Midnight Ghost Hunt News

Hey all, we have another quick hotfix ready for you! This hotfix addresses an issue with first time login for new players:

• Fixed issue where a tutorial prompt could block a crossplay prompt and cause a login issue for new players
  

Thanks as always for your support, and have a great holiday season!

Hope to see you on the hunt soon!
- Team MGH

Hey all, we have a quick hotfix ready for you! This hotfix addresses a couple of issues we have seen since we released Update 11:

• Fix the scoreboard (tab menu) not updating kills/score/etc consistently
  
• Fix Ghost cosmetics being reset to the default selections
  

Thanks for the reports on these issues, and please let us know over on our Discord if you run into anything else!

Hope to see you on the hunt soon!
- Team MGH

Season’s greetings, Ghosts and Hunters!

As the holiday season blankets the world in warmth and cheer, our ghostly game is no exception to the festive magic. 'Tis the season for festive spirits, so grab your gear and get ready for a hauntingly delightful Christmas hunt!


Previously, Hunters had only one gadget slot that would force a player to pick either a tracking gadget or something else. Internally, we’ve experimented with adding a second gadget slot to Hunters that gave lesser-used gadgets a time to shine without needing to give up the ability to track Ghosts. The results were promising, so we are rolling this change out in this update!

Hunters now have the choice of a weapon, a regular gadget, a utility gadget, and a perk. We have currently split the gadgets in a way that we think makes the most sense to prevent a solo Hunter from being overly strong, but please note this is experimental, and we would love to hear your feedback!

The “regular” gadgets are Radar, Vacuum, Camcorder, Spectrophone, Pathfinder, and Trap. While the “utility” gadget options are Defibrillator, Medic Kit, Grenade, Grappling Hook, and C4.

Our goal with this change is to allow the Hunters to use more of the niche gadgets while still retaining a tracking gadget. We can’t wait to see what new crazy builds you come up with!

In an attempt to balance out this change, we have decreased Hunter movement speed by about 10% to compensate for the extra power that Hunters gain to hopefully prevent a major swing in balance. We will be keeping a close eye on the analytics and your feedback, and we will adjust as needed!


The first thing you will notice when booting up Update 11 will be the newly overhauled main menu! This new main menu allows for easier navigation through the various menus, brings the style up to date, and adds a widely-requested new feature: you can now toggle between Ghost and Hunter skins for your party in the main menu!


You may also spot a new feature in the new main menu, separate emote and victory pose selections for Hunters and Ghosts! You know you have always wanted to Praise the Duck as a Hunter and do the Forbidden Gesture as a Ghost, right? RIGHT? Well, now you can!


What would the holiday season be without some seasonal decorations? We’ve once again covered all the maps and the van with decorations galore. You might even find Santa or his elves across the maps as well 👀



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To celebrate our eleventh Early Access update, we’re also celebrating with a discount. If you haven’t had a try at hunting and haunting quite yet, now is a perfect time to do so! MGH is 66% off right now for the Steam Winter Sale! Gather your crew and hop on in. The sale runs until January 4th!


We’ll also be granting double the normal amount of Ghost Shards throughout this whole week to celebrate the Holiday season!


This update also includes:

• Prevent full-screen “Logging into your Epic Account” popup from happening mid-match
  
• Fix weapon projectiles sometimes stopping and instantly breaking flinging props
  
• Many smaller bug fixes as well

That’s all for now, Ghosts and Hunters! We wish you a great holiday season, and a wonderful start to your New Year! As always, thanks for your unwavering support and we can’t wait to see you back on the h(a)unt soon! 😊

👻 -Team MGH

Hey all, we have a patch ready for you today! This patch is mostly focused on some balance changes based on the feedback we heard from you all since our last update.

Health Orbs will now spawn again at Midnight, but at a slower pace and capped out at 4 active at once. (One per Ghost player). The intention is to keep the health scarcity, but provide Ghosts an option to search for healing if the Hunters are effective at weakening them.

Moving and taunting as a Ghost are now ~15% more effective. We found that it was too difficult to keep your ectoplasm down without putting yourself at major risk.

These are small "nudges" in the balance, as we do not want to overcorrect. We will continue to observe the feedback and adjust accordingly. We appreciate the feedback as always, and thanks for playing!

Full Notes:

• A maximum of 4 Health Orbs will now slowly spawn at Midnight. As before, all existing Health Orbs will despawn at Midnight
  
• Taunts now lower +15% additional ectoplasm buildup
  
• Ectoplasm reduction increased +15% while moving
  
• Fixed the bug where Radar was tracking corrupted props, this is no longer the case
  
• Halloween decorations have been removed until next year
  
• Double shards have been disabled
  
• Fixed a bug on first time startup that could cause some aspect ratio issues with the new UI
  
• Other small bug fixes
  

As always, thanks for your continued support, and for your feedback. We heard you loud and clear, and hopefully these changes are a step in the right direction! Please let us know what you think over on our Discord, and if we need to make more changes we will! 👻

Hope to see you on the hunt soon!
- Team MGH

Hey there, Ghosts and Hunters!

As the crisp, cool breeze of autumn fills the air, it can mean only one thing: Halloween season is here! So don your favorite duck costume, and join us in the excitement as we delve into Update 10!


What would scary season be without some seasonal decorations? We’ve once again decorated all the maps and the van with ghostly adornments galore. The three Halloween hero props are back once again for you to enjoy!

Chomping Pumpkin - Much like our Mimic Chest friend, this pumpkin will have no problem taking a bite or two out of you

Pumpkin Jack-in-the-box - Is the hammer from our regular Jack-in-the-box too aggressive for you? How about launching pumpkin guts at them instead?

Witch Doll - Who needs a knife when you have a broom? Zoom across the maps and bonk the hunters to your heart’s content


With this update we have also made some pretty serious balance changes, and that starts with how Ectoplasm buildup works.

We have heard from the community that Radar detecting Ghosts with 0 Ectoplasm buildup didn’t make much sense, so we changed it! Our intention is for Radar to be much more accurate, while also making Ectoplasm buildup more clear for Ghosts.

• 0 Ectoplasm buildup now means 0 reading on Radar/Spectrophone
  
• Moving in a small circle as a Ghost will no longer reduce Ectoplasm buildup
  
• Radar will no longer get confused between different floors
  
  • Before, Radar could show a high reading if a Ghost with high Ectoplasm buildup was on the floor above you, that is no longer the case
• Radar will no longer get confused if you have a low Ectoplasm ghost directly in front of you, and a high Ectoplasm ghost slightly further away
  
  • Before, this would cause Radar to show almost no signal, even though you have a high Ectoplasm ghost nearby
• Taunting still lowers Ectoplasm buildup, however we have increased the volume to make this more risky in revealing your location
  
• The Ectoplasm buildup bar now will show a shaking Radar icon the higher your Ectoplasm buildup gets to clarify what having high Ectoplasm actually means: High Ectoplasm = High Radar reading
  

We’ve focused this update on improving balance and how Midnight plays out during matches. Hunters missing even a single Ghost previously meant that all Ghosts come back at full health, or they could easily heal any damage they took pre-midnight.

This new system is designed to still allow Ghosts to feel powerful at Midnight, while assuring Hunters that the last 5 minutes weren’t for nothing. Destroying 3 out of the 4 ghosts before Midnight will now make a drastic difference to the possible outcome for Hunters at Midnight.

• At midnight, all health orbs will despawn, and they will not respawn for the rest of the match
  
• If you die as a Ghost before midnight, you will come back with less health
  
  • If you were not vacuumed, you will come back with 60hp
    
  • If you were vacuumed, you will come back with 35hp
• There are only two ways to heal as a ghost after Midnight
  
  • Consuming a Hunter soul will do one of the following:
    
    • If you are
    • If you are 100% HP, a health orb will spawn at this location for a teammate
  • Destroying the Generator will drop 2 health orbs, allowing you/your team to heal
• UI will indicate how much health you will have when you respawn at Midnight
  
• Ghosts will look less saturated at lower health after Midnight, making it easier to choose which Ghosts to target

We hope that these Midnight changes will reward Hunters for any success they do have before Midnight, while still allowing the Midnight Ghosts to feel powerful. Do give it a shot and let us know what you think over on our Discord!


Alongside our Midnight balance and Ectoplasm/Radar changes, we have also made some UI changes to add additional clarity:

• Health bars are now segmented into ~25HP chunks - this should allow you to roughly determine how much health you have in various props or Hunter perks
  
• The health bar now animates more clearly and with more polish when taking damage or healing
  
• When you are low health, you now have a more intense red outline on the outside of the screen so can more clearly understand you are low health
  

A major issue that we noticed over the past few months was related to unpossessed props stuttering after a dedicated server had been online for an extended period of time. This was causing lots of other issues as well, such as Hunters teleporting around when getting hit by these specific props, as well as Ghosts being able to occasionally teleport outside of the maps when attempting to possess these props.

I am happy to report that this should be completely fixed now! So go forth and enjoy the nice, stable dedicated servers once more, and if you run into any issues please let us know on our Discord! 🥳



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To celebrate our tenth Early Access update, we’re also celebrating with a discount. If you haven’t had a try at hunting and haunting quite yet, now is a perfect time to do so! MGH is 66% off right now on Steam for the Steam Scream Fest! Gather your crew and hop on in. The sale runs until November 2nd!


Trick or treat! We’ll be granting double the normal amount of Ghost Shards throughout this whole week to celebrate the Halloween season!


We also added several new Ghost taunts for you to unlock and enjoy! Taunt the Hunters to your hearts content!


This update also includes:

• Activating voice chat should no longer cause FPS drops
  
• Join friends match in progress button from the Social menu should work again
  
• Players from all platforms (Epic/Steam) should now show in the Social menu, regardless of what platform you are playing on
  
• Many smaller bug fixes as well

That’s all for now, Ghosts and Hunters! As always, thanks for your unwavering support and we can’t wait to see you back on the h(a)unt soon! 😊

👻 -Team MGH