Have a Nice Death news & patch notes

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The darkly charming roguelike hit of 2023, Have a Nice Death, is on sale now as part of the Steam Autumn Sale! Head over to Steam to get the hack’n’scythe adventure for 50% off. Don’t miss your chance to get this indie gem on sale before the holidays begin, as the sale ends December 4! Head to the game’s steam page to grab it for half off. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1740720/Have_a_Nice_Death/ Want to play the Steam version of Have a Nice Death on the go with any device? Thanks to the power of GeForce NOW, you can stream Have a Nice Death, on any device and anywhere you want. Are you ready to fight to show Death Inc. who's boss anytime, anywhere? Check out more details on GeForce NOW here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/ Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@JoinDeathInc Follow: https://x.com/JoinDeathInc Like: https://www.facebook.com/JoinDeathInc Discuss: https://discord.gg/tv8gfSScSn

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CHANGES - The condition to unlock the achievement “Oh Shoo, O’Shah” has been modified: instead of getting all the curses AND penalties, you just need to get all the curses. BUG FIXED - We've also fixed a problem that could block certain penalties of a world if the player didn't go to the restroom after this world. The problem persisted even on subsequent runs if the player did not reach the restroom in question.

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Hello New Recruits! We just released a minor hotfix addressing a bug you all had reported plus fxing some small issues with dialogues. Thank you for your continued support! BUG FIXES

• The curse “Fake It ‘Til Ya Make It” will now appear normally.
• General dialogue fixes.

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QUALITY of DEATH IMPROVEMENTS

• New entries in workerguide:
• => The effects (get a curse to unlock),
• => The Thing in the Fridge (use the fridge in breakroom to unlock)
• Changed some entries in workerguide Tutorial for better understanding.
• Most of the curses have a better and understandable description
• Added icons to keywords
• Added correct icons to effects
• Tooltip on curses: when you choose a curse, a tooltip will display the value of your current statistics and the one you will have by taking the curse
• Changed Patrice/PumpQuinn dialog about Prismium
• Changed Patrice/PumpQuinn dialog (shorter) about GPE difficulty in lobby
• Changed GPE difficulty workerguide unlocking condition: Talk to Patrice about that in lobby OR open the GPE menu
• Changed food item lore description in Italic
• The conditions to unlock worker guide entries (description 2 and 3) are now explained
• Added etter feedbacks when selecting a contract with Jocelyn
• Now weapons in training room could be sorted by rarity

BALANCING

• Add a new modifier to the difficulty system to rebalance the change to Injuries done by enemies. At Crisis 4, enemy should now deal the same amount of injuries they did at launch
• Now crisis give points when dying (Default = 15 points, Crisis X = 500) to encourage people playing in Crisis modes.

ENEMIES

Harakola

• -> Changed the movement of the basic attack. Now, itl moves less during the first hit.

Will Hung

• -> Add Feedback to strongest attack

Heisenberg

• -> Changed Spinning Kick Movement Curve
• -> Added visual feedback when launching attack

Waldo

• -> Fix a collider during several attacks that hit further than intended

Catherine Imamura

• -> Fix a collider during an attack that hit further than intended
• -> Change color of attack feedback to make it more easily distinguishable

Final Boss

• -> Cape and spell not removed against life phase 3 now
• -> In phase 3, the boss starts with more HP 2000>2500
• -> Starting Crisis XIII, the boss deletes Curses and weapons

WEAPONS

Parasol 1.0

• -> Changed cancellation of ground combo attacks. Should be way more responsive

Void Rift

• -> Changed the delay of the spell, making it hit earlier

CURSES

• Added many new icon to curses Status on player
• Added new curses to upgrade the effects:“Transfer”, “Counterparty”, Life Insurance”, “Inflation”.
• Moved the curses “(Very) Irritable Boss Syndrome”, “(Really) Irritable Boss Syndrome”, “(Very, very) Irritable Boss Syndrome”, “Imposing Scythe”, “Noble Scythe” to Blue Tree
• Moved the curses : “Polish”, “Sharpen”, “Hone” to green tree.
• Buffed several Periodic Curses to make them trigger faster

BUG FIXED

• Missing items in the Shop.
• “Dig Your Own Grave” curse doesn’t work properly.
• In the save selection menu, "Game Time" indicator does not increment.
• With the red curse “No Brakes” activated: if the player gets hit while attacking with a weapon, the hit animation is played and the one for the attack is canceled BUT the player still finishes his movement.
• In some Intriguing floors, teleportation doesn't work if damage taken during corner triggers.
• If the player gets a second weapon with the same status than the one equipped, the second weapon will not trigger the status.
• Every time the player starts the game, the loading time of reaching the first breakroom is much longer than normal.
• An asset of a car in the Natural Disasters Department is clipping when the camera zooms in or zooms out. The issue is notable during the arenas.
• The Control room transformation cannot be used.
• The run timer does not take into account the last chunk where the player died (also happens if he wins the run).
• A malus curse may appear bugged if the player has already too many of them.
• The spell Wishtorm’sound doesn’t have good timing.
• Rarely, a curse tree can be too long for the menu, because of the possibility to get multiple high rank curses.
• The "bubble" dialogs allow the player to move around. If the player leaves the dialog area without completing it, the sound that is turned down at the beginning of the dialog is not turned up.
• If the players use the fast-forward during the ending cinematic of Major Pliskhan, two issues appear:During the explosion screen, a white fadeout appears, then the same picture re-appears.The player can control Death during the cinematic.
• No SFX when the player is healed in the Breakroom by the Easy mode modifier.
• There is no SFX on the slam attack of Brad in difficulty mode Crisis XIII.
• Death slips after a victory in an arena (overlapping animation problem).
• In the Control room, when the player transforms the scythe “Sickles' ' to “War Sickles' ',it will use many Prismium if the player has more than one.
• Some entries in the codex are missing when loading a save from an older version of the game.
• The mini moskitos do not die when hitting the player if he gets damage at the same time, leading to the enemies staying stuck on the player.
• The dive’s animation of crows is played too soon regarding the attack’s behavior.
• When the player chooses a contract to Jocelyn then cancels it, the contracts are rerolled.
• The timer doesn't stop when the player is choosing a level in the elevator.
• Sickles damage buff on dash is only calculated once even on multiple stacks.
• Some projectiles from Infuse status don’t appear.
• Jabelin weapon breaks the player's controls when used to leave the training room.
• Using the space bar doesn't fast forward the credits.
• When the player is far enough from Camille Flage (Thanager) to let her walk for a long time, she may “slide” (the animation is frozen) to the player until being in attack’s range.
• The Player is able to pass through some doors in the Natural Disasters Department.
• Spells that track enemies sometimes lose their focus.
• “Morthral Enemy”curse targeting issue during Mr. Gordon Grimes fight.
• Enemy projectiles won't destroy and get stuck against colliders.
• Can't rebind the left and down inputs in the options
• Some quests that weren’t trigger are now accessible: The Rumor
• First dialog of the quest about Pumpquinn’s school bag coming back after finishing the quest.
• Some duo random dialogs have some missing speaker or wrong NPC spawned.
• Some issues with the fridge UI in Breakroom
• Health upgrades and weapons appear against Imamura if taking the boss elevator
• Secret rooms map icons showing even when the room is not open
• The same pickable lore item could be found in the same floor
• Some images from the worker guide were too pixelized or blurred
• Easier to reach the max number of the soul counter (acceleration of display speed)

KNOWN BUGS

• Sometimes, the invocation of the Ulcermonner not appear. It leads to the arena staying locked, even the security does not trigger. The issue occurs more often when you hit the enemy with the kunai and the curse “Infuse: lightning strike” while he summons.

REMINDER

• Some crashes may occur with Integrated graphics (GPU built into the processor), particularly Intel.

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BALANCING

OVERALL

Change Natural Disaster Department order to pair with the War Department -> Unlocked once the player will beat Major Pliskhan -> Rebalance the economy of the game since there is now one less full world Rebalanced Injury/Permanent damages ratio did by regular enemies. -> From 50 % to 20 % (10 damages = 5 injuries that could be healed => 8 injuries that can be healed) Rebalance enemies’ drops to make them more occurring when player will kill more enemies Easy mode -> Increased the Heal after boss to 75 % of max HP -> Added new modifier -25 % HP to Boss & Miniboss -> Rebalanced the damage of Enemy Permanent Upgrades -> Increased the chances to find upgraded weapon Espresso Koffee pure healing from 25 -> 30 Short Koffee injury healing from 10 -> 15 Distribig® 462 -> Change base Soulary reward from 15 to 15/25 -> Change big Soulary reward from 25/40 to 35/60 -> Swap Espresso Koffee instead of Short Koffee (WAY BETTER !) Anima Fountain -> Decreased price per increase from 20 to 15 Floor rewards -> Changed possible reward in Anima Deposit (more animas !) -> Changed possible reward in Curse-Reroll Department (player can now find Anti-Malus) -> Changed possible reward in Intriguing Floor Thanagers reward -> Player can now will get either one golden anima or 2 blue anima HP upgrade -> Now, player heals by the same HP amount that it increases instead of staying on the same ratio ( 1 / 65 HP => 1 / 85 HP and now 1 / 65 HP => 21 /85 HP ) Shop -> Added the Acetaminopain to possible item to buy Added new feedback to enemy that can counter

ENEMIES

Hara-Kola -> Reduce the projectile spawning on death by 1 Imposter -> HP from 300 to 225 Smoker -> HP from 225 to 172 Stormy -> HP from 120 to 100 Rockster -> HP from 175 to 120 Magmaboy–X8 -> HP from 1200 to 800 Flambush -> HP from 600 to 300 Sparky -> HP from 120 to 70 Drowned -> HP from 250 to 145 Tempestilent -> HP from 250 to 175 Tempus -> HP from 1500 to 1000 Pendulus -> HP from 450 to 250 Kookoo -> HP from 150 to 125 -> Change the curve of the projectile Destinatus -> HP from 425 to 380 -> Change feedback when attacking Dustin -> HP from 275 to 210

THANAGERS

Omega Pump Quinn -> Fix pumpkin bomb that could be attacked before being formed Will Hung -> Reduce damage of attacks -> added some feedbacks that were missing X4–H -> Reduce damage of attacks Richard John Barron -> Added some feedbacks to attacks -> reduce damage to 15 Camille Flage -> Added some feedbacks to attacks Horace Sinistrocirrus -> HP from 7500 to 5500 The “Bridgets” -> HP from 13500 to 9000

SORROWS

Brad -> Reduce damage to deal either 10 or 15 damage Barnaby Proudfoot -> Reduce damage to deal either 10 or 15 damage Mr. Hector Krank -> Reduce damage of some attacks from 30 to 25 Ms. Catherine Imamura -> HP from 11000 to 9000 -> Reduce damage ( on par with the Major) Time -> HP from 20000 to 15000 -> reduce damage to deal 30 in Phase 1 -> reduce damage to deal 35 in Phase 2 Life -> HP from 20000 to 17500 -> reduce damage by 5

WEAPONS

Poisoned Gift -> Buff default duration from 7 to 8 s Rebalance the charge attacks -> Increase the duration of the invincibility Billhooks -> Reduce the Upward attack timing Shake Spear -> Change rarity to uncommon -> Buff modifier Ground damage from +15% to +25 % and +30% to +50% Jabelin -> Change modifier when upgrading it -> Now raise damage of All common weapons Daggust -> Buff frenzy damage 5 to 30 Murray of Crows -> reduce duration of the attack Beasteel -> reduce CD from 5 s to 3.5s -> Buff damage from 75 to 100 -> added some air control to the jump Boulderain -> Change the contract to unlock it to make it a bit harder to unlock ( making Proudfoot appear a bit later) Frostbreeze -> Buff damage from 15 to 20

CURSES

Buff MANY CURSES

BUG FIXED

When the “Stuck” status is applied on a flying enemy, this one can deal damage to the player without attacking The spell “Focus” frenzy's buff is disabled after taking a hit and creates more issues Status stacks multiple time when hit many time at once Miscellaneous options are not saved in the splashscreen, except the language

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/86b6eb3dce560a905ce47d1bfbbe0807fdab5cdf.png Hello Everyone, It was quite a long road! For those who haven't heard about it, we just released HAVE A NICE DEATH out of early access not too long ago. Everyone here at Magic Design Studios is very happy about finally being able to show you our game we have been working on for several years. Thank you to everyone who has been with us for a long time. Your support was a great motivation to our team and your feedbacks were an integral part of what the game is now. To those who are just arriving, welcome. We hope everyone is having a great time with our game. :) So now that the game is released, what is in the future for HAND? To start, we are gonna release a big patch with a lot of improvement and fixes in the coming weeks. This will be our first post-launch update! But we're also working on another one that will come later. Some could even be considered big changes but the whole team has been listening to the various feedbacks toward the game (both internal and from you), and I want to maybe explain them in detail here. One of the big change that we are have made is change to the Natural Disaster Department. Previously it served as the final world but with the addition of the new Department we now have runs that might a bit too long, so we are moving the world to be an alternate world to the War Department. But don't worry, of course we have adapted the difficulty of the world to be the same of the War Department. So now, except with the first Department and the last one, you will always have a sideworld to choose. Secondly, we have decided to give more buffs to the Easy Mode. A lot of our players are not that experienced with difficult games but we want them to at least have a chance to finish the game if they want to. This means some new modifiers to it like Decreased Boss HP, Decrease Enemy damages and so on. It isn't that big but it might make a difference. Thirdly, there are several new improvement for comprehension / UX. We have added some indicators to Jocelyn contract for instance, so that the player can at least how far along they are until completion. Finally, a lot of balancing as usual! The various weapon buff / Curse buff but some bigger changes such as decreasing enemy permanent damage to the player in order to make blue Anima a bit more useful. We also have fixed some bugs that made some items not drop during Arena or Floor rewards, so runs should appear a bit more varied / lenient. And to conclude, thank you everyone. I don't have a lot of word left to express what everyone at Magic Design is feeling. We are glad you were there and we hope you enjoy our game. Simon Lead Game Designer

Have a Nice Death is a hand-drawn 2D Action Rogue-Lite where you play as Death, Founder and CEO of Death Incorporated—a sprawling corporate empire that processes souls for the afterlife—who currently finds himself teetering on the edge of burnout. His top executives, the Sorrows, have been running rampant on Earth’s surface, blatantly ignoring company protocols, leaving him buried in an underworld-sized mountain of paperwork. Now, in order to regain control of his company and soul-ply chain, as well as secure a much-needed vacation, he will need to traverse the various departments of Death Incorporated and remind his unruly subordinates who’s boss. Welcome to Death Incorporated – Discover and explore the darkly-charming, procedurally-generated departments of Death Inc., where you’ll meet a diverse cast of memorable characters—like your affable pumpkin-headed assistant, Pump Quinn—who are always willing to share the latest office gossip Reap What You Sow – Sharpen your skills (and scythe) through fast-paced hack n’ slash combat, utilizing over 30 unique weapons and spells you can find and upgrade to create devastating combinations Death Never Sleeps – Since Death can’t die, use what you’ve learned and earned to overcome the numerous minions and bosses in each department of Death Incorporated... over and over. A performance review after every run guarantees that you’ll unlock interesting items and upgrades that will help you progress on your journey When Life Gives You Curses – Taking more power for yourself is a controversial move in Death Incorporated’s company culture. For instance, adopting a Curse upgrade for yourself might result in the Labor Inspector granting your subordinates enhanced powers, or worse, raising the cost of koffee and other items that are vital to your work output Like: https://www.facebook.com/JoinDeathInc/ Follow: https://twitter.com/JoinDeathInc Watch: https://www.twitch.tv/JoinDeathInc

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/603ca318a8578e245a86162f3f1f5691f53388e5.png All of us at Magic Design Studios and Gearbox Publishing are beyond ecstatic for all mortals to finally jump into the full game and join Death Inc.! Development on Have a Nice Death has been incredible - from our big announcement at the Game Awards to releasing the game into Early Access - the support we’ve received means so much to us. We’d like to especially thank our Early Access players who have given us such valuable feedback – which helped us not only make the hack’n’scythe adventure we wanted, but what roguelike fans wanted as well. Whether you’re new to Have a Nice Death or you’ve been playing it since it launched in Early Access, we hope you enjoy your time at Death Incorporated!

WELCOME TO THE AFTERLIFE!

Thanks to the Launch Update that brings new content available for the first time tomorrow, you’ll find the eighth department of Death Inc., the Inevitable Time Department. This new department is packed with deadly goodies, including new bosses, mini-bosses and enemies, the ending of the game’s main storyline, “quality-of-death" gameplay improvements and much more. At Death Inc., rumor has it that there are several secrets to uncover in this department as well... Below is a detailed list of game features for the 1.0 launch version of Have a Nice Death, available March 22nd at 9:00am PT:

ADDITIONAL CONTENT

New World: Inevitable Time Department (after Natural Disasters Department)

• 5 new enemies: Destinatus, Pendulus, Tempus, Dustin, Kookoo.
• 1 Miniboss: The Bridgets
• 1 Boss: Time

Boss secret & endings

• When a player defeats the Inevitable Time Department boss, 3 lockers appear in the next run: One in the shop, one in the breakroom, and one before entering a mini boss room.
• Opening these lockers will give an artefact.
• The player has to collect the 3 artefacts and kill Time to reach the new secret boss.

New intriguing floor to several worlds New weapons

• 3 new spells: Nihillaser, AnvilLauch, Void rift
• 3 new cloaks: Vampire battery, Beaststell, Excavore

More than 30 new curses

• Some new curses make your INFUSE evolves, for instance: Burn will now trigger an explosion at the end of the duration

New option in the menu: Hide damage number New UI feature: Contracts’ progression.

• After selecting a contract with Joe, the player can see the progress of this ongoing contract during the run: a message insight will pop up while entering the breakroom or Death office (lobby).

New Gameplay Elements (GPEs) & Pickups

• Temporal platforms in World 8 (Inevitable Time Department)
• Spectral Coverage: Negate the next attack the player receives.
• Remove Ibuprofane pick-up: We felt the intent of the pickup wasnt interesting enough and preferred to remove it
• Quantum Soulary: Gives the player Soulary if he manages to reach the elevator without getting hit
• New food items: Artichoke - Raspberry Jello - Collecting soulary have a chance to heal the player
• Added mysterious lockers to open

More than 600 new lines of dialogs New storyline quests: The strike, Air conditioning conflict, It’s pretzel day and more. New worker guide entries Finally: Achievements

BALANCING

Re-balancing the overall economy, Weapons, Curses Forge

• Change price of forge upgrade
• 50 / 100 / 150 to 50 -> 125 -> 250
• We felt like it was way too quick to completely upgrade a weapon

Shop

• Increase price of Legendary Weapon from 30 soulary to 50 soulary
• Increase price of Curse in shop from 50 to 75 soulary

Enemies

• Change the health value & attack damage of several enemies:
• Natural Disasters department:
• Rockster: 230 -> 175 HP / Damage from 20 -> 15
• Magmaboy–X8: 1500 -> 1200 HP
• Flambush: 800 -> 600 HP / Damage from 30 -> 20
• Sparky: 150 -> 120 HP / Damage from 25 -> 20
• Drowned: 275 -> 250 HP
• Tempestilent: 325 -> 250 HP

Bosses

• Mr Hector Krank: 4000 -> 5000 HP
• Maxx: 3900 -> 4500 HP
• Waldo: 3000 -> 3400 HP / Damage raised (deal either 15 or 20 damage depending attacks)
• Ms Catherine Imamura: 12500 -> 11000 HP (rebalance damage, some attacks deal more, some less)

Miniboss

• Camille Flage: 4700 -> 6100 HP

Base Scythe

• Buff Charge attacks - Damage from 35 -> 45 & 50 -> 85
• Buff charge dash - Damage from 15 -> 35 & 35 -> 70
• Forge Lvl1 Damage from +2 to +5
• Forge Lvl2 damage from +5 to +8
• Forge Lvl3 damage from +10 to +15

Diss Scythe

• Forge Lvl3 damage from +8 to +10
• Cotation damage per cent reduced

Parasol 1.0

• Finisher damage from 15 -> 30
• Forge Lvl1 defense from +3 to +2
• Forge Lvl2 damage from +10 to 15 / Defense from +3 to +5
• Forge Lvl3 damage from +25 to +20 / Defense from +5 to +8

Sickles

• Tweak the movement during 4 & 5th attack
• Forge Dash cooldown from 0.1 to 0.15
• Forge Lvl3 damage from +8 to +10

Twinsie

• Added one hit during 3 attack
• Forge Lvl1 damage from +5 to +10
• Forge Lvl2 damage from +10 to +15
• Forge Lvl3 damage from +20 to +25

Selenite

• Forge Legendary damage from +75% to +50%
• Forge Lvl1 damage from +5 to +10
• Forge Lvl2 damage from +8 to +15

Behammorth

• Forge Lvl1 damage from +50 to +75
• Forge Lvl2 damage from +100 to +125
• Forge Lvl3 damage to +150 to +200

Brutumhammer

• Forge Lvl2 damage from +10 to +20

Arashi-kunai

• Increase base damage by 1

Slaymore

• Increase base damage to 85

Death Star

• Increase base damage to 65
• Increase Frenzy damage to base 50
• Forge Scythe damage from +8 to + 15 & +10 to +20

Shake Spear

• Shorten the windup of the frenzy by 0.6s

Jabelin

• Shorten the windup of the frenzy by 0.6s
• Forge damage from +15 to 25 & +35 to +55

Murray of Crows

• Increase base damage to 30

Whirl Dagger

• Increase base damage to 30
• Forge Lvl2 damage from +10 to +20

Raparrier

• Increase base damage to 35
• Forge Lvl1 damage from +5 to +10
• Forge Lvl2 damage from +15 to +20
• Forge Lvl3 damage from +25 to +30

Fire Arrow

• Forge damage from +10 to +15

Dark Talons

• Forge Lvl1 damage from +5 to +10
• Forge Lvl2 damage from +10 to +25

Explosion

• Bonus damage on upgrade now in % ( scale better on frenzy)
• Forge mana cost from -15 to -10 & -30 to -25

Poisoned Gift

• Reduce number of projectile during the frenzy
• Forge bonus now apply to frenzy
• Forge Lvl3 damage from +8 to +10
• Forge Poison bonus stack from +2 to +3

Shockwave

• Forge mana cost from -15 to -25

Spitfire

• Forge Lvl1 damage from +5 to +10
• Forge Lvl2 damage from +7 to +20
• Forge Lvl2 damage from +8 to +35
• Forge Burn bonus duration from +2 to 3 & +3 to +5

Poison Mist

• Forge Manacost from -5 to -15

Boulderain

• Forge Lvl1 damage from +5 to +10
• Forge Lvl1 damage from +10 to +20
• Forge Lvl1 damage from +15 to +35

Bees

• Forge Lvl2 damage from +10 to +7
• Forge Lvl3 damage from +15 to +10

Spiteful Chomper

• Modify the movement of the projectile
• Increase base damage to 10
• Forge Damage from +7 to +10 and +15 to +20

Voracious Burst

• Increase base damage to 45
• Forge damage from +5 to +25 and +15 to +50
• Forge bonus lifesteal reduced ( to accompany the upgrade in damage)

Ganglion–X4

• Increase base damage to 25

Frostoxic

• Add bonus damage when upgrading the weapon (+5 & +10)

Frostbreeze

• Increase base damage to 15

Sepulchral Ray

• Increase base damage to 20

Troublecross

• Forge Lvl3 damage from +20 to +15

Lyberis Skulls

• Increase base damage to 30
• Forge Lvl2 damage from +10 to +15
• Forge Lvl3 damage from +25 to +30

Tornadmin

• Decrease damage to 15
• Rework movement of the spell, now capture enemy

Many curses have been tweaked: We have buff base stats curses offering HP or Mana for instance. Many infuse builds have also been buffed such as BURN damage curses taking a big UP.

KNOWN BUGS

• We are aware that crashes occurred on specific integrated graphics cards and our devs are working to find a proper fix. The problem seems to be an issue with Intel's GPU drivers and DirectX11. Please, before playing, check if your drivers are up to date. And if you still have the issue, we added compatibility with DirectX12 which seems to fix the problem on some GPUs. This option can be activated by adding the following command in the "Game Launch Options" of the game on Steam: -force-d3d12
• Under certain conditions, some enemies can spawn in double in the arenas.
• The timer of the pickable items with status doesn’t stop during loading between floors.
• Some animation issues may occur on Sorrows if the player has the curse “Short Fuse“.
• In the elevator of the lobby (Jocelyn), if the player chooses a contract and cancels it, the visual icons of the contracts are duplicated in the menu.
• The VFX of GPE lockers in Break room are activated even if the player has no anima.
• SFX or animation issues can occur during cutscenes when speeded up.
• Narrative items from storyline quests are not visible when spawned.
• If the player gets a food item from the break room, then runs through a department and gets the same food a second time before the end of the 1st one, the timer of the status is not reset.

FIXED ISSUES

• Floplexil codex entry shows only after killing a flying Pill
• When the player triggers the temporary effect of a weapon, the timer never reappears after the first time it disappeared.
• NPC Hariet is in the foreground in relation to Spookman enemy during the combat tutorial.
• Player’s dash is reduced when the player is against a wall and the avatar flips and the player is pressing the dash button rapidly.
• NPC Pump Quinn may be spawned in the air in the Physical Diseases Department.
• The UI of the upgraded Selenite displays the raw damages added to the bonus damages.
• Leaving the Upgrade Tree GPE's Menu causes the Esc/B button to play a sound on each press.
• Bubble dialog does not spawn after getting a curse with NPC Mr O’Shah.
• Thanager X4-H’s “bounce attack” locked against the wall.
• Upgrading the Shop plays "failure" animation and SFX if the player has one Prismium.
• Focus spell’s basic effect doesn’t work.
• Description of the Lvl3 upgrade of the Mordicine does not match with the in-game effect .
• Description of Mordicine spell does not match with the real effects
• The 'Tineidagogue' curse launches crows instead of Butterflies. Now the curse is named “Covus Nefas”
• The Infuse status does not work on some weapons which have Infuse statuts in their kit.
• FPS Performance decrease occurs when a few factors are mixed together: spells with several VFX, numbers of enemies etc.
• Jerry’s idle animation is missing on frame and is invisible.
• Some visual and text elements are missing in the worker guide menu.
• An entry in the Codex is written in Spanish in the Portuguese version of the game
• The dialogue window during the conversation with Waldo shows the wrong name speaker (“Major Warren Pliskan”) in the last quote.
• Dialogues are missing during the fight with B. Proudfoot) starting with the third attempt and onwards.
• The curses “Power Nap” and “What Do You Mean,Running Late?” don’t work.
• Breakdown XIII is written as Breakdown XII in the Run History.
• Food items (Sticky Pineapple, Death Burger,Club Sandwichazord) are missing the bubble art in the Lobby Gallery.
• Josianne’s gift does not directly offer certain weapons after purchasing them.
• The player could lose the multiple stacks earned in a floor if he goes to another floor.
• The Imposter enemy stays in the air for a short period of time before falling down.
• Upgraded Cloaks show base statistics after being dropped, instead of the upgraded ones.
• Multiple entries in the worker guide seem to be impossible to unlock.
• The Dirty Dagger’s frenzy attack cooldown does not reset properly if a second frenzy attack is launched.
• Inconsistent dot placements in the descriptions of Curses in the Curse Manager menu.
• When the Waldo Box enemy grabs the player, the distance of the player movement will be the same.
• Dengue King Dengue's fast attack does not follow the direction of the FX.
• Buying 5 item slots upgrade to Joe without unlocking the previous only gives +1 slot.
• Fire Arrow and Revelation Bow are blocked by skeleton hands obstacles, even if they have been eliminated.
• Some texts are untranslated.
• Some enemies inflict a knockback effect in the opposite direction of the attack.
• “Profit Sharing” Curse has no effect on the Arena Reward.
• Frenzy attack has no effect when the player Swaps weapons.
• Curse reroll does not retain after re-open the menu of Mr O’Shah.
• The longer worker guide entries cannot be rewound by any input from the keyboard and mouse.
• Dirty Dagger didn't work properly.
• Some curses are incorrectly placed in the encyclopedia according to the rank order.
• A visible gap may be found in the floor in the Lobby.
• Some weapons who apply status lose it when they are upgraded.
• "Self-Fulfillment" promotion system level does not have a little arrow in the UI.
• Harriet may not appear next to the Scythe Selection gpe.
• Multiple issues with art and UI present in the Credits.
• Death's HP stays the same after defeating a Boss on easy mode.
• Curse "Anima Lambic" has a confusing description.
• The UI lines for level 7 and level 10 of the permanent upgrade are written twice.
• The Bridgets weaver didn't have the lowlife feedback.
• White square offset in boss health bar.
• The curse “Daredevil” is refreshed whenever the player enters a new floor. This allows the player to trigger the curse multiple times per run.
• Breakdown 15 modifier suggests that the HP will be set to a negative value.
• Short Koffee item description is inconsistent with other injury heals.
• ManaPower item description is incomplete and might confuse new players.
• Hypothermia has an incorrect description.
• The timer of a food item is not reset when the second time this same item has been picked up.
• In the Industrial Pollution Department starting rooms, a “line” that “split” the art is visible.
• The pure healing provides but the easy Mode only works in the Hall of Eternity world.
• When the curse “Short Fuse” is applied with the Infuse, the animation of the Sorrow has some issues.
• If players buy a curse with a danger in the shop just before a boss fight, they can get a danger related to the current world. The danger becomes ineffective.
• Player game over screen animation does not play properly.
• When skipping the miniboss and boss cutscenes, some sound issues appeared.

COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS

As you can add your feedback/bugs on the Steam forum of the game, you can also join The official Have a Nice Death Discord. You will meet a bunch of nice people who can help you with the game and who are more than ready to discuss ideas and critiques about Have a Nice Death with you. We were amazed by the quantity AND the quality of your chef-d’oeuvre during all Early Access and this the last major update. In total, we count about +500 fanart from our community (Discord, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit etc.). That’s insane! Of course, we can’t share all of them, but here’s a glimpse of talent: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkAyvMQXgAAPghX?format=png&name=large https://twitter.com/oraii_/status/1603341597948538880 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fp_yFVyWAAAPd-p?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://twitter.com/slapjak1/status/1630288209312612352 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkHMKMHWQAIyVSa?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://twitter.com/peanutbou/status/1603787421425999875 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkwGPX8aAAAqbx7?format=jpg&name=medium https://twitter.com/gelatin_draw/status/1606666030977515521 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fk6m7QnagAAfTno?format=jpg&name=medium https://twitter.com/gelatin_draw/status/1607405657246027776 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrTvNYeaEAAowsC?format=jpg&name=large https://twitter.com/ThePvZArtist/status/1636195580472086536 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqpDhKMXgAYHV9m?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrTvNYeaEAAowsC?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fk1ddAAaEAMkU8I?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://twitter.com/yaoyouguoji11/status/1607043415845502982 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkWLrcRVsAE8Ake?format=jpg&name=large https://twitter.com/dom_do0m/status/1604842425700098049 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Flp_87_agAA5RDg?format=jpg&name=large https://twitter.com/SmilyCupcake_/status/1610740521559011328 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FnAgYLlaMAAoAcj?format=jpg&name=large https://twitter.com/mchwnzichun1/status/1616827877181517824 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Flss4kDaAAA5u7i?format=jpg&name=large https://twitter.com/Lars_lattery/status/1610930657617915905

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/50c834a3d7d629c5a2d7352a5542ba0129cab330.png HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! (Never too late to say that.) A new chapter starts for everyone, including at Death, INC. Let's dive right back to work then. Last December, we have released our last content patch which had a lot of various changes that the community and our team asked for. So far so good. Thanks to everyone that has played it since. It was a pretty major patch. The next one will be the end of the early access for HAVE A NICE DEATH. Finally 1.0 version! it was a nice trip with all of you and we are proud of everything that has been accomplished. From new Thanagers, rework of some systems, to finally DESTROYING the infuse mana curses... lot of changes. We hope you all are very excited for March 22. Since it is the 1.0 version, we have taken some step back and looked to polish everything that felt a bit wobbly. This includes some balancing changes, from tiny changes like enemy behavior to make them more reactive, reworked some pickups... quite a lot of things than can go unnoticed but should amount to a better final experience. Then, the best part of the patch will be geared toward the END. Yes, finally you will be able to discover who is behind all of the trouble at DEATH INC and doesn't want Death to go on vacations? Maybe you have already figured it out, as there have some clues in the game. The discord was very active and shared some ideas. But, do you think you're right? In any case, you will discover a brand new world: New Sorrow, new Thanagers, new enemies and surprises. We are also adding as expected new cloak weapons, new spells and much more! Another thing we have been working on (you can stop asking for them now) are Achievements! There are many more stuff being worked on, but we will let you discover them by yourself :) To finish, and not wanting to sound like a broken record, Thank you for your support during this Early Access. The team is really thankful to the players and we are glad we could make this game together. See you on March 22! Simon

Learn the ins and outs of everything in the darkly charming 2D action rouge-like, Have a Nice Death, and how to be the afterlife’s best boss! Launching on March 22, 2023.

Running Death, Inc. is hard work and takes special tools! With more than 70 different weapons - a variety of Scythes, Cloaks, and Pitbook spells - there’s something for everyone. Here’s a little sign-on bonus for our new recruits - some build ideas to get the blood flowing. Guaranteed to increase productivity by 1000%. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/bcc0a2d924b44d5dd8c741084b4d640c91222e94.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/111f12d839570c8fb61a3ffec98b9b65c2f7d7ea.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/4b8b07b04f310691c980251e8eb55302a9738bba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/d8a7d0e9c46e2e4c4db04ebed2ad77043f7f883d.png

In this new trailer for Have a Nice Death, you can take a carefree tour of Death Inc., your new home away from home... forever! Death Inc. is the Underworld’s leading mega corporation in charge of processing souls into the afterlife. As a sprawling corporate empire, Death Inc. has many morbidly-themed departments -- like the Industrial Pollution Department, which oozes with charm, and the Physical Illness Department that’ll take your breath away. Each department is run by a powerful executive, known as a “Sorrow”, but unfortunately for you, they've been running rampant -- leaving you with more work to do, so you’ll have to overcome their deadly abilities and show them who’s boss. Let’s take visit each department, shall we? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/f870b6844dae72aba52b6af5deb9702c57297d48.png

Department 1: Hall of Eternity

• Sorrow: Brad
• To put things right in the Hall of Eternity before you get started on the misbehaving departments, make sure Brad, the Chief of Security, gets back to work!

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Department 2: Industrial Pollution

• Sorrow: Mr. Gordon Grimes
• Since the Industrial Revolution, this department has really blossomed and shows no sign of stopping. Head of Industrial Pollution, Mr. Gordon Grimes, dove headlong into his work… and into a vat of the most toxic substances possible.

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Department 3: Physical Illness

• Sorrow: Mr. Hector Krank
• The department that some try to avoid with extremely annoying exercise, the Physical Illness Department has seen spikes in recent years, no doubt in part to Mr. Hector Krank’s over-the-top efforts.

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Department 4: Addictions

• Sorrow: Maxxx
• A secretive but all the same devastating department, Addictions is run by Maxxx, the enigmatic and unsettling Sorrow.

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Department 5: Modern Warfare

• Sorrow: Major Warren Pliskhan
• A department of less conversation and all action, Modern Warfare has been a catastrophically constant performer at Death Inc., but Sorrow Major Warren Pliskhan has his sights on even more bloodshed.

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Department 6: Toxic Food-Processing Department

• Sorrow: Waldo
• A relatively new department in Death Inc., that’s shot up the ranks. Waldo wears a smile, but he is all work and no play… because his play is his work.

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Department 7: Natural Disasters

• Sorrow: Ms. Catherine Imamura
• A department that has existed since time immemorial and shows no sign of downsizing, Natural Disasters is run by the powerful and confident Catherine Imamura.

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Department 8: Time

• Sorrow: CLASSIFIED/REDACTED.
• Time and time again, he's made the department quite complicated to understand, hiding his incompetence as a majority shareholder...
• Inevitable Time Department is a Category Alpha quantum aberration built around a time paradox. It is a maze-like vessel filled with sand, dust and tic-toc sounds, that is difficult to represent and always busy due to the nature of the universe. Its existence is millennia-old and its work creates complications. There's a mysterious Sorrow who runs the department.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/6355fce16f2ac340f92c555e9587924597e9bf96.png Have a Nice Death is nearing the official 1.0 launch date of March 22, 2023! Throughout the Steam Early Access period, the game has expanded with tons of new content. Four major updates, including our recent Executive Decisions update, added new worlds, bosses, difficulty levels, and a slew of quality-of-death features. Death may be little, but his game is BIG. The 1.0 update will include another full world, set of features, and conclude the narrative journey of Death. As we get ready to move out of Early Access to release a full game, we're now announcing that on February 13, 2023 at 9:00am PT, Have a Nice Death will be available for $24.99. Any purchase made before that time will still get the full game at the Early Access price. The full release of Have a Nice Death will include all of the delightfully morbid content, including content from previous major updates, that fans have loved in the Early Access version of the game. Additionally, it will introduce a haul of new features, including one new world filled with new bosses, mini-bosses and enemies, along with new story content that will bring the epic conclusion of the main storyline. Players may also find new clues about the culprit behind all of Death's woes. Mortals who have played the Early Access version will be able use their save file(s) for the 1.0 release of the game. Below is the detailed list of features for the launch version of Have a Nice Death releasing on March 22:

• Welcome to Death Incorporated – Discover and explore the seven darkly-charming, procedurally-generated departments of Death Inc., where you’ll meet a diverse cast of memorable characters—like your affable pumpkin-headed assistant, Pump Quinn—who are always willing to share the latest office gossip.
• Reap What You Sow –Sharpen your skills (and scythe) through fast-paced hack n’ slash combat, utilizing over 70 unique weapons and spells you can find and upgrade to create devastating combinations.
• Death Never Sleeps –Since Death can’t die, use what you’ve learned and earned to overcome the numerous minions and bosses in each department of Death Incorporated... over and over. A performance review after every run guarantees that you’ll unlock interesting items and upgrades that will help you progress on your journey.
• When Life Gives You Curses – Taking more power for yourself is a controversial move in Death Incorporated’s company culture. For instance, adopting a Curse upgrade for yourself might result in the Labor Inspector granting your subordinates enhanced powers, or worse, raising the cost of koffee and other items that are vital to your work output.
• Prove You’re the Best Underworld Boss – After completing your first adventure across Death, Inc. there's still work that needs to be done to prove you’re the best boss there is. From completing special challenges and trying out recently-unlocked difficulty modes that feature unique modifiers to earning rewards to complete your Pitbook by getting all the weapons, spells, curses and upgrades – your “to-do” list is far from completed.
• You Call the Shots – Make your playthrough the most optimal experience that’s right for you, boss. With various accessibility options at your disposal, including adjusting sound and language settings, and full controller remapping functionality support -- you’re free to fully customize your experience before hacking’n’scything away.

Prepare for your first day as CEO of Death Inc., where it's up to you to don your robe and pick up your scythe to show everyone who is boss. Have a Nice Death launches for Steam and Nintendo Switch on March 22, 2023. Have a Nice Death is a hand-drawn 2D Action Rogue-Lite where you play as Death, Founder and CEO of Death Incorporated—a sprawling corporate empire that processes souls for the afterlife—who currently finds himself teetering on the edge of burnout. His top executives, the Sorrows, have been running rampant on Earth’s surface, blatantly ignoring company protocols, leaving him buried in an underworld-sized mountain of paperwork. Now, in order to regain control of his company and soul-ply chain, as well as secure a much-needed vacation, he will need to traverse the various departments of Death Incorporated and remind his unruly subordinates who’s boss. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1740720/Have_a_Nice_Death/

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• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png When the player has upgraded the Billhooks to the second level, damage to the Scythe and the Cloak weapons will increase each time the player will leave the elevator
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png If the player starts a run, doesn’t dash, doesn’t talk to an NPC, and doesn’t let the Pyroghost hit him first, the player will become invincible
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png When the HP of the player is reduced by 30 from the modification of the Breakdown XV, the player can go to the training room to regain the missing HP
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The time stops running during boss fights if the player takes the Boss elevator (reception area)
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png When the player reaches the following sorrows: Mr. Gordon Grimes, Mr. Hector Krank, and Major Warren Pliskhan from the Boss Elevator, the theme music of the Brad boss fight will be played in the background
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png On rare occasions, the game may freeze indefinitely after game over or restart, possibly due to corruption of the save file. If the issue occurs once on a save file, there’s no known way to save the file. The player may even win the run, but the next time they die/reset the issue will occur again.
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png In cloak storage floor, the weapon cairn doesn't contain any weapons
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The player could lose all his currencies by upgrading the spell Moskillto to level 2 or above.
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The player could not take another weapon if he had the spell Moskillto upgraded to level 3 in his inventory.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Status has been reworked (in coding) to improve performances

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ADDED/UPDATED

• Sounds on Crisis Flames VFX and Level Up Screen
• Update Localization
• Update floor colors

FIXED

• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Issue where the player may have a broken death screen, due to the number of penalties (Thanks to **Big Jaekuk** for the clue)
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Issue with some of Jocelyn's contracts not being counted when taking the new Boss elevator
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Omega Pump Quinn not being counted for some of Jocelyn's contracts
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Transformed Twinsie's description not displaying the modifications
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Issue with Death behavior when keeping pressed the Scythe button during a loading
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Issue with the camera in the Physical Illness Department
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Omega Pump Quinn's mines not exploding every time
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png In Crisis 7, the last update of a weapon in Forge costs much more than normal
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Aleistar's ejection
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Frenzy damage curse not affecting some spells
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Selenite not applying damage to spells
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Missing dialogues of Barnaby Proudfoot
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Missing or wrong NPC's voices during Musical quest
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Soulary hidden behind the art in the Natural Disasters Department
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Wrong background in Will Hung and Omega Pump Quinn’s area
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Legendary Weapon GPE in cairns are invisible (no VFX or icon)
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Issue with some data displayed in the food description of the Contractor's menu
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png In the shop, when the player finds an item on sale, the price displayed is the correct one but the player can’t purchase it until he gets the amount of soulary BEFORE the sale
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Jerry's Shoe quest item is misplaced (sorry Jerry)
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png When the player uses the spell Lyberis Skulls, it creates some fps drop when it hits an enemy
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The Curse slot does not reset if the player takes the curse then upgrade the Shop
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Upgrade Tree didn't have sound
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png SFX of changing to Difficulty 11-15 is quieter than Difficulties before and doesn't follow the crescendo
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Due to the new modifications of the Parasol 2.0 basic combo, the SFX of the attacks are out of sync
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png When Waldo uses his soda attack (in phase 2), the VFX of the liquid seems inconsistent and low quality in comparison with the others

Known Bugs

• Issue with the Burn Out screen when nullifying a penalty.
• Issue with the behavior of the curse Death-Priest (current mana value is reset).
• Players may regain the control of Death when canceling a contract from Jocelyn.
• On the Cloak Equipment Storage, the cairn may be empty.
• Food effect not disabled properly
• Easy mode not discounting Selenite

BALANCING

PERMANENT UPGRADES (Upgrade Tree)

• Changed the value of Level Upgrades

WEAPONS

Selenite

• Reduce the damage buff from 100 % -> 50 %
• Fixed the damage buff not applying to Spells

Poison Mist

• Changed the radius of Poison Cloud
• Reduce the number of ticks

Aleistar

• Fixed ejection

Brutumhammer

• Removed one projectile from the attack
• Change damage 35 - > 20

Daggust

• Change damage 20 -> 30

Whirl Daggers

• Change damage 5 -> 10

BOSS

Brad

• Changed the bonus defense duration 30s -> 15s

Gordon Grimes

• HP 2650 -> 2800

Waldo

• HP 2500 -> 3000

Major Pliskhan

• HP 7500 -> 8500

Catherine Imamura

• HP 10000 -> 12500

Horace Sinistrocirrus

• HP 6500 -> 7500

Omega Pump Quinn

• Rebalanced combat to make it harder

RJ Barron

• HP 1550 -> 1650

Denzel King Dengue

• HP 1350 -> 1900

X4-H

• HP 1650 -> 1750

Slyma

• HP 1200 -> 1500

Camille Flage

• HP 4200 -> 4700

ENEMY

Sparky

• HP 85 -> 150

Flambush

• HP 600 -> 800

Bubbaboom

• HP 20 -> 30

Hambleurgher

• HP 170 -> 200

Roaster

• HP 240 -> 285

Spookmen

• HP 175 -> 200

Veteran

• HP 385 -> 450

Smoker

• Hp 250 -> 225

Imposter

• HP 200 -> 300

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• Start the game
• While on the Title Screen or In game, go to the options
• Go to "Controls" tab
• Click on "Keyboard"
• Click on "Main attack"
• Change the input by another one with the virtual keyboard (Steam + X)

2nd option: Disable the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool

• Select Have A Nice Death on your Steam Deck’s library
• Go to the settings (the gear icon)
• Select “Properties”
• Select “Compatibility”
• Disable the option "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool"

We're currently working on a hotfix to resolve the issue asap.

Dear recruits, We are excited to announce the Executive Decisions update will be available 12/15 for Have a Nice Death in Steam Early Access. This new content drop marks the final major update for the Early Access version of the darkly charming roguelike before it launches on Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam and Steam Deck) on March 22, 2023. With tomorrow’s Executive Decisions update, Have a Nice Death Early Access players will find a slew of new content, like new bosses (including a secret mini-boss!), weapons, spells, story content and festive winter holiday decorations. Additionally, major quality-of-death improvements have been added, such as six new difficulty modes, including a beginner-friendly mode, and a new meta progression system.   Have a Nice Death is in Early Access which means we’ve got our team working our fingers to the bone on our plans and your feedback (from Steam, Discord, and across socials). We’ve got more new content for the game, so check back for regular updates across the coming months.  Read up for the full list of changes coming in the Executive Decisions Update! IMPORTANT Here’s the list of important info/bugs you need to know for this update:

• Localization:
  • We keep adding new game text (gameplay, UI, Dialogs), but it can take some time to translate everything in all 10 languages of the game. Localization will be regularly updated in upcoming update notes.
• About crashes:
  • We are aware that crashes occurred on specific integrated graphics cards and our devs are working to find a proper fix.
  • The problem seems to be an issue with Intel's GPU drivers and DirectX11. Please, before playing, check if your drivers are up to date. And if you still have the issue, we added compatibility with DirectX12 which seems to fix the problem on some GPUs. This option can be activated by adding the following command in the "Game Launch Options" of the game on Steam: -force-d3d12
• Known Bugs:
  • Some random dialogs for the new Brad version are missing. See them in the next hotfix patch.
  • When using the skip of the movie bosses, there can be visual problems with their animation.
  • Death passes on some of the new Christmas assets while they are in the foreground.
  • Possible missing SFX - No voice at all on boss dialogues, no voice on the first line of each dialogue.
  • Some elements in Will Hung's office are not the right ones.
  • In the shop, if the player finds an item on sale, he can’t purchase it before getting the amount of soularies required BEFORE the sale. The amount of soularies used is still the correct one. (For example: the koffee normally costs 20 and 10 with the sales. You will need 20 soularies in your inventory to buy it but only 10 are used).
  • The icons and VFX of weapons may be missing in the Secret room cairns.
  • Only the first mine of PumpQuinn Omega explodes and deals damage

STEAM DECK ISSUE We encountered an issue on Steam Deck where Death stays in the Charged attack stance leading to a soft lock. Until we can correct this bug, you can still play  the prior build of the game released before the latest December update by following these steps: - Select Have A Nice Death on your Steamdeck’s library. - Go to the settings (the gear icon). - Select “Properties”. - Select “Betas”. - Enter the following code: Have1NiceDeck. - Press “Check Code” - Go to the drop-down menu, and select “steamdeck - Stable branch for Steam Deck platform”. - Back to the game, the download should start. - Enjoy the (previous) update, no rest for the CEOs! SPECIAL THANKS We want to give a special shout-out to the dedicated and incredible members of our community that help our team by reporting bugs, feedback and give interesting ideas. Note: 📌 indicates a change inspired by community feedback!

ADDITIONAL CONTENT

New Boss and Mini Boss​

• Depending on how you progress in your adventure, there’s a chance you may encounter one new Sorrow and one new mini-boss (Thanager)...
• An alt Sorrow version:📌
  • Barnaby Proudfoot -  Sometimes, Brad (World 1’s Sorrow) puts on his suit and can actually do his job. If you run into him, prepare for a tough fight as he’ll unleash new attacks that’ll catch you off guard!
• A new secret Thanager:
  • Secret Thanager - Rumor has it that one of Death, Inc.’s most loyal and adorable employees has eaten a mysterious fruit causing them to become evil and... not so adorable.

Overall Gameplay There are even more deadly tools to add to your arsenal, as four new spells, including “Lyberis Skull” that lets you summon a slew of tiny but mighty skulls, three new cloak weapons, like a Bow that shoots a homing arrow, and a new scythe have been added.

• Add 1 new scythe:
  • The Moonlit:
    • Combo with big range but low damage. Only the finisher deals strong damage
    • Down + X buff the avatar next attack, can be used at any step during the combo to replace one attack
• Add 3 new cloak weapons:
  • Jabelin: Charges forward
  • Firebow: Shoots a seeking arrow
  • Murray of Crows: Disappear into a crow’s murder
• Add 4 new spells:
  • Troublecross: Sends out 2 undulating spheres
  • Tornadmin: Launches a deadly tornado
  • Lyberis Skulls: Summons tiny skulls that detonate quickly
  • Wizzalch Barrage: Summons lightning from above
• New Renovator Content - Holiday Decorations
  • To really get Death, Inc. in the holiday spirit, players can customize the lobby and breakroom with brand new holiday decorations via the Renovator. To access the Renovator and the merry decorations, all you need to do is speak with Muriel the Reverent in the lobby.  
• Add new food items to the fridge:
  • Sticky Pineapple: It tastes exactly like hand sanitizer. With added sugar. Gain 50 % bonus damage as long as you don’t use any anima.
  • Death Burger: Gain 50 HP and 5 defense until you kill a Thanager.
  • Club Sandwichazord: Cloak deals +50 % damage and you gain +150% Mana regen until you kill a Thanager.
• Add 38 new curses:
  • Some examples:
    • “More Where That Came From”…Rapidly consuming an Anima summons another.
    • “Mithril® Chainmail”: Temporarily gain +10 Defense.
    • “Arsenic Pudding…”: Gain 10 stacks when applied.
    • “Perish the Thought…”: Infuse Slow

New Features

• New Difficulty Modes: With these six new difficulty modes, you can choose to take a less stress-inducing adventure or really put your hack’n’scythe skills to the ultimate test – you call the shots, Boss! 
  • New Beginner Difficulty Mode - “Self-Fulfillment”📌 : A friendlier mode for anyone, which players can select in the Death, Inc. Lobby after they die for the first time. With this mode, players will start their run with three Anima (healing items), restore half of their Max HP when they defeat Sorrows, fight weaker minions and Anima heals will increase after each death. 
  • Five New “Breakdown” Difficulty Modes – With five new “Breakdown” difficulty modes (Breakdown XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV) players can choose just how challenging they want their adventure to be. Depending on which Breakdown difficulty you choose, prepare for soul crushingly difficult changes to occur, including bosses (Sorrows) and mini bosses (Thanagers) being granted even more abilities and attacks, minions becoming more powerful, having to start a run with less HP, and much more.
• New Progression Systems With these new systems, you have even more power to choose how you dive deeper into the Underworld... 
  • Starting Scythe📌: At the beginning of a run, you now can choose between one of two scythes - Death's trusty, original one or a randomly selected, unique scythe. It’s represented by a new GPE in the reception area (The Locker).
  • Scythe Transformation: With this new scythe upgrade system, your starting scythe can now be upgraded in three different ways.  
  • Meta Progression: A new leveling system has been added that lets you obtain new bonuses, like additional Anima, buffs and more.  It will be represented by a new GPE (The Magnificent Tree) in Death's Office (Lobby).
• Quick access to Sorrows
  • A new DANGEROUS elevator appears when getting enough experience, it will lead you directly to the SORROWS, skipping the previous departments. 

 

Lore

Experience two new questlines, including a limited-time winter holiday questline:  

• Limited Time Event - “Secret Santa”:
  • Starting today and ending on January 15, you’ll discover each Death, Inc employee has a holiday gift, including Death! Once Death opens his gift, you’ll be able to receive a Prismium in Mark’s shop.  
• “The Musical”:
  • Some employees are preparing the annual Death,Inc. Musical this year’s musical is “The Little Mermaid” featuring two Have a Nice Death fan-favorite characters.

 

Quality of Death Improvements

• Combat:
  • New Mini Boss patterns
    • Will Hung : Faster & try to capture several time in a row
    • Leon Clean: Throws garbage ball when jumping
    • Slyma : Creates a shockwave when landing on ground
    • X4-H : Bouncing balls now split.
    • RJ Baron : Ejects projectiles when hit.
    • Denzel “King” Dengue: Now gains additional lifesteal
    • Lambert Heisenberg : Can eat several pills together
    • Camille Flage: Makes bones erupting from the ground
    • Candice : Appies slow to avatar
    • Pierce Görske: Launches homing Kunai
    • Horace Sinistrocirrus: Creates additional lightnings
  • New Boss patterns
    • Brad: Now gains ARMOR when taking pictures of himself. + has a new attack that shakes the ground.
    • Gordon Grimes: Each projectile now split into 2 projectiles + has a new attack when he strikes the ground 3 times.
    • Hector Krank:  Summons new enemy type
    • Maxxx: Summons projectile when teleporting
    • Major Warren Pliskhan: Bazooka are now homing + has additional missiles
    • Waldo: Summons chainsaw from the ceiling 
    • Catherine Imamura: Creates tsunamis
  • Rework of the parasol 1.0
    • New combo that throws projectiles
  • Rework INFUSE system
    • The main INFUSE are now exclusive.Players can’t have both INFUSE Poison & INFUSE Burn. When obtaining one INFUSE, the others will not be available to select.
• Level design New Content 
  • New and Revamped Rooms: The world of Death, Inc. has expanded with over 50 new rooms and rooms have been updated to include new traps, tutorial elements, and rewards.  
  • 4 new types of reward floors with the associated icons📌
• UI has been improved
  • ​Ingot indicator. 📌
  • Add reroll & other pickup 
  • Option to skip boss cinematics by holding the B button. Works for introduction & outro  📌
  • Option to skip the end of run screen by holding the B button 📌
• Tutorial Improvements
  • Some tutorial at the beginning of the game (new save) has been improved : Dash, Frenzy Attack arena, anima 📌
  • Additional Tutorials: 
  • Up + Attack
  • Jump + Dash
  • Soulary
• Visual/Art
  • NPCs having new character animations that reflect their mood
  • Added various new signs to tutorialize infos
  • Art improvements: room Kit W01 Garden + Office

Bug Fixes

• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Waldo’s second phase stun animation is offset and larger compared to idle.
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Final attack of the  Diss Scythe’s ground combo has an extended recovery time
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Player can get a duplicate malus on Difficulty 10
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The Breakdown description in the Lobby, the player might notice that they don’t match the modifiers.
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The curse "Tooth For A Tooth" gives 3 animas instead of 1 as expected
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The player can use the Rocket Launcher endlessly in the air
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Difficulty 3 defense buff is not affecting Natural Disasters Department enemies
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The rest attack UI is still visible even when you have the danger "All interface elements are hidden”
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png There is no effect with the Lvl2 upgrade of the Jabelin
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The player is able to spam downward ground attack of Billhooks weapon
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Ulcermonner’s invocation may not appear and lock the arena
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png When the player stays nearby a Weapon GPE gains in an arena, there is no tooltip.
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The Contract Approved sprite is deformed and separated into several layers
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Pure heal of Koffee in the shop does not take into account injuries
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png If the player dashes and uses a spell at the same time, the spell does not appear but the mana is used.
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png At various places of the floors of  world 1 kit Janitor", elements of scenery (pieces of arch) appear without reason
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Some background art in World 1 are pixelated
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Some bosses do not die when their life bar reaches the end
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png When the player with Billhooks, uses the diving attack and jump at the same time (On air, press Down+X+A), an issue occurs where the player can deal damages and jump at the same time, quicker than expected.
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Inconsistent elements of the background are visible in the Lobby
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png It is possible to enter the Relaxation Room while in the dialogue with PumpQuinn during the "Talk to PumpQuinn" part of the Halloween quest
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The Player is unable to access enemies and soul container in Natural Disasters Departement 
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The Player can stand on the arena border and eliminate enemies without being hit
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The player may find another shop floor while he’s in a shop in the Natural Disasters Departement.
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png In the restroom, table and chairs in the foreground near the exit lift seem to float
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The Curse Remover does not visually hide the second Malus in the Curse Menu on the Difficulty 10
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png In the Natural Disasters Departement, the player can encounter a few plugs that can be passed through without destroying the GPE.
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Hitbox of the Imposters while jumping is located at ground level
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png When the player gets a heal collectible, a decimal amount of heal can be seen.
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Last worker guide entry remains visible on another save file, even if the codex entry was not unlocked yet.

COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS

• As you can add your feedback/bugs on the Steam forum of the game, you can also join The official Have a Nice Death Discord. You will meet a bunch of nice people who can help you with the game and who are more than ready to discuss ideas and critiques about Have a Nice Death with you.
• We were amazed by the quantity AND the quality of your chef-d’oeuvre. Between this update and the last one, we count about +500 fanart from our community (Discord, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit etc.). That’s insane! Of course, we can’t share all of them, but here’s a glimpse of talent:

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We are incredibly excited to announce the Executive Decisions update is available now for Have a Nice Death in Steam Early Access! This new content drop marks the final major update for the Early Access version of the darkly charming roguelike before it launches on Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam and Steam Deck) on March 22, 2023. With today’s Executive Decisions update, Have a Nice Death Early Access players will find a slew of new content, like new bosses (including a secret mini-boss!), weapons, spells, story content, and festive winter holiday decorations. Additionally, major quality-of-death improvements have been added, such as six new difficulty modes, including a beginner-friendly mode, and a new meta progression system.

Read the full update notes here!

Here’s the full list of all the features for today’s Executive Decisions update: New Difficulty Modes: With these six new difficulty modes, you can choose to take a less stress-inducing adventure or really put your hack’n’scythe skills to the ultimate test – you call the shots, Boss!

• New Beginner Difficulty Mode - “Self-Fulfillment”: A friendlier mode for anyone, which players can select in the Death, Inc. Lobby after they die for the first time. With this mode, players will start their run with three Anima (healing items), restore half of their Max HP when they defeat Sorrows, fight weaker minions and Anima heals will increase after each death.
• Five New “Breakdown” Difficulty Modes – With five new “Breakdown” difficulty modes (Breakdown XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV) players can choose just how challenging they want their adventure to be. Depending on which Breakdown difficulty you choose, prepare for soul crushingly difficult changes to occur, including bosses (Sorrows) and mini bosses (Thanagers) being granted even more abilities and attacks, minions becoming more powerful, having to start a run with less HP, and much more.

New Bosses: Depending on how you progress in your adventure, there’s a chance you may encounter one new Sorrow and one new mini-boss (Thanager)...

• New Sorrow – “Barnaby Proudfoot”: Sometimes, Brad (World 1’s Sorrow) puts on his suit and can actually do his job. If you run into him, prepare for a tough fight as he’ll unleash new attacks that’ll catch you off guard!
• New Secret Thanager: Rumor has it that one of Death, Inc.’s loyal and adorable employees has eaten a mysterious fruit causing them to become evil and... not so adorable. Will you find this secret Thanager?

New Renovator Content - Holiday Decorations: To really get Death, Inc. in the holiday spirit, players can customize the lobby and breakroom with brand new holiday decorations via the Renovator. To access the Renovator and the merry decorations, all you need to do is speak with Muriel the Reverent in the lobby. New Weapons and Spells: There are even more deadly tools to add to your arsenal, as four new spells, including “Lyberis Skull” that lets you summon a slew of tiny but mighty skulls, three new cloak weapons, like a Bow that shoots a homing arrow, and a new scythe have been added. New and Revamped Rooms: The world of Death, Inc. has expanded with over 50 new rooms and rooms have been updated to include new traps, tutorial elements, and rewards. New Questlines – Experience two new questlines, including a limited-time winter holiday questline:

• Limited Time Event - “Secret Santa”: Starting today and ending on January 15, you’ll discover each Death, Inc employee has a holiday gift, including Death! Once Death opens his gift, you’ll be able to receive a Prismium in Mark’s shop.
• “The Musical” - Some employees are preparing the annual Death,Inc. Musical this year’s musical is “The Little Mermaid” featuring two Have a Nice Death fan-favorite characters.

New Progression Systems: With these new systems, you have even more power to choose how you dive deeper into the Underworld...

• Starting Scythe: At the beginning of a run, you now can choose between one of two scythes - Death's trusty, original one or a randomly selected, unique scythe.
• Scythe Transformation: With this new scythe upgrade system, your starting scythe can now be upgraded in three different ways.
• Meta Progression: A new leveling system has been added that lets you obtain new bonuses, like additional Anima, buffs and more.

Additional Quality of Death Improvements: Along with NPCs having new character animations that reflect their mood, thanks to Early Access community feedback, you have the option to skip boss cinematics and the end of run screen to quickly jump back into the action – and the UI has been improved with new features like an ingot (gold) indicator. Early Access players can continue to expect minor updates to be released leading up to Have a Nice Death’s launch. In addition, as players continue to share feedback, additional “quality-of-death" improvements will be introduced. The full release of Have a Nice Death "will include all the delightfully morbid content you could want, including content from previous major updates that fans have loved in the Early Access version of the game. Additionally, it will introduce a haul of new features, including one new world filled with new bosses, mini-bosses and enemies, along with new story content that will bring the epic conclusion of the main storyline. Players may also find new clues about the culprit behind all of Death's woes.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/a8344dda69193384933178cf62ebc9aa56c20017.png Hello everyone, We hope you're all well. Winter is coming and it's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas! Let's dive right into what the team has been up to! Early November, part of our team (Meredith and myself) and the Gearbox Publishing team were at the PARIS GAMES WEEK to showcase Have a Nice Death to the public. We had a wonderful time, meeting people that were discovering the game but also talking with some players that already had the game and wanted to congratulate us. What a bless! We're still happy to see nice reviews, comments, and feedback on the internet, but meeting a part of our community in real life was awesome. We hope to live this kind of experience again quite soon. Secondly, as you may have seen in the last Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Have a Nice Death will be released for Nintendo Switch on March, 22 2023. We know that's something a lot of you wanted and we have been working hard on it for few months. This is something we are really excited for. And top it all... It will also be released in 1.0 for Steam at the same time. Have a Nice Death has evolved a lot these past months, and thanks to you we are soon gonna be able to release the game: More thanks again (yeah lot of thanks in this post)! BUT THAT IS PRETTY FAR IN THE FUTURE and let's go back a bit before that. So for the next update... There are several subjects we want to work on it.

• The first thing we are working on is POLISHING. There are a lot of our features that we like but could be more pleasing, visually, with better feedback. For instance, we are reworking the weapon UI to make it easier to distinguish between rare weapons and upgraded ones. We figured this was the best time for it, before we are too focused on the big content coming later.
• The second thing is that we are gonna rework our scythe choice system. We love all of our different scythes, especially the new ones, but some players do not want to spend prismium to get them ( greedy metagaming...), so we would prefer you to have the opportunity to play with them a bit more. That means we are also gonna re-balance them a bit since they won't cost prismium to be obtained. Don't worry, the control room will still be very useful.
• Another thing that it's important for us is to enhance the overall system for newer players. A lot of players would like to see the lasts worlds, but since they are gated by strong Sorrows they cannot have the "pleasure" to meet them. Don't worry ultra-hardcore-gamers, we'll introduce new difficulty modes for you too.
• Finally, there is some trouble brewing at Death INC. Brad seems to be behaving strangely... like he's actually working (who would have thought it). And Pump Quinn should not be so greedy and could eat something bad...

Well, that is all for me today. I hope you guys are very excited for the next update this month, and the 1.0 version on Switch and Steam in March. See you soon, Simon

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/0c9cd10b9b662bc9dcdc939221154bd4820ea9f4.png Vote to nominate Have a Nice Death for the Outstanding Visual Style Award in the 2022 Steam Awards!

Vote here!

Have a Nice Death is a passion project for us. The team was fascinated by Nicolas Leger's art (Creative Director/Animation Director on Have a Nice Death) and the universe he could offer. His art style was inspired by The Nightmare before Christmas and the overall imagery (color range, graphism, photography) in Tim Burton's animated movies. He was also inspired by Gustave Doré and Japanese anime studios like Miyazaki, Studio 4c, Gainax (FuriKuri). It's incredible that we've been able to work with such a talented and passionate group of developers and make this dream a reality. We're thrilled to see so many players enjoying our game, making fan art, providing feedback, and sharing their experiences! We couldn't be here without you and we're incredibly grateful to have you as part of Death, Inc. Keep looking forward to our Executive Decisions Update this winter, and our 1.0 launch on March 22nd!

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• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/77ba329196e24074ff15b583955a52f8dac6ae9c.png New music for Halloween in the Break room
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Art issues in the Hall of Eternity alternate level
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Some voices were not present or not attached to the right character
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png No music when the player dies in the Natural Disaster department
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Missing voice of Muriel in some dialogs
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Bad positioning of some Halloween assets
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Localization updated

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/61449ed89908d76832bc3d16c4b81dd0a3108a61.jpg Today, during Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase, Gearbox Publishing and Magic Design Studios announced Have a Nice Death, the darkly charming 2D action roguelike, will leave Steam Early Access and officially launch digitally on Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam and Steam Deck) on March 22. Soon, millions of mortals from around the world will be able to take on the role of the Underworld boss himself, Death, and experience the complete version of this hack’n’scythe adventure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-WmIDZ85RM The full release of Have a Nice Death will include all of the delightfully morbid content, including content from previous major updates, that fans have loved in the Early Access version of the game. Additionally, it will introduce a haul of new features, including one new world filled with new bosses, mini-bosses and enemies, along with new story content that will bring the epic conclusion of the main storyline. Players may also find new clues about the culprit behind all of Death's woes. Mortals who have played the Early Access version will be able use their save file(s) for the 1.0 release of the game. Below is the detailed list of features for the launch version of Have a Nice Death releasing on March 22:

• Welcome to Death Incorporated – Discover and explore the seven darkly-charming, procedurally-generated departments of Death Inc., where you’ll meet a diverse cast of memorable characters—like your affable pumpkin-headed assistant, Pump Quinn—who are always willing to share the latest office gossip.
• Reap What You Sow –Sharpen your skills (and scythe) through fast-paced hack n’ slash combat, utilizing over 70 unique weapons and spells you can find and upgrade to create devastating combinations.
• Death Never Sleeps –Since Death can’t die, use what you’ve learned and earned to overcome the numerous minions and bosses in each department of Death Incorporated... over and over. A performance review after every run guarantees that you’ll unlock interesting items and upgrades that will help you progress on your journey.
• When Life Gives You Curses – Taking more power for yourself is a controversial move in Death Incorporated’s company culture. For instance, adopting a Curse upgrade for yourself might result in the Labor Inspector granting your subordinates enhanced powers, or worse, raising the cost of koffee and other items that are vital to your work output.
• Prove You’re the Best Underworld Boss – After completing your first adventure across Death, Inc. there's still work that needs to be done to prove you’re the best boss there is. From completing special challenges and trying out recently-unlocked difficulty modes that feature unique modifiers to earning rewards to complete your Pitbook by getting all the weapons, spells, curses and upgrades – your “to-do” list is far from completed.
• You Call the Shots – Make your playthrough the most optimal experience that’s right for you, boss. With various accessibility options at your disposal, including adjusting sound and language settings, and full controller remapping functionality support -- you’re free to fully customize your experience before hacking’n’scything away.

Early Access players can continue to expect additional content updates to be released leading up to Have a Nice Death’s launch. In addition, as players continue to share feedback, additional “quality-of-death" improvements will be introduced.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/46845683db258e88531bf83619bc5680712232f2.png Happy Halloween! Put away the pens, drop the late files... The moment is shivering, the evil is back in Death, Inc.! The company offers you a small aperitif dinner in the break room, to celebrate the festival of terror between employees. Darkness. Shadow. Darkness... will soon ring the hour of SACRIFICE.

ADDITIONAL CONTENT

A new event story: The Ritual

• It’s Halloween! Pump Quinn seems very excited but employees are acting weirdly.
• Add +234 lines of dialogs

New gameplay feature: Muriel, the Renovator

• Make your interior decorator talents speak out! Go to see Muriel in her office. In exchange for Ingots, you can decorate places in Death, Inc.

BUG FIXES

• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Art issues in the Hall of Eternity alternate level
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Some voices were not present or not attached to the right character
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png No music when the player dies in the Natural Disaster department

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/31265c89cc18ca69eb3fb337e9da760c01f23579.png Hello recruits, Thanks tremendously for your feedback and support regarding our Natural Disasters release! This patch makes several fixes based on initial reporting issues following this week.

• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Only the second chosen Malus is active on the Difficulty 10
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Player can choose a Malus outside of the array when choosing the second Malus on Difficulty 10
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png NPC Muriel is not visible enough in the lobby
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The progression discount of the Sepulchral Ray (Joe’s contract) is improved by killing Waldo instead of Horace
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Drowned enemies spawns late in the Natural Disasters Department
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The "Complete a run in under 45 minutes" contract is completed if you die in under 45 minutes
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The Dash & Slash attack of Görske (Mini Boss) is not stopped when the boss is stunned
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Player can take damage from projectiles of Pill enemies even after the projectile disappears.
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The game crashes when the player dies from the Mordicine spell damage
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The SFX of the cooldown weapon UI can be heard after starting the game and after quitting the Run Summary GPE (Pitbook in Lobby)
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Curse "Take It Easy" multiplies damage of weapons when players pass the elevator
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Curse "Take It Easy" doesn't work with spells
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Morticulturalist enemy is too bright
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png "Complete Breakdown IV" quest is completed after Breakdown 5 instead of 4
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png A plug can be seen in a WC kit room
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The "Eye of the Stormy" Curse that provides Stormy enemies with an additional attack, can appear only in the Hall of Eternity Department and Industrial Pollution Department, even though the enemy was moved to the Natural Disasters Department.
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Some Spells are lacking cooldowns
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Some Spells' mana consumption in the air differs from ground consumption and descriptive consumption
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Some Spells' description, ground and air damage values differs from each other
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Timer inside the Challenge Room also measures the time spent in the menu
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png After the player restarts a run, and gets defeated by choosing Jocelyn’s contracts in the lobby, the rewards are counted with the progression of the recently restarted run
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Laser attack VFX of the Phase 1 of Waldo stays longer than the collider of the attack
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Patrick’s sign tour guide in the Physical Diseases Department is hard to read due to the lighting
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png "Shop closed" signs in the Control room are floating in the air
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Transformed Scythe is shown as a different kind in the Transform Menu
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Frenzy attack of Focus spell gives a permanent increase of life
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Slaymore (upgraded level 3) gives permanent max HP instead of temporary max HP when player passes a floor
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The player is not healed when leaving the Training room trigger
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Mordicine and Sacrifix spells can irreversibly reduce player’s health in the Training Room
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The SFX of the mechanical legs of Waldo can be heard twice during the fight introduction
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Ulcermonner has no SFX in the Physical Diseases Department
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png Claude hasn’t a voice
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The Game Over sound can be heard two times after defeating boss Catherine Imamura
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png If you restart the game during a run, the elevator music plays during the loading screen
• {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41623783/383a35d16c44a3d69e98af4fe93c3144cfe63acb.png The beginning of the Game Over music can be heard during the Quit loading