[Public] And a Happy New Year! - 01/15/2024

Hello Exorcists!

While we wait for Entity Behavior Update , here is a small update as well as a list of all we did this year 2023 with you.

• Removed seasonal decorations.
• Spectator Mode: the spectator can now sprint way faster to be able to follow and watch the player in action.
• Toggle for Sprint and Crouch ! (Options -> Controls)

• We have added Portuguese translation for the new achievements and minor in-game changes thanks to Marcielcps!
• Thanks to Oliver A. for the Russian translation.
• Thanks to TheCoolestDuck for the Czech translation.
• You are welcome to help us translate the game by visiting our Google Sheets link, and following the instructions: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XhVjDVFWeQUeMsVzdduRHk55qq9vRneKlBo0PAuf5oo/edit#gid=0

2023 was a busy year at Ghost Exorcism Inc. and here is the wrap up of our main updates:

• Three new maps
• Abandoned Farm
• Harrowgate Road
• Catacombe Obscura
• You can pop the Clown balloons by throwing items to it to make them disappear without taking damage.
• Game mode: Multi-entity, from 2 to 3 entities per contract to identify and exorcise.
• New Entity: the Wisp, may be shy, but vicious.
• Entity Behavior Update : special effects for the Memory, Poltergeist and Revenant.
• New hot evidence: Notebook on Fire, Smoking Crucifix and Mary Statue.

• Environment Scanner, to detect the owner and origin of found evidence. A must have in Multi-Entity !
• Glow-stick box, to show the way in complex contract, and mark point of interest for your friends.
• Updated the Occult Meter, as it can now show if you are in the right room / floor when it detects the Totem.

• Spectator Mode : the host of a game can know watch other player at work without intervening. It was used this year for a tournament (am I forced to say the French team lost? Badly? I'm not proud)
• You can now have favorite for your inventory and spawn directly all your stuff quickly at the start of a game.
• The Encyclopedia show the Non-Evidence to better guide players, beginners or seasoned ones.
• Exorcism Book customization from the Hub, to bring fun or for practical and inclusive usage.

• Adjusted the end game rewards.
• You can unstuck yourself if needed from the Bug Report app on your tablet, useful if you experience physics problems.
• Reset of your microphone from the Options app if it was un-set by the game.
• Many many fixes for the graphics and physics of the game.

A big special THANK YOU to everyone who translated the game, this year or the previous one ! You make the game experience way better for anyone from your communities, and make this game a global experience, we know how much you are dedicated to it, and it's appreciated.💙

Not in a particular order, here is what we will work on this new year 2024. A lot of challenges, asked options, new content and more that make Ghost Exorcism Inc. the game it is today.

• Updating the Spectator mode (faster spectator, information about the current game, timer...)
• Remake of the "Buy custom Contract" interface.
• Entity Behavior Update : new events, sounds, ambiance and behavior of the entities.
• UI update for the van inventory and spawn computer (a new app, to avoid the traffic jam at the back when you start a contract).
• Multi-entity in Rescue contracts.
• Player can send back objects in the van inventory (...for when you spawned one too many torch)
• Re-balance of the Instant Camera.
• New playable characters.
• New Entity.
• New evidences.

We thank you all again for this year of 2023, full of adventure for our game, and wish you all an excellent year 2024.

Don't forget your Crucifixes and Statues of Mary.
- The Ghost Exorcism Inc. team