From Early Access to v1.0, you've fought tooth and nail, baseball bat and broken bottle. You've offered your blood to weird nurses and peeked inside that package you found on the subway.

Maybe it didn't always make sense. Maybe it didn't always seem fair. But hey, it's called WORLD OF HORROR, we tried to warn you. We hope you love the game all the same.

It'd mean the WORLD to have your support in the Steam Awards. All you need to do is tick the box above!

Thank you as ever for your support!

----------MAJOR CHANGES

• KAZUMI: ally's effect works again
  
• SAFETY IN NUMBERS: effect changed to reflect the card text
  
• ATTACK THE TEACHER: action can be saved and loaded during combat
  
• VENT CRAWLER: clicking through your death disabled
  
• fixed the top bar disappearing after changing the full-screen option while in the 1x scale

----------MINOR CHANGES:

• SECRET CHARACTER can't die interacting with the OUTER ENTITY
  
• BOTTLE [WATER]: added the [LIQUID] tag
  
• CROWBAR: missing combat messages issue fixed
  
• DELINQUENT GIRL: reason damage lowered to reflect the card text (3->2)
  
• quick play: random character selection fixed
  
• UCHIDA's ghost banished

----------MODDING CHANGES:

• 'LIGHTSOURCE' is now a proper string for a_required, b_required, and c_required, allowing any in-game [LIGHT SOURCE] item to be required
  
• The health of custom enemies now scales properly as the playthrough progresses
  
• Yakitori and Golonka added to the [FRESH MEAT] deck

----------TRANSLATION CHANGES:

• [cht] typo fixed

Up next:
Proper Steam integration

The WORLD OF HORROR Official Soundtrack is now available for purchase on Steam! Please enjoy this incredible chiptune tour de force in both MP3 and FLAC formats, containing 20 tracks composed by Joseph "Qwesta" Bailey and Garoslaw.

For those who've already purchased the full game, for a limited time we're offering the ability to "complete the bundle", which provides WOH owners with the OST at a 15% discount! The OST and the bundle may be purchased from the full game's store page, or you can check out the bundle's store page here!

Also in time for Halloween: our merchandise partner Fangamer has expanded their collection of spine-chillingly good swag. Check a look at Fangamer's full WORLD OF HORROR collection below, and visit https://fanga.me/r/world-of-horror-collection for purchase.

The newest items include a new T-shirt featuring the OTHERWORLD, and a snazzy lenticular pin featuring everyone's favorite rioter, Miku!

As always, thanks for your support of WORLD OF HORROR!

----------MAJOR CHANGES

• kicking SHIOKAWA SCHOOL is no longer allowed, you hooligan
  
• DISCIPLINE perk effects disabled in the lighthouse
  
• ENDLESS MODE: storage bug fixed
  
• HISTORY CLUB: a new delivery of spells pushed the brain worms back where they belong
  
• combat 'ghost' actions that messed up the action bar banished
  
• ZHECTAST unintentional bonus stamina damage removed

----------MINOR CHANGES:

• the text box in the lighthouse increased
  
• VENDING MACHINE: event text updated to reflect the actual reward
  
• RITUAL-type spells now correctly display ATH-YOLAZSTH'S GAZE effect
  
• two enemies got their type updated to reflect their description
  
• some of the old art implemented back as alternatives in the timeline B
  
• RIP new Aiko (2023-2023)

----------BALANCE CHANGES:

• POLICE STATION: correct (12->11) amount of EXP is taken for sharing the information
  
• EXORCISM reward lowered (20->15)
  
• CHECK BOOK cost lowered (6->4)
  
• MASOCHISTIC price lowered (3->2)

----------TRANSLATION CHANGES:

• [kr] JURI perk's name changed to avoid duplicates
  
• [en] HEAVY DUTY FLASHLIGHT displays correctly without a 10px empty space
  
• [en] YASHIRO's name displays correctly now
  
• [en] various typos fixed"

Up next:
Proper Steam integration

WORLD OF HORROR fans have been through a lot, we know! Through thick and thin, you've been waiting patiently for a long time for the game’s v1.0 release. We're stoked to announce the game has finally left Steam Early Access today, and we are also able to offer everyone the original Early Access price one more time as part of today's Steam Daily Deal!

To celebrate, witness this incredible (and incredibly vicious) animated trailer, handcrafted for us by the amazingly talented Karl Sia and scored by the game's composer Joseph "Qwesta" Bailey[qwesta.bandcamp.com]:

A side note for players looking to visit Shiokawa on Switch and PlayStation: The game's digital console releases in North America and Europe have been delayed to Thursday, October 26th.

The Ysbryd Games team and panstasz have been laboring until the last possible moment to try and clear the necessary certification requirements and paperwork in time for our originally announced release date of October 19th. However, certain DOOM got the better of us, and we'll need one more run to finally clear these obstacles in North America and European regions - but we’ll get everyone to Shiokawa in time for Halloween!

Now, please savor your time in WORLD OF HORROR as it was truly intended to be!

Here's a few pieces of news to chew on today!


In case you missed it, during the summer showcases it's been announced that WORLD OF HORROR will leave Steam Early Access on October 19th, 2023! The full game will include a frightening array of changes, the highlights being 3 new mysteries and 2 playable characters not yet seen in the Early Access builds.

We'd like to emphasize the localizations as well: The Asian regional release of WORLD OF HORROR v1.0 is published by our friends at PLAYISM, and thus the game will be available to play in Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean. We are also adding French and German localizations for our players in Europe.


Here's another cool thing for those who like collecting physical editions: WORLD OF HORROR will find its way to retail stores near you in physical form! We expect these to become available during the launch period as well.

In North America and Europe, the Nintendo Switch physical edition of WORLD OF HORROR will be brought to you by Fangamer! Each physical edition includes an instruction manual and a set of art cards.

This Nintendo Switch physical edition is presently available for preorder at Fangamer's store, alongside other cool WOH merch: https://www.fangamer.com/products/world-of-horror-game-nintendo-switch


For our WORLD OF HORROR fans in Asia, Nintendo Switch and PS4 physical editions will be released through PLAYISM! There's exclusive preorder bonuses for ordering the game from particular retailers, such as Amazon JP and Yodobashi Camera, so learn more about how to pick your poison at https://playism.com/game/world-of-horror/ (note: website in Japanese and Simplified Chinese only).


Lastly, in line with the arrival of the v1.0 version and content expansions since launch, WORLD OF HORROR will undergo a price increase on Steam to US$19.99 or its regional equivalent. This will take place very soon, so please take advantage of the current pricing if you don't already own the game, or were thinking to gift a little piece of SHIOKAWA's eldritch horror to your friends and loved ones.

Thanks for reading!