A video game is nothing without its community these days. Every time we visit Lethe’s community section on Steam we are reminded of that and we’d like to thank you for your contributions!
While videos and "Let’s Plays" are the first things to catch the eye, we decided to make a post about the hidden gems of our community: Screenshots...
We’re glad to announce that Update 1.2 is now available on the new Public Beta branch on Steam! This update also contains support for the long-awaited Steam Achievements.
Changelog:
Added support for 23 Steam Achievements;
Upgraded to the latest version of the Unreal Development Kit;
Smoother character animation blending;
Minor AI improvements;
Fixed sound issues.
We wanted to share the improvements with you sooner than we otherwise could, thus we chose to release this update as a Public Beta. To switch to the Beta branch check out the instructions to access the Beta. We’re very keen to receive your feedback in the new Beta forum!
Lethe - Episode One now with Steam trading cards
We’re happy to announce that Lethe - Episode One now supports Steam trading cards. Collect a number of exclusive Lethe trading cards and earn badges, profile backgrounds and emoticons. Steam Achievements support is also in the works and should be available very soon!
Happy exploration and we hope you enjoy the update!
Update 1.1.0 is now available
The second major update for Lethe – Episode One is now available, the following changes have been made:
We rebuilt the save system to eliminate any chance of the save files becoming unusable: they will always load properly now (even saves from before this update!);
Placed additional save points and autosaves in all levels;
Added warning messages in the Pause Menu when dealing with unsaved progress;
We tweaked the water: you’re slightly less likely to drown now;
Made it a bit easier to see in the dark: less wall-hugging required;
Increased the maximum Gamma value for those who still want more brightness;
Health and Energy (Lethaum) potions now provide more of the good stuff;
Made it less likely that you’d accidentally skip through the ending sequence;
Removed unused keybindings that would cause trouble when trying to rebind;
Fixed some controller prompts in the Tutorials not showing up properly;
General collision & physics improvements;
Made the fragile crates slightly more fragile;
Tweaked some Post-Processing effects.
We strongly recommend you update to the latest version for the best experience.
Update 1.0.11
The first major update (1.0.11) for Lethe - Episode One is now live. Based on your feedback we made the following changes:
A FOV slider is now available through the Display Options menu.
Further improved AI behavior.
Fixed an issue that wouldn’t allow the players to skip through the intro text.
Fixed certain collision issues that would allow the players to break the game.
Fixed an issue that would switch off the HUD if the players open the pause menu while using a toilet.
Certain notes have been updated.
Visual pointers to certain puzzle solutions added.
Minor general visual, technical and gameplay improvements.
Certain keyboard and controller buttons are now rebindable again.
Further physics improvements will follow soon! Thanks for the feedback everyone! Have fun!
Note:User settings have been reset in some cases, due to additions and changes.
Hotfix 1.0.10b
With this quick hotfix we are addressing some minor issues:
Improved AI behavior in certain areas.
We tweaked a certain jumping puzzle to be less frustrating.
Fixed an issue where the player would sink too fast while swimming.
Tweaked a door in the Laboratory basement that wouldn't allow the proper use of Telekinesis.
We are also working on the first major update that will be introducing general improvements to the game.
Lethe has been released!
KoukouStudios and Faber Interactive are proud to announce that after four years of development, our debut title, “Lethe – Episode One” has now been released!
The Game is currently available through Steam for Windows PC.
There is currently a 10% discount during first week to celebrate its release! We plan to expand the amount of stores in the near future to improve availability.
An OS X version is planned for later this year. “Lethe – Episode One” was built with the Unreal Development Kit and although we’d love to see a Linux version too, without access to the engine’s source code it is technically impossible right now. Although that could maybe change depending on how well the game will be received.
And of course we thank you for supporting us during all this time and we really hope that you’ll enjoy our work and see the effort we put into it.
Please don’t forget to help us spread the word! Use your social media or any other means available to you. Thank you!
Lethe gets a Release Date!
Quite some time has passed since being Greenlit, so we thought it was about time to make our Store Page public with all the new media we have been collecting. And in case you might have missed it, we released our new trailer last week. So check it out here or in the video section if you haven't already!
Some of you might have noticed we have updated the descriptions on our pages, because some aspects were too vague and could easily lead to misunderstandings about the nature of the game.
We're currently focusing on a PC-only launch, while aiming for an OS X release some time later this year. Currently we split our time between the Closed Beta, the patching of bugs, finalizing content, doing promotion and whatever else shows up along the way. Thus we might not reply to your messages right away.
Now that all of the previous is out of the way, we are happy to announce that Lethe - Episode One will be released on Steam for PC on August 1st 2016!
For all matters regarding Press and Reviews, we'd kindly request that you contact us at contact@koukoustudios.com.
