Developer posts and news about this game.
Hey, cinema guests! In this patch, I made several behind-the-scenes changes to improve performance and fix a variety of smaller issues: Rendering pipeline overhaul: The biggest change is the switch to a much more lightweight rendering pipeline. The previous system included a lot
Hey everyone, I’ve started working on a new content update for the game with new anomalies and other creepy additions! For that, I need your help and ideas! Which horror movie moments or unique movie scenes should I add? Or do you have any other ideas, maybe some new habits or be
Hey everyone, Since I learned a few new things while developing Olivia , I decided to apply some of those improvements here as well to improve the game’s performance even further. I also updated the character models for Olivia, Jim, and Mom so they look better now, and corrected
Hello everyone, You’ll have come across Olivia and Jim here and there during your visits to the cinema. Now you can visit them at home. “Olivia” is a short, story-driven cartoon horror game in which you get to the bottom of the missing girl’s story! Check it out here! Cheers, Mar
Hey everyone, In this patch, I’ve removed (hopefully) all AI-generated content from the game. Thanks to the support and revenue from my games over the past month, I was able to hire voice actors to record all the voice lines. Since I didn’t want to use AI voices for the upcoming
Hey everyone! This small update focuses on performance improvements and technical optimizations. Changes Reworked several textures on smaller objects to reduce graphical load Minor lighting adjustments Updated the Unity version to the latest LTS version Added movement smoothing w
Hey everyone, Here’s a small performance update. In this patch, I reworked how lighting is calculated and lowered or removed some light settings that didn’t have any noticeable effect on the scene. I went through every object and light and defined which lights can affect which ob
Hey everyone! In this small patch, I added a first version of full controller support to the UI. While working on this, I also fixed a few small UI styling issues that I noticed during the rework. If you encounter any strange controller behavior, whether using mouse and keyboard
Hey everyone, In this patch, I focused on improving the game’s performance. On my system, the FPS increased by around 20–30 frames. To achieve this, I adjusted several graphics configurations in Unity that were costing performance without providing real visual benefits, or replac
Hey Paper Panic Watcher, I am happy to announce that the Steam Page for the prequel Olivia is now live! You would really help me out by adding it to your wishlist : Check it out here! One more trailer and additional videos will be come in January. The game is now planned to launc
Hey everyone, The Halloween decorations are gone, and the popcorn guy wanted some Christmas decorations in his entry hall to get into the winter mood. Other than that, I’ve changed my plans for the next release, Teddy Won’t Help will be coming later next year. Before that, I want
Hey everyone, Great to see so many people enjoying the content update! In this small patch, I’ve made a few performance improvements for certain anomalies, which should help reduce lag when they occur. I’ve also fixed a few issues that some players made me aware of, thanks a lot!
Hey everyone, so the Halloween update is here! It brings some new content, improvements, and fixes. First of all, thank you to everyone who played it so far, never thought so many people would walk in loops through my little cinema. Thanks! So, what’s new? There are 10 new clip f
Hey everyone, First, thank you for all your feedback! I’ve changed the death penalty balancing from yesterday’s patch and moved it to a new menu option called “Easy Mode.” Now you can choose whether you want to be completely reset after death or just sent back two floors. I think
Hey everyone, In this small patch, I’ve adjusted the penalty for dying. The probability of an anomaly occurring that kills you is highest in the last two theater halls, and I noticed it was quite frustrating to be thrown completely back to the start. It should still feel like a c
Hey everyone, First, a big thanks to the people who made me aware of these two little bugs! The first bug was that you could walk out of the map in the back corner of the theater. The second was a minor display error: on the finish screen, the statistic for “Decided for flaw but
Hey everyone, first of all, in this small patch I adjusted the lighting in the cinema a little. It’s no longer quite as dark in the backseats, but still dark enough. The reason for this change is that many players had trouble seeing where they could walk, and for some anomalies y
Hey everyone, with this small patch I tried to reduce the heavy lag that occurred when entering the cinema entrance and the theater for the first time. It should be much less noticeable now, but I’ll keep working on optimizing performance further. Thanks, and have a nice day! Mar
Hey everyone, before I talk about the small change in this patch, I want to hear your ideas for a content update (1.1.0) that I’m planning before the spooky season of Halloween! This update should include some more anomaly references from horror and non-horror movie classics, as
Hey everyone, The first change in this patch is that when you reach Cinema Hall 0, the Popcorn Guy now guides you a bit more clearly toward the manuscript. The manuscript contains some backstory and lore behind the clip and its characters. Since I noticed many players were passin