Hi everyone! Normally I don't do back-to-back patches, but there is a pretty big sequence breaking bug that needed to be fixed.

Bugs fixed:

• Sequence breaking bug with the bartender after Act II
  
• Autosave toggle giving free experience
  
• ATH trainer in the security room being pass-through

From 7th December, it's up to you to unzombie the world - because that's when Zombie Cure Lab launches as an Early Access version!

Watch the new trailer now and add it to your Steam wishlist to not miss the one-week 20% discount on the original price of 24,99€! 🧟🧪

• Fixed: Peasant bar should now display correctly after loading a save game
  
• Fixed: Peasant list entries correctly sized for dead peasants
  
• Fixed: Context/Pie menu hints now show up correctly on top
  
• Fixed: Small bug in rangers init code
  
• Balance: Reduced the amount of resources required to start repairs
  
• Improved pathfinding near walls to reduce glitching through by monsters
  
• Improved framerate and start animation on new "Farmstead" map
  
• Swinvale map improvements
  
• Slightly improved the road blocker in "Children's Tales" to make placement of gates easier
  
• Re-sorted level selection list so people play not just Schramberg :-)
  
• Added some in-game hints for newer players
  
• Some minor visual improvements

Controller Support

Cloakers.. the anticipated controller support is finally up for almost all controller types including steam deck. Please head to Library-->C&Capes-->"controller layout" below play next to "discussions" to further configure your controller preferences or to check the default action mappings.

Fixes And Balancing

• fixed a bug where in hardcore mode heart vases dont break
  
• fixed 2 achievements not working properly ("a father's rejoice" and "feels stronger now" achievements)
  
• protector circle knights move speed reduced
  
• many fixes to Tezkraml (7th boss) where the hands impact waves would just fall and more
  
• drunk pattern firing buffed, more dps
  
• Essa, lady of chaos (3rd boss) inverse bullets phase duration reduced and her health decreased

In The Making

• Halloween theme
  
• "Not just a spirit" expensive end-game powerup
  
• Boss-rush DLC

Join the community discord and let me know of anything:

https://discord.gg/59FszrBmkT

Wow! Has it really been this long? Where does the time go? We can hardly believe it ourselves, but it's definitely true. As of today, Escape Simulator has officially been out for an entire year already! And what a year it has been for all of us at Pine Studio!



To celebrate the first anniversary of Escape Simulator, we're looking back at everything that has been achieved so far, while also giving you a sneak peek of what's yet to come. Join us for another dev update and feel free tell us your favorite memory of the game so far in the comment section down below! If you do so, and give this a announcement a like, you might win a key for our upcoming DLC (once it's out)!

Update: The two lucky winners of the Wild West DLC are Lyalya and -Swervin-! You will be contacted by our community manager for the Steam keys!


When Escape Simulator first released one year ago, the base game featured 15 rooms spread out across three different themes. So far, that number has been increased to 23 and we still have more free rooms planned! Five of these were part of the Omega Corporation update and of course we also added three extra rooms: Santa's Workshop, Cats In Time and the recently released 70's Room. Additionally, we released the Steampunk DLC back in June and we just announced a second DLC as well! More on that in a bit! 😉

Of course, Escape Simulator also owes a lot to its incredible community! That's why we want to give a massive shoutout to all of the builders who keep surprising both us and all other puzzle fans with awesome content. So far, there are already over 3000 published rooms to check out on the Steam Workshop! We also loved to see all of the excellent entries we received during the three different builder competitions that took place so far.

Of course our room editor has also gone through a lot of changes since the initial release. A whole bunch of new features have been added, with the Room Editor 2.0 update being our biggest update to the editor so far. As you might recall, that update featured the addition of new lighting options, scripting with LUA, a model importer and many more quality of life tweaks.

Finally, we are happy to say that Escape Simulator is now playable in a grand total of twelve languages, eleven of which have been added post-launch! We have also added gamepad support, so you can play the game however you want. We were astounded to the see game reach over ONE MILLION players and we hope you'll stick with us for even more escape fun! Now, are you ready for a sneak peek on the future of the game? 👀




So if you've been keeping an eye on this channel, you might already know that a second DLC is coming to Escape Simulator! Last week, we announced the Wild West DLC which is set to release in December! If you haven't already, be sure to wishlist it to receive a notification as soon as it's available!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2175260/Escape_Simulator_Wild_West_DLC/

Can't wait that long? No worries, we've got you covered! In order to celebrate the 👻 SPOOKY SEASON 👻, we are adding a free Halloween room to the game next week! This update also comes with an additional outfit and a new music track to match the eerie vibes. We still have at least two more free rooms in development, so please continue to look forward to those as well!



Thanks again for all of the support you provided over the past twelve months! We couldn't have done it without all of you!

We're happy to announce that we've added Steam Deck support in recent Demo Update. You can enjoy our Epic Dieselpunk Adventure on your handheld device. Tell us what you think.



What about Kickstarter.


Thank You for your warm welcome. We've reached half of our goal. It was a nice start and All of this become possible because of you. We're extremely grateful to each one of you. Currently we're continuing our development. We're working on levels, balance, fixes and translation for our game (more than five languages are in plan). Hope to reveal them soon.

Hello Friend! It breaks our hearts, but we have decided to delay the FFF game release to 29. November. It seems that we need one more month to find more friends and polish this bad boy. Also, we want to make sure, our grandmas will be proud and that we deliver our first game in the best way we can. Thanks to that you can expect more gameplay, a richer story, and more silly characters in the final release.

As an apology, we give you a brand-new trailer!
Thank you for your current support and understanding, Kevin!…

With love and respect, Polyperfect

A new game has just arrived for 🎃 Halloween 🎃 in Game Dev Arcade v0.2!!

In Monstrous Maze, you'll quickly learn that you're the main course for tonight's dinner hosted in the Ghoul's basement. Maneuver your way through the maze to find the portal that'll take you home, or be prepared for a very unpleasant evening.

The more times you escape the Ghoul's maze, the better you will get at evading them! You can achieve up to 15 levels by gaining experience at the end of each cleared maze. Each level will raise 1 of 3 stats:

Stamina 🏃‍♂️

Stamina quickly depletes as you run, this stat will increase the maximum amount of Stamina you can have.

Stamina Regeneration 💤

Stamina Regeneration is how much Stamina you will gain each second when not Sprinting (there's a short delay before it begins to charge). This stat gives you more Stamina back per second.

Teleport Charges 🪄

Teleporting let's you slip past a Ghoul that is in your way. When this stat is increased, you'll get another maximum Teleport Charge to use.

You can also unlock new Difficulties that increase the size of the maze, as well as increase the amount of Ghouls that are chasing you down. Each new difficulty requires you to clear the previous difficulty 5 times before you can attempt it. You'll get much more experience for clearing harder difficulties!

Start the Halloween week off right by spending some precious time with the Ghouls. This game was a blast to make, and I'm excited to go back and continue working on Crystal Corridors for v0.3.

See you in the Arcade! 🕹️
❤️ Bulwark Creative



Patch Notes:

Game Dev Arcade (general):

• Added a new Play button select screen to choose which mini game you want to play.

• Added a new Setting to all games - "Brightness Boost"
  
  The default brightness wasn't a concern for Mars Madness, but some players might have trouble seeing anything in Monstrous Maze.

Mars Madness:

• Updated collision on the ground
  
  The ground collision wasn't registered as a smooth box, so there was a little bit of jittering as you ran around.

Monstrous Maze:

• New game!

Hi fortune-tellers! 🔮🎴

I have a quick little demo update for you:
Some of played the story and find a bug inside the story tree. Leon reacted not accordingly to your answer - but now it is fixed 💖
@Frostbite, PHOBIE, naensch: Thank you for your feedback and letting us know!!

Also the rain sounds softer in the beginning of the game and some spelling mistakes are gone.

We still have lots to do to make this a final game. So thank you for being around so early ✨
I wish you a really nice day ☘️
Anke

Gentle Reminder time!

Ship of Fools is nominated in 3 categories at the MEGAMIGS Festival 2022!

🎨 Best art direction and artistic achievement
🎵 Best audio and music
🎲 Best Game design

It would really help us if you could go vote for Ship of Fools for the People's choice award!

👉 {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/MM22_Finalists_AwardsMM

Thank you for your support! We really appreciate the wave of love we receive from you guys regarding the game ❤️

(Picture of our Fools/Developers stood at the Ship Of Fools booth from the MEGAMIGS Festival included)



Thank you for your support! We really appreciate the wave of love we receive from you guys regarding the game ❤️

While we wait for the Stormstrider to get ready to sail into the Forgotten Waters, come join us in the official {LINK REMOVED}Ship of Fools Discord to chat with your fellow fools and follow us on Twitter for more preview posts and make sure you wishlist Ship of Fools on Steam!



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1286580/Ship_of_Fools/