Haunted House Builder

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• Announcements·22 Aug 2024Official

  New Icons and Small Fixes

  Hello people, new update with some bug fixes AND new icons for the tablet in-game store. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44681608/c0f55648e5d83e05a78349ee5c7c17bb5738b8bc.png Might need to make them a little bigger? Also some small fixes including visitor AI bugs and weird sound quirks. Plus a new price!
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• Announcements·29 Oct 2023Official

  New Decorations and More Guests!

  Time for an update!! New Decorations 3 new decorations have been added, they will automatically be unlocked after you've completed a certain number of maps. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44681608/776ceadc2f9509bca4f0d68309d0ac1058d7aa29.png Halloween Sign Timely 🎃 premium decoration that will light up and flap bat wings 🦇 when on. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44681608/7e4b2a6b3d1e0556525598137d96af514213e1d0.png Monster Rock Another premium decoration that will reveal a monstrous face when turned on. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44681608/339ca3649a91141a569d59af51db94cd98b3a5fc.png Regular Rock! It's a rock. Most of the time and effort of this update went into the description of this decoration. More Guests Two new guest variations added. They will randomly show up. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44681608/bf1f4bc4c66dd628ad09af9dea931adbdba60b91.png Fixes Fixed Evilbur (the sword) placement issues. Fixed guest reviews variation. There is a random number that wasn't randomizing so reviews would be similar sometimes. The variable was called "randomnumber" and it wasn't even doing it's job. It's like a plumber whose name is "Plumber" and they didn't plumb. Shrunk the activation distance of the Trigger Pads so guests wouldn't trigger it without stepping on it. Fixed guests not turning towards the thing that startled them? Fixed the colliders of the trees in the woods map. On another note after using the new engine for this game, all the order of events for what things get executed went all wonky. SO it's been super fun to debug when things aren't executing when they are supposed to. A fix was to just add a tiny delay (half a second) so things would play out properly. Firework Usually add a firework to Firework Simulator for each game release. Here's the haunted house: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2271890/view/3716092146808442574 Also Firework Simulator has a demo now so you can try out some of the fireworks.
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• Patch Notes·27 Oct 2023Official

  New Guest and Bug Fixes

  All right people, time for some fixes AND a new guest design thing. Bug Fixes Fixed a lot of the problems with guests not seeing or reacting to decorations. Here was the main reason told in brilliant artwork. Guests react to decorations they can see like this: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44681608/6d24492d65236cc3d129751712ac408b1a8423da.jpg BUT the way it was working, the "See point" in purple was sometimes off like so: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44681608/6a68294e633d821d8c9a94a94203725ba3857255.jpg So it would be blocked by the floor or whatnot. Every decoration was changed so now it should all be centered correctly: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44681608/e37f9b94f343a5d4e3ad7903fc4c40cfda50ceaf.jpg Other Fixes: Vision was sometimes blocked by floors and ceilings which shouldn't have been happening so only walls, some decorations and other guests block vision. Only solid walls can block vision now. Before doorways would block vision if the guest wasn't in the doorway but now guests will see through doorways regardless of if they are in the doorway or not because the doorways have a bunch of colliders and it could get buggy. Might change this later. A lot more navigation blocks were added and wall blocks were increased in size. Hopefully this prevents guests going places they shouldn't. If you could report any guest going places they shouldn't shenanigans in the Steam discussions that would be fantastic. Changes Increased trigger reaction radius of all decorations a smidge. Removed a feature that would double guest fear if decorations were turned on in front of them. It was causing vision problems and was overly complicated. New Guest {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44681608/fef70285cc40018daebb6c58f59323c007323ce1.png A second version of the guest was added plus a list of different names and sound effects. The names were taken from horror movies and actresses from those movies. It will randomly choose between guests at the start so you might not see them at first or you'll see them a lot. It's random. The...
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• Announcements·25 Oct 2023Official

  Haunted House Builder is out now!

  Haunted House Builder is out with a launch discount. You build a haunted house then open it to spook guests. There's both missions and sandbox levels. Post any bug finds or suggestions in the discussions. There's a lot of different decorations including ones based on certain other games: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44681608/c5a88b5a1ec281cef656a64cd7930066fc2bbcf5.png Capybara Statue This is a premium decoration, it will light up when on. Also unlike other decorations this will calm Guests instead of instilling fear upon them which is useful for certain challenges. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2559540/Capybro/ It's from Capybro. This decoration uses the same model geometry from the titular capybara, just had to add a base and put a stone texture on it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44681608/0693cefa946b3b7d74ef330b53d9b51cc59e4d1d.jpg Gnome This is a poser decoration so you can pose it in threatening ways. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2419220/Gnome/ It's from Gnome, a spooky game about a gnome. It's the exact same model and was super easy to transfer over and setup which was nice. Gnome is currently on sale. (hint hint wink wink) Secret Decoration Also there is a secret decoration that is unlocked via secret ways. Hint: It's in the graveyard area somewhere. If you find it, it's a reference to these two games: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2145300/The_Game_Store/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1992650/Second_Dreamer/ Second Dreamer isn't out yet but it's a sequel to The Game Store which might be in a certain sale coming up in a few days. (HINT HINT WINK WINK) Also make a firework for each game release in Firework Simulator: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2271890/Firework_Simulator/ The Haunted House firework should be in there soon. This is what the model looks like: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44681608/8dc18b5c76a956f60c6f6e1a6928c2260482bb16.png DEVELOPMENT STUFF: First time making a builder type game, it was programmed from the ground up. Guests have their unique beha...
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• Announcements·19 Oct 2023Official

  Haunted House Builder Trailer

  The Haunted House Builder trailer is here! It's also on the store page. There's also a skeleton on the thumbnail! ☠️ ☠️ 🎃 😱
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