- Mod Support T1, Level Builder - 4 September 2024
Hey everyone, firstly I wanted to apologise for how long this took, I did plan on releasing this weeks ago like I said in my last post, but I had a massive issue right before releasing it where multiplayer just... stopped working, I won't get too technical but I had to completely port my project into a clean project which unfortunately took me 3 weeks to do, as I was focusing on trying to fix the none-issue, and I didn't even know porting it would work. Mod Support Documentation for everything: here Because I want this as perfect as possible, and this is all completely new to me, I'm going to do everything in a Tier system, so I don't have to focus on trying to get everything compatible with mods all at once, and I can focus on each element giving it the love and attention it needs. I don't know what will be the next "Tier" but our first one is custom maps. Players from inside the main…
- Shift to 5.3, 3 New Ghosts, Full Controller Support - 8 August 2024
The Shift To UE5.3: This is unfortunately probably the main reason this update is as big as it is (sorry), but it was very much a necessary step, as I had lot of issues with the previous version I was running, which was just holding Obsideo back. Mainly the input system and procedural generation, I know that hearing procedural generation might be worrysome for a few of you, considering thats the last update I did before leaving, but I promise this time round its going to be better, its only going to be for interactions. The current way I have everything set up is I have to manually go around and place each interaction at a specific location that I give it, but with this, I'll be able to fill all the walls at once in the entire house with knives, or crucifixes, or whatever. It's one of the first steps towards improving interactions that I talked about in my last post. This also sets us u…
- Ghost Elim Searchbar + Fixes + Current Future Plans - 1 August 2024
This Patch: Ghost Eliminator Search Bar Probably one of the most requested features is finally in the game, you can now search through the interactions in the ghost eliminator, making it much easier to filter down what you're working with. In the future I'll also make it only display interactions that the filtered ghosts can do, which will also make it easier, but this is at least a big step towards that. Fixes Fixed pin chair going in Palmerston wall (I also think that's what was causing issues with the light switch as that also works now) Re-fixed the Potts road wall, I have no idea how this broke again... Fixed fireplace poking through on Palmerston Street Fixed backdoor being unusable on Palmerston Street Removed the Rusalka double-up interaction Decreased Palmerston Street truck lighting Fixed some "god spots" on Potts road, where you could get but the ghost couldn't Reduced the he…
- Item Placement Changes - Bug Fixes - 27 July 2024
Item Placement Changes Previously when dropping items they'd just fall out of your face, and sometimes bounce/roll around on the floor, this made it quite annoying to get evidence for certain equipment, mainly the laser grid. This should now be fixed, if you're within a certain distance from the floor you're looking at, and drop your item, you'll carefully place it on the floor instead, this means that when you place equipment it will always be the right way up, hopefully saving you so much time fiddling with placements. This should also fix any issues with the book or other equipment going through the floor, as they're now being placed perfectly on the ground. Fixes Added a steam achievement for bert to steam Fixed a bug where clients would have a completely random model when they died (a mechanic) Fixed a bug where you would see the UI for the thermo/Geiger if it was on when you picke…
- Hold Three Items + New Ghost - 26 July 2024
Hold Three Items Due to popular demand, I've gone back to the old system of allowing you to hold up to three different pieces of equipment at once. You can also use all three at the same time, for example you can have the geiger counter and EMF on your belt while walking around with the thermometer to get readings from each piece of equipment at once. New Ghost: Bert Now, I was going to wait till halloween to re-add Bert into the game, but it seems he's much more loved and wanted than I originally anticipated, so I've gone ahead and thrown him in early for everyone, along with a bunch of new interactions completely unique to him, I can't wait to see how everyone gets on against him. Fixes Fixed resolution not changing in fullscreen Fixed settings menu appearing on your screen for 0.5s whenever someone joined Fixed a bug where evidence would repeat itself in the mission report Fixed a bu…
- Dynamic Weather + Mission Report - 22 July 2024
Dynamic Weather Added a fully dynamic weather system, there's currently 6 different weathers you can get, ranging from a clear sky, all the way to a fully raging thunderstorm. These should significantly increase the immersion, as you're creeping around the house, hearing the wind howling outside, or the rain hittin the roof, and they just add that nice extra bit of depth to each of the environments. Mission Report At the end of every failed exorcism the host will now get a message informing everyone of what they did wrong, from ghost type, to missed evidence, this should help either identify bugs in the exorcisms, or allow you to reflect and learn how to use the equipment better if you think you didn't get something, but the mission report says it was there. Fixes Fixed a bug where the rempod sometimes wouldn't go off at all, causing it to not be detected as evidence Fixed a bug where t…
- Achievements and Ghost Eliminator - 21 July 2024
Ghost Eliminator Added a ghost eliminator, helping you to narrow down the ghost by ticking off interactions that you've seen. I will be improving this over the next few updates by adding a search function, and only displaying interactions that can happen based on what you've selected, but for now this certainly helps. Steam Achievements I've added Steam achievements for each ghost type, now if you successfully exorcise a ghost, you'll get an achievement for it. I will also be adding new achievements as we progress but this should keep everyone busy and be a nice start. Fixes Fixed "Default text" in lobby Fixed Radios in Hayward Road Fixed Headbob not saving Fixed "Shove" not having a default key Fixed lights in Potts road bathroom not turning on Rotated lightswitch in potts raod Fixed a bug where it would say "None" for the ghost type, after a successful exorcism Fixed an bug with the a…
- Unreal Engine 5 - 19 July 2024
Where I’ve been Hey everyone, I think the first thing I address should be where I’ve been and why there was such a big absence, to start it off I honestly didn’t expect releasing a game to take such a mental toll, I became obsessive over everything and it ended up consuming my life, and affecting my mood if the reviews dropped even slightly, I was miserable and hard to be around, and I needed to take a step back for my sake. I completely understand that this isn’t going to be good enough for a lot of people and I will put in the effort to “win you back” and show you I’m just as committed to this game as I was on day one, which is why I decided to rebuilt it from the ground up, to make sure we had a perfect foundation to build upon. I’ve also got precautions in place to make sure I don’t fall into that mental hole again, so I won’t be going anywhere, again, sorry for disappearing, I just…
- Fixed Exorcisms - 8 September 2022
Bug Fixes: - Fixed exorcisms not starting/failing when they shouldn't have if they did start - Fixed ghosts not randomly appearing - Fixed blood in bath interaction crashing the game Thank you everyone for reporting them!
- New Ghost, Procedural Generation, and Twitch Integration - 8 September 2022
Introduction Hey everyone, firstly I want to apologize for the lack of updates on the game recently, this year university has been extremely full-on, and I haven’t had much time to do anything outside of it. I promise I am still extremely passionate about working on Obsideo, and with all the stuff I have planned in the future only makes me more excited, although I do need to point out that I’m still at uni this year until at least November so please don’t expect a massive amount of updates, they’ll 100% be more updates before then, but they’re likely to just be bug fixes and tweaks until then, but like last year I’ll then be able to go full-time on Obsideo again for a few months. I’d also like to add that the fact that you all are still playing the game, and enjoying it honestly means the world to me and is a huge driving factor in putting out updates and trying to give you guys the abs…
- Seance Table, Ouija Boards, Progression/Customisation, Exorcism Models - 28 February 2022
Hey everyone! Sorry this update has been so long in the making, I promise I haven't lost any motivation for the game, I recently suffered a spinal injury which made it hard to sit down and focus on doing anything for around 3-4 weeks, but now it's getting better I can actually jump back in with all the ideas I've been coming up with! Thank you all for sticking with the game, and continuing to support it, now let's get onto the patch notes! Seance Table: The seance table has 2 different options, Basic Interaction, and Advanced Interaction, here's how they work: To get a basic interaction out of it, all you need to do is light the candles, but a basic interaction only gives you: 3 common interactions 2 medium interactions To get an advanced interaction out of the seance table, you need to find the voodoo doll that spawns in the house with the seance table, place that in the middle of the…
- Voice Chat / Basic Customisation / Bug Fixes - 16 January 2022
Voice Chat: Holding down "V" while in the lobby, or in-game will now activate voice chat, this is currently global, so everyone can hear you everywhere in the house, I'll be working on improving the sound, and potentially look at making it location-based, meaning people won't be able to hear you if they're on the other side of the house. Basic "Skin Changer": In the lobby you now have the ability to change your belt color, you can choose between White, Blue, Green, and Pink. This is just a placeholder as I'm currently looking at changing the current priest model into something that more accurately fits the theme of the game (it will still be a priest), and with that, I will expand on giving players the ability to customise and change their clothing in a more in-depth way. I hope this placeholder helps for now though! Bug fixes: Sprinting while standing no longer removes stamina Fixed Ji…
- Ghost Orb Changes / Brightness Slider / Ambient Bass Slider - 3 January 2022
Hey everyone, just a smaller update to clean up a few issues people were having with some of the changes made in the previous, bigger update. Ghost orbs now appear in a random room in the house, as opposed to possessing a random household object, this change was made to make the experience a bit cleaner, and allow you to spend more time looking at interactions as opposed to being glued to a tiny camera looking for orbs. To cleanse them now, you just need to throw the Holy Water into the center of the room they're flying around in. Added the ability to change your audio settings in-game Added a "House Ambience" slider to the audio section of the settings, this adjusts the "BRRRRR" sound you hear throughout the house, you now have the ability to turn it up (if you'd really want to), or off completely. Added a brightness slider in the video section of the settings. Changed the tutorial gho…
- Naughty Or Nice (Chrismas Ghost) - 25 December 2021
Krampus Krampus is a horned figure in Central and Eastern folklore, who during the Christmas season, comes and scares children who have misbehaved. Find out more about him here. Have you misbehaved this year? Find out by exploring the houses in Obsideo. Prayer when any menu is open, and someone presses p (someone else who wasn't you in multiplayer). J in ghost eliminator closing journal P in ghost eliminator praying A lot of the controller drift has been cleaned up for none Xbox 360 controllers. Let me know if it's still happening to you by sending me a DM on Discord and I'll be happy to fix it with you, this is a built-in issue with Unity and is almost entirely out of my hands. Mouse is not available sometimes when exiting the game. "Too many players round the ghost" (counted dead people). Exorcism failed due to holy water not being in the room when it was (it was detecting the one on…
- Winter Update (Major Changes) - 21 December 2021
Hey everyone! This update has honestly been an insane push to get out the door in time for Christmas, but this won't be the last update before Christmas. I feel like I've finally gotten the game to a stage I feel happy with, and I really, really can't wait to see what you all think once you've gotten your hands on it, I'm absolutely loving the support from everyone, I know this update took over a month to put out (and for hopefully obvious good reason), but the fact that I can take a month to put out and update, and still have people supporting me and stopping by every day to get involved honestly warms my heart, so thank you so much to every one of you! Along with this update, I'll be doing a 40% off sale, honestly just as an early Christmas sale, and to celebrate me finishing such a massive update, I hope this helps out people who have been on the fence, or are wanting to play with fr…
- Significant Networking Improvements + Sprinting - 10 November 2021
New Networking Backend Hey everyone, over the past 2 weeks I've been working tirelessly to rebuild the backend for the servers, and from what I can tell, and what we've tested, the results have been outstanding. Everything is now performing exactly how it should've been the whole time, so if you were experiencing any networking issues at all (Friends not being in the right spot, doors not opening, not being able to pick up items) please jump in and give it a go now, as all that should be gone, and the experience should be rock solid. I'll be working on improving it, even more, so it's even more performant on slower internet speeds (~10/MBs), so currently as a good rule of thumb (like it says on the Steam page) you probably shouldn't purchase the game, or play with friends until then, but please let me know if you're able to just fine on the new backend system! :) Sprinting Pretty basic,…
- Bug Fixes + Loading Screen - 31 October 2021
Bug Fixes Fixed a new issue causing the "Missing Clues:" being blank. Fixed a bug where it wasn't detecting you holding the ghostwriting book. Fixed a bug where it wasn't detecting players in the room, failing with "Not all players in the room". Fixed a bug where all the wall cracks had big squares around them. Fixed a lot of the lighting artifacts (Weird spots of light with no lights on, lights bleeding through walls). Fixed a bug where the Geiger Counter would still play when it was turned off. Fixed a bug where the music box wouldn't stop after taking it out of the room. Fixed a bug where flies, cockroaches, and all other insects wouldn't show up on certain graphics settings. Fixed a bug where it wasn't detecting all the players being above 140 hr. Fixed a bug where sometimes the front door wouldn't open/close for players, sometimes locking them out of the house. Fixed a bug where yo…
- Happy Halloween - From Bert! - 23 October 2021
Happy Halloween Everyone! First off I'd just like to say thank you to everyone that's provided constant love and support for me, and Obsideo. You guys are all amazing and are what keep me driven, to give everyone the best co-op horror experience! If you haven't already, I'd highly recommend joining our Discord: https://discord.gg/obsideo as it's full of amazing people, and I'm personally always active on there, helping out with bugs, or just getting in a few games with people! Now onto the more exciting stuff: New Ghost - Bert A lot of you have been asking for a "typical" representation of a ghost, so I thought it would be fun to bring something like that in for Halloween, rumor has it that he'll only be here for the next 2 weeks, so make sure you get in and exorcise him, before he's really gone, forever! Bert interactions consist of a few of the common interactions from other ghosts, b…
- New AI / New Map / Basic Progression / New Tutorial - 10 October 2021
New Ghost AI As many of you could probably agree, the hunts in Obsideo were pretty bland, you had no fear of being caught, and I think a lot of that was down to how tame all the entities felt to play against, they only patrolled hallways and you were always safe as long as you closed the door of the room you were hiding in, they never ventured into rooms. This has now been completely re-worked, some of the environments have been changed to allow you to hide behind doors, furniture, walls, etc as all entities will now explore the entire house, you're no longer safe just going into a room and closing a door, find a cabinet or sofa to hide behind. You can see more of how this works, and what you should be looking for, in the new tutorial. They're also now considerably faster meaning you have significantly less time to run and hide, to counter this I've added a praying mechanic this is a on…
- Public Lobbies / 4-Player Co-op / QoL Changes - 19 September 2021
Public Lobbies: Obsideo now has public lobbies, so long gone are the days of you needing to message the Discord and ask people to play, just join one of the lobbies hosted by random people. VOIP will be coming soon, so you'll be able to talk to people that you join. The lobbies are categorized as follows: Public: Anyone can see it in the "Find Games" screen on the Main Menu. Friends Only: Only friends can see it on the "Find Games" screen on the Main Menu, and friends don't need an invite to join. Private: Only people you invite are able to join, even friends won't be able to join without an invite, and your game won't show up on the "Find Games" screen on the Main Menu. 4 Player CO-OP: Obsideo now finally supports 4 players! I expect this to come with a lot more bugs so if you experience anything at all, please immediately report it on my Discord: https://discord.gg/obsideo, and I'll g…
