Announcing Hello Puppets: Midnight Show, limited time DEMO is available!
We are working on Hello Puppets: Midnight Show, a prequel to Hello Puppets VR!
Hello Puppets: Midnight Show is a stealth horror adventure set in the 1980s on the set of a children’s TV show. You will take on a role of a master puppet maker, whose prized creations—the Handeemen—have come to life to hunt you. Play hide-and-seek against an advanced AI that forces you to adapt and improvise.
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In the dead of night, you are trapped in a television studio with a demented doll by the name of Nick Nack. Hide, solve puzzles and avoid Nick Nack's traps in order to find a way out of that terrifying place.
On behalf of Scout, thank you all for supporting us and sending feedback our way. (Well, let's be honest, Scout will never say this out loud herself. 🙃)
While Scout is not a regular merrymaker, the party that has her definitely spices things up. So why not go on a little adventure with her in the burned down remains of an old children's show studio? Unraveling the long-buried mysteries and hanging out with friends, sounds just like something perfect for this holiday season right?
In the meantime, please don't forget to follow us on Twitter and join our Discord channel, those are great places to bump into Scout. Have a chat with her there, see if she has any upcoming plans for the new year. 👀
What would come to your mind when you think of sock puppets? Would it be super fun childhood memories with DIY tricks or creative shows with cute characters? Well, it is a different story in ‘Hello Puppets!’ as the moments the Sock Puppet AI jumped out have been recognized as the most terrifying scenes in the game by a lot of players.
The Sock Puppets show up in a few places and march around on predetermined paths. Originally, though, they were a systemic AI system that roamed around the map and were constantly hunting you. We had a version of the game running like this, and the problem honestly was that it was too scary.
You couldn’t focus on the story, or enjoy interacting with Scout, or anything, because every two seconds this Sock Puppet was bearing down on you. And even once we tuned him to be less aggressive, you knew he was close by, and it made people jumpy and uncomfortable. There’s always a balance in ‘Hello Puppets!’ between ‘ha ha!’ moments and ‘aaaaah!’ moments. The Sock Puppets pushed it too far to the latter. That’s why we tweaked it into the current version and made it “less relevant” in some plots to let you be able to focus on solving the puzzles with Scout.
Was it surprising to know that the Sock Puppets were even SCARIER during the development phase? Let us know what you think about the AI for this specific enemy on Discord and Twitter!
Sincerely, Otherworld Crew
Vote for 'Hello Puppets!' at the Steam Awards
Hello Hosts!
Happy early Thanksgiving from the Puppets crew! The Steam Awards of 2020 has started its nomination period and we would appreciate it if you can help nominate us in
The VR Game of The Year Award
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If you've enjoyed solving complex, challenging puzzles with Scout or screaming from the pop out scares that lurk around the corners, please cast your vote! We believe we've managed to expand the boundaries of horror and humor in virtual realm, please nominate us if you do too!
