Lake of Darkness

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• Announcements·11 Jul 2026Official

  Lake of Darkness: Cide Story enters public playtesting!

  Play the beta now on Itch.io: https://steezey-swag.itch.io/lake-of-darkness-cide-story-playtest-demoThe full release should be coming late fall of this year as a free download on steam. I hope you enjoy and please if you have any feedback about your gameplay experience, good or bad, please let me know via the discord and Itch.io comments.The earlier mentioned 1.6 update is in the works, don't worry. Coming with new scenes, quality of life improvements, and fixes to the bugs with regards to achievements. So sorry it's taken me so long, keep an eye out for that over the next few weeks.
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• Patch Notes·24 May 2026Official

  1.54 hotfix

  Hotfix 1.54A bug was introduced yesterday in patch 1.53 that softlocked players at the start of the game into dying on the first night. This was a holdover from testing the "early bird" ending. This should now be fixed. If you are still having issues with the "awake" achievement I'm so sorry about that, it seemed to be working in engine so I'll be looking into solutions over the following weeks. Likely has something to do with how steam stores it's achievements.Besides fixing bugs and writing errors I plan on there being one final content patch closer to the release of cide story with scenes that hint at plot points from the new game. Look forward to that and again, please let me know of any bugs you find via the discord server or the steam community tab and I'll address them as soon as possible. Thanks again for playing Lake of Darkness.
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• Patch Notes·23 May 2026Official

  Update 1.53

  Patch 1.53Update 1.53 is designed primarily to address bugs surrounding the achievement "Awake" but also to address small inconsistencies in writing, while continuing to polish existing endings and scenes. Some of the dialogue is from very early in development when I didn't have all details of the story quite yet narrowed down. During testing and while writing scenes for cide story I've notices some minor plot holes and moments that are worded strangely, I'll continue to be on the lookout for stuff like this in future updates but I tried to tackle a number of them here. As for the "Awake" trophy, if you already have all other achievements "Awake" will now be unlocked when you start a new playthrough.Content:Minor dialogue editsNew spritesUpdated old spritesNew hidden scaresBugfixes:Awake achievement now functionalTrophy sprite no longer persists between roomsThanks so much for all of the support and for bearing with me while I transition to developing new projects. If you were disappointed to find the discord link wasn't working, I've since fixed the issue.The official Steeze Games discord server:https://discord.gg/NUaBWKjdEZ
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• Patch Notes·29 Apr 2026Official

  1.51 bug hotfix

  In this hotfix I was trying to address the script error introduced in patch 1.5 with regards to the "True ending" and clean up some dialogue. Thankfully the bug only occurred at the very end blocking the "Thank you for playing" message however now you wont have to go into the game files to avoid this crash.Content:New garbage searching sound effectNew hidden dialogueMinor changes to existing dialogueBugfixes:Script error during true endingSome grammatical errors and typosI hope you enjoy the polish update and I have no news I'm willing to share regarding the development of Lake of Darkness Cide Story out of fear of spoilers just know that it's going well and public testing should start in late June or Mid July, I'll keep you all updated as it progresses.
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• Patch Notes·3 Apr 2026Official

  1.5 Update and Future Projects

  Update 1.5 and what comes after...First of all, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has played, both players who've been around since the demos on ITCH.IO and those who are just trying the game today. I've seen so much passion from this small community it really makes this development journey feel rewarding, I've been inspired by that passion and I'd like this to be rewarding for you all too, so at the end of this announcement I'll be giving you all a sneak peak at my next game.For the 1.5 update I wanted to focus on polishing the dialogue, images, achievements, and remove some repetitions in the script. With this update I hope to leave it polished enough to move onto other projects while addressing some concerns from the community. For those of you creating guides: this is the last time I plan on ever changing achievements or routes to endings, any update beyond this will be bugfixes and further polish.Content:- 1 new ending- 2 new background sprites- 2 updated background sprites- 2 new achievements- new jacket interactions- new knife interactionsBugfixes:- no longer able to access day2 Jacob skatepark event at night- Incorrect weapon used in dialogue (alley)- background error after funnynumber scare event removed (deadendrd)- repetition of searching mom's room removed- "braving the cold" now resets stored jacket value- many typos/grammatical errors removedDiscord:I have created a Steeze Games Discord server where you can discuss Lake of Darkness and theorize over my next projects. However being a one man band doesn't leave me with much time to watch the chat so if it becomes too difficult to moderate it will be taken down. In other words; be on your best behavior or else it'll be deleted and you might not see exclusive updates I'll be posting there.https://discord.gg/PAwPf5YkAXSome confusion:After 1.4 there seemed to be a lot of confusion on how to get the "true" ending, some saying it's no longer possible. It is still possible. One step just changed slightl...
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