Dark Hours News

Hey everyone,

We're thrilled to announce that Dark Hours is joining the Women's Day Sale on Steam!

This special event, running from February 28 to March 9, celebrates the incredible contributions of women in gaming as part of International Women's Rights Day.

For the duration of the sale, you can grab Dark Hours at 20% off — the perfect opportunity to embark on a heist with your co-op team. But the real question is... will you make it out alive?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2208570/Dark_Hours/




And if you haven’t already, don’t forget that we just launched our new major update this week, packed with a lot of fresh content:

• Explore a new environment: the Casino
  
• Meet a new monster: the Demon Trickster
  
• Gather your team in the new lobby
  
• Solve new mini-games.
  
• Enjoy general fixes and improvements
  
• And more!
  

Want to learn more about the update? Check out the full patch notes in this news. Now’s the perfect time to jump in!
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2208570/view/508445806184891027


Make sure to check out the Women's Day Sale page to discover other amazing games participating in this event:
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/WomensDaySale


Have fun!
Raven


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[h2]Patchnote #28 for Dark Hours (v0.8.17800) - 28/02/2025[/h2]

[h3]Gameplay[/h3]

• Light objects push: Objects weighing less than 0.5kg can no longer push buttons or players
  
• Golden tag FIX: Fix of a bug that correctly retrieves the 'Golden Lead' tag when a player pushes another
  
• Ballon Crash Fix: Fixed a bug causing players to crash when they tried to fill a balloon in a sink
  
• Lockdoor Code: Fixed a bug preventing players from entering the Lockdoor code using a controller or the E key on the keyboard
  
• Lift a gate Fix: The animation for raising the gate is now in the correct position and will less likely block other players' passage
  

[h3]Monster[/h3]

• Trickster Card FIX: It was possible to retrieve the Trickster card through the gate when it was in the hand of a statue in the auction house, but this is no longer possible now
  
• Trickster Demon Music Modifie:
  - Added phases during the QTE acceleration
  - Implementation of Rush E as the QTE music for the Trickster Demon
  
• Trickster animation: Removed the visual of held objects during the Trickster's kill animation.
  
• Fix sound loop: Hidebehind and Statue had a bug causing an infinite loop of their sound, which has been fixed.
  

[h3]Animation[/h3]

• Taser Fix: Fixed a bug where the client could not see the taser animation playing
  

[h3]LD[/h3]

• Furniture Casino: Adding paintings on the hallway walls
  
• Optimizations:
  - Optimization pass related to the shadows of the furniture present in the casino environment
  - Reduced the number of chairs in certain rooms of the casino
  
• Central desk Operation room: Centered the central desk in the Operation room to prevent spawns that were too close to a wall, which could interfere with navigation
  
• Light Staff Parking FIX: Fix of lights overlapping with other assets in the parking lot
  
• Broken speakers:
  - The speakers of a broken camera no longer work when it is destroyed
  - Fixed collisions when a camera is destroyed
  - Improved the sound modification applied to the speakers
  
• Double wall Auction House: Fixed a bug where two walls were overlapping in the exhibition room of the auction house
  

[h3]UI[/h3]

• Golden tag FIX: Fix of a bug that correctly retrieves the 'Golden Lead' tag when a player pushes another
  
• Gamemode at start FIX: Fix of a bug where the default game mode offered first was "Golden Tag" instead of "Heist"
  
• Teambag in Lobby FIX: Fix of a bug that allowed players to throw items into the team bag in the lobby
  

Known bug: It is possible that if you return to the lobby immediately after a game with the Trickster Demon, you may have no inputs, become stuck and unable to move in the lobby. It can last few minutes, or you will need to restart the game

[h2]Patchnote #27 for Dark Hours (v0.8.17735) - 27/02/2025[/h2]
[h3]Gameplay[/h3]

• Taser Updates:
  - Taser now stops functioning when the player is frozen, caught, or knocked out.
  - Added a visual charge bar for the taser.
  
• Jump on Head glitches removal: Removed the ability to jump off a character's head.
  
• Difficulty Scaling Adjustments:
  - Heist objectives number of items to retrieve in van are now scaled based on difficulty settings.
  - Team bag goals are now adjusted according to difficulty levels.
  - Removed Nightmare difficulty level which was made available by mistake but is scheduled for a later update and was not balanced.
  

[h3]Monsters[/h3]

• Trickster:
  - Some balancing on Trickster behaviours
  - Prevent Trickster to spawn in the Casino's Patio
  - Items are now set to be invisible during the spawn box phase to prevent visual clutter.
  - Added a new Water React animation for the Trickster.
  
• Monsters stuck in doors: Fixed cases where monsters were stuck in some doorways of the Casino
  

[h3]Level Design (LD)[/h3]

• Camera Speaker System: When using a security camera from a PC, the player’s voice is transmitted through the camera’s speaker, making it audible to those near the camera. Sound effect has still to be tweaked better.
  
• Prison Starting Area Fix: If all players accidentally get trapped behind the starting prison gate, the gate can now be lifted manually.
  
• Room & Object Fixes:
  - Fixed overlapping vent walls in the Art Room.
  - Fixed duplicate lockpad interactions and updated incorrect interaction prompts.
  - Resolved an issue where locked doors near electrical rooms were incorrectly replaced with grilles.
  
• Drawer & Spawner Fixes:
  - Fixed drawer spawn pivots that were too high in the Detention Room's repair table.
  - Disabled spawner inside the piano, which previously caused softlocks.
  
• Lobby:
  - Players can now steal from other players' backpacks in the lobby.
  - Eye & Skin Color Fix: Resolved an issue where eye and skin color settings were not being saved correctly.
  
• Optimizations: First pass of optimization on the 3d lobby, more to come on the lobby and the casino environment.
  

[h3]General[/h3]

• Gas Sound Fix: Resolved an issue where gas sound effects could loop indefinitely.
  
• Balloon Fixes:
  - Updated balloon state icon.
  - Fixed issue where balloons could remain stuck in a player's hand.
  - Fixed crash when balloons were filled with water till explosion.
  

[h3]Hello everyone[/h3]

To celebrate the release of the "All Bets Down!" Major Update, enjoy a 20% discount on Dark Hours now until March 13th. It’s the perfect time to convince your friends to join you and help you steal THE crown!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2208570/Dark_Hours/

If you missed this major update, here’s a summary of what’s inside:



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https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2208570/view/508445806184891027

[h2]Dark Hours? Tell me more![/h2]
Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for up to 4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out!

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See yaaa

Raven

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[h3]Hey everyone[/h3]

[h2]The "All Bets Down!" Major Update for Dark Hours is LIVE NOW![/h2]

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This update introduces plenty of new content, including features planned in the roadmap—such as a new monster, a new environment and a difficulty settings. We’ve also added some unexpected surprises, like a completely reworked lobby!
Complete patchnote available at the bottom of this news!



[h2]🃏Give a huge round of applause for the star of the show: The Trickster Demon![/h2]

This little prankster loves to hide things that don’t belong to him—stay on your toes!



[h2]🎰Come bet your future in The Casino![/h2]

Come explore a brand-new environment to rob in this casino, lit up by a thousand lights!



[h2]💪Customize the difficulty settings like you want[/h2]

Is your game too easy? Too hard? You can now adjust the game presets to change the difficulty like you want!
Feel free to give us feedback, we will make adjustments based on your input over the next few days.

[h2]🏭Come discover your brand new base[/h2]

Enjoy a brand-new 3D lobby to prepare yourself for your next heist!



[h2]🔫Brand new playable items are now available![/h2]
The extinguisher was already a really cool and versatile item, come check out these new ones:

• A Taser: If someone gives you trouble, defend yourself with this magnificent Taser
  
• A water balloon: They say water and electricity don’t mix well. I’ll let you test that out.
  
• A water gun: After the Dart Gun, who’s adding this? What could possibly be the point of it?
  

[h2]🔁New puzzle minigame[/h2]

Come play new co-op minigames to progress in your heists and reach your goal while making sure to survive your pursuers!



[h2]🔨Some improvements[/h2]

Many bugs have been fixed, and various improvements have been made based on your feedback from the past few weeks. You can find the full details of these bug fixes and improvements at the end of this news post!


⏬To play, it's over here!⏬

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2208570/Dark_Hours/


Have fun!

Raven

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[h2]Patchnote Major UPDATE All Bets Down - 26/02/2025[/h2]
[h3]NEW[/h3]
[List]
ADD: A brand new monster, the TRICKSTER DEMON
ADD: A new environment, the CASINO
ADD: Difficulty settings
ADD: A fresh new 3D LOBBY
ADD: New playable items, Taser, Water balloon, Water gun
ADD: New puzzle minigame


[h3]Gameplay[/h3]

• Extinguisher Fix: Fixed a bug where, if you used the extinguisher and got caught by a monster at the same time, the extinguisher would keep being used and empty itself.
  
• Drop Item Fix: Fixing a bug that caused us to drop our first item when right-clicking in the empty space in the inventory menu.
  
• Frozen in the van Fix: Fix for a bug where, when players managed to get frozen while joining the van, they remained frozen.
  
• Push Updated: Improvement of the push feature, which now takes the player's rotation into account, allowing the player pushing to push multiple people at once.
  

[h3]Monster[/h3]

• Kisser: The Kisser is temporarily in quarantine until it's back in top form to haunt your heists even better
  

[h3]General[/h3]

• Screamer Fix: Fixed a bug where a monster's screamer could spawn in the level at the same time as the actual monster.
  
• Tag Sound ADD: Adding a sound when a player makes a tag
  
• Death camera Fix: When a dead player wanted to watch the POV of a player who had already been dead and then revived with a defibrillator, it was not possible
  
• Contract Selection MOD: You now have the option to choose between three contracts at the beginning of each heist, each offering a different environment.
  
• Customization Fix: Fix for a bug where the colors applied during customization were not saved.