Nightly Maintenance cover
Nightly Maintenance screenshot
PC Mac Steam
Genre: Puzzle, Strategy, Tactical, Indie

Nightly Maintenance

Item bug fix | 0.5.0.1


  • Widened beam of Modern Flashlight
  • Fixed multiple bugs with the AHD

Item Store Update | 0.5.0

Dear Malcom,

We've been watching and we can see that you may need some things that can help you at times. Well look no further because we got you

New



  • ITEMS!!!

    You can buy items and use them in Quickplay ONLY. An algorithm has been created to determine how much money you gain or lose in Quickplay and Nightmare.


    • Item shop has been added to main menu
    • Added menu to pick which items you want to use for the round
    • Added UI bar for available items at the bottom in Quickplay
    • Added screen at the end of round showing what you've lost or gained based on how you did in the round


Changes



  • The sky now has stars so you can stargaze while running for your life
  • Spiced up the chase sequence to make it more "heart beat out of your chest" like
  • Glowing player orb will now only show if the player hasn't bought any light items

Fixes



  • Potential fix for a bug where you would be unable to move when starting a Quickplay or Nightmare round


Thank you,
Eve
Mannequins LLC

1 Month of NM:MS sale!

Dear Malcom,

We would like to thank all of the players for your support! As such, NM:MS will be 10% off from July 26 - August 2nd. July 28 will be the 1 month anniversary of NM:MS being on Steam!

Thank you,
Eve
Mannequins LLC

Mannequin/Menu Overhaul fixes and changes | v0.4.1.1

Dear Malcom,

Below you will find some bug fixes we have made to make the experience with the new update work correctly.

Changes



  • The mannequin will now advance towards you when a hallucination happens


Fixes



  • Fixed a bug where the mannequin wouldn't kill you on Nightmare
  • Potential fix for a bug that would clip the player out of the factory on Nightmare
  • Potential fix for screen elements being cut off if using an ultra wide monitor
  • Fixed a bug where the action figure would spawn outside of the map
  • We understand there is a bug where the lighting still strobes after a hallucination has ended, it is not completely fixed but should happen less often


Thank you,
Eve
Mannequins LLC

Menu/Mannequin Overhaul | v0.4.1

Dear Malcom,

The mannequin needs some changes? Done! Also need a new look of scenery? We got that too!

New



  • Helpful text has been added to the main menu
  • Added a sound for fixing the machines


Changes



    Menu


  • The menu scenery has been changed to lower GPU load and load times

    Mannequin


  • The mannequin now moves faster!
  • The mannequin can't see in the dark but has night vision on Nightmare

    • The mannequin will not advance towards you if you stand in a dark area. The mannequin will advance towards you if the lights are off on Nightmare.

  • The mannequin is no longer wearing its Steam release party hat

    General


  • Jumpscare for death has been changed
  • The flashlight has yet again been removed

    • It is part of the development process. It should come back in a later patch.

  • Better electricity :)
  • Updated splash screen text
  • Left click is now the interaction button instead of E


Fixes



  • Fixed some splash screen text that was wrong
  • Fixed an issue where the machines' light bulbs weren't lit correctly
  • Potential fix for action figure only hiding in limited number of spots
  • Fixed a bug where settings wouldn't highlight when hovering over it
  • Fixed a bug where "back to menu" in settings wouldn't highlight when hovering over it
  • Fixed numerous Nightmare bugs


If you find anything that we should fix, Join the Discord. Also, I can't wait to see what strategies you come up with :)

Thank you,
Eve
Mannequins LLC

Hallucinations/Tasks fixes and changes | v0.4.0.1

Dear Malcom,

We hope you're enjoying the Hallucinations and Tasks Update. As with every major update, something is bound to be missing when released so below are some changes and fixes for this update.

Changes



  • Jumpscare hallucinations will happen less often

    • 5% chance instead of 10%

  • Sound hallucinations will now happen more often

    • Every 10-60 seconds

  • Replaced Tornado siren hallucination with trigger friendly sounds

    • The mannequin will now talk to you instead

  • Updated credits
  • Music volume has been lowered EVEN MORE


Fixes



  • Fixed a bug that caused you to die if you touched the green machine while the mannequin was in its chase state


Thank you,
Eve
Mannequins LLC

Hallucinations/tasks Update | Version 0.4.0

Dear Malcom,

With as long as you been here, Mannequins LLC would like to personally thank you for all that you have done. A lot of people have gone insane working here, but not you... right? Anyways, below you will find some amazing things we have done.

Here are some changes we made:

New



  • Hallucinations!

    • Mannequin in your face. I wanted to keep the amount of jumpscares rare so have fun when you get one :)
    • Sound Hallucinations

  • New tasks

    • New task 1: Fix the yellow machine

      • The machine will be lit up with a red light and you must go over and interact with it. Upon completion, the light will turn green and the task will complete

    • New task 2: Fix the green machine

      • The machine will be lit up with a red light and you must go over and interact with it. Upon completion, the light will turn green and the task will complete




Changes



  • When you have the task to order a pizza, you will now see that F is the control to start it
  • The pizza will now come 2 times as fast
  • The phone has been REMOVED from Quickplay
  • The phone has 2 times a longer time from when you hang it up to when it will ring again in Nightmare
  • Flashlight in quickplay is now dimmer
  • Prologue's music volume has been lowered
  • The mannequin singing is now a hallucination


Fixes



  • Potential fix for the action figure not disappearing when completing the task on Nightmare
  • Fixed a bug where the mannequin would kill you if it touched anything.
  • Fixed a bug where spotlights wouldn't render
  • Fixed a bug where you could spam the pizza order button
  • Potential fix for the mannequin going idle if it sang while hunting


If you find anything that we should fix, Join the Discord

Thank you,
Eve
Mannequins LLC

Beginner's guide to the mannequin

Hello players,

I can see that my game is hard to get a grasp of starting out so I will give you some tips to help you guys out :)

Don't worry, some things will be blacked out if you wanna figure the mannequin out for yourself.

So you may've asked yourself, "why the crap is the mannequin so mad at me? What did I do to him?" Well below I will explain some of the behaviors of the mannequin.

Mannequin Behaviors



As you probably well know, the mannequin seems to get angry at everything you do.

Here's why:

First let it be known that the laugh means a chase has started. The singing is harmless.

Chases


When a chase starts, the mannequin will laugh at you and then start moving towards your current position. If you are waitng on the pizza task to be done, you may fancy trying to loop the mannequin to kill time.

  • The more tasks you complete, the more angry the mannequin becomes

    • 0 tasks complete -> 0% chance for it to chase you
    • 1 tasks complete -> 10% chance for a chase every 5 seconds
    • 2 tasks complete -> 25% chance for a chase every 5 seconds

  • He prefers the electricity be on meaning turning on more than one light will cause the power to go out and he'll start chasing you


Thank you for your support,

Tyler W.
Developer

Post Launch Update: Version 0.3.2.1

Dear Malcom,



Here are some changes we made:

New



  • Framerate limitation and V-Sync settings!
  • On screen UI to show when you can interact with something (like turning on a light)
  • All players will now be asked if they want to enable or disable flashing lights upon starting the game next
    • Can be changed at any time in the settings


Changes



  • You will now face the truck when starting a round to help you figure out where you are in the dark


Fixes



  • Fixed a bug where the flashlight would be extremely dim if the power went out in Quickplay




Thank you,

Eve

Mannequins LLC

Quality of Life/Steam Update: Version 0.3.2

Dear Malcom,

The game is now on steam so it's time we bring some Quality of Life Updates to make it worthy of this opportunity

First take notes of the controls:

Controls


Move - WASD

Look - Mouse

Interact - E

Pizza Order - F

Join the Discord

---------------------------------------------------------

Here are some changes we made:

New


Added some previously unused assets

Shadows for all lights except where it'd look stupid

Added Settings Menu

The mannequin is wearing a party hat to celebrate the Steam release

Added direct link to Trello board from main menu

Added direct link to the NEW Discord Server from main menu

Changes


The game will now pause the round when focus is lost (Like Alt-tabbing or using Win + D)

Changed one of the loading screen text referring to not touching the mannequin as it was no longer true (It's been replaced with a better one ːsteamthumbsupː)

Looking up and down is now enabled again

Switched to a better render pipeline (Send a report if you notice any pink textures)

Fixes


Fixed a bug where clicking "Quit to Menu" from the pause menu would cause no animations or music to play on the main menu

Fixed lights being different intensities

Fixed a bug where Quit to Desktop didn't work on Quickplay

Fixed a bug where Quit to Desktop didn't show at all on Nightmare



Thank you,

Eve

Mannequins LLC