• AI Villagers that spawn randomly from various biomes
  
• Villager NPC interactions
  
• New villager camp locations that spawn randomly
  
• Larger Yagi camps and villages
  
• New Yagi enemy types and improved Yagi AI behaviors
  
• New seeds for Yagi camps and Villages
  
• UI and balancing overhaul
  
• New overworld locations
  
• New tamable Sentius: Stagma
  
• Major bug fixes
  
• New music / SFX tracks

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The V0.95 update is almost here! Testing of the English-only version has gone smoothly, and we are currently working on creating the localized versions for all languages that we support.

Since the last dev log, we've made machine translations of V0.95 into all supported languages. Our generous volunteers have been working hard to edit and improve the translations over the past two weeks. If you are interested in helping with the translation process, please reach out to us on Discord!

Once the translated scripts are ready, we'll implement them into the game and begin testing the localized builds. V0.95 will be available on Steam in all supported languages after testing is complete. Anyone who has purchased Prince of Suburbia - Part 2 (paid DLC) will receive the new content as a free update as soon as it's released.


We're on track for a fall release of V1.0, thanks to our talented artist, auxiliaryout, and writing help from Yvlan_Angel and Rachel Writes.

We've added three new animations to V1.0! Previously, Naomi, Sonia, and Fiona were planned to have illustrations only, but we decided to go out with a real bang and give every character in this final story update an animated scene. Art production for V1.0 is still on schedule, even with the addition of the three animations beyond what was originally planned.

Writing is progressing as our lead writer, Josselyn Stark, weaves the existing individual scripts into a cohesive update with some free roam elements. Rachel Writes is still working on a lewd scene for Lina, Catherine's boss, which includes different art for the two different versions of Lina's character. We have a few scenes left to write, including Catherine's lewd scene and a few non-lewd scenes to wrap up the story.

Here are some spicy previews of Naomi (remastered art) and Sarah (new art) from V1.0:

In this patch we're adding a little something to help combat long wait times or to help rivals play with their friends. Offline Mode! Now you'll be able to select Custom Game, allowing you to setup your own events and shows for you to play with your friend list on a whim. Just select Custom Mode, choose the events or shows you want to crash your way through and get started!

Easy!


We're also dropping all of our work onto Early Access. Meaning you'll get to see and influence the content we're currently working on. All of the new in-progress events will be labelled and you can hop onto the discussions or discord, to let us know what you think! Enjoy!

The playtest is now open! Click on the green button that says "Play Now" on the steam store page to apply. I set the test to "open" so anyone with access should be able to play.
Anyone with feedback to the beta please say your thoughts to the community hub https://steamcommunity.com/app/1625510/ or in the game's official discord: https://discord.gg/vV7mx85

Notes:
-It's only available in English, there's heavy script rewriting in this version and will require a new translation for most dialogue and many of the new item descriptions.
-The game runs the credits when you reach the "Great Tree" area, because that is the current scope of the update. As I complete more of the game, I will update the beta to include more of the game.
-The early game is not designed with solo Mayo in mind, but is kept as is for testing purposes. In the final revision, she will no longer be selectable from the start. With the ability to switch between the characters being available so early, I do not think it's worth locking an entire separate mode for one character that will only be relevant for a small portion of the game.

Moving In now has a new play mode: Puzzles.

In this mode you need to match photo references to finish the puzzles. Each puzzle will give you a different set of photos which you will need to match by placing the object in correct spots. When you reach to a 100% match score you can finish the puzzle.





Currently you can try out these 3 puzzles for the demo version.



Also blahaj is back!

Hi folks!

A small update has just gone out to fix a crash associated with red flags occurring towards the end of a race!

If you continue to experience this issue or any others, please let us know via this form: https://formcrafts.com/a/f1manager

Hi there,
Why not enjoy the diner? The moon is as full as it'll ever be, and there's even a drink fountain.

"Enjoy the Diner" is available today.
The soundtrack will be released at the same time, and a bundle pack containing the main game and the soundtrack is also available. The bundle is a whopping 10% off, a great price. If you are considering purchasing both products, please consider doing so.

If you find any glitches in the game or need any confirmation, please let us know in the Feedback thread on the bulletin board. Thank you for all the advice and help you gave us.

Full game：
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2336980/

Soundtrack：
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2397560/

OST Bundle:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33775/

【Feedback】
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2336980/discussions/0/3805030452330187752/





"Enjoy the Diner" was released in 2022 and was well received by adventure and novel game fans. WakuWaku Games has changed the development environment of this game and added gallery elements and chats with each of the characters, which fans of this game will enjoy a little more.

Arranged for easier playability with controller and full-screen support. We have created a new complete version of the game to meet the expectations of fans who have already played the game.



The game is an adventure game with command selection and partial point-and-click system. Trapped in the eternal family restaurant "Moon Palace," you will spend endless hours adapting to the mysterious space of Moon Palace through conversations with those who have wandered in before you. Will you be able to return safely to your original world? All the elements that make up the game, such as the unique atmosphere and colorful visuals reminiscent of retro games, memorable characters, and a slightly mysterious story, won the hearts of game fans who played the original version when it was first released.

GTTOD is my first game, so I have never really experienced a whole lot of aspects when it comes to game dev. Like for instance, I have never released a game, so that's like a WHOLE aspect of game dev I just have absolutely zero knowledge on or experience in. Even worse, for the last NEARLY 8 years I have worked on GTTOD, I haven't really even gotten close before. I always would restart lol

Well, I learned something recently. When you get towards the end of a development, you get this absolutely insane burst of energy and determination; like a second wind. I am getting that wind right now, and it has been one of the most insane experiences of my life. I've never worked so hard, proficiently, and consistently in my life. It's like someone's micro dosing me Adderall each time I blink or sneeze, shit's bonkers.

SO, without further ado, I'm just gonna jump right into it so I can get back to work lol HERE WE GO WISH ME LUCK HAHA 24 PAGES



Bro what, we're starting this off so strong. Apparently the first thing I did after the last post was to make something known as "The Wall of Attunements". It was basically this method through which I could create alternate MODES, but actually ended up turning into a really cool user-selected run modifier system. You'll see that later.



Around this time I finished up The Blade Sentinel and gave him a fancy arena. Nothing super crazy here, other than a big more polish and thought put into how he fought (but not enough, as you'll ALSO see later)


Krev remade the LMG model


I made an item that lets you portal back to the HUB


I became a Jedi while explaining an animation during a meeting




I made a new thing called the "Trial Cave" which is the housing for the BABE. You now have to challenge a trail stone in order to access the BABE. Pretty neat.


K8! was born! This is our shopkeep character who watches over your shop items and dolls out the weapons from Gear Cards.


I started working on the style for the next Act (AKA Altitude) in GTTOD. It's a cold, rainy place with giant basalt and purple bands of energy rippling across the sky.


STOMP


I then made the Alpha Cache, which is pretty much a speedrun box (or at least it is now). How it works is that the price of the crate depends on how long you have been in a run, BUT they only exist in Altitude 2. That means you gotta hustle a bit.


I spent like 6 hours streaming all of GTTOD and made a tier list of every version of the game. This is basically where it landed.


I spent some time improving the main menu a bit, adding in a seed system so you can save runs (which to this day I do not believe anyone has done), and then made sub menus for the options (which I now have to go and fix lol).


We played out very first game of GupBall in Discord. Gup won.


POV: You're a camera strapped to an enemy's shoulder



I began implementing mod tools and people started to play around with them.

So we're in, I'm pretty sure May at this point. After the mod support was implemented and people started testing it, I had a month or two where I just could not do ANYTHING. I had a cancer scare, I was super duper depressed, SUPER lonely, you name it. I moved out to a camper in the middle of the woods to be alone, and shit just started going kinda downhill in my real life. It was ROUGH, and during that time I didn't get much done. Luckily I had help from others to not only keep progress on the game going smoothly, but to also help me out of that rut in my life. One of those things were a whole new addition to the game in the form of Elite Enemies:





Elite Enemies are basically just bigger badder better versions of their generic counterparts, with certain new abilities or aspects altered to make them more challenging to fight. Some can even be minibosses against the player, like the Elite Golem. These guys can both gain and lose prominent weaknesses, and I BELIEVE the first of these fellas starts spawning around threat level 40.




During this time, I also was poking at more Altitude 2 levels and seeing what did and didn't work with the new geometry.

I am not even kidding you that this is pretty much all I worked on for two months if Announcements is to be believed. We pretty much jump from late may to early July with the next few entries, and most of that is just The Exclusion Zone. It was REALLY sparse leading up to the launch of the previous update.




After literally like a year in nine months from the start of its concept phase, The Exclusion Zone finally made it into GTTOD. The new tutorial is a way smoother way to introduce mainline mechanics into GTTOD, and even now is still being altered and expanded.



And lastly, I did a FULL rework of Dungeons. Same exact concept, just far better design.


We are now at the end of June, and I start getting this realization kicking in that...holy shit...with The Prologue in, we're nearly done with GTTOD. Act 2 and Act 3, and then obviously lots of love and care for bug fixing and polish, and BOOM. Content wise that'd be it. OF COURSE that's not how the last month has gone even in the slightest, which you will see, but at the time it was still very much the truth.

There ARE a bunch of things I'm gonna skip since I wanna get to work and finish this next update off sooner rather than later, BUT I will hit the important points:


And what could be more important than a fishing minigame?


We kept moving ahead with Elite Enemies


The first BIG change was the complete rework of the Static status effect. Now, it is a stacking damage that charges as you proc it. Basically, once Static has been proced on an enemy, each successive hit of the same damage type (static) will increase the damage for when the stack is released. That makes Fire Damage a AOE, and Static Damage a boss melter. They each serve their rules exactly.


One of the biggest mixups to GTTOD's gameplay loops is the new Leyline Offerings. These are end level rewards you are able to choose from every time you progress through a dungeon OR a level. Different rewards have different rarities as well, so you won't get SUPER loaded up too frequently. The rewards are as follows:

• +10 Jade Vines
  
• +1500 Shards
  
• +Card Pack
  
• +Harbor Scroll
  
• Full Heal
  
• Max Ammo
  
• +3 Keys
  
• +Extra Life
  
• +5 Health
  
• +5 Shield
  
• +5 Overshield
  
• Blessing
  
• Curse

A COMPLETE REWORK OF LIKE 75% OF THE BLESSINGS AND CURSES as well as four new ones. I just sat back with the Discord and tried to address every boring or lame or annoying blessing or curse in the game, and I went to extreme lengths to rectify them. For instance, I think the coolest change out of any of these is The Devil. I don't remember what it did before, but now it summons two fiery companions to blow your enemies........up.


I took some time to improve the arena that the BABE sits in. Now it's this super cramped area FILLED with enemies, and is genuinely one of the most challenging aspects of the game at the moment. You want big guns? You gotta fight for 'em.



Next I reworked how you gain shards and health, and overall simplified the loot system a tad. Now, shards are dropped from enemies, items are dropped from interactables, and EVERYTHING has a pickup. Everything has some kind of THING that you SEE with your EYES. So health comes out and bounces around on the ground, shards break off enemies and suck into your little stomach black hole thing idk that's not real lore I just made that up. Regardless, this rule has made looting and interacting within GTTOD feel far more realized and consistent.


The Cyclops was introduced, which is a brand new character to GTTOD (which is something we haven't seen in a while since new enemies are usually just remakes of their older counterparts lmao). He shoots lasers from his eyes, stomps around when he gets damaged too much, catches himself on fire like a fucking MORON, and also has a shield during his tantrums. He's a big tall scary baby and you're gonna kill him you're gonna kill a baby.




Not only does The Blade Sentinel get a new arena, but The Legion Sentinel is introduced as the boss of Act 2 with a new arena as well! We saw this guy earlier, but he has since got a bit of an upgrade. He's also an absolute menace. Complete asshole.


Next on the kill list was the Wall of Attunements, which got a complete rework. Now, instead of a mode selection, it's a modifier selection. You can pick and choose between anything in the list, and some of them even have symmetry together. This allows you to customize your run better than ever before.


I started my work on equipment, creating the Shuriken - a fast rapid fire throwing star that procs static. And then...............


The grappling hook. GOD it's so fun. It has a nice balance between swinging and pulling, and can be fairly easily controlled with your air acceleration. It's just a great addition to the equipment arsenal.


I created a new save system that allows for mid-run saves. Still not sure how I'll implement it, but I'm putting this here to warn you that your saves are all getting deleted (but that it's really easy to cheat your way back in place now).


The Slumbering Spring got a bit of a rework along with the run generation system, and it now functions as a rest level AFTER The Blade Sentinel. It has been significantly nerfed, however.





Finally, the time came to start working on the final Act of GTTOD - Altitude 3, AKA The Summit. I started with the safe level following The Legion Sentinel - a level titled "The Tavern in the Veil of Distant Woes". The music and atmosphere here are working wonders man. I am listening to the piano play right now, actually lol


There's also this guy there


I started adding in miniboss enemies and hiding them everywhere around The Shatter. Here's Mother Mantis...a big fucking Mantis that spawns buffed Manti....Mantises? Whichever. Not original, but very fun.


I added in the Scriptorium so I can write out a bunch of lore entries for those who are wanting to try and piece together the history of the universe that GTTOD takes place within OR to try and figure out where the universe is going...


I drastically improved the options settings, adding in sliders and more settings and options for all sorts of gameplay and keybind things.



That leads us to the final big change of the last six months...a complete rework of the Upgrades and progression system. You will now be unlocking categories known as "ASPECTS" that pertain to a specific part of your build. As you unlock new abilities and progress your character, you will also be unlocking things in the real world or within your builds. Things like new curses and blessings, aspects, areas in the HUB, and plenty more.


I imagine I will only ever be doing one more of these before launch...that's an odd feeling after nearly 8 years.

Either way, I gotta get to work finishing up the new upgrades system, and then I'm off to rework the equipment and workbench systems. After that, Ultimates...and then after that? Finish the rest of the game lmao

Oh also join the Discord / Newsletter so that we may keep each other warm in the coming nuclear winter.

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NEWSLETTER

Dear Layers of Fear Fans! We’re happy to announce that Patch 1.3 for
all gaming platforms is live. Many thanks to everyone who gave their feedback!

CHANGELOG:

• The game's achievements system fixes
• Fixing the "Get your Inheritance" achievement
• HDR calibration tool for consoles (and all other changes from the previous PC patch)
• PS5 controller upgrade - additional events with vibrations
• Widescreen support for PC
• Additional sounds and audio fixes in DLC Mother
• Lighting fixes in LoF1
• Animation fixes in LoF1
• Additional Manequine interactions in LoF2
• Fixes for gameplay with the Flashlight in LoF2
• Collision fixes
• Added missing VO’s
• Changes in fonts and corrections of language versions
• Bug fixes
• New easter egg added