Maid of Sker News

Hello, konnichiwa and shalom!

Today we're celebrating the addition of two new languages added to the game; Japanese and Hebrew. A special thank you to AiBell Game Localization (Japanese), Omer Cohen and Elad Halperin (Hebrew) for the localisation.

This means Maid of Sker officially supports a total of 16 languages!

✔ English
✔ Turkish
✔ Russian
✔ Simplified Chinese
✔ French
✔ German
✔ Italian
✔ Spanish - Spain
✔ Korean
✔ Portuguese - Brazil
✔ Arabic
✔ Polish
✔ Hungarian
✔ Welsh
✔ Japanese
✔ Hebrew

To celebrate this milestone and to say thank you for the overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam, we're now offering a 15% sale only on Steam, for the very first time since the launch this summer.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/826940/Maid_of_Sker/

We hope you enjoy the very best version of the game. For more information on what we've implemented since the launch, check out our recent news.

Wales Interactive

This update is live...

Safe Mode
Added a "Safe" Difficulty, with no enemies or damage, some items & achievements will be disabled.
For those who want to focus on atmosphere and story only (You are locked to this mode once you start).

General:
Fixed the door after the projector room after the last boss fight that wasn't saving as open
Fixed a bug that caused the Phonic Modulator ammo to show -1 in the Menu
Fixed an error spam caused by footsteps by Abraham during cutscenes
Added a prompt suggesting the player can try lower difficulty after dying often
Fixed an issue causing doors to close while the player is near them after an AI has gone out of range
Fixed a bug that caused pieces of the Phonic Modulator to be visible when picking one of the family crests
Adjusted player noise levels
Fixed Occlusion issues in Ground Floor

Graphics:
Added an option to disable Film Grain

Localization:
Updated Arabic Localization
Updated Chinese Localization

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This update will go live later today...

General:
- On Easy Difficulty, you get your health back when dying.
- Key Rebinding available for Movement Keys now.
- Fixed a Vent not saving on the Second Floor
- Fixed an issue that caused 2 doors to unlock when unlocking one door in the Basement
- Added environment notes to the numbered pictures in the Attic
- Fixed a bug allowing you to pick up the map before the open chest animation was complete
- Fixed a bug that would show the damage effect over certain cutscenes
- Adjusted interaction distance for the mirror on Second Floor
- Increased time between entering a toxic cloud & getting damaged
- Fixed a bug that would have 2 locked gate icons stay after they were unlocked
- Fixed an issue where loading for too long in Ground Floor might cause a restart from checkpoint
- Fixed an issue caused by dealing the final stun to Abraham while he's attacking that caused his attack colliders to stay on
- Fixed Basement Music Key Door not saving as unlocked after being unlocked.
- Fixed an occlusion issue with some lights in the Basement kitchen
- Improved Bar Puzzle Hint

Graphics:
- Added exclusive fullscreen mode

AI:
- Fixed an issue that would cause Abraham to spawn-camp you infront of the Save Rooms
- Fixed an issue where AI would get stuck to an object of interest for too long
- Increased noise & range of grand harmonium sounds
- Lowered the amount of stuns you have to do to Abraham to 2 instead of 3 on Easy difficulty

Localization:
- Updated Issues with Arabic Localization
- Subtitles in Arabic are now aligned to the right

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Dear fans,

We want to thank you all for the feedback and support you've given since the launch of Maid of Sker yesterday!

We also want you to know that we're listening to all the comments, reviews, messages and livestream commentaries so we can react and update for the best survival horror experience. Here's everything we have updated since the launch yesterday...

Gameplay:
- Adjusted Enemy AI detection through walls
- Detection when damaged has been reduced
- Fixed an issue with Hold Breath interrupting itself on rare occasions
- Increased the amount of sound reduction Hold Breath provides

Graphics:
- TAA sharpening increased for a clearer image (this resolves the slight blur some users are noticing)

Hard Mode:
- Limited saves increased from 5 to 10
- Balanced the number of enemy AI in earlier levels

Localization:
- Updated Issues with Arabic Localization
- Updated Issues with Italian Localization

Additional Notes:
- Maid of Sker features settings to toggle on/off some options including motion blur, chromatic aberration and post-processing. #There is also the option to switch between different anti-aliasing.

WIP
- We're currently working on editable keybinds and a load of other updates!

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The Grand Reopening is officially here!

Today we bring you the Welsh Folklore survival horror game of the year, on PC, Mac, PS4 and Xbox One.

We want to thank everyone for their support in the build-up to the launch and we're pleased to announce we're extending the 10% discount for one more week!

We want to hear your thoughts, so comment below or reach out to us with any of the links below. Don't forget, we're also offering a giveaway to win the Limited Edition Maid of Sker Vinyl Soundtrack.

Enter Sker Hotel... the Quiet Ones are waiting for you...

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