On Dark Terms

Released: Feb 6, 2024
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 01:55 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

11 Feb 2024Developer post
Hotfix v1.0.1 is live!
Hi everyone! If you’re new to the game or returning after a while and find that the new experience this game brings is still a bit overwhelming, then I think this update is for you. I’ve been keeping an eye on the community as I always do so that I can get an understanding of how
Hi everyone!
If you’re new to the game or returning after a while and find that the new experience this game brings is still a bit overwhelming, then I think this update is for you. I’ve been keeping an eye on the community as I always do so that I can get an understanding of how players feel and make necessary adjustments to help improve the player experience.
So, in this update, I focused on difficulty balance for training and easy modes for both new and casual players as well as a few quality-of-life changes and increases to XP gain/Astral Shards to help players level up faster for a more rewarding experience.
UPDATES

The movement speed of Wrath’s mimic books during hunts has been reduced on all modes and will despawn quicker on Easy and Training Mode. In addition, the damage from Mimic’s has been reduced by 25% on easy mode and 50% on Training mode.
The chance of possession from Gluttony Hallucinations during hunts has been reduced on Easy and Training mode.
The Ghost has had its movement speed slightly reduced on all Difficulties.
The movement speak while the Entity is awakened (Corruption is 100) has been reduced on Easy and Training mode. Please keep in mind that the intended mechanic of Corruption is that players find HIDING spots where they are completely immune to death and cannot be detected. Players can then crouch around the map which makes it extremely hard for the entity to hear them while they look for corruption mass to burn.
The player detection radius of awakened entities to both see and hear players has been reduced on Easy and Training Mode to help provide new/casual players with a higher window of reaction opportunity.
Possession Resistance is now easier even at low Sanity levels on Easy and Training mode.
Sanity Damage taken from Possession has been reduced by 50% on Training Mode and 15% on Easy. This should help players survive much more easily while learning how to survive the possession.
XP gain and Astral Shard reward from quests has been increased roughly 25% to help with player progression at early levels.
Bonus XP and Astral Shard reward from completing all 3 quests on turn in has been increased.
The Quest “Breaking the Ice” now displays the current progress of Fire Pits the player has lit at the right side of the screen.
The Quest “The Learning Curve” will now display the “Story Quest Complete” message” at the top middle of the player's screen and the story menu will properly reflect the status as completed.
The radius at which the TIP message should display on Hallucinations for players has been increased so that new players don’t need to get as close to and feel at risk of possession while reading.
One of the Jumping puzzles for Office Research was known to be on the difficult side, so I’ve adjusted the platforming there to have much easier leap points to get to the objective.
Setting your FPS Limit no longer requires a client restart to apply.
Thanks everyone, I hope this improvement helps! Halo
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09 Feb 2024Developer post
The V1.0.0 transition and the “Spectral Cat”!
Hi all! Firstly, I wanted to point out that I noticed there was something that went wrong with the current build of the game not containing the correct game version for the transition to V1.0.0. I worked tirelessly overnight to get this fixed as quickly as possible and apologize
Hi all!
Firstly, I wanted to point out that I noticed there was something that went wrong with the current build of the game not containing the correct game version for the transition to V1.0.0. I worked tirelessly overnight to get this fixed as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience it may have caused you.
With that said, the current build should be correct and the new features should be available with it.
What's new?

Chapter 3 Is now Available! As the story closes in, we are starting to suspect that some things are quite off about Bwonsombdi... or is the Darkness just getting to our head?
A brand new Cat skin the "Spectral Cat" is available at the Cat Wardrobe under "Fur Types". I hope everyone enjoys this beautiful skin!
The progression system has seen some updates due to its new overhaul and should feel more rewarding with XP and Astral Shards specifically earned from completing story quests.
The long Christmas holiday update has come to a close, I hope you got your hats and enjoyed the season!
More bugs were fixed to further improve the player experience.
Thank you everyone who has played On Dark Terms. I truly hope that you were able to experience something unique and enjoy the time you spent with it. Halo
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06 Feb 2024Developer post
BIG NEWS, the Future of On Dark Terms and my development journey
The Honest Truth Hi all, I wanted to post an announcement discussing the state of On Dark Terms because the truth is, due to financials, I've been struggling a lot with my personal life, and it is taking a toll. What does this mean? in short, I will need to begin developing other
21 Dec 2023Developer post
Update 0.3.0 is here! Christmas!
New Christmas has arrived. What is there to do? Everyone's favorite of course. HATS! 9 New Hats to unlock! 7 New Jumping Puzzles 2 New exploration areas to find hats. 1 New cat backpack (a gift from me to you) Most of the world is decorated so you won't want to miss out on that,
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Christmas has arrived. What is there to do? Everyone's favorite of course. HATS!

9 New Hats to unlock!
7 New Jumping Puzzles
2 New exploration areas to find hats.
1 New cat backpack (a gift from me to you)
Most of the world is decorated so you won't want to miss out on that, plus it’s snowing!
Christmas music to get you in the spirit!
All and all, it’s a fun event to experience, so get in there and get your free hats!
Remember to head to the character or cat customization area to read about where to find each hat
Happy Holidays!
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24 Nov 2023Developer post
Update 0.2.1 is here! All of Chapter 2 is available.
NEW Chapter 2 Pages 6-8 are now available! Wrath Demon has a brand new ability, Summons Mimic Books! UPDATES Greatly Increased the XP gain from quests. This should allow players to level up much faster and reduce the grind in trying to unlock harder difficulties. It also gives pl
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Chapter 2 Pages 6-8 are now available!
Wrath Demon has a brand new ability, Summons Mimic Books!
UPDATES

Greatly Increased the XP gain from quests. This should allow players to level up much faster and reduce the grind in trying to unlock harder difficulties. It also gives players more options for cosmetic purchases by the time they have enough Astral Motes to purchase some.
Research now grants Astral Motes starting at level 3. Level 6 grants 8 motes up from 5. This gives research a much more valuable incentive to complete for players saving up for materials and cosmetics. In addition, the Possession chance has been changed to a 50% increased chance to possess rather than a 50% chance baseline. This will increase the survivability against gluttony greatly on lower difficulties.
Glutton Demon Ability overhaul – gluttony will always purge, however, it will ways devour the spawned Hallucination from the purge 10 seconds afterwards (duration increases with difficulty). In Addition, the
Wrath Demon Ability overhaul - When hunting, Wrath summons evil MIMIC books!!! (1 mimic per player). The mimic will follow its victim for 9 seconds (longer with harder difficulty). If it reaches its victim, it will deal sanity damage, if not, it will despawn itself.
Hallucinations now have a smaller percentage chance of possessing players on all difficulties.
FIXES

Fixed an issue that was causing Voodoo Doll ability to not deal sanity damage properly.
Fixed an issue where purchasing only a single item from the merchant NPC was not reflecting into the inventory.
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22 Nov 2023Developer post
Hotfix 0.2.0.2 is live!
UPDATES Events such as the swing set at the amusement park, train station generator, etc., no longer causes players to be removed from Astral Form if close to them when they occur. FIXES Fixed an issue where the Destroy a Corruption Mass at the Train Station Quest was not updated
UPDATES

Events such as the swing set at the amusement park, train station generator, etc., no longer causes players to be removed from Astral Form if close to them when they occur.
FIXES

Fixed an issue where the Destroy a Corruption Mass at the Train Station Quest was not updated to “complete” when burned by the player.
Fixed an issue where Embodiment symbols were still spawning on events (this system was deprecated with 0.2.0).
Fixed an issue where the “Lay Down” key for Astral Form was not working.
Fixed an issue where sometimes client connections don’t see the hunt map when walking through the portal requiring them to walkout then back in again.
Fixed an issue where Empty EpiPens were not counting toward the cat backpack cosmetic.
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22 Nov 2023Developer post
Hotfix 0.2.0.1 is live!
UPDATES The Ghost Wraith ability now has a 1 second delay before damaging players. This delay is shorter on Normal and Hard difficulties. The Ghost Wraith ability now deals less damage per hit. Hallucination grace period has increased so that they appear to happen less frequently
UPDATES

The Ghost Wraith ability now has a 1 second delay before damaging players. This delay is shorter on Normal and Hard difficulties.
The Ghost Wraith ability now deals less damage per hit.
Hallucination grace period has increased so that they appear to happen less frequently.
The Possession Resistance Skill Tree perk has been updated. In addition to key press resistance, it will also provide 6% less sanity damage taken from hallucinations per point spent. This makes the resistance skill much more valuable for survivability especially when encountering a Gluttony Demon.
FIXES

Fixed the mote icons for unlocking player and apartment cosmetics.
Fixed an issue where new players could get the duck hat before finishing the introduction then not be able to escape the room (a new player pointed this one out today, thank you!).
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21 Nov 2023Developer post
Nominate On Dark Terms for Most Innovative Gameplay!
Most Innovative Gameplay Award Hi all! With Steam Nominations happening, I thought I might reach out to my amazing community to see if you'd be interested in helping nominate On Dark Terms for the Most Innovative Gameplay Award ! As many of you know, I've put my heart into creati
Most Innovative Gameplay Award
Hi all!
With Steam Nominations happening, I thought I might reach out to my amazing community to see if you'd be interested in helping nominate On Dark Terms for the Most Innovative Gameplay Award!
As many of you know, I've put my heart into creating this game, pushing the boundaries of its potential by building a truly unique experience that sets itself apart from every other paranormal investigation game.
I thought it might help to list the key features of my game that truly make it special:

My First Game: This is my very first game as a solo dev that took me roughly 1 year to create and I have taken creativity from a novel that I began writing a long time ago to create a fantasy game that takes paranormal ghost investigation and mixes it with Survival Open World RPG elements.
The Astral Cat: Among all other elements the multiplayer experience of being a cat with your friends and using your cat to perform investigation mechanics to complete dungeons has easily been the most talked about feature of the game. The amount of customization for the cat, the interactions with it, and how it integrates into the core gameplay is innovative in this genre.
Open World: A truly Open-World Multiplayer Paranormal Investigation game that brings next-gen game design to open world dungeons that completely removes loading screens from the player experience. On Dark Terms does not have a single loading screen aside from launching the game and joining a session and uses Unreal Engine 5's new cutting-edge technology to create dungeons that players seamlessly walk into. This experience is unlike any other. Most games require new map loads, but I pushed those boundaries.
A Unique Dungeon Leveling System: Unlike most games where difficulty modes are unlocked and apply to every map you want to play, On Dark Terms treats Dungeons as individual progression systems. This means that in order to unlock a crafting station or a hard mode for the Amusement Park, players need to complete open-world research quests in the local area of that dungeon to specifically gain access to that dungeon's high difficulty mode.
A Crafting System: rather than relying on the normal paranormal investigation store system, players are expected to loot materials in the open world by exploring or by completing dungeon quests to earn currency that can be traded for materials that players then need to craft!
A new take on Ghost Hunts: On Dark Terms completely changed the way we “Hunt” entities by stepping into their world and fighting back against them with RPG and Survival based mechanics. Players must execute different strategies to survive.
A new take on Ghost Investigation: Evidence in this world is a manifestation of Darkness and players need to hunt entities to observe their behavior all while trying to survive the hunt. This is how players determine entity types. The combination of survival and observation makes for an intense and invigorating investigation experience like no other.
Unique Story: this game is not just a cookie cutter paranormal investigation game. On top of everything mentioned, it brings a unique story that breathes life into the game, immersing players into the world. In On Dark Terms, you are not just a random person looking for entities. You are a normal human who volunteers their soul during an Apocalypse with a Loa of the dead to gain Astral abilities (and hence the Astral Cat Form) that will allow you to fight back against the Darkness. If that’s not cool, what is?
I can't thank my community enough for the kindness those of you have showed me. It's been an extremely difficult journey for me and I'm ever grateful to every one of you. I know that my game is not perfect, but I also know that no game is. What matters most is what a dev decides to do about their imperfections and I for one am always listening, always improving, and always dedicated to making the game the best it can be.
Thank you all
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20 Nov 2023Developer post
0.2.0 is here! Chapter 2 is available and a Trading Post has arrived!
NEW The Story has been rewritten with Chapter 2 now available! This means that Chapter 1 has also changed so that is serves as an introduction for new players starting out. A Skill Tree has been added to the Character Menu that unlocks through Chapter 2 of the story. This Skill T
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The Story has been rewritten with Chapter 2 now available! This means that Chapter 1 has also changed so that is serves as an introduction for new players starting out.
A Skill Tree has been added to the Character Menu that unlocks through Chapter 2 of the story. This Skill Tree will allow players to upgrade their character's strength in different areas such as consumable potency, sprint speed, and possession resistance.
A Location called “The Trading Post” has opened near the Apartment with 3 new NPC’s!

Cosmetics Merchant to purchase cosmetics from.
Materials Merchant to purchase crafting materials from.
Quest Giver NPC to pick up quests that are no the primary way or leveling and earning motes to purchase cosmetics and materials.

A new currency called “Astral Motes” has been added which will require players to purchase cosmetics and crafting materials from merchants NPCs. Motes are obtained from the Quest Giver and some story quests.
Due to the New Story and Progression Revamp, all players will have to re-unlock the progression specific cosmetics by purchasing them through the new Astral Mote system. Players will still retain Achievement cosmetics and hats that were unlocked separately from progression specific cosmetics.
UPDATES

Embodiments have been revamped to make them more intuitive and easier to understand. 3 ways of finding embodiments:

Embodiment 1 – spawns while spirt charm is active. Requires a thermometer to be found. Right clicking negative temp causes the embodiment to become visible.
Embodiment 2 – spawns while summon circle is active. Requires an EMF to be found. Right clicking EMF 5 causes the embodiment to become visible.
Embodiment 3 –spawns while corruption level is 100). Requires a thermometer to be found. Right clicking when seen in the camera causes the embodiment to become visible.

Players can then press “E” to interact with the Embodiment and choose whether they’d like to activate it or not.
Research is now repeatable at max research level. In addition, research completed at max level will grant 5 Astral Motes as a bonus perk.
The Story Desk UI has been updated to now include a "Chapter Index" which allows players to go back and read older story quests they completed.
Consumable cooldowns have been reduced to 12 seconds down from 20 seconds.
Energy drinks now provide 60% stamina while fatigued up from 40%.
Adrenaline buff now lasts 4 seconds down from 10 seconds.
Fatigue now lasts 4.0 seconds down from 6.0 seconds.
Demons Updates:

Demon no longer passively teleport while hunting (this is now a Wrath exclusive ability).Instead, their movement speed increases by a small amount every 5 seconds.
Envy demons now take stamina from all players rather than only the victim it copied.
Wrath demons no longer have a shortened delay on teleporting. The teleport delay has been adjusted to reflect the change to the removal of passive teleporting.

Update Audio Spatialization for hunting vocals so that the entity’s location is easier to determine.
The Spirit Charm Entity player detection radius reduced by 50% and now increases based on difficulty. This will increase the overall survival rate but provide more skill-based gameplay as players climb difficulty.
Light sources now last significantly less as long for all difficulties
The UV light has been removed as it currently serves no purpose in the game.
Corruption no longer affects Hallucination Possession Resistance. Instead, the resistance factor is now scaled by the player’s current sanity.
Players now take sanity damage overtime while in the Summoning Ritual Realm the amount of damage done is scaled by difficulty.
Continued improvements to texture optimization and overall performance.
FIXES

Fixed issues with negative temp evidence spawn clipping
Fixed Demon Hunt demonic book spawn points that caused books to clip into structures making it difficult and sometimes impossible to read the symbols.
Fixed collision areas in the Witch Map that caused both players and AI to get temporarily stuck.
What's Next?
More chapters are coming soon that will dive you all deeper into understanding the Darkness and our Astral Contract as well as the Christmas Event that is just around the corner.
I hope you all enjoy this update and look forward what's coming next!
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04 Nov 2023Developer post
Hotfix 0.1.3.3 is live!
UPDATES Updated the look and feel of the Embodiments UI to be more intuitive and consolidated. Improved memory optimization. Improved Player and Cat movement animations. Just a small hotfix here, but it continues to help improve texture and memory optimization.
UPDATES

Updated the look and feel of the Embodiments UI to be more intuitive and consolidated.
Improved memory optimization.
Improved Player and Cat movement animations.
Just a small hotfix here, but it continues to help improve texture and memory optimization.
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01 Nov 2023Developer post
On Dark Terms Tutorial Dev Guide for getting started
On Dark Terms Tutorial Dev Guide I wanted to make a video for new players, interested players, and anyone who might be looking for a starting place! In 0.1.3 I released a new Training System that breaks up the learning experience into "Tutorial" and "Practice" that allows players
31 Oct 2023Developer post
Hotfix 0.1.3.2 is live!
NEW Added an Invert Y-Axis option to increase player accessibility. Added an Invert X-Axis option to increase player accessibility. UPDATES Improved mic audio capture performance to reduce CPU usage. Improved texture optimization to help reduce the load on Memory usage. Mouse Sen
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Added an Invert Y-Axis option to increase player accessibility.
Added an Invert X-Axis option to increase player accessibility.
UPDATES

Improved mic audio capture performance to reduce CPU usage.
Improved texture optimization to help reduce the load on Memory usage.
Mouse Sensitivity has been added to the Controls Settings under the new “Mouse” section.
FIXES

Fixed an issue with some temperature spawn points overlapping hiding spots in the Amusement Park.
Fixed an issue with some Demon Hunt books sometimes spawning in walls and hard to see places.
Fixed an issue causing the death training mode message to sometimes get overlapped by the chapter 1 – page 2 message for players that have not yet completed it.
Fixed the naming issue of the corruption label in the afterlife.
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27 Oct 2023Developer post
Hotfix 0.1.3.1
UPDATES The unlock message for the duck hat now mentions “cat collision is your front paws”. The unlock message for the robot helm now mentions “cat collision is your front paws”. The unlock message for the Conical Hat has been updated to better pinpoint the start location to sea
UPDATES

The unlock message for the duck hat now mentions “cat collision is your front paws”.
The unlock message for the robot helm now mentions “cat collision is your front paws”.
The unlock message for the Conical Hat has been updated to better pinpoint the start location to search for it on the Map.
The unlock message for the Helicopter Hat has been updated to better pinpoint the start location to search for it on the Map.
Increased the player detection radius of the Cat Customization in the cat room so its easier to notice when searching for it.
FIXES

Fixed an issue where during the new player introduction, when after the player is prompted to enter Astral Form, if the player using Astral Vision prior to pressing” H” to move forward in the introduction, the process would get stuck, and players would not be able to continue.
Fixed an issue where the death progress for the challenges to unlock demonic wings and the Voodoo Hat wasn’t working as intended.
Thank you everyone for the player feedback! I hope this small hotfix helps you on your journey to unlocking your hats!
P.S. TIP for jumping puzzles - due to cat collision being at the front paws, it can good with delicate jumps to tap space bar first then use the forward movement key secondly to slowly glide to a platform. Aim to land on your front paws rather than your belly.
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25 Oct 2023Developer post
0.1.3 is here! A NEW Training Mode has arrived!
NEW Training Mode has been revamped and broken up into 2 sub-modes: “Tutorial” and “Practice”. When players press “Start Dungeon” with Training Mode selected, a new UI will display 2 Modes to choose from. Tutorial Mode - removes threats that do not pertain to the core gameplay lo
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Training Mode has been revamped and broken up into 2 sub-modes: “Tutorial” and “Practice”. When players press “Start Dungeon” with Training Mode selected, a new UI will display 2 Modes to choose from.
Tutorial Mode - removes threats that do not pertain to the core gameplay loop such as Flash hunts, Hallucinations, awakenings. This will allow players to FOCUS purely on learning the mechanics of the game without the added stress of the game’s passive survival mechanics.
Practice Mode - provides the same dungeon experience that the current Training Mode does. This mode can be viewed as a watered-down version of Easy Mode that is good for “practicing” once the tutorial has clicked with the player.
The Entity dropdown in the Astral Shrine UI has been completely replaced by a NEW entity selection UI displayed as 3 cards to allow players to visualize the 3 different entities before deciding which of them to investigate. The previous design provided no indication to players that they could change their entity type to experience different hunts.
UPDATES

The Training/Tutorial Mode UI has been updated to consolidate the tips on the screen in a much more manageable and focus-driven manner.
Evidence popups are now integrated into the Step 1 – 4 messages which will provide a much more intuitive walk through for new players. The main steps 1-4 are now located at the bottom center of the screen to help with visual focus.
Additional “sub-steps” have been added to the main tutorial steps 1-4. For example, after taking a photo of an orb, the main tutorial step will change from “orbs have spawned… etc.” to “energy has spawned…etc.”. The goal is to break up text prompts into smaller and more manageable messages that are easier for the player to process.
Dark Matter that players have already absorbed energy for will now display a red text under their nameplate informing the player that it can no longer be transmuted (other players can still transmute if they don’t have the energy corresponding to that dark matter). This is intended to help remove the redundancy of players hitting the same Dark Matter multiple times when they have already absorbed the energy level that it corresponds to it.
Wrath’s ability now scales its delay after teleporting based on difficulty. This should make wrath much more manageable for lower difficulties.
Some trails in the open world leading to hidden hats have been updated to better guide the player to where they should begin their search.
All hidden hat descriptions have been updated to provide more helpful directions on where to find the hats.
The duck jumping puzzle has been made a bit easier on the 2 most difficult jumps to allow players to get to the hat with less attempts.
The World Map now has a waypoint message and icon to inform players on how to create waypoints on the map.
FIXES

Fixed an issue where players that enter the dungeon while other players are in it causes the minimap/world map to re-appear for the players inside the dungeon.
Fixed an issue where the active Hunt UI was not appearing for players that entered a dungeon while a Hunt is ongoing.
I am really excited for new and/or returning players to try out the revamped Training Mode! Thank you everyone who has provided feedback and continues to help support me in this development journey!
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20 Oct 2023Developer post
0.1.2 is here! Halloween Part 2! New customization options!
NEW New Attire - HATS for CATs and of course for players as well. New Attire – Backpack and demon wings for cats (demon wings for players). The Ice Cream Truck’s driver is in town. Will you stop by to say hi? New areas to explore when searching for hats to unlock! The Amusement P
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New Attire - HATS for CATs and of course for players as well.
New Attire – Backpack and demon wings for cats (demon wings for players).
The Ice Cream Truck’s driver is in town. Will you stop by to say hi?
New areas to explore when searching for hats to unlock!
The Amusement Park has a ridable air balloon!
The hiding spot doll has been acting strange lately…
Embodiments now spawn an informational nameplate in Training Mode that players can see from a distance that will indicate to them which kind of Embodiment (Event, Interaction, Anomaly) it is and how to activate it. This is intended to help improve the awareness of Embodiments and what players should look out for.
Embodiment Marks can now be interacted with directly during Training Mode by pressing “E” to read more information about the Mark and how they work.
Activating an embodiment will now inform all players for all difficulties of exactly which type of Mark was activated (Symmetry, Pyramid, etc.)
UPDATES

Corruption Level now pauses while a Spirit Charm or Summon Circle is active for Training and Easy Mode. However, when the spirit charm/summon circle ends, the amount of corruption that “would have passed” throughout the paused period will be added to the activity. This will make it easier for new/learning players to focus on the spirit charm/summon circle without worrying about overlapping the Awakening.
The Entity Selection Dropdown has been moved onto the first deduction page with “View Entities and Abilities” as it was counter intuitive to players trying to find and select an entity type.
Sight radius of Scarecrows has been reduced by 15%.
Player icons and stickers now have a hover tooltip to inform players how to apply them.
FIXED

Fixed an issue where the Nanite and Motion Blur was saved but not reflected in the settings drop down.
Fixed an issue with Library and Museum that allowed players to walk in without starting the dungeon.
Fixed an issue with the Despair embodiment not working during hunts.
Fixed an issue with Audio Settings not applying.
Fixed an issue with Audio Master Volume not adjusting individual sliders properly.
Thank you everyone for your continued support. I hope you enjoy this lovely Halloween Event!
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13 Oct 2023Developer post
Hotfix 0.1.1.1
NEW Added more tip text to training mode to continue helping improve the new player learning experience. Added new indicator arrows that spawn on hiding spots in training mode when the corruption warning appears at 80 corruption level to help guide new players to where hiding spo
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Added more tip text to training mode to continue helping improve the new player learning experience.
Added new indicator arrows that spawn on hiding spots in training mode when the corruption warning appears at 80 corruption level to help guide new players to where hiding spots can be found.
Added a new indicator arrow to the corruption mass in training mode that appears when corruption level reaches 100 to help new players have a better idea of what to do next.
Added physics hit sounds to smack-able objects.
FIXED

Fixed an issue where some save files prior to 0.1.0 were still holding onto old data causing absorbed energy to continue clearing on re-entering dungeons which is no longer an intended effect.
Fixed an issue where Embodiment interactions sometimes spawn in with an incorrect rotation causing it to be unreadable by the player.
Fixed an issue where some clients were not seeing other players on world map and mini map.
Fixed an issue where dying while simultaneously clicking a hiding spot would cause the player to become stuck.
Fixed an issue where dying during a hunt was not unloading the Hunt map as it does when crossing through the portal.
Fixed an issue where Flash hunts still happen in the hunt map for a player that died during the hunt while the hunt is still active.
Fixed an issue where if players exited Astral Form while next to an interactable object they would not see the nameplates of the object anymore.
Fixed an issue where walking into a new dungeon while in Astral Form was not displaying training mode proxy tips until the player switched forms.
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12 Oct 2023Developer post
0.1.1 is here with a highly requested feature... "Smack-able" cat objects!
NEW The highly requested “Smackable” objects for cats have been added to the apartment, amusement park, and the fast-food area near the park! Players will need to use their “T” ability to hit them. I have plans to expand the number of smackable objects and where they can be found
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The highly requested “Smackable” objects for cats have been added to the apartment, amusement park, and the fast-food area near the park! Players will need to use their “T” ability to hit them. I have plans to expand the number of smackable objects and where they can be found, but for now I hope the community will have fun with this!
UPDATES

Hallucinations are now prevented while the UI is open on all difficulties.
Added footstep sounds to the open world scarecrows.
All hiding spots now have the creepy doll.
FIXES

Fixed an issue where the scarecrow was not killing players in astral form.
Fixed an issue where players that die while mid-cast such as corruption, do not reset the state of authority on the casting object, preventing other players from interaction with it.
Fixed an issue where getting killed by an open world creature when far from the apartment, can sometimes cause the apartment to not visibility load in on clients upon resurrection.
Fixed an issue where some Overserved Energies would not despawn after 2 minutes of not being absorbed.
As always, thank you so much everyone for playing!
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10 Oct 2023Developer post
0.1.0 is here, Halloween Part 1! You won't want to miss this!
NEW The open world has been decorated with a Halloween theme! Creepy Halloween ambience has been added to reel you into the spooky atmosphere! You scream, I scream, we all scream… Ice Cream trucks have mysteriously arrived in town and they don't seem quite right. Scarecrows popul
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The open world has been decorated with a Halloween theme!
Creepy Halloween ambience has been added to reel you into the spooky atmosphere!
You scream, I scream, we all scream… Ice Cream trucks have mysteriously arrived in town and they don't seem quite right.
Scarecrows populate the world waiting for victims… do you dare approach them?
UPDATES

Dying in the open world is now possible. Players will be resurrected back to their apartment as a human, bypassing the astral afterlife. Don’t worry though, as of right now, there is no consequence for dying in the open world.
Each Hunt Map has been decorated as well so be sure to try out the Demon, Witch, and Ghost!
Hiding just got a whole lot creepier... the Darkness is always watching.
FIXES

Fixed an issue where the awaken audio and footsteps sometimes weren't playing.
Fixed an issue where energy was sometimes being cleared upon leaving and re-entering without resetting the current dungeon.
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09 Oct 2023Developer post
Hotfix 8 for 0.0.9
UPDATES A decision prompt will appear after interacting with the Offering if 1 or more players are not in the Hunting Realm. This will give the player a moment to choose whether they truly wish to start a hunt without the rest of the group. The UV light action bar slot is now the
UPDATES

A decision prompt will appear after interacting with the Offering if 1 or more players are not in the Hunting Realm. This will give the player a moment to choose whether they truly wish to start a hunt without the rest of the group.
The UV light action bar slot is now the Flashlight slot due to the flashlight being much more commonly used. UV is still the “X” hotkey or whichever the player had set it to.
FIXES

FIxed an issue with players starting hunts while other players have not yet crossed the Portal.
Fixed an issue where clients that left a session during a hosted dungeon and rejoined, were not having certain information important to attune in the Database reflect properly such as the Entity Type list.
Fixed an issue where Hunt and Awaken Audio sounds could sometimes not be heard on the clients.
Fixed an issue where the correct hunt progression sounds would sometimes not play on clients.
Fixed an issue where inventory items could be dragged and dropped onto the action bar causing the action bar to reflect the wrong item.
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07 Oct 2023Developer post
Hotfix 7 for 0.0.9
NEW Added a new informative text for training mode below the name of certain objects when close enough to them that provides a short useful tip about the object’s importance and/or what to do with it. The Database now has a “Hunt Info” tab that replaces the Hunt Computers in Rese
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Added a new informative text for training mode below the name of certain objects when close enough to them that provides a short useful tip about the object’s importance and/or what to do with it.
The Database now has a “Hunt Info” tab that replaces the Hunt Computers in Research Sites so that Players can now read about hunts anywhere and anytime.
The “Hunt Computer” has been renamed to “Hunt Info” has been moved from Research Site to the Hunt Maps directly and will only display info about the current Entity Players are hunting. This will help new players notice hunting info prior to interacting with The Offering, better preparing for what they are about to experience.
A new “Deduction Process” table has been added alongside the “Hunt Info” table in the Hunt maps themselves. This new table provides players with a “How To” deduce entities by observing their abilities during hunts. This was a big missing piece for lots of new players, so I hope this added feature provides a better footing for new players and players still learning the game.
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Active Training Mode tooltips popups such as evidence that has not yet despawned will now reappear for players that have died and re-entered the dungeon (this should help players pick back up where they left off if they died while looking for evidence that is still active).
The Awakening tooltip popup now lasts the entire duration of an awakening. This should prevent new players from missing the message due to its timing out previously.
Embodiment tooltip popups are now marked as OPTIONAL as they are “technically” not the Main Objective to completing a dungeon run.
The Corruption Level Bar has been updated to blink RED whenever the corruption is at 100 which should make it easier to notice and pay attention to.
Increased the detection radius of afterlife Life Essence so they are much easier to find regardless of difficulty.
Players can now re-enter the dungeon while a Hunt is taking place, however, players are not allowed to cross the Portal and join the Hunt if it is on-going.
The Journal Dungeon Objectives now explain that the objectives are required for Chapter 1 – Page 2 as well as explaining where to find Dungeons by opening the World Map.
Updated Training Mode / new Player objective messages at the top left to be more informative.
Updated the Training Mode text “No XP” in the Astral Shrine to “Grants XP up to Level 5”.
Glutton Ability Change – Gluttony will now choose to devour or purge. If devouring, all players in the hunt will lose a hallucination. If a Hallucination doesn’t exist for that player, they will take sanity damage instead. If Purging, all players will have a Hallucination created with a large red aura that has a 50% chance to possess player if they get too close. This will make the Gluttony Ability much more distinguishable.
Continued enhancements to Mic Input.
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Fixed an issue where players that start the hunt without everyone first passing through the portal, broke the dungeon state if the hunted players died, preventing the players outside the hunt to be trapped in the dungeon.
Fixed an issue where sometimes (especially in large groups 3-4 players) when someone dies, the afterlife is shown to the Host instead of the client. This issue then prevents players from continuing and as a result, a restart of the server was required.
I hope these updates continue to enhance the player experience and learning pace. Thank you so much and I can't wait for everyone to experience the Halloween updates just around the corner!
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Thanks everyone, I hope this improvement helps! Halo

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Thank you everyone who has played On Dark Terms. I truly hope that you were able to experience something unique and enjoy the time you spent with it. Halo

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Thank you so much to everyone that has been part of the journey and who has supported me. Terrence (Halo)

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Happy Holidays!

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Thank you all

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I hope you all enjoy this update and look forward what's coming next!

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Just a small hotfix here, but it continues to help improve texture and memory optimization.

On Dark Terms Tutorial Dev Guide

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Thank you everyone for the player feedback! I hope this small hotfix helps you on your journey to unlocking your hats!

P.S. TIP for jumping puzzles - due to cat collision being at the front paws, it can good with delicate jumps to tap space bar first then use the forward movement key secondly to slowly glide to a platform. Aim to land on your front paws rather than your belly.

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I am really excited for new and/or returning players to try out the revamped Training Mode! Thank you everyone who has provided feedback and continues to help support me in this development journey!

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Thank you everyone for your continued support. I hope you enjoy this lovely Halloween Event!

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As always, thank you so much everyone for playing!

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I hope these updates continue to enhance the player experience and learning pace. Thank you so much and I can't wait for everyone to experience the Halloween updates just around the corner!