• Bugfix

[ 2025-05-02 13:05:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

[quote=] Image was created by a member of our Discord server under a nickname [/quote] Long time no see, huh? We're back with Spring Cleaning, where we optimized most of the 3D models and graphically updated some others. In addition, the entire city and its surroundings were given a Renovation. On top of that, we'd like to pass on a message from Salesman, who's notified us of the Thaw sale, where you can get Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy for 15% off and the original soundtrack for 10% off.

Game World

Snowstorm, or New Landscape

Despite all the efforts made by local street cleaners, the recent snowstorm left a lot of snowdrifts behind. Perhaps this is for the best.

Going Up

The staircase at the construction site has been opened, and now you can climb it and see what the construction workers might have left behind during their never-ending work, however, we hope you know: Falling from the fifth floor is harmful to your health.

Environment Update

• New lights have been added to the park. Also, they now have their own unique model.
• The city lights outside the park are now connected with wires.
• Added parking near the entertainment center in the south of the city.

Optimization

Most of the models in the game have been optimized by reducing the number of polygons.

Gameplay

Cooking

Yes, you read that right, after a long time, you can now cook what you found in the trash cans. Just put a can of SnegoTorg (or what do you have there?) on a burning box, and, voila! You have cooked leftovers. Be careful, because if you stare at the flames for too long, you can burn everything.

Balance Changes

Due to the fact that the mechanic introduced in update 0.4.0 was misleading when the character's health began to decrease at a fairly decent thermometer mark, we made the following changes to the balance of this mechanic:

• Significantly reduced the temperature threshold at which a character begins to have Frostbite
• The satiety threshold at which a character begins to experience Hunger has been slightly reduced.
• Along with the changes above, the temperature and hunger thresholds that needed to be overcome to remove the negative effects of Frostbite and Hunger have been lowered.

A Bit About Future

Our break between December and this update is too long, and we'd like to also thank everyone in the Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy community who has been waiting for it. In parallel with this update, we have started (and continue to work) on something that should fundamentally change the way we develop the game. We hope we can surprise you on the game's anniversary, May 31st. Lunsemo Studio.

[ 2025-05-01 17:54:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

On behalf of the Lunsemo Studio team, Happy New Year to everyone! We wish you everything you could wish for! There are many more updates waiting for you in the new year, such as the second part of the Forgotten Dreams update, which promises to be more interesting than the first part, and we are waiting for you in Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy in 2025!

[ 2024-12-31 19:36:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

• General graphics changes
• Screen Space Ambient Occlusion is now used instead of Ambient Occlusion
• The light emitted by burning boxes has become softer
• Language selection has been moved to settings

[ 2024-12-26 16:46:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Trees have grown a bit
• Some minor bugs have been fixed
• Build for GNU/Linux systems is finally updated, the problem was solved

[ 2024-12-26 01:50:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added motion blur in settings
• Partially fixed problem with items noclip

[ 2024-12-22 16:27:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed trash cans collision
• The snowman in main menu is back
• Several bugs with cardboard boxes have been fixed

[ 2024-12-17 23:27:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Minor bug fixes

[ 2024-12-17 00:39:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Here is the first part of the global update Forgotten Dreams. It is not that big, but in it we finally reworked the survival system, updated the hands model, and did a few other things, which we will talk about below.

Reworked survival system

The old system was too straightforward and killed the character as soon as his satiety bar was depleted or the temperature dropped too low. Now, the character has health, and it depends on three new states: frostbite, hunger, and burn. In fact, burn has been in the game since update 0.3.5, but it did not have a graphical effect. Each of them causes a certain amount of damage to the character's health, and their effect is clearly visible on the screen (except for hunger).

Refreshed UI and sound settings

The user interface has become more intuitive (and more organized). Also, sound settings have been added to the main menu.

Graphical Changes

We have changed the character's hands model, and also reconsidered our approach to lighting in the game, and we hope that this version will be the final one.

Other

• The number of objects on the map that do not perform any function other than cosmetic has been reduced.
• The appearance of falling snow has been slightly changed, and the snow itself has been optimized.

As you can see, there are not many changes, but these are the changes that were needed. We hope that you will like them, and see you in the second part of the Forgotten Dreams update! Message for players using the GNU/Linux system: We still have not solved the problem due to which we cannot create a build of the game for GNU/Linux. We apologize for the inconvenience and recommend using Steam Proton for further play while we are looking for a solution to this problem.

[ 2024-12-16 04:21:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Have you ever had dreams? Maybe you forgot about them a long time ago? That's what the next global update 0.4.0 called Forgotten Dreams will be about. We are planning to update many of game elements, return to the ideas that were previously postponed, and also implement the best ideas suggested by players on our Discord server. Stay tuned! Lunsemo Studio.

[ 2024-11-28 19:08:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Yet another experiment with graphics
• Added main character thoughts

Message for GNU/Linux players: We've encountered an unknown issue in Unreal Engine that prevents us from building for GNU/Linux, so we're rolling back the game to the October 24th build. We'll try to fix it as soon as possible, but as a temporary solution you can run the new version via Steam Proton.

[ 2024-11-27 01:58:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! We want to inform you that it's time for the Freezing Ghost event! The terrifying (in a good way) transformation of the city will surely impress you, so go ahead and celebrate (preferably with pumpkin on the table)! During the event, you can also earn a unique achievement "Frostbite or Treat"

[ 2024-11-01 02:38:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

- Fixed several graphical bugs - Changed the text font used in game

[ 2024-10-24 22:40:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

- Changed lightning - Terror in the night was rebalanced - Added 2 new soundtracks (Soul of the Night and My Heartfelt Wish)

[ 2024-09-21 17:11:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

It hasn't even been a year, has it? We are back with update 0.3.5, which improves the graphics and also changes some other things.

Graphic changes and reworking of the time of day

The game has been noticeably transformed: the nights have become darker and the days more gray, which better conveys the atmosphere of the game. Burning boxes now emit light.

Terror in the Night Rework

Initially, this change was planned for update 0.4.0, but we decided to move it to 0.3.5. As before, we do not give details in the description of the updates, so we will limit ourselves to one sentence: you need to be even more careful in your travels.

Burn

The character can no longer run around without hesitation with a burning box in his hands, now he will pay for it with satiety.

Other

• With the growing number of players, there came a need to customize the game individually. Additional settings have been added in this update. Music and sound settings will be added soon.
• A lake has been added to the game map.

[ 2024-09-01 06:05:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed several critical problems that affected game progression

[ 2024-08-26 01:04:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed save system

[ 2024-08-24 17:34:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi all! We're late, but we pleased to present you a big step in game evolution: Snowteraction update! Unlike 0.1.5 update, the Snowteraction is focused on game content and new mechanics. Changelog does not include changes that contains spoilers.

New Content

New Resource: Money

Now you can earn (or find) money How you can spend them? Good question.

New Consumable: Coffee

SnowTorg's new product it will keep you warm on a long journey through the city. One of the new NPCs will be happy to share it with you (for a certain price). It is worth noting that this is one of the winning proposal from players in a special channel on our official Discord server.

New item: Fireworks

Added new item, designed to brighten up your cold nights and hard days.

Another new item

A new item has been added that you can receive from one of the NPCs. You will find out what this item is and what it is for in the game.

New NPC's

Now, in the game world you can meet three snowmen, clearly distinguishable from the rest of the crowd, and with whom you can Snowteract!

Gameplay Changes

Hands and New Grab Mechanic

The character now has hands, and with them the old system for grabbing items has been replaced by a new one.

New matches lightning mechanic

Now, instead of lightning a box with one button, you need to slide mouse with LMB pressed to get match lighted.

Technical Improvements

Saves

Game now automatically saved. Last save can be loaded from the main menu.

More screen resolutions

Before this version, only 16:9 format screens were supported, but now, in the settings, you can also select 4:3 and 16:10 resolutions.

Other Changes

• Controls now placed in escape-menu instead of settings in main menu.
• Information about resources is now called up by pressing the Tab key, so as not to overload the interface.
• The appearance of the hunger scale has been changed.
• The map landscape has been changed. For example, the road has been changed and new environmental items have been added.
• The main character now blinks.
• Game language no longer resets with game restart.

[ 2024-08-23 23:56:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Next update 0.3.0 (Snowteraction) will be released approximately at the beginning of August. Price of the game will rise in some regions as soon as update is released. As you can see, update will be concentrated on interaction. With whom? That's what you're going to find out. We also working on cooperative mode, but it will be released after Snowteraction. Also, we are going to make many technical improvements, change some game mechanics and generally improve quality of the game. Stay tuned! Lunsemo Studio.

[ 2024-07-29 17:39:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed graphical and gameplay bugs.

[ 2024-07-26 09:34:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi all! We read the reviews about the version 0.1.0, we noted the most important of them and added changes of our own. Let's go through the changes, and then hopefully you'll enjoy them in the game itself!

Graphics Changes

• We have reworked the lighting system, and shadows appeared (yes, they didnt appear before, and yes, its quite strange). Now the day is lighter and night is more atmospheric.
• Glass have been reworked too, and now it looks more like glass and not an invisible wall
• Homes windows now cast light

Gameplay Changes

Fight for Survival

We received a lot of criticism regarding the gameplay. It was mainly due to the over-casual gameplay, so we simply decided: a lot of food? So there will be a little. We reworked the balance: there is now less food and matches at map and the boxes have been changed and you will have to wander around the city more often in search of resources.

More achievements for Achievements God

We noted that players really enjoy earning achievements and therefore added several new ones to the game. You can read about them in the list of achievements.

Other Changes

• Increased number of snowmen in city.
• Added new city sounds.

Technical Improvements

Update 0.1.5 is more technical than content, and we have good news about it:

• Improved game optimization and part of the game logic rewritten in C++ instead of blueprints (we hope it will affect performance too)
• Improved collisions of some items and now there should be less weird stumbles. We also fixed trash cans collisions and now it will be easier to turn over them.
• Fixed small bugs.

[ 2024-06-12 17:23:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed several critical problems with sound, such as "silent boxes"
• Fixed a bug where the player fell through the ground

[ 2024-05-30 23:48:26 CET ] [ Original post ]