- Full Release Update 1.3 - 31 October 2023
We've done it! Almost a year after launching Phylakterion in Early Access and just in time for Halloween, we are thrilled to announce the full release version of our game. The journey of developing our first title has been incredibly educational, and we extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported us with their ideas and feedback. We are delighted with the progress the game has made over the last year. Rest assured, we are always willing to return to Phylakterion in the future, ready to add or alter content as necessary. We trust that this version, with its array of new features, will provide an enjoyable gaming experience. Main Features Companions Introducing animal companions to join you in your investigations! Choose from dogs, cats, or birds, each bringing unique abilities to the table. Tailor your strategy and let your companion assist you, whether it's finding the ves…
- Full Release Update 1.3 - 31 October 2023
We've done it! Almost a year after launching Phylakterion in Early Access and just in time for Halloween, we are thrilled to announce the full release version of our game. The journey of developing our first title has been incredibly educational, and we extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported us with their ideas and feedback. We are delighted with the progress the game has made over the last year. Rest assured, we are always willing to return to Phylakterion in the future, ready to add or alter content as necessary. We trust that this version, with its array of new features, will provide an enjoyable gaming experience. Main Features Companions Introducing animal companions to join you in your investigations! Choose from dogs, cats, or birds, each bringing unique abilities to the table. Tailor your strategy and let your companion assist you, whether it's finding the ves…
- Update 1.2.2 - 21 May 2023
Fixed Resolved an issue causing occasional crashes upon player death
- Update 1.2.1 - 19 May 2023
New Added an option to toggle Motion Blur on/off Changed Slightly increased XP gain for lower levels Fixed Resolved a bug that caused corrupted visuals for dead players after using the tablet Fixed some broken lockers on Open Hill Precinct
- UPDATE 1.2 RELEASED - 12 May 2023
Main Features Talent System Adjust the skills of your character to suit your personal playstyle. You can now choose from 30 different talents across three separate talent trees: Athletics, Technician, and Spiritism. These talents include, for example, faster player speed, increased tool carrying capacity, enhanced ability to hear the vessel, temporary invisibility, or the ability to halt a hunt completely! You will receive one talent point every two levels up to level 20. Experiment with different talent setups to overcome any challenge or difficulty. You can reset your talents for each map. Controller Support Many of our players expressed their desire to experience the game with a gamepad, a feature that we were unable to include in the initial release version. We have now added controller support to every aspect of the game. After selecting Gamepad controls in the menu, you will no lo…
- Update 1.2 - 12 May 2023
Main Features Talent System Adjust the skills of your character to suit your personal playstyle. You can now choose from 30 different talents across three separate talent trees: Athletics, Technician, and Spiritism. These talents include, for example, faster player speed, increased tool carrying capacity, enhanced ability to hear the vessel, temporary invisibility, or the ability to halt a hunt completely! You will receive one talent point every two levels up to level 20. Experiment with different talent setups to overcome any challenge or difficulty. You can reset your talents for each map. Controller Support Many of our players expressed their desire to experience the game with a gamepad, a feature that we were unable to include in the initial release version. We have now added controller support to every aspect of the game. After selecting Gamepad controls in the menu, you will no lo…
- Patch Notes 1.1.5 - 2 April 2023
Fixed Removed several safe spots that were accessible by climbing on valves
- Patch Notes 1.1.4 - 30 March 2023
Changed Normalized the custom values for "Player Walking Speed" - Slow is now slightly faster, and Fast is now slightly slower. Fixed Fixed a bug that caused players to sometimes not see or hear the entity during a continued hunt Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause wrong Geiger counter readings Fixed a bug that rarely caused the second vessel in a game with two entities to be indestructible Fixed a bug that would prevent audio settings to be saved from the tablet
- Patch Notes 1.1 - 27 March 2023
New New Map: Holloway House (Small) New Difficulty: Insane New Difficulty Option: Drop Teleport Note: If enabled, the vessel will always teleport as soon as it is dropped from the hand. This is enabled by default on Insane difficulty. New Difficulty Option: Hunt Destruction Note: If disabled, the vessel cannot be destroyed during a hunt. This is the default setting for Hard and Insane difficulty. New Difficulty: Custom Note: The lobby screen now allows the host to change a large number of game variables. Setting these variables from easy to hard will result in a difficulty factor between 0% and 100%, which affects the amount of XP the player is awarded at the end of a match. The result screen will now show how much XP you gained after each game. New Difficulty Option: 2 Entities Note: If this custom difficulty option is enabled, two entities will spawn along with two vessels. To win, yo…
- Patch Notes 1.0.19 - 27 February 2023
FIXES Fixed a bug that caused several difficulty parameters to be reset incorrectly Fixed some clipping issues on maps
- Patch Notes 1.0.18 - 27 February 2023
NEW Introduced new difficulty level: Beginner The entity will rarely hunt on Beginner difficulty and the vessel should be very easy to locate. This difficulty will now be chosen by default when creating a lobby. Enhanced destruction mechanics: Laughing entities! On Beginner, Easy and Medium difficulties, the entity will now laugh at you if you make an error in your destruction sequence. Note: We have experienced a lot of players having difficulty getting into the game especially if playing alone. The new difficulty setting and better destruction feedback should give everybody the opportunity to learn a standard round of Phylakterion outside of the tutorial without getting frustrated by dying too much. If you are already rushing through Hard: We have something coming up for the other end of the spectrum as well!
- Patch Notes 1.0.17 - 25 February 2023
NEW Enhanced candle mechanics: The candle will now require holding an object in the left hand to be usable for waxing. It will now also have a visual cue when successfully used as a destruction means. Note: There has been a lot of confusion about the candle during the destruction process. Hopefully the visual feedback will now make it more clear if the waxing step was done successfully. Please remember that like with all other destruction methods, the feedback only suggests that the candle was USED. It does not confirm the object to be the vessel, nor you being on the right destruction sequence. FIXES Resolved issue causing objects to clip through walls/floor when thrown or upon death, ensuring proper dropping and prevention of disappearing Fixed a bug that allowed crouching into kitchen ovens
- Patch Notes 1.0.16 - 24 February 2023
NEW Added size labels to the map names in lobby CHANGED Improved tutorial for better understanding and comprehensive coverage of all gameplay elements Replaced the lighter model for better visibility and accessibility Changed spawn points for some lighters Removed the guaranteed hunt from successfully using the Parapulse item, there is now a high chance based on difficulty that a hunt is triggered Modified cursed vessel behavior to occasionally perform activities even when looked at directly by living players Added better hiding spots to the garage and girl’s room sections of Honhannen Slightly reduced hunt frequency and duration on Easy difficulty FIXES Fixed broken characters in some languages Fixed a bug that caused the Geiger counter to occasionally account for walls incorrectly Fixed some audio issues on maps
- Update 1.0.15 - 23 February 2023
NEW Added mouse-hover tooltips in Ghostpedia to describe the different destruction symbols Added a new bathroom in the upstairs section of Sweetwater Lodge CHANGED Increased quantity of entity events on all difficulty levels FIXES Removed a safe spot from Honhannen Fixed a bug that caused the Lurking entity to hunt more often than intended in the later stages of the game Fixed a bug that caused the lobby to show other players in single-player mode Fixed a bug that caused the map descriptions to show broken characters in some languages
- Enter the Steam Code Giveaway on our Discord Server! - 23 February 2023
Hey everyone! Since we're really happy with the release of Phylakterion, our growing community, and all the wonderful streams and videos we've seen so far, we decided to do a little Steam Code Giveaway! We also want to take the opportunity to thank you all for your interest in Phylakterion. We received a lot of feedback from people who liked the game, but also bug-reports and wishes for improvements, which is all extremely appreciated as we're giving our best to make Phylakterion even better. Thank you for being awesome and for starting this journey with us! The Steam Code Giveaway takes place on our Discord server. There, enter the giveaway by simply reacting to the giveaway message in the #announcements-channel. The giveaway ends on Friday, 7PM CET, which is when 5 random winners will be chosen and sent a key for Phylakterion. Thank you all again, and let's improve Phylakterion togeth…
- Update 1.0.14 - 22 February 2023
FIXES Fixed a bug that caused the entity to hunt a lot more during the destruction phase than intended
- Update 1.0.13 - 22 February 2023
Hello friends and family (hi mom)! Today we gathered at the workshop to tinker on some stability and quality of life improvements. Hope you like the changes! Please let us know if you have issues and consider reviewing the game. Starting with this version we implemented a version check when joining lobbies. NEW Lobbies now remember the last selected map and difficulty DIFFICULTY Slightly increased entity speed on Medium and Hard FIXES Fixed a bug with an accidental additional player character spawning (“Emotional Support Bug”) Fixed a bug that prevented players from moving after spawning Fixed a bug with joining lobbies Fixed clipping issues on maps
- Patch 1.0.12 - 21 February 2023
NEW Brightness boosting option in the main menu CHANGED Moved spawn positions of players into the houses and closed main door permanently Notes: We experienced a lot of confusion about the main door closing permanently on the first hunt. This was always intended, but we want to make this more clear. Players will now spawn inside the house with the door closing behind them at the start. Generally increased brightness slightly on all maps Slightly increased flashlight cone size Reduced brightness and blur in ghost/dead mode Removed all light switches Notes: Many people coming from other games expected the visible light switches to work, but unfortunately, our entities have completely shut off all electricity in the house. DIFFICULTY Increased player walking speed to be exactly half of the running speed Slightly increased entity speed to balance out the difficulty Lowered difficulty on Eas…
- Bug fixes - 20 February 2023
- fixed a game breaking bug if voice recognition wasn't set up
- Phylakterion Early Access is out now! - 20 February 2023
Phylakterion Launch & Steam Mystery Fest! We can barely believe it ourselves, but after a lot of thought and hard work, Phylakterion finally releases in Early Access TODAY! And not just that, we even got the opportunity to release during the Steam Mystery Fest, putting us in very good company with other mysterious games that will keep you wondering and solving mysteries to reach satisfying conclusions and averted threats. To celebrate the Early Access release and to make the decision a little easier, we’ll grant you a 10% launch discount for the duration of the Steam Mystery Fest. ♥ Thanks a lot to everyone who already purchased Phylakterion or plans to do so in the coming days and weeks – you’re the ones we are doing this for, and the ones that keep the development of Phylakterion going! ♥ If you buy and try Phylakterion, it would also mean the world to us if you left a Review on our S…
