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The Painscreek Killings Soundtrack Release
Hi everyone, We’ve received many inquiries from fans asking whether the soundtrack for The Painscreek Killings would ever be released. We truly appreciate the continued interest and support. Originally, we did not plan…
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November 2024 Patch Notes
11/30/2024: Changed all locks to start at 0. ex. 6 digit lock will be 000000. Changes to how items are rotated while being Inspected.
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July 2024 Patch Notes
7/24/2024: Added 3200x2000 resolution. Fixed an issue with Andrew's House. This fix will only work on save datas that didn't already run into this issue. If you left Andrew's house after interacting with his journal, an…
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A Bold Approach to Mystery | Dissecting THE PAINSCREEK KILLINGS 1 by Vote 4 Holt
Hi everyone! Recently Vote 4 Holt published an essay style video about mystery games and featured The Painscreek Killings as his case study. He invited 4 players to play The Painscreek Killings and compiled their approa…
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The Making of The Painscreek Killings Available Now with 10% off!
Hi everyone! We have released The Making of The Painscreek Killings to be available for purchase! To celebrate launch week, it will also be 10% off. The Making of The Painscreek Killings is a 206-page digital book for f…
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The Making of The Painscreek Killings is now available on Indiegogo
Hi everyone, Indiegogo reached out to us and we have decided to continue the Scene Investigators Kickstarter campaign on their platform. For those who have missed the Kickstarter campaign, The Making of The Painscreek K…
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'The Making of The Painscreek Killings' in development
Hi everyone, We are currently developing 'The Making of The Painscreek Killings', a 90+ pages jam-packed information on how TPK was created from beginning to end. It is currently available on Scene Investigators' Kickst…
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Scene Investigators is coming to Kickstarter
Hi everyone! We would like to inform you that a Kickstarter launch for Scene Investigators is well underway. It has been approved and a pre-launch page is up. Scene Investigators has been entirely self-funded from the s…
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The Painscreek Killings interview by Kyber Cave Productions
Hi everyone! It's been a while since we posted news other than patch notes. Today, we'd like to share with you the interview video our game director had with Arc Xcala from Kyber Cave Productions about how The Painscree…
Patch notes - The Painscreek Killings
July 2022 Patch Notes
7/6/2022: Added 3840x1600 and 5120x2160 resolutions. Made Controller Settings scale better to different aspect ratios. Let us know if you face any scaling issues with specific resolutions.
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June 2022 Patch Notes
6/25/2022: Fixed some typos and grammatical errors. Removed one instance of a note that could be found in two different locations.
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January 2022 Patch Notes
1/10/2022: Fixed 3840x2160 resolution. Enabled Sprint Toggle and Subtitles on by default. Fixed an issue where if you delete saveoptionsData.txt, the game changes your Brightness to 0.1 and Master Volume to 0. 1/18/2022…
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August 2021 Patch Notes
8/14/2021: Added 5120x1440 resolution.
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June 2021 Patch Notes
6/28/2021: Fixed an issue with 2560x1600 resolution. 6/14/2021: Added 2560x1600 resolution. Fixed a bug where if you complete the game without saving even once (ex. leave the Village instantly), and go to the Start Menu…
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April 2021 Patch Notes
4/8/2021: Changed D3D9 fullscreen mode to exclusive.
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February 2021 Patch Notes
2/3/2021: Fixed one more error in a Diary entry in the Italian localization. Fixed a few mistranslated dates (Spain Spanish, Latin America Spanish, Italian, and Polish).
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