A short message to you

In the last few months, I've been watching some of you playing the game (through youtube or twitch), I've read the reviews and comments on the game page and I just wanted to give you all a huge thank you for giving your time to play the game and providing beneficial feedback.

Let's get down to business 

I've been keeping track of some things that were mentioned about improvement and other additions that would make the game better during gameplay.

Here is the list of all the changes, spoiler-free, that are now available in the new, updated 8.3 version.

Largest Change: YOU CAN FINISH THE GAME... WHAT!?!

I know..., why would we release some puzzle game that would not allow you to complete its weird maze? Apparently, there were a few bugs related to screen size that was shifting the ending screen to negative infinity not allowing anyone to see it. 

Nonetheless, the endings are now clearly defined and ready to be accessed as well as other story bits that weren't previously available.

Other Fixes

This is a shortlist of all the new things that were fixed or remade

Fixed things:

• Tutorial canvas scales to better fit screen
• Main menu canvas scales to better fit screen
• Main Game canvas scales to better fit screen
• End Game canvas scales to better fit screen
• Bear traps can only catch you once per trap
• Repositioning of all bear traps
• "E" only appears on your screen once you're close to an interactable object and immediately disappears if you leave the area
• Adding extra indication on possible locations that you can explore
• Options Menu has been implemented in the main menu
• The typewriter will automatically go to the next message after 35 seconds in case the player does not click to progress the text
• The typewriter messages no longer overwrite eachother
• Hourly notes can be turned off during gameplay until midnight
• Better instructions on how to use the RED BOOK in the basement
• When you beat the game the House Clock will no longer count towards 3 AM
• The game will calculate your final time and give you a proper ending title

There are a few other surprises that I won't spoil here, however, I would like to provide a disclaimer right away. There haven't been any changes in the game's jumpscare animations. 

As much as I would love to have a flashier jumpscare the experience 3 O'clock Horror provides is not really focused on the jumpscare aspect of the game but on the Lovecraftian storytelling told by our protagonist. For that reason, that update will have to be left for some other time.

Without further ado, best of luck, night cleansers.