- FriendShapes 1st Anniversary & 25% off! - 10 February 2026
(Art by Cyat!)It's been a whole year since FriendShapes came out on Steam (and 2 years and a week or so on GameJolt and Itch.io)!Time flies, as will the current 25% discount on the game for one week! (Art by The_Random_Studio!)And in case you've been wondering what I've been doing since, aside from trying to learn to wrangle the Unreal Engine for extra interesting shadowcasting and camera angles (with better controls when angles suddenly change), I've completed half of season 2 of Era's End Entities - an analogue horror set before FriendShapes' time, plus my best friend FrozenSunset and I published a demo of our LISA: The Painful fangame called LISA: The Downcast! You can check out the trailer I did for it below, with links to the game in the description:Hope this year has treated you as well as it can and here's hoping things'll look up soon 🙌!
- FriendShapes v1.2.6 - 13 July 2025
Fix: - Unintended Encounter in the Alternate Digression under specific circumstances - Being able to interact with someone in unsuitable direction under specific circumstances Changes: - Added further fail-safes so a specific late-game Encounter can't wear on for too long (you know the one)
- FriendShapes 1.2.5 - 11 July 2025
Now that the Jinsil is out of the bag on That One Thing, some needed fixes for it have come up (big thanks and congrats to Ultra for uncovering it after all this time, the thing being present even in the first demo like 3+ years ago) Fix: - Infinite loop in an Encounter under specific circumstances - Infinite loop after a Encounter under specific circumstances - Being able to clip through the gate on return from a Digression under specific circumstances - Specific key item not appearing under specific circumstances Changes: - Small object rearrangements to hide inner workings
- FriendShapes 1.2.4 - 24 April 2025
Fix: - Certain side-quest item not being obvious enough - now has the intended collision - Psych being visible in Soft Contained Play if revisiting the area a second time in that Digression run - Certain Encounter in The Final Digression having undesired effect when hitting 0 sanity - Loading in from an Autosave while in 1st person breaking the camera (stuck looking in one direction) - hopefully fixed and not broken something else - let me know if it is! Changes: - Something in The Final Digression now begins to limit options over time down to the needed response to keep up gameflow Hoping the camera thing doesn't break anything else (I added a thing to turn tracking off if going into 1st person mode, which -shouldn't- do anything bad given tracking in this context means the camera staring at a specific object, which was somehow happening when loading in from an autosave and you're occa…
- FriendShapes v1.2.3 + more small merch - 22 March 2025
Some fixes built up enough that I felt I ought to push another update, also adding a few more small things to the Merch RedBubble and planning some more things featuring some original sketches of Shapes that I had made to sprite over - do let me know if there's something specific from the game/my stuff that you'd like to see on there, always open to suggestions! Fix: - Encounter That One Room while going through The Hallways without completing it causing specific dialogue to repeat itself - Added more objects in a specific area of The Final Digression that allows a displaced player to return to the indented platforms - Added ways to leave an area you can get stuck in in another area of The Final Digression (Thanks Pete Zuhh!!) Changes: - Retiming for The Hallways final encounter readability - Added a line to a description on examining Something late-game to make it a bit clearer you're…
- FriendShapes v1.2.2 - 7 March 2025
Got some minor QoL for newer players making some things clearer and fixing a rare problem encountered on a stream! Fix: - Instance of meeting Jinsil in the Backwoods causing constant "song not found" errors despite it being there (probably the accented i again) - thanks sonicthehedgegod! Changes: - Text now displays at a Game Over, informing if there's an auto save from the current Digression (including if it's at the final area with Assisted Mode enabled) and giving a choice to continue with the items and experiences you had or return to the Title Screen to load an auto-save (Thanks Gravenox13 & vantiss!) - Added a Autosave graphic to appear in the top right when the game autosaves (including finale areas if Assisted Mode is on and after completing a Digression if the setting is on) - had to do this manually so hopefully I have all instances of it happening
- FriendShapes v1.2.1 - 27 February 2025
Replaced CPU, had some BSOD after that but seems to have calmed down(?) - I can zip files again though so here's a needed update! Fix: - Spelling & grammar - Jumping over a hole in The Backwoods on the righthand side causing a soft lock (Thank you muuyo!) - Fog from previous map of The Final Digression carrying over into a zoomed out area, causing culling - Pain not ending a specific Encounter when it should have - Blue path being set to 1 instead of added to (Thank you Bits for those last two! Do check Bitbops out on Twitch, he's been playing through FriendShapes (and watching Era's End Entities) and enjoying them hugely, it's been so fun watching them, they're lovely and great) Changes: - Increased time between lines for The Collective for readability - Made that one SCP revisit Encounter even more likely... (and hopefully doesn't cause any weird interactions with existing elements) -…
- FriendShapes v1.2.0 - 24 February 2025
Trying again and have finally figured out the main culprit of the Era's End achievement not working! Fix: - Spelling & grammar - Text on picking up a specific File not being consistent - Axenic file to be out of frame and blocking your path - Era's End Entities Encounter Expert achievement wouldn't count Rejectamenta if their Encounter was completed entirely (thanks to TheFoxyDragon for loaning their save file to check this!) Changes: - Added more achievement checks for Era's End Entities Encounter Expert and Filing Cabinet
- FriendShapes v1.2.0 - Oops scratch that - 23 February 2025
Took me a few hours but zipped it up via a tablet - hoping this isn't corrupted, will roll it back at the first sign! - Okay yeah no that's corrupted - rolled back to v1.1.9 for now!
- FriendShapes v1.1.9 - Lore Achievo fix + may be final fix for a bit - 21 February 2025
Much thanks to MadHatterBelial, I think I've got the Lore Based Achievement sorted now! Fix: - Moved the Jayedpeg to be in a slightly easier area to see and interact with (I know the camera can be dodgy) - 3 Files are now collectable (I was sure I put them somewhere but apparently not according to MV's terrible search function) - Lore Achievement should be possible now - Bag Maze area in Soft Contained Play camera breaking when loading into it after leaving a previous save and not exiting the game fully (hopefully doesn't break it normally) Changes: - Reaching That One Specific Room now doesn't count as Progress in any Digression now (previously only didn't in The Final Digression) - Moved Malsana file from inside a wall you can't see to somewhere a little more easier to find - Made various Files to be far more likely to find (previously was chance + requirements - hadn't really planned…
- FriendShapes v1.1.8 - 20 February 2025
Just can't seem to get this Shape to be seen, they're just too shy apparently - hopefully now you can meet them (and be wish you hadn't) Fix: - More changes to the Encounter in SCP revisit, hopefully it'll be guaranteed -now- (thanks Starluft for testing!) - Era's End Entities Expert Achievement not firing due to The Slasher (Hallways Text Event) switch being missing from the previous corruption (thanks MadHatterBelial!) Changes: - Increased pauses and how long text stays on screen for Blood Shadow Encounter for readability
- v1.1.7 - Second Update of the Day™ - 19 February 2025
I'm going to have to stop jokingly saying there'll be nothing else major to fix, it just invites more hotfixes Sort of Fix?: - Made an Encounter in SCP revisit guaranteed in the area they're meant to be found in (as no one's ever encountered them) Changes: - Halved Blue Path requirement of Protoplego (was too specific to do in the time limit) - Made some pauses in Belarone Encounter longer for readability's sake Thank you again for all interest & support!
- FriendShapes v1.1.6 - 19 February 2025
Couple of things built up so thought I'd do another thing just so it's on an even keel with hopefully No More Issues To Be Found Again™ Fix: - Spelling mistake in the single bit of extra text I added in last time - Added dark gradients to the backgrounds for a Encounter in Soft Contained Play for better readability Changes: - Changed the slowest Encounter speed setting from Continental to Glacial to clear up that it's even slower than Leisurely (NOTE: This may have reset your settings) - Made some pauses in Soft Contained Play boss a little longer for readability's sake It's been some week since FriendShapes came out last week on Monday, thanks again to everyone who has been checking it out, I hope you and others can continue to enjoy what it has to offer 🙌💜
- v1.1.5 - Yet Another Hotfix - 17 February 2025
I want to stagger the updates so it's not constant but there was a bad thing I needed to fix right away so here we are once again I'm afraid: Fix: - Spelling and grammar, and an especially strange one - thanks to MadHatterBelial! - Added an extra check for getting the Era's End Entities Encounter Expert achievement that I'd missed - something dangerous in The Final Digression Text Events! - Removed testing stuff put on Conceptual Parasite I forgot to remove when re-balancing it (thanks Ultra!) Changes: - Increased cool down between hits in The Hallways from 60 frames to 150 frames in 3rd person, 100 frames to 180 frames in 1st person - Added a more obvious point of interest in part of The Final Digression to attract attention to how to leave that area, as well as added more Events along it so it's easier to find
- FriendShapes v1.1.4 - Achievements Fix - 16 February 2025
Me again, remember when I said these would slow down? Fix: - Spelling and grammar - Some achievement triggers were unknowingly lost due to a blue-screen a few days ago that corrupted the game files - after rebuilding the game from a previous version (replaced all files with the current ones), turns out it didn't carry over anything in the Common Events, including some, (but not all??) previous spelling fixes, tweaks, certain achievements AND any additions to the Credits since starting to prep for Steam... so will be rediscovering those as they're reported again - very sorry if I miss someone for the credits especially This has affected most of the alternative achievements concerning Shapes, as well as the Era's End Entities Encounter Expert & The Filing Cabinet - I have added them back in once more and checked the others - apologies for any frustration caused for this Huge shout out and…
- FriendShapes Patch v1.1.3 - 15 February 2025
Hi - me again, got a few more fixes! The patches should slow down soon, just trying to smooth out aspects that may detract from the experience when I find them out Fix: - Some spelling mistakes and grammar - Achievement on Rejectamenta not triggering - Hopefully Edmonton's future-sight concerning Mr Dac's approval Changes: - Assisted Mode now Autosaves just at the final area of each Digression - Increase pause times between text for EgoSystem, as well as some other text and made a hint a bit more obvious
- FriendShapes v1.1.2 (14/Feb/2025) - 14 February 2025
Hi again, got some more fixes and changes thanks to the wonderful people currently giving FriendShapes a try! With each bug and problem reported and fixed, the game'll be a smoother experience for future players! Fix: - Items in a certain area of Axenic reappearing after going in and out of a door/pathway - A Mystery Considered's item description not dropping a line where it's meant to (thank you MadHatterBelial for these two!) - Added way to get back onto the intended floor level in an area in The Final Digression - Encounter Text Speed being changed by Confirm buttons rather than arrows desynching speed - Axenic having a area where doors don't work - now if you're not meant to be there, the doors will continue to the next Text Event (thank you vantiss for reporting this!) Changes: - How these are laid out in the text file so better work with all the other places that need hotfix updat…
- FriendShapes Hotfix! - 11 February 2025
Hello! Pushing some small fixes to help make your experience through FriendShapes a little smoother! Fix: - Soft lock in Backwoods caused by bad RNG with a hole to be jumped over on top of an item (Thanks to bitsbops for discovering this!) - Visible object that shouldn't be in Backwoods - Collision remaining after a specific encounter spot in Axenic - Object in Axenic quarantine area lacking a Direction Fix (Thanks to Ultra for those 3) Changes: - Added a note saying that F4 grants fullscreen
