- New Content: Gard'n Rush! - 23 October 2024
Hal! That's a beautiful home garden you have there. It would be a shame if pests were to thieve your bounty from under your nose! Luckily your have access to brand new FDA pending two-in-one Growth Hormone and Pest Popping Super Spray! Grow your carrots at accelerated speeds with only a negligible increase in crop combustion levels! Gameplay Overview A Takelings take on red light green light. The Takelings will to sneak forward, traveling hidden under garden gnomes while Hal is tending his ammo garden. When he turns around, STOP and blend in to avoid his wrath. Hal will trade between growing ballistic carrots, and launching them at any suspicious gnomes or free roaming Takelings. The launched carrot will propel itself forward, seeking out its target. As a last ditch escape, or as a way to fall back to another gnome, Takelings can grab a daisy to fly back on the wind. Other Updates Along…
- Settings Revamp and Locomotion Options - 31 January 2023
The settings menu has been revamped with some finer controls including locomotion options for players with tighter play areas. Locomotion options are currently available for the room scale Kitchen, other Rooms will remain a standing experience.
- Hot Fix - 26 October 2022
Quick patch fixing VR player not able to join in Party Mode.
- Takelings Scare Party - 24 October 2022
PEST CONTROL NOTICE You've spookified your home, and put on your scariest costumes ready for the revelry afforded by mass produced candies and suburban living. Soon children will flood your door and sing out this question: "Trick or treat!?". Well friends, there's another "TRICK" sneaking around in the shadows of your home. That's right, Halloween season is TAKELING season, and these pests do love candy. Be vigilant, or this may be the scariest Halloween yet! Features -Each stage decorated for the season! -New Halloween Skins for the Takelings and the return of vampire Hal! Takelings Scare Party will run from October 25th to November 27th, then the House will return to normal, so get your scary on while it lasts! Join our discord for community discussion and feedback: https://discord.gg/takelings Happy Haunting and Happy Hunting!
- Launch Options and Virtual Desktop Stream fix. - 30 July 2022
This is a quick patch adding an additional launch option for Oculus VR mode, as well as a fix for people using Virtual desktop for streaming to quest headsets (hands were rotated strangely).
- New Content: Garage Barage! - 18 July 2022
Hal! It appears the Takelings have trapped you in the garage. Grab your nearest tennis racket and prepare to defend yourself. These pests will throw anything your way so remember: if you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a bowling ball! Make use of your trusty wooden racket to knock away projectiles. Takelings causing mischief just out of reach? Clock em' good with a well thrown racket and it will return to the hand using Bungie Cord Technology, oooo, it's the future!. Beware, the racket can only take so much damage, so dodge the heavier items. Takelings are drawn to these common garage items: Old damaged lawn mowers that you were intending to repair the next moment you have some free time. Coolers filled with bottles of your favorite unlabeled brown liquids. Corked bottles of non-descript toxic substances. Bowling balls teetering on high up shelves. Sparking wires tucked up behind your…
- New Content Around the Corner! - 2 July 2022
Hello Hal! I'm delighted to announce that Takeling infestations have been discovered in new rooms of the house. Yes that's right! You'll soon be able to experience previously unexplored lands such as: GARAGE, and, BACKYARD. While I'm finishing up renovations; clearing cob webs, squashing bugs, here's a sneak peak of what's around the corner!
- iOS App Patch - 17 June 2022
There's been a quick fix sent out regarding previously missing entitlements for the iOS app. -iPhone users will now find much more reliable connectivity on the Takelings Controller App. Make sure to update the app at: Takelings App
- Animations and Effects Update - 13 April 2022
This patch comes with a few animation updates as well as some fixes to physics jank in the kitchen level. -Takelings now look directly at Hal (eye contact for maximum sympathy). -Takelings now stand up on their own, rather than some instances where they would freeze upside down until the player provided a movement input. -Teleporting rigidbodies back into the play zone now plays a smoke puff particle animation.
- Launch Bug Fixed - 3 March 2022
Fixed issue where launching the game would hang. Players would hear the music of the game and see a still image of the title. The game would either freeze here, never progressing or resume after a delay.
- Update Notes 10/28/2021 - 28 October 2021
Hi all, Been a minute since the last update. There's more content on the way soon. In the meantime here's a quality of life and mini-feature update to enjoy! Updates and New Features: Jewelry Boxes added to the Attic, requires keys to open! Hal's Lives now displayed for the Takelings in the Basement. New fork model, much easier to spot now. Various new sound effects added. Cam shakes on Takeling Death. Fixed bug where Takelings could be seen when spawning for 1 frame.
- Takelings Scare Party - 28 October 2021
PEST CONTROL NOTICE You've spookified your home, and put on your scariest costumes ready for the revelry afforded by mass produced candies and suburban living. Soon children will flood your door and sing out this question: "Trick or treat!?". Well friends, there's another "TRICK" sneaking around in the shadows of your home. That's right, Halloween season is TAKELING season, and these pests do love candy. Be vigilant, or this may be the scariest Halloween yet! Features To celebrate Halloween this year we've added spooky seasonal skins for Hal and the Takelings and Halloween themed environments and decorations. Takelings Scare Party will run from October 27th to November 26th, then the House will return to normal, so get your scary on while it lasts! Join our discord for community discussion and feedback: https://discord.gg/takelings Happy Haunting and Happy Hunting!
- Hotfix for Rift S Users - 15 February 2021
Fixed a bug that caused hand tracking to not work for some Rift S users.
- Happy Holidays! - 23 December 2020
Happy Holidays to everyone! For a limited time, play as Santa Hal and whip these little Elflings into shape! And for all our friends out there that weren't able to celebrate their special moments during this difficult year, we want to say congratulations and in your honor we introduce the Weddlings!
- Load Times Bug - 3 December 2020
Fixed bug that was causing very long level load times. Adjusted Pause Menu and Score Screens to always appear in front of the VR player so they no longer accidently pause the game without realizing it.
- LIV Support - 12 November 2020
Fixed support for LIV Mixed Reality capture.
- Takelings Scare Party - 25 October 2020
PEST CONTROL NOTICE You've spookified your home, and put on your scariest costumes ready for the revelry afforded by mass produced candies and suburban living. Soon children will flood your door and sing out this question: "Trick or treat!?". Well friends, there's another "TRICK" sneaking around in the shadows of your home. That's right, Halloween season is TAKELING season, and these pests do love candy. Be vigilant, or this may be the scariest Halloween yet! Features To celebrate Halloween this year we've added spooky seasonal skins for Hal and the Takelings and Halloween themed environments and decorations. Takelings Scare Party will run from October 25th to November 26th, then the House will return to normal, so get your scary on while it lasts! Join our discord for community discussion and feedback: https://discord.gg/takelings Happy Haunting and Happy Hunting!
- Phone Controller App Update - 31 July 2020
This is a small patch addressing reliability of the smartphone app. This update will break compatibility with old versions of the smartphone app so make sure to update to the latest version.
- Game Update 07/24/2020 - 25 July 2020
Updates Improvements: Improvements to grab detection on Takelings that can't be seen directly. Extra Lives no longer remove kills from kill counter or points from Hal. Added better feedback for when a scene change is triggered. Improved collision detection on fast moving Takelings. Should be harder to phase through walls now, especially when using the fire pepper speed boost. Improved hammer precision (Still needs more improvements). Only the hammer head can break the wall now, no more accidentally hitting the wall with the handle. Height calibration button moved out of settings menu and into the main pause screen for better visibility and access. Additions: Physical button added to score screens to initiate new level. SafeZone for Takelings added to basement. No more Takelings disappearing out of bounds. Bug fixes: Fixed issue where pause menu sometimes would not work in attic. Fixed b…
- Game Update 05/30/2020 - 30 May 2020
Updates Fixed issue where Quest Link users were stuck in the floor. Fixed issue where sometimes Takelings would get yeeted into the stratosphere disappearing from the game until the next round. Added back in the "Application has lost focus" warning so players are aware of when the Takelings window has lost focus and controller input will not be working until it's re-highlighted.
