Happy Chinese New Year!

This update focuses on in-game fun and satisfaction, on one hand with cool new mechanics, and on the other hand through more polished visual effects and more impactful actions. New updates are only available in BETA during the first week of their release. To learn more, CLICK HERE! Next update will focus on honoring SOUL PARK's most charismatic boss: SATANAS!

FULL CHANGELOG

GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS

added two limited time Chinese New Year decorations

money collecting is now manual!

customers can exit the park again



• placing/moving an object now places the last path tile selected instead of always the sandy one
• customers' info tabs now have a proper description or their current objective
• going to see Chester only takes a night token if you trade with him
• waiting lines can now replace path tiles

NEW MECHANIC: MOVING CUSTOMERS

you can now move customers arround the park



• they can be dropped anywhere on path tiles and around the harbor
• innocent customers can also be dropped in the portal (more info below)

NEW MECHANIC: YEETING INNOCENT CUSTOMERS

added the portal to Heaven Park



• innocent customers dropped inside the portal get teleported away with cool new fx
• moving an innocent customer shows arrows pointing towards the portal to indicate what the player should do
• a screen above the portal displays how many innocent customers are in the park
• the cages minigame now rewards the player for finishing the day with 0 innocents in the park and also for not letting any customer escape
  • the reward scales up with player level

VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS

• added a tunnel at the other end of the Styx
• corruption entities now face the camera during corruption hunting
• added some satisfying shakes here and there
• improved customer/corruption highlight texture
• remade money particle
• camera now shakes when a bomb explodes
• made the day/night cycle disk a bit smaller
• added particles on ride repair
• added fx for night time's final countdown
• improved the doors animation of the gears minigame
• differentiated the cages
• updated lava in chester's scene

CORRUPTION MINIGAME IMPROVEMENTS

• added a gauge showing how well you are choosing
• tweaked camera angle
• added instructions at the top of the screen
• changed the buttons labels to "kick out"/"let in"
• changed the animation for the id card if you let the customer enter

ACHIEVEMENTS

Added 7 new achievements along with 7 new unlockable hats



• improved achievements tab responsiveness
• achievements progress is now saved properly

OPTIMIZATION

• rewrote customer behavior for better performances
  • some minor behavior changes are to be expected

BUGFIXES

• fixed an exploit that allowed to get an infinite amount of night tokens
• fixed customers entering after the corruption minigame being lost in the park
• fixed whistle not always working for unclear reasons
• fixed corruption hunting not being displayed properly
• fixed customer queued after a corruption minigame not being saved properly
• fixed palm tree effect range being 7 instead of 8 like the other trees
• fixed path being placed/removed unintentionally while interacting with the UI
• fixed objects able to be placed out of the grid
• fixed rare cases of selecting something using the left click
• fixed object sound volumes not scaling with distance
• fixed hunting marks not being displayed at the right height above the customers' heads
• fixed ride repair sound not playing
• fixed wrong achievement caption for the collector on Steam
• fixed a bug that sometimes allowed customers to cross waiting lines
• fixed customer stuck in place during tutorial
• fixed important gamepad issues
• fixed chester's cutscene getting stuck if you tried to skip the last line of dialogue
• fixed a bug that caused the game to misinterpret keyboard inputs when more than one key was pressed

[ 2025-01-28 14:10:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

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[ 2025-01-12 13:54:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

NEW YEAR, NEW LANDSCAPE!

SOUL PARK should feel a little more polished now. No more hard borders, no more empty plains: mountains stand all around the park, the Styx finally feels HOT and your playground is getting bigger! Wait, what are these strange pyramids in the distance doing? Anyway, tell us if you enjoy the new corruption counter micro-game! And be sure to check out the shop EVERY DAY for exclusive offers!

THIS UPDATE WILL STAY IN BETA FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK BEFORE GOING LIVE ON MAIN

FULL CHANGELOG

VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS

• improved satanas animations for the choices and dance floor minigames
• improved futuristic minigame lighting
• improved park scenery
• improved the music replay button
• updated floor texture
• added bones and mushrooms as map decorations
• added soul fire fx to the harbor
• improved the Styx's texture and Added floating lava rocks

GAMEPLAY

• GET 50% OFF ONE RANDOM PRODUCT IN THE SHOP EVERY IN-GAME DAY!
• added 3 new year products to the limited time shop
• you can now move the camera during night corruption hunting
• changed min camera height from 10 to 16 and max from 1000 to 1500
• the game now remembers your fullscreen preference
• widened usable map
• added corruption towers?? (stay tuned for the next update :D)

REWORK - CORRUPTION COUNTER

Corruption spawning in the park didn't seem fair for most players, so we added a simple micro-game to play to counter the beacon

• click on the corruption beacon to start the micro-game
  • shake your mouse, spam cliuck the button or simply mash the X button on your gamepad to fill the gauge and fight off the spawning corruption!
• follow the compass to find the beacon
• lengthened the beacon's duration from 10s to 15s
• added a new warning sound when corruption is about to strike

CHANGES TO XP

We're giving a boost to XP sources to avoid frustration from having a small catalogue for too long.

• New events that now give XP:
  • placing an object
  • customer going to their favorite drink shop
  • customer going to their favorite snack
• The following events now give MORE XP than before
  • completing a ride minigame
  • completing a corruption minigame
  • successfully countering a corruption beam
  • boats containing more than one customer

GAMEPAD IMPROVEMENTS

• added left and and right joystick sensibility settings
• buttons should react faster
• joystick now works on the main menu and during Chester's cage choice
• the crosshair is not visible during the legacy intro anymore
• hovering a product in the shop is now displayed properly
• fixed navigation inside the stats tab
• fixed navigation inside the progress tab
• fixed inconsistant speed in x5 time speed

BUGFIXES

• fixed customers that spawned after the corruption minigame being stuck in place
• fixed lecagy game not being saved at night
• fixed legacy date format
• fixed essence price not appearing when placing a ride in the park
• fixed music notes hitbox in the dancefloor minigame
• fixed customers in boats having a one frame latency
• bugfixes related to night corruption hunting

They keep an eye on you. Their only eye, actually. Who are they? Stay tuned...

[ 2025-01-03 00:46:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

A small but actually very important update!

Moving the camera should now be more intuitive, try using the mousewheel to see the change! SOUL PARK whould now run just fine on Steam Deck (sorry for everyone who had to wait!) We improved the "limited time" section of the shop

FULL CHANGELOG

FOLLOWUP TO THE CHRISTMAS EVENT

You know him already: he's the one commenting on all the products in the shop! THE SHOPKEEPER has reared its cutie head to welcome you in the shop!

• fully added the SHOPKEEPER to the shop
  • he is now the one that greets you during the shop tutorial
• updated splashscreen

QOL IMPROVEMENTS

• improved camera movements!
  • Rolling the mousewheel (or pinching on touchscreen) now makes the camera go forward or backward in the direction it's facing instead of just going up or down
• the limited time category is now first in the list
• added a setting to show/hide the framerate
• tweaked some dialogues to better match the new customer types

BUGFIXES

• fixed button label not showing when selecting an empty save file in the save loader
• fixed game not launching on Steam Deck
• fixed text missalignment in the keyboard settings
• fixed camera glitch after holiday intro
• fixed shop category shortcuts
• fixed hats obstructing vision if you changed it in FPV

[ 2024-12-13 18:25:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

GLOOMY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! For the first time in SOUL PARK's history, 7 HOLIDAY EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTS are available in the shop UNTIL 12/31 Help Satanas boost his ego by making the best holiday themed park for christmas! NEW - "LIMITED TIME" SHOP CATEGORY *will contain exclusive items (more info on that in the near future) CHRISTMAS EVENT - added an introduction for a christmas event - ADDED NEW HOLIDAY THEMED PRODUCTS ONLY AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER IN THE LIMITED TIME SHOP SECTION: * ride: The Corruption Workshop * drink shop: Bloody Hot Drinks * snack: Gingerbread Snackhouse * camera: The Watching Nutcracker * trash can: Sock trash can * decoration: Gifts * decoration: Christmas tree - added christmas hat * unlocked after placing a holiday themed product - added snow tiles unlocked during december - added snow to the main screen - satanas now has a christmas hat SINNER TYPES Which type of micro-sinner are YOU? Every customer has now one of 6 personnalities: * INNOCENTS (black-eyed): a perfect customer, but one that deosn't belong in SOUL PARK! * GROSS (green-eyed): will throw a tantrum everytime they have trash in their hands * TROUBLEMAKER (red-eyed): they have a 10% chance of sabotaging the rides they go in * CRINGE (yellow-eyed): will be avoided by other customers * SELFISH (purple-eyed): jump queues * OBLIVIOUS (blue-eyed): don't do anything special for now (might change it later) - GROSS AND TROUBLEMAKER customers caught on camera acting naughty will be marked and can be scolded using the whistle * innocent customer cannot be scolded anymore - innocents will never throw their trash on the ground - sinners will throw trash on the ground is they don't find a trash can faft enough - each sinner type now has a different model - added a label in the info tab telling which kind of sinner each customer is * hovering the label shows a tooltip briefly describing the customer's behavior - added new micro-sins to the list In the next update, we plan to require you to free innocent customers from staying in the park to avoid getting a penalty! GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS - remade the park entrance into a harbor * customers now come to the park in boats (up to three customers per boat) - made it easier to read what effect each decoration applies - added settings to reverse camera tilt/pan - added an achievement notif count - added an animation for the arcades - added luminance to some objects - improved slider gauge for rides - you can now skip chester cutscenes - added customer sounds when popping their balloons - added a good/bad counter to the corruption minigame - updated some tutorials - tweaked legacy intro BALANCING CHANGES - extended the length of a day to 300s - extended trees effects range from 6 to 8 tiles - reduced the length of the legacy game mode from 13 days to 7 BUGFIXES - fixed category titles in the achievements tab - fixed edge cases for sins being being mischosen - fixed button labels in the finances tab - fixed path placing UI not being visible in FPV - fixed pointer lock still being active when night starts

[ 2024-12-03 18:19:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Our new demo is officially out! After more than 3 years of hard work, we're excited to give everyone a chance to play SOUL PARK for free So jump in for a new adventure in a little corner of hell and start building! Make sure to follow us on Twitter/Bluesky to stay tuned on SOUL PARK's development! The links are available on our store page. We really value your feedback, so stay tuned for what's to come

[ 2024-11-18 22:32:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

SOUL PARK is getting a BIG update! But we can't risk shipping new content without making sure it is completely playable and bug free first. From now on we will be launching new updates in beta first, and make an official release once we are sure everything is polished and stable. This should also allow players that want new content more regularly to get a hand on WIP features. If you want to test the new 0.29.0 update while it's still in beta, please follow the instructions on this image to enter the beta participation program:
After that, Steam should automatically update your game to match the beta version. If that's not the case and SOUL PARK is still in the same version, you can try forcing it by verifying the integrity of the game files:
If that doesn't work, it probably means your game version is already up to date.

On the new update

The new 0.29.0 update is a pretty big shift from 0.28.4, as it introduces new game mechanics such as a day/night cycle, new currencies, a new minigame, a new important character and a lot of other improvements and balancing changes. We're really happy to finally give you the opportunity to play it and we'd love to have your feedback on it. Please share your experience with us on the SOUL PARK Steam community page: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2992460

See you on the other side!

[ 2024-10-24 20:43:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Satanas is shaking up the rhythm of the game!

Every 3 minutes, night sets in and gives the player new possibilities: will you try to regain ground from corruption? Or will you go visit CHESTER, the new treasurer of the underworld? For the occasion, the park interface has been refined to better match the atmosphere of the game. There are many other changes, namely: new currencies, new dialogues, new animations, and a major economic rebalancing to boost your purchasing power in the game. The next update will be a bit smaller and should complete what was imagined for this one but could not be implemented yet. Expect a second new character, a thematic reinforcement of the SOUL PARK universe, and a new mechanic to prevent tears of corruption from spawning during the day! I imagined this update with my girlfriend Maryne, which unofficially makes it the first update released as an independent game studio rather than as a solo developer! Thank you to everyone that is a part of our small community, your trust and fervor will pay off!

FULL CHANGELOG

DAY/NIGHT CYCLE

The game now cycles through 3 minutes long days, alternating with night phases that you can end at any time.

• the sky's colors now shift as the day goes on
  • you can see the progress of the day in the new UI
• loading a save will now also load how far into the day/night cycle you were when you last saved
• When night time comes, the new CAGES MINIGAME starts:
  • every customer still in your park heads towards the exit, while you try to sort them by eye color in their corresponding cage.
  • innocent customers' eyes are black, guilty ones can be yellow, blue, red, purple or green
  • you get more or less soul fragments as a reward depending on how well you sorted them.
  
  
• after the minigame, you can perform up to two (2) actions, whether it is attacking corruption, and visiting CHESTER, SOUL PARK's new treasurer
  
• you can also check your cages' content at will
  
• CHESTER's scene consists of a dialog tree alowing you to bargain souls for COLORED ESSENCES, which are new currencies
  • Chester's lines change depending on how many times you traded with him and whether you show him a full cage or not
  
  
• corruption hunting now takes place at night and has its own UI and layout
  • each tear/guardian of corruption hunted costs one night action
  
  
• camera smoothly transitions between different the states at night
• changed the date format to a simple day number
• lighting in the park changes slowly through the day
• the customers admitted during the corruption minigame now enter the park at the beggining of the next day

NEW CURRENCIES: COLORED ESSENCES

• they can be acquired from chester in exchange for cages full of souls
• added an essence price to some rides:
  • Star Flyer: 1 yellow essence
  • Morgluxian Castle: 1 green essence
  • Lavamatic: 1 red essence
  • Speedcap: 1 blue essence
  • Attack of the Kraken: 1 red essence
  • The Mountain Worm: 1 purple essence

COSMETIC IMPROVEMENTS

• improved lighting and ADDED SHADOWS to the park
• added essences to the title screen
• reworked the park's UI
  • added all the essences to the park's UI, the shop's UI, the legacy end score screen, and the skill tree's tooltips
• added particles for camera detection
• added a "dirty customers caught" stat for cameras
• improved detection target's visual
• added custom balloons for the spooky balloon shop
• added particles when deleting legacy's progress on the main menu
• added the night sky to the corruption and the cage minigames
• tweaked visuals in the dancefloor minigame
• all ride minigames now have the same format for announcer text
• improved clarity for rail placing

BALANCING CHANGES

• tweaked values of products :
  • Morglux Castle: fun 45->50
  • Ghostly Ghost Train: fun 35->40
  • Arcade games: popularity 35->30
• lowered the price of :
  • Gift Shop from 2000 to 1250
  • Treasure Cave from 2000 to 1500
  • Arcade games from 3000 to 1500
  • Whack-a-mole from 4000 to 3000
  • Skeleton shy from 3500 to 2500
  • Whack-a-zombie from 4500 to 3200
  • Hook-a-peking-duck from 3500 to 2750
  • Morglux Castle from 20000 to 16000
  • Quantum Maze from 6000 to 5500
  • Flux Capacitor from 500 to 400
  • Speedcap from 15000 to 14000
  • Attack of the Kraken from 20000 to 18000
  • Star Flyer from 9000 to 8000
• Spiritial Fountain now gives +5 fun to nearby rides instead of +25 capacity to nearby toilets and trash cans
• when a customers looses at a booth, you now win 200% of the initial price instead of 100%
• guardian levels are 50% lower in the legacy game mode
• reduced the amount of customers in the choices minigame from 10 to 6
• tweaked the collector achievement: unlock 20 products in the progress tree

GENERAL GAMEPLAY

• fast mode is now automatically disabled when editing the park and during cutscenes/tutorials
• added new lines for satanas informing you he can teach you something new
• satanas now tells you before coming to the park
• added a tutorial for the night cycle and the cages minigame
• you can now click anywhere on the screen to speed up text reveal
• catching a dirty customer now displays the bounty next to the cursor
• added a flame counter above the progress tree button in the park's UI
• the bush and the small tree are now unlocked by default when starting a new game
• tweaked main tutorial
• added shadows settings (you'll have to load a save file to apply the changes)
• added a setting to enable/disable the first person floating effect
• product entrances and exits cannot be obstructed by other products, waiting lines or rails anymore

BUGFIXES

• fixed finances tab
• fixed angle slider label color
• fixed product models being displayed in front of text in the info and shop tabs
• fixed name and age not being displayed properly when marking a customer as good in the corruption minigame
• fixed customers twitching after exiting a building
• fixed bugs related to the legacy game mode
• fixed detection target not following its customer properly
• fixed customers not being able to go into ballon shops if there were more than one of them
• fixed not being able to zoom by pinching in the progress tree
• fixed day announcer particles
• fixed satanas's notification bubble slowly drifting away
• fixed rides cycles getting stuck
• fixed path choices not getting hidden at the end of the intro tutorial

[ 2024-10-24 14:39:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

A WORD FROM THE DEV

Thank you to everyone who bought SOUL PARK this week! This launching week has been very fulfilling for me as I've been able to hear some feedback from you and as promised on SOUL PARK's instagram page @soul_park_cledu, I'm back with a little update to address some of the issues you guys discovered! Hope you all enjoy building your beautiful parks while I work on a bigger update CLEDU.

QoL IMPROVEMENTS

- added more contrast to the dancefloor minigame for accessibility - you can now use keys to move around the park in bird view - double clicking to load a save now works even when another save is open - a progress bar is now shown for achievements with numerical values - added a button to show/hide rides cycles - added keybinding for tools and the new hide/show cycles button

BALANCE CHANGES

- hype now takes into account what percentage of rides are working // if your park has 0 working rides, no one will enter! - reduced the spawn rate for tears of corruption - lowered the experience given when cleaning a trash pile from 5 to 3 XP - increased security camera view range

BUGFIXES

- fixed rides' fun and reliability values not being loaded properly resulting in them breaking more often or giving 0 fun to customers - fixed customer selection selecting corruption instead - customers cannot throw trash while quitting the park anymore - fixed customer spawning queue not being cleared after the choices minigame - fixed some weird interactions with the gamepad in the main menu - fixed the chef hat achievement not appearing on Steam

[ 2024-07-29 06:27:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

NEW

- added an achievement with a chef hat as a reward

BUGFIXES

- fixed bottom left arrow button not reacting upon interaction - fixed settings screen not always displaying saving options correctly - fixed gamepad compatibility for the main menu - fixed path placer UI being blocking the view of satanas's critique textbox - roller coaster fixes: * fixed lavamatic pillars not appearing * fixed lavamatic wagons not appearing * fixed roller coasters having no rail at all if edited after moving it * fixed last rail orientation * fixed not being able to move roller coaster on its previous instance's rails

[ 2024-07-22 18:59:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

YOU SHALL CRAWL!

God is NOT happy with you! He put a curse on you and Satanas and now you're both doomed to rebuild your park over and over again! This is no easy task, as you will have to earn every piece of the new and improved progress tree all by yourself! Will you succeed and thrive nonetheless?

PATCH NOTES

NEW - LEGACY GAME MODE

Legacy is a time limited game mode: you have 13 in-game days (= 13 minutes) to build a park. On the 14th day, the park is destroyed and you have to start over, keeping only your player level, unlocked products, and completed achievements. This is to encourage players to try different approaches and better manage their park. In a future update, additional rewards and statistics will be given at the end of a cycle. - added a button to access legacy from the main menu - made an exclusive introduction for the legacy game mode - made an exclusive screen and exclusive titles for legacy - added a button to delete legacy progress in the main menu (NO GAMEPAD SUPPORT YET) - saving is automatic in legacy. There is no manual save button.

REWORKED - PROGRESS TREE

- now includes themed objects sorted by categories - player needs to reach landmark levels to unlock themes - path tiles are also unlocked when reaching these landmarks - player avatar is used to show progress - optimized performances - made the scene's canvas bigger - added the ability to zoom/unzoom inside the canvas

NEW - SCORCHED THEME

- MOVED Lavamatic into this theme - added scorched ride The Mountain Worm - added scorched snack - added scorched drink shop - added scorched booth - added scorched super toilets - added scorched trash cans - MOVED golden satanas into this theme - added scorched path - added scorched minigame

IMPROVEMENTS TO CORRUPTION

- corrupted zones are now displayed using 3D spheres instead of 2D planes to better show their area of effect - corruption tears and guardians now spawn further away from each other and from the gate - Added visual and sound feedback when a good customer is admitted in the choices minigame - updated captions for corruption tears and guardians

NEW DECORATION SUBCATEGORY - PAVILIONS

pavilions are pass-through decorations! - added wooden pavilion

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS

- objects and path tiles can now coexist in the same tiles /!\ - loading screen now fades out only after the park loading is done - enhanced visibility for the mini tutorials trigger bubble and the arrows in the settings - updated splashscreen - tweaked futuristic minigame difficulty - updated merchandizing icon - added a button to skip mini-tutorials even when the textbox is hidden - added a warning text for empty categories in the shop - added a new graph to track incomes from entry tickets - tweaked Quantic Maze model - updated Fountain model - updated animation for the spooky camera - tweaked level up viuals - cleaned up old code

BUGFIXES

- fixed customers going on path tiles that are inside objects - fixed textbox displaying the wrong text after resuming the main scene - fixed bugs related to object and entities selection in the park - fixed day timer changing the day during main tutorial - fixed corruption selection

[ 2024-07-19 17:46:28 CET ] [ Original post ]