In-game event21 Oct 2025Patch 1.15Deer Gamers... Boo! It's October, spooky month ooo~ One Spooky thing is I updated Gamemaker Studio 2 for the first time since 2022 and had to update Reindeer Story to a new project type... Which is fraught with terror, and the looming spectre of previously working code functioning differently... ooo~ ːsteammockingː To be on the safe side I've done a full playthrough of Reindeer Story and tried…
Deer Gamers! Just a quick update to fix a reported bug and a performance improvement to the minimaps introduced in the last version. QoL · Fixed an issue which caused the Minimap to be more performance intensive than necessary in bigger rooms. In v1.13 the minimap was processing the entire room when updating positions of objects, causing it to be more performance intensive the bigger the room w…
Hi Deer Gamers! Reindeer Story is 7 months old now, over half a year! Time flies and I'm glad to announce two nice milestones of over 150 copies sold (close to 170) and 10 positive reviews! Maybe not reached quite as fast as I've hoped but I'm glad to reach these milestones especially outside of the holiday season! Thank you for the support! ːsteamhappyː Hopefully I can reach 200 copies by Nove…
Hi Deer Gamers, Long time no speak! I've recently updated Reindeer Story to use Steam Cloud your saves should now be able to be accessed across multiple PCs! ːsteamhappyː I'm also currently working on updates to Reindeer Story based on feedback. I'm aiming to release v1.13 by the end of the month! v1.13 will include the option to bring up a minimap in the game to help navigate the world and hel…
Hi Deer Gamers! I've released version 1.12 of Reindeer Story! As with last time, I'm aiming to use January to apply changes based on feedback from the community and reviews! This patch introduces a new option on the Title Screen, 'Options' which replaces 'Steam'. On the Options you can set the Text Speed and Volume Settings. Any settings set while the titlescreen will carry across to, New Game+…
Happy New Year Deer Gamers! Hope you all had a great holiday! It's a new year with new goals. I'm aiming to use January to work through the feedback for Reindeer Story and make as many changes as possible to improve the experience! This patch is focused on the Snowmobile, there were a lot of critiques regarding the speed and control. Changes have been made to enhance the level of control the pl…
Deer Gamers, Just a small bugfix relating to one of the game's endings Bugfixes * Fixed a bug where after getting the Starflake Rebirth ending the player's current plotbranch would not be reset correctly preventing the player fighting Jack Frost again after continuing the same save file. *Fixed a bug where the the doorway in the final battle location would not lead back to the hallway. QoL * An…
Merry Christmas Deer Gamers! I got a few Christmas presents today, but the best one is seeing the results of Reindeer Story's launch! Between Steam and Itch.io it's reached over 100 sales (nearly 110, though with steam doing the heavy lifting lol) and every review has been positive on Steam, Every review 5 stars on Itch! For my first commercial game it puts a tear to my eye really! It means a l…
Hi Deer Players, Tis the Season! Secretly in the last update I've added three special green present boxes which only appear available during the month of December ! These are the only of their kind in their game so you'll know when you've found them! These are the Yule Horns , Yule Rod and Yule claws ! They are all in locations accessible once you reach Chapter 4 ! I won't name the locations bu…
Hi Deer Gamers! A new set of bugfixes and amendments have been made to improve the play experience of Reindeer Story. As always thanks for playing! Bugfixes · Fixed a bug where after getting the Doom Breaker ending and saving a game completion save file continuing that save file would spawn you on a bottomless pit endlessly. Saving the game will now set the right co-ordinates · For the above, l…
Hi Deer Gamers! Just a follow up todays earlier patch the first was covered in version 1.071 but figured I'd include it here officially! Due to an oversight in the games script files interacting with the Naughty & Nice text option. This lead to certain lines of dialogue being duplicated in game, this didn't affect much of the games texthowever because this would affect every playthrough I prior…
Hi Deer Players, A bit of a quick patch, It was reported some of the game's dialogue in a few scenes and general NPC dialogue was duplicated fairly late in the game. I scoured over the scripts and using some excel features to identify these duplicates and some others and corrected these! Big Apologies to players affected by this. Otherwise there hasn't been any changes to the games code for thi…
Hi Deer players! Just deploying another small patch to improve the general gameplay experience. I've solved a couple of very situational soft-locks and an issue surrounding Lux's nose glow in the overworld sometimes appearing on the battle screen! Functionality Change · If you trigger a scene while being chased by an enemy in the overworld they will stop chasing you and move back to their initi…
Hi Deer Players, Another week another new version! This time there's two minor bugs reported with mimic present boxes and a repeatable triggered battle in Chapter 3. Bugfixes * Fixed a bug that made it possible to open present boxes you're standing next to on the overworld, while the pause screen is open. * The above fixes a glitch in previous versions. Where if you open the menu screen you sav…
Hi Deer Players, A week after launch and I'm still to see more positive reviews and a fairly good start in terms of players! I've got a few changes and tweaks for v1.05 based on some bug reports, and some oddities I've discovered myself while testing the bug fixes. Functionality Changes In previous versions if you could get down into the lower level of the colosseum screen in Autumn Arena there…
Hi Deer Players! Thank you for playing Reindeer Story! Four days into release and I'm very happy to see that people are leaving feedback! In addition the review sites which covered it were very positive too! Thanks to a topic raised in the community I've just released patch 1.04. Which is a small change with a big impact! Prior to this version if you got a Game Over and selected 'Continue' from…
Hi Deer Fan! It's the 1st of November! After 4 years of hard work the development Reindeer Story has been completed, and is now available to play! I've gave my all into ensuring the game is as fun and content-packed as I can! I hope the full release ends up being something that can bring you a lot of joy for many years! Once you've played it I would love to hear what you think about it! This is…
Hi Deer Fans! It's Halloween! but importantly it's also Reindeer Story Eve! As we exit the spooky month and approach the holiday season Reindeer Story release will mark that moment! After 4 challenging years of development Reindeer Story has been completed, and will be releasing tomorrow on the 1st of November. I'll be releasing it about 8 hours from now after I wake up early. It's been a long…
Hey Deer Fans! Merry Christmas... in July! Tis the season to be jolly! falalala lala la la! brand new demo, Reindeer Story! falalala lala la la! Now replacing the the prototype is a whole new demo for Reindeer Story! This new demo covers the prologue and chapter 1 of Reindeer Story, in addition to a number of optional areas including The North Pole! Any progression made in the demo will be tran…
Deer Reindeer Fans! I'm glad to announce a new demo of Reindeer Story is coming on the 25th of July! Celebrate Christmas in July with the new Demo. This demo will cover the Prologue and Chapter 1 of Reindeer Story! Get to experience the game's opening content and explore Mt. Fairesteppe and the Snowzone. Any progress on the demo will carry forward to the main game's release on the 1st of Novemb…
You better watch out, you better not cry because Reindeer Story is coming to town! I’m happy to announce Reindeer Story is leaping and bounding forward a whole month to a new release date of 1st November 2024 ! It’s been a tough road since May 2020 when I started development. Over the last 4 years I’ve put a lot of passion into designing the unique gameplay, characters and story! The goal line…
This demo update overhauls the game visually and contains many improvements made designing the full game now applied to the Prototype Demo! This list contains most major changes, but there may be many unreported adjustments and improvements made in this version! Enjoy! Regarding the updated controllers in addition to the already supported Xbox 360 controller. The Xbox Series X controller and th…
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