Version History

-Fixed a major bug with flashlights when reading texts

-Fixed a typo

-You can now store objects (as the bodyguard) and lamps (as the electrician) just by targeting them (no need to hold them).

-Increased the chances for the bodyguard's revive ability to succeed

-Adjusted the way flashlights are held and animated

**Bug Fixes**

-Fixed a bug that caused the trap card to stop working

-Fixed a bug where stored objects could have weird physics when dropped

-Fixed a bug that caused the cartomancer to be unable to look up

-Fixed some typos

### **Version 4.2.0 (Released: July 10, 2023)**

**New Features & Changes**

-Added a new perk for the electrician: PORTABLE LAMPS. The electrician can carry three lamps that stick to any surface and stay lit up even when the fuses are blown.

-Updated the German translation.

-Updated the Chinese translation.

**Adjustments**

-Role points are now correctly refunded for players that had bought the "cover" card before it became a default card.

**Bug Fixes**

-Fixed a bug where the "open saves folder" button had an incorrect text on hover

-Fixed a visual bug on the Reflection

-Fixed a bug where players in different dimensions could see each other's flashlights

-Fixed a visual bug with the cartomancer's hint card when analyzing huge numbers of items

-Fixed a bug where a player revived during the Reflection's exorcism would not have the mirror shard

-Fixed a bug where a player revived during the Shusher's exorcism would not be muted

-Fixed a bug where the helper talisman and ghosts could become stuck together

-Fixed a bug where a player brought back by the medium's power was still invisible to other players

-Fixed an issue in some of the contract texts in the German translation

### **Version 4.1.0 (Released: July 5, 2023)**

**New Features & Changes**

-Added a new card for the cartomancer: HINT. It reveals how closely related to the ghost the items in a small area are.

**Adjustments**

-Changed the helper talisman's cost to 3

-Changed the base cartomancer deck to detector, trap and cover

**Bug Fixes**

-Fixed a bug where the reflection could become stuck after catching a player

-Fixed a bug where the souls of the shusher could become stuck in specific cases

-Fixed the medium's eyes snapping back to fully open when releasing the R key

-Fixed a bug where the mannequin's exorcism could last forever

### **Version 4.0.1 (Released: June 30, 2023)**

**Bug Fixes**

-Fixed a corrupted file that caused the cartomancer's deck to work incorrectly.

-Fixed a specific case that could cause savefiles to be saved incorrectly.

### **Version 4.0.0 (Released: June 29, 2023)**

**New Features & Changes**

-ROLE PERKS: level up your roles and buy perks. Find out more about this huge new feature in the room screen -> role menu. Plenty more perks will be added later. If you have ideas, send them our way!

-CARTOMANCER DECK: the cartomancer can now build their own customized deck of cards. More cards are coming soon! More info on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1916310/view/3646275572455734499

**Adjustments**

-Rename the musclehead to bodyguard

-Changed the appearance of the players' ectoplasms

-Adjusted the color of the players' ectoplasms

-In the room menu, all windows now close when pressing Escape

**Bug Fixes**

-Fixed a bug that caused ALT-tabbing to interfere with push-to-talk when ALT was used as the push-to-talk key.

-Fixed a bug that caused some lights to be visible through the medium's vision

Note: new content is only in English. Translations are coming in the next few days. Sorry for the inconvenience!

### **Version 3.2.1 (Released: March 30, 2023)**

**Bug Fixes**

-Fixed a bug that caused the incorrect number of vouchers to be refunded following the orphan update.

-Fixed the "number of times caught" statistic being incorrect.

-Fixed a bug that could cause the orphan to pursue players outside of the barrier.

-Fixed a bug that allowed ghosts to kill players outside of the barrier.

### **Version 3.2.0 (Released: March 29, 2023)**

**New Features & Changes**

-The Orphan has been entirely reworked. It's basically a brand new ghost, that keeps the same general idea but should be a lot more challenging and interesting, both during the investigation and the exorcism. All of your orphan tips have been refunded. We'd love to hear your feedback!

**Bug Fixes**

-Fixed a bug that caused some ghosts to incorrectly spot players at specific angles

-Fixed a bug that could cause the orphan's crying sound effect to play multiple times in a row some times

-Fixed the beach ball's sound effect being delayed

-Fixed a bug that could cause players to get teleported inside locked rooms after eating candy

-Fixed a bug that caused children to go to prison sometimes

Known issue: there is a bug with the orphan where it can keep following players but never attack them. If it happens to you, please have the host of the game report a bug using the ingame "send feedback/bug report" button (located in the escape menu). Thank you very much!

### **Version 3.1.1 (Released: February 6, 2023)**

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug where players couldn't interact with the fusebox

### **Version 3.1.0 (Released: February 1, 2023)**

**New Features & Changes**

- Reworked the mannequin's exorcism: you'll have to find out for yourselves what changed!

- Added a statistics screen, accessible from the title screen. Statistics aren't retroactive, and this is an early version: more will be added in the future!

- Added an icon on contract that indicates the size of the map, and the recommended number of players

**Adjustments**

- Reworded a text to make it clearer what it refers to (the ringing!)

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug that caused the exorcism help effect to show incorrect colors at investigation difficulty levels 3 and 4

- Fixed the dog bowl sometimes appearing all black

- Fixed a door frame that was wrongly placed in Carsley Castle (left wing)

- Fixed a bug that caused drawings to clip through tables

- Fixed a bug that caused the gate separating the two wings in Carsley Castle to not be locked when it should be

- Fixed a bug that caused the game end screen to have an incorrect font on some texts

- Fixed a bug that caused players not to die when failing the "limited time" or "trickier treats" special conditions

### **Version 3.0.3 (Released: January 16, 2023)**

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug where players would get stuck in the mirror dimension when the special condition "trick or treat" is enabled

- Fixed a bug where ghosts could go to the wrong wing of Carsley Castle

### **Version 3.0.2 (Released: January 9, 2023)**

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug that could get players stuck in a room behind a wall in Carsley Castle

- Fixed incorrect shusher soul/runner bell spawns in Carsley Castle left wing

- Fixed a bug that could cause players to get dragged forever against the reflection in Carsley Castle left wing

- Fixed a glitched knife spawn in Carsley Castle right wing

- Fixed a glitched gun spawn in Carsley Castle right wing

- Fixed some portals spawns in Carsley Castle

- Fixed a bug that could cause players to get teleported to the roof during the shusher's exorcism

- Fixed an incorrect bottle spawn in Carsley Castle

### **Version 3.0.1 (Released: January 6, 2023)**

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug that caused a newspaper in Carsley Castle to be unreadable.

- Fixed a bug that allowed everyone to see the Shusher's trail as if they were the medium.

### **Version 3.0.0 (Released: January 5, 2023)**

**New Features & Changes**

- Added THREE new maps: Carsley Castle (full), Carsley Castle (left wing) and Carsley Castle (right wing).

- Added dozens of new story elements and items.

- Pressing TAB ingame now brings up the notebook. Players can take notes during the investigation, and if they die other players can find the notes they left by interacting with their body.

- On ghost difficulties 3 or higher, exorcisms cannot be completed successfully by simply waiting anymore.

- More objects now emit various noises in the maps.

- Removed Halloween decor.

**Adjustments**

- Rebalanced all probabilities for story elements to make stories more varied.

- Made all flashlights slightly better.

- Added a new section in the tutorial that explains how to use the notebook.

- Added a line in the tutorial that indicates that objects can be reset to their initial position using the escape menu.

- Reduced the chances of encountering the same ghost multiple times in a row.

- When facing a Reflection, objects in the mirror dimension now appear in both dimensions, with a visual effect to differentiate them.

- Replaced all alcohol bottles models.

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug that caused the "reset objects" button not to work on some objects.

- Fixed a bug that caused too many stories to be about children instead of adults.

- Fixed a bug that caused a non-host electrician's flash not to blind monsters.

- Fixed a bug that caused the electrician's light to be the same as the others

- Fixed a bug that caused non-host players to be unable to spot the red room as the medium.

- Fixed a bug causing the medium's vision to work incorrectly in the mirror dimension.

- Fixed a bug allowing the medium to see ghosts through wall.

- Fixed a bug where objects thrown to an orphan would go on the exorcism table at the same time.

- Fixed some typos in English.

### **Version 2.2.1 (Released: November 24, 2022)**

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug that made the ghost's room not show up anymore when using the medium's power

### **Version 2.2.0 (Released: November 10, 2022)**

**New Features & Changes**

- Added Japanese translation

### **Version 2.1.2 (Released: November 8, 2022)**

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug that stopped candies from spawning with the special condition "trick or treat"

### **Version 2.1.1 (Released: November 2, 2022)**

**Adjustments**

- Optimized multiple aspects of the game (such as the orphan's exorcism)

- Optimized memory usage of the game

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug that caused the electrician's flash not to work at the start of a game

- Fixed a bug that caused the orphan not to attack in some cases during the exorcism

### **Version 2.1.0 (Released: October 27, 2022)**

**New Features & Changes**

- Added a more challenging variant of the TRICK OR TREAT special condition: TRICKIER TREATS

**Adjustments**

- Added an accessibility option: "additional gamma", to increase the gamma over the intended limit

- Added an accessibility option: "mirror effects", to disable special flashing effects appearing during the Reflection's exorcism that could cause motion sickness for some players

- Increased the candy spawn rate depending on the number of players during trick or treat / trickier treats

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed the gamma slider not working anymore

- Fixed a bug that caused the vertical synchronization not to be saved correctly

- Fixed a ghost collider in Gamara Villa's entrance

- Fixed text that was getting cut off on diaries

### **Version 2.0.2 (Released: October 26, 2022)**

**Adjustments**

- Optimized mirrors by reducing the max distance at which they render

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug that caused mirrors to act like the ghost is reflection when it was not

- Fixed a bug that caused reflection underlings to get stuck when caught in the cartomancer's trap card

### **Version 2.0.1 (Released: October 25, 2022)**

**Adjustments**

- Increased the chances of getting one of the Halloween special conditions

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug that caused players to sometimes be stuck in the mirror dimension at the end of the reflection's exorcism

- Fixed a bug that caused players to get stuck behind the mirror in Rock's End attic during the shusher's exorcism

- Fixed a bug that caused the shusher's souls not to move anymore

### **Version 2.0.0 (Released: October 25, 2022)**

**New Features & Changes**

- Added a new ghost: *the REFLECTION*. This ghost can be unlocked at level 10 from the progression screen. It's the most complex ghost to date. Have fun!

- The room screen has been redecorated for Halloween

- Added a new special condition: TRICK OR TREAT

- Added a new special condition: TETHERED. This condition only works in multiplayer.

- The electrician's ability can now temporarily blind ghosts when pointed at their faces. Does not work on ghosts that are already blind...

**Adjustments**

- Adjusted the probabilities of getting multiple special conditions

- Ghosts will no longer get angrier when all players are outside the barrier

- The musclehead can now use his abilities even with the "no sprinting" special condition

- The carbon detector alarm now stops by itself after some time

- Lowered the volume of the barrier locking sound

- Added a keybinding to hide UI (bound to F9 by default)

- Increased the cooldown of the electrician's ability

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed some translation issues in German

- Fixed a rendering bug with flower bouquets

- Fixed a visual bug on contracts that have a lot of special conditions

- Fixed a bug that caused shusher souls to get stuck in Rock's End first floor toilets

### **Version 1.3.0 (Released: September 9, 2022)**

**New Features & Changes**

- Added Chinese translation

**Adjustments**

- Tutorial is now forced for new players

- Added a chance to get multiple special conditions on contracts. The higher your level, the higher the chance.

- Added a "push-to-mute" option

- Added an option to move items by pressing left click instead of holding it

- Added controls to rotate held items

- Added a disclaimer for major problems in the bug report form

### **Version 1.2.2 (Released: August 8, 2022)**

**Adjustments**

- Optimized performance on all maps

- Optimized the chains that appear at the end of the exorcism

- Reduced the max range of the cartomancer's detector talisman

- Improved the way bug reports are sent to allow for quicker bugfixing in the future (especially for people getting random disconnects)

- Added a keybinding for suicide (helpful in case of game-breaking bugs)

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug where in some cases the mission failed when someone left midway through

- Fixed a bug that made it impossible for dead players to read books

- Fixed a bug that stopped the shusher's souls from guiding players

- Fixed the collider of the bin in Eastwood House bathroom

- Fixed a bug where the mannequin could get bugged at the beginning of a game and never attack at all

- Fixed typos in some texts

- Fixed the fridge that was being culled too early

- Fixed ghost notes not having a back side

- Fixed a bug that made it impossible to adjust FOV while dead

### **Version 1.2.1 (Released: August 3, 2022)**

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug that would cause games to not end correctly after one player had died

### **Version 1.2.0 (Released: August 2, 2022)**

**New Features & Changes**

- Added a new ability to the Musclehead: they can now free their friends from the clutches of the ghosts!

- Added a button in the room browser to quickly switch server regions

**Adjustments**

- "Custom difficulty" is now enabled by default when you open the window. A warning appears instead if the contract you selected has a special condition you haven't unlocked

- Added an error message when getting abruptly disconnected from the game

- Added subtle visual effects when players are caught by ghosts

- Increased the speed of objects when they're getting moved to prevent them getting out of the player's view

- Increased the running speed of the orphan

- Increased the speed of the orphan's dolls

- Adjusted the shusher's senses during the exorcism to feel more fair

- Made the ghosts hear the piano from Gamara Villa from further away

- Optimized the orphan's exorcism for the host player (still a work-in-progress)

- Added a minimum delay between Steam invites

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug where getting disconnected from a game would lead to the subsequent games being very bugged (no items spawning)

- Fixed a bug where the runner would hear non-host players from further away than the host player

- Fixed multiple text displaying issues in German

- Fixed a text that wrongly displayed "leaving the room" instead of "quitting the game" in German

- Fixed the text on the second page of children's diaries not being the correct font

- Fixed a bug where books would appear without text when multiple ghost were trying to read the same one at the same time

- Fixed a bug that caused dead players that fell under the map not to reappear back up

- Fixed a bug where handguns would fly off into space with the special condition "zero gravity"

- Fixed a bug where the teddy bear would not count as a toy for the orphan

- Fixed a bug with a poster that would spawn with a wrong rotation

- Fixed a knife spawn on Eastwood House

- Fixed a bug where the knife would sometimes not spawn on Eastwood House

- Fixed a bug where dead players would "ping" the medium when interacting with the pause menu

- Fixed a bug where the mannequin's exorcism would award twice as much XP as it should

- Fixed a bug where the cartomancer's helper card would not appear when summoned on stairs

- Fixed a bug where the "ready" icons on the bottom right of the room would display inaccurate information

### **Version 1.1.0 (Released: July 26, 2022)**

**New Features & Changes**

-Added full German translation

-Removed the ability to rename rooms

-A new system is coming in the future, with the ability to indicate what kind of players you're looking for, what languages, you speak, etc

-In the room screen, added little checks next to the "start mission" button to indicate if everyone is ready

**Adjustments**

-Disabled collision between dead players

-Disabled collision between players and broken door parts to fix issues where players would get stuck in the environment

-Changed the color of the "experience earned" text at the end of a game, depending on whether the mission succeeded or not

-Reduced the volume of the tutorial "voice"

- Increased the minimum distance between the shusher and the players at the start of the exorcism

- In the room screen, made it more visible when the "start mission" button is disabled

- There will now always be at least one contract with a special condition after having reached level 5

- Made contracts with special conditions stand out more

- Changed the fonts of handwritten notes and diaries to support all accents

- Added even more contrast during the room tutorial, to make highlighted areas stand out more

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug where you could get 5 blue objects and the exorcism still failed

- Fixed a bug that caused ghosts to try and get out of Gamara Villa using the main entrance

- Fixed a bug that caused players to get teleported under the map in Gamara Villa

- Fixed the quit confirmation text that always appeared in french

- Fixed spots where the fusebox could spawn on an important item

- Fixed incorrect number of vouchers earned being written on the game end screen

- Fixed a typo in one of the runner's tips

- Fixed a bug where the helper talisman would overshoot its target

- Fixed a spot outside Rock's End Farmhouse where players could see inside

- Fixed a spot on Eastwood House behind the pool table where players could see through the wall

- Fixed a bug where some stories would feel incomplete because they could not generate in their entirety

### **Version 1.0.5 (Released: July 22, 2022)**

**Adjustments**

- Reverted the number of orphan dolls to what it was before the last patch

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed the huge lag caused by the orphan exorcism

- Fixed the bug where orphan dolls could get stuck and stop moving

Most major bugs have now been fixed. Patches should be a little more spaced out in the future.

### **Version 1.0.4 (Released: July 22, 2022)**

**Adjustments**

- Reworked the exorcism help colors to be clearer

- Added a little animation when the helper talisman can't find anything of value

- Changed the prioritization of targets of the helper talisman to make him more useful

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug that would force "one soul in two ghosts" to have the same ghost type when in custom difficulty

- Fixed a bug that caused the microphone to stop working seemingly randomly

- Fixed a bug where resetting objects position would also try to reset broken door parts

- Fixed a bug with push-to-talk where, when a player would stop pressing the button, the game would not reset their voice level

- Fixed a bug where changes to voice settings would not apply when set from the main menu

- Fixed a bug that caused players to freeze in midair if they jumped they opened the pause menu

- Fixed an armchair that was being culled too early in Rock's End Farmhouse

- Fixed a spot under the stairs on Rock's End Farmhouse ghosts could try to path to

### **Version 1.0.3 (Released: July 21, 2022)**

**Adjustments**

- Added an option to select the microphone type (between "Photon" and "Unity"). This may solve some problems for people that had microphone issues, try it out!

- Reduced the cooldown between apparitions of the orphan

- Reduced the volume of the alarm

- Reduced the volume of doors breaking

- Reduced the volume of adding/removing an object from the exorcism table

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a bug where various objects such as the exorcism table and the fusebox could disappear when a specific door was broken on Gamara Villa

- Fixed a bug that allowed ghosts to catch players outside the barrier

- Fixed a bug that allowed the shusher to shush people outside the barrier

- Fixed the "orphan doll dance"

- Fixed a bug where the orphan would keep accepting the same toys

- Changed "sleepyyyyy" to "sleeeeepy" in a specific text

- Fixed a bug with the "reset all objects" button

- Fixed a bug where you could get stuck on the pile of books on Gamara Villa

- Fixed a spot in Eastwood House garage where you could see through the door

- Fixed a bug where the runner's bells would stay after the exorcism

- Stopped the helper talisman from going through furniture

- Fixed a bug that prevented ghosts from going outside on Rock's End Farmhouse

- Fixed a bug where the helper talisman would collide with invisible ghosts

- Fixed a pathfinding problem on Gamara Villa that could cause the shusher to get stuck during the exorcism

### **Version 1.0.2 (Released: July 20, 2022)**

> **Adjustments**
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> - Added a warning when trying to invite friends while the room is closed
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> - Reduced the number of dolls during the orphan's exorcism
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> - Reduced the volume of doors breaking
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> - Reduced the volume of adding/removing an object from the exorcism table
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> **Bug Fixes**
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> - Optimized the orphan's dolls' AI (deeper optimization will come in next patches)
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> - Fixed a bug where the orphan would keep crying while counting down at the start of the exorcism
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> - Corrected a text on the cartomancer's pause screen
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> - Fixed early culling of the billiard table
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> - Fixed early culling of a small rug
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> - Fixed a bug that allowed players to see through doors and walls at specific angles
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### **Version 1.0.1 (Released: July 20, 2022)**

> **Bug Fixes**
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> - Fixed a bug where players could get teleported inside furniture at the start of the shusher's exorcism
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> - Fixed a bug where players could get stuck in the garage chairs in Eastwood House
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> - Fixed a statue that was not rendering correctly
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> - Fixed a bug where German players would get an incorrect language setup at start
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> - Fixed a bug where the exorcism could not be completed after a player disconnected during the game
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> - Added a safeguard that teleports players back to the entrance if they fall out of the map
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> - Fixed a bug that could cause voice chat to stop working after having been caught by a ghost
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> - Fixed a bug that lost mouse cursor when alt-tabbing with the Steam overlay while completing a game
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> - Fixed a bug that caused some UI texts to overlap incorrectly on some computers
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> - Changed the way the bathroom door opens in Eastwood House to fix a bug where players could get stuck behind it
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### **Version 1.0.0 (Released: July 19, 2022)**

> **New Features & Changes**
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> - Entirely reworked the tutorial. It should now be both clearer and quicker!
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> - Added a visual tutorial when creating a room for the first time
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> **Adjustments**
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> - You now earn two vouchers per level up instead of one
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> - Added a popup when first starting the game to recommend taking a look at the audio settings
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> - Added a popup to indicate you can use your vouchers to buy tips
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> - Added a paragraph on special conditions in the help window in the room
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> - The first level up popup now automatically opens the progression window
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> - Rooms are now private by default
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> - Changed the exorcism help effect to appear when the exorcism succeeds too
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> - Reduced the volume of the runner's scream at the start of the exorcism
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> - Forced the runner to hear the bell sounds during its exorcism
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> - Increased the number of lights supported by the fusebox on all maps
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> - Changed the lights in the garage of Eastwood House
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> - Moved the billiard table in Eastwood House
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> - Changed the "one soul in two ghosts" condition to allow two of the same ghost
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> - Increased the chance of getting contracts with special conditions
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> - Increased the chance of getting contracts with unknown special conditions
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> - Reduced the chance of getting stories about ill people
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> - Moved a knife spawn in the child bedroom in Gamara Villa
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> - Reduced the spawn chance of toys
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> - Increased the duration of the orphan's exorcism
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> - Made the blanks longer with special condition "fill-in-the-blanks"
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> - Changed some of the tips on the shusher to make them clearer
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> - Reduced the chance of getting kid ghosts when they're not orphans
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> **Bug Fixes**
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> - Fixed a text meant for children that could happen in adults' stories
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> - Fixed a bug with the special condition "fill-in-the-blanks" that made entire texts appear blank
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> - Fixed the sponge item not counting correctly for the exorcism
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> - Fixed the scrollbar of the ghosts in the exorcist diary
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> - Fixed a bug which would cause special conditions to not be synchronized between players
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## Beta Versions

### **Beta 1.6.0 (Released July 12, 2022)**

**New Features & Changes**

- Entirely reworked the runner's exorcism. Explore around when the candle is blue to find out what's changed, but be careful... the runner is listening.

- Added multiple new objects and story elements (and many more coming in the next updates)

- Added a new special condition (warning: for experienced investigators only!)

- Changed the behavior of the dolls during the orphan's exorcism

- Changed a specific behavior of the orphan when it cries to make it more difficult to manage

- Changed the way stories are generated to make sure all ghosts have the same chance of appearing (including the orphan)

- Changed the way custom difficulty works to encourage logical storytelling (ex: getting orphans with childrens' stories)

**Adjustments**

- Increased the base duration of the shusher's, mannequin's and runner's successful exorcisms

- Adjusted the order of unlocking of tips in the exorcist diary

- Reduced the frequency of the ticking during the exorcism

- Reduced the sound made when walking and when crouchwalking

- Increased the kill power of the mannequin

- Reduced the distance at which the mannequin needs to be to play its approach sound

- Changed the trap talisman so that ghosts stop their movement animation while trapped and stop keeping track of their targets

- Increased the duration of the trap talisman

- Reduced the size of the electrician's HUD

- Increased the size of the cartomancer's HUD

- Reduced the spawn rate of toys

- Increased the hitboxes of some small objects

- Changed the display of text on newspapers

**Bug Fixes**

- Fixed a radiator that was culled too early

- Fixed minor typos in some texts

- Fixed a bug where one of the souls released by the shusher during the exorcism wouldn't move

- Fixed a bug with the v-sync button

- Fixed a bug related to the orphan's dolls animations

- Fixed a bug where it was possible to start a game without selecting a role and it would cause a crash

- Fixed a bug where orphans could cause some lights to stop working

### **Beta 1.5.0 (Released June 15, 2022)**

**New Features & Changes**

- Completely reworked the mannequin exorcism phase

--> Similarly to the shusher, the exorcism phase is now much longer and entirely different. As soon as the candle lights up in blue, you'll find out what's changed.

--> The behaviour of the mannequin has not changed when the exorcism fails (red candle)

- Replaced the cartomancer's "cover" talisman with the new "helper" talisman

--> The helper will guide you to something useful for the investigation that you haven't found yet.

- Successfully completing the new reworked exorcisms now grants an experience bonus

- Some special conditions now grant an experience modifier

- Added more information on the game end screen and detailed the experience earned

**Adjustments**

- Removed the level requirement to unlock special conditions. They can now all randomly appear on contracts starting once you reach level 5. Once you've played one through, it will become available on the "customize difficulty" screen.

**Note: One major bug could not be reproduced: the exorcism table appeared without its totems and was unusable. If someone encounters this bug again, please use the ingame feedback tool to report it (Escape -> Submit Feedback).**

### **Beta 1.4.0 (Released June 9, 2022)**

**New Features & Changes**

- Completely reworked the shusher exorcism phase

--> The exorcism phase is now much longer, and has entirely changed... Explore around during the exorcism, and maybe you'll find interesting things.

--> The behaviour of the shusher has not changed when the exorcism fails (red candle)

- Changed all ambience sounds

--> The ambience sounds now slowly get more intense with time

- Changed the game end screen to have more details on the mission

--> More statistics are going to be added later

--> Don't hesitate to suggest statistics you'd like to see on this screen!

- Added a button on the escape menu to reset all objects to their original position (to use in case of a game-breaking bug)

**Adjustments**

- Changed the order of ghost types in the exorcism diary to be the same as the one in the "customize difficulty" window

Bug Fixes

- Fixed a bug where the contract pin would appear red instead of yellow ingame

- Fixed a bug related to the shusher's detection of players in the dark

- Fixed a bug where objects spawned behind the attic mirror in Rock's End Farmhouse

- Fixed a bug where the "unlock all" button wouldn't get disabled after unlocking something

- Fixed a bug where the grass in Gamara Villa would not have the correct footsteps sounds

- Fixed a bug with pathfinding related to the "one soul in two ghosts" special condition

**Note: One major bug could not be reproduced: the exorcism table appeared without its totems and was unusable. If someone encounters this bug again, please use the ingame feedback tool to report it (Escape -> Submit Feedback).**

A "stable" branch has been added on Steam, that contains the previous version of the beta (currently B-1.3.0). Use this branch if you encounter game-breaking bugs in the game (but don't forget to report them!)

To switch to this branch:

1) Go to your library on Steam

2) Right-click the game, click on "Properties"

3) Go to "Betas"

4) Select the "stable" branch