With the recent release of Horace on a new platform, we are pleased to introduce a small patch for PC players that introduces some quality of life additions:

- Gameplay balancing with additional shields and checkpoints to make the game easier and bring it inline with the Nintendo Switch release.

- Lots of little fixes, optimisations and tweaks made to improve the game experience on different hardware configurations.

- New Display menu option that allows you to change screen resolution and toggle between full screen and windowed mode.

- Added the much asked for Quit option to the title screen main menu.

We hope you continue to enjoy Horace on PC or Nintendo Switch!

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We noticed that some of our players were experiencing some bugs since our last update and this hotfix aims to fix those bugs we have seen our players experiencing.

- Fix for any previously collected junk respawning on re-entering certain rooms when continuing a saved position from an older version of the game.

- Fix for a progression blocking bug that could occur in the Prison section of the game if player was killed at the same time as unlocking a door. If you have encountered this problem you should now be able to proceed with your existing save game.

- Some minor graphical and gameplay tweaks we noticed whilst watching people playing the game online. Thanks to all you lovely streamers for playing our game!

We hope you continue to enjoy playing Horace!

It's not been long since our last content update and we have some more content for you to enjoy in our latest v1.5.2 patch along with a couple of fixes. See the full patch notes below:

* Hats! Once you've beaten the final boss in the game you'll notice that hat stands with a variety of fun head gear have appeared in the game world. Tap up when you find one to exchange your current hat for the one hanging on the hat stand.

* Photo Booths! Another reward for beating the final boss is the addition of Photo Prize Booths. Have your photo taken and if you're rocking the correct head fashion you could win a prize that will make reaching the ultimate goal of a million items of junk a little easier.

* Fixes for people suffering from some broken save game issues. Some players have suffered problems where the player would restart in an out of world position or without the Nuee Shoees. Fixes have been made which will hopefully get your save game working again in the majority of cases.

* More robust handling of quitting the game with Alt+F4. Feedback from some users made us realise that quitting the game using the Alt+F4 Windows shortcut could lead to broken save games. Unfortunately we haven't been able to put in a fix to heal save games broken in this manner, but we have made the game saving code more robust so that quitting the game in this manner should no longer yield a broken save position. We would still recommend pausing and quitting to the title screen, then pressing Escape to quit as a preference.

Surprise! We are continuing to release new content for Horace and this small update brings some exciting new ideas that you won't want to miss!

Features
* The Ninja Suit! This becomes available to buy in the in-game shops towards the end of the game. It not only looks really cool but also gives you five seconds of absolute invulnerability, which should make reaching the magic 1,000,000 junk a bit easier.

* Portable Game Guy Device! Also available to buy in the in-game shops is the GameGuy, a portable gaming device in glorious green-tinted monochrome. It comes bundled with a new mini game that can only be played on the GameGuy. The full range of arcade games are available in GameGuy versions too, but you'll have to find or buy the cartridges to play them.

* Some new rooms to explore towards the end of the game. Think of this as a bit of a Director's cut version of the games concluding chapter.

* Hopefully a fix for the dreaded black background bug that a minority of players have noticed. We say "hopefully" because it's not something we've been able to reproduce, and every time we spoke to somebody who was experiencing the problem it would suddenly magically fix itself just as we were about to try something new.

* Game completion achievements had a bug meaning if you completed the game with one million junk you couldn't then get the achievement for completing with less than a million. Fixed so that both achievements will now pop, and also if you load a saved game completed with more than one million this will also pop the less than a million achievement.

* Various other bugs and improvements

We hope you enjoy turning invisible or trying out the Game Guy for the first time and please keep sharing your feedback on the game.

A big thank you for your feedback so far.

The Horace Team

As many of our players will already know, Horace was developed over 7 years and was made by just two people. Labor of Love is certainly an apt nomination for this year’s Steam awards given the dedication and passion from developers Paul Helman and Sean Scaplehorn. Please consider nominating Horace for the Labor of Love Award at the Steam Awards 2019 and share your vote with your friends.

Since launching the game, more content has been added and we have also released the Soundtrack on Steam. There is still more content in the pipeline so we hope people, both new and old, jump into the game in the near future!

A big thank you to everyone that has played Horace - your positive feedback has been amazing and it's great to hear how much the game has impacted some of our players.

Now the power is in your hands! If you shed a tear (or many tears), cheered or booed any of the characters or belly laughed out loud then please consider nominating Horace for the Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award at the Steam Awards 2019.

If you do vote for Horace, be sure to share your vote with your friends and thank you again for all your support.

Great news, the Horace Official Soundtrack has now available on Steam!

Relive the unforgettable journey of a small robot on a big adventure with 42 classic chip tunes of classic songs and originals by developer, Paul Helman.

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Firstly, we would like to thank everyone who has played Horace so far, your support has been amazing. Whether you have finished the game or are just setting out on the robot's adventure, we are bringing some new content for you to enjoy in our latest v1.4.0 update. See below for a full list of features:

Features


* The Time Machine will allow players to revisit old boss fights completed during normal gameplay. By revisiting boss battles and achieving better results, players can unlock in-game movies and music tracks for the Cinema and Gramophone.


* The Cinema will allow players to re-watch their favorite cutscenes from the game. Cutscenes are unlocked through normal gameplay, by beating boss challenges in The Time Machine or by picking up a Bad RAM item from the game.


* The Gramaphone lets players listen to musical tracks featured in the game. Tracks are unlocked through normal gameplay or by revisiting boss battles in The Time Machine.

Fixes
* Improvements to game frame rate which should eliminate the juddery motion noticed by some players.
* Lots of other minor graphical and gameplay tweaks.

Following community feedback from our last patch we are releasing a smaller hotfix to improve some of the game play and fix some bugs. Full patch notes below.

Horace Patch Notes (v 1.3.1)

* Fixes for music tracks playing over the top of some cut scenes towards the end of the game, making the cut scene audio hard to hear.

* Fix for the game not restarting the Air Boss if player starts the battle, then quits to the title screen. On resuming save game Air Boss will now spawn correctly.

* Fix for the game getting stuck in an infinite loop of the robot falling into space if trying to play the burning house section with a shield orb. Save games affected by this bug should work correctly on this new version.

* Fixed a problem with the Egyptian boss which caused it to sometimes stop spawning rocks for the player to throw back.

* Changed the way that the battery unit slots into its receiver in Robot Lab Backup Generator as some players are reporting issues with it locking into place.

* Modified the helicopter boss battle collision detection as some players were reporting difficulties in destroying it.