- 1.0.8 + Steam Soundtrack Release! - 1 October 2026
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕)The DDS soundtrack is now available on Steam! To celebrate this occasion we have a new patch with some long overdue fixes. Full notes down below. Special thanks to Heavy Weapon Games for covering DDS the other week!Soundtrack ReleasedYou can now buy the soundtrack on Steam! You can grab both the game and the soundtrack together in a bundle for 15% off :0 Please know that 2 tracks (PGD and Deluge Themes) were made by other artists and aren't in the soundtrack at this time. Gameplay & BalanceSquirmy buff! Speed increased from 8 to 9, plus 50% damage reduction while riding.Fixed several speedrun timer issues. The timer now stops when an ending is reached.Network GraphThe network graph has been optimized and now bakes walls into a single texture. You can open the network graph in busy levels with virtually zero overhead!Walls meet cleanly at corners in the minimap.The gra…
- 1.0.6 - 28 March 2026
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕),Been a while since our last update. Just a small one today sadly. I've been having a little too much fun working on my next project (teehee!). Thank you to everyone who picked up the game during the sale and left a review! As always, be sure to join the discord! We have a few bug fixes and a new new dark mode! You can use the UI Shade slider in the options menu to darken the outline of your HUD. Looks pretty splendid if I say so myself. Here's a list of the changes and fixes.Added a dark mode slider.Fixed a bug that caused the player to unequip loadout perks when changing scenes.Fixed 2 misspellings of the word “caffeine”Fixed bugs associated with the Flame Maw ability which lead the player to take damage if a fire effect had been cancelled by the activation.Fixed a bug causing graphical issues when hacking into horses and using them for line of sight.Fixed intended…
- 1.0.5.2 - 7 January 2026
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕) Here with a few quick fixes. Thank you to everyone who picked up the game over the sale and left a review!Fixed a bug causing slow motion to activate when typing in an input field on the loadouts screen and pressing the correct key.Fixed a problem with the musicc player not playing custom songs on the first attempt. This was caused by a deprecated library not playing nicely with the secure version of Unity I moved things to a while back.Added the two example songs back to the build for use in the custom music player.Fixed a bug causing picked up legendary grenades to load with the wrong sprite, color and name.Fixed some visual issues when viewing legendary grenades to the armory and loadouts screen.Autohackers now stop hacking you when suspended via terminalAutohacker IDs now depend on the number deployed instead of being randomized.Fixed save deletion bug that allow…
- 1.0.5.1 - 1 January 2026
Howdy Agents! More bug fixes for you. (✿◕‿◕)The following perks were broken in the 1.0.5 update. They should now work.Ol' Reliable Mad Bomber Out of BoundsHeart-Under-Blade Energy Vampire Additional Fixes & ChangesPrevented a bug that allowed the player to pick up a gun while reloading.Fixed a bug that prevented a character from speaking to you at the end of the game.Fixed a bug that prevented credits from rolling for a very specific ending to the game.The Heart-Under-Blade and Energy Vampire perks no longer require a humanoid victim. This rule was hard to remember and caused players confusion. Seems easier to just make this universal so turrets and cameras grant the same reward.Mac and Linux versions are now up to date.
- 1.0.5 Hotfix 3 - 27 December 2025
Fixed a minor bug that caused the armory to not function correctly until the new loadouts menu had been openedFixed a few typos and a minor narrative continuity error in a hidden terminal message.This update is only out for windows at the moment, but will come to mac and linux soon.
- 1.0.5 Major Hotfix - Generated Missions Now Work! - 25 December 2025
Howdy Agents!Fixed a major issue that caused proc gen missions to not load correctly D: They should now work again! This issue was version control related since I'm on the road for the holidays. Sorry to break such a major part of the game right as so many of you are picking it up for the first time. Thank you to everyone who reported this problem and happy holidays! (✿◕‿◕)
- 1.0.5 Hotfix - 22 December 2025
Fixed a bug introduced in 1.0.5 that prevented the Forbidden Technique perk from functioningFixed a bug introduced in 1.0.5 that prevented the Ring of Eyes perk from equipping properly
- 1.0.5 - Loadouts Update! - 20 December 2025
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕)Here with a quick update for a long requested feature. My apologies for the delay on this, I've been a bit busy with work and some new game ideas. Today's update is brought to you with some lovely artwork from Emett! Go check out their work here https://x.com/KSteakayThank you to everyone who has left a review since the last update. And as always be sure to join the discord!Here are the notes:Added the loadouts menu! You can now save gear configs for later. Upgrading items in the armory will also carry over to your loadouts automatically. The haunter attack will now play its sound effect even if you are hopped to a remote computer.The There and Back ability now allows you to use free abilities when your armor is less than maximum. Having to specifically use a repair station to get out of this ability's downside (or be very clever with healing ahead of time) felt a bit…
- 1.0.4 Update - 15 November 2025
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕)I have some quick bug fixes for you today. Special thanks to everyone who left a review since our last update, and to those of you who reported these bugs. As always, be sure to join the discord!Here are da notes. Fixed a critical bug that caused the game to crash when in stealth and tracked by black knight radar. Fixed Black Fish and White Fish movement to reduce jitter.Fixed a problem with Black Fish and White Fish not working correctly while a doppelganger was in the area. Fixed a bug causing the Threshold ability to reduce your hacking range.The Threshold ability now correctly follows your aim when used in conjunction with the Arms Runner perk. Fixed an issue causing bubble drones to get stuck in the corner of rooms.Fixed how the perks Bloodmage, Out Of Bound, and Neuromancer interact. Combining the three will now allow you to hack through walls and ignore data co…
- 1.0.3 Update - 18 October 2025
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕)Here with another set of bug fixes. Special thanks to everyone who left a review since our last update. As always, be sure to join the discord!I had planned to have loadouts out this patch but the Unity migration ended up succing a lot more time then I anticipated. The coding for that is done so I just need to slap a menu together. Here are the notes.ChangesMoved DDS to a secure version of Unity. Unity recently uncovered a security exploit that could allow other programs to yoink your game's privileges. Apologies for the delay in getting things updated. The migration ended up breaking a few things and it took a while to take care of it D:Fixed a visual error causing a skeleton's passive text to appear over the cover window.Fixed a visual glitch on the fog effect in one of the endings.Fixed an issue with bubble drones causing them to move inconsistently with the player…
- 1.0.2 Update - 27 September 2025
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕)Here with some quick bug fixes and adjustments. Big thanks to everyone who left a review since our last update. As always, be sure to join the discord!Been taking a little time to work on my next game, but next on the docket is story saving, loadouts, and a little something special for Scarytober. I want to give a special shoutout to MisspelledMoos for their lovely review of DDS! Go check out their video here! Here are the notes.Fixed several huge issues with orbital breacons and black knights. Beacons are usually (with a few exceptions) supposed to summon black knights when the casualty rate hits 50% and that wasn't happening properly. Also fixed a bug causing the game to crash when manually summoning black knights in the prison break.Fixed several edge case interactions with Empath. This vocation previously broke a lot of the symmetry rules I try to hold DDS to. Mea…
- Update 1.0.1 - 22 September 2025
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕)This is just a small weekend patch to fix a few of the bugs that were reported in our discord. Here are the notes. Fixed an unhackable fridge in an early Angel mission.Fixed a duplicate name between elevators in the PGD level.Fixed an issue that may have caused ego to be cut off at specific aspect ratios.Removed a few words from the word bank that could cause issues. Fixed a visual bug with the proboscis weapon causing it to imprecisely follow the player. Updated Deus Absconditus with a halo effect that persists while the perk is in effect. This effects of this perk will also now end if the player attacks with their weapons or grenade. Removed a note about early access that popped up when first starting up the game. Added a tip of the day about how to sprint with \ and a reminder about it at the end of the tutorial. Killing blue_medusa early will now skip their extrem…
- Version 1.0 - 18 September 2025
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕)It’s a wonderful day. Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum has released in 1.0! This update comes with a ton of bug fixes and some neat little touches I couldn’t find the time to complete until now. There’s plenty more to be done past this point, but the game needs to come out at some point and I think today is the day. Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum version 1.0 is the game I wanted to make.DDS will continue to receive post-launch support for the foreseeable future as I begin to pivot to my next project. You can expect the long awaited roguelike mode to drop sometime around December or January, with plenty of bug fixes and adjustments in between. I’m not sure if it’s possible to get DDS playing *well* on a Steam Deck but I’ll be trying the best I can!!!!Making meaningful progress on DDS has become increasingly difficult as work and responsibilities continue to mount. I think the…
- 0.9.8 - 10 September 2025
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕)Here we are with the 0.9.8 update. This update is pretty smol, with just a couple of fixes I was able to knock out during the work week. Thank you so much to everyone who left a review since our last update. As always. be sure to join the discord!Today's update art was made by Emett! Please go check out their awesome work here https://x.com/KSteakayThis update is only on windows. Building for everything takes time so I'll be holding off on that until the big 1.0 drop next week due the the microscopic number of players on Mac and Linux. Enemies now drop their equipped grenades on death, meaning you can now acquire new nades out in the field. Fixed a bug preventing shields from spawning in the Coffee factory level. Jellyfish agents now use "diamond" shield instead of a rotating one. I completed a playthrough the other day and the rotating shield mechanic was one of the…
- 0.9.7 Hotfix - 5 September 2025
Fixed a critical bug prompting you to restart missions even after completing the main objective. Fixed a bug preventing a character from recognizing when you were lying about your debt. Updated Mac, Linux, and Demo versions to 0.9.7
- 0.9.7 - 4 September 2025
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕)Here we are with the 0.9.7 update. This comes with just a few new additions, adjustments, and quality of life updates ahead of the 1.0 release. Thank you so much to everyone who left a review since our last update. As always. be sure to join the discord!This update is only available on windows right now. Notes in no particular order.xx_flybynight_xx's mission now awards a new ability; Air Strike. Place down flares to obliterate everything in between!The Snipe Hunt ability which was secretly unlockable through this mission now belongs to the hidden Support Vocation along with Air Strike. Added new ability: The Coin. Since Snipe Hunt changed Vocations, a new ability was introduced to fill the gap. This ability is dumb and silly.Reworked the Lilypads mission. This mission was the second I ever made for DDS, and its age / simplicity was definitely starting to show. The mi…
- 0.9.6 Hotfix - 22 August 2025
Fixed a bug preventing legendary weapons from migrating to new save system, weapons should migrate automatically now.Fixed an issue with the museum background shader causing it to look like army camoAdded some new optional dialogue for the player in the event they've paid of their debt. This mostly affects Duvet's questline but there are a couple other lines for other encounters too. Please do not pay your debt just to see how these encounters can play out now, all you get is some very stupid dialogue.Demo players can now use the jester, knight, and necromancer vocations. Not sure why I locked these off in the demo, it's not like there was anything in the demo to tell you they were in the full game :| On WindowsFixed bug causing you to load into the champion mission even after quitting to the main menuFixed bug preventing sight nades from adding computers to graph
- 0.9.6 Update and 1.0 Release Date Announcement! - 19 August 2025
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕)Today we have the release of DDS 0.9.6! But first, an important announcement!DDS will be releasing in 1.0 in on September 18th! That’s only one month away! The feature list is pretty locked in at this point, so for the next month I’ll just be focusing on bug fixes and polish. DDS will continue to receive updates after 1.0. Notable new features include. +Roguelike mode. I had planned on phoning this in but I’ve got some fun ideas now that I’d like to spend more time on.+New game plus, featuring mechanical twists on all existing levels. +Localization+Steamdeck support (we’ll see) and more accessibility features. I could probably keep working on this game forever but at some point we gotta hit 1.0. I think next month is the month. Thank you so much to everyone who left a review since our last update. As always. be sure to join the discord!Anyways! We got an update to get…
- 0.9.5 Hotfix 3 - 22 July 2025
Patch NotesUpdated the ending of the stackhunter questline. The final location was a little sad looking and now has slightly improved visuals.Fixed a bug causing the game to set resolution to match display upon loading a new area in windowed mode. Added a visual tweak to one of the secrets in the Eichler home level.Fixed some typosUpdated some settings to make line of sight feel smoother at higher framerates.
- Update 0.9.5 Details and Bug Fixes - 18 July 2025
Howdy Agents (✿◕‿◕) Here with some bug fixes and additional details about the 0.9.5 Update. Thank you so much to everyone who left a review since our last update. As always. be sure to join the discord! You can grab a save file to skip you right to the juicy stuff if you're not the sort of player who likes digging for obscure secret endings.DDS is on track to release in 1.0 this September! New StuffAdded a new ending to the main story. Yes, by popular demand, it's real.Added a (not so) bad ending that you can get for screwing up big time.Added some new settings to the options menu. You can now select resolution from a proper dropdown menu along with target framerate. Note that your target framerate will not affect things if you have vsync on. Bug FixesMozzarella the rat not longer has a space at the end of their name (this is a hyper obscure bug please ignore the patch notes)The song in…
