Hi everyone! We're still in discussions with Full Moon and will share an update on the Kickstarter status on February 26th. In the meantime, enjoy this small update featuring a brand-new sound track from Spectral Fields, along with improved lighting and balance changes!




The Puppet Master: The Game official soundtrack is coming soon! Follow Spectral Fields on social media for updates.
🔗 https://www.spectralfields.com/

Enable "Streamer Safe" to listen to the new score 100% of the time.

• Puppet Master: The Game Theme Song (Main Menu)
  
• Puppet Master Rise!
  
• Elixir of Immortality
  
• Searching for Artifacts
  
• Secrets Live On
  
• Susie's Revenge
  
• Toulon's Dream

Head Hunter

• Increased spear throw force from 1500 to 2000 (Increased Throwing distance).
  
• Reduced cooldown of the "Eye of Sutekh" ability from 120 to 100.

Humans

• Increased character mass from 200 to 300 (reduces knockback from attacks).
  
• Increased Ragdoll invulnerability time from 3 seconds to 5 seconds after recovering from being ragdolled.
  
• Increased invulnerability time after recovering from downed state from 3 to 5 seconds.

Decapitron

• Reduced max HP from 150 to 120.
  
• Reduced Retro Head blast RPM from 50 to 40.
  
• Retro Head now only reveals for Decapitron.
  
• Retro Head blasts now reveal targets for 10 seconds if hit.
  
• Increased Retro Head blast speed from 30 to 40.
  
• Retro Head now allows for faster movement.
  
• Reduced Morph Head heal radius from 15 to 10 meters.
  
• Reduced Morph Head heal per second from 5 to 4.

• Improved lighting for all maps.

Underworld

• Moved puppet spawns further away from the human spawn.

Fifth Floor

• Fixed an issue that caused the camera to clip through walls.

NEW
- Infinite upgrades! Play it forever ːsteamhappyː
- "Billionaire's Club" achievement ːsteammockingː
- Auto saving (every five minutes)
- Leaderboard

Improvements
- Numbers are more readable now: 12,345,678
- Improvements for various display resolutions

Thank you for your patience. Let me know how it's going with the infinite upgrades :D
Join our Discord to suggest any changes (link is on the store page).

Why don't take a look at the leaderboard right now? https://steamcommunity.com/stats/1883980/leaderboards/15916512

进不去游戏bug修复

Sound fixes, Kansas.

v1.0.18



**New Healing System Deployed:**
We are rolling out a strategic enhancement in the battlefield sustainment protocols: the **Automated Healing & Repair System**.

This innovation activates at the commencement of each operational turn, ensuring your forces and assets are primed for combat.

1. **Proximity Alert:** Enemy units detected in the vicinity will compromise system effectiveness. Maintain secure perimeters for optimal recovery outcomes.

2. **Mobility Factor:** Active troop or vehicle maneuvers during the cycle will detract from the healing and repair capacity. Plan movement strategies judiciously to maximize recuperation.

3. **Combat Engagement:** Direct involvement with hostile units will severely restrict system functionality. Strategically disengage when possible to allocate repair intervals.

4. **Rapid Deplyment** Infantry & Recon can engage the same turn they are deployed.

5 **Ambush Ability** Certain units will stand guard and engage the first enemy in their LOS

6 **Rapid Fire (Initiative)** Defensive units such as Heavy MG's & Automatic canons can engage multiple times.


Improved map UI & objective highlights:


Optimizations & improvements.


Thank you!

Countdown timer updated.
Fixed some bugs.
Added jumping.

😏💖 One of the hottest updates ever! It's coming soon! 😍🔥

Update 4 - 16.02.2025

Hi all. There is a new update for Dead of Darkness.
There was one game breaking bug that would cause Olivia to lose all items from her inventory and itemchest during a switch from Olivia to Miles. This was reported to me two times. The bad thing about this bug is that you will only notice it ~1 hour after it happened.
Should you have run into this issue, please reach out to me either on Discord or contact[ at ]retrofictiongames[ dot ]com, so that we can see if I can help you fix your save game.
More details below:

• Fixed a bug where the game could crash in the bar in Graham Manor when accidentally clicking with the mouse on a invisible debugging trigger area in the outer frame of the room
  
• Fixed a bug where skipping the St. Albion sequence AFTER Olivia gave Miles the injection could cause Olivias data to be erased (inventory, itemchest etc.)
  
• Fixed a bug where blood pools were visible on the floor during the cutscenes in the wellspring in which the spike traps were deactivated, in case the player was suffering from the bleed status
  
• Fixed a bug where painkillers didn't spawn on the desk in Graham Memorial when skipping the dialogue with the nurse
  
• Fixed a bug where ghouls didn't reach the player in a room in Graham Manor 2F

Season 6: Theme 1


Build a level with a maximum width of 3 blocks!! (3 1x1 blocks wide)

Looking for ideas? How about creating a side-scroller inspired level; playing with verticality; or a twisting course down a gentle slope.






Due to confusion amongst the community regarding the ability to change the direction of the track (as shown in the example track layout shown here on the 16th of Feb). We held an open vote to gather your opinions on how to proceed with this theme's contest and received 86 votes.

47% preferred to remove the ability to change the direction of the 3-wide track from the theme rules. 10% preferred to allow only 1 change in direction (e.g a single 90 degree change like the previous L-shaped example track layout) and 43% preferred to keep the original rules of allowing any number of direction changes.

[h4]Previous Theme Rule[/h4]

• Level MUST be no wider than 3 blocks (3 unscaled 1x1 blocks wide). The level does not need to be a straight line, but must maintain the maximum width throughout, for example your track can change directions on a 45deg/90deg angle (or any other angle/curve)

[h4]New Theme Rule[/h4]

• Level MUST be no wider than 3 blocks (3 unscaled 1x1 blocks wide on the default 16 grid scale) in the same continuous direction.
  
• The level does not need to be 3 blocks wide the entire time - it can be as narrow as you need.
  
• The level can have jumps - it does not need to be an unbroken straight line.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the discussion thread of this news post!


We've made a few tweaks to the level contests for Season 6:

• Adjusted the baseline maximum author time to 60 seconds (reduced from 75 seconds)
  
• Adjusted the required checkpoints to 3 checkpoints (increased from 2 checkpoints)

• Your track should be complete and submitted by Sunday, 9th March 2025 at 18:00 GMT
  
• Submissions will be combined into a single workshop item after the deadline above

1. You can only submit one level (you can modify or replace your submission as much as you like until the deadline)
   
2. Level collaborations are permitted (Maximum of 3 players per level. This counts as a level submission for each individual creator. Please name/mention collaborators when submitting)
   
3. Level author name MUST contain the submitters' Steam (or Discord) username
   
4. The name of the level MUST start with "ZSL - " (e.g "ZSL - My Level")

1. Level MUST be no wider than 3 blocks (3 unscaled 1x1 blocks wide on the default 16 grid scale) in the same continuous direction.
   
2. Level MUST have all decoration placed within the 3 block wide restriction.
   
3. The level does not need to be 3 blocks wide the entire time - it can be as narrow as you need.
   
4. The level can have jumps - it does not need to be a continuous straight line.

1. Scaling track pieces is permitted (but the maximum width is 3 unscaled 1x1 blocks)
   
2. Level MUST follow any theme requirements set above
   
3. Level MUST be under 4000 blocks
   
4. Level MUST have an author time above 20 seconds
   
5. Level MUST have an author time under 60 seconds
   
6. Level MUST have at least 3 checkpoints. Consider adding additional checkpoints for split timing or where it would prevent a cut, as cuts do not make for good tournament tracks!
   
7. Level MUST NOT have risky or hidden finishes/shortcuts (e.g blind shortcuts or using no-collision/invisible/logic blocks to hide a secret path that is NOT the intended route)

1. Join our Official Discord server
   
2. Upload the level to the Steam Workshop
   
3. Link the workshop item in the theme's thread in #level-submissions
   
   Don't have Discord? You can submit your entry by linking your workshop item in the comments section of this announcement post!

• Up to 15 of the submitted levels will be used for the next Zeepkist Super League event
  
  
  • Players of all skill ranges should be able to finish your level.
    
  • The more playable your level is, the more likely your level will be chosen!
• The community will vote on their favourite maps from the theme once submissions close
  
• Top 4 in the community votes for Best Decor and Best Track Layout will each win:
  
  
  • A special soapbox cosmetic in-game.
    
  • A `Level Contest Winner` role (Discord only)
    
  • 3,000 chat EXP in our Discord server (Discord only)

We're also hosting a themed banner contest for our Discord server banner image where you can win a special paintbrush soapbox!!

The theme is Spring and ends at the same time as this level contest!! View the banner contest event details on Discord

- Akane

• Added game mode descriptions when hovering over the selected game mode in the lobby.

• Hover infos will no longer be visible in Cinematic Mode (F1).
  
• Potentially fixed some problems with Survival game mode.