- Dev Diary #4: On Hub Zones - 16 December 2025
Cosmo D here. I've posted the fourth Dev Diary for my next game, Moves of the Diamond Hand. This delves into the creation of the hub zone for the game, a city block. Hub zones offer a myriad of design and technical challenges. But with that challenge comes great opportunities for emergent dice-driven exploration and fun. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2778210/view/514102575975368963 Till next time, – Cosmo D ps: You can experience a scoped version of this (and a preview of the street) for yourself in the demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778240/Moves_Of_The_Diamond_Hand_Demo/
- Dev Diary #3: Disguises in Moves Of The Diamond Hand - 3 September 2025
Cosmo D here. I've posted the third Dev Diary for my next game, Moves of the Diamond Hand. This delves into the disguise system for the game, and how you can use it to craft unique and powerful dice as you navigate all manner of treachery. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2778210/view/534359891812287244 Till next time, – Cosmo D ps: You can experience a scoped version of this for yourself in the demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778240/Moves_Of_The_Diamond_Hand_Demo/
- Dev Diary #2: Wandering Agents in Moves Of The Diamond Hand - 11 July 2025
Cosmo D here. I've posted the second Dev Diary for my next game, Moves of the Diamond Hand. This diary goes into depth on a new gameplay element in this game - wandering agents who patrol certain areas of the game, similar to guards in an immersive sim. But how you interact with them builds on Club Low and the Diamond Hand demo - with dice, of course. https://steamcommunity.com/games/2778210/announcements/detail/534354183830114361 Thank you for continuing on this journey with me. – Cosmo D ps: You can experience a scoped version of this for yourself in the demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778240/Moves_Of_The_Diamond_Hand_Demo/
- Devlog 1: Dice Drama in Moves of the Diamond Hand - 20 June 2025
Cosmo D here. I just shared the first devlog for my next game, Moves of the Diamond Hand. If you’ve played Betrayal at Club Low, this one builds on that same chaotic spirit—but with a deeper, more flexible dice system centered on tension, storytelling, and strategy. And if you’ve played my earlier games: we’re back in first-person! It’s a melding—and deepening—of all the elements. This post is all about dice drama: how I simulate rolls, why I love having too many dice, and how each one tells its own little story. You can read the full devlog here: 👉 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2778210/view/624425002170586485 Thanks, as ever, for continuing on this journey with me. – Cosmo D
- My Next Game is Here: Moves Of The Diamond Hand – Play the Demo Now! - 21 February 2025
I'm thrilled to announce my next game, Moves Of The Diamond Hand—my biggest and most ambitious project yet. 🎲 Play the free demo now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778240/Moves_Of_The_Diamond_Hand_Demo/ This Demo represents Chapter 1 of the game. It alone is roughly the length of Betrayal At Club Low and will be part of Steam Next Fest this coming week. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778210/Moves_Of_The_Diamond_Hand/ This game brings together everything I’ve been building over the past ten years—refining my dice mechanics from Club Low while returning to the immersive first-person perspective of my earlier work. Thanks for your support thus far, and I'm looking forward to continuing on this journey with you!
- Join us for the next RPS Game Club liveblog this Friday - 24 April 2023
As the month of April draws to a close, it can only mean one thing. It's time to announce when we'll be liveblogging this month's RPS Game Club pick, Betrayal At Club Low ! Well, it's not the only thing, of course, but listen, our secret pizza delivery agent only has an hour long window to spare us before they'll be whisked away on another top secret infiltration / flamingo thigh stew tasting mission, so make sure you mark your calendars for Friday April 28th at 4pm BST (that's 8am PDT / 11am EDT) to join us for our real-time liveblog chat. Read more
- The RPS Game Club pick for April is Betrayal At Club Low - 5 April 2023
A new month means it's time for the RPS Game Club to pick its next game, and I thought, you know what, let's do Betrayal At Club Low , the surreal nightclub RPG from Cosmo D Studios. Not only did we give it a Bestest Best when it came out in September last year, but just last month it was freshly annointed as the IGF Grand Prize winner , making it an excellent time to revisit this latest slice of Off-Peak City madness. Read more
- 1.07 + Club Low Wins IGF Nuovo and Seamus McNally Grand Prize! - 24 March 2023
Betrayal At Club Low made a strong showing at the 25th Annual Independent Games Festival this week, walking away with two major awards - the Nuovo and the Seamus McNally Grand Prize. I'm incredibly honored to have gotten these awards and I thank everyone here for their continued support and enthusiasm for my games. Wow! While on the show floor, however, I did catch one bug, which I've hotfixed today. 1.07 Clicking on pizza upgrades when you're not at the oven will now trigger a reminder message. That's it! If you do find any lingering issues in the new build, post in the comments below.
- Betrayal At Club Low wins IGF Grand Prize - 23 March 2023
Cosmo D's surreal night club RPG Betrayal At Club Low was the big winner at tonight's IGF Awards, picking up both the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and the Nuovo Award. It was one of this year's frontrunners in terms of nominations , winning all but one of the awards it was up for this year. The other nomination was for Excellence In Design, which went to the also excellent The Case Of The Golden Idol , proving that, yep, once again the RPS Advent Calendar is at the forefront of great indie taste-making. Here's the full list of winners from tonight's event. Read more
- Betrayal at Club Low wins grand prize at Independent Games Festival award show - 23 March 2023
Betrayal at Club Low just won the Seumas Mcnally Grand Prize at the 2023 Independent Games Festival Awards, beating out some brillaint competition in Immortality, Neon White, Not For Broadcast, The Case of the Golden Idol, and Tunic. It joins a star-studden collection of indie greats like Her Story, Outer Wilds, Minecraft, and Return of the Obra Dinn. The awards show ran just ahead of the Developers Choice Awards which will be annoucning its own selection of winners later today. It was a killer line up, with some truly brilliant indie games remaining in the honourable mentions section including Citizen Sleep and Terra Nil among others. All the finalists, as well as the honourable mentions, have booths at GDC attendees can play throughout the week. Read more
- 1.06 + IGF Nomination - 8 February 2023
Hi everyone. This patch has just one bullet, but it's helpful if you want to play the game at a lower difficulty. Fixed a bug where if you loaded a save after restarting the game and had more than 5 health, it would not display the 6th or 7th health tokens. Reloading would fix this, but now it works accross the board. In other news, Betrayal At Club Low has been nominated for three IGF awards, including the Seamus McNally Grand Prize. I'm amazed at the recognition, and the journey this game's been on thus far. Thanks for your continued support, as ever. And if you catch any new issues, please post them in the comments section below, or email support_at_cosmod_dot_net. -Cosmo D
- 1.05 update - 26 September 2022
- Some people were reporting getting "stuck" in Iron Pizza mode. This has been addressed.\ - Minor typo fixes and tweaks
- 1.04 update - 18 September 2022
Controller “keyboard” now hides when you click “No” or “Load” No longer can see “double” Jay in both the front of the club and sitting w/ Mo Typos fixed Fixed issue where you could retrigger “House Mix” quest after completing it Fixed issue where “Power of the Crowd” quest didn’t leave your journal if you failed to convince dancers to help you Thanks everyone for an awesome launch week!
- 1.03 update - 14 September 2022
Here's a few recent fixes based on user feedback Loading saved games now opens a “yes/no” prompt, like save games. Lowered the “Adventure” difficulty down to $46 to prevent a possible softlock in the tutorial Player dice pool expanded to 12. Elevator SFX in garage finale no longer sounds too loud when master volume is turned down. It is unlikely that you’ll have that many dice in play, but it’s there just in case.
- 1.02 Hotfix - 11 September 2022
Here's a few more bugs squashed 1.02. Adjusted wording for Nightclub Management Woes quest so it's clearer. Burst of music audio should no longer take place when quitting Fixed “Walk Away” button on dumpster not working if you don’t disable savegame message beforehand Fixed some camera clipping issues around the security station.
- Post-launch hotfix patch - 10 September 2022
Glad to hear everyone's having a good time at Club Low. Slipped in a hotfix for the weekend: Various typos fixed Text placement adjusted in a few places Dice texture z-fighting for Linux and Steam Deck users addressed. If users are still having z-fighting issues, let me know in the forums. You can post any future issues in the Steam forum, through the in-game bug submission button or directly at support-at-cosmod-dot-net.
- Betrayal At Club Low review: a delicious snack-sized espionage RPG set in a nightclub - 9 September 2022
Our undercover man has been compromised and you've mere hours to extract him from a nightclub using every tool in your agent's toolbox: deception, wisecracks, dancing, drinking puddle water, and baking pizza. That's Betrayal At Club Low , the latest game from Cosmo D, set in the same strange city as Off-Peak , The Norwood Suite , and Tales From Off-Peak City . This time, it's an honest-to-goodness RPG, full of skill checks, strange solutions, multiple endings, and so very many dice. And it's great. And it has a demo. Read more
- Return to Off-Peak City with Betrayal At Club Low in September - 10 August 2022
We'll soon return to the weird and wonderful world of Cosmo D's Off-Peak City, with the next game in the series today announcing a shiny release date of September 9th. Betrayal At Club Low is the name, and an RPG infiltrating a former coffin factory-turned-nightclub is its game. This time, Cosmo D says he's inspired by one-shot indie RPGs as we roll dice, bake pizzas, and try to help an undercover agent escape. Read more
- Demo Available! - 13 June 2022
Hello! Today I'm pleased to announce that you can play a Demo of Betrayal At Club Low, right here and now. Get a taste of my next experience at the push of a button. And later tonight (June 13th 2022) I'll be doing a live developer stream, to tell you all about it. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1885750/Betrayal_At_Club_Low/
- Betrayal At Club Low - Developer Stream - 6 June 2022
Cosmo D will be introducing players to his new game, Betrayal At Club Low. Streaming it live, he'll explain how his new game came to be, how it plays, and generally be taking cues from the audience as to how to best navigate the treacherous Club Low!
