Roots of Insanity — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| A Way to be Dead is Out Now! | 2021-07-23 | Dear Crania Games Followers, We are very excited to share with you that, our new game "A Way to be Dead" is available now! Be prepared to Escape | Kill | Eat! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1480030/A_Way_To_Be_Dead/ |
| Release Date Announcement! Will be released on the 23rd of this month! | 2021-07-02 | Dear Crania Games Followers, We are very excited to share with you that, our new game "A Way to be Dead" will be released on the 23rd of July! Please wishlist it on Steam to get notified when it does. Thank you very much for your support and patience, hoping to see you in A Way to be Dead! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1480030/A_Way_To_Be_Dead/ |
| Last 3 days for beta! | 2021-05-15 | Dear Crania Games Followers, Last 3 days for closed beta! We sent keys to new applicants. Check your inbox and test the game now! Limited amount of applications will be accepted, so make sure you apply while closed beta slots last. Selected applicants will be notified via e-mail, along with a Steam key that will give immediate access to play A Way to be Dead. The testers will be able to give direct feedback to our team through a form and on our official Discord server. We can't wait to see you in A Way to be Dead! Application Form https://store.steampowered.com/app/1480030/A_Way_To_Be_Dead/ |
| Closed Beta is available now! | 2021-05-06 | Dear Crania Games Followers, The Closed Beta session has just been started. Please check your inbox if you have applied and feel free to download the game and start playing right now! If you and your friends are interested in a chance to help us test and improve our game and get an opportunity to get your name listed in the in-game credits, please fill the form through the below address and apply now! We can't wait to see you in A Way to be Dead! Application Form https://store.steampowered.com/app/1480030/A_Way_To_Be_Dead/ |
| Close Beta Announcement | 2021-04-28 | Dear Crania Games Followers, Exciting news! As we have mentioned in a previous update, we are starting to accept applications for an upcoming closed beta session for our asymmetrical multiplayer (4 vs 1) horror game, "A Way to be Dead". If you and your friends are interested in a chance to help us test and improve our game and get an opportunity to get your name listed in the in-game credits, please fill the form through the below address and apply now! Limited amount of applications will be accepted, so make sure you apply while closed beta slots last. Selected applicants will be notified via e-mail, along with a Steam key that will give imm |
| IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT | 2021-04-15 | Dear Crania Games followers, We are sorry to inform you that, our next title, A Way to be Dead 's release date has been postponed. Being a small independent studio, we have limited possibilities with internal testing. And with the desire to deliver our game to it's full potential for our whole player base to enjoy, we have decided to widen our release window to iron out any bugs and improve the game generally. With this extra time before release, we will be running a closed beta that anyone can apply to and help us make the game better. Please stay tuned for the closed beta announcement, which will contain all the application details along wi |
| Free key event is live again! | 2021-04-05 | Greetings to all! Free key event is live again! In this event, you can win a free key of our upcoming title, 'A Way to be Dead' which is multiplayer version of 'Roots of Insanity'. Just need to click 'Free key challenge' button on the main menu and finish game at once with higher difficulty. If you die or quit the game, you will loose! If you can complete the challenge, take the screenshot of your achievement and send it with your Steam account information to support@craniagames.com! Best of luck! Check out A Way to be Dead! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1480030/A_Way_To_Be_Dead/ |
| A Way to be Dead coming this month! | 2021-04-03 | Hello everyone! We have been preparing our first multiplayer game, A Way to be Dead for a while. Finally we are almost near the end! A Way to be Dead coming this month. We are so excited to sharing this with you. 4K Trailer; Also this game has same universe with our first game Roots of Insanity. Don't forget to add to wishlist! Ask us anything in the comments below if you wish. Thanks! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1480030/A_Way_To_Be_Dead/ |
| Hotfix 2.1.13 | 2021-02-20 | As Crania Games team, we all played again, made some changes and fixes again! Here is the change log; If you wish to report a bug or share any idea, join us on Discord! Take a look at 'A Way to be Dead'! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1480030/A_Way_To_Be_Dead/ |
| Free key event is live! | 2021-02-11 | Greetings to all! Good news! New event is available for a limited time! In this event, you can win a free key of our upcoming title, 'A Way to be Dead' which is multiplayer version of 'Roots of Insanity'. Just need to click 'Free key challenge' button on the main menu and finish game at once with higher difficulty. If you die or quit the game, you will loose! If you can complete the challenge, take the screenshot of your achievement and send it with your Steam account information to support@craniagames.com! Best of luck! This update also includes; - Optimization fixes - Re-lightning - Bug fixes - Difficulty balance https://store.steampowered. |
| You can play as zombies on 'A Way to be Dead' | 2021-01-25 | Hello everyone! On 'A Way to be Dead' you can play as zombies! If you die, you'll transform to a zombie and attack everyone you wish. If you play as Dr. Riley, you can transform to a mutated zombie and attack everyone. Zombie Perspective (4K); This game has same universe with our first game Roots of Insanity. Take a look at and if you like it, please support us. Ask us anything in the comments below if you wish. You can add to wishlist now! Steam link : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1480030/A_Way_To_Be_Dead/ |
| Would you like to play Roots of Insanity as Multiplayer? | 2021-01-04 | Hello everyone! We have been preparing our first multiplayer game, A Way to be Dead for a while. Finally it is time to announce details about our new game. We are so excited to sharing this with you. This game has same universe with our first game Roots of Insanity. Take a look at and if you like it, please support us. Ask us anything in the comments below if you wish. Thanks! You can add to wishlist now! Steam link : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1480030/A_Way_To_Be_Dead/ 4K Trailer; Join us on discord; |
| Roots of Insanity Remake v.2.0.6 is live | 2020-11-09 | Greetings everyone! New update has been released which is including these; - Head bobbing scale on options - Optimization for outerior places - Bugfixes Don't forget to join us on our Discord Server! Also Crania Games Collection has a new price, check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/14156/Crania_Games_Collection/ |
| Remake is available now! | 2020-10-29 | Hello everyone! After a very long time, Roots of Insanity Remake is available now with special Halloween Event! Find the secret room and get your extra achievement! We know you've been patiently waiting for this update and we as the whole Crania Games team sincerely thank you for your patience. Follow 'Roots of Insanity' on our other social media accounts! https://www.craniagames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RootsofInsanity/ https://twitter.com/RootsofInsanity https://www.instagram.com/rootsofinsanitygame/ |
| Roots of Insanity Remake will coming with Halloween Sale! | 2020-10-26 | Roots of Insanity Remake will coming on Halloween with a discount! Thank you for your patience! Follow 'Roots of Insanity' on our other social media accounts! https://www.craniagames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RootsofInsanity/ https://twitter.com/RootsofInsanity https://www.instagram.com/rootsofinsanitygame/ |
| What is new with remake? | 2020-10-04 | Roots of Insanity - remake will be available on 26th of October as an update! Roots of Insanity has been released 5 April 2017 by Crania Games. After a few years from release, our team started to prepare this remake. It will come as an update! Moreover, it will come with a discount! You will be able to see more content about Roots of Insanity after the upcoming remake. Join us on our Discord server and keep following us! Follow 'Roots of Insanity' on our other social media accounts! https://www.craniagames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RootsofInsanity/ https://twitter.com/rootsofinsanity https://www.instagram.com/rootsofinsanitygame/ |
| Roots of Insanity Remake will coming! | 2020-09-26 | Roots of Insanity - remake will be available on 29th of October as an update! Roots of Insanity has been released 5 April 2017 by Crania Games. After a few years from release, our team started to prepare this remake. It will come as an update! Moreover, it will come with a discount! You will be able to see more content about Roots of Insanity after the upcoming remake. Join us on our Discord server and keep following us! |
| Crania Games Collection Available with 15% discount! | 2020-04-18 | Hello everyone! Two single player games on different genres from Crania Games is available with 15% discount. Our first game ''Roots of Insanity'' and currently developing ''Beyond Extinct'' which is in Early Access in this bundle! Also new update released for Beyond Extinct. Take a look! https://store.steampowered.com/app/992990/Beyond_Extinct/ |
| About Achievements Bug! | 2019-06-22 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28006067/dadfd5214678d3513e16b064b3b10a4f1fe3e924.png Hello everyone, We will soon begin to work on ''Roots of Insanity'' to fix the achievements problem. We humbly apologise for this situation, and thank you for your patience. And as a part of our apology, our new game ''Beyond Extinct'', will be discounted on its release for everyone who owns ''Roots of Insanity''. Stay tuned! Crania Games website Crania Games on Twitter Crania Games on Facebook support@craniagames.com info@rootsofinsanity.com |
| ''Beyond Extinct'' Steam page is open! | 2019-05-11 | Greetings everyone! Our new game “Beyond Extinct” will soon be released on Early Access. Follow us on the Steam page and our social media accounts! https://store.steampowered.com/app/992990/The_Ascension/ https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28006067/c6ea811a85ce37e785197bfe7e319b64c2f51b94.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28006067/fac6d2457c2ad1079f78bbf41297978dcb37a252.png Beyond Extinct on Facebook Beyond Extinct Website Beyond Extinct on Twitter https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28006067/a0a7efb7b345699da60862a8dac97eb11450c918.png |
| Roots of Insanity Update v0.02 (17th of May 2017) | 2017-05-16 | Greetings, It's been a while since you heard from us. We were working about our second huge update for almost a month and we believe we finally managed to finish it. This update, we mainly changed gameplay and more importantly, the combat system. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28006067/9619b29438ddf6ba6324fa86c0c8ad1c96a472bd.png Update v0.02 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese and Russian languages have been fixed and they have been checked by native speakers. New weapon added (Axe). If you aim a zombie's head with it, you can chop their head off. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/image |
| Roots of Insanity Update v0.02 (17th of May 2017) | 2017-05-16 | Greetings, It's been a while since you heard from us. We were working about our second huge update for almost a month and we believe we finally managed to finish it. This update, we mainly changed gameplay and more importantly, the combat system. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28006067/9619b29438ddf6ba6324fa86c0c8ad1c96a472bd.png Update v0.02 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese and Russian languages have been fixed and they have been checked by native speakers. New weapon added (Axe). If you aim a zombie's head with it, you can chop their head off. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/image |
| Steam Cards, Badges, Background Images and Emoticons | 2017-04-18 | Greetings, As you know we are still working on some basic tools that makes Roots of Insanity more exciting than use to be. We decided to add Steam entertainment tools such as Steam Cards, Badges, Background Images and Emoticons. Always telling this but i should remind it again. We never give up until we proudly say ''We did Roots of Insanity''. Furthermore; as Crania Games, our foremost goal is to design games that we and everyone else would enjoy playing. Never let Roots of Insanity go before we successfully doing it! |
| Steam Cards, Badges, Background Images and Emoticons | 2017-04-18 | Greetings, As you know we are still working on some basic tools that makes Roots of Insanity more exciting than use to be. We decided to add Steam entertainment tools such as Steam Cards, Badges, Background Images and Emoticons. Always telling this but i should remind it again. We never give up until we proudly say ''We did Roots of Insanity''. Furthermore; as Crania Games, our foremost goal is to design games that we and everyone else would enjoy playing. Never let Roots of Insanity go before we successfully doing it! |
| Guideline, Known Issues and Workarounds | 2017-04-10 | Greetings, As you know, Roots of Insanity has been released recently. We would like to say we are aware of the issues, bugs and glitches. Unfortunately; we are small indie development team that tries to take care of everything. So we expect to you to be little bit more patient. Thanks for your understanding. Here is a Guideline for you to help finishing Roots of Insanity: - On the top of CHAIRS you can find batteries, medicines and ammo and it DOESN'T have random loot mechanics. It means that you should keep eye on chairs most of the time. We believe we put enough loots on to them. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/image |
| Guideline, Known Issues and Workarounds | 2017-04-10 | Greetings, As you know, Roots of Insanity has been released recently. We would like to say we are aware of the issues, bugs and glitches. Unfortunately; we are small indie development team that tries to take care of everything. So we expect to you to be little bit more patient. Thanks for your understanding. Here is a Guideline for you to help finishing Roots of Insanity: - On the top of CHAIRS you can find batteries, medicines and ammo and it DOESN'T have random loot mechanics. It means that you should keep eye on chairs most of the time. We believe we put enough loots on to them. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/image |
| Roots of Insanity Update V0.01 notes!! (April 10 2017) | 2017-04-10 | Greetings, As you know, we recently published Roots of Insanity at your services. After we saw some bugs and problems, we tried to fix them as much as we could. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any more problems or ideas about the game. This is our support e-mail: support@craniagames.com You can reach directly our developers with this e-mail. UPDATE V0.01 http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28006067/3e8ca2e8e30c618e536fdd95e898caf9cdb99d41.png - Difficulties are rescaled: a) Running zombies health has been reduced . b) ''Kick'' and ''Slash'' ranges have been increased. c) Damage of Crawler Zo |
| Roots of Insanity Update V0.01 notes!! (April 10 2017) | 2017-04-10 | Greetings, As you know, we recently published Roots of Insanity at your services. After we saw some bugs and problems, we tried to fix them as much as we could. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any more problems or ideas about the game. This is our support e-mail: support@craniagames.com You can reach directly our developers with this e-mail. UPDATE V0.01 http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28006067/3e8ca2e8e30c618e536fdd95e898caf9cdb99d41.png - Difficulties are rescaled: a) Running zombies health has been reduced . b) ''Kick'' and ''Slash'' ranges have been increased. c) Damage of Crawler Zo |
| Roots of Insanity has been released!!! | 2017-04-05 | Greetings Ladies and Gentleman, Are you ready to try a horror game that will leave you asking for more? With a story that pulls you in, fluid gameplay and a hospital full of mysteries... Roots of Insanity invites you to a riveting experience. Come and explore this amazing story with Dr Riley McClein. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28006067/13a11830529e5c0b3faa827ac28ddceae06edeff.png Description You are Riley McClein, a doctor who has to deal with his epileptic attacks while trying to survive in the eerie environment of the August Valentine Hospital. It was supposed to be an ordinary night shift for you |
| Roots of Insanity has been released!!! | 2017-04-05 | Greetings Ladies and Gentleman, Are you ready to try a horror game that will leave you asking for more? With a story that pulls you in, fluid gameplay and a hospital full of mysteries... Roots of Insanity invites you to a riveting experience. Come and explore this amazing story with Dr Riley McClein. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28006067/13a11830529e5c0b3faa827ac28ddceae06edeff.png Description You are Riley McClein, a doctor who has to deal with his epileptic attacks while trying to survive in the eerie environment of the August Valentine Hospital. It was supposed to be an ordinary night shift for you |