As the air begins to chill and the nights become longer, our beloved trees become creepier. In these singularly dark hours, new enemies arise on the beanstalks. They appear first at HalloBean.

Across the globe, rumors of dangerous forests and trees have popped up suggesting that the woods are haunted by incidents of years past. Some trees are said to be haunted by ghosts roaming the woods at night.

Greetings Stalkers! Our first Halloween Event starts today! From now until November 2, you’ll have the chance to get an exclusive Trophy and a few other naughty treats. To earn them, you’ll need to collect various candies, which you can do by:  

• Defeating HalloBean enemies,
  
• Climbing on hidden branches,
  
• Solving challenges,
  
• Crafting advanced weapons.

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On the haunted trees, where rituals were once held, in order to treat the scared stalkers, we offer various candies to help your way;

• Blue candy: Heals 3 points of health.
  
• Red candy: Removes 5 points of toxin.
  
• Yellow candy: Grants you 5 seconds of invulnerability.

And the chance to complete new exclusive Steam achievements.

Fall might be full of color, but when night falls, the forest can be a scary place. Dark trees, eerie sounds, and a cold that takes your breath away.

So take care and happy stalkings! 

Run Steam to download Update 28.1, or buy Universe Sandbox via the Steam Store.

We’ve improved the “Realistic” Object Visibility setting to better reflect the sensitivity of the human eye to object brightness and colors. We also added a new “Enhanced” Object Visibility, improved collision detection, smoothed out habitable zones, added bug fixes, and more!

[h4]Realistic Object Visibility[/h4]
The “Realistic” Object Visibility setting now shows objects fading in and out with adjusted colors tuned to what the human eye would see. Learn more in our guide, Limits of Human Eyes.


[h4]Smoother Habitable Zones[/h4]
The habitable zone now smoothly changes size for stars of all luminosities, including very hot, bright stars like Rigel. Check it out under View > Habitable.


[h4]More Highlights[/h4]

• “Enhanced” has been added as an Object Visibility option, which removes rim lighting from objects while keeping them always visible
  
  
  
• Collision detection has been further improved as part of our continued work to make collisions even better
  
  
  Before (Bug)
  

  
  After (✔️Bug Mitigated)
  
  
  
• We’ve added a satellite to our human-scale objects
  
  
  
• Created simulation of ESA and JAXA’s BepiColombo spacecraft flyby of Mercury in October 2021: Open > Historical > BepiColombo Flyby of Mercury in 2021
  
  
  
• Open, Guides, and Workshop panels can now be pinned open, allowing for much easier simulation browsing
  
  
  
• The View Settings panel has been reorganized for better clarity and usability
  
  
  Before
  

  
  After
  

This update includes 6+ additions and 12+ fixes and improvements.

Check out the full list of What's New in Update 28.1

Please report any issues on our Steam forum, on Discord, or in-game via Home > Send Feedback.

Dear survivors, version 1.4.0 have been updated today.
The updated version will include new enemies, new levels, and new shop system!
After this update, we now officially support Valve Index & welcome more survivors to join us!
Some adjustments have been made on a few ability cards and fighting style, and gameplay is now more intense than ever.
Other than new content, we have worked on the optimization of the gameplay, players should expect smoother gameplay.

The game will be on the Halloween special sales in steam with 33% off discount from 29 October to 2 November, do not miss the chance to have it during this Halloween.
This Halloween, we have included an exclusive limited-time campaign, during the campaign, survivors can attain Halloween Steam achievements by completing various tasks (from now to before the end of the Halloween sale period).

Please find the more detailed content of the updates below.


The second chapter consists of 6 stages, survivors can expect to face the new enemies and use new ability cards in this new chapter.
Unlock this chapter by collecting 30-45 stars, we welcome all survivors to take on this challenge and fight for the top ranking.

Next is the introduction of the store system, new enemies, new exterminate cards.


Survivors now have more areas to spend the currency earned in missions. You are now able to purchase different levels of ability cards with unique enhancement abilities.
This shop system will provide survivors more choices in strengthening, it makes survivors easier on building genres and abilities.

Some selection process of the ability card is replaced by the store system. Survivors can find the shop system in the following levels: 1-Ex, 2-Ex, and all mutation mode levels, the shop system will appear twice when there are more than 20 waves and the shop system will appear only once during stages which last 15 waves.

Products List
(Click "Show Details" to see full information)
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• Gun maintenance
  Damage +5%, Firing Rate +5%
  
• 4 Leaf Clover
  Critical Chance +5%
  
• Vampiric Fangs
  Lifesteal Chance +3%, Lifesteal +1%
  
• Tough guy proof
  Damage Reduction +5%
  
• Protein Shake
  Max HP +15%
  
• Energy bracelet
  Max Shield +25%
  
• Supercharger
  Shield Restoration Rate +50%
  
• Bandage
  Recover 30% HP
  
• Gambler's Cocktail
  Recover 1% of max HP upon critical strike, cool down for 2 seconds
  
• Vampire's Heart
  Lifesteal effect heals an additional 2% of max hp. Cool down for 2 seconds
  
• Adrenaline
  After taking damage, attack power +20% for 3 seconds
  
• Choke
  Bullet Spread Angle -20%
  
• 50. Cal Bullet
  Bullet Speed +35%
  
• Double nutrition
  All healing effects increased by 5%
  
• Assasin's Memoir
  Torso Damage +2% for every kill, stacks infinitely and returns to 0 at the end of the wave
  
• Revive Token
  Resurrect once (full HP and shield), and knock back the surrounding enemies by 2 meters

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There are 4 brands new enemies that will appear in mutation mode chapter 2.
These enemies spawn anywhere and will surprise the survivors. When paired with a mutation card, they will be even stronger.

For a detailed list of new enemies, please refer to this survivor log.。
New Enemies List
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• Pyro
  
  The highly aggressive special infected zombies spit flames, leaving survivors no space to breathe!
  
  
• Infector
  
  The aggressiveness is as intense as PYRO, but the acid attack will cause continuous damage to survivors!
  
  
  
• Sludger
  
  Shoots out the that obstruct the line of sight.
  
  
  
• Howler
  
  A special infected zombie who is nonaggressive. However, the howler attracts hoards of zombies that can easily be too much to handle if the threat isn't managed.
  

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Beyond the existing mutations cards, there will be new mutation cards that appear in chapter 2. Survivors, ready yourself and face enemies more fearsome than ever. (Or will you continue to be a coward?)

New Mutation Cards List
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• Buy one get one free
  The number of zombies summoned by the Howler is doubled
  Additional scores: +30%
  
• Frenetic
  Giant infected enemies gain 50% movement speed when below 50% HP
  Additional scores: +10%
  
• Rot
  A giant infected enemy emits deadly toxins, dealing 1% max hp/second damage
  Additional scores: +20%
  
• Yatawu
  The crow's HP +200%, movement speed +50%.
  Additional scores: +30%
  
• BAM BAM
  Club Wielding Giants +150% HP and +50% movement
  Additional scores: +10%
  
• Titan
  MEGA boss gets an upgrade!
  Increased HP, Movement and Attack Speed +30%
  Additional scores: +30%
  
• Tower shield
  The size of shield enemies wield increases by 20%
  Additional scores: +10%

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• Trick or Treat
  
  Choose Pumpkin juice card
  
• Out With It
  
  Choose Pumpkin pie card

• Pumpkin Pie
  Max HP +15%, Recover 50% HP
  Rarity: Rare

• Pumpkin juice
  Recover 30% HP

(Click "Show Details" to see full information)
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• Evolution (Damage)
  Damage +5% for every 15 enemies killed (maximum stack: 6 times)
  ↓
  Damage +5% for every 20 enemies killed (maximum stack: 6 times)
  
• Death Splinter
  30% chance to split 2 bullets to its surroundings upon killing
  ↓
  After killing the infected, split 2 bullets to attack the surroundings (cool down 1 seconds)
  
• Shock Wave
  10% chance to knock back enemies by 2 meters upon hitting
  ↓
  When hitting an enemy, knock back the target by 2 meters (cool down 2 seconds)
  
• Awareness
  Temporarily increase Firing Rate by +50% for 10 seconds after taking damage
  ↓
  Temporarily increase Firing Rate by +50% for 5 seconds after taking damage
  
• HP Attack
  Deal an extra damage base on 15% current HP per hit
  ↓
  Deal an extra damage base on 12% current HP per hit
  
• Headstart
  Damage +30% for 20 seconds after every wave start
  ↓
  Damage +40% for 20 seconds after every wave start
  
• Sticky Bullets
  Inflict slow upon critical hit (reduce movement speed for 50% for 3 seconds)
  ↓
  Hitting the enemy's leg slows them down (50% slow for 3 seconds, Cool down 0 second)
  
• Combo Hunter Healing
  Recover 5% HP for every 15 combo
  ↓
  Every 15 Combo restores 2% HP and 2% Shield
  
• Berserker
  Damage +50% when current HP is less than 35%
  ↓
  Firing Rate +50% when current HP is less than 50%
  
• Final showdown
  The last bullet of magazine deals 3X damage
  ↓
  The last bullet of magazine deals 5X damage
  
• Mental Fortitude
  Damage Reduction +25% when current HP is less than 50%
  ↓
  Damage Reduction +30% when current HP is less than 50%
  
• Blood Pact
  Damage +75%, -10% HP per attack (will not cause death)
  ↓
  Damage +75%, -2% HP per attack (will not cause death)
  
• Imperfection
  Max HP +80%, Damage Reduction -10%
  ↓
  Max HP +80%, Damage Reduction -20%

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• Steady Hands
  
• Revive Token (move to the shop system)

• Shop parts in the mutation mode chapter 1, 1-Ex and 2-Ex (replaced 1-2 times the part of the selecting of the ability card)

• Cryogenics
  Causes a frost explosion upon hitting a frozen enemy. Dealing 200% damage and freezing enemies within a 3-meter radius (Cooldown: 2s)
  ↓
  An ice storm is generated when hitting a frozen enemy, dealing 200% damage and freezing enemies within a radius of 3 meters for 3 seconds. (cool down 3 seconds)

1. Game engine upgraded to Unity2019 version, which will have lots of positive effects on game performance.
   
2. Adjust parts of the game logic, which reduces the burden of the CPU.
   
3. Optimize parts of the graphics, which to reduce graphical lag.

The operations method of the Index:

• Trigger-shooting, operation UI interface
  
• Button A – Reload
  
• Button B – Pause the game during stages

We would like to thank all our loyal survivors who have given valuable feedback and discussion in our Discord server. We revised the reload mechanism to a simpler automatic method.
Reload now happens automatically once the magazine is empty.

1. Adjustments on the sound effect

1. Fixed the bug in the reconfirmation interface when players give up on the mission, you can still press the game setting and the button of the return to mission.
   
2. Fixed the bug in the sound effect of the chainsaw when starting the game.

Thank you for being a huge part to VAR: Exterminate, please feel free to comment or message us with the link below, or join our Discord to discuss with other players and developers.


Thanks to the community, especially HDfromDadsGameToo, Bok3Ron for helping with the new content production! We're very grateful.

Happy Halloween!

Hello there everyone!

The Heart of Crown servers will be down for a planned server maintenance this weekend. There is no definitive end time for the maintenance, but we are expecting to finish on by end-of-day on 10/31 JST.

During this time, lobby servers and other features will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. If the maintenance needs to be extended, we will post about it here.

Update (11/1): Maintenance has been extended on 11/1 and may continue into this week.

Update (11/1): Maintenance has been completed. All users will need to update to the latest Steam version in order to use the network interface. On certain PC configurations there are some unresolved issues related as state below, and we are still investigating and will continue to endeavor to resolve.

- Some Windows Input and/or Locale Configurations result in double inputs in text fields.
- Some network and/or firewall configurations may result in the Ranked Battle or Free Battle modes crashing the game upon input.

If you experience these problems or any others with this new build please join our discussion thread for the latest patch and we will do our best to analyze and create any fixes.

• Each boss provides a unique upgrade. After complaints about the limited inventory space, we came up with a solution. By completing the first boss, you will get 2 extra resource slots transforming your inventory layout from 2x5 to 3x4. For the second boss, you will get an extra tool slot bringing you to a total of 12 resources and 3 tool slots. These upgrades work retroactively, meaning that if you have already defeated the bosses, you will get the inventory upgrades right away. We are also planning on expanding the inventory with future bosses.

• Now, when unlocking a new book page, it will be shown immediately in the Book of Crafts.
  
• A bookmarker is now displayed on locked or freshly unlocked pages.

• The items will be saved by their IDs instead of their names (for name changing reasons that might come up later).

• The health bar is now pulsing with gold and silver colors while the player is invincible. The current health is shown with gold and the remaining time from invincibility is displayed with an emissive overlay.
  
• The player can heal themselves during invincibility.

• Fixed a bug that made certain desert levels generate only one branch.
  
• Fixed a bug that made certain items not drop the correct loot.

• Grenade launchers now have more consistent launch speed.
  
• Grenades now behave as intended on all surfaces.
  
• Grenades don't interact with invisible colliders anymore.
  
• Killing beehives are now counted in daily quests.
  
• Sandstorm is now more audible.
  
• The toxic display now tracks the effect with more accuracy. (Previously, the toxic effect could get much higher than what the display could track.)
  
• Golden Cactus now has proper colliders.
  
• Now the door handle of the Treehouse works with distance grab.
  
• The stronger snitches spawning from the snitch hive were replaced with regular ones.
  
• Item scanner and ammo requester now have proper scales on extraction points.
  
• Cactus on the stick and expandable sword grab position adjusted for more comfortable use.
  
• Ore holders on the Floating Islands now contain ores.
  
• The floating stones around the Floating Islands now have proper lod settings.

We just updated the DEMO to version 202.1605.



The update adds the Spire (at the end of Chapter 1) as well as brings to DEMO all the changes in UI and mechanics that happened on the main branch of the game in the last month.

If you're curious about the game, give the demo a spin to experience it for yourself.

And if you run into any technical issues... please page us on the forums, and we'll help.

Have fun!

Hey engineers,

Let's catch up, shall we? We'll be playing new version of Learning Factory, featuring lots of rivers, lakes, new content and other awesome stuff. Also: Halloween is upon us, and we have a surprise for you! Come and see for yourself:


Join us on Twitch, YouTube and on our Steam page.



Hey, let's discuss how you like all this stuff, shall we? Drop us a line:

• Twitter
  
• Discord

And don't forget to follow Learning Factory on Steam to get the news about new updates as soon as they're out there



Going to Early Access is but the first step to glory (and eternal cat happiness). Wanna be part of what happens next? Head to this blog post and learn how to help make the game even more awesome!

Learning Factory needs your help! Record a 10 or more minutes of you playing the game, share a video using any way you see fit, write your name into Learning Factory credits and get a promo cat! Make history here

A Little over a month ago, we launched the demo of our first game, a non-combat RPG multiplayer and we transitioned a few weeks ago into the early access stage. As part of our roadmap and suggestions received from you guys, our cherished players and community, we have been hard at work to add new languages to enhance the overall experience of the game.
We are happy to announce the addition of two new languages. As always they will be immediately available for use through settings in the game.


New languages
ESP - Spanish
CTN - Catalan

This brings our languages supported to 3. Head over to our steam store/website to enjoy the game if you haven't and play with your friends.

We currently have an exciting giveaway on our social media until the end of the month.
Enjoy the new languages!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1708570/Those_who_Came/

added admin game settings variable for difficulty scaling in land combat

updated ore mining conditions to allow users to mine ores even without valid voyage id only if the map spawned on is NOT a treasure site

The latest Amanita Design game has just landed on Steam!

It’s Happy Game, our darkest, creepiest, and most twisted adventure so far, coming from the team behind Botanicula and CHUCHEL.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206060/Happy_Game/

Happy Game is an absurd horror adventure game designed by Jaromír Plachý, who previously brought you the family-friendly games Botanicula and CHUCHEL. This time, however, Jaromír decided to make something a little less cheerful, and the result of his team’s work is a psychedelic journey through a little boy’s three horrible nightmares, each with its own style, creatures and puzzles.

Get in the proper mood with the very happy launch trailer:


Once again, we’re very happy to have worked with our favorite Czech music duo DVA, who created all of the spooky sounds and music for Happy Game. The original soundtrack is also available to purchase on Steam and is coming later to streaming services as well.

Please note: Happy Game is not a happy game.