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June 14th patch notesJun 14, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsFixes: Fixed the star sensitivity slider accidentally affecting the game's volume instead. How long has it been like this...? Opsy doopsy updateJun 8, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsRecently, I reinstalled Windows, and along with it, I reinstalled the Outcore project. Ever since then, things have started breaking even though I didn't make any major changes. One of the bugs that managed to slip through my testing was the camera's rendering changing to "perspective" from "orthographic" (ortho is better for 2D). This caused the camera to render things that were out of bounds sometimes. Fixed camera rendering out of bounds when choosing "retry" in the pause menu Minor updateJun 7, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsAdded a link to Lumi's next adventure at the end of the gameAnnouncing Dead WatchJun 7, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsI'm happy to finally announce Dead Watch(ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː)!Dead Watch is a murder mystery game where the time resets whenever you find a dead body. You're stuck in a castle and have to find a way out before the next murder occurs.While you explore, characters will follow their schedule, move around, and do certain actions. You'll have to use your knowledge of past loops to steer the future and prevent the murderer from killing.Featuring a bunch of losers, such as: Yourself. Lumi from Outcore, plucked from the internet. A mascot animal whose sole purpose of existence is to sell merchandise!This is the part where I tell you to Like & Subscribe, except I'm not a YouTuber, so please Wishlist & Follow Dead Watch!How you can help Dead Watch release fasterThis is a self-funded project, so I can't afford to hire a full-time team. I end up doing almost everything, including programming, game design, story writing, illustrations, sound design, etc... This slows down development.Nvidia's CEO has this phrase where he says "The more you buy, the more you save". Yeah? Well guess what, I have my own dumb catch phrase:ːsteamhappyː The more you donate, the sooner Dead Watch will be released! ːsteamhappyːEvery dollar you donate will be used to hire people who actually have an idea what they're doing. This will free me to work on the stuff I'm good at (cleaning dishes), accelerate development, and allow the game to be released sooner.NOW everyone! Say it together with me!That's right, kids! Now go get your parents' wallet!People who donate through Patreon will receive the following rewards:Monthly rewardsTierReward$3Monthly pictures of my cats$5"Member plus" Discord role + Credit in a monthly post$10A better Discord role + VIP Discord channel access with early update sneak peeks$20Better discord role + deluxe DLC code on release$40An even more exclusive discord role (???) + early build access (after signing NDA)Lifetime accumulation rewardsLifetime accumulationReward$30Appear in the game's credits. $90A bigger credit closer to the start of the credits section $225Super credit - Best location in the credits section + a 128 x 128 image you choose to represent you$500Your character + one line of dialogue will be added to a specific section in the game $10,000,000I'll take the money and you'll never hear from me again!!!Here's the Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/c/DoctorShinobiAlternatively, you can donate money to your local animal shelter. It won't help Dead Watch, but it will make the world a slightly better place for animalsHow else can you help without spending money?The biggest reason Outcore (the previous game) succeeded was the community. People who loved it told their friends about it. Those friends shared it with others, small streamers began covering Outcore. Eventually, even larger ones created videos. That's right, my secret marketing power is YOU(💖)! As a small developer, there's ...The New Game news + free midi filesApr 27, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsEDIT: THE NEW GAME HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED!Read about it over here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1275670?emclan=103582791467394763&emgid=564746584593531784HALLO It's been over two whole microseconds since I shared news, so I think it's time for a new blog post. Today I'd like to share some progress update on ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː, its funding, and also give you a bunch of free Outcore MIDI files. ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː If you read the previous blog posts then you might know I'm working on ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː. What is ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː???Well, I'm glad you asked. ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː is ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː A NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː I think many of you will like. ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː will not be called Outcore 2, but in a way ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː is an Outcore 2. Confusing, I know, but you'll have to trust my word and judge once the game is announced. I hope you've been able to follow through this paragraph because even my dyslexic brain can barely read it. Look how terrible it looks in Steam's text editor: Anyway, progress update. I've been working on polishing ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː in preparation to announce it. My current focus is the game's trailer, so it should tell you that it's in a pretty presentable state. I don't want to promise anything, but I'm planning to announce the game this year. How soon depends on how long it takes me to find a good "stage" to host ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː's announcement. Funding ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːSince we're talking about ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː, let's also talk about funding it. This game's development is being funded entirely out of my savings. That means I make most of the game on my own, because I can't afford to pay professionals often. This slows development down, so to tackle this, I'm planning to crowdfund ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː THE NEW GAME ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː through Patreon. I already have a Patreon account where I rip off Outcore fans by taking their money and giving them nothing but pictures of my cute cats. To nobody's surprise, asking people to pay for very little value doesn't work well. I want to revamp it to give people better value for their buck. I'm thinking about rewards such as different tiers for game credi...The "imbecile" updateFeb 28, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsWhen I created Outcore, I tried to design every obstacle to be challenging but still passable even if you're not great at games. However, sometimes players still get stuck in puzzles I thought anyone could overcome. One such puzzle is located at the beginning of the game: The MS Paint safe-unlocking challenge. I keep reading comments of angry players who get stuck at that part and quit the game. I knew some players would have trouble drawing an accurate shape, so I made it very forgiving. Even if your drawing doesn't fit exactly inside the keyhole, the algorithm will still ignore a certain amount of error so players don't get stuck. To ensure players wouldn't cheese the puzzle by drawing a tiny blob of pixels, I had every keyhole require a minimum amount of pixels before a drawing is considered a valid key. And that's where players tend to get stuck. People often draw hollow shapes that don't pass the minimum required amount of pixels. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/28f6d502d20521584c2b09e7cf66cc454abcf5c6.png I knew this situation would happen, which is why I made Lumi tell the players to fill their drawing with more pixels. I thought that would mean the instructions are crystal clear, but players still got stuck and quit the game. So I'm glad to say I (think I) finally found the solution to the problem! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/0b11d39315575a840871284e50c88837733cf4dd.png ....That is what I'd want Lumi to say but she won't actually say that. The truth is the only imbecile here is me. If players can't solve a puzzle, it's my fault for designing something they didn't understand. I do believe that games should require a certain minimum skill level in challenges that are directly connected to those games' essence. But the truth is, puzzles aren't the essence of Outcore. They are just tools the game uses to showcase its desktop mechanics. That's why EVERYONE should be able to pass them. For that reason I decided to add a new feature to the MS Paint game: SKIP THE WHOLE DAMN THING! If you fail drawing a valid key 3 or more times, Lumi will suggest drawing a key for you. She won't actually force the solution upon you, but if you're too frustrated from this puzzle then you'll always have the chance to skip it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/b008c895d6845d312d823a63c609edb231a2d0b1.png (Lumi's drawing of something that looks like a spaceship and absolutely nothing else) You'll see an option to skip a puzzle in other places too, like the idle game or the sonar puzzle. The only challenges I don't think fit having a skip option are things that are optional (like the platforming challenge from the "S.E.X Update") or the game's final boss battle (it would be too anticlimactic) Lumi plushie last call Every blog post I released in the last month has really just been an excuse to tell you to buy a Lumi plushie before it's gone There are only a few days left to buy them, so this is the last reminder: Get a plushie (or 10, or 100???) now or forever regret saving you...December 32th patch notesFeb 16, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsUpdated Villain Lumi's sprites. I know some people asked for the option to switch to the old sprites. Unfortunately, the game wasn't built with interchangeable skins in mind, so adding this feature is a lot more work than it seems. Attempt to fix a rare case where Lumi doesn't recognize when the player opens their Documents folder. Should Villain Lumi's in-game design be changed?Feb 14, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsLumi's villain design has a little problem. Can you spot it? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/e6869d750daf48bffa963eb4cc3aabe07c40653d.png When they're placed side by side it becomes obvious: Lumi's villain design is inconsistent and has 3 variations: - Lumi's small sprite has black sleeves and no gloves - Lumi's big sprite has white sleeves that are connected to her white gloves - Lumi's plushie (WHICH YOU SHOULD TOTALY BUY BEFORE THE TIME RUNS OUT) has black sleeves, white gloves Oy Vai Voy what a mess!!! Lumi's small sprite was what I made first. I made it without gloves because it made sense to me. I then paid a professional artist to make her big sprite, but I only noticed her having gloves was inconsistent after the game was released. For a long while I didn't care. It was a bit weird but most people didn't even notice there was an inconsistency. I did start caring when Makeship and I started working on Lumi's villain plushie (WHICH AGAIN, YOU SHOULD BUY!!! YOU LOVE LUMI AND I LOVE YOUR MONEY AND ALSO YOUR MOM). Aside from her design being a bit inconsistent, there was something else that bothered me. People often reacted to Lumi's villainous transformation and thought she didn't really look villainous. It makes sense since Villain Lumi is just a simple color swap. When I designed her, I didn't want to change her clothing because then I would have had to redraw all of her sprites. Anyway, back to Makeship. The plushie gave me an excuse to fix her design once and for all. I decided to make her cape darker, but still keep it blue since it didn't feel like Lumi if it wasn't blue. I also separated her white sleeves into black sleeves + white gloves. I want to make the plushie her canonic design in the game too, but before I do that I want to see what the community thinks about it. I often hate when characters I love are changed, so I don't want to release it only to end up pissing Outcore's community. So, please let me know what you think about the new design in the comments. I sound like a generic trash tier Youtuber but I'm serious, I want to read your opinions. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/301d240bbd0d445c918a90c74d42cf152c88525d.png Have you noticed this post is just a big ad telling you to buy Lumi's plushie? Don't tell anyone, ok? I actually want you to buy a Lumi plushie. I know, it's really not obvious! Lumi's villain plushie is still not funded. It will NOT enter production unless it sells at least 200 copies before February 24th. If that happens then EVERYONE WILL DIE. Also, this will likely be the last Makeship plushie for Outcore. Nothing sells like good ol' FOMO. Here's the link https://www.makeship.com/products/lumi-plushie-villain-edition-outcore-desktop-adventure {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/7513c74df95150fd302a48253803f6195d828e3f.pngVillain Lumi is here!Feb 3, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsJust in time for the next stock market crash, get ready to make one last terrible financial decision by purchasing one (or a million) Villain Lumi plush! She's like the regular Lumi, except now she's EVIL and needs your credit card information, including the three digits on the back! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/8db7ce160893688b4e4342168000b50467cf002f.jpg This plushie is available until February 24th. After that, she's gone. FOREVER! This will (probably) be the last Makeship plushie for Outcore, so don't let sound logic prevent you from making this impulse purchase - https://www.makeship.com/products/lumi-plushie-villain-edition-outcore-desktop-adventure {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/c1b79f67bf8a0c88a570cd528968b9d85b6782a0.jpg New game update If you didn't read the previous post, you might have missed that I'm working on a new, unannounced game. Since then, I have sent an early prototype to three playtesters and received very positive responses from all of them. Of course, there were comments about things that needed to be improved, but that's to be expected. Overall, the game loop is fun and works well. This milestone is important because it means I can leave the risky and experimental phase and move forward with development. There are several steps I'm going to take next: Finish planning the story Work on graphics Apply more changes based on feedback from playtesters Create more content Start preparing the game's announcement I don't want to promise anything, but I hope to have the game officially announced this year and hopefully released next year. Follow my mailing list where I might post more frequent updates about the new gameNew plushie, new game, and more!Dec 24, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsNew plushie Makeship is going to release a new Outcore plushie in February. It's going to be (spoilers) Lumi in her villain outfit Start saving money now, because this will likely be the last Outcore plushie. There are no plans to release new ones in the foreseeable future. Tease: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/bedc30e2867502945d2170551b38046e92497439.jpg New game I'm collaborating with your mom to make a new game! I can't talk about what it will be just yet, but if you liked Outcore, you'd likely also enjoy that. And if you didn't like Outcore, then it's quite strange you found this blog post. I don't want to promise anything though. It's currently in an early prototyping phase so there's still a good chance the idea won't work out. But I have faith in the new game, so let's hope it will mature into a full title. I'll update you if it survived the prototyping phase or not in the coming months. Bluesky If you haven't heard about it yet, I have a Bluesky account: https://bsky.app/profile/doctorshinobi.bsky.social I use it to post Outcore content + will probably post small bits about the new game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/d90ab16c4f0f6bfa56d91c86a60d11f373e40e17.png Hey kid, wanna see cute pictures of my cats? For those unaware, I have a Patreon account that I use to share pictures of my cute and brainless cats, Shulu/Shaul & Jiji {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/3e86db90ad74758bb0c1c817ea52aec2adc0b363.jpg{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/cfa0d29d1dd5b0e6010a590f4d979cd1f66c28ed.jpg If you think paying money for pictures of funny cats is a terrible deal then you're absolutely right! Here's where you can do it: https://www.patreon.com/c/DoctorShinobi Minor fixesDec 7, 2024 - Community Announcements- Fixed some characters (such as Reinbo or the Electric Ghost) speech sounds sounding weird - Removed the "Laifu plushie" option from K-Lev at the end of the game. - Fixed the camera position being a bit off when Lumi throws her photo into the lakeNovember 15th patch notesNov 15, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsFixed some title texts not showing on the credits screen. This fix is somewhat experimental, so please let me know if you find any text rendering issues anywhere in the game.October 27th patch notesOct 27, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsFixedThe "Outcore hates Microsoft" UpdateOct 20, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsI ran the numbers and I am now certain: I was Hitler in my previous life Or at the very least my previous incarnation committed tax evasion and scammed some grannies in a mall. Why am I certain of that? Because there is simply no other explanation for the sin I committed that cursed me to forever fix Outcore bugs in this life. Good people have a guardian angel. I, on the other hand, have Jim Jim is the Microsoft employee designated to ruin every day of my life. Every day I wake up and find a new game-breaking bug report from someone who can't finish the game because of how Windows works or an update it received. It's like that comic where Thanos visits a child every year to ruin his birthday, except it happens every day. SPOILERS BELOW Today's episode focuses on K-Lev's sonar mini-game, just like last time. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/9164b387e140c464208ccb60fa71ccaa1679dc9d.png If you finished the game then you know that Lumi runs away and you need to use K-Lev's sonar to find her. Her location is C:/Windows/System32, but apparently Jim thought it was time for some computers to not have this folder which existed in every computer up until now. Thanks, Jim. We're not done Jim is a productive employee and made sure to sneak in another terror attack against the sonar mini-game before he checked out for the day. If you read my previous post about Microsoft then you know there was an issue with the sonar breaking due to Microsoft adding a localized "- File explorer" to the folder name that was displayed in file explorer. Apparently, there's another case where they change the name. For most computers when you're inside the Windows folder it should appear as "Windows", but for some, it appears as "C:/Windows". My new code can actually handle that case, but somewhere down the line there's another piece of code that couldn't. Sure, I could blame myself for writing code that wasn't versatile enough to handle every imaginable case ever, but how was I supposed to know there were so many cases to begin with? I'll just blame Jim because I prefer to dump responsibility on a made-up demonic Microsoft employee. Anyway, some of you are code nerds so here's the fix {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/2d22f913ec58821c814b499b16b71325edcce1f6.png Till next timeThe "Microsoft hates Outcore" UpdateSep 16, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsThe time is 9 PM, somewhere in Nevada... Microsoft's top executives gather for their weekly meeting where they discuss how to ruin my day Executive 1: Welcome to the weekly meeting of The Great Evil Villainous League Of Evil Villains Microsoft. Executive 1: Today we gather here to discuss a grave matter. Executive 2: No....... You don't mean....... Executive 3: Everything but that............... Executive 1: That's right. It's been over a week since Doctor Shinobi had to work on Outcore even though it's been almost 2 years since the game came out! *All the executives rumble in panic* Executive 1: Now, my fellow companions of capitalism, we must quickly devise a plan otherwise Doctor Shinobi will be able to work on new games. Executive 2: Yes.... Executive 3: A plan... Executive 4: An evil plan... Executive 2: Let's make French names unreadable for Outcore! Executive 1: NO. We already did it. Executive 3: We're rich. Let's use our lawyers to threaten Doctor Shinobi into working on the game, otherwise, we'll sue him! Executive 17: IMBECILE! Lawyers cost money! We want to stay rich. We need to think about something else... The poor underpaid intern who makes coffee for the executives: What if we add "File Explorer" to the title of every open folder? Everyone: .... Executive 51: What??? The poor underpaid intern who makes coffee for the executives: I mean Outcore breaks every time we change anything in a Windows update. The developer probably checks if a window is open by looking for its exact name. Surely, something will break If we add a "File Explorer" to the name of every folder and also translate it into a different word when a non-English copy of Windows is installed Everyone: ?????.........................??.................. GENIUS! Patch notes - Fixed a bug where K-Lev's sonar would break near the end of the game on non-English copies of Windows. Thanks, Microsoft. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/629361796cee472e7b009744c4fc4605da0a6bd2.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/ed8463c0c44cd954791cdf86b3a5efc910217b29.png EDIT: Just to clarify, I'm not actually mad at Microsoft. There is no way they could know such a minor UI change would break Outcore, nor should they care since it affects very few programs (like Outcore and... maybe viruses)The Toilet UpdateSep 11, 2024 - Community Announcements- Fixed the toilet's lab key not appearing for people who can only speak EnglishEggAug 28, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsEgg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/e34666c9f78227f38755bf6dcb30a6c918f7cd72.png The Dockronic birthday updateAug 25, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsThis update is dedicated to Dockronic. Who is Dockronic? I don't know, but they mentioned their birthday in the last patch notes {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37873355/eaf67a9fa7c32c1b1c151db1ab9203de431b775a.png Happy birthday. Don't forget to brush your teeth at least twice every day. Changes: After getting all 4 keys and finding the Mastermind's door password, Laifu will remind the player to go to the lab only if they completed the game at least once (and reset without deleting their save file) August 23rd updateAug 23, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsBlack screen fix for people who install Outcore somewhere other than the default steam installation path Another sonar mini-game fix for Turkish people Fixed an edge case where Hexamilian would repeat a dialogue in the lab Drank water today. It's very important to drink at least 80 liters of water every day. Fixed Hexamilian & Octhouzend being available to give you the lab quest after you finish the lab Laifu will no longer remind players to do the lab quest. The reason is that I don't want first-time players to accidentally enter the lab, which is intended for experienced players. Players who listen closely to Octhouzend and Hexamilian's instructions should still know how to enter the lab. Fixed weird sound whenever a period appears in a dialogue sentence. Characters should sound a bit better when talking. August 17th emergency updateAug 17, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsFixed the camera breaking after leaving the classroom in the 3rd memory Fixed the mastermind's door text showing broken translations
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