Hey Akuparians! Guess what, it’s our birthday!,

Akupara Games is turning 8 years old and to celebrate, we have put Hello Cruel World on sale for 13% off! Be sure to grab those deals, check out our lovely event page, and check out the sales! Maybe the game you’ve been waiting for is waiting for you here, with a crisp sale to match.
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/akuparagames8thanniversarysale

Also, to celebrate, we will be hosting a multi-hour stream with tons of activities, announcements, and more! Stream is starting at 11:45 PM PDT! We really hope to see you there - and here’s to another year of publishing your favorite indie games on the market
https://www.twitch.tv/akuparagames

- Riv otter

Hey Streamers,

We have released a patch that adds buttons in level 3 generator rooms that let the player open the door if they get stuck inside.

-riv otter

Hey streamers,

We released a patch that makes numerous audio improvements, several visual fixes and polish, and more! You can read the full patch notes below.

• Sector 4’s voice activation puzzle has been streamlined by removing some of the restrictions of the playback of the recordings, this should make the puzzle slightly more accessible to solve and more straightforward. The content of the puzzle hasn’t changed.
  
• The Carlos Coil Controller (electrical handgun) now lets you clear all active projectiles by holding down the “recall projectile” trigger.

• There have been numerous audio improvements, as well as some additional audio in places. Overall, things should sound much more immersive.
  
• Several visual fixes and polish. Fixed z-fighting and occlusion issues, added missing textures and replaced placeholder ones on some objects.
  
• Fixed collider issues on some props. (Importantly, made unopenable lockers completely solid so you can’t get stuck inside them by accident anymore!)
  
• Fixed the player not being able to teleport inside elevators.
  
• Added buttons in the end puzzles of level 3 that open the doors to the courtyard if you lock yourself in.
  
• Fixed the chat reacting to the player’s hand gestures from the hand that was cut off in the opening sequence.
  
• Fixed some player triggers that weren’t firing. Aside from an audio log in the final level, these triggers were just save checkpoints or catches for preventing softlocks.
  
• Fixed some text and/or localization in some spots.
  
• Dynamic shadows were added as an option for the player’s headlight in the graphics menu.
  
• Fixed issues that could happen when taking the headset on and off at different points in the game.

Hello Cruel World, our psychological horror in VR, is out now on Meta and SteamVR!

Welcome to the Crab n’ Grab, one of the best places to get your southern, greasy fried fish in America– Or at least it was until it closed suddenly many years ago with no apparent reason. The leading theory is that the health department got involved yet there isn’t any record of them shutting it down.

Follow the adventures of an urban explorer streamer who has found the abandoned Crab n’ Grab and made the unfortunate decision to go in and stream their findings to chat. The mysterious voice over the loudspeaker is asking for help to escape but something feels off about this voice. There is much more than just old food left under the restaurant. What lays ahead in the darkness? Who is guiding you through the loudspeakers and how long have they been down there?

-riv otter

Hello s̷t̵r̷e̸a̸m̵e̴r̷s̵,

Mark your calendars for August 1st, Hello Cruel World will be releasing on that day!

Something strange is going on within the Crab ‘n Grab seafood restaurant and your stream chat wants you to investigate it. Follow the events of the semi-professional urban explorer delving below the fast food restaurant where they find more hidden secrets than just terrible food practices. Someone is communicating over the facility’s loudspeakers guiding you through the treacherous environment of strange machines and chemicals. How did this pass the health inspection? What is hiding under the Crab n Grab? Only you can unearth the truth of what this mid-western seafood place truly has to offer…

- Riv Otter

Hello s̷t̵r̷e̸a̸m̵e̴r̷s̵,

I see you received my message. I’ve been trapped for so very very long under the Crab n’ Grab restaurant. I wish I could trust you but so many times I have been betrayed. You wouldn’t do that would you? Destroy the fire of hope to escape like the others before you have? Please come and I can’t wait to meet you face to face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo6Qaq71b-g

[At the Indie Horror Showcase we revealed Akupara Game's newest VR horror title, Hello Cruel World.]
[You’ll play an urban exploring streamer venturing into an abandoned lab underneath the depths of a derelict Crab-and-Go restaurant.]
[Unearthing the technologic temptations of a scientist gone mad, your stream goes viral with viewers tuning in to every twist and turn deep below ground.]
[Designed from the ground up to take advantage of VR's interactive capability, Hello Cruel World asks: Just how deep are you willing to go for fame?]

[Wishlist Hello Cruel World and remember no-]

[Transmission Blocked.]

- Riv Otter