CURSE RETOLD - A Hello Neighbor Tribute mod

Hello, Neighbors

We're almost done with the first Chapter out of 3 for Curse Retold, our personal Hello Neighbor 1 re-telling.

Since we really tend to go on radio silence, we've decided to show some early footage from time to time.

We'll be taking our time with this project: it could take months how it could take a year how it could take two -- we don't know when the mod will be complete.

We won't be sharing any release date until the mod is at least 98% complete, but we promise you a fleshed out polished story mode with all the previously promised mechanics.

An Early Access is now planned: Will feature chapter 1 and a good chunk of extra gamemode.

Thanks for your patience,

we'll be occasionally updating this Article, so keep an eye out!

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EARLY FOOTAGE

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The following footage is being shown very early

and is most likely subject to minor -- or even major -- change.

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#1 - Teaser Trailer 2023

#2 - Theodore's Basement

#3 - Visions of Natural Disasters

#4 - 'Escape Mode' Level 1 - Sneak Peek

#5 - "Chapter 2 Theo" // face texture improvements

#6 - 'Phone Call' mechanic showcase

#7 - 'Theo's Gate' mechanic showcase

#8 - ??? ?????????

#9 - 'Elevator Trap' & 'Rope Trap' mechanics showcase

#10 - 'Escape Mode' Level 4 - Sneak Peek

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NOTES

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- (08/19/2023) Chapter 1 is almost finished. All its Endings have been made and the gameplay is complete. We're now polishing Chapter 1 (giving a few tweaks to its look and fixing bugs) to start making new preview screenshots for the ModDB page,
The page is finally about to get rebooted! We're not sure how much time it'll take, but it won't be much.

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- (08/27/2023) 2 Chapters left to make.

Everything from Story to cutscenes and level design has been fully thought out.

We knew since ages what to do (we even have tons of animations and assets ready for it), but it took a while to make everything blend altogether nicely. We finally know how to make every level, cutscene, puzzle and ending while perfectly following the story we wrote for the mod. It will take a while to prepare everything, but it'll be worth it.
P.S. The Story will go beyond Theodore's House.

- (08/30/2023) Chapter 2 & 3 will have custom buildings.
We've been making sketches and planning out themes and puzzles for them for a while now, we can finally start modelling them. 1 of the most important ones has already been made.

P.S. A Devlog is planned to be made whenever we have enough things to show throughout the video.

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- (09/08/2023) All custom mechanics have been polished up.
finishing to polish up Chapter 1, Chapter 2 is now in development.
ModDB page reboot soon.
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- (09/17/2023) Early Access revealing Chapter 1 AND a good chunk of an extra gamemode is planned.
More news coming asap 👀
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- (10/09/2023) According to "Welcome To Raven Brooks" Episode 3's Cemetery scene, we may or not may have predicted a few "origins" things. However, we do not plan on changing the lore of the mod!
If there are some similarities, you know why

- (10/17/2023) We're taking a genuinely needed break, not sure for how long

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- (11/20/2023) Done with our break, Phase 4 slowly but surely continues

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- (12/03/2023) Currently polishing up Chapter 1: giving tweaks to cutscenes and puzzles.
We're almost done with all that. Once that is finished, we'll then rework the Menus, fix any bug left we see, and then finally focus on the Extra Gamemode's levels.

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- (12/05/2023) Revealed a new Promo Image, we're now going to focus on finally updating the page.

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- (12/11/2023) Preparing Promos for the page's upcoming revamp.

Work on the extra gamemode has also begun.

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- (12/13/2023) ModDB Page has finally been updated.

Extra Gamemode Development -- "Escape Mode" -- is going smoothly.

4 Levels left to make for Early Access.

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- (12/21/2023) Escape Mode Level 2 has been completed.

3 Levels left to go before Early Access.

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- (01/11/2024) Happy New Year.

Escape Mode Act 1 Level 3 is near completition, after that we'll be working on the 2 Final (yet most ambitious) levels of Act 1. We're taking our time with these few levels as they're quite big and full of surprises, we want them to be the best they can be.

No Early Access release date planned yet, however we are quite confident we can release it in early 2024.

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- (01/19/2024) Due to some unexpected events irl, most of us will be busy for some time.

We're taking a little break from the project again; but it won't last as long as the last break we had, rest assured.

Curse Retold Early Access is near completition, and you can bet we'll get back to it as soon as possible!

We'll try our best to do some little progress when time will allow us to

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- (02/23/2024) We'll be trying to slowly speed up development again, it seems like we're back on track completely.

We're not sure about "releasing it early this year" anymore, since this unavoidable break slowed us down more and longer than expected.

But it's safe to say Early Access will be released this year, absolutely zero doubts on that one.

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- (02/27/2024) Some day ago, Escape Mode level 3 was finalized.

2 Levels left.

Level 4 Development has begun, core puzzle for it is ready.

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- (03/27/2024) We've been focusing on bugs fixing and cutscenes improvement the past few days,

we're almost done with it. Once that is done, we'll get back to work on Level 4 of Escape Mode

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- (05/03/2024) Sorry for the inactivity, we are still working on fixing bugs.

We are around 70% done with it. Early Access is closer than you think

Thank you for your patience!

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- (07/01/2024) Page Update: tweaked Description + added new Escape Mode promos.

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- (07/17/2024) We've finally figured out and prepared the base map for Level 4.

This is Escape Mode's most ambitious level so far and coming up with

a layout that blends well with the core puzzle has been a living hell.

However, the worst is now over, and we can finally continue Escape Mode's Development.

Once Level 4 is done, the final level of Act 1 will be developed.

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- (07/18/2024) Escape Mode ACT 1 (featured in Early Access v1.0) is about the Basement and the infamous Amusement Park built in it by Theodore.

Escape Mode ACT 2 will be about a twisted version of Theodore's house, with level design heavily inspired from INTRUSIVE's concept.

ACTs have 5 levels each and they both take place in a Dream built off Nicky's memories.

-(07/21/2024) Another reason why Early Access v1.0 is taking so long to develop is because this is the very first version of the Mod. This is where we programmed everything and where we focus on fixing bugs besides working on the levels themselves. Future versions of the mod won't take as long to develop since we'll essentially only have to focus on making levels and cinematics.

More than 80% of the mechanics in this Mod are custom.

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- Fatal Peek Team