- Hotfix v1.0.1 is live! - 11 February 2024
Hi everyone! If you’re new to the game or returning after a while and find that the new experience this game brings is still a bit overwhelming, then I think this update is for you. I’ve been keeping an eye on the community as I always do so that I can get an understanding of how players feel and make necessary adjustments to help improve the player experience. So, in this update, I focused on difficulty balance for training and easy modes for both new and casual players as well as a few quality-of-life changes and increases to XP gain/Astral Shards to help players level up faster for a more rewarding experience. UPDATES The movement speed of Wrath’s mimic books during hunts has been reduced on all modes and will despawn quicker on Easy and Training Mode. In addition, the damage from Mimic’s has been reduced by 25% on easy mode and 50% on Training mode. The chance of possession from Glu…
- The V1.0.0 transition and the “Spectral Cat”! - 9 February 2024
Hi all! Firstly, I wanted to point out that I noticed there was something that went wrong with the current build of the game not containing the correct game version for the transition to V1.0.0. I worked tirelessly overnight to get this fixed as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience it may have caused you. With that said, the current build should be correct and the new features should be available with it. What's new? Chapter 3 Is now Available! As the story closes in, we are starting to suspect that some things are quite off about Bwonsombdi... or is the Darkness just getting to our head? A brand new Cat skin the "Spectral Cat" is available at the Cat Wardrobe under "Fur Types". I hope everyone enjoys this beautiful skin! The progression system has seen some updates due to its new overhaul and should feel more rewarding with XP and Astral Shards specifically earned fr…
- BIG NEWS, the Future of On Dark Terms and my development journey - 6 February 2024
The Honest Truth Hi all, I wanted to post an announcement discussing the state of On Dark Terms because the truth is, due to financials, I've been struggling a lot with my personal life, and it is taking a toll. What does this mean? in short, I will need to begin developing other video games and so, On Dark Terms will move into V1.0.0 and undergo slowed down development so that I can prioritize development to new games. I am super grateful to everyone that played/is still playing On Dark Terms, and I hope that over the last 7 months you have been able to enjoy all the amazing hard work and love that I put into it to make it what it is today. On Dark Terms was my first ever game and I am very proud of it despite this current situation. I think it’s incredibly important to be transparent with your community and I've always been exactly that with all of you from the start (especially if yo…
- Update 0.3.0 is here! Christmas! - 21 December 2023
New Christmas has arrived. What is there to do? Everyone's favorite of course. HATS! 9 New Hats to unlock! 7 New Jumping Puzzles 2 New exploration areas to find hats. 1 New cat backpack (a gift from me to you) Most of the world is decorated so you won't want to miss out on that, plus it’s snowing! Christmas music to get you in the spirit! All and all, it’s a fun event to experience, so get in there and get your free hats! Remember to head to the character or cat customization area to read about where to find each hat Happy Holidays!
- Update 0.2.1 is here! All of Chapter 2 is available. - 24 November 2023
NEW Chapter 2 Pages 6-8 are now available! Wrath Demon has a brand new ability, Summons Mimic Books! UPDATES Greatly Increased the XP gain from quests. This should allow players to level up much faster and reduce the grind in trying to unlock harder difficulties. It also gives players more options for cosmetic purchases by the time they have enough Astral Motes to purchase some. Research now grants Astral Motes starting at level 3. Level 6 grants 8 motes up from 5. This gives research a much more valuable incentive to complete for players saving up for materials and cosmetics. In addition, the Possession chance has been changed to a 50% increased chance to possess rather than a 50% chance baseline. This will increase the survivability against gluttony greatly on lower difficulties. Glutton Demon Ability overhaul – gluttony will always purge, however, it will ways devour the spawned Hall…
- Hotfix 0.2.0.2 is live! - 22 November 2023
UPDATES Events such as the swing set at the amusement park, train station generator, etc., no longer causes players to be removed from Astral Form if close to them when they occur. FIXES Fixed an issue where the Destroy a Corruption Mass at the Train Station Quest was not updated to “complete” when burned by the player. Fixed an issue where Embodiment symbols were still spawning on events (this system was deprecated with 0.2.0). Fixed an issue where the “Lay Down” key for Astral Form was not working. Fixed an issue where sometimes client connections don’t see the hunt map when walking through the portal requiring them to walkout then back in again. Fixed an issue where Empty EpiPens were not counting toward the cat backpack cosmetic.
- Hotfix 0.2.0.1 is live! - 22 November 2023
UPDATES The Ghost Wraith ability now has a 1 second delay before damaging players. This delay is shorter on Normal and Hard difficulties. The Ghost Wraith ability now deals less damage per hit. Hallucination grace period has increased so that they appear to happen less frequently. The Possession Resistance Skill Tree perk has been updated. In addition to key press resistance, it will also provide 6% less sanity damage taken from hallucinations per point spent. This makes the resistance skill much more valuable for survivability especially when encountering a Gluttony Demon. FIXES Fixed the mote icons for unlocking player and apartment cosmetics. Fixed an issue where new players could get the duck hat before finishing the introduction then not be able to escape the room (a new player pointed this one out today, thank you!).
- Nominate On Dark Terms for Most Innovative Gameplay! - 21 November 2023
Most Innovative Gameplay Award Hi all! With Steam Nominations happening, I thought I might reach out to my amazing community to see if you'd be interested in helping nominate On Dark Terms for the Most Innovative Gameplay Award! As many of you know, I've put my heart into creating this game, pushing the boundaries of its potential by building a truly unique experience that sets itself apart from every other paranormal investigation game. I thought it might help to list the key features of my game that truly make it special: My First Game: This is my very first game as a solo dev that took me roughly 1 year to create and I have taken creativity from a novel that I began writing a long time ago to create a fantasy game that takes paranormal ghost investigation and mixes it with Survival Open World RPG elements. The Astral Cat: Among all other elements the multiplayer experience of being a…
- 0.2.0 is here! Chapter 2 is available and a Trading Post has arrived! - 20 November 2023
NEW The Story has been rewritten with Chapter 2 now available! This means that Chapter 1 has also changed so that is serves as an introduction for new players starting out. A Skill Tree has been added to the Character Menu that unlocks through Chapter 2 of the story. This Skill Tree will allow players to upgrade their character's strength in different areas such as consumable potency, sprint speed, and possession resistance. A Location called “The Trading Post” has opened near the Apartment with 3 new NPC’s! Cosmetics Merchant to purchase cosmetics from. Materials Merchant to purchase crafting materials from. Quest Giver NPC to pick up quests that are no the primary way or leveling and earning motes to purchase cosmetics and materials. A new currency called “Astral Motes” has been added which will require players to purchase cosmetics and crafting materials from merchants NPCs. Motes ar…
- Hotfix 0.1.3.3 is live! - 4 November 2023
UPDATES Updated the look and feel of the Embodiments UI to be more intuitive and consolidated. Improved memory optimization. Improved Player and Cat movement animations. Just a small hotfix here, but it continues to help improve texture and memory optimization.
- On Dark Terms Tutorial Dev Guide for getting started - 1 November 2023
On Dark Terms Tutorial Dev Guide I wanted to make a video for new players, interested players, and anyone who might be looking for a starting place! In 0.1.3 I released a new Training System that breaks up the learning experience into "Tutorial" and "Practice" that allows players to choose their pace on how they would like to learn. In this video, I cover the Basics to getting new players started by completing a full Dungeon Investigation on the new Tutorial Training Mode, providing tips along the way. I hope this video helps. Please do not hesitate to reach out for questions, feedback, etc.! I love the community and I love helping players wherever I can.
- Hotfix 0.1.3.2 is live! - 31 October 2023
NEW Added an Invert Y-Axis option to increase player accessibility. Added an Invert X-Axis option to increase player accessibility. UPDATES Improved mic audio capture performance to reduce CPU usage. Improved texture optimization to help reduce the load on Memory usage. Mouse Sensitivity has been added to the Controls Settings under the new “Mouse” section. FIXES Fixed an issue with some temperature spawn points overlapping hiding spots in the Amusement Park. Fixed an issue with some Demon Hunt books sometimes spawning in walls and hard to see places. Fixed an issue causing the death training mode message to sometimes get overlapped by the chapter 1 – page 2 message for players that have not yet completed it. Fixed the naming issue of the corruption label in the afterlife.
- Hotfix 0.1.3.1 - 27 October 2023
UPDATES The unlock message for the duck hat now mentions “cat collision is your front paws”. The unlock message for the robot helm now mentions “cat collision is your front paws”. The unlock message for the Conical Hat has been updated to better pinpoint the start location to search for it on the Map. The unlock message for the Helicopter Hat has been updated to better pinpoint the start location to search for it on the Map. Increased the player detection radius of the Cat Customization in the cat room so its easier to notice when searching for it. FIXES Fixed an issue where during the new player introduction, when after the player is prompted to enter Astral Form, if the player using Astral Vision prior to pressing” H” to move forward in the introduction, the process would get stuck, and players would not be able to continue. Fixed an issue where the death progress for the challenges t…
- 0.1.3 is here! A NEW Training Mode has arrived! - 25 October 2023
NEW Training Mode has been revamped and broken up into 2 sub-modes: “Tutorial” and “Practice”. When players press “Start Dungeon” with Training Mode selected, a new UI will display 2 Modes to choose from. Tutorial Mode - removes threats that do not pertain to the core gameplay loop such as Flash hunts, Hallucinations, awakenings. This will allow players to FOCUS purely on learning the mechanics of the game without the added stress of the game’s passive survival mechanics. Practice Mode - provides the same dungeon experience that the current Training Mode does. This mode can be viewed as a watered-down version of Easy Mode that is good for “practicing” once the tutorial has clicked with the player. The Entity dropdown in the Astral Shrine UI has been completely replaced by a NEW entity selection UI displayed as 3 cards to allow players to visualize the 3 different entities before decidin…
- 0.1.2 is here! Halloween Part 2! New customization options! - 20 October 2023
NEW New Attire - HATS for CATs and of course for players as well. New Attire – Backpack and demon wings for cats (demon wings for players). The Ice Cream Truck’s driver is in town. Will you stop by to say hi? New areas to explore when searching for hats to unlock! The Amusement Park has a ridable air balloon! The hiding spot doll has been acting strange lately… Embodiments now spawn an informational nameplate in Training Mode that players can see from a distance that will indicate to them which kind of Embodiment (Event, Interaction, Anomaly) it is and how to activate it. This is intended to help improve the awareness of Embodiments and what players should look out for. Embodiment Marks can now be interacted with directly during Training Mode by pressing “E” to read more information about the Mark and how they work. Activating an embodiment will now inform all players for all difficulti…
- Hotfix 0.1.1.1 - 13 October 2023
NEW Added more tip text to training mode to continue helping improve the new player learning experience. Added new indicator arrows that spawn on hiding spots in training mode when the corruption warning appears at 80 corruption level to help guide new players to where hiding spots can be found. Added a new indicator arrow to the corruption mass in training mode that appears when corruption level reaches 100 to help new players have a better idea of what to do next. Added physics hit sounds to smack-able objects. FIXED Fixed an issue where some save files prior to 0.1.0 were still holding onto old data causing absorbed energy to continue clearing on re-entering dungeons which is no longer an intended effect. Fixed an issue where Embodiment interactions sometimes spawn in with an incorrect rotation causing it to be unreadable by the player. Fixed an issue where some clients were not seei…
- 0.1.1 is here with a highly requested feature... "Smack-able" cat objects! - 12 October 2023
NEW The highly requested “Smackable” objects for cats have been added to the apartment, amusement park, and the fast-food area near the park! Players will need to use their “T” ability to hit them. I have plans to expand the number of smackable objects and where they can be found, but for now I hope the community will have fun with this! UPDATES Hallucinations are now prevented while the UI is open on all difficulties. Added footstep sounds to the open world scarecrows. All hiding spots now have the creepy doll. FIXES Fixed an issue where the scarecrow was not killing players in astral form. Fixed an issue where players that die while mid-cast such as corruption, do not reset the state of authority on the casting object, preventing other players from interaction with it. Fixed an issue where getting killed by an open world creature when far from the apartment, can sometimes cause the ap…
- 0.1.0 is here, Halloween Part 1! You won't want to miss this! - 10 October 2023
NEW The open world has been decorated with a Halloween theme! Creepy Halloween ambience has been added to reel you into the spooky atmosphere! You scream, I scream, we all scream… Ice Cream trucks have mysteriously arrived in town and they don't seem quite right. Scarecrows populate the world waiting for victims… do you dare approach them? UPDATES Dying in the open world is now possible. Players will be resurrected back to their apartment as a human, bypassing the astral afterlife. Don’t worry though, as of right now, there is no consequence for dying in the open world. Each Hunt Map has been decorated as well so be sure to try out the Demon, Witch, and Ghost! Hiding just got a whole lot creepier... the Darkness is always watching. FIXES Fixed an issue where the awaken audio and footsteps sometimes weren't playing. Fixed an issue where energy was sometimes being cleared upon leaving and…
- Hotfix 8 for 0.0.9 - 9 October 2023
UPDATES A decision prompt will appear after interacting with the Offering if 1 or more players are not in the Hunting Realm. This will give the player a moment to choose whether they truly wish to start a hunt without the rest of the group. The UV light action bar slot is now the Flashlight slot due to the flashlight being much more commonly used. UV is still the “X” hotkey or whichever the player had set it to. FIXES FIxed an issue with players starting hunts while other players have not yet crossed the Portal. Fixed an issue where clients that left a session during a hosted dungeon and rejoined, were not having certain information important to attune in the Database reflect properly such as the Entity Type list. Fixed an issue where Hunt and Awaken Audio sounds could sometimes not be heard on the clients. Fixed an issue where the correct hunt progression sounds would sometimes not pla…
- Hotfix 7 for 0.0.9 - 7 October 2023
NEW Added a new informative text for training mode below the name of certain objects when close enough to them that provides a short useful tip about the object’s importance and/or what to do with it. The Database now has a “Hunt Info” tab that replaces the Hunt Computers in Research Sites so that Players can now read about hunts anywhere and anytime. The “Hunt Computer” has been renamed to “Hunt Info” has been moved from Research Site to the Hunt Maps directly and will only display info about the current Entity Players are hunting. This will help new players notice hunting info prior to interacting with The Offering, better preparing for what they are about to experience. A new “Deduction Process” table has been added alongside the “Hunt Info” table in the Hunt maps themselves. This new table provides players with a “How To” deduce entities by observing their abilities during hunts. Th…
