We Were Here News

Hi everyone! It’s been a hot minute since we last spoke to you but in the meantime most of you were busy with our Christmas event over at the basecamp. Whilst you were wrapping your minds around our holiday puzzle, we’ve been working on a couple of things…


Podcast
We have seen your questions, your cries for more secrets. You want to know more about our games and about our studio. Well, we’ve got you fam; This Week’s Mayhem. Our podcast in which we go down to the nitty-gritty about our games with our community manager Soraya and some of our developers. In the second episode we get to know more about the puzzle design progress from our game designer Thijs.

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Want to stay up to date on our Weekly Mayhem? You can find all our (future) episodes on our YouTube channel and in this playlist. Consider to subscribe to our channel, any form of support makes the Jester smile!

Merch
Out with the old, in with the new! A new year and a new season, means new merch. As previously explained our TMG Essentials will remain, but our TMG Limited got an update! This limited collection is all about love and romance. But no worries, our ‘Curse of Castle Rock’ design is available until the end of January, ON SALE!

The Steam Winter sale has begun and the explorers of the We Were Here series are joining the festivities! Of course, you can enjoy the first expedition to Castle Rock for free on Steam, but until January 5th, going back to the Antarctic to explore the second and third chapters of the We Were Here series, can be done with big discounts!

During the Winter Sale, We Were Here Too has a discount of 70% and We Were Here Together is 50% off! If you enjoy the music of the We Were Here series, be sure to check out the official soundtracks as well!



[h2]Solving Christmas mysteries… together![/h2]
In We Were Here Together, a mysterious door has been closed all year… until now! During the Christmas season, you will find festive decorations inside the basecamp of the explorers. But there is one problem. They need power. A special Christmas Puzzle is available in the third entry of our co-op puzzle adventure series! Have you solved it yet?



[h2]Feeling hungry? [/h2]
What do you think about when it comes to the Holiday season? Spending time with your family, playing games together or how about some delicious food & drinks? On our social media channels, the explorers have been sharing some of their favorite recipes that will warm you up or give you the chills!

Try them out yourself!



[h2]Staying warm[/h2]
In case you missed it! Last month, we launched our new merchandise store for Total Mayhem Games and the We Were Here series! Some of our design series are limited, so you better hurry up if you want to wear some of our cheerful merch. One of these examples is, you’d never guess it, our holiday themed products! Head over to the Merch Store (link: http://www.totalmayhemmerch.com) to get it now!


Happy Holidays!
 

“Loud and clear! Over!” As you may have noticed, we have updated We Were Here on Steam! This patch implements a new voice-chat system called Vivox. This should improve communication between explorers using their walkie-talkies, especially those trapped in Castle Rock!
You also might notice that when booting up We Were Here, the main menu has received a bit of a facelift! Not only is it looking better, it will also keep you up to date with what’s going on with the We Were Here Series… speaking of which…

[h2]Wear it like you mean it[/h2]
We have opened up our brand new merchandise store! There is an even better way to explore Castle Rock when you look the part with your co-op partner! There are different lines of designs, like our simple yet straightforward TMG Essentials designs. Our TMG FOR FRIENDS is there for those who want to relive those memories of being trapped and spending a lot of valuable time together.

But there is limited merchandise as well! Such as Curse of Castle Rock pieces of merch as well as Holiday-related sweaters to keep you and your co-op partner warm! These lines of merchandise are available until January 31st!
Can’t wait to get your own merch? Go to http://www.totalmayhemmerch.com

[h2]Ho Ho Hold on![/h2]
The explorers sure like to celebrate whenever there is a good occasion to do so! If you explore the basecamp in We Were Here Together, you might find them eating some treats based on a Dutch tradition called ‘Sinterklaas’. Can you find all of them?

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There’s also a door on the basecamp that’s yet to be opened… I wonder if there’s something lurking behind that as well…

Spooktober is here! What better time than to team up with your online co-op partner and discover the halls of Castle Rock? If you and your partner manage to escape the first time, why not continue the series with We Were Here Too with a -55% discount and We Were Here Together that is -30% off during the Steam Halloween Sale! Be sure to look around the basecamp of We Were Here Together with your co-op partner to find decorations fit for a ‘pumpking’.

[h2]Sounds of Terror[/h2]
Want to keep having those chills running down your spine? Then listen to the We Were Here Soundtrack on Steam! They are also available at a huge discount (-50%) during the Steam Autumn sale!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/721410/We_Were_Here_Original_Soundtrack/

[h2] There once was a castle filled with life…[/h2]
...and now it seems they have all moved to Discord! The official We Were Here Discord server is growing with new explorers joining every day! Looking for a co-op partner, want to theorise about the mysteries of Castle Rock or do you just want to hang out in our digital hot chocolate bar? Join our Discord server today!

There’s also a monthly challenge for the community which could be a puzzle, news related to the series or a contest! For this spooky month, we asked our lovely community imagine the explorers in their worst nightmare, community member ‘Duskinator’ did an awesome job!

[h2]Cross, Circle, Triangle, Square?[/h2]
We are also very excited to have shared the news recently that the We Were Here series is coming to PlayStation 4! We can’t wait to have the exciting PlayStation community join our mysterious puzzle adventures and co-op shenanigans. That is all for now...

[h3]Have a happy Halloween![/h3]

How is everyone doing? It's been a busy month but we've been making steady progress. In fact, we can finally reveal some exciting news... at the end of this post ;)

[h2]What are we up to right now?[/h2]
We can tell you that we're participating in the Tokyo Game Show this year, with some awesome news! If you aren't following the event, you can find it at the end of this post as well. The Tokyo Game Show is always an exciting event with some big announcements and trailers to enjoy - and we're always curious to see what's popular in other parts of the world. We'd love to attract new We Were Here fans from Japan and Asia more generally! If you'd like to check out the event yourself, Inverse has a nice article on how and when to watch.

Which announcements are you hyped for?

How the show looked in years past. It's all online for 2020.

[h2]Are you a notetaker? [/h2]
Some of the puzzles in our games can be more easily solved with the aid of pen and paper, as player QAQAQAQAQ has discovered. Some great drawings here!



We're pleased to see people taking notes, because the We Were Here series is inspired in part by the legacy of classic adventure game Myst - did you know that Myst actually came with a notepad in the game box itself! You can see a cool image of someone's notes from this fun Reddit thread!

[h2]Last but not least...[/h2]
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We have a great announcement for console fans today - those of you following our social media might already have figured it out - the We Were Here series is coming to PlayStation 4 soon! No dates yet, but we'll let you know whenever we have something firmed up. Follow our social media for all the latest news and We Were Here developments! And don't forget: keep your eyes open, because we will probably have more hidden messages in the coming months...

Do you see the circle in this image? There were four other images that had a triangle, cross and square. Put them together, and you got the PS4 controller buttons!