The Fear Business news & patch notes

I wanted to give all of you a small present right before Christmas, so here is the 1.1.0 update for The Fear Business titled "The Follower", featuring a new camera perspective from behind the shoulder.

Full changelog

New:

• Added new optional camera mode: Third person behind
• Added new setting: Camera mode (Use it to toggle between the cinematic or third person perspectives)
• Added German translation
• Added Ukrainian translation

General:

• Updated gamepad input scheme: Left trigger can be used for running now (Useful for third person mode specially)
• Fixed weapon hold animation after the weapon broke

Other:

• Updated translations

General:

• Fixed a bug that allowed the killer to open a locked door
• Fixed a bug that allowed the player to move briefly while dead after being killed in a hiding place
• Repositioned player during the bookcase open sequence
• Improved killer navigation mesh

Other:

• Fixed some typos
• Updated Russian translation

Hello everyone, we're hearing your feedback. Out intentions with this patch is to make the normal difficulties a bit easier so all of you can enjoy the story without having to worry too much about reloading and losing progress. We will keep the challenge for higher difficulties. New:

• Added new item: Match Matches can be used to restore devil shrines and light up the manor, you may save game again in restored devil shrines

General:

• Reworked weapons:
  • Weapons will break based on impact count instead of probability. Weapon quality and game difficulty affects the impact count, see balancing
  • Weapons have different stun duration. Weapon quality and game difficulty affect the stun duration, see balancing
• Improved weapon impact SFXs
• Fixed killer sometimes not freezing while performing interactions
• Updated wardrobes and cabinets, text will display the found item name if you inventory is full

Balancing:

• Added matches to wardrobe and cabinet random loot tables in normal difficulties
• Increased wood stick weapons stun time to 5 seconds in normal difficulties
• Increased metal pipe weapons stun time to 6.5 seconds in normal difficulties
• Increased metal pipe weapons stun time to 3.1 seconds in deadly difficulties
• Set amount of uses to 1 for wood stick weapons in all difficulties
• Set amount of uses to 2 for metal pipe weapons in normal difficulties
• Set amount of uses to 1 for metal pipe weapons in deadly difficulties

Other:

• Improved localization font
• Updated translations

IMPORTANT NOTE: Fresh game start is required for picking up all the patch changes, but not mandatory.

New:

• Added Russian translation

General:

• Adjusted killer speed on Deadly+ difficulty
• Fixed blood mesh not being visible due to occlussion culling in the distillery
• Fixed a bug that could hardlock the main menu without actions to be performed

Other:

• Fixed some typos
• Updated Spanish translation
• Updated Portuguese translation

It's been a long journey, but we're greatly pleased to announce that you can play The Fear Business now! https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/42882830/5dc27c288d99dddace4133a5e821d7c689e8aa65.png In the past, you tricked the scissors killer on The Night of the Scissors, you managed to escape from the Tucker farm on Cannibal Abduction. Now it's time to dust off your camcorder and meet our deadliest killer to the date, Goat Face awaits on this thrilling survival horror story inspired by iconic found footage movies.

Game features

• Experience the fear of being locked with the deadly Goat Face.
• Find places to hide... Or fight back, if you dare.
• Interview Black Hill's locals and record as much footage as you can in the free view first person mode.
• A huge victorian manor to explore, every room is full of interactions, items to collect, things to record, secrets and puzzles.
• Blow the candles that light the devil shrines for saving your progress, but there's a catch... The manor will become darker every time you do it!
• Cinematic camera angles and authentic VHS glitches.
• Learn about the Architect's secrets and discover an incredible plot twist!
• Contemplate the most horrific creations in an ingame gallery art. Every piece you see was painted by real horror artists!
• The game is available for Windows, MacOS and SteamOS/Linux.

What's coming next?

First, we're going to patch bugs and add/improve translations. We might roll a content patch in the future.

We're pleased to announce a demo for The Fear Business is coming out for the Steam Next Fest, from Oct 14 through Oct 21. Don't sleep over it as you can play it during the event only! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hITE2Gve1N8

About the Demo

These are some of the features and game sections that you will be able to experience in the demo. Paradise Motel: Learn the game basics, interview the locals from the town of Black Hill and gather information about the mysterious Crimson Society. Solomon Manor: Have a sneak peek of the cult's coven, record their activities and explore some of the core game mechanics.

Extra notes

The demo will be available for Windows, macOS and Linux, and it is fully compatible with any modern controllers as well as the Steam Deck. If you enjoy the demo consider wishlisting the game, we would appreciate it a lot!

We're proud to announce that The Fear Business will be coming out to Steam on October 28th 2024, right before Halloween. Don't forget to Wishlist the game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hITE2Gve1N8 We hope you enjoy playing the game as much as we enjoyed working on it.

FAQ:

What's the price of the game? The full price will be $9.99 and there will be a 10% off launch discount, so don't sleep over during the release week! Can I play with a controller? Yes, it is fully compatible with any modern controller. Does it run on the Steam Deck? Yes, it is fully compatible with the Steam Deck. Is it coming to consoles? Even though I'd love to port this to consoles, right now I'm afraid to say it's not coming to consoles, at least this year. It might happen in the future though.