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All Backrooms employees, I'd like to update you on the current state of the game. Over the last 2 years I have been working on a total overhaul of the game. This is a complete rebuild from the ground up that was necessary to tell the story I wanted to tell. I know the game has su
This update makes improvements to the entity AI as well as some quality-of-life improvements like passages to the other parts of the map being exposed in the start area. We've also refined the door mechanics to make it more responsive: This is the last update before we push a maj
Temporarily removed debug camera until full functionality can be added.
Dear Employees, This is a small patch addressing bugs and quality of life improvements. I figured I'd also unlock the current state of The Hallways for testing. In this patch: Intro to The Hallways. This is a tricky area that's easy to get mixed up in. Quality to life improvement
Major Update Dear Employees, We Apologize for the delay in communications. Please be aware: The area you're tasked with may have drastically increased in size. New rooms have been reported to us by numerous other employees and we are no longer accepting complaints. Fortunately, t
I want to break character for a moment and address a harsh but fair criticism we received claiming this game is an asset flip. This is actually a very real problem on Steam and a lot of good developers can get pushed into obscurity by the volume of games getting released daily. T
Major Update Dear Employees, We are pleased to announce your adherence to company policy have led to a decrease in creature caused incidents. Please continue to perform your duties with the utmost professionalism while we continue our work alleviating the current housing issues.
Major Update All Employees, We understand from our daily incident reports that the liminal spaces have become slightly more dangerous to our employees. As a company and a family we've decided to invest in our employee preparedness training. Going forward please enjoy these featur
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Central Employees, We understand your frustration with the current power outages and we assure you we're taking every step to bring our people home. But... let's not forget the importance of the work we're doing here. Lastly, we want to remind you that the work you're do is propr
All Central Employees, While we continue to make incredible progress in our efforts, we understand The Backrooms have gotten a little... unsettling... lately. Regardless, I want to remind all our employees to follow our procedures to the letter or face immediate termination … upo
Fixed "Welcome" achievement. Added corpses when you die. Improved water optimizations. Improved lighting and volumetrics Added hanging corpses
Welcome to The Backrooms! Thank you everyone for giving this game a chance. The latest update addresses a number on bugs and optimizations including: Lighting complexity on intro environment - apparently some of the equipment was causing the breakers to overload. This normally is