Quick EMERGENCY BUT NOT SO EMERGENCY BUG FIX Patch! (v1.6.4)
We just posted a quick fix to Steam which fixes a couple small issues discovered in the past few days:
SPAMMING input on keyboard/mouse could cause killer to behave erratically. It's
kind* of expected if you're mashing your face into the keyboard, but we made sure the killer acts with a little more discretion despite your facey keyboard smash smash.
NC17 Shower Scenes were not working in PG mode. It was causing a glitch. This glitch had nothing to do with the sight of Skullface's Mom having a shower. Regardless, this glitch should no longer occur. And you should see all sorts of things your eyes wish they could un-see.
THATS IT! Seriously we did a whole update for those 2 small bugs. That's how much we care about you guys and girls!
Happy Slaying!
Tha Slayaway Camp Posse :slayawaysaw:
Hope you're ready for some crazyness, tomorrow we're announcing the new Killer Packs. WHAAAAT YEAH BOIIIII
The 'OMG BUGFIXES YEY!' Update (v.1.6.3)
Hey Killers! We hope your spring is full of stuff that has sprung. We have been working hard on the Android release of the game and getting it ready to launch in closed beta very soon, but also have been making sure we have some cool stuff coming for Steam too, starting with a quick update that fixes some small issues that you have kindly reported to us! For your patience and kindness, Skullface will kill you last.
SWEET NEW DLC'S COMING SOON!!
We've got some great new stuff coming up over the next month or so as well, including the SUPERNATURAL FORCES KILLER PACK: a brand new DLC Pack of premium Killers for just $2 USD.
Super Sweet Supernatural Psycho Killers Include:
FLAMING SKULLFACE
SUMERIAN DEMON
SUPERNATURAL OCCURRENCE
WRAITH
YETI
PLUS.... kevin
Each killer has a special premium effect, and comes with their very own special Gorepack kill animation. We'll have some more info on it all very soon!
OK OK WHAT ABOUT THE UPDATE TODAY?
Last but not least, here is a changelog for todays patches:
There was an issue where music would stop, frozen in fear of an unspeakable kill animation taking place and would never return. We've talked to the music gently with our gentle voices so it's not so afraid anymore.
We've Improved the UI on the Deleted Scenes menus. Should be more pleasing to your retinas now. Or maybe you don't even notice, in which case we've wasted our time, haven't we? We haven't.
The pause button appeared while a level was loading but you couldn't hit it until the level had actually loaded. This was weird. So we told the pause button to get the hell out of here until the level had actually fully loaded and it seems to have listened.
If you tried to pause while the Tombkeeper's walkthrough was 'rewinding' itself, you could essentially freeze your voxel killer in its tracks, forever doomed to a rewinding space in the infinitum of space and time. We've resolved this issues so your killer can now kill like a killer should kill.
We fired the kid working at SKULL VIDEO (the video store on the movie shelf screen). He was a stoner / slacker and kept putting the DLC tapes in weird spots. You know what we said to him? We said "You're Fired" and we did this thing with our fingers like we were plucking a raspberry off an imaginary bush in front of our big orange face. We hired a new kid and she's awesome with the video tapes. Puts them where they're supposed to go all the time. Amazing worker. The best. The best worker.
There was a gorepack in the Santa's Slay DLC that had the wrong name. Well. Blah blah blah. Now it has the right name.
The Lawn Mower Gorepack (Party's Over) Was not loading. Im sure this angered Peter Jackson greatly, so we fixed it. It is now fixed. You're welcome, Peter Jackson.
Still working through a couple more bug fixes but didn't want to hold these ones back too much longer so there we go! :slayawayaxe:
Thanks All, Happy Slaying!
The Slayaway Team :skullface: :slayawayknife:
THE FEASTER BUNNY UPDATE (v1.6)
Happy Easter Everyone! We wanted to put out a small but special Easter update for you all! The Easter content is exclusive to the Steam version for now so enjoy the first access to some sweet easter treats!
v1.6 CHANGELOG
Sweet new Easter Content! Use the Killer Kode "beaster" to unlock the Feaster Bunny on your killer shelf! Feaster Bunny comes with an all-new special killer kill: EASTER BUNNIED
Also included is a new purchase-able gorepack: DEATH BY CHOCOLATE & a killer bunny rabbit bonus kill!
Not only that, we've hidden a very special easter egg in one of the movie's deleted scenes section - drop a comment if you tracked it down! :)
All-new PG (Puzzle Game) Mode scrubs away every ounce of blood, gore, and general horror movie havoc to let squeamish players focus on solving the mind-melting puzzles in relative safety.
PG Mode unlocks the “Yo! Skullface! After School Special” bonus mini-game, which is really just the Faces of Killed mini-game, but features Skullface practicing his murderous technique on inanimate archery targets.
Updates to Movie Store tutorial to make the Mystery Box more obvious and the tutorial process a little more straightforward.
Improved timing and general well-being of animations when viewing Gorepacks from the Movie Store shelf.
Visual Soundwaves now emit from the phones to give a better idea of what tiles they affect when they ring.
When you turn the lights off, victims and cops get a skinny cloud of darkness around their heads, hopefully helping to illustrate the fact that they are SITTING DUCKS WAITING FOR YOUR MACHETE!!!!!
Disable the shop shelf from being accessible before the tutorial, just to avoid confusing new players.
Cleaned up Gore sliders a bit to avoid bugs and confusion. Single Gorosity slider should now increase blood, bones and gibs overall or reduce blood bones and gibs down to nothing (but still getting cutscenes). Can turn ALL the way to the left to switch to PG Mode.
Moved Gorosity Slider and Killer Kode button to the top area, so they are easier to track down for new users.
New “Movie Complete” Sound effect for more aural stimulations.
Improved font visibility across full game UI / Cutscenes.
A few additional optimizations and minor bug fixes.
Happy Slaying! :skullface::slayawayknife:
THE "KILLSTRAVEGANZA" UPDATE (v.1.5)
:skullface: Hey Killers!!
Some of you may have already noticed, but we've posted a very special new update for Slayaway Camp that introduces a tonne of new content to your camp puzzle-slaughter exploits.
GOREPACKS GALORE!
We've made it now so that every time you unlock a new killer, you also unlock their super special kill animation. You can see their special animation while playing only with that killer, and it becomes part of the normal rotation while you use that killer. We've got some hilarious ones in there like the JIMSAW Killer 'Cornered' kill, the Derek Mears 'Unborned' kill, etc. We hope you dig these new kills!
INTRODUCING BATPRINCE!
As the winner of our #SkullfaceAndMe contest to become a special in-game killer, Youtuber 'Batprince' has been immortalized as one of the newest in-game killers. Batprince can come up in the mystery box so save up those skull coins for a chance to unlock him and his awesome 'POLITELY KILLED' gorepack!
1.5 CHANGELOG
In addition to these updates, we've made some other tweaks, bug fixes and other changes based on your awesome feedback. Here's a list of what was done:
Update to shelf tutorial to make Mystery Box more obvious and the tutorial process a little more clear.
Fixes to some textures that had become distorted
Improved timing on animations when viewing gorepacks from the shelf
Fixed issue with excessive beeping in menu scene when using a scroll wheel or track pad
Additional minor bug fixes. Like the one where that level, the bad thing happens. We made it so it doesnt anymore.
If you notice anything that needs a tweak, don't hesitate to drop us a line either in the comments here, or via email: slayawaycamp@bluewizard.com
Also, don't forget to leave a Steam Review if you've been enjoying your experience. It's been almost 6 months on Steam and we're lucky enough to have a 100% positive rating as of writing this, which totally blows our minds. Thank you all so very much for your continued support! :slayawayaxe:
Sincerely,
Skullface & The Slayaway Camp Team
PS. Almost forgot! For those who purchased the Deluxe Edition DLC (Soundtrack, papercrafts, etc) we have included a papercraft Batprince in the folder with the other papercrafts :) Enjoy!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/540730/
Slayaway Camp Now on iOS!!
If you've been digging Slayaway Camp but wish you could slash those campers at work / school / on the bus / etc. We're happy to announce that Slayaway Camp is NOW AVAILABLE on the Apple App Store (Android coming soon, we're still working on it!).
Happy Valentine's Day! In celebration of our iOS launch, and because this is the most violentest holiday of the year, we have launched a brand new tape on the video shelves: MY GORY VALENTINE!
This movie was painstakingly shot in a small mining town in eastern Canada, and features a brand new killer: Major Miner. Illuminate those campers with your headlamp as you traverse the mines and rural neighbourhood puzzles of MY GORY VALENTINE.
The movie will unlock at 10am in whatever time zone you're in. Don't even think about cheating the system by changing your clock, either!!!
Happy Slaying everyone, and don't forget to check out Slayaway Camp on iOS -- live on the Apple App Store AS YOU READ THIS!!
Your Friend,
Skullface.
THE "LOVE IS LIKE A MACHETE" UPDATE (v1.4)
Hey Killers!
We've got a brand new update for Slayaway Camp which brings a tonne of great fixes and updates,
NEW CONTENT & FEATURES
New Unlockable Gorepack: Freefallin’ - Killer takes Victim on a sweet skydiving bro-trip.
Checkmarks in the pause menu have been redesigned to be a much much nicer checkmark. Revel in the beauty that is the all-new checkmark!
Added some super sweet up/down arrows in the movie store, to get you up/down shelves easier. :)
Added a checkmark underneath a movie if you have completed it. We’re working on additional notifiers if the movie’s deleted scenes and NC17 levels are complete, but that will have to come in a future update.
If language is French / keyboard layout is AZERTY, we use ZQSD instead of WASD for movement. Arrow keys still work too, so just use those you silly camper killers.
Laid some hot & sweaty groundwork for the FREE “My Gory Valentine” DLC movie to come out on Tuesday, in celebration of the iOS release!!!
We've also added brand new "My Gory Valentine" papercrafts to the Deluxe Edition Papercraft folder!
BUGS FIXED
Increased the amount of time the “Game Over” credit sequence plays so you have time to dig through that drawer in the kitchen for your favorite lighter, spark it up and hold it over your head, waving it gently back and forth in time to the music.
Steam was not checking for certain achievements when the game started up. We’ve taken Steam out to the garage, tied it up in a chair, sprinkled doritos on the floor, told it that if it doesn’t start checking for certain achievement when it launches Slayaway Camp that it will be forced to walk barefoot on those doritos. Steam now checks for certain achievements when the game starts up.
Should have prevented future Linux / OSX Save games from resetting. If you notice your game has been reset in a past update, feel free to get in touch, chances are its still on your system, just in a folder named “Slayaway Camp” instead of a folder called “slayaway camp” apparently letter capitalization is a big deal in Linux, and I respect it for that.
Made some of the ‘Tutorial hint’ things more clear / easier to read, etc.
Background music was turning off after cutscenes. This broke GNÜ TRUNTIONS collective heart. It no longer does this. Rock on GNÜ TRUNTION, Rock on.
Blue Wizard / Staff credits didnt show up when you completed the game anymore. This has been resolved so now you can see exactly who made this game, when you finish every puzzle, of course.
Sometimes game would get stuck after dying to fire on Movie 2 Deleted Scene “Ritual Gone Wrong” this seems like it would have been part of said ritual that had gone wrong, and therefore a perfect sort of meta-joke, but we fixed it because it wasn’t actually intentional, despite the abundance of ironic humour.
Texture and Audio optimizations which should help with performance on older systems, but still look super fly on newer ones.
Get Ready!! On Valentines Day, we will be unveiling the brand new movie "My Gory Valentine" on your video shelves, which boasts a tonne of new puzzle levels, a new killer (Major Miner) and new kill animations. We'll remind you on Valentines Day when it's ready to play!
Happy Slaying,
Skullface & the Slayaway Camp Team
FREE New Movie Coming Soon, plus: iOS Launch!
LOVE IS IN THE AIR!
Get your iPhones and iPads ready because in just a couple short weeks we will be officially launching Slayaway Camp on the Apple App Store!!
It's been a long journey from Kongregate and Steam to this new mobile version, and we're so proud of the end results! Slayaway Camp launches on Valentine's Day: February 14, 2017 and will cost only $2.99 USD. It includes all the bone-chilling movies and psycho murderers you know and love!
NEW STEAM CONTENT!
As an extra special thank you to our amazing Steam Community we are also releasing the brand new expansion pack "My Gory Valentine" for FREE. This expansion pack will appear on your movie shelf permanently once you launch the game on Valentine's Day. (Make sure you've completed the first couple movies as it will become available after Slayaway Camp 2.5 unlocks.) This new movie features tonnes of new levels and Gorepacks set in a small mining town on the east coast of Canada, plus a brand new killer: Major Miner.
For news on the mobile version, be sure to be subscribed to our Mailing list (sign up at www.slayawaycamp.com), which doubles as our Monthly Murderer Club, where on the third Friday of every month, we'll give you a free Killer Kode to enter into the Steam and/or Mobile game to unlock a brand new exclusive killer! Our next Monthly Murderer is going to be an awesome homage to a well known indie game about a dungeon that gets pretty dark...
THANKS EVERYONE!
Thank you all so much for your support, comments, kind words, bug reports, and, of course, logic-based murdering. You've truly helped us make Slayaway Camp the greatest 1980's horror-inspired isometric puzzle game ever.
We've been very busy and are proud to announce some very big things for Slayaway Camp: localization & a mobile version! We've been focussed on iOS and are prepping for our big launch on the Apple App Store next month, with the Android version to follow soon afterwards. In celebration of the mobile launch we're going to be releasing a whole new movie's worth of Slayaway Camp goodness: New Levels, More Deleted Scenes & NC-17 Levels, A Brand New Special Killer, plus Awesome New Gorepacks & Bonus Kills!
The best part is, this brand new movie, called "My Gory Valentine", will be available FOR FREE for all you girls and guys as a thanks for your amazing support! "My Gory Valentine" will become available the same day we're launching on iOS: Valentine's Day! We'll have more news on it in the next couple weeks, including a sneak peak at the new killer & theme. :)
Now... let's talk about what's in today's update!
Glorious New Features
We've translated the game to a few new languages: French, German, Russian, Spanish should now get fully localized variations of all our horrible, horrible puns!
Subtitles on the intro cutscenes, and the ability to turn them off in the pause menu.
Your Gorepack collection just got a lot bigger! We've added gorepacks for all the 'Standard' kill animations you see when just starting the game.
We've also added Gorepacks for every boss kill you unlock. Just beat a movie to unlock that movie's boss Gorepack.
We've also added Gorepacks for every special Killer Kill. Just unlock a killer with a special kill, and their Gorepack will also appear on the shelf. More killer special kills to come in future updates!
With all these Gorepacks, it can get a little unruly, so you can now disable Gorepacks which you would not like to appear in-game. Boss Gorepacks can't be disabled, since they are tied directly to the puzzle itself.
New On-Map non-cutscene quick kills.
New Bonus Kills added: Piranha Pool, Telephone, Brain Surgery
New water trap / drowning animations added: Piranhas, Crocodile, & Giant Clam
If you're bothered by the blood (you might be playing the wrong game...) you can turn the blood/gore settings to off in the pause menu and it will also disable blood and gore in cutscenes.
Bug Fixes
The skip button is no longer invisible on Santa's Slay NC17 shower cutscene and Space Camp's NC17 shower cutscene.
"Need a hint" tutorial no longer appears if the game is paused.
Fixed issue with some NC17 levels displaying incorrect turn count after viewing the walkthrough.
Fixed a bug where going through a teleporter and into an electric fence could cause a game freeze.
Movie complete music now correctly plays at the completion of Movie 3.
NC17 button should now be easier to select.
Game would sometimes freeze after viewing a special killer kill under certain conditions.
Skip button no longer overlaps subtitles on Intro scenes.
Graphical fixes when highlighting icons on shelf scene.
Improvements to shelf swiping.
Hover color in pause menu changed to yellow to improve readability.
Minor fixes to sliders in pause menu.
Minor localization fixes.
Minor bug fixes.
Minor graphical fixes.
Minor text fixes.
Various optimizations for UI and localization.
Happy Slaying, Everyone! :skullface:
Become a Slayaway Camp Killer!
Hello, slayers! We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting the #SkullfaceAndMe photo contest! Pose with Skullface in your creepiest, most slasheriffic outfit and you could be made into a REAL in-game Slayaway Camp killer! Check out Mr. Candyworms awesome photo above, he's our first official entry into the contest to become a Slayaway Killer :)
Contest Rules
1) Make papercraft Skullface**
2) Suit up in your best slasher/horror outfit
3) Take a picture with Skullface!
4) Post photo to social media (or just reply to this thread on the Steam forums)
5) If posted on Twitter or Facebook, tag your photo #SkullfaceAndMe so we can find it!
You can also e-mail your submission to us at slayawaycamp@bluewizard.com if you would prefer!
The Slayaway Camp team will choose one submission to become a real voxelated killer in-game for all to enjoy!
Contest runs until January 31st, 2017.
**If, for some reason, you are unable to create a papercraft Skullface (perhaps your giant meaty killer hands are no good at making tiny paper things) feel free to use a photo of Skullface instead! Or maybe a piece of toast with his face burnt into it. Be creative!
Don't have the Skullface papercraft pattern?
Download it here: http://slayawaycamp.com/Skullface_Toy.pdf