\nHey Panda Peeps!\n\nWeve got some good news to share! After a few days of beta testing (and no major bugs reported!) were excited to say that a brand new update is now live for Soul Mates!\n\nThis update unlocks the third level of the mansion, introducing a brand new ghost girl: Jane! If youve finished Lydias level and claimed her key, you can head back to the foyer and open the third door to begin your next eerie romance. Janes level comes with new puzzles, new scares, and a fresh slice of tragic backstory for you to uncover.\n\nWhat if you don\'t have a save file with Lydia\'s Key? Well then all you have to do is hold down the numbers 1, 2 and 3 (simultaneously, along the top of your keyboard) while clicking the New Game button on the title screen and the game will start up as if you had just finished Lydia\'s floor. You can then go to the foyer and use the key to open the next door from there.\n\nWeve also added a little teaser for the fourth floor (oOoOoh) plus some extra polish throughout the earlier levels, including balance tweaks, bug fixes, and additional music/sound effects!\n\nAs always, thank you so much for playing, testing, and sharing your feedback with us. Early Access players like you are helping shape Soul Mates into something truly special, and we cant wait to keep building out this haunted house adventure <3\n\nIf you happen to run into any spooky issues, please let us know on the Steam forums or via our support email (support@sadpandastudios.com) Otherwise enjoy meeting Jane. Just remember, some doors are locked for a reason!!\n\nWe love you so hard,\n\nThe Pandas

Is Friday the 14th close enough to Friday the 13th to release a new patch for Soul Mates? We think so!\n\n

New Content

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• We\'ve added a guest book to the foyer so you can learn a bit more about the people who have visited before!\n
• The game can now boot in offline mode.\n
• Added support for gamepad input of text for those of you playing on Steam Deck and Steam Big Picture.\n
• Vastly improved the resolution of in-game animations, which should result in much nicer jump scares and other types of animations.\n

Bug Fixes

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• Fixed a soft lock that could occur after a game over.\n
• Reduced the maximum number of times you may need to move from room to room to encounter a ghost.\n

Happy Halloween!

New Content

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• Updated Mary\'s cinematic to use new assets\n
• Changed the brightness setting popup so that it gives a better preview of how things will look in-game\n

Bug Fixes

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• Fixed a regression that caused the closet door animation to pause while dialogue was being played\n
• Fixed an issue where the heart sound effect wasn\'t playing in all cases when getting more hearts for a ghost\n
• Fixed an exploit that allowed you to bypass some minigames by using inventory items\n
• Removed the duplicate eyes in the library\n

Other

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• Exported higher resolution versions of the zombie feet that are shown when hiding under the bed, they should look less pixelated\n
• Improved performance/lag when entering the squeegee minigame\n

Ghoulish greetings!

New Content

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• Added additional Oui-oui board hints, including a hint about the tiara.\n
• Added a brand new hiding location in the basement cellar.\n

Bug Fixes

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• Re-exported higher resolution versions of some of the animations.\n
• The mini-games will now pause when the settings or pause menu are opened.\n
• Fixed a bug where the journal would show 3 notes when there were only 2 to find.\n
• Faded out the sanity meter when in the mansion foyer so that all the portraits are visible.\n
• Fixed a bug where Lydia wasn\'t showing up immediately after finishing her requirements.\n
• Reduced the size of one of the notes on Lydia\'s floor.\n
• Disabled the settings button from being clickable when the pause menu is open.\n

Other

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• We changed the way the story elements are chained together. This shouldn\'t result in any noticeable in-game changes, except for it maybe taking a few extra moves to have a ghost appear. This makes adding additional content easier for us.\n
• Added a sparkle effect to one of the peep holes.\n

Hey Panda Peeps!

\nThank you so much for checking out Soul Mates! Were beyond grateful to see players jumping in right away, especially after the long wait since our original demo during Steam Next Fest last year.

This first Early Access build is still rough around the edges, but we wanted to get it into your hands as soon as possible so we can build the rest of the game together. Your comments, bug reports, and suggestions are already helping us shape whats next so thank you!

Known Issues & Fixes

Were already preparing a first week patch which should fix a few issues that youve pointed out. This will include:

• Removing the missing note from Lydias journal page

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• Pausing mini-games when the settings menu is up

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• The brightness slider is not indicative of how the game will actually look in some bright scenes, so were making some adjustments

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Upcoming Content:

• Adding additional hints to the Oui-oui Board, especially on Lydias floor

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• Adding an additional screen to Lydias floor

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Whats Next

Heres what were focusing on next for features & polish:

• Gallery: A new area where you can re-watch cutscenes/CGs

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• Credits Page / Guest Book: A contextualized in-game feature with credits and thanks

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• Polish Pass: Adding more sound effects, UI tweaks, and art updates

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• Next Chapter: Completing Janes full level and story

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• Future Content: Preparing the groundwork for additional characters and levels

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Were so excited to continue developing Soul Mates with you. Please keep sending feedback and bug reports!! Your input directly helps us prioritize what to fix or improve first. Thanks again for being part of this early journey.

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Hey Panda Peeps!

Hey Panda Peeps!

A couple of months have passed since we released the demo for Soul Mates, and if youve been itching for more, this update is for you! Read on for a little sneak peek at what weve accomplished since we last spoke. Note: These are updates for the main game and not the demo build.

First up, we added an overworld! Your new favorite haunted house now has a foyer, and that foyer has some very cool (and somewhat spine-chilling) features. Were going to keep those a secret for now, though. Mwahaha!

Moving on, weve also fleshed out Marys level, which means the whole process of wooing her involves more puzzles and even more conversation than before. The next two levels are also under construction, each with its own unique ghost girl and lots of new handcrafted art in progress!

One thing to keep in mind is that there are only a small handful of Pandas working on Soul Mates, and thats on top of the usual work of creating and implementing new content for our other games, Crush Crush and Blush Blush. Having that many irons in the fire means progress might be a little on the slow side, but we promise were working away! Were aiming to have an early version of Soul Mates ready to release in time for Halloween this year.

We hope this update soothes your troubled soul, and we want to say thank you, again, for wishlisting the game, sharing it with your friends, sharing it with your enemies, etc. Please stay tuned for further updates, and remember

We truly love you so hard!

The Pandas

Hey Panda Peeps!

Now that Next Fest is over, we wanted to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who played the Soul Mates demo, wishlisted it, and most importantly, left feedback for us! We appreciate your support and your input more than you know.

Well be incorporating lots of your feedback into the demo as we work to polish it, and were taking all your comments into account as we flesh out the rest of the game. Were currently working on stories, dialogue, and puzzle designs for several more spooky ghost gals, which also means were expanding the map to accommodate them all! Suffice to say, weve got some reeeally fun features planned for our haunted house.

Keep an eye out for updates, because theyre coming! And thank you again for all the love on this demo.

We truly love you so hard!

The Pandas