Witch Hunt news & patch notes

My new horror hunting game Skinwalker Hunt will be released into steam early access on June 4, 2021. I want to use this opportunity to say thank you to all playtesters who helped me significantly improve the quality of the game. Recently I've uploaded new screenshot from Skinwalker Hunt. Here's it is if you haven't seen it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36841326/8057835c5e590c6f878732dc23e8a089c2868088.jpg

Version 1.20 is now live.

Changelog:

• Most "bosses" will more often hang out around recognizable places, to make evil sight skill more useful.
• Player is now able to jump over Bellville fences that are not located at the edges of the level.
• Improved mouth animations for Bellville NPCs.
• Improved map related hints.
• Performance improvements for dynamic text on interactive objects, like save stones and unlockable doors, chests. There was an issue that caused performance impact on some PCs, when this text is displayed.
• Other small changes and improvements.

P.S. If you like Witch Hunt, you'll probably should check my new upcoming hunting horror game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/993110/Skinwalker_Hunt/

Version 1.19 is now live.

Changelog:

• Italian translation for interface and subtitles has been added.

Special thanks to Eliazam for providing translated text. P.S. If you like Witch Hunt, you'll probably should check my new hunting horror game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/993110/Skinwalker_Hunt/

Version 1.18 is now live.

Changelog:

• There are some changes in behavior and health amount for first stage of son of the devil boss, that should make this gameplay section more dynamic.
• Added rotating shadows effect for two boss fights.
• Added delete saves button to options menu.
• Fixed bug, that caused controller calibrate button to not work.
• Fixed audio glitch that sometimes could be heard after killing a boss.
• Improvements in German texts. (contributed by David Bicer)
• Other small changes and improvements.

P.S. If you like Witch Hunt, you'll probably should check my new hunting horror game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/993110/Skinwalker_Hunt/

Version 1.17 is now live.

Changelog:

• Made changes to reduce micro stutters.
• Reduced VRAM and RAM usage on forest level.
• Reduced damage that player receives from whisperer attack when player doesn't have enough mana.
• Fixed bug that made poisoning message to not disappear in some cases.

P.S. If you like Witch Hunt, you'll probably should check my new hunting horror game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/993110/Skinwalker_Hunt/

Version 1.16 is now live. Some Witch Hunt players don't like default mouse look behavior that is used in Witch Hunt. I've finally find a way to add mouse look option that feels more raw and precise. I personally prefer default mouse look behavior, but if you're one of those players who felt that mouse look in Witch Hunt feels a bit unresponsive you can get more raw/precise camera movement by disabling "Smooth mouse look" in game options menu.

Changelog:

• Added smooth mouse look option.
• Small interface improvements.

P.S. If you like Witch Hunt, you'll probably should check my new hunting horror game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/993110/Skinwalker_Hunt/

This is an announcement of my new hunting horror game for PC. Skinwalker Hunt is a horror themed hunting game from the creator of Witch Hunt. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere. You play as a native american monster hunter, who will try to hunt down legendary creature called skinwalker in different parts of the world. You'll be able to find and use different tools and abilities to hunt and survive. Warning: This is not a story driven game. Successful hunting requires patience and perseverance. Gameplay video and more details can be found here. https://store.steampowered.com/app/993110/Skinwalker_Hunt/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30300240/39191b69380f9bcc76a67b50d588983ce3f711da.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30300240/70f33bb46230eaaddd7ba838eabc32f6bbb5a788.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30300240/d1624dd6ef5d7f058c7f940c3ea0b3e6fa6f31f2.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30300240/024eeeea84f56e05a9ee8a88d7b19c53156d893d.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30300240/c4f99adacd01f41e644a10272788a1fbc0f1b172.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30300240/c79630b3f759552df02d4a695689e5f99c65a5d0.png

Version 1.15 is now live.

Changelog:

• Previously, when player tried to stand on not very steep inclined surfaces, he was slowly sliding down. This is now fixed.
• Player now hides his weapon from the screen when he is swimming.
• There was a bug that increased head bob after player twisted his ankle. This is now fixed.
• Other small changes.

P.S. Version 1.14 fixed issue where crouch icon sometimes was visible when you were not crouching.

Version 1.13 is now live.

Changelog:

• Made some optimizations to reduce micro stutters and CPU load.
• Fixed issue with pause menu that affected in-game physics calculation.
• Fixed a bug that caused good dog to look at the player after death.

Version 1.10 is now live.

Changelog:

• Evil sight mana cost reduced from 50 to 20.
• Additional Bellville level optimization.
• Other small changes.

Version 1.09 is now live.

Changelog:

• For some people grass in forest level sometimes disappears. I've made changes that should fix this issue.
• Default lockpick unlock chance increased.
• Price and unlock chance for lockpick master skill increased.

Version 1.07 is now live.

Changelog:

• Grass rendering optimization.
• On high quality settings, different terrain shader is being used if player is using AMD GPU to improve performance on AMD GPUs.
• Other small changes and improvements.

After grass rendering optimization, I've witnessed 18% FPS increase for: GPU: NVIDIA GTX 680 GRAPHICS QUALITY: Medium LOCATION: Start of the forest level

Version 1.06 is now live.

Changelog:

- Texture on lockpicks pack is now more bright, to make it more visible. - Fixed bug that caused screen to sometimes stay blurry around corners of the screen when player is not in aim mode. - Fixed visual bug that made some dry bushes to change size, depending on a distance to the player. - Other small changes and improvements.

Version 1.05 is now live.

Changelog:

- Fixed issue that caused some NPCs to be invisible at medium distances. - Sometimes perma mode didn't launch properly. I've made changes that might fix this issue. - Made some changes to improve performance.

Version 1.04 is now live. It's a tiny update that removes unskippable game engine splash screen from the start of the game.

Changelog:

- Removed game engine splash screen from the start of the game. - Added new small scripted scare to white house. Happy Holidays, everyone!

Version 1.03 is now live. Subpixel Morphological Anti-Aliasing (SMAA) is being enabled when player chooses high or ultra quality preset in Witch Hunt. In this update I've changed Edge Detection Method for SMAA to make it able to detect more edges where Anti-Aliasing needs to be applied.

Changelog:

- New edge Detection Method for SMAA. - Small texts improvements.

Version 1.02 is now live.

Changelog:

- Undead dog now runs away when it receives damage. This part of AI was disabled for some reason and it made dogs much more brutal and unfair enemy. - In rare cases, after a level load, game gets stuck at white screen. This is now fixed. - Added option to rebind look controls for gamepad. This is useful option if your gamepad isn't supported by default.

Version 1.01 is now live.

Changelog:

- Added Spanish translation. - Sacrificial tree maximum health reduced by 17%. - French translation significantly improved. - Improvements to texts in other languages. - New footsteps sounds for rock surfaces. - Other small improvements. Special thanks to Rodrigo Gomez Poviña for Spanish translation. Happy Halloween!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30300240/bd2d09c12ca2d70267480b757b1483175d2f881e.jpg Witch Hunt is released out of early access! You can grab it right now with a 10% discount. I want to thank everyone who provided feedback and helped me to make Witch Hunt a better game! https://store.steampowered.com/app/661790/

Version 1.00 is now live.

Changelog:

- French translation added. - Sometimes fast reload skill didn't change reload speed for one of the guns. This should now be fixed. - Other small improvements.

Version 0.94 is now live.

Changelog:

- New 3d model and animations for the beast. - Small AI changes for the beast. - Made some changes to white ghost logic, that may help with stuck ghost issue. - Fixed a bug in bell logic, that allowed to spawn a huge amount of spiders. - Fixed bug that made beast headshots didn't count towards headhunter achievement. - Sometimes fast reload skill didn't change reload speed of a flintlock pistol. I've made some changes that may solve this issue. - Other small changes and improvements.

Version 0.93 is now live.

Changelog:

- Korean translation added. - Improvements to Japanese translation. - Sometimes fast reload skill didn't change reload speed of a flintlock pistol. This is now fixed. - Fixed bug that made character poisoned from the start of the game if player went to main menu in a poisoned state and started new game.

Version 0.92 is now live.

Changelog:

- Japanese translation added.

Version 0.91 is now live.

Changelog:

- New flintlock pistol animations. - Made crawler a bit slower. - Reduced chance of crawler encounter in some specific circumstances. - It was possible to get stuck near white spirit. This is now fixed. - Fixed some internal errors. This should reduce probability of crashes. - Improved Russian translation. - Other small changes and improvements.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30300240/feb50d47422bc93b60b0e1ce4efdc99b4099912c.jpg Version 0.90 is now live.

Changelog:

- Added new regular enemy type called crawler. - Added new undead 3d model for regular undead enemies. - Added snakes to the game. - Added new scare to the game. - Cauldron in forest is now filled with teleportation potion. - White spirit works differently now. - Added German translation - Fixed bug that made monster shout skill to not get activated, when it should have. - Fixed bug that allowed chickens to walk through the fences. - Fixed bug that allowed to get explorer achievement without discovering all save stones. - Fixed bug that didn't allow ambient music to play when sacrificial tree walked away. - Fixed bug that didn't allow player to jump if he tried to crouch, while touching the water. - Synchronized Russian subtitles to Russian voice over. - Rain no longer falls through mayor's house. - Other small changes and improvements.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30300240/709e78dd5b6cf91613eb4fcfcc372a0724d514ee.jpg Version 0.86 is now live. Click image to view full size version. In perma mode, game only saves progress when you complete quests. There's no other way to save progress when perma mode is activated. It is not recommended for a first playthrough. You'll get "High stakes" achievement if you manage to finish Witch Hunt in that mode.

Changelog:

- Added perma mode to the game. - New animations for musket. (New pistol animations will be added soon). - New voiced lines for Mayor. - I've applied and configured more advanced and better looking shader to render terrain on forest level. This significantly improves the look of the terrain. Shaders of different complexity used for different quality presets. - Screen space reflection is disabled for high and ultra quality setting, where it was previously enabled. Because there are almost no surfaces, that can benefit from it in the game. On my test machine this improved performance on high quality by 28%! - New 3d model for silver saber. - Texture of silver saber will now become covered in blood if you hit red blooded creature with it. - Made optimizations to reduce VRAM and RAM usage. - Added new achievement called "Atheist". - Added new achievement called "High stakes". - Added some additional animations for town characters. - Cabin and shed in the forest can now catch on fire if it will get hit by fireball. - Added option to remove watcher totem and silver crucifix. - Fixed explorer achievement. - Fixed bug that made spiders disappear after spawn under certain conditions. - Made some improvements to gamepad support. - Fixed bug that allowed to grab object through the walls of the crypt. - Fixed weird underground look for final boss, when he's underground and evil sight is being used. - Small UI improvements. - Small level design improvements. - Other small changes and improvements.

Version 0.85 is now live.

Changelog:

- Added moving fog cloud to forest level. - New UI for receiving money event. - New art for the face of whisperer. - Added visual effect for witch death. - Now deadblind will be able to hear gunshots. - Improved horse animation on final cutscene. - Reconfigured new fog clouds, to make it more performant. - It was possible to spawn under the ground when second chance was triggered. This should be fixed now. - Now using Evil Sight skill will not save player from whisperer. - Now when second chance skill gets triggered player becomes invulnerable for 6 seconds. - There was a bug with final boss when he sometimes stayed underwater and didn't rise when player approached him. This is now fixed. - Fixed bug that made witch on stage 2, sometimes become invaluable after she used a teleport. - Fixed bug where activating Evil Sight using inventory button consumed only 30 mana instead of 50. - Fixed bug that sometimes made doctor heal player to the incorrect amount of health. - Fixed empty tip issue. - Made fireball splash and lightning strike decal not visible through a fog. - Fixed bug that made safe closed after game load, when it was already opened. - Small improvements to forest level. - Other small fixes and improvements.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30300240/20e75dd3d7eecc144eb612c244106f6402b36fca.jpg Version 0.84 is now live.

Changelog:

- Inventory design improved. Now most items displayed as icons. - Made some improvements to sacrificial tree AI. - Deadblind will now attack player if it gets to close. - Improved player physics object friction. It should be less sticky when colliding with flat objects like walls. - Added secret puzzle to the game. - Fixed bug in second chance skill that could teleport player to position where player could get stuck. - Fixed bug in evil sight skill that could create extra player model in the world. - Fixed sacrificial tree bug, that allowed player to get big number of stat kills for damaging dead tree. - Moved necronomicon to new position. - Made cannon cave and shed accessible for AI. - Fixed bug that made witch invisible and invaluable, if she attacked player in invisible state and triggered second chance skill. - Fixed bug that could make main menu unresponsive to input. - Removed invisible extra skill book from black hole cave chest. - Made a witch a bit slower in tree protecting stage. - Made dogs a bit bigger. - Other small changes and improvements.