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Work is well underway for patch 1.3 but about a week after 1.2 went live, we began to receive increased bug reports and especially negative reviews on our Steam page. We’ve been going through everything and working with the community to identify the biggest issues and have pushed
Happy Bug-Hunt Friday! With Update 1.2 we delivered a number of highly requested features, reviews went up, returns went down and our community seemed to love the work that had gone into the game. However we've recently had an influx of negative reviews calling out bugs, soft loc
Having moved from minor fixes to larger QoL changes with Patch 1.1 in April, we’re now revealing our favourite change yet with 1.2 - spider movement. With help from a specialist (thank you, Lincoln Margison!) we’ve overhauled how the spiders move, turn and tackle things like corn
Welcome to our first Quality of Life (QoL) Huntsman patch! Up to now, we’ve been working hard on addressing the community feedback from launch. As we squashed the biggest issues, we’ve been able to sit down and think about how to improve the game beyond bug fixes, things to give
Tell your friends! Tell a neighbour! Tell a stranger at the bus stop! Huntsman is 15% off. View game page It won’t be long until we’re back with…news. Good news. Trust us on this one. For now, if you haven’t bought Huntsman, do so. If your friends haven’t, go pester them. If you
Fixed an intermittent bug where collectible items would not display in player inventories Fixed a bug where the dispersal vent would sometimes be difficult to interact with Minor tweaks to lighting effects in some areas Happy holidays!
Happy Friday! And (almost) Merry Christmas! Patch 1.0.4 details below; Updates to the Spider rotation issues Huntsman can no longer enter the office with the tarantula (we debated leaving this in because it was terrifying/hilarious) Fixes to a number of throwable object sound eff
What’s got two giant fangs and eight thumbs up? This spider, because patch 1.0.3 is live now! We’d love to get your feedback on how things are progressing for Huntsman (and the rest of the arachnid gang). Read the list and then go revisit your favourite tale of giant spiders runn
Elevator blocking progress. The elevator should now allow you to open the gates and function after death and loading a save. The lab area should no longer have issues with objects being there that shouldn't be The spider should now be teleporting and behaving properly in certain
To our wonderful Atherton employees, Great news! Our first patch is now live. Patch 1.0.1 focused on the two biggest issues, specifically the random soft locks that would halt story progress, and the inventory either duplicating or deleting items. We’ve detailed a number of large
And that, as they say, is that. Huntsman is out now. RUN! Step into the world of Atherton Labs, have the worst new employee onboarding experience ever and meet our arachnid friends; the huntsman, orb weaver, trapdoor and tarantula spiders. Navigate a building on lockdown, avoid b
“Isn’t is scary, working on a game like Huntsman?” We get this one a lot. Yes, the game was inspired by a personal phobia. Yes, the spiders are scary and sometimes we get an unexpected jump when they grab us in-game. But are we immune to it, generally? Sort of. And then we put th
View game page 8 legs. 6 days. 3 spiders. 1 surprise. That’s as close to a mathematical equation as we can distill Huntsman down to. We’ve finally revealed a new arachnid today, the Trapdoor spider, and that means we have one left to reveal. A BIG one. A big…hairy…fast one. Even
Welcome everyone, Thank you to all for the 98% view rate on our first instructional video, examining the huntsman spider. The remaining 2% of outstanding viewers, your shift managers have been notified and your duties will be temporarily suspended while you are placed on specimen
Huntsman launches on PC on Nov 27th! Thank you to everyone for your support. Spread the word! To all Atherton employees, We’ve noticed a level of complacency among staff members recently. Following two separate incidents with research subjects, management has created and shared a
To our Atherton family, We recently passed another milestone for Huntsman - 25,000 wishlists! We’re well and truly into November, our launch month, and things couldn’t be more exciting. Everything is being webbed together, bugs crunched and we’re casting all eight eyes over the g
To our loyal Atherton employees, Steam Next Fest was an amazing moment for Huntsman. We finally got to share how far the game has come since the Itch demo, gained invaluable feedback from all of you and saw our wishlists explode (more on that next week). More than 15,000 people h
Fans of horror showcases, rejoice! We’re delighted to feature in Jacob Jazz’s in-game horror showcase, alongside a selection of other upcoming titles, celebrating our favourite time of the year. Step into the screen. Watch the nightmares unfold. About the Game It’s Halloween nigh
To our loyal Atherton employees, We have a quick and simple message; thank you! The Next Fest week was incredible. You turned up in droves to visit the page, download the demo and share your experiences everywhere. Your support for Huntsman (and your terrified squeals) drew in a
Welcome new Atherton colleagues, The Next Fest demo is live and everything is in full swing, we hope you've all had a chance to try it and shared your stories of joy/terror with friends. After we set the demo live, we decided to pause and take a minute and reflect on everything,