriesOnly)
Added new script function ShowScreenImage
Added new script function OnUpdate
Added #include for .hps files
Fixed bug where Chests weren't storing their coin requirements in save files
Fixed option to specify multiple slime types for SlimeAreas
Updated color picker in editors
Misc fixes

Amnesia: The Dark Descent Redux mod adds Vulkan and DirectX 12 support

Well this is quite fun to see. Amnesia: The Dark Descent has gained a Redux mod that rebuilds the graphics engine behind the game to provide Vulkan on Linux and DirectX 12 on Windows.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/amnesia-the-dark-descent-redux-mod-adds-vulkan-and-directx-12-support