OUTCLAW news & patch notes

Hi friends,

Next Fest is officially LIVE this week until the 22nd and we’re so excited to be participating with OUTCLAW. 

ICYMI, we just updated our demo with these brand new features:

• More features to explore in the Hub area

• New NPCs to say “Hello!” to

• Updated levels

• A brand new boss fight

• General bug fixes

As a small UK-based indie team, we appreciate all of your support for OUTCLAW as our debut game and labour of love. 

We’re super excited to be sharing this with you - and if you enjoyed the demo, please leave a review - it really helps us get our game in front of more people. 💜

You can also join our Discord to tell us what you think, and follow us on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Bluesky

Thank you so much, and happy playing! 🌟

Team Moss Monkey 🌿

Hi friends,

We’re excited to announce that OUTCLAW is part of Next Fest: June Edition running from the 15th - 22nd. 

We’re in the final leg in the run-up to our release in July and it’s an incredibly exciting and busy time for us. We’ve been working hard to polish up the game and have made an updated demo, with brand new features for you to try out like:

• More features to explore in the Hub area

• New NPCs to say hello to

• Updated levels

• A brand new boss fight

• General bug fixes

Whether you’re experiencing the world of OUTCLAW for the first time, or have tried our demo before, there’s going to be something new to discover and we can’t wait to hear what you think!

Play the demo now 

Frequently Asked Questions

What's in the Next Fest demo — is it different from before?

Very different! We have lots of new things we’re excited to show off like new Hub upgrades, more NPCs, and most excitingly for us: a brand new boss fight for you to get your paws into. We won’t spoil anything, but it will be very explosive.

Will my demo progress carry over to the full game?

It won’t - but fear not! This means you can experience the full game properly, without missing any early content.

When does the full game release, and how much will it cost?

We’ll be releasing in July, 2026. Stay tuned for more information!

What platforms will OUTCLAW be on?

Steam.

Can I play OUTCLAW with a controller?

Yes, there will be full controller support.

  Who made OUTCLAW? We’re Moss Monkey, a UK-based team formed from a shared passion for making games with immersive worlds to explore, strong aesthetics and adorable characters.

Happy playing!

Team Moss Monkey 🌿

Hey friends,

We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to share our latest demo with exciting new updates, so even if you’ve dipped into our demo before, you’ll discover some new features.

Customise your Shades

As many of you may know, we’ve been talking about the ability to customise your Shades for a while, and it’s now finally available for you to play with. Give your fellas all kinds of hats, various body shapes, and a shiny new name to fit their personality.

Dye your Shades

Something we’ve been dye-ing to share is the ability to customise your Shades colours! Now you can paint your hoard to be any shade of the rainbow you want, or, well, within the colour palettes available.

Find them Secrets

With a final pass of Inbetween levels 1 and 2, all the secrets are now discoverable in these levels. With them, you can unlock some extra customising features for your Shades…

Don’t paws for thought! Play our demo now.

Moss Monkey 🌿 P.S. For the eagle-eyed viewers of our new trailer, you'll notice that we've dropped a release window - July 2026! Comet and a horde of mischievous minions will be coming to you very soon.

In the meantime, join our Discord for more information and a launch date!

Hey everyone,

We’re excited to announce that we’ll be showcasing at New Game Plus on April 16th -17th as part of the London Games Festival where you can get an early hands-on with our latest demo. We've received a pile of feedback on the latest demo and are looking forward to gathering more at the show this week.

We’ve been busy finishing up our levels, adding polish and making lots of improvements to the gameplay that we can't wait to hear thoughts on.

We’re really proud of the progress we’ve made and can’t wait to hear what you think. If you’re around, be sure to drop by and have a chat with us, and there's never been a better time to jump into the demo on Steam and share your thoughts with us!

Thank you for the support ✨

Moss Monkey

If you’re not able to make it, not to worry, there’ll be more news soon. Catch exclusive updates by joining our Discord or on our socials:

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Hello everyone!👋

We realised we've been a bit quiet here on Steam since announcing Outclaw, so this felt like the perfect moment to properly re-introduce the game, and share a fresh update to the demo as part of the International Women's Day Event.

Outclaw is a colourful, puzzle-platform adventure where you step into the paws of a strange five-eyed cat trying to find a home amongst the stars. Along the way, you'll collect and command mischievous shades who can shapeshift into bridges, bombs and other tools to help solve puzzles, battle enemies and navigate interesting worlds.

As the story unravels, your little found family of chaotic minions grows. You'll unlock customisation options and gather collectables to decorate a cozy hub amongst the stars.

To celebrate the International Women's Day Sale, we've also just released an updated version of our demo. It includes a brand new level, an early implementation of the hub world, new systems and plenty of improvements based on early feedback we've received!

Thank you for your early support and if you have feedback, we'd love to hear it in our Discord!

- Moss Monkey Games

Read on for the full list of changes...

New Content

• Added Level Two

• Added a Hub World (core implementation)

• Added Opening Cutscene

• Added Level Select Posts with accompanying VFX

• Added Upgrade Posts in the hub

• Added Jukebox to play hub music

• Added Dye System with basic palettes

• Added Second Green Key Puzzle in Level One

• Added Back to Hub button in the pause menu (after Level One)

Gameplay & Systems

• Disabled Shape Menu access until shapes are unlocked

• Added One-Way Doors to prevent accidental backtracking

• Tweaked Shape Introduction to make it easier to understand

• Overhauled the Two Bomb Crystal Door Puzzle to improve readability

• Added functionality for different dialogue options upon repeated interactions

• Added prompt when a Shade collects a hat

• Adjusted checkpoints to prevent players triggering areas early

• Quality-of-life improvements around shape building

Level Design & Environment

• Scooted fountains to prevent Shades getting stuck on ledges

• Tweaked brick mesh collisions for better stair placement

• Removed the old Shape Printer bridge

• Fixed floor positioning where objects were sitting too low

• Fixed minor mesh clipping issues around shape introduction

• Adjusted bomb launch physics to stop bombs clipping through the ground

Audio

• Added new audio

• Added sounds to dialogue

• Added hub music functionality via jukebox

• Fixed an issue where music cut out during the landing cutscene

• Fixed an issue where music and dash sound effects carried over between levels

Visuals

• Improved and unified Hughie dialogue sprites

• Improved VFX for the first shape

• Added slash attack marks on terrain

• Minions now squish when landing or being hit

• Added VFX for level select posts

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed enemies snapping into a death pose when killed mid-attack

• Fixed issue where Hughie would T-pose and not hide in Level One

• Fixed bug where the player could get stuck in idle animation

• Fixed issue where shape printers were disconnected from rune circles

• Fixed moon jump exploit using a stair hologram

• Prevented explosive enemies being launched outside the skybox

• Fixed minions getting stuck in certain areas

• Fixed accidental deletion of the pavilion laser beam (now restored)

• Adjusted Shade nickname list following feedback

• Smoothed the end sequence on first play