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A New Free Game in the Haunted Arcade Universe!

Heyo! My partner and I have been working on our newest project, and it's finally here! You can find out more about it in this video: You can find it here: Get Hidden Arcade Now For Free! Q: What is this game about?

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addedYou can find it here: Get Hidden Arcade Now For Free!Q: Why this game and not any other hidden object game? A: The game's unique selling factor is that it innovates on the genre in many ways: 1) To add replayability, each level has a timer as well as a global leaderboard so that people can improve their times! You can of course turn it off if you would like a more relaxed experience. ✨ 2) To add functionality, people can create their own levels using the Custom Creator! Pick your own background image, drag Ghosts around, scale them and exchange each Ghost's texture, insert custom sounds, give it a name and upload it to the Steam Workshop! ✨ 3) To add community, everyone can download user-created levels and play them in the Custom Player! Clicking on any slot that says "Get more..." leads you straight to the Steam Workshop where you can subscribe to any levels you would like to play. Hitting refresh when you're back in the game will show all your new levels and allow you to enjoy them! ✨ 4) To add color to the world, this game is available in color! This might not sound that big, but the vast majority of "100 xxx in xxx" games are black and white only. This game features beautiful artwork that took hours to complete, and you can choose whether to view it through a black-and-white lens, or to see all the colors it was drawn in! ✨
changedYou can find it here: Get Hidden Arcade Now For Free!Q: Why should I get the game now? A: For the Release Week, the Custom Creator is available to everyone! Just boot up the game and start making your own levels - don't worry, you'll be able to play user-created levels for free forever! But on Monday the 10th, the Custom Creator will be released as a DLC for 99 Cents instead. I would love to keep the game entirely free forever, but sadly, I need to insert some way to make back the 100 Dollars it cost to get the game on Steam, and I poured hundreds of unpaid hours into it. I hope that 99 cents for an optional level editor in a free game is an okay price to pay.
addedYou can find it here: Get Hidden Arcade Now For Free!Q: How could I possibly support such a fantastic free game? A: Great that you're asking! If you can claim the game to add it to your library, let it run in the background and/or write a review for it, that would massively help me by boosting it in the almighty algorithm!
changedYou can find it here: Get Hidden Arcade Now For Free!Q: Why did you make this game? A: I've had a very sudden fixation on Hidden Object games of the type of "100 xxx in xxx" last year and knew that I wanted to make one that is made with genuine love and care due to the oversaturation of poorly optimized, quickly developed slop. My partner was instantly on board and provided her amazing drawing skills. This is the result of that. :D

Haunted Arcade changes

addedQ: Why this game and not any other hidden object game? A: The game's unique selling factor is that it innovates on the genre in many ways: 1) To add replayability, each level has a timer as well as a global leaderboard so that people can improve their times! You can of course turn it off if you would like a more relaxed experience. ✨ 2) To add functionality, people can create their own levels using the Custom Creator! Pick your own background image, drag Ghosts around, scale them and exchange each Ghost's texture, insert custom sounds, give it a name and upload it to the Steam Workshop! ✨ 3) To add community, everyone can download user-created levels and play them in the Custom Player! Clicking on any slot that says "Get more..." leads you straight to the Steam Workshop where you can subscribe to any levels you would like to play. Hitting refresh when you're back in the game will show all your new levels and allow you to enjoy them! ✨ 4) To add color to the world, this game is available in color! This might not sound that big, but the vast majority of "100 xxx in xxx" games are black and white only. This game features beautiful artwork that took hours to complete, and you can choose whether to view it through a black-and-white lens, or to see all the colors it was drawn in! ✨
changedQ: Why should I get the game now? A: For the Release Week, the Custom Creator is available to everyone! Just boot up the game and start making your own levels - don't worry, you'll be able to play user-created levels for free forever! But on Monday the 10th, the Custom Creator will be released as a DLC for 99 Cents instead. I would love to keep the game entirely free forever, but sadly, I need to insert some way to make back the 100 Dollars it cost to get the game on Steam, and I poured hundreds of unpaid hours into it. I hope that 99 cents for an optional level editor in a free game is an okay price to pay.
addedQ: How could I possibly support such a fantastic free game? A: Great that you're asking! If you can claim the game to add it to your library, let it run in the background and/or write a review for it, that would massively help me by boosting it in the almighty algorithm!
changedQ: Why did you make this game? A: I've had a very sudden fixation on Hidden Object games of the type of "100 xxx in xxx" last year and knew that I wanted to make one that is made with genuine love and care due to the oversaturation of poorly optimized, quickly developed slop. My partner was instantly on board and provided her amazing drawing skills. This is the result of that. :D

Heyo! My partner and I have been working on our newest project, and it's finally here! You can find out more about it in this video:

You can find it here: Get Hidden Arcade Now For Free!

Q: What is this game about? A: 💗 Find and free the hidden Ghosts spread throughout distinct Arcade Game Worlds, and create your own ones! 💗 Hidden Arcade is a Hidden Object point-and-click game in which the player has to find Ghosts inside of different Arcade Machines! ✨

Q: Why this game and not any other hidden object game? A: The game's unique selling factor is that it innovates on the genre in many ways: 1) To add replayability, each level has a timer as well as a global leaderboard so that people can improve their times! You can of course turn it off if you would like a more relaxed experience. ✨ 2) To add functionality, people can create their own levels using the Custom Creator! Pick your own background image, drag Ghosts around, scale them and exchange each Ghost's texture, insert custom sounds, give it a name and upload it to the Steam Workshop! ✨ 3) To add community, everyone can download user-created levels and play them in the Custom Player! Clicking on any slot that says "Get more..." leads you straight to the Steam Workshop where you can subscribe to any levels you would like to play. Hitting refresh when you're back in the game will show all your new levels and allow you to enjoy them! ✨ 4) To add color to the world, this game is available in color! This might not sound that big, but the vast majority of "100 xxx in xxx" games are black and white only. This game features beautiful artwork that took hours to complete, and you can choose whether to view it through a black-and-white lens, or to see all the colors it was drawn in! ✨

Q: Why should I get the game now? A: For the Release Week, the Custom Creator is available to everyone! Just boot up the game and start making your own levels - don't worry, you'll be able to play user-created levels for free forever! But on Monday the 10th, the Custom Creator will be released as a DLC for 99 Cents instead. I would love to keep the game entirely free forever, but sadly, I need to insert some way to make back the 100 Dollars it cost to get the game on Steam, and I poured hundreds of unpaid hours into it. I hope that 99 cents for an optional level editor in a free game is an okay price to pay.

Q: I found an issue. What should I do? A: Please tell me! Either in the Discussions form, or via email, you can tell me any feature you'd like, any bug you found, and I will try to address them as soon as possible!

Q: How could I possibly support such a fantastic free game? A: Great that you're asking! If you can claim the game to add it to your library, let it run in the background and/or write a review for it, that would massively help me by boosting it in the almighty algorithm!

Q: Why did you make this game? A: I've had a very sudden fixation on Hidden Object games of the type of "100 xxx in xxx" last year and knew that I wanted to make one that is made with genuine love and care due to the oversaturation of poorly optimized, quickly developed slop. My partner was instantly on board and provided her amazing drawing skills. This is the result of that. :D

Alrighty that's everything for now I guess, hope u enjoy and ya! Don't worry, this doesn't mean I won't work on Haunted Arcade anymore. Still planning to overwork Hooked on Art :) So see ya around and ya, goodbyeoo!

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