NIGHTMARE MODE (Danger System Update) and Trailer!

It's already been over two months since the release of Horse Mansion, and it's been a ton of fun watching people play! This was my first time ever releasing a game, so its been a really exciting time.  It was surreal seeing facecam footage in front of something that originally had only made for me and my friends.  While I haven't decided whether to make sequel yet, I was inspired to create one more update for Horse Mansion, "Nightmare Mode"!

Nightmare Mode

Heavily inspired by similar systems in popular roguelikes, Nightmare Mode is meant to add challenge, objectives, and replayability to the game for anyone who wants to continue playing!  This mode adds optional challenges and hazards that will add Danger to your run.  For example, the Hazards 1 modifier will add swinging pendulums throughout the mansion, On The Clock forces you to finish in a limited timeframe, and More the Merrirer can extra horses!  These modifiers are meant to be combinable for you to create your own run and achieve the highest danger level you can!  

Each run starts inside the mansion, and ends when you've made it through the basement.  The Horse will start at a higher aggression stage than the base game, and dying will end your run.  As with the base game, all items and puzzle clues are shuffled throughout the mansion at the start of the run to keep things interesting!

The modifiers each have three unlockable badges associated with them for completing specific objects, and there are also unlockable badges for beating a run at difficult heat thresholds!

Official Trailer!

Showcasing the base game and the update, Horse Mansion now has its own trailer created by Isaac Johnson!  I'm thrilled with the way it turned out, and hope it gets people excited about the game.

Check it out here!

General Improvements

Coming out with this update are also some small but impactful changes that should smooth out a first playthrough in the base game.  After watching a lot of people play, there were a  few things I wish I had done differently or made more clear.

These fixes include:

• Making ladders easier to climb
• Adding an instruction that you can scroll through your items with mousewheel
• Announcing that you can sprint when you enter the mansion
• Making the announcement that you can buy lootboxes more obvious
• Adding a red carpet underneath the books in the study to make them more conspicuous
• Making the Horse aggressive much earlier in the playthrough

Once again, thank you everyone who has played and supported Horse Mansion!