Update log
Full Witchmarsh: Tea Party of the Damned update
The complete published notes, normalized for clean reading and source attribution.
Repeated intro
Hello, everyone!
Extracted changes
- Performance
- Balance
- Gameplay
We’ve just launched an update for the Tea Party of the Damned playtest, which is available to backers of our Kickstarter campaign who pledged a ‘Town Council' tier or higher. We've also got some news about the year ahead, as well as our pricing and Early Access plans!
"Open sesame!"
Test #5 News
Backer Test 5, which will open to the next tier of backers, is sadly taking longer than we expected, so we’ve decided to release it in two steps:
Patch 0.4.0: Minor Content/Stability Update (Just launched!)
Patch 0.5.0: Backer Test 5 & Gold Key Test (Coming next)
Roadmap
Here’s a rough schedule for the year ahead. Please note that projected dates may change!
Roadmap - 2026
| Just launched! | Update 0.4.0 (groundwork for Backer Test 5). |
| Q2 | Backer Test #5. Gold key backers are invited to test the game. |
| Early Q3 | Backer Test #6. The playtest is rolled out to all backers of the original Witchmarsh Kickstarter campaign. |
| Late Q3 or Q4 | Game launches via Early Access. |
| - | Post-launch hotfixes and bug squashing. |
| TBC May also be 2027. | Major update 1: ‘Enter the Crypts’. One half of the campaign’s second chapter. New area type: The Crypt. New investigator unlock: The Gentleman. The rest of Chapter 2 will be added in Major Update 2 (see below). |
| - | Hotfixes (as required), minor content updates, etc. |
Roadmap - 2027
| TBC | Major Update 2: ‘Lair of the Batalisk’. Players venture into the tidal caverns, located beyond the Shifting Sewers. The Technician joins the lineup of playable characters. Plus new enemies, items, spells, abilities, and more! Note: This is the second part of Chapter 2. Once it launches, players will be able to choose which dungeon to explore first: the caverns or the crypts. Both must be completed in order to reach Chapter 3, coming in a future update. |
| TBC | Major Update 3: ????. We’ll be announcing more details about this update closer to its release.In total, we have at least 5 major patches planned for Tea Party of the Damned, each with a specific theme and investigator unlock associated with it. |
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Game price and launch discount
Witchmarsh: Tea Party of the Damned will cost $17.99 (USD) / £14.99 (GBP). There will be a 20% launch discount which will run for at least seven days, and the base price won’t change once it’s out of Early Access. In addition to this, the base price will not increase once we’ve successfully patched in online multiplayer (still no ETA on this).
Update: A note on regional pricing: We're currently looking into the issue of regional pricing and we may make some adjustments on a region-by-region basis, based on purchasing power. Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention!
The new patch brings a new enemy - the Scavenger Crab. These crafty crustaceans disguise themselves as beach detritus, before jumping up and throwing their hoard at their prey.
Backer copies
As a reminder, ToTD will be supplied for free to all backers of the original Witchmarsh Kickstarter campaign (1 copy pledged = 1 Steam key for ToTD).
The party does battle with an awakened Scavenger Crab!
Early Access details
We’ve added some details explaining why we’ve opted for Early Access
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