Blackwood [v0.4] [DuckHeal] PC Download

Blackwood 0.4: The House on the edge of Hell

• New Side Quest: ‘The House on the Edge of Hell’
  • To start, go to Khan’s Firearms and speak to Ali Khan about business.
  • Features new characters, weapons, enemy types, sex scenes, and multiple endings.
  • Note: Decisions made during this quest may have long-term consequences for the main story.
• Scene Mechanics: Some sex scenes occur automatically, while others require specific decisions or stat combinations to unlock.
• UI Improvements:
  • Bookshelves containing entries now display an indicator icon.
  • Improved overall Bookshelf UI.
  • NPC morality bars are now hidden (the Relationship bar remains visible).
• New Status Effect: Bone Chill (-10% Speed for 5 minutes).
• Combat & Gameplay:
  • Fireballs now act as a light source.
  • Added missing Crawling state for the Bouncer.
• Bug Fixes & Audio:
  • Fixed a crash that occurred if an enemy died while being knocked back.
  • Initiating dialogue now mutes all sound effects except music.
  • Fixed instances of background objects overlapping the player character.
  • Fixed various minor bugs.

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Blackwood 0.32 Hotfix

• Made it so the Sinner’s Saint quest tasks can be completed in any order, even before the quest is taken.

• Fixed some things that I broke in 0.31.
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Blackwood 0.31 Hotfix

• Found and fixed all cases of duplicate object ID’s, which could cause various issues.

• Ethan’s hitbox now correctly flips when he’s facing left, improving hit detection.

• Fixed some minor bugs.
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Blackwood 0.3: Blood Money
Major New Features

• Money & Economy: Money has been introduced to the game. Earn cash by completing quests, winning minigames, or other means.
• Traders: Spend money at new traders, including Khan’s Firearms. You can now purchase weapons, ammunition, consumables, and other useful goods.
  • (Tip: Hold SHIFT or CTRL while buying/selling to add or subtract items in bulk.)
• Armed Enemies: NPCs are no longer limited to melee and can wield firearms in combat.
• Status Effects: A new system of temporary buffs and debuffs has been added. Status effects can be gained from consuming items or through certain in-game events.
  • Alcohol: +10% STR, -5% to all other stats, and -5% max HP for 5 minutes (stacks 3x). Also causes an instant 10% loss of current HP. Moves you +0.1 towards Chaos. Has other… hidden effects.
  • Cigarette: +5% Willpower and -5% Constitution for 5 minutes.
  • Food: +10% HP regeneration speed for 15 minutes.
  • Post-Sex Glow: +10% Constitution and Persuasion for 10 minutes.
  • Note: All stat buffs/debuffs have a minimum effect of at least 1 point per stack.
• New Minigames: Head to the bar to earn some pounds. New minigames include:
  • Billiards
  • Slot Machine
  • Arcade Tennis
  • Blackjack
  • Cage Fights

New Content

• New Locations: Explore several new areas across Abbot’s Hollow.
  • Permanent: The Murk
  • Permanent: Khan’s Firearms
  • New Temporary: Whisperwood Farm
  • Secret: The Back Alley
• New Story & Character Scenes:
  • Added scenes for Aliya and Jane.
  • Added a secret ending.
• New Weapons:
  • Billiard Cue: A makeshift melee weapon for when things get heated at the bar.
  • TS-1942 Submachine Gun: A firearm for when you need to make a louder statement.

Art & Visuals

• Scene Overhaul: All of Martha’s scenes have been fully redrawn.
• Character Portraits: Added over 17 character portraits and improved the quality of many existing ones.
• Item Visibility: Items that can be picked up in the world now have a subtle blinking effect to make them more noticeable.
• UI Readability: Added a background underlay to object interaction text, making it easier to read against bright surfaces.

Gameplay & Balance

• Combat Interrupts: Your ability to interrupt an enemy’s melee attack is no longer guaranteed. The chance is now based on your Strength, calculated as 5% * (STR / 2).
• Player Progression: Ethan’s maximum health now increases by 5 with each level up.
• Ammo Scarcity: The source of free, infinite 7.65mm ammo has been removed from Ethan’s home. Ammunition must now be purchased.
• Flashlight Tweak: The flashlight beam now reaches further but has a narrower cone.

Quality of Life (QoL) & UI Improvements

• Controls & Menus:
  • Pressing ESC now closes the inventory and trade windows.
  • The pause menu can no longer be opened during cutscenes.
  • Clicking on a UI element will no longer cause your character to attack.
• Cutscenes: Cutscenes can now be skipped by pressing the ESC key.
• Dialogue:
  • Added an option for instant dialogue text.
  • The default speed at which dialogue text appears has been increased.
  • Saving during a dialogue scene will now correctly load you back to that exact point in the conversation.
• Graphics: Added an option to force a 1920×1080 resolution (enabled by default).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where some objects would render in front of the player incorrectly.
• Fixed a bug where enemy hitboxes would not flip correctly when they faced left, leading to inaccurate hit detection.
• Fixed a visual bug where damage numbers for the player would sometimes appear over the enemy.
• Fixed an issue where certain UI elements could block gunshots if the mouse was hovering over them.
• Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented NPCs from using their alternative greeting lines.
• Fixed a race condition that could cause an error and prevent weapons from being equipped if ESC was pressed immediately after changing locations.
• Fixed player being able to walk out of scene bounds in the Mill Lane 13 location.
• Jenkins will no longer be holding his gun after he has given it to the player.
• Numerous small UI fixes and adjustments.
• Various background optimizations and stability improvements.

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Blackwood Hotfix 0.24
• Some of cutscenes had duplicate ID’s, causing a cutscene not to work if another cutscene with identical ID played before
Created tools and safeguards for detecting and regenerating duplicate cutscene ID’s, preventing such behavior
• Fixed player’s hitbox interacting with environmental objects in the Flashback scene
• Removed pendant lights in all scenes
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Blackwood Hotfix 0.23
• Reload key (R by default) can be redefined now
• Improved cutscene code, this will hopefully fix the issue of cutscenes not firing sometimes
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Blackwood 0.22 Hotfix
• Resolved multiple issues that could cause the game to crash during loading
• Fixed the race condition that was causing some game states such as inventory to be shared between saves
• It’s now possible to redefine keys
• Fixed player’s hitbox getting stuck in some environmental obstacles
• Minor corrections to a few character portraits and sex scenes
• Fixed many dialogue typos
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Blackwood 0.21 Hotfix
• The player hitbox has been updated to include the entire body, not just a small area at the feet. This will make dodging attacks more challenging but makes hit detection more predictable.
• Guns are now separated into Manual and Automatic categories. Manual weapons require a click for each shot, while Automatic weapons will fire continuously as long as the trigger is held.
• Added tooltips that appear when hovering the mouse over inventory items.
• Reduced the experience gained from “The Hungry Choir” quest.
• Added an experience reward to the “Sinner’s Saint” quest.
• Fixed a bug that caused “The Hungry Choir” quest to require 1 zombie kill instead of the intended 10.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the player to become stuck when leaving or entering the church.
• Fixed an issue where “The Sinner’s Saint” quest would not complete if the player finished the objectives before accepting the quest from Jenkins.
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Blackwood 0.2: Forbidden Grimoires
This version is focused on books, skills, knowledge, and lore.
New Features & Content
• Main Storyline: The main story continues with new locations, characters, quests, and new types of interactable objects.
• Twice as many new NSFW images as version 0.1.
• New Enemy Type: Ghost
System Overhauls
• Reworked Bookshelves: Instead of presenting a random text, interacting with a bookshelf now allows the player to choose a book from a list. Reading certain books can permanently increase player stats.
Expanded Dialogue System:
• Stat checks for dialogue choices have been expanded. Choices may now require any player stat to succeed, not just Persuasion.
• Dialogue choices no longer show the exact stat requirement.
• Successfully passed stat-checked dialogue paths are now removed from the list of choices to prevent reward farming.
Dialogue paths with stat checks are now color-coded for clarity:

• Strength – Red
• Intelligence – Blue
• Willpower – Green
• Constitution – Orange
• Persuasion – Purple
• Accuracy – Yellow

• Some dialogue paths may now require specific items in your inventory to proceed.
New Morality System:
• Introduced two morality sliders: Chaos-Order and Good-Evil. The position on these scales will influence in-game events and, ultimately, the ending.
• In addition to these sliders, NPCs also have a Love-Hate relationship slider that tracks their feelings toward Ethan. This value is influenced by your choices and will affect the NPC’s behavior and fate.
• For every 10 points above 0, you gain a +1 Persuasion bonus with that character.
• For every 10 points below 0, you receive a -1 Persuasion penalty with that character.
Bug Fixes & Quality of Life
• Inventory UI Overhaul: The inventory interface has been completely redesigned.
• Damage Pop-ups: Weapon damage text now displays the final damage after resistances, with the amount reduced or increased shown in brackets (e.g., “25 (+5)” or “15 (-5)”).
• Added a new visual effect to dialogue cutscenes.
• The game can now display multiple notification pop-ups simultaneously.
• Fixed a critical error related to the Fireball spell.
• Numerous smaller UI fixes and adjustments.
Audio
• Added sound effects for the Vampire Neophyte enemy.
• Music now gradually fades in and out during scene transitions, making them less jarring.
• Pausing the game now correctly pauses all music and sound effects.
• Fixed an issue where repeatedly pressing “New Game” in the main menu would cause sound effects to stack loudly.
General Gameplay & Stability
• Addressed a persistent issue where the interaction key (“E”) would fail to work when multiple NPCs were in range. Pressing “E” should now reliably target the nearest NPC.
• Fixed an issue where saving and loading during a weapon reload animation would interrupt the process. The reload will now complete correctly after loading.
• Fixed a bug where the chapter-start image would incorrectly display during scene transitions after returning to the main menu and starting a new game.
• Fixed an issue where the screen fade effect in cutscenes would stop working after using an intra-scene transition point.
• The Tutorial (Flashback) scene is no longer accessible after receiving the quest to speak with Father Jenkins.
• Various behind-the-scenes code tweaks and optimizations.
• Ethan no longer eats his plate during the Flashback scene.
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v0.11
• Fixed the error where you couldn’t start a new game after returning to the main menu from the pause menu
• Resolved the issue of items and weapons disappearing when the game is loaded from the main menu
• Fireball projectile is now correctly saved/loaded mid-flight
• Ethan no longer starts the Flashback scene with a gun and ammo in his inventory
• Summoning the inventory during dialogue is no longer possible
• Big code refactoring. Might introduce new bugs, but badly needed for stability
• Fixed various typos, wrong dialogue paths, cutscene images. Adjusted UI elements, fixed wrong quest rewards
• Chloe now gives Ethan her number, not just says she did
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v0.1
Initial Release