Dark Deception news & patch notes

Super Dark Deception's Demo is now live on Steam. This is the mini-game that will be playable in Dark Deception CH5. It's a fun 2D reimagining of Dark Deception. Be sure to give it a try! Super Dark Deception Demo

Dark Deception finally has vinyl figures! Murder Monkey & Dread Ducky are now available on Youtooz!

Decrease in GPU usage by anywhere from about 10% to 45% across the board on Dark Deception, enjoy the faster frames!

The wait is over! The enhanced update to Dark Deception Chapters 1-3 and the (brand new) 4th chapter are officially released! Get it now while it's on sale!

It's finally almost time! Dark Deception Enhanced is finished (you can watch it on YouTube) and Chapter 4 is almost done! Dark Deception CH4 will release on September 28th. The enhanced versions of CH 1-3 will release at the same time. Thank you to all of our supportive fans for your positivity & patience! You all are the reason that we make games!

Hey everyone! We have just pushed a patch that includes new languages and difficulty adjustments. School will now be quite a bit harder! Malak's Phantom Form has also been buffed globally. The languages (and their respective contributors) included in this update are: German - Max Gehre Russian - Anna Funtime Chinese Traditional - Pen Livings Chinese Simplified - Pen Livings French - Louis Bresson Spanish - Juan Ribera Portuguese - Joao Victor Trajano Soledade Polish - Kacper Korbut Italian - Enrico Marazzotta Japanese - Miyuki Ogawa Korean - Heeyoung "Kelly" Kim The translations are still in progress, they will be adjusted and expanded further in future chapter releases. Thanks to all contributors! :)

Hey everyone! The past few days Vince and I have been working on fixing the most important bugs still left from the launch of Chapter 3. Thank you all for the feedback and bug hunting!

Here are the most important fixes/changes:

• Teleport Exploits There has been many people using the teleport power to try and get out of bounds in both the Sewer and Circus. I have tried fixing the most important and game-breaking teleport exploits, but because of the unpredictable nature of DD players as well as the teleport ability, you never know!
• Crazy Carnevil Zone 2 Fixes, Changes and Improvements
  • The Zone 2 skip bug was pretty hard to track, but I believe I found the main cause of it, it should be fixed!
  • Zone 2 received some visual improvements.
  • Zone 2 now has a new rollercoaster hazard!
• Other Changes/Improvements
  • Difficulty for Deadly Decadence has been drastically decreased on Easy Mode.
  • The Nurse in the preview screen doesn't quack anymore!
  • The Title Screen has a new music track.
  • General bug fixes.

As always, we really appreciate the feedback you give us. Let us know if any of these issues still persist down in the reactions below!

The wait is finally over! Chapter 3 will be out on June 24th at 8PM PST (midnight EST). Get ready to run for your life from dread duckies & clown gremlins! As usual, we will continue to improve the chapter even after release based on feedback we receive from our community. In addition, we will also be expanding our available languages after launch - adding simplified & traditional Chinese. Japanese & Korean are next after that. Once again, thanks for supporting our spoopy little horror game and I hope you enjoy the new chapter!

Chapter 3 is nearing completion and I plan to announce a release date over the next 2 weeks as well as launch the coming soon page for Chapter 3. It won't be much longer now! We also have some other DD related big news that we may or may not announce with the Chapter 3 release date. On a side note, Dark Deception's merch store for apparel & home items just launched on Theespring. You can find it here: https://teespring.com/stores/darkdeception

Hey everybody, There's been many reports of the game crashing on startup after the 1.4 update. We've tracked down the issue to the launcher that starts up before the game, it has now been removed. I'd appreciate to hear if this issue has been resolved (for the people who had the game crash) Other than that, update also has a few minor bug-fixes.

Hey everyone, We've been hard at work on Dark Deception the past few days. This is a pretty big update, full of bug fixes and quality of life changes and features!

The additions:

Tablet Map Zoom

You can now zoom out the map by pressing M to make finding shards or escape points easier. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33629056/74328bfe4da29f2f26b2a2d8f27990076989136f.gif

Launcher

We have brought back the launcher from Chapter 1, here you can change your keybinds and stuff like resolution as well as which screen you want to run the game on (for you multiple monitor guys). https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33629056/c4d590cbfbf5c8106e588af87debd1f1a0543854.png

Ring Altar Overhaul

We have made two big changes to the Ring Altar:

• Details on every power upgrade are now way clearer and easier to read
• We added a resume button, you can now get all your skill points back to reallocate them to other powers whenever you want. Play around and find the combination you like the most!

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Visual Feedback for Powers

When you use your powers you will now be able to tell how long they will last as well as when you will be able to use them again. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33629056/71098e128788255b2915b2c5391f76b4425f8126.png

Death Tips

Every level will now include useful death tips to hopefully make you die less! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33629056/a61408b40a6e04f8cc60b1419c0e1fcdc3875e66.png

Bug fixes/adjustments:

• Due to many complaints about Agatha being too easy, school has now received a big buff, can you still beat it? ;)
• The Clear Screen in the School now properly recognizes whether you've collected both Special Shards.
• Your maximum Streak will now be saved when you transition through both zones in the Manor.
• Time spent in the first Zone of the Manor will carry over to Zone 2, no more easy S rank there now :)
• Replay Mode will now successfully launch Manor when selected.
• Teleport collision issues in the Ballroom are now fixed.
• The cursor in the Ring Altar won't disappear anymore after you pause.

Hey everyone! We've been working very hard to find and fix as many bugs as we can.

Fixes

• Opening the ring altar after beating the Hotel erases save file.
• Secrets not unlocking in the Extras Menu.
• Watchers moving while being in camera view.
• Replay mode not unlocking properly.
• Other minor fixes.

Some of the bugs that are harder to catch are the ones we can't reproduce ourselves, so we're very thankful to all of you who report them and let us know by showing footage. Keep em coming! :) Thank you all for the support and apologies for the inconveniences caused.

Hey everyone, I'm trying to address the black screen issue after school, as well as the resume button disappearing after beating school and hotel not showing up in the replayable levels list. I pushed a patch that tries to fix all of these. Apologies once again for the inconvenience, and thank you for your support! EDIT: Patch 1.3.3 is now out, this should fully fix the black screen after school. I tested it with the Steam build myself.

Hey everyone, We would like to apologize for any inconveniences caused by the bugs that came with the new Chapter 2 release.

Save Corruption

I have tracked down the save corruption bug, it was present in the Hotel level and is now patched. I advise everyone to start a new game to make sure that your save won't get corrupted.

School End Cutscene

A bug was also present at the end of the school level where a cutscene didn't play right, this has also been fixed now.

Level Up Bug

The player received incorrect amounts of XP after clearing the school level, this has now been fixed.

Ring Altar

The ring altar sometimes would not close correctly. This bug should also be fixed, however, if it still persists I'd really appreciate it if you could notify us in the replies below, this also applies to any other bugs you find. We want to deliver a polished and bug-free experience, so we're trying to track down as many bugs and issues as we can. Your help is very much appreciated! Thank you for supporting Dark Deception!

Hey Everyone! Dark Deception Chapter 2 is only a few days away. The Chapter 2 release was delayed from Jan 4th to make some fixes. We have not announced an official launch date yet, but barring a last minute catastrophe, it should be on Steam by the 21st or sooner. In the meantime, to help tide you over Devlog #4 is now up on Youtube! Enjoy and thanks for your patience as we prepare to launch Chapter 2! *UPDATE* - Confirmed with Steamworks that release on the 18th may not be possible. If that is the case, the 21st is the next available date for launch. DD Devlog 4 https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33629056/f479c5ec688afdddf42e2e4ece7e084b1baf06d0.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33629056/a5af30b447a673d6382bd68e3f2ce164dd6e2425.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33629056/8d8f612ab99265be8dcb16dd5e511834e5bf2d1a.png

Hey everyone, we've released an update for Chapter 1 that adds Achievements and a custom mouse cursor. If you already got S rank for Hotel before this update, the achievement should unlock as soon as you get to the title screen. Please let us know if the achievements unlock correctly, we've briefly tested them, but it's my first time implementing achievements for Steam :)

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33629056/815c75d9ba1182c2ce3ff8c6a9399bb86b1e8e1e.jpg Hello everyone! Many have asked about Chapter 2's release date and I've delayed on a response until I had a more accurate answer. However, I can now say that Dark Deception Chapter 2 will release on January 4th, 2019. About 3 months for each Chapter will likely be the normal amount of required development time. If we finish earlier, we might release a bit sooner than that date. However, first week of January works out better for us since December is not a great month to release in for indie devs. There are a lot of big title releases from AAA studios like EA. Also, a lot of people are on vacation and busy enjoying the Holidays with their families. We are also attempting to line up the Chapter 2 release date with the launch of Dark Deception merch in stores like Hot Topic. So forgive the 3 weeks delay. I promise that Nikson and I will make it worth the wait! In the meantime, check out the new Dark Deception Devlog for the school level and subscribe to our channel to follow along with all DD devlogs as they release. Help us reach our first 1000 subscribers on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBRkufHZFmY

There's a a lot of excitement building up for Chapter 2, which is great :). Nikson and I are hard at work on wrapping it up and making improvements based on feedback from Chapter 1. That said, we are targeting a late November/early December release for Chapter 2 and it will retail for $6.25 USD. You will also have the option to buy the full game in advance at the discounted price of $19.99. If you buy the chapters individually, you can still get them at that price if they are on sale, but the normal price will be $24.99. I will update with a more solid release date as we get closer to that time window. Either way, it won't be much longer and the success of Chapter 2 will be crucial to getting the rest of the game out quickly. Thanks for your support so far and keep sharing the game with others that enjoy all forms of horror gaming!

Hey everyone, we've seen a lot of people complain about the mouse smoothing present in the game. I just pushed a quick patch adding a toggle setting in the options menu, for all of you who want that accuracy and precision :) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33629056/f51aa1f54ec244a892be4d5d28cd3b4d0a0e4907.png

Good news! I've heard the feedback and I understand your concerns that Dark Deception is way too easy ;). Nikson and I have updated the monkeys and their AI to provide a more robust and fair gameplay experience for Chapter 1! Here's what's new: 1. Improved Monkey AI - the monkeys no longer chain together and will each actively seek out different paths to reach you. This means you can get cut off from the front, so pay attention to what's ahead of you. It's easy to focus too much on the tablet map ;). 2. Monkey proximity sound - the monkeys now make an attack sound when they get close to help you distinguish which monkey is closest and which direction they are coming from. 3. Less Monkeys - smarter AI means 4 monkeys became impossible at this point in the game when the player has no powers. There are now 3 monkeys, which means you always have a route to escape unless you corner yourself. 4. Bonus Shard - After testing a timed and infinite reveal enemies effect from the bonus shard, we've settled on a longer version of the timed effect. Reveal Enemies will now last 1 minute after collecting the red bonus shard. 5.180 Turn - You can now instantly turn 180 degrees by middle mouse clicking. You can change the assigned control input in the game launcher. 6. Toggle Sprint - If you are tired of holding Shift to run, toggle sprint on in options to always run. 7. Adaptive FOV - The FOV changes depending on player speed for improved visual feedback.

Dark Deception has passed 10k units in 4 days! It's a great start and a big thanks from myself (Vinny) and Nikson to everyone who has given our silly little horror game a try. Keep helping us share the game with other gamers and Youtubers that love horror :)!

Good news! We have an update with some bug fixes and improvements incoming. Stay tuned! Here's a list of some of the changes that will be in the update: - Map now has a detector that points to remaining shards and level objectives once the shard count is reduced a certain amount. - Death restart now goes to the last save point. It no longer restarts the entire level. - Bug fixed where upon game over, quitting to the title screen quit the entire game . - Enemies take longer to spawn into the maze. More time for admiring the wall art. - Bonus Shard reveals enemies permanently for each zone it is assigned to, but only for as long as you don't die. - Maze map changes when in the lobby - Increased the frequency of Bierce's random lines.

Hello everyone! Let me take a moment to breath a long and weary sigh of relief. Dark Deception is the effort of myself (Vinny)and Nikson (creator of TJOC: Story Mode). As everyone who has been following DD since the original Unity demo (back in 2014) knows, it has been a really long and painful journey. However, every journey worth taking starts with a single step and this release is ours. I can't tell you how great it feels to get Dark Deception Chapter 1 out. I hope you are all having a great time with it and I want to take a moment to give you a glimpse of what's ahead in Chapter 2. With each chapter of Dark Deception, the mazes will grow larger, more complex, more cinematic, and more dangerous (traps, hazards, etc). Many people have asked me about the school level and I'm happy to say that the school will be in Chapter 2. Agatha is coming to play with you and very soon. The cursed manor will also be part of the release. Both levels will provide hours of gameplay and replayable fun. Chapter 2 will also introduce the power system used in Dark Deception. If you've ever played any of the games from the Bioshock series, you'll feel right at home! In the meantime, enjoy Chapter 1 and try to get the S Rank! Also, please leave us a review. Good or bad they help us improve the game and help others discover Dark Deception :)! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33629056/468f68f3d4ba46d364da226f423ade74062f0d2b.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33629056/c89aaca51636150212e33cb1396530496c2b85f7.png