Explorers! Thank you so much for your support during the release of We Were Here on PlayStation! Although there was some white noise that we needed to fix, we appreciate you all sticking with us and showing your love of the game by mass posting and liking on social media! We definitely see what you guys are doing, and it warms our heart!
Secondly, the number of explorers who shared their love through our ecard raffle is amazing! We hope that many of you were able to (re)connect by playing We Were Here together, maybe even having a romantic Valentine’s date while you guys were at it (;
Speaking of We Were Here Together… Starting from today, February 23rd, We Were Here Too and We Were Here Together are released on PlayStation! If you previously downloaded We Were Here during its free trial, it will stay in your library forever! For those explorers who missed that boat, you can get all our games now in a We Were Here bundle! Click here..
We saw that many of you were excited to play our other games after playing We Were Here, so hopefully you guys are ready for solving more puzzles, discovering more mysteries and overall, more fun times and memories to have and create for you and your partner!
Thank you for your support!
We Are Here to reconnect you with your loved ones
Be Here Together, with our Lockdown Valentine’s Package
This weekend is Valentine’s Day, the day of love and appreciation. Unfortunately, many of us might not be able to see our loved ones due to the current state of the world. We hope to bring people together, providing a fun and exciting experience where teamwork is key. Additionally, we’ve prepared a special Valentine’s Package for everyone to use. Behind that link you can find special wallpapers for your phone and/or desktop, our soundtracks, streamer kits, and last but not least - romantic and fun Valentine ecards to send to your loved ones.
💌Tweeting explorers, can we have your attention please? This year we’re playing cupid (or mailman…)! Send that special explorer a card via us and they might win one of our prices! Enter our raffle and who knows, you guys might win our games on either PC, Xbox or PlayStation! Click here to enter our raffle💌
We Were Here… and now We Are On PlayStation! 💙SURPRISE!!!💙 It’s been three years since the We Were Here Series came to life, and today marks the day we bring it to PlayStation! We Were Here will be free to play until February 22nd, and the release of We Were Here Too and We Were Here Together will follow on the 23rd.
So if you’ve been dying to play the game (again) or want to take the chance to connect with a friend or family member who only plays console games, now is your chance!
Want to hear all about our PlayStation 4 release and more? In This Week’s Mayhem episode 3 Our Managing Director Lucia talks to Community Manager Soraya about the release and so much more.
Just like how much we love and appreciate you guys! Thank you all for playing our games <3
We need to talk...
Hi everyone! It’s been a hot minute since we last spoke to you but in the meantime most of you were busy with our Christmas event over at the basecamp. Whilst you were wrapping your minds around our holiday puzzle, we’ve been working on a couple of things…
Podcast We have seen your questions, your cries for more secrets. You want to know more about our games and about our studio. Well, we’ve got you fam; This Week’s Mayhem. Our podcast in which we go down to the nitty-gritty about our games with our community manager Soraya and some of our developers. In the second episode we get to know more about the puzzle design progress from our game designer Thijs.
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Want to stay up to date on our Weekly Mayhem? You can find all our (future) episodes on our YouTube channel and in this playlist. Consider to subscribe to our channel, any form of support makes the Jester smile! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHCVEMHWZo4Rdfxd3RT56CKLhbKb3nUIjplaylist
Merch Out with the old, in with the new! A new year and a new season, means new merch[link]. As previously explained our TMG Essentials will remain, but our TMG Limited got an update! This limited collection is all about love and romance. But no worries, our ‘Curse of Castle Rock’ design is available until the end of January, ON SALE!
Christmas is coming to Castle Rock!
Winter Sale!
The Steam Winter sale has begun and the explorers are joining the festivities! Whether you are an experienced puzzler or you and your co-op partner are just starting out, now would be the best time to check out that creepy castle that’s been waiting in the Antarctic for curious visitors to arrive. During the Winter Sale, which runs until January 5th 2021, We Were Here Together is -50% off, the same goes for all the official soundtracks and if you want to gift your co-op partner We Were Here Too, you can get it for -70% off!
Solving Christmas mysteries… together!
In We Were Here Together, a mysterious door has been closed all year… until now! During the Christmas season, you will find festive decorations inside the basecamp of the explorers. But there is one problem. They need power. A special Christmas Puzzle is available in the third entry of our co-op puzzle adventure series!
Have you solved it yet?
Feeling hungry?
What do you think about when it comes to the Holiday season? Spending time with your family, playing games together or how about some delicious food & drinks? On our social media channels, the explorers have been sharing some of their favorite recipes that will warm you up or give you the chills!
Try them out yourself!
Staying warm
In case you missed it! Last month, we launched our new merchandise store for Total Mayhem Games and the We Were Here series! Some of our design series are limited, so you better hurry up if you want to wear some of our cheerful merch. One of these examples is, you’d never guess it, our holiday themed products! Head over to the Merch Store to get it now!
Happy Holidays!
Signal detected! New update released!
Setting new frequencies
As you may have noticed, we have updated We Were Here on Steam! This patch implements a new voice-chat system called Vivox. This should improve communication between explorers using their walkie-talkies, especially those trapped in Castle Rock! You also might notice that when booting up We Were Here Too, the main menu has received a bit of a facelift! Not only is it looking better, it will also keep you up to date with what’s going on with the We Were Here Series… speaking of which…
Wear it like you mean it
We have opened up our brand new merchandise store! There is an even better way to explore Castle Rock when you look the part with your co-op partner! There are different lines of designs, like our simple yet straightforward TMG Essentials designs. Our TMG FOR FRIENDS is there for those who want to relive those memories of being trapped and spending a lot of valuable time together. But there is limited merchandise as well! Such as Curse of Castle Rock pieces of merch as well as Holiday-related sweaters to keep you and your co-op partner warm! These lines of merchandise are available until January 31st!
Can’t wait to get your own merch? Go to http://www.totalmayhemmerch.com
Ho Ho Hold on!
The explorers sure like to celebrate whenever there is a good occasion to do so! If you explore the basecamp in We Were Here Together, you might find them eating some treats based on a Dutch tradition called ‘Sinterklaas’. Can you find all of them? There’s also a door on the basecamp that’s yet to be opened… I wonder if there’s something lurking behind that as well… https://store.steampowered.com/app/865360/We_Were_Here_Together/ That’s all for now, over and out!
Halloween in Castle Rock!
Can you imagine carving out pumpkins and watching some scary movies? There’s no time for that, because you and your co-op partner must return to Castle Rock! We Were Here Too is -55% off during the Steam Halloween Sale, so there is no better time to explore and survive together! https://store.steampowered.com/app/677160/We_Were_Here_Too/ If you’re already in a ‘spooktober’ mood, make sure to pick up the soundtrack of each entry in the series who are also on a 50% discount! Speaking of the series, did you know that the sequel to We Were Here Too, which is called We Were Here Together is also on sale? You might even find some Halloween decorations in the basecamp of the explorers if you get it now for -30% off.
There once was a castle filled with life…
...and now it seems they have all moved to Discord! The official We Were Here Discord server is growing with new explorers joining every day! Looking for a co-op partner, want to theorise about the mysteries of Castle Rock or do you just want to hang out in our digital hot chocolate bar? Join our Discord server today! There’s also a monthly challenge for the community which could be a puzzle, news related to the series or a contest! For this spooky month, we asked our lovely community imagine the explorers in their worst nightmare, community member ‘Duskinator’ did an awesome job!
Cross, Circle, Triangle, Square?
We are also very excited to have shared the news recently that the We Were Here series is coming to PlayStation 4! We can’t wait to have the exciting PlayStation community join our mysterious puzzle adventures and co-op shenanigans. That's all for now...
Have a happy Halloween!
September News
How is everyone doing? It's been a busy month but we've been making steady progress. In fact, we can finally reveal some exciting news... at the end of this post ;)
What are we up to right now?
We can tell you that we're participating in the Tokyo Game Show this year, with some awesome news! If you aren't following the event, you can find it at the end of this post as well. The Tokyo Game Show is always an exciting event with some big announcements and trailers to enjoy - and we're always curious to see what's popular in other parts of the world. We'd love to attract new We Were Here fans from Japan and Asia more generally! If you'd like to check out the event yourself, Inverse has a nice article on how and when to watch.
Which announcements are you hyped for?
How the show looked in years past. It's all online for 2020.
Are you a notetaker?
Some of the puzzles in our games can be more easily solved with the aid of pen and paper, as player QAQAQAQAQ has discovered. Some great drawings here!
We're pleased to see people taking notes, because the We Were Here series is inspired in part by the legacy of classic adventure game Myst - did you know that Myst actually came with a notepad in the game box itself! You can see a cool image of someone's notes from this fun Reddit thread!
Last but not least...
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We have a great announcement for console fans today - those of you following our social media might already have figured it out - the We Were Here series is coming to PlayStation 4 soon! No dates yet, but we'll let you know whenever we have something firmed up. Follow our social media for all the latest news and We Were Here developments! And don't forget: keep your eyes open, because we will probably have more hidden messages in the coming months...
Do you see the circle in this image? There were four other images that had a triangle, cross and square. Put them together, and you got the PS4 controller buttons!
Sales and get free animated library capsules!
If you've been waiting to return to Castle Rock (or planning your first visit) we're excited to announce a 55% discount this week on We Were Here Too!
To add them, go to your Steam library, find the game in the shelves to the right (not in the summary list), and right click on it. Then choose Manage > Set custom artwork, and choose your image! You could even make every game in your library look like We Were Here, if you wanted.
Get We Were Here soundtracks on Steam!
We recently released the We Were Here Together soundtrack, featuring more than an hour of music! These songs will conjure that sinister Castle Rock vibe in no time. There's even a double discount right now with 10% off the newly released We Were Here Together soundtrack and a 25% discount on the We Were Here OST, if you're quick!
Enjoy listening to the songs of Castle Rock - what's your favorite track from the We Were Here soundtracks?
We Were Here Streaming Kit
Are you planning a We Were Here stream? Or maybe you just really like the We Were Here aesthetic? Either way, good news with this We Were Here series streamer kit! Contains all the visual elements you need to stream in spooky Antarctic style: get it here.
Stream away...!
Talking to you!
We have released an update for We Were Here Too, which brings a new voice chat system to the game.
Agora voice chat implementation
We have teamed up with Agora.io to bring you a new chat system! Our switch to the Agora voice chat system doesn't require anything from you as a player - but some people who had trouble with the previous system might find their walkie-talkies performing better now!
In case you missed it, our producer Geoff van den Ouden joined a V-Chat event hosted by Agora. You can catch up on YouTube. Topics included how the current restrictions brought on by COVID-19 are skyrocketing the demand for interactive gaming apps, a bit of personal backstory, and valuable tips to increase session times and user retention by adding live voice and video directly into their game.
[previewyoutube="LJOSqTfmAdk;full"] The release of this update also means we are ending support for Linux and 32 bit versions of We Were Here Too. You might have noticed this already happened for the other We Were Here games. We know many people are still playing We Were Here and We Were Too for the first time - we see people making screenshots, for instance!
Like this recent one from player Parallel Platypus...
This stained glass window is just one of many paintings, drawings, and stained glass scenes to find as you explore.
Have a great day! Total Mayhem Games
June News Update
Good things are on the way...
Thanks to everyone who filled out the We Were Here series survey earlier this year! We've been poring over the results, and there's some fascinating stuff and great feedback.
The results from the We Were Here survey have been very informative - there's a lot of solid feedback there. Feedback that we can take in for our next project. We're really looking forward to sharing stuff with you as soon as we can! Thanks again to everyone who took the time to fill it out! It really helps us define our path to next development chapter.. more on that in due course. Also a shout out to the brave 193 people (20% of respondents) who said that 'jump scares' are what they enjoy most in puzzles :D
Check out this great fan art by player Fenris!
We Were Here Together now also on Xbox One!
We just released We Were Here Together for Xbox One, and we're already busy on more exciting things...
To celebrate the release, We Were Here Too is currently 50% off here on Steam! If you or a friend don't own the game yet, now's the time :)
That's all the news for now. Before signing off, we wanted to share this interestingly edited image by player Ensh'eass.
