In Nightmare news & patch notes

1. The brightness setting has been adjusted, now the brightness can be adjusted higher. 2. At present when players firstly enter the game, the game language could be automatically adjusted according to the system language. 3. Some art performance effects have been optimized. 5. Some sound effects have been optimized. 6. Fixed the bug that the game would automatically minimize when switching windows in window mode. 7. Fixed the bug where items in some scenes could not properly block the vision of monsters. 8. Fixed the bug that once the event is triggered in some scenes, the monster does not correctly chase the player.

Hello again In Nightmare fans, In Nightmare has finally been released as of November 29th! To celebrate launch, we’re continuing our deep dive into the history of the game’s development with Dev Diary #3! Here’s a look at some of the behind-the-scenes goodies we have for you:

Concept Art

Shadows Concept Design

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Other Concepts

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Story Design Concepts

Every creature Bill encounters during his journey through his inner-consciousness has a meaningful backstory and purposeful design. This week, we’ll be covering the Giant Nightmare and Chaotic Nightmare - arguably, the two most dangerous monsters Bill has to contend with during this ordeal. Giant Nightmare: One day after losing his mother, his father suddenly took his stepmother and new brother out of the house and left Bill alone. If he didn't get a living expense by accident, Bill would soon face the crisis of starvation. In the face of being out of school, unattended, and extremely depressed, Bill often had hallucinations. He lived like a zombie for a year. Later, he accidentally saw his father, killed him (in imagination), and completely collapsed. It has become a completely vegetative state. Bill's hatred for his father's abandonment of him turned into murder. Bill felt in his heart that his father's abandonment of him would lead to his excessive dependence on his mother, which indirectly led to the tragedy of his mother. The chief culprit was his father. At this time, Bill's heart is occupied by revenge, but this revenge is not a positive revenge, but a negative emotion to support him to continue to live. He hopes to see his father pay the price one day, and then his life will be meaningless (before redemption). This hatred turned into a giant nightmare - a butler in the classical costume of the 19th century, with many hands, which can stretch in all directions. He walked in a twisted way, like a standing spider. You can turn into a giant and destroy the whole space at will. Chaotic Nightmare: The pure evil idea in the nightmare world created Bill's nightmare world by taking advantage of Bill's yearning for the real world, and dragged Bill into it. The key key of the nightmare world was sealed in a series of key items that Bill missed. Only when Bill releases all his worries and opens the door of seal, the chaotic nightmare will appear in a concrete form.

Launch images

We also have more screenshots from development of the Steam version of the game below if you haven't seen them in game already! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42749073/3dbb6e2c139729a17eff16b7598e079e6d7b56c1.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42749073/4b0230c30faba45e8d3a5353234fac127163632f.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42749073/9d8fa2d801cb658c71e0dd01f4582b01b9d1e5ac.jpg Thank you for tuning into our Dev Diaries series. In Nightmare is now available on Steam for purchase and we can't wait for you to try it. When you jump into the game, take screenshots and clips of your favorite moments and tag us in on it your preferred social channel! You can also follow Maximum Games on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to be the first to know when we share an announcement or news.

Hello again In Nightmare fans, In Nightmare releases on Steam next week on November 29th, and we are so excited for you all to try the game! Ahead of the launch, we wanted to share some background of the game's development so you can experience the world of In Nightmare at it's deepest level. Check out the images and backstory below!

Concept Art

Fog Nightmare Concept Design

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Cruel Nightmare Concept Design

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Story Design Concepts

Behind each monster and character is a rich story that helps explain their mannerisms and design. Last week we covered the Dark Nightmare and Fog Nightmare's backstory design concepts. This week we have more story concepts from the Cruel Nightmare, Phantom Nightmares, and Shadows. Cruel Nightmare: Although Bill's father is relatively loose, he lacks some sense of responsibility due to his artist's character. After remarriage, he lacks concern for Bill. His stepmother dislikes Bill very much. He makes trouble for Bill everywhere in life and wants to drive Bill out of his father's home. The beautiful stepmother with low level only wants to occupy her father and become a new family of three. After having a new child with her father, she treats the new child and Bill at home in a world of difference, which makes Bill resent his father and hate his stepmother. Especially the attitude of fear and hatred towards his stepmother made Bill feel violent and rebellious. This factor of instability and violence turned into a cruel nightmare - the appearance of a dead prisoner in the Middle Ages. The head was covered with an iron cage full of sharp thorns, holding a rusty sickle and iron sword, and attacked everything crazily. Phantom Nightmares and Shadows: After remarriage, my mother married a powerful dignitary. Although my mother loved Bill very much, my stepfather's family did not like Bill very much. Although my stepfather was a celebrity in the society, he was a very vicious and selfish person in private. He hated Bill and did not allow his mother to have any private dealings with Bill. Bill was driven out of the house by his father and came to see his mother, but his stepfather turned him away coldly. Bill was bullied and laughed at by everyone in his life. Only his mother's attitude towards Bill lit up Bill's heart like a beacon in the dark. However, as a weak woman, the mother was still unable to fight against the power of her stepfather's family and fight for Bill's proper living space. Bill's heart depended on his mother like straws, but he was also hopeless because of his mother's weakness. When Bill was 12 years old, he wanted to meet his mother, but his mother died because of an accident. Bill mistook the wrong information that day for his own mistake. The only person Bill cared about in his heart was his mother. The death of his mother made Bill feel extremely self reproach and self abandonment. Bill mistakenly believed that his mother was killed by him, and in despair, he blamed his mother's death on her weakness. This great blow began to put Bill on the verge of collapse, which often led to hallucinations. Then he came out with visions, nightmares and his shadows - an evil dead tree and many tree people. They can create all kinds of illusions that confuse people's minds, and drag people into the abyss of death in the illusion.

Launch images

We also have more screenshots from development of the Steam version of the game below so you can get a sneak peek at what's to come! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42749073/50be507c6da2c3d1e5174620ee5e13bde9388b79.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42749073/418c89a1358ff6b1eafa9824dbd94310fbc04e9d.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42749073/b5b1cbbd6f4273f40e0d670a719ba426e7f05f47.png Thank you for reading this far! We are excited to share more with you leading up to the Steam launch of In Nightmare on November 29th. Make sure to check back next week for the next dev diary and celebration of the game launch! You can also follow Maximum Games on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to be the first to know when we share an announcement or news.

Hello In Nightmare fans! We want to take this opportunity to welcome all those that have played In Nightmare or are looking forward to the upcoming Steam release to try the game for the first time. It has been a long an exciting development process, and the game has come a long way, so we'd like to show off a behind the scenes look in creating In Nightmare.

Concept Art

Bill Concept Design

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Dark Nightmare Concept Design

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Story Design Concepts

While building the game, our team went through many iterations of Bill's backstory and the origins of the monsters that plague this nightmare. Here are two of the story design concepts they came up with: Dark Nightmare: When Bill was 9 years old, his parents had a split marriage due to their personality problems. His parents quarreled every day, swearing and even beating each other. It made Bill nervous all day long in his childhood, and his character began to become timid, self-conscious and unwilling to communicate with others. Every time his parents quarreled, his mother would intentionally or unintentionally take advantage of some small things to throw her anger at Bill. At that time, Bill could not figure out the reason why his parents quarreled. He always thought that he had done something wrong to make his mother angry, so he had the idea of inferiority and self blame. He thought that his own fault caused the discord between his parents. The combination of the always angry mother and this self reproach turned into a dark nightmare - the classical court ladies of the 19th century dressed in elegant court dresses. The long hair reaches to the ground. The hair is messy and fluffy, twisted like ghost claws. There is a big mouth like a gaping woman, and the overall feeling is deep and depressing. They are very sensitive to sound, always accompanied by darkness when they appear, and are very disgusted with light. Fog Nightmare: Bill's parents divorced when he was 10 years old and transferred to a school. The school teachers are very traditional and not high quality. When I saw Bill's broken family, I naturally thought that Bill might be a bad boy and would drag his class behind, so I didn't like Bill very much. The students in the class soon realized the teacher's dislike of Bill. Without the care and protection of parents and teachers, all kinds of bad students in the school began to bully Bill. Bill was often scolded and chased by his classmates for trifles, even deliberately framed. The people in the school were very unfriendly to Bill, which was caused by the teacher's betrayal of himself, which led to Bill's weariness. Bill's weakness was caused by the broken family support. He dared not resist in front of others. He could only curse the bully secretly, and imagined that all teachers and students were monsters in his own world. These monsters wear the butler appearance of the classical costume of the 19th century. They look clumsy and strange, and they are full of strange strength. There are a lot of eyes on my body, which can see all over my body and spy on all the secrets.

Launch images

We also have a few screenshots from development of the Steam version of the game below so you can get a sneak peek at what's to come! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42749073/814837d5794dfb2d94bc91b3e236591f82a3acdc.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42749073/a41cfc3d55c9f17dc61948e111feaf1ce762a8bd.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42749073/6e6992ccb066d5ea86adcfae5fc48f74e80ec70b.png Thank you for reading this far! We are excited to share more with you leading up to the Steam launch of In Nightmare on November 29th. Make sure to come back here next week when we show off more concept art, backstories, and other details of the game's development. You can also follow Maximum Games on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to be the first to know when we share an announcement or news.