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Dark Deception x Youtooz plush collection now live 🩸!
Dark Deception plushies (Joy Kill, Malak, and Murder Monkey) are on sale for a limited time at Youtooz! https://youtooz.com/collections/dark-deception
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Flamingo Dread Ducky is now available on Makeship!
Dark Deception's horrifyingly cute Dready Ducky is back with a new pink look as Flamingo Dread Ducky! Bright & flamboyant, Dready Ducky's done hiding and ready to shine in Monsters & Mortals! Don't be fooled by the colo…
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Super Dark Deception Demo
Super Dark Deception's Demo is now live on Steam. This is the mini-game that will be playable in Dark Deception CH5. It's a fun 2D reimagining of Dark Deception. Be sure to give it a try! Super Dark Deception Demo
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Dark Deception Youtooz Now Available!
Dark Deception finally has vinyl figures! Murder Monkey & Dread Ducky are now available on Youtooz!
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Dark Deception performance improvement
Decrease in GPU usage by anywhere from about 10% to 45% across the board on Dark Deception, enjoy the faster frames!
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Dark Deception Chapter 4 & Dark Deception Enhanced Update are RELEASED!
The wait is over! The enhanced update to Dark Deception Chapters 1-3 and the (brand new) 4th chapter are officially released! Get it now while it's on sale!
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Dark Deception Enhanced + Chapter 4 Coming September 28th!
It's finally almost time! Dark Deception Enhanced is finished (you can watch it on YouTube) and Chapter 4 is almost done! Dark Deception CH4 will release on September 28th. The enhanced versions of CH 1-3 will release a…
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1.6.0 | Language and Difficulty Update.
Hey everyone! We have just pushed a patch that includes new languages and difficulty adjustments. School will now be quite a bit harder! Malak's Phantom Form has also been buffed globally. The languages (and their respe…
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1.5.2 | Update
Hey everyone! The past few days Vince and I have been working on fixing the most important bugs still left from the launch of Chapter 3. Thank you all for the feedback and bug hunting! Here are the most important fixes/…
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Chapter 3 Launch Day
The wait is finally over! Chapter 3 will be out on June 24th at 8PM PST (midnight EST). Get ready to run for your life from dread duckies & clown gremlins! As usual, we will continue to improve the chapter even after re…
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Chapter 3 Release Date & New Merch Store
Chapter 3 is nearing completion and I plan to announce a release date over the next 2 weeks as well as launch the coming soon page for Chapter 3. It won't be much longer now! We also have some other DD related big news…
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1.4.1 | Startup Crash Fix.
Hey everybody, There's been many reports of the game crashing on startup after the 1.4 update. We've tracked down the issue to the launcher that starts up before the game, it has now been removed. I'd appreciate to hear…
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1.4 Update
Hey everyone, We've been hard at work on Dark Deception the past few days. This is a pretty big update, full of bug fixes and quality of life changes and features! The additions: Tablet Map Zoom You can now zoom out the…
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Chapter 2 Patch 1.3.4
Hey everyone! We've been working very hard to find and fix as many bugs as we can. Fixes Opening the ring altar after beating the Hotel erases save file. Secrets not unlocking in the Extras Menu. Watchers moving while b…
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Chapter 2 Patch 1.3.2 | Resume Button
Hey everyone, I'm trying to address the black screen issue after school, as well as the resume button disappearing after beating school and hotel not showing up in the replayable levels list. I pushed a patch that tries…
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Chapter 2 Patch 1.3.1 | Major bug fixes!
Hey everyone, We would like to apologize for any inconveniences caused by the bugs that came with the new Chapter 2 release. Save Corruption I have tracked down the save corruption bug, it was present in the Hotel level…
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