The Clown's Forest
Small Patch for The Clown's Forest
Today I can announce the official release of the Steam Achievements for The Clown's Forest!
I have added support for 33 Achievements that you can obtain throughout your playthroughs!
I hope this adds replay value to the game!
I have also added a brand new A.I to the enemies in this update for a better experience without the enemies glitching out and making the game TOO easy!
Hoping to have more news on upcoming projects soon!
And thank you for your support!
-SilentWraith
The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows OUT NOW!
I am happy to announce that YES... The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows - IS NOW OUT!
You can go over and purchase it now!
It has been a hard 8 months of development for this game, even having to entirely restart development as I wasn't satisfied with the overall product I was developing earlier in the year.
I hope everyone is just as excited as I am about this release!
Buy the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2340330/The_Clowns_Forest_2_Waking_Shadows/
Thank you everyone for being part of this journey so far!
Looking forward to the future!
-SilentWraith
The Clown's Forest (Update 2.5)
I can confirm the 2.5 Update for The Clown's Forest!
Changes include!
- Added - Injured Michael Sprite
- Added - Injured Michael Facesets
- Added - Brand new Game Over screen
- Added - Dynamic Footstep Sounds
- Added - More door opening animations
- Removed - Collectables
- Removed - MP Bar
- Changed - Doors opening when interacting above them
- Changed - True Ending Details
- Changed - Added some barriers to stop players getting stuck in the final chase
- Changed - Blitzo's name from "Blitzo the Clown" to just "Blitzo"
- Fixed - Boathouse Puzzle Riddle being wrong on Normal
- Fixed - Collisions
- Fixed - Blitzo's A.I
- Fixed - Tileset Issues
- Fixed - Michael saying the wrong thing in the true ending depending on who is saved
Thank you everyone who has been supporting me for over a year now!
There is one last content update planned for The Clown's Forest!
More news on that soon though!
- SilentWraith
The Clown's Forest - 1 Year Anniversary!
Today is a day for celebration as 1 year ago today, I released this game officially!
I have some announcements I would like to confirm for you all!
The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows Trailer!
The Trailer for the 2nd game in the series is now out on the Viper Interactive YouTube channel!
The game is due for release in early 2024! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KExk207aVhs
The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows Progress!
I can confirm today that The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows has finished its main development! All that is left to do is the music, which my friend is currently working on, and adding all the voice acting and sounds! I should have more news on it soon, but if everything does go quicker than I expect, the game could even come later this year instead!
The Clown's Forest 3: Shadows of Blood Announcement
That is correct, I am now officially announcing The Clown's Forest 3: Shadows of Blood! Which will be a massive departure from the style of the first two games. The 3rd instalment will be in 3D, and feature brand-new mechanics and a much longer story! (With post-game content!) The game has no release window, but is in active development! It will not be in RPG Maker MZ either, it will be built within Unreal Engine 5! More news on that in the coming months!
The Clown's Forest's next big content update
Now this update was supposed to come out a while back, heck it has things that were supposed to be implemented in the 2.0 Update back in December. This Update is still coming and will be the last content update for the first game. It will feature voice acting, and some additional quality of-life updates that I will be introducing in The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows! I am excited for the world of this series to come alive with the voice acting!
That is currently it for all the updates I have on the series so far. It has come a long way since its release a year ago, and I want to thank you all for your support over the past year, and I am looking forward to the future of this series!
Thank you again, everyone, and I will see you all very soon!
- SilentWraith
What's happening to The Clown's Forest 2?
So I will need to clear up a few things about The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows to you all as I have been silently doing edits to the page behind the scenes. So what gives?
Well, I will explain everything.
On Saturday 13th May, I told some of my close friends I was struggling with a hard choice. I wasn't happy with the initial direction of The Clown's Forest 2, but I couldn't fix the current version as it would have taken longer to fix it than making the game from scratch. My biggest issue with it was that it was a step back from the first game. There were no puzzles, barely any chases, and overall the quality of the level design was more or less lacking.
So ultimately my choice was "Continue on and make a product that no one would enjoy" or "Scrap all the progress on the game so far, and start the game from scratch" I chose the 2nd option.
The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows officially restarted development from scratch on Sunday 14th May. With a brand new approach I am dropping multiple campaigns, I cut out one of the playable characters, and focusing more on the Puzzles, Exploration, and even a new "Duo" Mechanic, where you can boost your Companion to higher ledges to look for items, or swap character when split up.
So far, I have been enjoying this version of the game, unfortunately this does mean the game is delayed into 2024. I ain't gonna give an estimated release window other than "Next Year" doing this allows me to perfect the game, allow my voice actors to take their time, and allow my composer to work on the music in his own time without the worry of rushing.
I hope this clears up the confusion if any on why the Release Date says 2024 instead of 2023, why screenshots looked different, and why the description of the game page was also changed.
I am excited to show off more about this version of the project, but for now, everyone will have to be patient with what I have cooking up!
I hope you are all having a fantastic weekend and I will update you all soon!
- SilentWraith
What happened to The Demos?
Now this is a different post than I usually would make.
First off, The Clown's Forest: Waking Shadows is now "The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows" as I felt it would work better as a named instalment as it is important for later entries in the series, and if you miss out on this game, you might not understand stuff for the later games.
Now let's get on to the news about the Demos for the first game and the sequel.
So as you were aware, I uploaded the Demo to The Clown's Forest last year, 1 month before the game's release. Recently I accidentally took it down. Upon trying to re-upload the Demo, I came across an issue that I cannot fix as there is no obvious reason why this is happening. But when I uploaded the first game's Demo again, (By just making it visible) The game would NOT install the Demo, instead, it tried installing a build of the full game, despite the fact the build of the full game Is not tied to the "Download Demo" Button. I haven't been able to figure it out, and google has no mention of this issue.
Cut to last week when I tried uploading The Clown's Forest 2's Demo to steam, I ran into the same problem. The only downloadable build should be the Demo, but again, it tried downloading a non-existent build of the full game. making it unplayable. I am not sure WHY it is doing this. If anyone has any ideas, please do not hesitate to message me!
All in all, I am still working heavily on The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows, and I am excited to get this game into your hands, even if I cannot get the demo out any time soon.
Apologies for this inconvenience!
I will try and get both demos back up as soon as I can!
Thank you for your continued support for The Clown's Forest! Blitzo is excited to see you all very soon!
Plans for The Clown's Forest for 2023
I will be talking about all my plans in detail but here is a list of everything I will be covering in this post.
- The Clown's Forest 2.1 Voice Acting Update
- The Clown's Forest: Waking Shadows - NIGHTMARE DEMO announcement
- A new game in The Clown's Forest series is in development
- The Clown's Forest 2: Shadows of Blood News
Okay so now this list is out of the way, let us start with the first game's upcoming content update!
The Clown's Forest's 2.1 Update is to contain Voice Acting. Initially, this was planned to release in the 2.0 Overhaul update, but some scheduling conflicts for the voice actors meant I couldn't hit that deadline for the voice acting. I can confidently say, the update will be released sometime this year. It will be a whole new way to experience the game with some really good actors bringing the characters to life with emotional and professional line delivery! I am excited to get this update out to you guys!
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Now let's talk about The Clown's Forest: Waking Shadows - NIGHTMARE DEMO, so when I was moving this game to a standalone product rather than a DLC, I had been contemplating whether or not I should even make a demo, to me, it would be the perfect way to allow people to experience the game before purchasing the full title when it eventually drops later this year.
The NIGHTMARE Demo is going to be a little portion of Michael's campaign from the full game of Waking Shadows. Since Saturday the 18th, Michael was never planned to be playable in Waking Shadows, but I felt it would be beneficial to have a story with him included. His story is set within a nightmare world, where everything is distorted, broken, and bloody, and the fear of Blitzo is ever more present. Looming danger lurks in every corner of Michael's mind, and Blitzo is still a threat. Can Michael escape this nightmare?
The Demo is due to drop in Q2 2023.
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Now, let us talk about another upcoming project. The Clown's Forest: Tokens of Insanity.
This game is a spin-off that isn't a survival horror title. You play as Jonathan Longhurst, who is trapped in his own mind. You are stuck having to run around distorted levels, collecting Arcade Tokens from his old amusement park "Hartown Amusement Park" but he isn't alone, Every level will contain threats that will ruthlessly hunt him down and try to kill him. It will be the first game to be made outside of RPG Maker.
The Clown's Forest: Tokens of Insanity is powered by Unreal Engine 4, and is due for release sometime in 2024.
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Now last but not least, The Clown's Forest 2: Shadows of Blood.
Not much to really talk about for this game, except that it is gonna be taking longer to develop. The game is aiming to be big and will bring a new perspective to the story of The Clown's Forest.
It will be a full 3D title developed in Unreal Engine 5 and will feature not only Michael but 2 other playable campaigns. I cannot estimate a release window for this game. I am sorry if that does let some of you down, but I'd rather make the 2nd game the best it can possibly be!
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That is everything that is taking place in 2023! I am confident about these projects, and I am very excited to show more about them soon! When I have more to announce, I will put up another post!
Thank you all for the support! And I am hoping to see you in the forest again soon!
- Ash
The Clown's Forest: Waking Shadows GAME ANNOUNCEMENT
The Clown's Forest: Waking Shadows is now an official title in the series following two protagonists one day after the events of The Clown's Forest 1.
You play as either Carla Stevens or James Barlow a day after the events of the first game, they hear of the events of the previous night from Michael Longhurst, James despite being skeptical, joins Carla to investigate the park, which is a bad idea if you have watched Horror Movies or other Horror Games.
They split up onto their own paths. But what they both find out will chill them to the bone.
The game is made in RPG Maker MZ and features new locations, new characters, new stories, new mechanics, and much much more!
Wishlist the game on steam now! The game is slated for a late 2023 release!
More news on The Clown's Forest 2 is to come in the coming months as well!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2340330/The_Clowns_Forest_Waking_Shadows/
Thank you for reading this update post!
-Wraith
The Clown's Forest: Waking Shadows DLC Announcement!
Today I would like to announce "The Clown's Forest: Waking Shadows" DLC!
The DLC is a standalone "game" that features new characters, a new story, new enemies, and entirely new locations. (Nothing being reused from the original game except Blitzo the Clown)
You play as 25-year-old Carla, who comes to the park with her boyfriend James, after finding a young man the previous night, who was stumbling out of the park, injured, confused and angry.
They took him to the hospital, where he told them about a clown in the forest. James was skeptical, but Carla believed Michael, and she dragged James along with her. What they find there will flip their lives upside down.
The DLC is due for release sometime in 2023.
You can find the game here!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2309570/The_Clowns_Forest_Waking_Shadows/
I will have more news about the DLC soon!
- Wraith
The Clown's Forest Patch
- Added internal timers for the Clown so the Chases don't start before the Player is prepared for them
- Added new text that wasn't coded properly into the game
- Fixed Dialogue not linking with the choices the player made
- Fixed music not playing during chases
If there is any other bug you discover please let me know!
Have a great weekend everyone!