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Greetings, cultists!

Cthulhu’s beard of tentacles is frowning upon us and as it descends, it brings the first Content Update for Forgive Me Father 2!

As we have teased in the most recent DevLog, this Content Update brings two brand-new levels, three new enemies, multiple new weapons and way more! The whole Change Log can be found below the article.

We know that in the Early Access roadmap we promised less content in the first update, but what can we say… we just love making our community happy! We have updated the roadmap accordingly.

To ensure the highest possible quality of the game, we’ve decided on making two big Content Updates instead of three smaller ones during the Early Access period. With this approach, we will have more time to make all the new features as good as we want them to be, and make it easier for us to analyze feedback from you – as the new systems, weapons and enemies all work in tandem, giving more content in your hands at the same time means you can help us balance the whole game properly.

However, fewer patches don’t mean less content – rest assured, the Second Content Update will be filled with a huge amount of goodies as well.

And if you don’t own Forgive Me Father 2 yet, the game is currently discounted by 20%, as it’s a part of Fulqrum Publishing’s Lovecraftian Days event!

Hello cultists!

It’s Byte Barrel again with another Forgive Me Father 2 DevLog. Although today’s piece will have a little bit of a different form since we’ve prepared a sneak peek at what you can expect in the first Content Update from Forgive Me Father 2’s roadmap. Let’s take a look, shall we?

Oh and we almost forgot, the first Content Update will be available on April 4th!

It’s melting time!

For the first Content Update, we teased the fact that we plan to add a few new weapons, and here is one of them. Eldritch Grasper is a Lovecraftian variant of the rifle that allows you to melt your opponents in the blink of an eye. With enormous fire speed and tons of ammo, it’s perfect when fighting larger groups of enemies, but also against a single opponent with enough health it’s actually worth charging this powerful but slow gun.

Here’s the Eldritch Grasper in action:

Back to school with Forgive Me Father 2

Besides the Eldritch Grasper we also have two brand-new levels for you to discover – one of them being the Basement and the other one the University, a level inspired by Miskatonic University, which some of you may know from H.P. Lovecraft’s works. But we’re pretty sure that you’re not going there to study.

You will have the opportunity to explore auditoriums (full of enemies), study halls (also full of enemies), and much, much more this twisted university has to offer.

Hello everyone, it’s Byte Barrel again with another DevLog. Today, we’re here to discuss one of the core gameplay mechanics in Forgive Me Father 2 – the one and only Madness System.

THE ORIGIN OF MADNESS

Insanity is an integral part of the Lovecraftian mythos, and we were certain from the very beginning that it had to find its place in Forgive Me Father. The decision was plain and simple. Why not build an entire gameplay system around it?

The Madness System did not always work and looked like the version you know from Forgive Me Father 2, or even its older brother. It was a long process to find the best option that would suit our vision of the game. During that journey, we had to find a middle ground between Lovecraftian aspects of insanity, the retro FPS feeling of the game, and the distinctive comic-like visuals that the Forgive Me Father series is well-known for. We experimented with different colors and effects to create a system that would connect the completely different worlds mentioned above.

One of the very first iterations of the Madness System made the player’s screen greenish with a chromatic aberration effect to escalate a sense of overwhelming insanity. It looked really cool, but there was simply too much happening on the screen, so we had to find something different.

The final choice we made was picking the variation where the player’s screen goes all black and white with red, juicy splashes of blood popping whenever you shoot the enemy.