- SPEEDONS - 28 February 2025
Hello everyone! Today at 3pm CET, Ghostland Yard is going to be speedrun at the Speedons event! You can find the event on the mistermv twitch channel "Speedons is Médecins du Monde’s speedrunning marathon For 75 hours, donations are collected to finance their actions. Created in 1980, Médecins du Monde is an international solidarity activist medical association that fights tirelessly to defend a just and universal health system. Médecins du Monde fights with actions and rights, through advocacy and field actions, in France with 59 programs and internationally in around thirty countries. For Médecins du Monde, defending health is not only about treating, it is also about listening, supporting, protecting, collaborating, defending, training, pleading. It means attacking the sources of a problem to make its symptoms disappear with a local, collective and sustainable approach." The game wil…
- Base price change - 9 January 2025
Hello everyone and happy new year! It's been over a year since Ghostland Yard was fully released on Steam! We'd like to thank our community for their support and dedication, it's a real pleasure to see people competing for the best time. After careful consideration, we decided to adapt the price of the game, from 16.99$USD to 11.99$ USD. The base price will not change again for a year (except during sales), we will probably put the game at 9.99$USD on January 2026. We are still working on the Nintendo Switch version of the game, but we do not have an ETA to give you at the moment, in the next few months if all goes well. Best regards,
- Update 1.2.0 - 1 July 2024
Optimization Ghostland Yard update 1.2 is now available! Today, we're pushing one of the biggest update yet, and you may not notice anything new! Yeah! As we prepare the console version of the game, we have made a lot of changes to the way data is handled in the game. The overall build size will unfortunately be larger, from 600Mb to 900Mb, but the individual scenes will load much faster. You may have to re-download the whole game as we have drastically changed the way we handle assets, sorry about that. The main menu was entirely reworked, as the leaderboard panel and the stats info panel at the end of each stages. If you experienced small stuttering before, rejoice, they should be gone now! Also, we added a small modification on how the game handles resolution: The game now supports ultra wide resolution! In a future update, we will add additional features to change your resolution, a…
- Update 1.1.2.2 - 25 January 2024
New languages Ghostland Yard update 1.1.2.2 is now available. Today, we're adding new languages into the game! We need to be 100% transparent: almost every languages were translated with the help of online translation tools (Google Translate and Deepl). Menus are now translated in the following languages: English - Human made French - Human made Spanish -Human made German - Human made Polish - Human made Italian - Online translation tools Japanese - Online translation tools Chinese simplified - Online translation tools Korean - Online translation tools Russian - Online translation tools Czech - Online translation tools Danish - Online translation tools Dutch - Online translation tools Finnish - Online translation tools Greek - Online translation tools Hungarian - Online translation tools Norwegian - Online translation tools Portuguese - Online translation tools Romanian - Online transla…
- Update 1.1.0 - 21 December 2023
Ho ho ho! Ghostland Yard update 1.1.0 is now available! We heard that you enjoyed the music, but only 1 music per world (not counting the music for the race nor the one for the boss) is not ideal. While we lack the resources to create brand new soundtrack, our sound designer realized an amazing job and created alternative versions of the soundtrack. This should greatly improve your experience! There is now 3 music variations per world (except the first one) instead of 1. And that's not all, we added a small visual variation to Poe... a christmas costume! We also added an option to toggle off the christmas skin in the menu, dont worry. As usual if you find anything suspect or an issue or whatever, feel free to leave us a message on our discord or on the steam forum! From the whole Obelisk team, we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year!
- Launch Update - 31 October 2023
IT.IS.DONE. We are all very proud here at Obelisk Studio. This is it, after almost three years in the making, Ghostland Yard v.1.0 is now live. And it is live thanks to our dedicated players who helped us during the early access! This final update brings minor bug fixes, optimizations, the long awaited cutscenes, brand new sound effects and improved sound mixing ! In the game, you can now find: 20 classic level per world 1 bonus race level per world 1 boss fight per world 6 worlds with their unique visuals, features and music 120 additional level -Apocalypse- with new and revisited stages Friend and World Leaderboard Replay mode Race mode Speedrun mode Some great accessibility features Ghostland Yard is our very first game here at Obelisk Studio. The studio started with two schoolmates, then a third joined and we officially created the company, then a friend joined us, now we're discuss…
- Major Update #3: The Apocalypse - Part 2 - 6 September 2023
Well, it is done. The final content update for Ghostland Yard This update brings the second part of the Apocalypse World! You can now fully enjoy (or hate because it's kinda hard) the Apocalypse World The Mountain Apocalypse The Submarine Base Apocalypse The Station Apocalypse You now have 60 more stages to discover! Note that they are still no souls to collect in the apocalypse world, but you still have medals to earn! If you enjoyed the bonus stages, you may be surprised with the 6th Apocalypse world..! We added the Apocalypse World soundtrack to the game, we hope that you will like it! We also added for the Apocalypse World some new death sound effects. Some bugfixes The super-fast-rising-lava-bug was fixed We introduced a critical bug with the last update, the final boss was not doable without checkpoints, it is fixed There was some color issues on the apocalypse menus, it is fixed…
- Update 0.10.0.3 - 3 August 2023
It's us again! Ghostland Yard update 0.10.0.3 is now available! This update brings fixes for bugs that we missed: Speedrun panel navigation now works as intended Apocalypse world speedrun has been fixed (it previously sent the player to the normal version of the world) Speedrun now disables god mode and bonus jumps on start You can no longer send replays on the leaderboard with bonus jumps enabled in the options You can no longer go out of bounds using moving platforms in Apocalypse 3.15 And that's it, do not hesitate to give us feedback or report any weird things you may encounter, we will adress it as soon as possible! Talk to you soon!
- Major Update #3: The Apocalypse - 2 August 2023
This is it, the third major update for Ghostland Yard is now available! Named "The Apocalypse", this update brings the first part of the Apocalypse World! This bonus world is divided in 6 smaller ones, you can access the first 3 apocalypse world: The Caves Apocalypse The Castle Apocalypse The Temple Apocalypse You now have 60 more stages to discover! Note that they are no souls to collect in the apocalypse world, but you still have medals to earn! This update will be split in two parts, the first part wont include the music and new sound effects for this world and will contain only half of the stages, the rest will come later this summer! Still inspired by the early access of Against the Storm developped by the amazing Eremite Games, we are going to indicate which changes were inspired by the community with a 💎 💎Gameplay improvement We made two improvement on the character controller…
- Update 0.9.1.1 - 29 June 2023
Ghostland Yard update 0.9.1.1 is now available! This update brings the final boss of the game, yeah! As usual, do not hesitate to give us feedback and to tell us what you think. We are pleased with the result, but there is always room for improvement. The changes indicated with a 💎 were inspired by your feedback, thank you for your support! Final boss: the boss is now playable 💎2nd Boss: added a small delay at the beginning of phase 2 so players have more time to understand what's going on 💎607: level was reworked base on your feedback, note that your time and replay for this stage was removed 💎Options: you can now access most of the options directly from the pause menu 💎Leaderboard: you can now access the leaderboard directly from the pause menu, meaning that you can start a replay or a race against one of your friends or one of the Top10 in the world without having to go back to…
- Major Update #2: The Space Station - 7 June 2023
Finally, the second major update for Ghostland Yard is now available! Named "The Space Station", this update brings a brand new world with his new race, a new feature, some bug fixes and more! This update will be split in two parts, the first part wont include the boss or the cutscenes which are still work in progress :( Still inspired by the early access of Against the Storm developped by the amazing Eremite Games, we are going to indicate which changes were inspired by the community with a 💎 New world: the Space Station Explore a brand new world... in space! You will find twenty new stages and one bonus stage in this last update. The final boss isn't ready yet, but he's coming very soon! Note that the speedrun mode for the 6th world is not available yet, it will be unlocked once we push the update with the last boss! 💎User Experience improvement You can now access almost every optio…
- Update 0.8.1.0 - 3 May 2023
Ghostland Yard update 0.8.1.0 is now available! This update brings a huge twist: you can now switch your leaderboard from friend mode to world mode, and have access to the top 10 best times (and of course, replay) of each stage! As usual the changes indicated with a 💎 were inspired by your feedback, thank you for your support! 💎Shroom cannons: Nerfed (reduced) the collision box on the cannons to better fit the visuals 💎New feature - world leaderboard:Added a world mode to the leaderboard panel Added a "default" text to the default colors in the customization panel in the options 💎Changed the default color for the ghost's replay in race mode, it's now red! 💎Performances optimization in the 2nd world - The Castle Fixed visuals issues on some chains in the 4th world - The Mountains 💎Fixed visuals issues between fishes and shark in the 5th world - The submarine base We are still eager…
- Major Update #1: The Submarine Base - 27 April 2023
The first major update for Ghostland Yard is now available! Named "The Submarine Base", this update brings a brand new world with his new race and boss, a new feature, some bug fixes and more! Still inspired by the early access of Against the Storm developped by the amazing Eremite Games, we are going to indicate which changes were inspired by the community with a 💎 💎New feature: race mode You can now race against your replay... or the replay of one of your friend! We added a new panel letting you chose if you want to just watch the replay, or race against it! Do not hesitate to check the options menu to customize the look of the other "ghost" (it is not a ghost for technical reasons, maybe one day it will become a ghost but that is absolutely not planned for now) New world: the submarine base Explore a brand new world under the sea! Twenty new stages, one bonus stage and one boss are…
- Update 0.7.5.0 - 6 April 2023
Ghostland Yard update 0.7.5.0 is now available! This update brings UX improvement on the replay panel and a windowed / fullscreen mode (resolution picker is coming someday) The changes indicated with a 💎 were inspired by your feedback, thank you for your support! 💎Replay panel: -Added a button to play directly the current level, avoiding some tedious menu navigation 💎Options: -Added a windowed / fullscreen button And some minor bugfixes
- Update 0.7.4.3 - 5 April 2023
Ghostland Yard update 0.7.4.3 is now available! This update brings bug fixes, a visual upgrade on the character, a new customization option and more! The changes indicated with a 💎 were inspired by your feedback, thank you for your support! VFX: -Fixed an issue where the VFX on the character didn't work after restarting a level Navigation: -Fixed an issue where you could still navigate in the endpanel just after pressing the next or restart button 💎SFX: -Fixed an issue where you could disable all audio sources except the music while pressing start in a middle of a quick restart 💎Slingshot: -Fixed an issue where if you where grabbed by a slingshot while on a sticky platform, your first jump input wasn't ejecting you from the slingshot -Added a visual help on the slingshot 💎Mode speedrun: -Fixed an issue when restarting a "single world" speedrun changed the mode into "all world", and…
- Update 0.7.3.2 - 31 March 2023
Ghostland Yard update 0.7.3.2 is now available! This update brings mostly bug fixes Level 4-20: -Fixed a layer issue on a steel beam asset -Fixed the hidden path disappearance not disabling one of the sprites Level selection menu: -Fixed the world 4 (mountains) race button not showing the required souls to unlock the stage Credits: -Fixed broken english -Fixed name not written correctly (sorry Andréas) Replay: -Fixed replay system: local replay is now saved only if it's a better time than the previous one Endpanel: -You can now quickrestart at the end of a level in the endpanel -Changed the default feedback key binding (it's now left click stick) Fix attempt: Controller & Keyboard: -You could experience weird jumps if you were playing on a keyboard with a controller plugged-in, this was caused by very small drift on your controller, we added a small deadzone to avoid this issue
- Update 0.7.3.1 - 30 March 2023
Ghostland Yard update 0.7.3.1 is now available! This update brings bug fixes and few achievements! Still inspired by the early access of Against the Storm developped by the amazing Eremit Games, we are going to indicate which changes were inspired by the community with a 💎 Fixes: Level 3-12: -Fixed a layer issue on a rope asset 💎Level 4-13: -Fixed a layer issue on the hidden path 💎Speedrun mode: -Fixed an issue with the speedrun options being set back to default after the end of a run -Fixed an issue where the speedrun mode didn't quit properly -Fixed an issue where you could have a small offset between the timer of the first level and the total speedrun timer after restarting a run 💎Input remapping: -Fixed an issue where the directional keys (moving left or right) couldn't be remapped Achievements: Added achievement for unlocking one dev medal Added achievement for defeating boss 1…
- Update 0.7.2.0 - 29 March 2023
Ghostland Yard update 0.7.2.0 is now available! This update brings bug fixes, balance changes and some quality-of-life improvements, thanks to your feedback! Inspired by the early access of Against the Storm developped by the amazing Eremit Games, we are going to indicate which changes were inspired by the community with a 💎 💎 Level 1-03: -Fixed a lighting glitch on the foreground 💎 Level 1-13: -The animation on the door was not always triggering, fixed the size of the door trigger Level 1-22 (Boss): -Changed the ending sor the transition between the boss and the next level feels less abrupt -Fixed size of particle system on falling columns in phase 2 and phase 3 Level 2-22 (Boss): -Added a 2nd type of rock for the final sprint 💎Level 3-17: -Fixed the size of a collider of the first air blower 💎Level 4-13: -Changed the layout right before the hidden path, it's no longer possible to…
- Early access launch - 29 March 2023
It's live! It's happening: Ghostland Yard is now live in early access on Steam! We are really happy to launch the game in early access, it's been a long journey and this is not over yet! Thank you for all the early buyers, your support is really important for us. We already get tons of feedback and are working on the first minor update which will fix some issues. Our priority is to fix the game breaking bugs, fix the minor ones, improve the user experience while working on the first major update to deliver the 5th world in the coming weeks! Thank you again for your support, do not hesitate to jump into our discord or to leave a feedback on the steam forum (or in game, there's a dedicated panel for that!) Talk to you soon, Thibault
- Early access - 10 March 2023
Hi everyone, Today, I’m going to talk about the release of the game and the future of Ghostland Yard. The game was originally scheduled to be released in February 2023, which was later postponed to the end of March 2023. At Obelisk Studio, we have certain values that are very important to us, one of which is none other than transparency. So let’s be transparent: We cannot release Ghostland Yard in v.1.0 at the end of March 2023 with the level of quality we want to get. The hazards of video game production - and life in general - force us to change our plans, and we are sincerely sorry that we have failed to stick to the planned schedule. We seriously looked at our various options and those were the three major possibilities that emerged: Maintain release in Q1 2023, but release with pain an unfinished product, with lack of polish and try to correct and fix the flaws afterwards Postpone…
