Mist of the Dark

Visualistic Studios, LLC. · Visualistic Studios, LLC.

Released: Aug 18, 2018
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Last updated: 07 Sep 2026, 19:44 GMT

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06 May 2019Developer post
New update coming soon!
We're back! Hello everyone, we're really close to being finished with this next update. We've spent the past few months working really hard. AI AI has been a challenge. So far in Mist of the Dark, we've tried to focus on the atmosphere and immersion right out of the gate. Horror
25 Dec 2018Developer post
Happy Holidays, progress is being made!
Hey everyone! Figured we should push out an update since we haven't posted recently. Where we are At this current moment, we are working on a few things. Here are the highlights for our next build: 1. AI 2. Matchmaking 3. Fixes for weapons 4. Monster movement and attack updates 5
31 Oct 2018Developer post
Important Update - AI and Matchmaking Coming Soon
Hey everyone, I wanted to send out an update so I could clear some confusion about what's happening with the game, and give some info on our next feature update! We've all been reading the reviews, and I've seen quite a few negetive ones. They mostly consist of: Unable to find ot
Hey everyone, I wanted to send out an update so I could clear some confusion about what's happening with the game, and give some info on our next feature update!
We've all been reading the reviews, and I've seen quite a few negetive ones. They mostly consist of:

Unable to find other players.
Sessions dying due to players quitting
Minor (annoying), non gamebreaking bugs
So, here's what's happening on our side:
Player base
A common issue with creating a multiplayer game like we are, is building a playerbase. We're pushing for some key foundations in Mist of the Dark that we believe will make gameplay smoother, and in turn will build our playerbase.
Right now, we're focusing on an AI and Matchmaking system to solve this issue. In the future, we're looking at Weapon Customization, new Game Modes, new Maps, a Leveling System, and more!
AI and Matchmaking
Our next goal is creating an AI and matchmaking system to address the issues of not being able to find or host games. AI will (optionally) fill a match when initially hosted, and when player count drops below a certain amount.
Instead of looking for a server, you'll select a map and a few other options and automatically create or join a server. As players near you start playing, the server will populate automatically!
Updating the Engine
Before we can add the changes we want, we have to update our engine version. We are currently working our way from Unreal 4.7 to 4.20. 4.7 was extremely buggy and was missing a lot of key features we need to complete this game. After the update is complete, we'll have access to features that will make development substantially more easy and stable.
In Summary
We are looking forward to bringing in the new matchmaking and AI system, and believe it will address the major issues everyone is having. We have some really cool plans for the future of this game, and we're really excited to bring it to life with the community's help.
Thanks again everyone!!!
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22 Aug 2018Developer post
Gamebreaking Bug Fix Announcement
Hey everyone, short announcement today. A lot of you have been having issues joining and hosting sessions. There are a couple reasons for this: 1. The last session you tried to join wasn't destroyed correctly. 2. The server is full, but the server player count shows it only has 1
19 Aug 2018Developer post
Release Changelog
Release is here! Hey everyone! Release has brought us some new players, and with that influx comes an influx of bugs! We're going to be spending time on the most game-breaking ones over the next week or so. Here's an overview of the game so far! Current state of the game Our plan
Release is here!
Hey everyone! Release has brought us some new players, and with that influx comes an influx of bugs! We're going to be spending time on the most game-breaking ones over the next week or so. Here's an overview of the game so far!
Current state of the game
Our plans for this release
For this release, we've re-done the entire monster and soldier in efforts to make game-play smoother. This is just the beginning steps of getting them to where they are, we have a lot more planned. Along with some bug fixes, we added these things to the game:

New controls for the monster including double jump and warp
Weapons stability updates
Menu UI Updates, including a controls menu (Will be editable soon)
New night-vision and thermal for both teams.
Added a little detail to the sewers, still a long way from done.
HUD Refactor
Game-mode stability
Players become corpses rather than dissapear
Backlog
These are the things we couldn't finish in this update but are working towards in the next one:

Ledge Climbing
First and 3rd Person attached spectating
Bug fixes
Here are our fixes since the last update!

Death sound plays more than once
Fixed a few places in the sewers where you could glitch through the map
Spamming r for reload can stop the reload animation
Monster HUD doesn't correctly destroy itself sometimes
UI doesn't spawn with monster sometimes after round end.
On player join, sometimes the monster is unspawned.
Random Crash we're in the process of fixing. Sometimes you get kicked from your session and the soldier HUD doesn't get removed. Have to exit game.
General code maintenance.
Known Issues
Game Breaking
These are our top priority right now

Have to quit the game after leaving session to join another one
Servers don't show correct amount of players, leading to failed join sessions.
Other Bugs

Can reload while clip is full
Using ironsights while reloading causes some weird stuff to happen
Too much bounce when rifle is fired from hip
Shotgun fire particle has the wrong rotation
Sometimes the in-game menu doesn't allow you to press anything, have to alt+f4
Need screen resolution options for fullscreen and windowed
Monster glides a little while running
Kills and deaths inside of the in-game menu are off
Iron sights only work on the rifle
Running and equipping the pistol make the pistol not appear in your hand
The Future
We'll be focusing on knocking out the major bugs before we push more features. We plan to push an update out within the next week or so fixing those. :) After we get our backlog cleared up, we'll be moving onto AI so you'll always have someone to play with!
Thanks for trying Mist of the Dark, we can't wait to update more!
Feel free to join the Discord channel and engage with other players! Even if you have other people to play with, why not max out your match and test your skills?
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19 Aug 2018Developer post
Mist of the Dark Released!
Hey everyone! After weeks of working through bugs and major fixes, we've finally released Mist of the Dark! I want to thank the community for being so incredibly helpful. We've had some passionate players that have helped us find and knock out bugs quickly, and it's helped us cre
18 Aug 2018Developer post
Release coming soon!
Hey everyone! We're going to be releasing soon, we're just finishing up a few things before pushing it out to everyone. If you want access to the game right now, check out this link and get a key! Keep in mind we'll be pushing an updated version of the game soon, the build you'll
04 Aug 2018Developer post
Play Mist of the Dark now! Updates on release and the future
Our release plans Hey everyone! Our release was delayed due to a mess up on our end. I switched the cave's gamemode to take screenshots, and didn't end up changing it back. It's now fixed, but it wasn't earlier today when Steam took a look at the game. We have re-submitted the ga
Our release plans
Hey everyone! Our release was delayed due to a mess up on our end. I switched the cave's gamemode to take screenshots, and didn't end up changing it back. It's now fixed, but it wasn't earlier today when Steam took a look at the game.
We have re-submitted the game to Steam and should be approved early next week. Until then, you can get access to the game right now! Get your key here
Current state of the game
New Level
We've added a new level called "The Sewers". It's an indoor map much smaller than The Cave, and has much more depth. Explore each room to uncover it's advantages and to plan your attack. Our plan is to get some feedback on how the level plays, and improve it as the game moves along.
Bug fixes
Here are our fixes since the last update!

Players now spawn when they join
Switching to first person as the monster caused an infinite loop, fixed
Monster damage fixed
Players will be able to skip the intro movie in the next update
Game was too dark and landscape popped with certain settings, fixed.
Monster wasn't spawning in the right place
Known Issues

Can reload while clip is full
Using ironsights while reloading causes some weird stuff to happen
Too much bounce when rifle is fired from hip
Shotgun fire particle has the wrong rotation
Death sound plays more than once
Sometimes the in-game menu doesn't allow you to press anything, have to alt+f4
Need screen resolution options for fullscreen and windowed
Monster glides a little while running
Kills and deaths inside of the in-game menu are off
Iron sights only work on the rifle
Spamming r for reload can stop the reload animation
Monster HUD doesn't correctly destroy itself sometimes
UI doesn't spawn with monster sometimes after round end.
Running and equipping the pistol make the pistol not appear in your hand
On player join, sometimes the monster is unspawned.
Random Crash we're in the process of fixing. Sometimes you get kicked from your session and the soldier HUD doesn't get removed. Have to exit game.
The Future
We're going to be squashing these bugs, and will update you on our progress as it moves along :)
Our goals for these next couple of weeks are to fix these bugs, improve gameplay and combat, and some major changes to the UI.
We're also going to be setting up a Trello board for everyone to see. This will give you insight on what we're working on and what's coming in the future for Mist of the Dark.
Feel free to join the Discord channel and engage with other players! Even if you have other people to play with, why not max out your match and test your skills?
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21 Jul 2018Developer post
Alpha Testing Announced!
We're opening up testing to our community! You can get access to the game right now by going here to claim your key! There are only 200 available right now, so get yours before they're gone! If you need people to play with, check out our Discord server or the Community forums! Cu
We're opening up testing to our community!
You can get access to the game right now by going here to claim your key! There are only 200 available right now, so get yours before they're gone!
If you need people to play with, check out our Discord server or the Community forums!
Current state of the game
We have a few bugs to iron out before we get into release, so we've decided to give some keys away to catch all of them. The game has a few bugs and gameplay elements to work out. Expect a lot of changes in the coming months.
If you encounter issues with the current build, please check out the forums to see if anyone else has seen this issue. If no one has, please post about it! Be sure to read the pinned posts so you know what information to provide.
Known Issues
We will be coming back to this list and updating it as the community helps us find more bugs.
Game Breaking

Players don't spawn when joining. Hosting player has to kill themselves in the pit (room with bridges) to restart match
Post process settings have to be set to High or Epic to avoid the game being too dark
Texture settings have to be set to High or Epic to avoid landscape popping
We're working on getting these fixed as soon as possible. If you want to play now, just check the in game menu (tab) to see when players have joined, then jump into the pit.
Bugs

Can reload while clip is full
Using ironsights while reloading causes some weird stuff to happen
Too much bounce when rifle is fired from hip
Shotgun fire particle has the wrong rotation
Death sound plays more than once
Switching to first person as the monster causes an infinite loop
Sometimes the in-game menu doesn't allow you to press anything, fixed if you die
Sprint doesn't work on controller
Need screen resolution options for fullscreen and windowed
Monster glides a little while running
Kills and deaths inside of the in-game menu are off
Plans for Release
New Level
We're going to be adding a new level to the game. The Sewers is an undercover government operation that was infiltrated by the monster. There are long decrepit hallways, dark and open rooms with creepy atmosphere, and places you can only access if you look hard enough.
Bug fixes and gameplay improvements
To get all of the bugs knocked out, we need your help finding them! We're going to be looking through our forums and engaging the community while fixing the game.
We also want to take some time and make the game "feel" better. Mist of the Dark's combat is very fast paced and adrenaline fueling. We want to keep it this way and improve on it. If you have any suggestions on how to do so, please feel free to check out the forums for that as well!
Thank you for reading, and from all of us at Visualistic Studios, thank you for taking intrest in our game!
Be sure to "follow" the game and check out the Community Hub. We'll keep you updated!
Original post
16 Jul 2018Developer post
Welcome to Mist of the Dark Community
Welcome to the first planned release from Visualistic Studios: Mist of the Dark ! Mist of the Dark is a 4v1 horror game. Play as the Soldiers working together to fend off your deepest fears, thrive together, or die alone in terror. One player will control the monster; terrify you
11 Jul 2018Developer post
Release Date Updated
Hey community! We were unable to get our build on Steam in time to meet our initial release deadline, so we decided to push it back a week and put more energy into the combat system. Initial Release Our first release is a 1 v 1-4 inside of a dark and foggy cave. As the monster, y

Mist of the Dark

Updates & announcements

New update coming soon!

We're back!

AI

Game Improvements

Bug fixing

The Future

Happy Holidays, progress is being made!

Where we are

Because of you, our community

Closing

Important Update - AI and Matchmaking Coming Soon

Player base

AI and Matchmaking

Updating the Engine

In Summary

Gamebreaking Bug Fix Announcement

Release Changelog

Release is here!

Current state of the game

Known Issues

The Future

Mist of the Dark Released!

Release coming soon!

Play Mist of the Dark now! Updates on release and the future

Our release plans

Current state of the game

The Future

Alpha Testing Announced!

We're opening up testing to our community!

Current state of the game

Known Issues

Plans for Release

Welcome to Mist of the Dark Community

Release Date Updated

Hey community!