Lakeview Valley

Released: Oct 22, 2019
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Last updated: 12 Sep 2026, 23:49 GMT

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19 Oct 2023Developer post
Lakeview Cabin 2 is HERE!
Hello everyone! My new game is now out from Early Access! While it is a different type of game from Lakeview Valley, it still continues the story from Valley and evolves on its characters. This time without a single written word... Check it out!
23 May 2023Developer post
Lakeview Cabin 2 - HALLOWEEN 2023
The Lakeview-universe is expanding! A sequel to Lakeview Cabin Collection is releasing on Halloween 2023! It has four Episodes, all currently out on Early Access, with a sweet discount to entice you! The full release is planned for October 2023, so now is a good time to get your
11 Apr 2020Developer post
Patch v1.26
Hello! Little patch for the weekend! I have to admit that I've been working on Lakeview Cabin 2 a lot this week and Valley has taken a step back. That, and I also finally build a pc and I've been slaying some demons... Been good for the mental health during these damned times. I
Hello!
Little patch for the weekend! I have to admit that I've been working on Lakeview Cabin 2 a lot this week and Valley has taken a step back. That, and I also finally build a pc and I've been slaying some demons... Been good for the mental health during these damned times. I hope everyone's doing well despite all of the stuff that's happening. Because hearing it from a random lone game developer is totally what you need...
Anyway, I still got some bugs squashed, here's the biggest ones:

Increased “Pogo's” reach
Tried a little fix for the black screen in cutscenes, they might load a bit longer now but at least they LOAD…
Made sure the Preacher knows if you’re lying about being violent
Tried a little fix for that one specific butterfly ruining your hobbies with other butterflies
Sheriff shouldn’t stay clapping anymore
Changed some lines in the Russian translation
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18 Mar 2020Developer post
Now available in Russian and Chinese!
Hello everyone! Sorry for taking so long with a new patch, but I've been working on the translations, along with some of the nicest people I have ever had the privileged of working with! But a few bug fixes did find their way into this patch too! Here's everything that was change
Hello everyone! Sorry for taking so long with a new patch, but I've been working on the translations, along with some of the nicest people I have ever had the privileged of working with!
But a few bug fixes did find their way into this patch too! Here's everything that was changed:
v1.25

Added Russian language
Added Chinese language (Still needs some work, but it’s already better than nothing!)
Fixed background and fading issues with some cutscenes
Fixed the cutscene where only your nose was showing
Fixed an issue wtih the “sauna challenge” not activating as it should
Tried another little fix for the butterflies staying on till the next day
Fixed a problem with transitioning from the southern beach area to the town area that allowed you to travel out of map bounds
Escaping BumBum through lake should not lower your popularity anymore
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06 Mar 2020Developer post
Patch v1.24
v1.24 A little patch for the weekend! Small list but big fixes! Fixed problem with some flowers not growing properly Fixed the wings appearing ripped after bringing a new butterfly to the table Hopefully the state of the flowers will now save properly Added a new cheat “allmyseed
v1.24
A little patch for the weekend! Small list but big fixes!

Fixed problem with some flowers not growing properly
Fixed the wings appearing ripped after bringing a new butterfly to the table
Hopefully the state of the flowers will now save properly
Added a new cheat “allmyseeds” which gives you 99 units of each seed
Fixed the transition from Stuarts house north that caused some players to glitch out of the map
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02 Mar 2020Developer post
Patch v1.23
Hello everyone. I was down with the flu (still am) and wasn't able to get a patch up sooner. But here it is now, more fixes coming later this week! List of changes: Fixed the muscle sore problem. It was actually giving you more stamina… (This is why, when someone asks me what I d
Hello everyone. I was down with the flu (still am) and wasn't able to get a patch up sooner. But here it is now, more fixes coming later this week!
List of changes:

Fixed the muscle sore problem. It was actually giving you more stamina… (This is why, when someone asks me what I do for living, I still kinda cringe when I have to say I’m a game developer…)
Fixed another muscle sore problem regarding the big flies
Tried a little fix for the butterfly stuff not saving properly
Fixed Donna’s butterfly
Made sure the whole wing collection is visible…
You can now find the jar and mug in the town, so you won’t lose them if you “travel” without them. They still might not be around on older saves.
Fixed the butterflies staying during daylight
Fixed some more stuff in that secret place that nobody seems to be talking about
Tried a little fix for the underwater distortion staying on screen if you wait until midnight underwater
Made sure the good doctor has his dialogue during _the_ rampage
Fixed some portrait issues
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23 Feb 2020Developer post
Patch v1.2ish(?)
Ooookkay here's some more fixes. Feeling a bit hungover but I had to get these done today. I'll be back with more fixes tomorrow! v1.2 Made muscle soreness go away by sleeping Fixed the villagers spawning from the bottom of the map… Embarrassing bug, sorry! Fixed the mailbox not
Ooookkay here's some more fixes. Feeling a bit hungover but I had to get these done today. I'll be back with more fixes tomorrow!
v1.2

Made muscle soreness go away by sleeping
Fixed the villagers spawning from the bottom of the map… Embarrassing bug, sorry!
Fixed the mailbox not giving necessary items
Made the “pogo” killable
Reduced the amount of days some flowers need to grow
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22 Feb 2020Developer post
Patch notes for last nights update
This is not all the stuff that has changed but here's the big ones: Added flowers that you can grow Added alcohol into the game Made time skipping faster Made the doll into an item you do NOT want to find. Now it randomly changes places, but with a bit of investigation you can de
This is not all the stuff that has changed but here's the big ones:

Added flowers that you can grow
Added alcohol into the game
Made time skipping faster
Made the doll into an item you do NOT want to find. Now it randomly changes places, but with a bit of investigation you can determine where it is.
Fixed the “ineedmytools” cheat screwing up the cheat input
Fixed the stalls and the npcs not working properly on the second Sunday
Fixed Frank only warning you about collecting the sauna rocks, now he will attack after the first warning
Fixed the “gym” not giving stamina
Buffed the zombies a bit, but I think I need to completely rework how they behave in the future…
Fixed your seed and flower collection not depleting correctly when used
Changed all the status effects you get from drinking or smoking flowers
Tried a little fix for the issue that caused the Sheriff or the Doctor to not appear at the hospital, causing the game to soft lock
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21 Feb 2020Developer post
Lakeview Valley - new update
Hey all. I just updated the game. Lots of new stuff. More bug fixes coming soon. Sorry I don't have time to explain. I'm just slightly impaired, and I'll probably regret this "news" in the morning. I'll be back after the weekend with a better explanation on what has been changed.
22 Dec 2019Developer post
Beta for the new features is NOW AVAILABLE!
Hello everyone! Some good news and some bad news! I've talked about this on the Lakeview Discord, but I thought I'd write something here too. Good news is that it's the holidays and we're soon moving to a bigger apartment. Bad news is that it's the holidays and we're soon moving
Hello everyone! Some good news and some bad news! I've talked about this on the Lakeview Discord, but I thought I'd write something here too. Good news is that it's the holidays and we're soon moving to a bigger apartment. Bad news is that it's the holidays and we're soon moving to a bigger apartment, which means that I haven't been able to work on the game as much as I have wanted. I know I promised the big update before Christmas, but life got in the way... I'm so sorry for not being able to deliver that...
Buuuut I decided to upload a Beta for everything I've been working on for Lakeview Valley, which you can access from the games properties. A lot of the new stuff is still WIP, but there's some improved stuff to the base game (or at least I hope they're an improvement) so I feel like it's a nice patch in it's own. I'm just so sorry I wasn't able to get everything done I wanted. But now I need to take a breather and focus on the other stuff for a moment.
I hope you all have great holidays! I'll be back full-force in January!
For now, here's all the stuff that has been changed in the beta:

Added flower-planting
Added a pipe to smoke the flowers out of (status effects are not hooked up yet so it doesn’t do much)
Added a teamug to drink some flower-tea out of (same issues as the pipe)
Added a mailbox so you can receive letters, and maybe a gift or two
Added butterflies
Added more stuff to that trash thing
Added more stuff to that big thing
Added more stuff to that thing that scares the crows (this is very unfinished)
Nerfed all the melee weapons
The villagers will now get a bit stronger and faster every time you “travel”
Added new stat “Base damage”, which affects how much damage you do (duh).
Added new stat “Metabolism”, which affects how quickly you need to eat after gaining stamina.
Added new stat “Sauna Skill”, which affects how much heat you can take in a sauna
Added new stat “Mojo”, which affects how well you perform during THAT minigame
Added new stat “Blood thickness”, which reduces the amount you bleed from wounds.
Added new stat “Luck”, which affects how easily you find seeds with the shovel
Another fix for the speed boost staying into the next day
The doors at the town won’t lock anymore. It’s easier on the players this way, and nothing bad ever happens at the Valley so why would they lock them anyway…
Extended the overworld theme, even though I believe a shorter loop makes people more murderous…
Added a mute button for the overworld music in the pause menu
The “murder-theme” will now play when near any corpse, instead of only when near the bus accident victim
Added a thermometer to the sauna, which will show just how hot it is. Taking a good sauna will increase your metabolism stat.
Tried to optimize the beach area so it will load faster (this was happening because of the stage updating the pathfinder map every time you entered the area, it might still happen since it’s required, but not as often.)
Getting killed by the Sheriff won’t immediately subtract from your popularity points
Changed the “ineedmytools” cheat to give you only tools
Added cheat “greenthumb” to give you all gardening items
Added cheat “imhangry” to give you some food items
Added cheat “dontlookatme” to give you all the masks and Amy’s face
Added cheat “eenymeeny” to give you a selection of weapons
Added cheat “thatstuff” to give you misc. items that didn’t fit into the other item cheats
Added cheat “movethatbus” that gives you all the furniture (in white color)
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08 Nov 2019Developer post
Patch v1.07
v1.07 Sorry for not patching the game earlier this week, some of you may already know that I was bed-ridden with flu and fever this week. That’s no excuse though, and I reeeally want to update the game at least weekly. So here we are again, with a list of changes! Added a little
v1.07
Sorry for not patching the game earlier this week, some of you may already know that I was bed-ridden with flu and fever this week.
That’s no excuse though, and I reeeally want to update the game at least weekly. So here we are again, with a list of changes!

Added a little text and audio cue to when it turns midnight
Fixed the number keys sometimes not working for the inventory
Made keyboard players able to change inventory slots with T and Y
Made the map upgrade work with the Y button on a controller
There was a problem with the randomised “treasure” dig-sites, fixed it, and also added almost the double amount of dig-sites to the game
The metal-detector shouldn’t keep peeping after you’ve digged the hole anymore
The cat and the dog should not get suspicion “pop-ups” over their heads anymore
Made Dr Don move a bit slower
Made sure the Sheriff’s contribution to the building of the stage gets reset if you “travel”
Made sure the Sheriff’s decision to start with the song gets reset if you “travel”
Fixed the “bone throwing” problem if you “travel”
Made sure the Hermit doesn’t give his “gift” speech if you’ve already gone to bed
The signed work permit will now be removed if you “travel”
Found a reason why the “big guy” didn’t take damage from the chainsaw, fixed it
Made sure Luanne’s shop doesn’t leave the “sell prompt” open if you exit during it
Tweaked a thing with the Scarecrow, so that “thing” should now work if you “travel”
Made a promise to myself not use as many quotation marks in future patch-notes
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01 Nov 2019Developer post
Patch v1.06
v1.06 This one is a bit of a smaller patch since I’ve been working on the Upper League update, and had to disable most of the stuff I’m adding to the game soon ;) Also had a bit of a problem with my software subscriptions, which is another reason why this patch took a few days lo
v1.06
This one is a bit of a smaller patch since I’ve been working on the Upper League update, and had to disable most of the stuff I’m adding to the game soon ;) Also had a bit of a problem with my software subscriptions, which is another reason why this patch took a few days longer to get out.
List of changes:

Added 15 new outfits
Added 6 new hairstyles
Added a delay to crapping your pants so you have time to react
Fixed the bald hair not working
Added a little tweak that should allow you to get out of a shop, even after closing time
Made the number of flies reset when “traveling”
Made the time warping move the clock faster
Fixed the home award achievement not unlocking
Hopefully fixed the issue that caused you to transport to black screen area when you drag an object and die
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28 Oct 2019Developer post
Lakeview Valley - What's next and other stuff!
Hello everyone! Lakeview Valley has been out for almost a week, so I wanted to talk about what's coming next! There were some stuff that I really wanted to add into the game for release, but just didn't have the time because I wanted to hit the Halloween window. But that doesn't
27 Oct 2019Developer post
Patch v1.05
v1.05 Made it so the football gets teleported to a pre-determined position in the next area once it leaves the screen Drew portraits for all the villager faces you can wear Fixed the “Fall of morality” achievement Made it so you lose the Sheriffs trust if you “travel” Fixed the i
v1.05

Made it so the football gets teleported to a pre-determined position in the next area once it leaves the screen
Drew portraits for all the villager faces you can wear
Fixed the “Fall of morality” achievement
Made it so you lose the Sheriffs trust if you “travel”
Fixed the instance that caused Morgo to stop doing what he’s doing on Sunday (you know what I’m talking about)
Tweaked a thing that might’ve caused the murdered NPCs to disappear after you killed them and “traveled”
Made it so you can still heal yourself at the doctor, even if there’s someone to meet him
Fixed the problem with the pause menu in the underworld
Made it so Morgo should now only focus on the villagers on Sunday
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27 Oct 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Lakeview Valley's murder village is now open
If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise. Murder. The surprise is murder, at least if you re in the woods of Lakeview Valley . Although it might not be much of a surprise, given the game describes itself as a murder RPG, and you might just be the one offin
26 Oct 2019Developer post
Patch v1.04
v1.04 Fixed the remaining achievements not working. Really sorry about this one, I know how annoying it must have been to not unlock the achievements! Fixed the softlock that happened if you continue on Saturday after dying instead of restarting the day Added an offset to where t
v1.04

Fixed the remaining achievements not working. Really sorry about this one, I know how annoying it must have been to not unlock the achievements!
Fixed the softlock that happened if you continue on Saturday after dying instead of restarting the day
Added an offset to where the masks drop when you use beds or chairs etc. so you will be able pick them up again more easily
The arrow keys should work for movement now
Fixed the worm partly staying on your yard if you swim away
Made George have his regular shop dialogue if you talk to him while Ruth is there
Made the stubs in your yard disappear after you get the better lawn
Made sure the credits don’t loop after waiting too long
The clock will now hopefully disappear if you die while “time skipping”
Made Ivan sleep on a futon so I was able to remove the collider so you’ll have an easier time fucking him, YOU’RE WELCOME!
Fixed the scarecrow thing (that not many have found)
Fixed the colliders near the eastern bridge that allowed you to glitch out of the map
Tweaked the fishing mini-game since the rod disappears if you exit while the fish is showing
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24 Oct 2019Developer post
Patch v1.03
v1.03 The achievements should work now! Found a reason why Jimmy suddenly disappeared at the arcade cabinet. Added a little fix so it shouldn’t happen with any NPCs anymore. Unless it’s midnight of course. The stage floors quest should now reset if you travel Tweaked the pathfind
v1.03

The achievements should work now!
Found a reason why Jimmy suddenly disappeared at the arcade cabinet. Added a little fix so it shouldn’t happen with any NPCs anymore. Unless it’s midnight of course.
The stage floors quest should now reset if you travel
Tweaked the pathfinding, it might still cause some slowdown but I’ll keep optimising it
Fixed Amy’s body not registering to anyones eyes when you drag her
Fixed the NPCs doing that weird shuffle and then teleporting back to their location. They still do the shuffle but at least they don’t teleport now…
Added some precautions to the “restart day” mechanic so everything gets destroyed and reloaded properly, hopefully it helps with the duplication problem
Made BumBum to re-path himself if he deems himself stuck
Fixed the embarrassing “Return to title sreen” typo…
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23 Oct 2019Developer post
Patch v1.02
v1.02 First patch after release! I wasn't able to get everything I wanted done today but tomorrow is a new day! If you're enjoying the game, consider leaving a review, it really helps the game to show up to more people! Here's a list of all the changes: Fixed the looping problem
v1.02
First patch after release! I wasn't able to get everything I wanted done today but tomorrow is a new day! If you're enjoying the game, consider leaving a review, it really helps the game to show up to more people!
Here's a list of all the changes:

Fixed the looping problem if you go into the water on the last Sunday
Found a possible reason that might’ve caused the Sheriff to always say you were reported of suspicious activity, even if you weren’t, fixed it
Made the footstep sounds stop when you’re in a cutscene
Dropping an item while swimming will now make you lose the item! So be careful not to drop anything valuable!
Made sure the severed heads get removed if you travel
You should now be able to exit the map with the “B button” on a controller
Added a little more feedback for when you kill that mysterious creature
Made sure the footsteps get muted when you pause the game
Fixed (hopefully) the mysterious creature’s animation problems
Fixed Matt thinking that Donna is dead right after starting a new game
Added the big guy to the list that gets reset if you travel
Fixed the collider problem near the abandoned house
Made sure the number of snakes you have killed will reset if you travel
Fixed Ruth doing that weird teleport thing at the beginning of the game
Fixed the thing on that bridge in that one place not counting the killed villagers properly
Fixed the prices at Amy’s stall AGAIN SINCE I’M AN IDIOT!
Fixed Morgo telling the story again and again and again
Made sure Luanne actually leaves when she is done at your home
The shotgun works, but the spread made it miss easily, so I doubled the amount of pellets it releases on a shot
Made it so that one gentleman acts independently on LakeDay if you haven’t taken any help from him
Made it so the shroom affects a certain dialogue between two characters
Tried a little fix for the Mystery Ladys certain dialogue not activating properly. Not sure if it helped since I couldn’t find an obvious reason for what might cause it
Added some dialogue if you bring the Sheriff to a certain place
Made it so the game also saves your current selected inventory slot, not sure if it helps with the item duplication problem but fingers crossed!
Fixed the weird clipping problem with Mary
I reduced the time warp speed that happens when you sit on a bench. The minutes should still go about as fast as before but the characters will move a bit slower. The faster it goes, the easier they get stuck inside walls so let’s try this
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21 Oct 2019Developer post
Patch v1.01
v1.01 Fixed the shop buy prompts being porked on certain resolutions Fixed the prices in Amy’s stall Fixed the bridge problems Fixed the disappearing beard bug Fixed the problem with the dreams Made Dr. Don teleport to his office in a certain cutscene Fixed dialogue not branching
v1.01

Fixed the shop buy prompts being porked on certain resolutions
Fixed the prices in Amy’s stall
Fixed the bridge problems
Fixed the disappearing beard bug
Fixed the problem with the dreams
Made Dr. Don teleport to his office in a certain cutscene
Fixed dialogue not branching properly in numerous places
Tried a little fix for the dialogue regarding the stage on Saturday
Fixed the dream dialogues
Fixed that one thing staying on Rebecca
Fixed the typo in one of the pop-ups
Added a longer delay between certain pop-ups when you catch something
Added the missing colliders to Frank’s house
The cow should now disappear at midnight too
The corpse of Amy Cooper will now act like a regular corpse and alert NPCs if you move it
Added introductory dialogue for the doctor
Fixed Frank being able to shoot you even after midnight
Fixed Franks map displayer showing up in the map after midnight
Tweaked the big guy again, wasn’t able to get him stuck now, but it still might be bugged
Added dialogue for Amy at that one place
Made it impossible to get out of your bed during the transition to the next day
Made the moths and corpses react to chainsaw
BumBum should now stop following you and not bug out if you’re swimming
Made it so if you die during the Sheriffs cutscene, it doesn’t go to the next dialogue entry
The date on Friday won’t happen if you haven’t been invited now
Using cheats will now disable the achievements
Tried once again to make sure the Preacher doesn’t stay at your yard if you die and continue onto the next day…
Fixed the colliders near the beach diner that allowed you to glitch out of the map
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17 Oct 2019Developer post
Patch v1.00(!!!!!!!!)
v1.00 Added introductory dialogue for most of the villagers Added A LOT of new hidden dialogue Changed the bracelets into something else Your inventory should now save when traveling Fixed the improved grass appearing in front of the interior of the sauna Fixed the mascara being
v1.00

Added introductory dialogue for most of the villagers
Added A LOT of new hidden dialogue
Changed the bracelets into something else
Your inventory should now save when traveling
Fixed the improved grass appearing in front of the interior of the sauna
Fixed the mascara being in front of the shed
Spruced up Frank’s cabin
Made the town fountain into an actual fountain
Added something to the old man
Sheriff should now continue onto his act if certain criteria isn’t met, that previously just caused him to stop doing anything
The game should now save the “turned” poops, so restarting a day should now still have their transformed versions
Fixed the background on a certain cutscene
Fixed the hat on a certain cutscene
Morgo shouldn’t attack Dweller now
Your clothes should now return if you restart the day while nude
Blocked the path where you could glitch yourself into the water near the western beach
Fixed the colliders at the Sheriff’s office and at other places
Fixed colliders and the water at the eastern bridge
Fixed Matt being inside of the house while talking to Dixon who is outside
The Hermit shouldn’t stay at the beach now
Fixed a collider that allowed you to glitch out of the map near Franks home
Fixed the collider on the sidewalk near the abandoned house
Fixed the snakes being able to bite you even when they can’t reach you
Added echoes
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