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Steam News26 January 20265mo ago

1.4 Content Patch

1.4 Content Patch Despite your best efforts to understand it, the town is everchanging. For the first update of 2026 I bring you the 1.

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What changed

0 fixes9 additions1 change2 removals
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
added1.4 Content PatchFor the first update of 2026 I bring you the 1.4 content update which promises to further flesh out characters and stories, but also polish the day to day experience in your mysterious hometown. This update comes with new puzzles, areas, secrets, scares, and surreal moments. I also wanted to thank you all again for all the reviews, artwork, and support I've seen in this small community. You all have made Lake of Darkness an incredibly rewarding experience to make, I hope you enjoy the new patch.
addedContent:New section of your house is now explorable
addedContent:New hidden area
addedContent:New mechanics and puzzles
addedContent:New secret dialogue
addedContent:New hidden scares

Lake of Darkness changes

addedFor the first update of 2026 I bring you the 1.4 content update which promises to further flesh out characters and stories, but also polish the day to day experience in your mysterious hometown. This update comes with new puzzles, areas, secrets, scares, and surreal moments. I also wanted to thank you all again for all the reviews, artwork, and support I've seen in this small community. You all have made Lake of Darkness an incredibly rewarding experience to make, I hope you enjoy the new patch.
addedNew section of your house is now explorable
addedNew hidden area
addedNew mechanics and puzzles
addedNew secret dialogue

1.4 Content Patch

Despite your best efforts to understand it, the town is everchanging.

For the first update of 2026 I bring you the 1.4 content update which promises to further flesh out characters and stories, but also polish the day to day experience in your mysterious hometown. This update comes with new puzzles, areas, secrets, scares, and surreal moments. I also wanted to thank you all again for all the reviews, artwork, and support I've seen in this small community. You all have made Lake of Darkness an incredibly rewarding experience to make, I hope you enjoy the new patch.

Content:

  • New section of your house is now explorable

  • New hidden area

  • New mechanics and puzzles

  • New secret dialogue

  • New hidden scares

  • 2 new items

  • 4 new endings

  • New Steam achievement

  • Work intro scene with dad now triggerable only once per day.

  • Can no longer name character "???"

  • Can no longer name character a number of slurs

Bugfixes:

  • Password puzzle solution failing to trigger

  • Incorrect menu in living room day 3

  • Bug that caused songs to overlap

  • Branch sprite moving around inventory

  • Various typos/gramatical errors

The town shifts, metastasizing, constantly changing.

Until it stops.

It was only a few moments after that...

Source

Steam News / 26 January 2026

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