Calling all fellow adventurers!

Hello Engineer is gearing up for its grand launch on August 17th, and we couldn't be more thrilled!

⚙️Play the Demo while waiting for the full release on Steam! Scavenge, craft, and invent ingenious vehicles!

What has been improved

🔧Mr. Peterson did some house renovation(?)

Get ready to explore the updated second floor of Mr. Peterson's house, complete with new hiding spots and sneaky shortcuts that will make it easier to navigate and avoid his watchful eye 👁️



We also recommend checking out this somewhat questionable bed 🛏️

Get ready to bounce in style ☂️

Our art team has prepared new animations for all the trampolines in the game. And those umbrellas in the bakery? Let's say they've gotten a serious makeover.

Playing for the first time? Upgraded tooltips will come in handy! 📌

Get a smoother gaming experience with UX controller update ✨

• Mr. Peterson reorganized the second floor of his house. Check out new hiding spots and sneaky shortcuts
  
• Trampolines got some love in this Update with art and animations upgrades
  
• Tooltips have been updated
  
• The controller has been upgraded
  
• Cop animations are now fixed
  
• The foliage has been optimized
  
• The map landscape is fixed, and the grass is now fixed, too, no more tripping on uneven terrain!
  

• Cloth materials have been optimized
  
• NPCs will no longer go outside the residence while looking for Quentin
  
• NPCs now have better vision and can see the player on the table and high surfaces
  
• Donut box is no longer drowning in the countertop, and there's dough in the Bakery now!
  
• Improved bakery exterior for platforming: more opportunities for parkour and trampoline umbrellas
  
• A paper plane will no longer block your movement
  
• Paint spots are now visible from afar
  
• Paint decals are no longer colorless
  
• Cop is no longer in a permanent state of surprise on the porch, he’s not ghosts, after all!
  
• The ball under the treehouse is now passable
  
• You won't get stuck jumping on street lamps anymore in 'Back to School' and 'Late Fees' DLC
  
• LODs on the box on the roof of the Taxidermist's house are fixed
  
• Textures of the fences are now fixed
  
• The collision on the boulder in front of Quentin's office is now present
  
• No more climbing on curtains and getting stuck there
  
• The drone is no longer stuck after flying near any storage item, you can explore the game freely!
  
• The landscape has been fixed
  
• The painting material is fixed
  
• Office stairs and terrace material is now fixed
  
• Mayor’s outside decor is now solid
  
• The camera monitor will no longer work after Quentin falls from the height
  
• You’re now redirected to the correct place after selecting 'Load the last save' in the pause menu
  
• The black corrupted texture on the stairs in 'Back to School' DLC is fixed
  
• NPCs won't slide momentarily when you get detected from behind while they're playing search or hear animation
  
• A bug that could cause the drone to become uncontrollable has been fixed
  
• Cop no longer gets stuck
  
• Librarian now has the sound of steps
  
• Invert x/y setting works properly on cameras and drone
  
• Hideout's book now has appropriate material
  
• The sound of windows opening and closing is now fixed
  
• The sounds of inserting the button in the player are now clear
  
• Entering a closet now matches the sound with the action
  
• Quest items now make a sound when you pick them up, not like a silent movie
  
• Music and ambient are back in the cut scene in the Taxidermist's house
  
• Animations and sound effects have been updated in Patch 8
  
• A lamp in school no longer vanishes after loading savings
  
• Drones can no longer pull levers using the drone hook like a magic trick in 'Late Fees' DLC
  
• Items are now hidden when the player climbs
  
• Toy rails are now optimized
  
• The game no longer crashes after using a drone in a free chapter, unless you're really bad at piloting it
  
• You can no longer use the camera display while on the loading screen
  
• Streetlights now light up during the free chapter
  
• The Neighbor now turns with proper animation
  
• The game no longer crashes while navigating to the kitchen after completing the piano puzzle, unless you're too excited for dinner
  
• Using color spray no longer results in white visual artifacts unless you're a big fan of abstract art
  
• The game no longer crashes when AI is trying to catch Quentin in the closet
  
• Cliff in front of the Hideout now has an appropriate collision
  

What's new

🔧Introducing the newest addition to your investigative arsenal - the Tool Rack!

As you explore the world and interact with tools for the first time, they'll appear in their assigned slots on the Tool Rack. The best choice to keep everything you need at your fingertips and neatly organaized, what do you think?



And remember to check out one more storage solution for keeping your drone!

👣Watch your step, or your Neighbors will!

AI now catches a whiff of your tracks and starts chasing you. So, put your best foot forward and avoid the trash or paint if you don't want to be spotted.

🎁New AI reaction animations are already in the game!

🤩Stob by the newest & super cozy 3D menu, which is a perfect spot to relax and plan your next moves in Raven Brooks.

Did we just say relax? Well, maybe not every single minute...You know it's Raven Brooks

⚙️Meet the full controller remapping!

You can now customize your controls to fit your play style, ensuring you're always one step ahead.

Full Patch Notes

Hello Neighbor 2 - Version v1.2.4.5 Update

New features:

• AI is getting smarter and now tracks your footsteps
  
• The newest addition to your investigative arsenal - the Tool Rack!
  
• Stop by the new&cozy 3D Menu to have a rest and plan your next moves in Raven Brooks
  
• Customize your controls to fit your play style with the full controller remapping implemented
  
• New animations in the game!
  

Fixed issues & Other improvements:

• [DLC] Get ready to explore School with optimized building geometry, corridors, and rooms, making it smoother and faster than ever!
  
• [DLC] You now can get out of the basement normally after loading the last saved game in Late Fees DLC
  
• NPC no longer has unnecessary sounds while walking
  
• Mayor now has picture-perfect windows
  
• The office pinboard is no longer transparent on one side
  
• The bird from the radiator found its way back home and is no longer misplaced after Chapter 4
  
• Police tape moved to its correct position
  
• Some objects no longer have a glowing effect
  
• Water on the ground is no longer flickering
  
• Camera rotation is now correct
  
• Gates on the bridge now have the proper material
  
• Players can no longer rotate the camera in hiding places
  
• The paint can box in the Mayor's residence is now in the correct position
  
• The lamp on the table was feeling a bit dizzy and had to be repositioned
  
• The gap between the wall and the door in the Hideout is no longer there
  
• Gnomes in Mayor's Park Puzzle learned that accidents happen and now have proper "broken" effects
  
• Players can now break gnome cameras with any items, wanna try it?
  
• Weights fountain can no longer be picked up
  
• Green boards were removed from one of the houses
  
• Players no longer get stuck on tables after solving the globe puzzle
  
• AI is now more skilled in catching players under the tables
  
• Candle in the Hideout's attic is now back where it belongs
  
• The sounds on buttons in the Main Menu are now correct
  
• The Neighbour's house is no longer flickering
  
• LODs are no longer flickering when walking toward houses decorated with lights
  
• Some surfaces are no longer silent when players walk on them
  
• Taxidermist's key got the correct model
  
• Haystack went on vacation, but it's now back near the Taxidermist's house
  
• Pedestrian crossing stripes are no longer making items disappear
  
• The landscape on the map was rough around the edges, but it's now smoother
  
• Catching animation had some camera angle issues, but they're now resolved
  

What's new

🌳Good day to spend it outdoors

The trails in the park might look rather familiar, but something has certainly changed, don't you think? Get some fresh air and take a walk in the park to find it out!

Improvements

🤫Ready or not, I'm coming

A wardrobe has always been one of the best spying spots, but now hiding there is more fun. The animations of getting into a closet have been improved, while the Neighbors got completely new ones. Let us know in the comments which one takes the first place in your heart.

⛱️Bounce..bounce...let it never stop

Take a break during your investigation, and check out new trampolines in town.

📌Office keeps getting more comfy

Quentin has decided to do a little rearrangement in the hub, do you like it?

⚙️Customize the game settings as you think it suits you better!

Check out the new FOV option in the settings menu.

Full Patch Notes

Hello Neighbor 2 - Version v1.2.3.4 Update

New features:

• Get some fresh air and check what's new in the park 🌳
  

Improvements:

• Ai is getting smarter and now catches you better
  
• Hiding in wardrobes is now more fun with new & improved animations
  
• New trampolines in town!
  
• Quentin's office has been improved 📌
  
• Now you can change FOV in settings ⚙️
  
• Main map improvements here and there
  

Fixed issues & Other improvements:

• Neighbor no longer sticks during the boss fight
  
• Quentin no longer sticks behind the chair
  
• UI attack notification no longer remains on the screen after the cutscene
  
• Terrace lighting in the Bakery has been fixed
  
• Issues with taking baths have been fixed
  
• Lighting in Quentin's hub has been fixed
  
• Items spawn has been fixed
  
• Crosswalk no longer paints Quentin and items
  
• A steam train in a tree house got its wheels back 🚂
  
• A paper airplane no longer hangs in the air at the Neighbor's house on the first night
  
• No more doughnuts in the air after the basement cutscene
  
• Inners of the wardrobes at the Mayor's house now look just fine
  
• Quentin can't climb on the gears mechanism anymore
  
• Museum sign is looking good now
  
• Clothes on the roofs have been polished
  
• Quentin no longer jumps by standing on the edges of the trampoline
  
• The Taxidermist's fence material has been fixed
  
• The entrance door in the Bakery no longer collides with the wall
  
• Objects near the tree house are now positioned correctly
  

DLC:

• Brisket no longer teleports to the starting point after interacting with Quentin
  
• Quentin no longer gets stuck in the wall
  
• Ladders have been fixed
  
• The loading screen has been fixed in Back to School
  
• Music outside the residence is back
  
• Loading of objects have been fixed
  

Hello, everyone!

• Get a new in-game experience with RTX
  
• Paint can spawns have been improved 🖌️
  
• New animations
  
• Watch out: AI capturing you under the table got improved
  
• Visual polishing
  

• Imbir enjoys playing with the button again
  
• The side door in the Bakery is now in place
  
• Boards on the veranda in the Taxidermist's house are now placed correctly
  
• The zoom sound in CCTV camera is back
  
• The sounds of setting buttons in the Bakery are back
  
• The lost children posters in Quentin's office above the desk are no longer mirrored
  
• Quentin no longer jumps to greater heights by jumping on the scissors, cassettes, and gears
  
• The front door of the Neighbor’s house now faces the right direction
  
• Windows in the Mayor's house are now in their correct place
  
• Mayor now catches Quentin better when hiding under the piano
  
• The timer sound in the boar head puzzle at Taxidermist house is back
  
• Sound when cassettes are inserted into the cassette holder is back
  
• Quentin's watch is no longer on the table in the office
  
• Interactive windows now have an opening animation
  
• Material on the lightbulbs in the hideout have been fixed
  
• Bots no longer repeat the door-opening animation several times in a row
  
• Quentin can now climb the stairs the in the hideout garage while crouching
  
• SFX and music have been fixed when the player reduces the volume to zero and exits the settings without saving.
  
• Books on shelves no longer have a strange light emitting from the inside
  
• Paint can no longer levitate in the air when Quentin places it on the Basement door
  
• The door doesn't remain half-opened anymore after setting the paint can and getting caught by an NPC
  
• Quentin is no longer able to climb up/down without removing the wooden plank at the Taxidermist's house
  

• Bots no longer walk above the floor
  
• The closet no longer blocks access to the the school basement
  
• The gates in the quest with gears now work correctly
  
• The drone hook now spawns with the drone and doesn't stay in the previous location
  
• Quentin no longer escapes outside after jumping behind bookshelves
  

Knock, knock, Neighbors! 🚪

• Creepier and smarter: New AI features 🧠
  
• Neighborhood is expanding with new unique characters
  
• More complex investigations based on an experimental approach 🧪
  
• More lore exploration, to shed some light on past and future events of the plot
  
• Upgrade of the existing world: new puzzles, secrets, easter eggs, and more
  
• New locations? 👀 At some point, there will be even more places to visit
  
• Quality of life changes
  

• More stable pipeline for console updates
  
• Nintendo Switch version optimization
  
• Fixing and polishing of the most important issues
  
• Fixing and polishing of less prioritized issues
  

• Next PC update: Feb 17
  
• Focus: bug fixing - under the hood stabilizations to prepare the game for upcoming updates
  
  
• Next PS & Xbox update (Patch 1+2): Feb-March
  
• Next Switch update (Patch 0+1+2): March-April
  

AI Upgrades

🚫 STOP: private property!

Suspiciously staring at somebody's house? AI now watches out for you even outside the residence and follows you if you approach the boundaries.

🔎Hiding under the table is not that safe anymore.

Well, this hide-and-sick game has become a bit more challenging with AI catching you under the tables. Check out the new animations and choose your hiding spots wisely.

New Features

👁‍🗨 This peaceful (at first glance) town is definitely not that simple

Some suspicious gnomes with somewhat questionable eyes have appeared all over town. According to rumors, neighbors might use them to spy on each other. Do you suspect that your neighbor has a few skeletons in the closet? You can now use the gnomes and new street cameras to observe the town and find out.

🗑️New items to mess around with

Try to throw garbage cans or bags at your Neighbors and see what happens!

📌Quentin's office got an upgrade

Use the new pinboard in Quentin's office to solve puzzles more effectively and track all the connections between your creepy neighbors.

📚 Your progress is now safe in the DLC!

Check out the new save system in the DLC + polished puzzles.

Full Patch Notes

Hello Neighbor 2 - Version v1.2.1.3 Update

Ai Improvements:

• Wanna sneak into your Neighbors’ properties? The AI now notices you even before you enter their homes
  
• Choose hiding spots wisely: AI will search under the tables and grab you
  

New Features:

• Spy on your Neighbors & observe the town by using street cameras and rather questionable gnomes
  
• Mess around with trash cans and bags
  
• It’s back! Check out the new tool for your investigation in Quentin’s hub - pinboard 📌
  
• Your progress in the DLC is safe now with the new save system
  

Fixed issues & Other improvements:

• Check out the new animations
  
• Visuals here and there have been polished
  
• Visual effect when Quentin is hit by Items has been improved
  
• Portable display flickering when switching from one camera to another issue has been fixed
  
• Policeman no longer gets stuck in the open door animation
  
• You can now easily pick up the key on the toy car in the Neighbor’s house 🗝️
  
• Crashes after resetting your progress should be fixed
  
• Quentin now holds the items correctly when using the camera monitor and moving to the left or right
  
• Now you can easily pick up button 5 in the Bakery
  
• Policeman now washes his uniform after encountering the paint can trap
  
• Policeman now behaves correctly after loading the last save
  
• No more crashes in the first cutscene
  
• Quentin can crawl between tables on the second floor of the Neighbor’s house
  
• AI no longer has issues with items being outside of the residence
  
• Neighbor no longer gets stuck with a bear trap in his hands
  
• Quentin no longer T-poses after the shovel cutscene
  
• Tapes now spawn correctly
  
• Quentin no longer gets stuck when climbing the wardrobe in the Taxidermist’s house
  
• Quentin is no longer blocked by an invisible obstacle in the trophy room
  
• Bushes near the office no longer fly above the ground
  
• The window in the upside-down room at the Hideout has been fixed
  
• Keep your scissors: The Policeman will no longer steal your scissors after catching you
  
• Placing the camera on the streetlight poles works correctly
  
• Pictures in the Neighbor’s house have been fixed
  
• Collision on the office tower has been fixed
  
• No more crashes after selecting drone display or camera display
  

DLC:

• Some puzzles have been improved
  
• All quests are now required in order to complete the School DLC
  
• Don’t wanna watch all the cutscenes? You can now skip them
  
• Drone's rope is now visible on the middle graphics preset and below
  
• No more crashes after selecting drone display or camera display
  

Hello, everyone!

• Fixed a bug that used to make the basement door of the Neighbor's house (and some other items) disappear when using old saves
  
• Fixed CCTV videos in the Quentin office
  
• The Neighbor's car texture is looking cool now 🚗
  
• Eliminated the cases of Quentin clipping through the landscape after being caught
  
• Staircase door is no more opened in the boss fight 🚪
  
• Fixed rewinding time in the cutscene after picking up the Taxidermist's key
  
• Fixed a bug that could prevent the Tape recorder from appearing
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause endless loading
  
• Shadows have been optimized
  
• Regeneration of Items got improvements
  
• [DLC] No more keys in the air in the School
  
• [DLC] Fixed a bug that caused the Janitor and some Dogs to disappear in the School
  
• [DLC] Fixed the crash after finishing the Late Fees DLC
  
• [DLC] Newly obtained Drone now correctly spawns in the Quentin's office
  
• [DLC] Fixed a bug that caused the Cat Book to fly away
  

Till next time!
tinyIra & Eerie Guest

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Hello Neighbor 2: Patch #3 Release Notes

AI Capture feature improvements

• We've updated the existing animations and added some new player capture animations for the characters.
  
• The capture feature has become "smarter" under the hood - you’re no longer safe in a much wider variety of situations.
  

Inventory

• Items will now correctly face players in the inventory.
  
• Navigation has been significantly improved, making it more intuitive and clear.
  

Art & Animation

• Many new visual effects have been added in different locations. The game world now feels even more alive!
  
• A lot of props, textures, and animations have been enhanced for both the main game and the DLC.
  
• Added a few minor cutscenes and animations.
  
• We've patched a few potholes in the roads and fixed some fences here and there.
  
• Lighting in houses and outdoors has been enhanced.
  
• A lot of sound effects have been added and enhanced.
  

Quentin's office renovation

Game tutorial

Player navigation

Controls

• Gamepad controls have been improved
  
• You can adjust the gamepad layout by selecting from a few control presets that better suit your preferences.
  

Bug Fixes

• [DLC]Cutscene at the end of the Late Fees DLC is fixed.
  
• [DLC] Fixed a bug that could cause the lock not to appear on the door in the Janitor's basement
  
• [DLC] Fixed a bug that could cause the Janitor's dog models to miss textures while sleeping.
  
• [DLC] Books in the library will no longer float in the air.
  
• [DLC] The school will no longer have a white square on the ceiling.
  
• [DLC] Fixed a bug that could prevent a drone from appearing in free-to-play after a boss fight.
  
• Fixed a bug that could prevent players from being notified about overwriting the save file when creating a new game.
  
• Fixed an issue where the slider in the sound settings did not match the cursor speed.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause the Mayor to get stuck in the gramophone texture when trying to turn it off.
  
• The board in the Barn is no longer "hanging" in the air.
  
• Players will no longer be able to climb out of the cage during a boss fight.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Aaron to be placed in the incorrect location during the final cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where the time would not change in the cutscene with the newspaper in the basement of the Neighbor's house.
  
• Fixed a bug that could prevent some objects from loading in the arrival cutscene.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause table models to be missing from the awakening cutscene in the office.
  
• The car's wheels will no longer protrude through the walls in the 'arrival' scene in Barn.
  
• Fixed a bug that could have caused a cap to be visible on Quentin's head under the bandage.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause some players to get stuck by a boulder model at the riverbed.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause players to get stuck on the veranda at the Taxidermist's if they tried to climb the cupboard.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the sound of the attic door opening from playing.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the sound of the metal door opening in the attic from playing.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some players to hear a repetitive opening/closing door sound when moving around the attic.
  
• Fixed a bug that could prevent sound from playing in a scene after a boss fight.
  

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Hello Neighbor Hotfix Patch is #2 Live Now!

As with last week's update, this patch focuses on various fixes and improvements, but also some AI upgrades.

Ai Improvements

You might wanna watch your ankles - and fingers, an-, well you get the point.

Mr. Peterson seems pretty obsessed with beartraps: now he places one in areas Quentin was last spotted during the Boss fight. Otto may decide to follow suit and will pepper beartraps around his property as well. Ai has also received a few other tweaks & improvements, but most notably:

🧠 All the better to stalk you with:
Ai knowledge + navigation of residence & property boundaries improved

Hello Neighbor 2: Hotfix Patch #2 is live now.
We want you all to have the best possible experience exploring Raven Brooks, to this end, we strongly encourage you to download this patch prior to starting your investigation! And look forward to additional improvements, performance and stability fixes, and general quality-of-life changes soon!

Thank you to our amazing community of players for your continued support and feedback, we wouldn’t be able to do it without you! As always, please share your thoughts in the comments on what else you'd want to see improved or added in the future. Or feel free to join our Discord server! We've recently updated our forums to make submitting feedback easier than ever!

Have a Happy Decimbir and a very Merry Guestmas, we'll see you in the new year, Neighbors!

Till next time!
tinyFox, tinyIra, & Eerie Guest

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Patch Notes

Hello Neighbor 2 - Version v1.1.18.1 Update

Ai Improvements:

• The Neighbor may install beartraps to hamper Quentin’s progress. Watch your ankles!
  
• Otto may decide to follow suit and may pepper beartraps around his property as well
  
• Residence boundaries + Ai navigation of residence/property improved
  
• Officer Keith no longer gets stuck on steps of Peterson house
  

Fixed issues/Other improvements

• Tweaks and updates to Boss fight: items prepared in advance will revert to original locations
  
• Bonk! Quentin now reacts to being hit by items
  
• Crashes in surveillance room after completing tutorial should now be resolved
  
• ‘Continue Game’ & crashes after title screen should also now be resolved
  
• Antenna is now visible in the player's hand when equipped
  
• Inventory animations + various held item animations fixed
  
• Item Respawning improved