Disabled the map hotkey from all of the dream locations
Fixed an issue where travelling to the witch's hut after killing the rat could have still spawned the rat in that location
Fixed an issue where the "Investigator" achievement didn't unlock if the last required evidence triggered Armitage's "Joe's full story" dialog
Disabled the option to accidentally travel to the alien city, if Walter had not visited it before. Previously doing that could have caused errors
Fixed some typos
If you wish to use the previous 1.03 version, it can be found under Properties > Betas > previous
Thanks to everyone who helped to locate and fix the bugs!
PATCH v 1.03
CHANGELOG v. 1.03
You can no longer skip the May-Eve event by spending the night in Elwood's room
Fixed an issue where using the rod at the island could have caused a freeze, if the text speed was set very low
Fixed an issue where not reporting to Armitage about being trapped in the basement could have caused a game freeze later on when exiting the Special Collection
Selecting the "Delete existing save games" option in the main menu now deletes existing save games
Fixed an issue where the rat could run through the damaged tin sheet rat hole cover
Giving the dead rat to Armitage, and telling all the facts about it at the same time, now gives all the correct evidence points
The option to ask Fisherman about the previous customer will now be properly removed, if Walter has the rod
Finding and interacting with the dead rat in the secret room will now unlock the "Exterminator" achievement
One variation of the bad endings will now unlock the "The Blind Idiot God" achievement
Fixed some typos
If you wish to use the previous 1.02 version, it can be found under Properties > Betas > previous
Thanks to everyone who helped to locate and fix the bugs!
PATCH v 1.02
CHANGELOG v 1.02
- Fixed an issue where Walter wouldn't comment on the exam results, if he got exactly one exam point - Closing the notes / To-do list no longer disables the fast travel block - "The King in Yellow" index card in the card catalogue no longer causes issues when talking to Armitage - When staying the night at Elwood's place, the medicine dialog now shows only the valid medicines - Fixed an issue on the third dream, where injured Brown Jenkin could freeze the game while Walter was talking to the witch - Fixed an issue where interacting with the inventory books or the strange rod on the map screen could have caused a crash or a freeze - Pressing Esc at the dream world epilogue no longer freezes the game - Replaced one Public Domain store music track with another PD track - "Even Death May Die" achievement will now unlock if Walter dies during the ritual - Fixed an issue where showing an unfinished Theory papers to Armitage could have caused an error when showing the papers later again
If you wish to use the previous 1.01 version, it can be found under Properties > Betas > previous
Thanks to everyone who helped to locate and fix the bugs!
Dreams in the Witch House is released!
We are thrilled to announce that "Dreams in the Witch House," is now released and available on Steam!
The game's story is deeply inspired by Lovecraft's writings, including his famous novella "The Dreams in the Witch House".
“Couple years ago when I re-read The Dreams in the Witch House by H.P. Lovecraft, I quickly realised that it would make a perfect survival adventure game. Unlike with my previous attempts to finish making a video game, this time my motivation was strong, because of my love for the source material” -Antti Laakso, developer
Game have been in development for 7 years since 2015 by Atom Brain Games. Now the wait is over, time to lock your doors, and get ready to face the unknown. See you in the witch house!🔮🏚️"
Dreams in the Witch House releases on February 16th
Prepare for the Lovecraftian Fever Dreams: May-Eve and Witches Are Coming to Steam on 16th of February
ARKHAM, Massachusetts - Step into the madness and unravel the mystery! The highly anticipated adventure game based on H.P. Lovecraft's "The Dreams in the Witch House" is finally coming to haunt your screens on February 16th. Get ready to experience an old-school adventure with a twist of RPG elements and an estimated playtime so long, you'll forget what reality is.
Strap on your sanity, grab a flashlight and prepare for a journey that'll make you question everything you thought you knew about the universe. But beware, the witch house holds secrets and terrors beyond your wildest nightmares.
Don't believe us? Check out the trailer on YouTube and see for yourself.
Features and gameplay in a nutshell:
Unique mix of adventure game and open world survival game
You have 60 days to prepare for the May-Eve witch sabbath
Lot’s of endings depending on player’s actions with 10–20 hours of playtime
Original soundtrack by genre favourite Troy Sterling Nies
Game have been in development already 7 years, since 2015 by Atom Brain Games. Now the wait is almost over, mark your calendars, lock your doors and get ready to face the unknown. See you in the witch house! 🔮🏚️"
So as you may already know, Bonus Stage Publishing is helping me to finish the game and spread the word. Feels very nice to have people around me who have done this before!
This change delayed the release a bit, and the new date is in early 2023. The good thing is that I now have a little bit of extra time to polish the game. So here's couple of new special things that have been added already:
DIFFICULTY LEVELS There's now three difficulty levels to choose from. They don't affect the puzzles, but change how the survival / RPG stuff works. There's even Ironman mode, if you want extra tension and avoid save scumming.
TWO NEW MUSIC TRACKS More great music from Troy Sterling Nies that add atmosphere in the game.
CHARACTER BAR STATUS PROGRESSION SYMBOLS The lines below show the progress to the next status phase.
This will hopefully make protecting Walter easier. This feature was a suggestion from a player of the demo, so I can't take all the credit :)
BETTER TUTORIALS AND INSTRUCTIONS New players should have an easier time figuring out how things work. For example, finding study books should now be more intuitive.
Before I leave, here's a previously unpublished picture from the game. I can reveal that it is not the ending. I'm not going to spoil that!
Take care, talk to you soon!
- Antti
Prepare for the Lovecraftian Fever Dreams: May-Eve and Witches Are Coming Soon
Prepare for the Lovecraftian Fever Dreams: May-Eve and Witches Are Coming Soon
Finnish studio with an award-winning lovecraftian short movie announces lovecraftian game The Dreams in the Witch House to be released in early 2023!
Lapland, Finland - October 27th 2022 - Finnish game, animation, and film making studio / one man wonder Atom Brain Games are announcing their debut title The Dreams in the Witch House to be released in early 2023. The adventure game is based on the short story written by H.P. Lovecraft.
In the game the player has to survive the nightly terrors for two months, and finally face the May-Eve witch ritual. The game combines RPG and “open world” features to the traditional adventure game genre. The world is alive, and the game play is nonlinear. Many of the elements are generated randomly, so each play through will be different.
“Couple years ago when I re-read The Dreams in the Witch House by H.P. Lovecraft, I quickly realised that it would make a perfect survival adventure game. Unlike with my previous attempts to finish making a video game, this time my motivation was strong, because of my love for the source material” says the developer Antti Laakso.
While being an avid H.P. Lovecraft fan, Antti is also a creative powerhouse. Besides co-directing an H.P. Lovecraft film festival’s award winning short film Sound from the Deep, working as an filmmaker, animator and a teacher, he is now a game developer. For the game’s overall creepy feels, Antti teamed up with another fan favourite of Lovecraft genre; Troy Sterling Nies has made the soundtrack for the game.
Features and gameplay in a nutshell:
Unique mix of adventure game and open world survival game
You have 60 days to prepare for the May-Eve witch sabbath
Several endings depending on player’s actions with 10–20 hours of playtime
Plenty of detailed animation and visual effects
Original soundtrack by genre favourite Troy Sterling Nies
The game will be published by Bonus Stage Publishing in early 2023. “Bonus Stage Publishing is helping me to finish the game and spread the word. I'm very excited and relieved that I have professionals guiding me through this nerve-wrecking period. Feels good to share the load!” tells Antti Laakso about working together with a publisher and bringing the game out to the world.
Follow Dreams in the Witch House on socials Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewitchhousegame Twitter: @atombraingames
AUTUMN UPDATE
Hello! The year is rapidly nearing the end, so a quick status update.
Dreams in the Witch House release date is still the vague 2022. I just finished the new version for testers, and all the key elements are now in place. The work still continues with adding missing sound effects and bug fixing. So hopefully things go well and I can announce the release date soon-ish. It's starting to get exciting!
Meanwhile, here's a pretty picture you can enjoy. You won't find this room in Lovecraft's story, but I think many of you will know the general location.
Take care, talk to you soon!
- Antti
DEMO 1.05 UPDATE
Next Fest is now over, and I want to thank everyone who played / commented / wishlisted the game!
A couple of new bugs were reported during the festival, so this 1.05 update addresses them. This will probably be the last update for the demo, unless something significant comes up. Now the work on the full version continues!
CHANGELOG:
- Fixed the crash when Mrs. Dombrowski leaves Walter's room after cleaning it - Fixed Walter's comment when pressing the "CANCEL" button at the Photography Store - "Task completed" text now only comes up once when Walter closes the rathole - Fixed Walter's placement in the Downtown, so that he doesn't get stuck when the Paperboy spawns in the morning - Map hotkey disabled when in the main menu - Default graphics driver changed to OpenGL - Wrong exam answer penalty reduced to 0.5 points (was 1.0 points)
Save games from version 1.04 are compatible, EXCEPT that the time of day will be reseted to dawn. In some special situations this could cause problems, but reloading the room should fix them. If you wish to keep using the previous 1.04 version, you can enable it in Steam library: Properties -> Betas -> 1.04
Thanks!
Antti Atom Brain Games
Developer Playthrough # 2
A second Next Fest live stream!
Join me on June 20th at 10 am UTC+2 as I do a Dreams in the Witch House demo playthrough! This time with a different tactic, and a more occult approach.
I'll be talking about all things related to the game, and answer questions from the chat.
