Sep 30

RKR - Rush Kill Repeat - filip.budd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rb4Miz1SSE

Backstory
Pumpkin Harvest was a project I began in 2021, and I aimed to release it for that upcoming October.

Development didn't go as expected, and the gameplay was turning out to be a lot slower than expected. Originally, I wanted a fast-paced shooter where the game went from a cutesy kids-cheering "Pumpkin Harvest" to a horrific "Man Harvest". There was a story, and plenty of dialogue and jokes that I wanted to share.

Unfortunately, I shelved Pumpkin Harvest as a standalone game, and used the assets to throw a "Halloween Mode" into RKR - Rush Kill Repeat.

That asset flip in RKR wasn't the pumpkin harvest game I imagined, and that missing feeling haunted me for years.

Tonight, September 30th 2025, I'm raising the real Pumpkin Harvest back from the dead, to the best of my ability. The RKR game loop very closely resembles how I imagined the original final sequence of Pumpkin Harvest back in the day.

Patch Notes - Halloween Edition:

Enemies look different
A cinematic from the original Pumpkin Harvest game, something that was written in 2021 but never fully implemented.
Win conditions for the Halloween Mode have been adjusted
You can save the individual Pumpkin Kids (Pump-kin? Pump-kids?)
Pumpkids follow the player around in-game when saved
Rewards for beating the Halloween Mode are improved (Coming October 10th)

Patch Notes

Fixed camera shake jitter
Improved optimization of the lighting system (pretty much doubles the speed of the game!)
Added a Discord button to the main menu
Game now starts in fullscreen mode by default
Added the long requested pause button (game no longer closes with ESCAPE key)

Sep 30

💌🎌 Post‑TGS — Mini Postmortem: What We Lived & The Numbers

Clawsome - Cometa Games

💌🎌 Post‑TGS — Mini Postmortem: What We Lived & The Numbers

We return from Tokyo Game Show with full hearts. It was unforgettable: the community, discoveries that don’t always reach our region, the warmth of people, and the show’s energy. It was also intense (and exhausting!), but every conversation and smile was worth it. 💛

Thank you to everyone who came to play, left feedback, or supported us from home. And a huge hug to the team back in Mexico pushing other projects—your work made this possible.

Numbers (preliminary)

Over 1000 wishlist during the TGS! Thank you!
Over 10,000 wishlist in total.

What we’re taking home

The Japanese diorama charmed people with detail and “life.”
The claw in Decoration Mode was one of the most requested (and fun) features.
Areas to polish: fine collisions when releasing objects and some moments in the audio mix.

Thank you, from the team

Team in Japan: Román, Isa, Wil, and René.
Back home (Mexico): Roig, Fer, Jerri, Renier, Alex, and Alex—holding the fort so this could happen. 🤝

What’s next

We’ll take a few days to reflect and analyze everything: data, costs, time, and learnings from the show. In a future post we’ll share the path we’ll take. For now we just want to say thank you. We’re excited for Clawsome’s future.

How you can help

Add us to your Wishlist (if you haven’t yet) and share the game with someone who might enjoy it.
Tell us your demo highlight and any improvement you’d prioritize.

Note: preliminary figures; we’ll update the final numbers once the event report is closed.

Sep 30

Transliminal Halloween Patch v0.0.98577a

Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms - Spatial Quotient

It's spooky season. And with that comes a new Transliminal update that adds a seasonal Easter egg.
But more importantly adds completely reworked Retro effects (Including a brand new optional Retro Dither), a ton of bug fixes and tweaks, and some long needed optimization to The Cogwell Matrix void. And so much more!

The following changes have been made to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms v0.0.98577a:

Additions

Round accent lights, street lights, & clear light bulbs now have lens flares
Players may now look around and zoom the camera while sitting
After sitting down a few times Victor will record over one of the tapes if there are no threats around
More effects on subtitles
Replaced protagonist shadow caster with better more solid model more representative of character
Victor’s shadow animations now crouch and crawl.
New RETRO DITHER effect and settings are available in the GRAPHICS menu.
Black smoke walls push players into central arena on Mother’s final phase
Seasonal Halloween Easter Egg may spawn between September 25th & November 1st
Stamina now only drains while running if there is a threat nearby.

Tweaks & Fixes

Fixed a few lines that could play over each other
Renamed VIDEO NOISE EFFECT option to INSANITY VHS NOISE to make the setting more obvious
Changed misspelled word on Stat screen, “CALLS RECIEVED” to “PHONES ANSWERED”
ASync Threshold Objective is marked as completed after completing and starting New Game +
Mother Endings mark Widow Objective as completed after starting a New Game +
Reworked Insanity VHS noise. It no longer has any Horizontal shake which was uncomfortable for some players.
New Game + is now available on the Title screen if not selected during credits
Insanity VHS Noise may now be disabled and enabled without restarting
Fixed furniture that was spawning inside walls in certain level 0 world blocks
Fixed lower level doors that wasn’t spawning as a child of its world block
Compass stopped notification only pops up if in Pipes and Electrics if you currently have the phase gun have not installed any into the gateway
Animated Baby Dolls now scream when they hit you
Fixed filing cabinet drawer sound setup that would instantiate sounds when filing cabinets were destroyed or disabled
Reduced chances of Smilers in Level 2 even more
All Equipment is unequipped when sitting down
Added delay to when players can get up from a bed
Changed Raw Image Fade Script to use unscaledDeltaTime for more reliable fade speeds across all systems
Exit doors now open when the character object touches them
Music in The Pools originates from mounted PASpeakers and only spawn on Exit and Puzzle world blocks
Fixed Liquid Pain not spawning on 4 Pool Floors in The Pools when Sanity is low.
Puzzle unfinished vocal now plays when looking at Mother’s Castle window fill wall
Weather will now change after a random time in offices
Lowered intensity of reflection map in Deep Pools Arches world blocks
Phones cannot be answered or hung up when the menu is open.
Gross vocal reaction to Piles of Offal
Coins will not spawn in drawers if players have 25 or more
New Game + is now only available on non-detrimental endings
ASync Threshold ending Stats now show 7 calls answered instead of 0
Removed ceiling edge wall from The Offices Center entrance block that was cutting into the stairwell exit doors.
Core spheres no longer cast shadows
Painted cloud walls now move
Exits and Puzzle world blocks may spawn in addition to Deep Pools transitions at Pools 1st Level edges
Fixed issue where dying from eating too many Backshrooms while crazy would immediately restart and initiate drop camera sequence after restarting.
Fixed issue where Level 0 map would disable when near the level’s edge due to incorrect range setting in Cogwell Matrix Void activation script. Causing Players to enter the falling transition for seemingly no reason.
Facelings now only have one interaction trigger that makes them turn in the direction of the Player based on their position.
Lowered Character shadow to better rest on the ground.
Changed Character Shadow animation to play crawling animation when crouching and strafing.
Dither preference is now applied to Falling Transition scene
Changed tone of LOD walls to make pop in less apparent
Fixed issue where Offices exterior weather environment did not disable with new weather
Fixed some push doors that wouldn’t open when player pushed against them
Fixed issue where some alternate phone calls would not start before the call ended
Fixed Playgrounds corner cloudwall exit trigger that wasn’t properly linked in exit script.
Fixed Corner playground cloud walls not updating textures with weather changes
Some lockers will now already be open
Lowered volume of concrete walk steps
Raised volume of concrete run Steps

Optimization Efforts

Completely remade all Video Noise, CRT & VHS effects and consolidated them into a single shader. Reducing UI Overlays and draw calls.
Removed legacy plugins and code that are no longer used
Created custom shader for transparent dirt decals that calculates depth
Removed redundant random generation code to some Level 0 world blocks
Removed fully procedural rectangular tile ceiling from office level that was causing framerate to tank. Now The Offices only have weighted square tile ceiling variations.
Fixed Cogwell Matrix/Void Elevator exit spawning 2 sets of overlapping walls
Completely remade more optimized Cogwell Matrix Concrete Pillars and room models
Removed overlapping duplicate world blocks in Dark Pools

I am currently working on the next huge level; The Endless City.
If you'd like to be the first to play prototype versions of the new levels before you can get them on Steam;
Then I recommend joining the Spatial Quotient Patreon.
Where you can become an Alpha Tester, or just support the project.

Thanks to everyone who has played.
You have made Transliminal possible!

Lots more to come.

See you in the void.

_-=[ ComAdore ]=-_