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Hush House, isometrified
Hey Librarians! I'm just posting a quick cross-post of some new isometric Hush House art from our upcoming game, Travelling At Night. I thought you'd enjoy it, so here it is in all its glory! Travelling is set in the sa…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - BOOK OF HOURS
2026.1.f.3 FEATHER: Modding now available to everyone
Full modding support is now live. Many thanks to our curator-freelancer Chelnoque for making this happen. The Workshop is live here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1028310/workshop/ DLL mods - that is mods which alter t…
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2026.1.f.3 FEATHER
Modding beta->live
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BETA: 2026.1.f.1 'FEATHER'
Welcome to 2026, everyone, The sum of the digits in this year is 10. The sum of digits in 10 is 1. There's probably something in that. New update (on the beta branch) for the new year. There's one big feature that I've…
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The advent calendar is live!
"Reverend Timothy, having secured the attention of an attractive woman prepared to listen to his sermons, is now elucidating his previous *and* his next intended Christmas sermon. Coquille fastens her smile more charmin…
Store1 change - BOOK OF HOURS
Full Japanese localisation OUT NOW!
“Language is the key. It was language that opened the doors of the Mansus; without language, we could have had no peace; without language, we would still be beasts, worms, mud.” At long last, we’re delighted to launch f…
Store3 changesGameplay - BOOK OF HOURS
2025.8.e.3: "EAGLES"
[Note: this patch went briefly live earlier this week, but it broke custom key bindings. We rolled it back, and that's fixed now.] 2025.8.e.3: "EAGLES" A number of tiny ameliorations from the redoubtable Chelnoque Perfe…
Security9 changesFixGameplay - BOOK OF HOURS
d.2 'DOVE'
ACCESSIBILITY: Edge scroll (moves the camera when the cursor is near the edge of the screen) - off by default, can be toggled in the settings - Custom window size persists after closing the game - Certain impossible sav…
Announcement - BOOK OF HOURS
The Skeleton Light
This is a new blog post from AK, almost entirely about Cultist Simulator (whose SEVENTH BIRTHDAY it is tomorrow). But there's a lot that's directly relevant to the design of BOOK OF HOURS, so I thought you BoH players m…
Announcement8 changesGameplayUI/audio - BOOK OF HOURS
Japanese beta now available
"Language is the key. It was language that opened the doors of the Mansus; without language, we could have had no peace; without language, we would still be beasts, worms, mud." We’ve missed you, Hush House! Today we’re…
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2025.4.c.3
Japanese language beta!
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2025.b.2 : LOCMODDING
It's now possible to create community localisations for BOOK OF HOURS! Details here: https://weatherfactory.biz/book-of-hours-locmod-creation-reference/
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A letter from the Witch of Lagash
First things first: Cultist Simulator is 50-70% off as part of the Lovecraftian Days sale, so if you haven't played BOOK OF HOURS' elder brother, now's a great time to try it. (Cultist Simulator is a crueller game, but…
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2025.1.a.11
Some people were seeing a crash on Mac. After this they shouldn't!
Announcement1 changePerformance - BOOK OF HOURS
BOOK OF HOURS has the Green Tick
that is, we're now Verified on Steam Deck. Thanks to Chelnoque for doggedly chiselling away at this exacting task. Valve's QA process has evidently tightened up: we've been back and forth addressing niggles with their v…
Patch notes - BOOK OF HOURS
Talk Secret Histories with Alexis and Lottie
Merry Christmas, everyone! We're rounding off the year with a live AMA on the Weather Factory subreddit, starting in about half an hour. Come talk to us about anything BOOK OF HOURS, Secret Histories, why you should nev…
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