IN HEAT: Lustful Nights news & patch notes

• Fixed Poppi SO being broken in the Arcade Tutorial

• Fixed Tutorial Levels not being marked as Completed correctly (or not unlocking rewards)

• Fixed Game not booting up correctly on some machines

Hi :)

After two big updates, it’s nice to get back to something a little more straightforward, so we're happy to finally release the next date!

Continuing on from the ending of Arcade, follow 20’s next encounter with a very special lady. We won’t spoil too much about who that lady is, there’s no fun in that, but it’s a dream come true, that’s for sure. 

Now that dates are resuming, we thought it was about time to take a look at the way we present the dates and give them a bit of a facelift as well, so the old dating menu has been repurposed to focus more on the gifting side of things, with additional content planned to be tied to the different affection levels, and we’ve added an all new Dating menu that provides a little more structure to the timeline. 

No longer will you have to infer which dates come first in the order of things. You can just follow along the timeline, and if you have multiple dates to go through, you don’t have to click around the different girls to find it. It’s all right there at your fingertips. 

To elaborate more on the Gifting menu: we felt that with the direction the narrative was shaping up, having the Store gacha gifts tied to the dates felt incompatible. As such, we wanted to give the players that engage with the gacha and the affection levels something to strive for without affecting those that just want to go through the narrative sequentially without much care about the gifting. 

The affection levels will, for each girl listed, provide extra content depending on the level. This content has not been developed yet, and will be added in future updates once we have a better grasp on what it is we want, and have them all set up. We can say that we want to provide extra lore info on the characters, some exclusive audio, and perhaps unique stories that Employee 20 would not have access to, but more information on that will come when this content is added.  Speaking of extra content, we have finally completed work on the Media Room menu, replacing the old Media Gallery in the extras menu. This new menu will allow you to play through all phone calls from previous nights as well as display all unlocked cutscenes and extra videos from the gacha. It features full playback control, so you can replay moments, or skip through details you don’t care about.

Alongside this, we have also added the ability to display all the unlocked Game Over screens from the Arcade, so you don’t have to suffer too badly to enjoy your favorite SFW gag, or NSFW “punishment”. 

The Media Room is a little old hat, though, so don’t get too attached to it. You might find something else taking its place once you’ve had a chance to take in some of the newer content. But it’ll be there for you and 20 on every fresh save, helping you keep track until something better comes along. We’d say what, but that’d be spoilers, and those aren’t any fun. 

Those are the main additions to the game this time around. We’re going to get back to work on the next update, which should contain another date and more, so look forward to that. 

As always we want to thank you all for your continued support, as without you, none of this could be possible. 

We hope you enjoy the new date and the Media Room, and we hope to see you again for the next update!

Take care, and, of course:

Happy Hunting!

XOXO MonsterBox

Features

Title

• Added Media Room

• Separated Gifting & Dating Menus

Dating

• Added new Date: "Ending the Dream"

Fixes

General

• Fixed Subtitles getting desynced with Audio / Video if the respective clip is lagging

• Fixed Sammy Leg Fluff having wrong color

  • NSFW SO Outfit

Arcade

• Fixed Character CGs not being displayed at full resolution

• Fixed Sammy NC Jump Scare happening behind a hidden screen

• Fixed Sammy NC Jump Scare not playing Audio

• Fixed Poppi SO not throwing her Hammer after respawning

  • Needed to move at least once before it became "available"

Security Office

• Fixed Window *thonk* Subtitles not playing

  • Only relevant when Assist Mode is enabled

Gallery

• Fixed Mad Hatter Poppi Hair hiding the wrong eye in her Portrait

• Fixed Security Guard / Customer Model sometimes being active when entering the Gallery

Dating

• Fixed Character Mouth movement sometimes not stopping after their voice line has finished

• Fixed Speaker name being displayed in the main text box for Chinese (S + T)

Localization

• Various Fixes (RU)

Misc

• Various performance improvements

  • Reduced RAM usage

Fixes

Arcade

• Fixed Night 3 using incorrect Telephone Clip

• Fixed Night 6 breaking if the Ending Sequence starts whilst Cheshire Sammy is standing in a doorway

Nightclub

• Fixed Screen Transition when starting a Phone Scene not working correctly

Dating

• Fixed the start of the Dating Intro + Sammy Date 1 showing the Void on some systems

• Fixed Skip Mode breaking after Animations that need to be viewed

  • Skip Mode would return to being usable after advancing the Dialogue manually once

• Fixed advancing Dialogue manually completely ignoring Animations that need to be viewed

• Fixed small sections of Dialogue being skipped completely in some situations

  • Currently only relevant to Sammy Date 1 where 1 Line was skipped if the Misty NSFW Scene was played

• Fixed the last line before a choice not remaining visible in the textbox

  • Currently only relevant to Sammy Date 1

Localization

• Fixed incorrect Nightclub Night 7 Subtitles (EN + RU)

Fixes

Nightclub

• Fixed Night 7 Death Taunts not playing Audio

• Fixed Night 7 Ending having a pause in Audio during the Outro

• Fixed Night 7 Lighting glitches during Outro

• Fixed Night 7 Fake Outro Video not being displayed correctly

Dating

• Fixed giant Poggerino in Nile Date 1

• Fixed Lighting issues in various Dating Scenes

Title

• Fixed Media Menu not respecting Audio Settings

Fixes

Arcade

• Fixed broken Character Lighting

• Fixed Nile NC receiving gigantic gifts

• Fixed Poppi SO Hammer not breaking cameras

Nightclub

• Fixed broken Death Taunt (Night 7) Lighting

Localization

• Fixed an Arcade Night 7 Intro Cutscene line not being translated in Traditional Chinese

Adjustments

Arcade

• Re-encoded Night 7 Intro Cutscene to be less heavy

  • Should alleviate issues with the cutscene being skipped on some systems. If issues still occur please report them!

• Night 7 Game Over Screen will now fade in instead of appearing instantly

  • Prevents accidentally returning to the Main Menu

General

• Minor performance improvements

• Adjusted how Video Audio output is handled

  • Might alleviate issues where cutscenes play without Audio on some systems. If issues still occur please report them!

We're aware of some issues with the Intro cutscene to the new Level sometimes being skipped and are looking into it :)

Fixes

Arcade

• Fixed Cheshire Sammy being goonified in Night 6

• Fixed Night 6 Cutscene only showing a black screen

• Fixed Arcade Nile Sit Animation not looping

Nightclub

• Fixed Tutorial sometimes getting stuck

Gallery

• Fixed Outfit Selection crashing the game in certain conditions

• Fixed Arcade Nile Sit Animation being played in the air instead of on a chair

• Fixed Lighting issues when playing Security Office Death Taunt Animations

• Fixed Security Office Death Taunts playing in the middle of the normal scene

• Fixed Misty Headphones being visible if the Arcade Jump Scare is played with the Security Office outfit

Title

• Fixed Plushies being displayed as white square in the Shop & Extras menu

Hi :)

It’s been a little while. Let’s catch up. 

When we last wrote a little message like this, it was with the balancing notes back in January, so we thought it was about time to give you all a quick update on what we’re up to, and the progress of conclusion for Arcade.

To start off with, we must confess that we’re definitely not the well-oiled machine we hoped to be when work resumed. Arcade’s workload has left its lingering scars, and while we’re working through it, we’re having to slow down here and there to allow the rust to be cleaned off without breaking anything. 

Arcade Part 2 has been a challenge to approach, because we didn’t want to just deliver more of the same thing, especially after leaving you guys waiting. We had something in mind, and we were working on it throughout February, and had both scripting and the early stages of the gameplay all organized. 

Unfortunately, when we actually played the thing, we all came to the same conclusion: which is that it was not what we wanted, and that we could do better. This led us down a rabbit hole (pun unintended), and now we’re looking at something that fits a lot better with what we want for the ending of Arcade. 

Without revealing too much, the long and short of it is this: we wanted to provide something a little more cinematic with Part 2 of Arcade. So, on top of the gameplay we’ve got two full cinematics planned, and a final level that really puts the Arcade to rest on an exciting high. 

For those following along outside of this page, you’ll know that we’ve been hard at work on some other content too. 

The Arcade Trailer cinematic was released to our YouTube channel, as well as being added to the Steam page. 

We’ve just started the pre-orders for the first of what we hope is many IN HEAT plushies: Poppi! To better explain, we even made a fully animated announcement video, which can be found at the link below. 

And if you want to order one of your very own, that can be done right here! https://www.tgtime.shop/products/poppi-the-rabbit-plush-preorder/

We’re hoping to have more to show you soon, as we get the gameplay feeling the way we want it, and get closer to Arcade Part 2’s release, but that is the basic gist of what we’ve been up to. 

As always, you can find more information in our Discord community, and announcements of new content and merch will be both there and on our social media channels. 

Have a fantastic April as we move into Easter. 

And, as always.

Happy hunting!

XOXO MonsterBox

The ceremony was beautiful, the reception was quaint, and now it’s time for the Honeymoon.

It’s been a long time coming, but we’re overjoyed to announce that IN HEAT: Honeymoon! 3D is now in development, and on its way to Steam!

The popular spin-off Visual Novel from our very own Aquapaulo Games is receiving a new coat of paint from the whole team, with remade visuals and a touched-up narrative to bring the double-dates and their consequences in line with IN HEAT: Lustful Nights.

We’ve all got a lot of affection for our spin-off title, and are very excited to finally put to rest any questions of “Is it canon?”. By the time we’re finished: it will be.

Our focus is still primarily going to remain on the main title, but be sure to add Honeymoon to your wishlist so you’re first to know when the new and improved VN drops, and watch both pages for updates on development as soon as we have more information.

Thank you all for your continued support as we grind away at the next major update.

And, as always.

Happy hunting!

XOXO MonsterBox

Fixes

Arcade

• Fixed Heisendoubloon Pickup SFX having unwanted noise at the end

• Fixed Captain Heisenbones not switching back to the Level BGM when not collecting all Doubloons

• Fixed Captain Heisenbones immediately respawning when not collecting all Doubloons whilst the Kraken is already active

• Fixed Goon Door Bang SFX not stopping if the respective Goon is destroyed

• Fixed Cheshire Sammy Minigame using the wrong Sprites for the Parry Button

• Fixed Boss Level breaking if a different Minigame is started whilst the TV Smile is ramping up

  • Lead to no more attacks being triggered and the Level ending at 11am

• Fixed Queen of Hearts not being immediately interactable after spawning

  • Only relevant if the Player is already in the Camera that the Heart spawns in

Adjustments

Arcade

• Security Door is not attackable anymore whilst Cheshire Sammy is peeking in

Fixes

Arcade

• Fixed Nile SO Audio + Energy Drain not resetting if despawned whilst banging on a door

• Fixed Player being able to close Door into Nile SO (within 0.7s of her peeking in)

• Fixed Sammy NC breaking if Maddie SO triggers her whilst she's in the Office

• Fixed Sammy NC restarting other Characters AI if the Player gets attacked whilst she's in the Office

  • Caused Characters to be able to attack the Player after they already lost the Level

    • Caused further issues with the Player being unable to die to the Character that first killed them

• Fixed Sammy SO not properly unblocking door when leaving after being let into the Office

• Fixed Maddie SO not unblocking door if despawned whilst peeking into the Office

• Fixed Cheshire Sammy being stuck in her Office Animation if reloading in the Boss Level

• Fixed Cheshire Sammy getting stuck at the door after being decapitated

  • Happened if a Minigame started before she properly despawned

Gallery

• Fixed Camera Controls remaining active whilst Menu is open

Title

• Fixed Dating Buttons for Characters (currently) without any dates being interactable

Features

Settings

• Added Anti-Aliasing Option to the Graphics Settings

  • FXAA + SMAA are supported

Store

• Added Chance that a New Item is dropped in the Store

  • Previously the dropped Items were completely random within the chosen Rarity Bucket

Adjustments

Arcade

• Kass NC will not be respawned by the "Apocalypse" Saya Ability anymore

• Sammy NC Lust will now reset if hit with the "Apocalypse" or "Bomb" Saya Abilities

Fixes

Arcade

• Fixed Cheshire Sammy Smile getting closer to the Camera every time the Player starts watching her

• Fixed Camera sometimes getting stuck on Cheshire Sammy after her Jump Attack

• Fixed Poppi SO sometimes not appearing during the Tutorial

Nightclub

• Fixed Characters sometimes not appearing in the Score Screen

General

• Fixed Characters sometimes failing to pause correctly

  • For example caused Sammy 64 to continue pathing whilst a Minigame was playing

Fixes

Arcade

• Fixed Ari BM appearing completely black

• Fixed Crane Game Drop Shadow not being displayed

• FIxed Crane Game BGM not looping

• Fixed Sammy 64 BGM distorting at higher difficulties

• Fixed Sammy 64 Jump Scare happening at the end of her Path instead of in the Office

• Fixed Maddie SO (and other Characters) circumventing the Kraken Door Block

Localization

• Fixed Character Descriptions not being updated in Korean & Russian

• Minor other Localization Fixes for Japanese, Korean, and Russian

Hi :)

Now that the full team has returned to work (so good to be back), we’ve started by really taking a good look at the pain points of Arcade to provide a better experience for all players, whether new or old. 

Starting off, we’ve heard (and experienced) the issue with the right door. It’s a very nice door, but far too many characters decide that the right door is the only door for them, and it creates a dull bottleneck that affects variety and player engagement. With this in mind, we’ve added two new corridors: one joining the bottom half of the game hall to the Piss Cave (yes, we named that room the Piss Cave), and another joining the Idol Stage to the Storage Room. With these new corridors, characters have the opportunity to escape the right path, which should ease the bottleneck, as characters were moving from the left to the right, and then having no options to move back.

The next bugbear that was affecting a lot of players was, of course, clarity. We’d always planned on adding additional descriptions for the abilities, but weren’t quite sure how we wanted them displayed, but that issue has been resolved, and we’re very happy to say that there’s a new tab added to the side of the pre-level character descriptions that will give you a straightforward description of what each Saya ability does, alongside the symbol. 

We’ve also had a look at the character descriptions themselves, and changed some phrasing to further clarify some of the more problematic characters. No longer will Security Office Nile be a mystery, and no longer will it be unclear as to whether or not the Goons can be defeated by the humble door.

While adding descriptions to the abilities, we’ve also had a look through them, going off player feedback and our own experience, and have done some trimming, tweaking, and reworking. We’ve adjusted corruption values, added an additional ability for corruption healing, and removed some of the less useful abilities while buffing others.

The full list is in the patch notes, but the highlights are essentially that Alert now stuns the girl that triggers it long enough for you to see who it is, the lockdown now lasts longer, and the rather pointless teleport has now become a more powerful scatter ability that sends girls from one room to random spots on the map. 

We’ve also added a new character-specific Saya ability to Nightclub Ari, allowing Saya to hold the transformed Blood Moon Ari back for a few seconds, giving you precious time to think about what to do about her with your new assortment of tools. This new ability comes with the added benefit of giving us an excuse to add new animations for Arcade Nile’s Saya ability, which features the return of the Nile petting. We’ve also gone ahead and adjusted her ability to make it less extreme, so you can pet her without immediately making her come pounce on you.

In the continued spirit of clarity and helping all types of players enjoy the Arcade, we’ve added some Arcade-specific support to Assist Mode, namely in the form of icons on the map that indicate where the vents, fuseboxes, claw machine, and spawned objects from Security Office Kass, and Nightclub Ari are located. We’ve also gone ahead and updated the visuals for the Nightclub Ari moons to better illustrate what they are, and which character they belong to.

While we were looking at Assist Mode, we also went ahead and added a live score counter for the Nightclub, so if you want to really maximize your records, you’ll have all the data you need to succeed. 

Alongside adding a new ability to reduce corruption, we’ve made some adjustments to the Calamities to hopefully ease how devastating getting full corruption can be. We’ve reduced the amount of lives both the Queen of Hearts and the JubJub bird have, so you can finish them off with a single interaction rather than having to repeat your search, and while the number of tentacles you need to destroy for the Kraken remains at 3, we’ve doubled the amount of tentacles that spawn, making it easier to get rid of that pesky cephalopod.

Finally, just a few little things to cap off the Arcade stuff. 

Token rewards have finally arrived to the Arcade! So, if you’re trying to grind for currency, both the campaign levels and the custom night will provide nice payouts. Higher rewards are given for higher difficulties and more characters, so find the balance that works best for you.

We’ve added a peek animation for Nightclub Sammy, so you get to see her before she makes you fade to black for her quality time. We’ve also finally added audio to that little cutscene, so our devoted Sammy lovers can enjoy the moment with more than just their eyes. 

Those on NSFW mode will no longer be marrying the Goons, as the NSFW CG gameover screen has been added, and the existing renders have been touched up to make the Goons look a little more Goon-like. 

Obviously more bug fixes and little adjustments have been made, so be sure to check the detailed list below for the nitty gritty details. 

We’re going to keep working on adjusting Arcade with further feedback as we work towards Arcade Part 2, so we look forward to hearing how the changes suit you!

Until next time, thank you for your continued support, and, of course:

Happy Hunting!

XOXO MonsterBox

Balancing

Arcade

• Added Corridor between Idol Stage & Storage Room

• Added Corridor between Gaming Room & Piss Cave

• Added Nile SO + Sammy Goon Door Banging SFX

• Added Ari NC Gasp Subtitles

  • Notification about her entering a Room with a Moon Ornament

• Added Ari BM Saya Ability

  • Stuns her for a bit

• Added Assist Mode Icons to the CCTV Map

  • Shows Vents, Fuse Boxes, Claw Machine, active Moon Ornaments, active Kass Machines

• Added Saya Ability Information to the Level Information Screen for Campaign Levels

Arcade - Calamities

• Decreased Queen of Hearts Health from 2 → 1

• Decreased Jubjub Health from 2 → 1

• Increased number of spawned Kraken Tentacles

  • Number of Tentacles that need to be destroyed remains the same (3)

Arcade - Saya Abilities

• Removed obsolete Abilities & redistributed others across the Map

• Alert now also stuns the entering Character

• Alert Corruption Cost increased from 5% → 10%

• Attract Time increased from 20s → 40s

• Goon Despawn Corruption Cost decreased from 50% → 20%

• Goon Despawn Psych Cost decreased from 90% → 70%

• Level Down Usage Limit decreased from 4 → 2

• Level Down Corruption Cost decreased from 20% → 15%

• Lockdown Time increased from 30s → 40s

• Lockdown Corruption Cost decreased from 30% → 20%

• Phone Therapy Corruption Cost decreased from 25% → 20%

• Teleport now moves Characters in the current Location to a random Spot on the Map

• Teleport Usage Limit decreased from 2 → 1

• Teleport Psych Cost increased from 30% → 40%

• Stun Time increased from 20s → 30s

• Stun Usage Limit decreased from 4 → 2

• Vent Restore Corruption Cost decreased from 10% → 0%

• Vent Defend Corruption Cost decreased from 10% → 5%

• Corruption Chance Ability added

  • Chance to decrease Corruption. Failure does nothing.

Nightclub

• Added Assist Mode Score Display

  • Displays current Customer, Score, and Total Rank

Adjustments

General

• Decreased CCTV Static Transition Time from 200ms → 100ms

Arcade

• Added Kass Machine Destroy Particles

• Added Queen of Hearts Destroy Particles

• Added Sammy NC Office SFX

• Added Sammy NC Peek Animations

• Added Nile A Saya Ability Visuals

• Added Token Rewards

• Added Phone Therapy + additional Cheshire Sammy Subtitles

• Added NSFW Sammy Goon CG

• Fixed Sammy Goon Portraits

• Updated Moon Ornament Visuals

Settings

• Disabled MSAA Setting due to a current bug with our Outlining Solution

Fixes

Arcade

• Fixed Cheshire TV not ramping up during Boss Night

• Fixed Cheshire Sammy not advancing her Jump Attack Timer whilst despawned

  • Only relevant for Custom Night

• Fixed Cheshire Sammy & Nile SO peeking into the Office too early

  • Were clipping into the opening door

• Fixed Vent Defend SFX

  • Slap played way too late

• Fixed Bar Pickup Point being positioned directly behind a Saya Ability

• Fixed Poppi Bomb Microgame sometimes counting a loss even though the Parry Sound was played

• Fixed Paparazzi Panic allowing multiple Good Shots of the same pose

• Fixed Paparazzi Panic GAME OVER Screen staying open indefinitely

  • Game can still be played but the Player can't see anything

• Fixed Sammy 64 sometimes spawning multiple times on higher difficulties

• Fixed Sammy 64 Texture Quality

Nightclub

• Fixed Maddie Stockings disappearing if she's visible behind the closed Office Doors

• Fixed certain Videos being skipped breaking the Nightclub Boss

Security Office

• Fixed Characters staying visible after the Death Taunt Fade

Fixed Security Office Tutorial being broken :)

Adjustments

General

• Adjusted how Audio is loaded

  • Should decrease RAM Usage

Balancing

Arcade

• Adjusted Heisencoin / Heisendoubloon Material for better visibility

• Adjusted Sammy SO Corruption Effect for better visibility

Fixes

General

• Various Fixes for increased stability

  • None of these had any direct impact on Gameplay so they're not mentioned in more detail :)

Arcade

• Fixed Misty NC Minigame Vent Audio not pausing when the game is paused

• Fixed Camera possibly getting stuck on Misty NC if Minigame finished frame perfect

• Fixed a Tutorial Kass Line missing the phone filter

• Fixed Orb + Pie being visible under Maddie NC in her Idle Animation

Nightclub

• Fixed Ari & Kass not being available in the Demo, leading to Issues in the Score Screen

Gallery

• Fixed BGM sometimes not re-enabling itself after returning from a Sex Scene

Localization

• Fixed Issues with Character Descriptions (Arcade) in Russian

• Fixed Issues with Nightclub Boss Cutscene Subtitles in Russian

Adjustments

Arcade

• Heisenbones will now stop his Audio when winning / losing the Game

• Memory / Saya Audio will now fade out when winning / losing the Game

Fixes

Arcade

• Fixed Vent Outline being displayed when already broken / at full durability

• Fixed Saya Vision Opacity not reducing to 0% correctly

• Fixed Sammy SO not being goonified properly in the Boss Level (Spoiler!)

Nightclub

• Fixed black screen at the end of the Boss Level when reaching an A or SS Rank

Adjustments

• Video Volume is now only tied to Master Volume again

  • Previously was also tied to Voice Volume

• Security Guard Mask Texture can now be customized

  • See README under "IN HEAT_Data\\StreamingAssets" in the Game Directory

Balancing

General

• Claw Machine does not need to be "activated" anymore

  • As soon as the Camera is active the Claw can be moved

• Adjusted Camera Order when switching via Keybinds

  • Removed alternative angles from base list (Gaming Room / Idol Stage)

  • Generally following a Top -> Bottom + Left -> Right Pattern where it makes sense

• Increased Vent Attack + Break SFX Volume

Kass SO

• Updated Spawn Overrideinator SFX Handling to be more in line with the other machines

  • Spawn + Destroy should now be better audible

Cheshire Sammy (Spoilers!)

• Now considered to have "left" the Hallway as soon as the Decapitate Animation starts

  • Occupancy Light turns off earlier

  • Allows other Characters to get to the door earlier

Fixes

General

• Fixed updating Adult Content Setting sometimes not updating Character Outfits immediately

  • Title Menu

  • Nightclub Boss

Arcade

• Fixed Custom Night BGM missing when reloading the Level

• Fixed Sammy SO getting stuck if Maddie SO affects her whilst she's waiting at the door

• Fixed Camera not being moveable when clicking on Map Button & Generator at the same time

  • Likely other Map Button + X Combinations exist but this was the main one we observed

  • We're still looking into a more general fix for stopping the clicking "through" Map Buttons

• Fixed Generator sometimes continuing to accept Inputs when a Minigame starts whilst switching to it

• Fixed Goons not being destructible whilst banging on Office Doors

• Fixed Cheshire Sammy sometimes disappearing completely after a Jump Attack (Spoilers!)

Balancing

Poppi NC

• Now allows exiting Bomb Microgame early

  • As soon as the Explosion Animation starts playing

Fixes

General

• Added various safety checks when playing Videos to avoid getting stuck in them

Arcade

• Fixed Misty A Positioning

• Fixed Sammy NC causing a blackscreen if interrupted whilst she's in the Office

• Fixed possibly winning a Level after losing if you wait long enough

Nightclub

• Fixed Fuse Boxes starting with their Outline enabled

Security Office

• Fixed being able to lose due to Microgames after already winning the Level

• Fixed Office Doors not closing completely

  • Purely visual

Localization

• Fixed Arcade Resources not being translated in Korean

Balancing

Kass SO

• Increased Machine Ambient Volume

• Made Machine Ambient more positional

Misty SO

• Increased Movement Volume

• Removed Movement Audio Doppler Effect

Poppi A

• Decreased "Feint" (Idle) Time for the Enemy

  • Less time with nothing happening between attacks

  • Speeds up Minigame

Fixes

Arcade

• Fixed clipping Move Point in Prize Counter

• Fixed passive Noise drain actually adding Noise

  • The amount added was negligible and didn't really have any negative effect

• Fixed various Audio Sources not pausing with the game

• Fixed Goons staying at the Office Doors for way too long

• Fixed destroying Goons spawning too many particles

• Fixed Nile SO not leaving the Office properly but just despawning

• Fixed Kass SO Difficulty Enhanceinator Ambient Audio not looping properly

• Fixed Sammy SO Door Wait Timer breaking after her leaving once

• Fixed Cheshire TV Static Audio sounding weird (Spoiler!)

• Fixed Cheshire Sammy attacking without being near the Office if the Decapitate Attack is interrupted by a Jump Attack (Spoiler!)

Security Office

• Fixed Cleaning Robot Microgame never activating

Poppi

• Fixed Security Office Outfit always being SFW

Misty

• Fixed the goo not being visible during Sex Scenes

Hello, everyone. 

The Arcade has been out for a little while now, and it’s been very clear that things are less than ideal. In our excitement to release the new mode, a few things definitely slipped through the cracks, and the product we delivered is not up to the standard that we want to hold ourselves to, and for that, we are deeply sorry. 

But, we have been overwhelmed by the support and feedback we’ve received to help us course correct things, and we are so grateful to have such a wonderful, dedicated playerbase that is so eager to lend a hand to help us make IN HEAT the best it can be, so rather than mope around worrying about what’s wrong, we’re committed to making Arcade the best game mode it can be for all of you.

So, to start with, we’re obviously tackling the bugs. There were quite a few oddities that cropped up in the final build that weren’t around during testing, but Ari’s asset will no longer be haunting our SFW players, and the boss fight will no longer yoyo towards you menacingly on an infinite loop. 

We’ve also heard your feedback about levels 3 and 5, and making that difficulty curve less of a rollercoaster is immediately on the agenda. Starting of course with the demon herself: Sammy 64. We’re disabling her path to the back door for now, which should make her a bit easier to deal with. We’re also rethinking our combinations of characters for these problem nights, so bear with us as we tweak them.

Corruption was also a big issue, so we are buffing our beloved tiger’s ability to set things straight with big increases to the amount of corruption Sammy SO and Sammy NC heal. We're also looking into a general passive corruption decrease, although we'll need a bit more time for this one to get the balancing right.

The most common feedback we received was that clarity in mechanics was lacking, and we are working to correct that issue. It may take a little while as we’ll have to look at ways to introduce more clarity without affecting immersion, and we’ll have to work with our localization team on any new text that we add, which takes some time. 

Above all, we want to thank you all for your support and patience as we smooth out this mammoth of an update. We know for sure that one day Arcade will stand proud as our best game mode yet, and we will owe it all to the fantastic community that keeps us on the right track.

Have a fantastic holiday season.

Happy Hunting!

XOXO MonsterBox

Balancing

Sammy SO

• Increased Corruption Drain by 10% across all Difficulties

Sammy NC

• Increased Corruption Drain from 5%/Lust Level to 10%/Lust Level

Sammy 64

• Removed Paths leading to the Back Door

Night 3

• Removed Maddie SO

• Decreased Character Difficulty of all Arcade Characters by 1

Night 4

• Removed Prinny

Night 5

• Removed Kass NC

• Removed Prinny

• Swapped Poppi SO with Poppi NC

• Decreased Maddie NC Difficulty by 1

• Decreased Sammy Goon Difficulty by 1

Fixes

General

• Fixed Cutscenes not being skipped after reloading during a Sex Scene / Death Taunt

Arcade

• Fixed Gamepad Controls being broken in the Arcade

  • Interactions with various Interactables

  • Arcade Machine Controls

• Fixed Generator keeping the Gamepad Cursor hidden even after leaving

• Fixed Saya Nuke respawning Sammy 64

• Fixed Ari BM always being in her NSFW State

• Fixed Vent Audio not being paused when the Game is

• Fixed Boss Level sometimes getting stuck with infinitely repeating Attacks

• Fixed Boss Level Characters being able to attack whilst the end cutscene is playing

Security Office

• Fixed Poppi Bomb exploding after the Level ends

General

• Fixed Cutscenes not playing Audio

Arcade

• Fixed Ari BM never spawning

• Fixed Goons not spawning during Custom Nights in some situations

• Updated Sammy 64 BGM Blending & Spawn Volume

• Decreased number of Kass NC Spawns (8 -> 5)

  • Spawns with bad visibility have been removed

Nightclub

• Fixed Boss Level not ending correctly

Localization

• Updated Russian Character Descriptions

Quick Hotfix Updates to fix some of the bigger issues with the Arcade update. We're aware of other issues but the Nightclub Boss breaking might bar people from unlocking the Arcade so here we are :)

Nightclub

• Fixed Characters sometimes not appearing on the Score Screen

• Fixed Boss Level breaking halfway through

Security Office

• Fixed Cleaning Robot stopping to move at some point

Dating

• Fixed Prinny T-Posing during the Dating Introduction

• Fixed Kass having her Labcoat on

Hi :)

You’re never going to believe this, but the wait is finally over, and we’re proud to bring you the efforts of our months and months of development: The Arcade!

We know that you’re all eager to jump in (and a lot of you probably skipped reading this and jumped in anyway and are now coming back to doublecheck what was added), so let’s go ahead and start listing what we’ve got for you.

We’ll begin with what’s most important: the Arcade itself.

Kass said at the end of Poppi’s date that she had more work for you, and she wasn’t joking.

Join Employee 20 as he straps on his headset and enters the Employee Preparedness Program: a digital training environment designed to safely onboard new employees into the Diamond Straits corporation without worrying about any pesky hazards getting in the way.

Finally, a job without anything too dangerous to worry about. 

Follow 20’s journey through six high-octane nights featuring the most character variety, mini-games, and voice-acting we’ve ever implemented, and learn more about Diamond Straits and your role within it through this very immersive simulation that sometimes feels realer than reality. 

(Completion of the first Poppi Date is a requirement for unlocking the Arcade. If you have already completed it please just read or skip through it again so the flag can properly set itself! ːih_saya_adoreː)

Once that’s over and done with, don’t think we’re finished with you, though. Custom Night unlocks immediately afterwards, allowing you full freedom to create Arcade experiences the way you want them, even offering some characters that aren’t featured in the campaign for your masochistic enjoyment, each with 5 difficulty options to conquer.

We’re hoping to add more characters to the Arcade custom night over time, but we think there’s plenty for you to chew on in the meantime. We look forward to hearing the combinations and horror stories you create for yourselves!

By the nature of there being so many combinations, though, please do expect that there could be some bugs or interactions we haven’t anticipated, so please bear with us and report any issues you discover so we can polish as we go! It is Early Access after all, and we’ve got a long road to full release.

Moving on from the excitement, let’s get down to some extra goodies we’ve thrown in while grinding through the content mines.

After much hard work, we’ve finally managed to put the levels in chronological order on the menu. As much as Nightclub enjoyed its time on top, it has to accept being the middle child now.

We’ve adjusted the level selection screen so that you can now view all levels at the same time without having to manually click through each one.

Them fitting so neatly on the one screen is a side effect of another change which we hinted at in our last dev log: Security Office and Nightclub have shed some of their excess fat. We’ve cut them each down to a lean 7 nights (8 including the tutorial), preserving what makes them special while trimming away some of the slog of getting through the original 12 without much going on.

But, say you’re new here, and you’re thinking “Over 20 nights? I just want to see some skin.” Or maybe you’re a returning player who never got through the Nightclub boss and just feel like going straight to the new content. Well, for all those impatient Andys, we’ve got the feature for you.

Introducing: the unlock all button!

Located in the content settings menu, the unlock all button is your one-way ticket to all In Heat: Lustful Nights content available to you with no effort required.

Now, this isn’t the intended experience, and doing so will disable any future Steam achievements that may be added one day for that save file, but for those that aren’t particularly concerned and just want to see the assets with less concern for the gameplay or narrative that might get in the way of some good ol’ fashioned ogling: we’ve got you covered. Just remember to take breaks and stay hydrated, okay, champ?

We’re not done, though. There’s even more! (It’s mostly just quality of life stuff, please check the list below for your favorite little changes that aren’t immediately obvious.)

We have, however, updated the OST! Enjoy your favorite new tracks from the Arcade alongside the rest. We’re very happy with how they all turned out.

Well, that’s about everything. If you read through this whole thing before playing Arcade, don’t let us delay you any longer. Hop on and enjoy! If you’ve already played it, and just wanted to give the notes a skim, we hope you loved every second of it! If you don’t intend to play it, that’s fine. I like to read random patch notes for no reason too.

We’re going to take a little time over Christmas to recover from all of the new content, but we’ll still be around on our socials and in our Discord community, so keep an eye out for more info on future updates there! Arcade has just arrived, but we’re not done with it by a long shot.

We at MonsterBox wish you all a very Merry Christmas, a fantastic New Year, and most importantly:

Happy Hunting!

XOXO MonsterBox

General

• Intro cutscenes will now be skipped when reloading a Level

• Updated Interactable Outlines

• Updated CCTV Static to be a bit less painful

• Fixed Character Eye differences between SFW / NSFW

• Fixed Video Audio not being tied to any of the Volume Settings

Title Menu

• Adjusted Level Selection Visuals

Nile

• Fixed Nightclub Plushie Texture

Input

• Added Switch 2 Pro Controller Support for Button Hints

Linux

• The OpenGL Build has been relegated to a "Compatibility Version"

  • Various Shaders aren't supported by OpenGL, including Outlines

Hi :)

Where did that month go? I swear it was right here. We hope you didn’t mistake our silence for laziness, because nothing could be further from the truth. We’ve been hard at work on Arcade, and we are happy to say that we’re now finally in the homestretch. The level is done, almost all of the animations are complete, and we’re editing the audio and starting testing soon to make sure that everything we’ve been so carefully crafting fits together just how we want it to.

So, now that it’s the homestretch, and we’ve got a release window in mind (that’s coming at the end, don’t scroll down and skip to it, you’ll ruin the flow), we thought it was about time to let you know in detail what to expect when the Arcade update finally hits.

Firstly, let’s get into some housekeeping. For a long time, we’ve felt that the Security Office and Nightclub levels are a touch excessive, and with their completion being required for Arcade, we thought we’d ease the tedium and smooth out the difficulty curve a little.

So, expect a few less levels in the middle, boring bits of those two. Trust us, you won’t miss ‘em.

With this, we’re also able to make the level select a little nicer-looking, and make it easier to select a specific level you might want to try again. We’re not changing much, but any improvement is a start.

The Arcade itself will be comprised of six levels, all of which will be action-packed and unique, including a brand new boss fight, which we’re always excited to give you.

This will be our most story-driven level yet, so the loreheads among you are going to be eating good, and for the tryhards, we hope to give you more high-paced action with plenty of variety.

With that latter group in mind, we’re also happy to finally reveal that Arcade will feature the much requested Custom Night mode, where players can set up their own dream combo of characters and difficulties to try their skills, or just enjoy the company of their favorite girls.

We’re sure once you all get your hands on the Arcade, you’ll understand how much thought, sweat, and good old-fashioned love went into every pixel, and why that translated into what we hope will be our longest gap between updates for the rest of development.

That wasn’t tempting fate, I’m sure.

But, the people that scrolled down rapidly from the intro are eagerly awaiting the release window, so without further ado, I’ll say that we’re optimistically aiming for a release just before Christmas. This is pending nothing going wrong with testing, and everything falling into place just right, but that’s where our head is at right now, and we’re all locking in to try and achieve it.

If things change, we’ll of course keep you updated, as we always try to, and there’s always more information to be found on the Discord, or our socials.

So, keep an eye out, get excited, and most importantly:

Happy hunting!

XOXO MonsterBox

Nightclub

• Increased Nile Room Assignment SFX Volume

• Potentially fixed issues with Characters / Customers getting stuck in Rooms

This Update also uses a new version of Unity to patch a recently discovered exploit. Due to the game being entirely offline this likely wouldn't have affected anything but might as well :)

Hi :)

We know you’ve been waiting for more info, and another peek into what we’ve been cooking, so gather around the pot and let’s lift the lid together. 

The Arcade is well on its way, and while there’s still a long way to go, we can at least give you a little more detailed information now that we’re getting more comfortable with what we’re working with. 

The Arcade at its core is going to be more similar to Security Office than Nightclub in its design, with a return to gameplay focusing more on surviving the night than maximizing scores. But, a big change that separates it from the traditional Security Office is the variety of girls and the mechanics that they bring. We’re not going to spoil anything in this log, because when we asked your opinions on the matter you all seemed to prefer staying in the dark as much as possible, and we respect that. 

Just know that each girl will have their own quirks to manage, and your old favorites will be appearing in ways you’ve never seen them before.

Currently we’re looking at most of the map being fully modeled, and getting the rest of the characters animated the way we want them so we can start our second round of character testing and arranging the characters into ‘nights’ for further testing. The balancing act we find ourselves in is trying to get the right mix of gameplay variety and excitement while also considering narrative intrigue and general difficulty. We’re still quite a ways off from having this in the place we want it to be, but we’re optimistic about the spot we’re in regardless.

This does mean that we’ll still be asking for your patience a while longer, though, because we pride ourselves on our transparency, and when the game mode is going to be focused around outdoing both the previous modes and providing the replayability that makes IN HEAT: Lustful Nights a game worth coming back to when the story is over, we need to take our time to make sure what we have is special.

All that said, though, we know that you’re all eager for something new, so with that in mind we’re happy to announce that our talented collaborating artists have been working on something to help tide you all over, and they’re finally ready. 

Introducing IN HEAT’s very own Steam trading cards and profile backgrounds! They’ve been in the works for a while now, and we’re very happy with how they turned out. The cards were done by our resident artist Matt (be sure to show him some love in the Discord!), and the backgrounds were a collaborative effort between a number of artists that have contributed to IN HEAT in numerous ways, and we’re proud to have their work forever linked to the game itself. We won’t spoil the surprise too much, but be sure to check out the description of the backgrounds and cards to see who did what, and be sure to check their socials for more great content!

That about wraps up all that can be said for this month, but we’ll be continuing to chip away at the workload required to get the Arcade out to you all as soon as possible.

Thank you again for your continued patience and support, and we look forward to delivering the update as soon as it’s finished. 

Happy hunting!

XOXO MonsterBox

Hi :)

It’s been a little while. We missed you. 

We said in the last patch notes that there was going to likely be a pretty big pause between updates, and that remains true, but we thought it was about time to reach out just to give you all some more information on what we have in the works, and why we’re going to be working for a good while longer before the next update can come out. 

As hinted at in the roadmap we shared earlier, we’re currently in what we view as ‘phase 1’ towards the completion of IN HEAT, and this involves work on the third gameplay mode: the Arcade.

This is going to be an entirely new way to play IN HEAT, similar to how Nightclub changed things up from Security Office, but the core mechanic of sitting in a room with two doors on either side of you is going nowhere, don’t worry about that. 

Arcade is by far our most ambitious level, featuring more characters, mechanics, and rooms than any other. Without spoiling too much, you can expect some neat visuals that depart from our more grounded presentation up to this point, and plenty of new animations, voice lines, and gameplay features with your favorite girls.

Unfortunately, the cost of ambition is time and effort, and we’re not satisfied with rushing out a product that none of us would want to play, so you’ll have to bear with us.

In the time since the Romancing the Rabbit update, we’ve gone through a couple of iterations of the map until we landed on one we’re pretty happy with, and we’re now working on modeling out the interiors while we test characters and make sure that the mechanics all gel into a cohesive, interesting gameplay loop. The core gameplay loop is a tricky one, as we have to balance enjoyment with variety and challenge, and that’s proving to be, in itself, enjoyable, variable, and challenging. 

Right now, we’re at the stage where we’ve got the map roughly where we want it, with a few rooms modeled out, and most of the pre-planning for the designs done. We’ve got characters implemented and playing as they should (some even with their animations), and a whole laundry list of additional characters to add. We have the narrative structure plotted out, some lines written, and it’s all just a matter of painting by numbers until we have the full picture.

We’ll likely be putting out another one or two of these logs before the Arcade is ready for shipping, so stay tuned for those. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we work, as we’re just as anxious as you are to have more content out there for you all to enjoy. 

XOXO MonsterBox

Hi :)

As we enter into a good old fashioned period of heavy development, we just wanted to reach out and keep you all posted about what we’re up to, just in case you don’t hear from us for a little while as we work.

With this in mind, please take a look at our updated Roadmap for IN HEAT: Lustful Nights development!

We will be posting more updates as we have more information, and as always, you can look forward to new content as soon as it’s ready!

Happy Hunting!

XOXO MonsterBox