The Incident at Galley House — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Important Patch | 2026-07-28 | - There was a regression in the previous update that prevented you from viewing the ending of the game. It's fixed, super sorry about that! |
| Update Notes for July 28, 2026 | 2026-07-28 | - Fixes to OpenGL Renderer to make the game render better - AMD RX 5700 XT cards now default to OpenGL Renderer for stability - Added some hints and text changes for late game puzzles - Added a new sound to a scene - Make it more obvious you can edit names - Various translation fixes - Support for disabling controllers altogether - Added a cool enhancement to a certain notebook thing |
| Building Galley House | 2026-07-28 | It's been two weeks since we launched The Incident at Galley House and the reception has been incredible. We'd love to thank everyone who supported us, either by giving us a review, sharing the game with a friend or streaming it online. You're the best.For those of you who are interested in behind-the-scenes aspects of making a game, Robin has just published a technical blog post about how the game was developed. https://eviltrout.com/blog/2026-07-28-building-galley-house/We're still working on tweaks for the game based on player feedback and bug reports, so stay tuned for those.Thanks again! |
| Update Notes for July 20, 2026 | 2026-07-20 | - Fixes a bug where an important hint could come out of order - Fixed a bug where navigation by keyboard could break if you were focused on a text field - Fixed a bug where dragging via mouse could be disabled if you hit the Enter key - Fixed a bug in the notebook where pasting content in the middle could delete content if you were over the character limit - Reminder Icons are now saved if you click outside of the modal instead of hit "OK" - Minor fixes to Japanese and Simplified Chinese translations. |
| Update Notes for July 18, 2026 | 2026-07-18 | - Fixes an issue where voices could come through as beeps when using a headset - Better support for diacritics in non-English languages - Better keyboard support in non-English languages - Minor fixes to localizations - Fixes an issue where you could quit during a certain cutscene and be locked out from progressing |
| Update Notes for July 17, 2026 | 2026-07-17 | - Add a popup with link to support website if the game doesn't close properly - Fixes an issue where if the game crashed during a cinematic you might not see it again when you reload the game. - Minor improvements to Japanese and Simplified Chinese text - Adds a connection that was missing to the Display - Fixes an issue where highighted room names were the incorrect font size |
| Update Notes for July 15, 206 | 2026-07-15 | Thanks for all the feedback about our game! Today we have a small patch that fixes a handful of issues: - Minor improvements to the Chinese translation - Hint System fixes - An issue where saved lines in the notebook showed incorrectly - Changes the key to open the notebook in the JP locale - Fixes crashes on some Intel GPUs The game's reception has really blown us away, so thank you for supporting us. |
| Minor Fixes | 2026-07-14 | This patch attempts to fix an issue where the game says that it couldn't connect to steam. In case it still can't, it will output a more detailed message which hopefully will help us debug the issue. |
| The Incident at Galley House is out now! | 2026-07-14 | We've just released The Incident at Galley House!The Incident at Galley House is based on the critically acclaimed text game Type Help, and was made by the team behind The Roottrees are Dead.It's time to drive up to Galley House, experiment with a strange machine, and figure out what happened that fateful night in 1936.For launch week we have a 10% off sale, and a handful of bundles with other excellent games.We hope you enjoy the game as much as we enjoyed making it!- The Evil Trout Team |
| The Incident at Galley House is coming out July 14, 2026! | 2026-06-10 | We just released a full trailer for The Incident at Galley House, which includes our release date: July 14, 2026.We can't wait for you to visit Galley House and learn all of its secrets. This project has been an absolutely joy to work on, and you won't have to wait very long to play it! |
| Anatomy of a Room | 2026-03-23 | We just published a blog post explaining how we create the background art in The Incident at Galley House. Check it out!https://eviltrout.com/blog/2026-03-23-anatomy-of-a-room/ |