Serena — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| ASYLUM is at an all-time low 30% off! | 2025-10-30 | Greetings fans of Serena! We come bearing news: as part of the Steam Scream festival, and to properly celebrate Halloween, ASYLUM has a chunky discount!The game launched to wonderful reception and it's never late to join the horrific fun here: Moreover, fans have been engaging in heated debates about the story and cryptic ending since the game launched back in March. To acknowledge their efforts, we have released for free The ASYLUM Files! This nearly 50-page long document features the original script with 100 annotations, plus trivia, WIP images, and other groovy insider details. It's meant to be a cozy companion to the game. Suffice to say, |
| ASYLUM opens its doors on March 6, 2025 | 2024-10-31 | Hello, fans of Serena! Remember that "Waiting for ASYLUM" easter egg in the game? Well, you won't be able to make jokes about it anymore: fate has decided that ASYLUM will launch on March 6, 2025. Yup, mark your calendars, this is not a drill. Take a look at the gorgeous new trailer to celebrate the news: Of all the promotional materials we ever released, this is our most realized one, conveying the tones of impending doom and bittersweet melancholy you’ll find in the game, and that were also a staple in Serena. Do stop by the ASYLUM store page and wishlist if you haven't: https://store.steampowered.com/app/230210/ASYLUM Now stop being so gru |
| ASYLUM: New gameplay video and livestream! | 2019-11-20 | Hi all! 👋 This is a brief update to show you our new gameplay video. A collection of greatly improved, familiar locations and new ones, focusing on interactions and things to do — including speaking with the mysterious denizens of the asylum! Take a look: https://youtu.be/2-YgD6FhsmI The game is working remarkably well. In fact, any stuttering you may notice in the video was our recording software behaving erratically 🙄 But, what you see here is 100% in-game stuff, no processing, no tricks. Asylum is running with a stable 60fps in fullscreen High quality on a 3-year old computer. It's even perfectly playable on Very High quality with extra |
| Why is ASYLUM taking so long (and also news about Serena!) | 2019-02-26 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5488529/8362e4466c13991fa58804039321ec1b56e944fe.jpg Hello there, fans of Serena! We hope you've been enjoying the ASYLUM updates, our huge upcoming adventure that will surely satisfy your craving for more mysteries and horrors. As we describe in our latest post, we tell you why the project has been taking so long, but we also tell you when we expect it to be ready: https://steamcommunity.com/games/asylum/announcements/detail/1776011874558802996 (spoiler: things are finally looking pretty good!) As for Serena, we're aware the game is dated and several bugs have surfaced. We ho |
| ASYLUM: Shocking News and Horrific Sights! | 2019-01-25 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4214866/2a08e95cf148c6f0d2282fc3c95743ecdf70ed3b.jpg Greetings, esteemed Steam community! We hope you're off to a terrific 2019! As promised, we come bearing a series of exciting news from the sinister corridors of ASYLUM (and of course eye candy, because we know you love it). Here we go! STATUS UPDATE... AND POSSIBLE RELEASE! Things are progressing speedy and smoothly, so we feel comfortable to disclose our plans. To recap, since December hundreds of Kickstarter backers have been playing a good chunk of the game with overwhelmingly positive reactions. We can confirm ASYLUM is |
| ASYLUM: Big Milestone Achieved! | 2018-12-13 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4214866/145defef4786d597750f6ef249bc4b68a4bc29f3.jpg Phew, following a couple of very intensive weeks, we're happy to announce that we have a playable and fully featured demo of ASYLUM working great with top-notch performance and minimal loading times! It's a huge milestone after all this time! This is an internal demo that we're sharing with Kickstarter backers, and so far initial reactions have been hugely positive: players are in love with the atmosphere and agree that, even after this short glimpse, "what we can expect was worth the wait" and they are "very excited to delv |
| ASYLUM: Potpourri of News and Goodies! | 2018-10-19 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4214866/fd58f7b2992fe2ee204452c752e10f3b75d8464d.jpg Salutations to our wonderful Steam community! It’s been an exceptionally busy month for ASYLUM and it’s not over yet. Things are progressing fast and we’re happy to report that we’re just about to wrap up a big playable chunk of the game — in near final form, truly polished and ready for public consumption. Exciting times ahead, and the momentum on Steam keeps getting better! We’re now nearing 14.000 wishlists, mere days after we reached 10.000. Wow, just wow! EVERY DETAIL COUNTS Most work on the project now amounts to addin |
| ASYLUM: News, videos and milestones! | 2018-09-28 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4214866/0c588abcbf60adb53379ae682499779683718d81.jpg Greetings, dear followers! We trust you're enjoying your weekend. There was a huge deal of positive reactions to our latest progress update —especially that glimpse of our dialogue system— so we decided to share more: https://youtu.be/QhzGV36uLWI That's right, this is exactly what happens when you enter the foreboding Hanwell Mental Institute! It's finally possible to complete a first big chunk of the game, conversations included, which is a big milestone for us. While we haven't recorded voice overs yet, this should give yo |
| ASYLUM: Progress update! | 2018-08-07 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4214866/6420d61536396534c763671d819393e929a97372.jpg Things are looking up with the development of our colossal horror adventure! We’re happy to report ASYLUM is nearly feature complete and we did a little video to show you: https://youtu.be/9m9zIbjGh9Q "Feature complete" is a crucial milestone meaning all the systems intervening in the game (exploration, inventory, dialogues, menu, etc.) are ready. A quick lowdown of the stuff we did and improved since our latest gameplay video include: Revised cursors and hotspots. The hands are smaller and detecting spots is now ultra smoot |
| Join Senscape on Discord and win a FREE Scratches key! | 2018-05-15 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5642729/9e046211664ba142d788376a805fc2e6ed7ef463.png JOIN US TODAY: https://discord.gg/fJfuRVv Featuring the official Asylum Dev Journal and our charming Warden bot! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5642729/ab12bbd4c058ecab4420879e5ca0fe1932696da8.png It's the friendliest Discord community around! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5642729/9bb43294a76e27283e689be2d2abb59966e3b371.png There’s a few more surprises coming up, including (wait for it) your chance to get FREE Scratches Steam keys. Yes, you read that r |
| ASYLUM Steam page and community now live! | 2018-02-01 | http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5488529/0f96b46d355d920174324dda2514e415f4d4f3e1.png Heads up, fans of Serena! Our epic supernatural horror adventure has found a new home on Steam. ASYLUM is an intricate, chilling, and thought-provoking game inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80’s: http://store.steampowered.com/app/230210/ASYLUM/ We encourage you to put it on your Steam wishlist! If you loved the psychological horror featured in Scratches and Serena, you will love ASYLUM. See you there! Oh, and don't forget to watch our latest gruesome trailer: https://www.youtube. |
| ASYLUM Steam page and community now live! | 2018-02-01 | http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5488529/0f96b46d355d920174324dda2514e415f4d4f3e1.png Heads up, fans of Serena! Our epic supernatural horror adventure has found a new home on Steam. ASYLUM is an intricate, chilling, and thought-provoking game inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80’s: http://store.steampowered.com/app/230210/ASYLUM/ We encourage you to put it on your Steam wishlist! If you loved the psychological horror featured in Scratches and Serena, you will love ASYLUM. See you there! Oh, and don't forget to watch our latest gruesome trailer: https://www.youtube. |
| Announcing H. P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward | 2014-10-01 | http://i.imgur.com/eZeJPR5.jpg Now live on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/1yzkovH Brothers and Sisters in Almousin-Metraton:— I this day heard that Senscape got the license for H. P. L. This is a firste in that accurs’d video game industrie; for Players shall be able to delve into Spheres beyond of the sort that Abdool Al-Hazred describ’d in his VII. Booke of ye Necronomicon. I am fearfull, as these Things are Dangerous. I also hear there’s one of those newfangl’d Kickstart’rs involv’d, and Senscape is promis’g the most faithful H. P. L. game ever — crucially a Third-Person Adventure (whatever that meanes) that will throwe Players back to a Golde |
| Announcing H. P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward | 2014-10-01 | http://i.imgur.com/eZeJPR5.jpg Now live on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/1yzkovH Brothers and Sisters in Almousin-Metraton:— I this day heard that Senscape got the license for H. P. L. This is a firste in that accurs’d video game industrie; for Players shall be able to delve into Spheres beyond of the sort that Abdool Al-Hazred describ’d in his VII. Booke of ye Necronomicon. I am fearfull, as these Things are Dangerous. I also hear there’s one of those newfangl’d Kickstart’rs involv’d, and Senscape is promis’g the most faithful H. P. L. game ever — crucially a Third-Person Adventure (whatever that meanes) that will throwe Players back to a Golde |