The Blackout Club has been updated with several bug fixes and improvements. We have been testing this build in several public tests with the community and are pleased with the stability improvements added. At long last, they are live on the main branch for everyone. :) If you're looking for the latest updates on what has been happening with Enhanced Horror and the game community, we recommend v…
The Blackout Club December Update is live! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Redacre. While our December update won’t be as large as the spooktacular Halloween update, we still delivered a few special gifts for you this holiday season. You can expect a new mission, a new prestige ranking system, new additions to the store and more. NEW MISSIONS PJ Party – Do you hear what I hear? T…
The Blackout Club provides a unique and ever-evolving “Live Storytelling” experience thanks to the innovative Enhanced Horror System (EHS). We use the term “Live Storytelling” to describe our strategy of allowing players to interact with fictional characters of our game world (Daimons) in a completely improvisational way using live performers, and having those performers reply with detail and n…
The Blackout Club Halloween Update is live! Redacre has undergone a spooktacular transformation for the Halloween season. Sneering pumpkins, festive lights, witches and ghouls adorn the houses of Hoadly, but that’s not all of the treats we have in store for you. You can expect three new missions, stealth gameplay tweaks, and new additions to the store like Halloween masks, spooky shirts and hid…
This marks the end of the Early Access period and the transition to full launch! Thanks to all the players who joined us on the journey to get here and who helped us grow and improve the game over the past 8 months! OLD GROWTH The biggest addition with the release of 1.0 is the 3rd large above ground region, " Old Growth ". Old Growth is home to a perfectly normal daycare facility used by many…
Hello to everyone who is checking us out during the sale! It is a great time to be here, since once the game launches the price will go up , so this is best deal for The Blackout Club that will exist for quite some time. With the launch into 1.0 we will be opening up a large new region above ground as well as more polish and bug fixes! Now is the perfect time to get in and help the club fight b…
Welcome to the 9th update to The Blackout Club ! With this update lots has changed as we get closer to release of 1.0. We have totally overhauled the reward system, implemented LOTS of big performance optimizations, and done a lot of polish work on the neighborhood. So lets get into the details! ECONOMY AND REWARDS SNACKS Rewards have been changed to introduce a new reward type on mission compl…
Welcome to the Seventh Early Access update to The Blackout Club! Full Patch Notes for Update 8 Can Be Found HERE on the Forum This update brings with it a lot of quality-of-life improvements, better UI, LOTS AND LOTS of behind-the-scenes optimization which will hopefully improve performance on lower-end machines, and some neat new features. We also did some balance changes, including changes to…
Welcome to the seventh Early Access update to The Blackout Club . This update brings several new maze areas and connections, a new mission, lots of improved UI, and fixes in numerous areas! NEW ADDITIONS NEW MISSION: Hide The Evidence Uh-oh, looks like a club member has caused a nasty bit of trouble during a blackout (it involves doves and blood, ewww). If CHORUS finds out it could mean big tro…
Welcome to the sixth major update to The Blackout Club since entering Early Access last Halloween! This update brings some new areas to the maze, a new mission, and a number of tweaks and changes to gameplay! NEW ADDITIONS NEW MISSION: Drone Repair. In this mission the kids are tasked with repairing a wounded drone, then following it as it leads them to its dropped payload! You might find some…
The update today is an attempt to fix some crash issues users have been experiencing (SORRY!). It is also makes some adjustments to the recently added Stalker Mode. The goal with these changes is to hopefully give players better information about the intended role of the stalker in the game. The biggest change is the removal of the WINS leaderboard for stalker. Stalkers will now only receive lo…
PLAY AS A TRAITOR TO THE CLUB The primary focus of this update has been the introduction of the new STALKER MODE. Playing as a stalker pits you as a kid working against the club. You invade their missions and record them for the enemy. Every time you record them or their crimes their sins are logged, notifying the nearby AI and eventually calling out The Shape . Once the shape is out, every rec…
Happy Holidays From Redacre This marks the fourth update of The Blackout Club since entering early access. Thanks to all who have joined up to fight the forces menacing Redacre, hopefully you are having fun! ENHANCED HORROR UPDATE When you launch The Blackout Club , you will be asked whether you want to opt in to the Enhanced Horror System. This allows the game to listen to and record your voca…
In anticipation of our next update (coming very soon, tomorrow barring emergencies! ) we are opening up a public beta branch for players who want to try the latest and greatest changes and help us find bugs and provide feedback! The full instructions on how to access the branch can be found here , please read the whole thing as it has important information. The current version has a new maze ar…
Welcome to the third update to The Blackout Club since we launched early access a month ago! Due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the US and the wildfires that affected the Bay Area, this update is a little lighter than we would usually like, but we still wanted to get you all something! The full list can be found on the forums , but here are some of the highlights: GAMEPLAY TWEAKS AND ADDITIONS…
We are pleased to be rolling out our second update to The Blackout Club . This update marks the first of our new update schedule, which should come about every two weeks moving forward. The focus on this update was getting some new content in the game while continuing to fix bugs and start to address feedback and balance issues. NEW AREAS This update features access to a some new areas in the m…
We have just released the first week update for The Blackout Club ! First things first, this update does not have any major new content. We know people are hungry for it, and it is coming soon , but we wanted to get a bunch of much needed bug fixes and quality of life improvements to you as soon as possible. There is a lot in this update, so for the list of changes, see this pinned post on the…
Hi and welcome to The Blackout Club . The game has just gone live on early access and we are excited to welcome you to Redacre, VA and the harrowing nighttime adventures of the kids in the club! As mentioned in our early access page,the game is currently available at a significantly reduced price from what it will be when we launch in 2019. This is because there is much content still to be adde…
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