About the Game
Stay Close is an experimental indie game with unseen and unique gameplay. The story centers on an unfortunate couple who stumble upon a mysterious town and struggle to find their way out. There are two alternatives to the story depending if single player or co-op mode is played.
What Would You Do In their Situation?
Players will have the opportunity to:
- 1. Survive against unsettling creatures in a rough environment.
- 2. Explore the story with an interesting character who will test your thinking abilities and judge if you're worthy of proceeding forward.
- 3. Protecting your friend and trying to survive in co-op mode.
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
On the site: Build 7972126
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Latest on Steam: Build 25870019
Update available
- Complete sound rework.
- Bug Fixes
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- Bug Fixes
That was close, we've made it on time!
All the work on Stay Close and Testing were just finalized minutes ago! That wouldn't be possible without the contribution of our new programmer who managed to finish all the tasks!
Stay Close is much more optimized now! Loads 2-3 times faster than before, as well as lot of minor bugs were eliminated. Previously stated in the announcement before there was a lot of changes, including new A.I and level design.
The patch is a big deal, because provides us a really good foundation to build and implement more to the game without worrying the issues will stack.
Hope you'll enjoy it! I can't wait to stalk new videos on YouTube and Twitch!
Next patch will include new animations, sounds and maybe expanded level design.
Great Summer, residents!
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All the work on Stay Close and Testing were just finalized minutes ago! That wouldn't be possible without the contribution of our new programmer who managed to finish all the tasks!
Stay Close is much more optimized now! Loads 2-3 times faster than before, as well as lot of minor bugs were eliminated. Previously stated in the announcement before there was a lot of changes, including new A.I and level design.
The patch is a big deal, because provides us a really good foundation to build and implement more to the game without worrying the issues will stack.
Hope you'll enjoy it! I can't wait to stalk new videos on YouTube and Twitch!
Next patch will include new animations, sounds and maybe expanded level design.
Great Summer, residents!
Hello residents,
The game will be patched very soon, including a lot of changes.
~ Graphics improvements
~ New Monster A.I
~ Level Design Improvements/Changes
~ Secret Event
~ German Translation
~ Many minor fixes
Please note the patch could be unstable for a while due to the rapid changes. Please report any bugs and expect hotfixes! (we gonna try make it as stable till then).
Happy Steam Summer Sale!
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The game will be patched very soon, including a lot of changes.
~ Graphics improvements
~ New Monster A.I
~ Level Design Improvements/Changes
~ Secret Event
~ German Translation
~ Many minor fixes
Please note the patch could be unstable for a while due to the rapid changes. Please report any bugs and expect hotfixes! (we gonna try make it as stable till then).
Happy Steam Summer Sale!
Misc:
- Added a connection status window when connecting to a game
- Fixed a bug where the client could get stuck on the loading screen if the connection fails
- Fixed a bug where the input gets broken when opening the ingame menu while a note is on screen
- Fixed the possibilty of messages getting stuck on screen ("It's not wise to go further", etc.)
- Fixed the field of view option, working now. (40 to 120, 80-90 recommended)
- Fixed the chat window is stuck on the screen if the player dies while chatting
- Changed the flashlight to turn off when starting a dialog with cyrus and when reading a note
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- Added a connection status window when connecting to a game
- Fixed a bug where the client could get stuck on the loading screen if the connection fails
- Fixed a bug where the input gets broken when opening the ingame menu while a note is on screen
- Fixed the possibilty of messages getting stuck on screen ("It's not wise to go further", etc.)
- Fixed the field of view option, working now. (40 to 120, 80-90 recommended)
- Fixed the chat window is stuck on the screen if the player dies while chatting
- Changed the flashlight to turn off when starting a dialog with cyrus and when reading a note
Misc:
- Fix: Critical bug where a player could get a disconnect or get stuck after death
Map:
- Fix: Fool message at the end of the city was not visible
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We're sorry for the delay of this patch, took some time to recreate and fix the disconnect issue.
Please note that there could be some visual problems for the connected player at the first few seconds of the game, but they're gone as soon as the game is starting.
With the critical bug fixed, we are working on patches to fix the smaller bugs - releasing in the upcoming days!
If you experience any bugs, feel free to report them in our forum. Thank you!
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- Fix: Critical bug where a player could get a disconnect or get stuck after death
Map:
- Fix: Fool message at the end of the city was not visible
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We're sorry for the delay of this patch, took some time to recreate and fix the disconnect issue.
Please note that there could be some visual problems for the connected player at the first few seconds of the game, but they're gone as soon as the game is starting.
With the critical bug fixed, we are working on patches to fix the smaller bugs - releasing in the upcoming days!
If you experience any bugs, feel free to report them in our forum. Thank you!
Misc:
- Add: Server browser to play with non-friendlist players
- Add: Host game options & Lan option
- Change: Main menu redone
- Change: Seamless map travel to hardtravel, should avoid "frozen" connected players
- Fix: Number of allowed player connections
World:
- Fix: "Hole" in Subway (Thanks Wade & Patrick)
- Fix: Some decals adjusted
- Fix: Exploit to skip the park
- Fix: "Hole" in End City
- Fix: "Fool" objective gets easier triggered
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- Add: Server browser to play with non-friendlist players
- Add: Host game options & Lan option
- Change: Main menu redone
- Change: Seamless map travel to hardtravel, should avoid "frozen" connected players
- Fix: Number of allowed player connections
World:
- Fix: "Hole" in Subway (Thanks Wade & Patrick)
- Fix: Some decals adjusted
- Fix: Exploit to skip the park
- Fix: "Hole" in End City
- Fix: "Fool" objective gets easier triggered
Misc:
- Changed the level loading handling, should fix the "timeout" and "not responding" issues
- Prepared the game for localizations
Player:
- Fix: Player step height reduced
- Fix: Player flashlight adjusted
- Adjusted networking settings, should make it less laggy on a bad connection
World:
- Fix: Savegame in saferoom was smaller than the room
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- Changed the level loading handling, should fix the "timeout" and "not responding" issues
- Prepared the game for localizations
Player:
- Fix: Player step height reduced
- Fix: Player flashlight adjusted
- Adjusted networking settings, should make it less laggy on a bad connection
World:
- Fix: Savegame in saferoom was smaller than the room
Patchnotes for 1.05.2
AI:
- Adjusted the AIs in the end of the city to reduce the difficulty
- Removed some creepers
Misc:
- Fix: Increased background alpha for notes so it's easier to read when the flashlight is on
- Fix: Removed a mistaken "Cyrus: " in a dialog line
World:
- Fix: Stuck at couch in safe room
- Fix: Missing collision on a wall where you could fall through the map
Player:
- Fix: Slightly increased the player collision, should avoid seeing through walls
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AI:
- Adjusted the AIs in the end of the city to reduce the difficulty
- Removed some creepers
Misc:
- Fix: Increased background alpha for notes so it's easier to read when the flashlight is on
- Fix: Removed a mistaken "Cyrus: " in a dialog line
World:
- Fix: Stuck at couch in safe room
- Fix: Missing collision on a wall where you could fall through the map
Player:
- Fix: Slightly increased the player collision, should avoid seeing through walls
Misc:
- Improved the save game function, so it's saving after the dialog progress, too.
- Add: Game settings to disable the headbob
- Fix: Attempt to fix the "timeout" some players experience while loading a coop game
- Fix: Attempt to fix the "steam voice enabled" some players experience
- Fix: Attempt to support higher screen resolutions
- Reduced post process bloom
- Reduced post process Lens Flares
- Adjusted the blocking volumes of white fog
- Adjusted the mouse movement settings scale
Players:
- Adjusted player movement & sprinting
- Adjusted player flashlight
- Adjusted headbob
AIs:
- Adjusted some AI stats
- Improved the Creeper AI
- Add: Various possible spawnpositions for each AI
- Remade all AI spawns
- Add: Activated creeping / moving AIs around the town
- Fix: AI Pathfinding getting stuck
Dialogs:
- Add: Indicator if the given answer is wrong
- Add: Name of the actor who's talking is visible now
World:
- Fix: Brigde in the park could get the player stuck
- Optimized the world, should improve loading time and performance
- Fix: flickering light at cyrus
- Fix: Made the lake inaccessible
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- Improved the save game function, so it's saving after the dialog progress, too.
- Add: Game settings to disable the headbob
- Fix: Attempt to fix the "timeout" some players experience while loading a coop game
- Fix: Attempt to fix the "steam voice enabled" some players experience
- Fix: Attempt to support higher screen resolutions
- Reduced post process bloom
- Reduced post process Lens Flares
- Adjusted the blocking volumes of white fog
- Adjusted the mouse movement settings scale
Players:
- Adjusted player movement & sprinting
- Adjusted player flashlight
- Adjusted headbob
AIs:
- Adjusted some AI stats
- Improved the Creeper AI
- Add: Various possible spawnpositions for each AI
- Remade all AI spawns
- Add: Activated creeping / moving AIs around the town
- Fix: AI Pathfinding getting stuck
Dialogs:
- Add: Indicator if the given answer is wrong
- Add: Name of the actor who's talking is visible now
World:
- Fix: Brigde in the park could get the player stuck
- Optimized the world, should improve loading time and performance
- Fix: flickering light at cyrus
- Fix: Made the lake inaccessible
Hello community!
Want to thank you for the incredible support!
The most interested folks, following the progress of Stay Close noticed the game has some delays!
That's due to fixing glitches and make sure not to disappoint the community with our game.
It's really exciting to see many people who can't see the game out, and we know how bad it could be to keep waiting for something you want, however it's for the greater good to fix all issues before release so you have a nice time playing!
Best wishes,
Neko!
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Want to thank you for the incredible support!
The most interested folks, following the progress of Stay Close noticed the game has some delays!
That's due to fixing glitches and make sure not to disappoint the community with our game.
It's really exciting to see many people who can't see the game out, and we know how bad it could be to keep waiting for something you want, however it's for the greater good to fix all issues before release so you have a nice time playing!
Best wishes,
Neko!
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System Requirements
OS
N/A
CPU
Intel i5 2400 (Q1 2011)
RAM
4 GB RAM
GPU
GTX 560 (Q4 2010)
How to Install
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2
Extract the .RAR file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Run StayClose.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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CRC32
5FC0C86D
SHA-256
320d9a7b75b1921054e0b2c294dfc49669cdf67a7a6ad24165bc0600120d379a
How: Right-click the downloaded file → 7-Zip / WinRAR → CRC SHA → compare with the values above.
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