Hotfix 2023.7.12 is out with these changes:

• Chat bounce has been removed (SORRY IF IT MADE YOU NAUSEOUS)
• Text will save if exiting out of free chat box
• On all platforms

We appreciate all the respectful feedback, and are excited to keep working on our fun plans!!

Running to back to Communications,

Dors

*AHEM*

It’s been 5 amazing spacebean filled years and we want to celebrate with all you! Thank you for being such amazing fans who love to complete tasks (and betray each other)! We’ll be doing a special celebration dev stream today (June 15) at 12pm PT/3pm ET on our Twitch channel. Before I get carried away here’s a message from Fortebass and PuffballsUnited:

Message from the Co-Founders

Crewmates! Thank you so much for playing over the past 5 years! It’s been such an amazing journey for us here at Innersloth. All the fan art, the hilarious gameplay clips, the memes, we love it all! I never thought the little random bean I made would become so prevalent everywhere and for that I’m truly humbled. Sincerely, thank you everyone for enjoying the game and I hope you stick around for all the things we have in store.

PuffballsUnited

Y’know, I don’t think I remind people enough that Among Us was supposed to be one of a series of 6-month games while Marcus made The Henry Stickmin Collection. Just a little thing to make and move on from. I feel like that makes it extra crazy to think about 5 years of Among Us and know that we still have plenty in store. And I’m so grateful that we were able to make an amazing team and share the ride. So to everyone who played Among Us or even just drew a crewmate in a foggy window: Thank you! I really feel like some of the best is yet to come!

Fortebass

Party Time

It’s time to break out the party hats, grab a slice of pizza-cake, and blow up some balloons! Speaking of balloons, if you log in to Among Us today you’ll get this free star balloon hat – it’s really Five out of Five! It looks great with a pair of the new Stunner Shades! Make sure you log in soon – this is a limited time drop that only lasts until July 15, 2023.

Merch Celebrations

And if you’re thinking about how cool it would be to have some stunning real life cosmetics – we got you covered with the launch of 5TH ANNIVERSARY MERCH! Drop by our store at 11am PT and pick up some new items:

• Crewmate Joggers
• 32oz Water Bottle
• Among Us: Collector’s Edition by Limited Run Games
• 5th Anniversary Pin
• 5th Anniversary Print
• 5th Anniversary Tee

All this new merch will have you styling was you complete your tasks… (or don’t. Party now instead.)

Thanks for being with us for the past 5 years, Crewmates! You really are the best crew around.

Looking for pizza-cake,

Dors

Our newest collab brings the adorable Pusheen to the world of Among Us in the form of the fluffiest and cutest new cosmetics you’ve ever seen.

We’ve had a wonderful time working with the folks at Pusheen to bring her (plus some friends!) adorable likeness to the spacebean life for all you Crewmates and Impostors.

The Pusheen Cosmicube is available in our in-game store for 110 stars NOW! Be sure to get yours before the cube disappears on September 13, 2023. In this precious Cosmicube, you’ll be able to unlock the following items:

• Cat Nap Hat
• Donut Mess With Me Nameplate
• Gorgeous! Visor
• If I Fits I Sits Hat
• Kissy Kitty Visor
• Kool Kat Visor
• Lilac Pastel Pusheen Hat
• Lilac Pastel Pusheen Skin
• Mint Pastel Pusheen Hat
• Mint Pastel Pusheen Skin
• Om Nom Nom Visor
• Pink Pastel Pusheen Hat
• Pink Pastel Pusheen Skin
• Pip Pet
• Pusheen Pet
• Pusheen Skin
• Pusheen Smile Visor
• Pusheen The Hat
• Single Rainbow What Does It Mean Nameplate
• Sloth Hat
• Sloth Skin
• Stormy Pet
• Strawberry Fields Nameplate
• Super Pusheenicorn Hat
• Super Pusheenicorn Skin
• What Do You Have There? Nameplate
• Yaaaaay Visor

So many cosmetics to combo together to make the cutest Crewmate this side of Polus! (Maybe if you’re cute enough, the Impostor will get to distracted and have mercy on you..? Hmmmm.)

Off to om nom nom,

Dorsheen

It’s our birthday week and that means it’s time to whack some Impostor shaped piñatas, eat pizza-cake, and spend time with our best crew – you!

Without you, we couldn’t make Among Us what is and the Innersloth team couldn’t be more grateful for it. Before I start typing through these happy tears, here’s what’s happening as part of v2023.6.13, out now.

Patch Notes

• Version numbers now appear in the bottom left of the main menu
  • When in local mode the version number is in the bottom right
• [ALL MODES] Players who lose network connection will now be sent back to title menu
• [iOS] Local lobbies created using iOS 16 can now be seen by other devices
  • iOS and Android can now see local matches hosted by PC
• Aromantic and MLM pride flags have their prices fixed to match the other nameplates.
• Various cosmetic layering fixes
• Various menu fixes

That’s it for patch notes! We can’t wait to celebrate 5 years of tasks and betrayal! Remember not to get too distracted by partying… that’s when the Impostor might strike. Keep reading for all the fun stuff we have in this update!

Fun Stuff

La, la, la… la la ahem, we’ve launched our latest update alongside a cute and cozy collab with Pusheen!

The Pusheen Cosmicube costs 110 stars and is available until September 13, 2023! For all the details on this collab check out our post here. Trust me when I say you’ll never feel cozier with these cosmetics.

Alongside the new Cosmicube here’s some other fun stuff happening in Among Us:

• Our main menu has a brand new look! Enjoy the new window view and testing out the new hub

• Free Balloon Hat – Login to Among Us on June 15th to receive a free cosmetic to celebrate Among Us’s 5th birthday.

• Birthday Cosmetics – Party harder with some new rave light hats and stunner shades available in the store now

More Fun Stuff

Have you ever wanted to ask the dev’s questions about anything? How about what dev work they do? Something specific about Among Us or even Henry Stickmin?

If you answered yes to any of these, you’ll want to join our Discord for a series of Q&A sessions I’m hosting with members of Innersloth! We’ve already completed one with Victoria and have two more scheduled with Aemu and PuffballsUnited!

Don’t worry if your IRL tasks keep you away from the sessions since I’ll record them and upload them to our official Youtube channel.

And one more thing

I was able to gather a bunch of the team for a birthday stream! So if you want to see if we’re actually good at Among Us (always blame Gary) you can find out as we play against one another live on our Twitch account on June 15th at 12pm PT/3pm ET!

And just like the Q&A’s, don’t worry if you can’t make it – this will be recorded too.

There’s couple more messages, but then I think you’re ready for full party mode!

Blinded by the lights,

Dors

A message from Among Us VR

Greetings, beans of all dimensionsss!

Schell Games team here, chiming in to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMONG US!!!  . And a big congratulations to the entire Innersloth team on surviving a bazmillion (math?!#$ where’s my abacus?) matches!

We’re so excited to be working with the team at Innersloth to bring all you beans into VR and we’re pumped for everything that’s to come in the next few months! AND BEYOONNDDDD!

But most importantly — thank you, thank you, thank you to all our Among Us VR players — we appreciate you and are beyond grateful that you spend your time in the virtual Skeld II with us. 

And with that! Among Us VR will also be joining the birthday shenanigans with a host of dedicated festivities this week! 

• : Tuesday, 6/13 at 12pm PT/ 3pm ET: Tune in for a special pre-recorded Birthday stream to celebrate Among Us! Players will include Innersloth and Schell Games’ Crewmates as well as influencers, Soul Fox Gaming and Steve Knows! Catch the chaos on the Schell Games’ YouTube channel here.
• : Tuesday, 6/13 at 1pm PT/ 4pm ET: You’ve got questions burning brighter than our birthday candles — and we’re here to answer them! We’ll be hosting an Among Us VR Developer AMA, streaming live on our official Among Us VR Discord server.
• : Monday, 6/12 thru Monday, 6/19: No birthday is complete without some GIFTSSSS — so, we’re excited to announce our gift to you! We’re kicking up the The Happy Birthday Among Us Bundle! You can now get the Among Us VR base game and two essential Hat Pack DLCs for $15.99 USD — available on both Steam and the Meta Store! 

Join the Schell Games Crewmates (…or Impostors?) to celebrate Among Us. They are 5.YEARS.BEAN.OLD!!

Schell Games

Hi, everyone! It’s me, Mike, the guy who helps you when stuff goes wrong! But honestly, you all should get some credit, too. We rely on all of you to be our eyes and ears out there in the cosmos and let us know when you find bugs/stuff that’s maybe a bug/things that make you go “bwuh?”. Every report helps, so please make sure you send screenshots, video, and whatever else you got over on our Helpdesk. Anyway, here’s stuff we know about and are working on!

• [Crossplatform] An issue where players receive multiple friend list requests from the same person.
• [Crossplatform] An issue where players’ friendlist reaches maximum before they have 100 friends.
• [Crossplatform] An issue where the game sound disappears after the game has been minimized.
• [Crossplatform] An issue where some players experience increasing ping leading to disconnection and a message that reads “DTLS negotiation failed”
• [Crossplatform] An issue where players are unable to connect to their Among Us account with an error that reads “FriendCodeFail”
• [Crossplatform] An issue where some players’s accounts are incorrectly tagged as child accounts despite age verification.
• [Crossplatform] An issue where some players’ guardians are not receiving emails related to age verification.
• [Crossplatform] An issue where the size of the UI is incorrectly displayed on some devices.
• [Crossplatform] An issue where some players may disconnect from the server due to network strength.

Speaking of reports, y’all know that the best way to help us deal with crewmates who get a little out of hand (as in, breaking our Code of Conduct) is to send an in-game report, right? Well, it totally is. Even a single report helps our moderator team do their jobs and keep the game feelin’ fun and friendly!

Until next time!

Mike

Player Survey

Have you checked out our player survey yet? If you have some cool new ideas for our spacebeans, or just really want to tell us how you’re feeling about Among Us – this is your chance to do it! Just fill out this handy Player Survey to let us know!

It should only take about 5 – 10 minutes and your feedback will help Crewmates everywhere. Thanks for taking the time!

Fun Stuff

• New Cosmetics! Check out the in-game store for several new cosmetics including hats, nameplates, and visor. Better yet, they’ll only cost BEANS! And lucky you – an Impostor sabotaged some of the pricing on the nameplates so they’re cheaper than they should be. We’ll get that fixed up in the next update but for now, enjoy!

• APRIL FOOLS DAY IS COMING. Can you hear it? The sounds of hooves echoing in the halls of the Skeld and across the alien landscape of Polus?
  
  That’s right – an improved Horse Mode is returning for April Fool’s from March 31 – April 2! That’s a whole weekend of HORSE! In case you missed it last year, we turned all the Crewmates into Horsemates. That’s it. It started from a joke tweet we made 2 years ago and spiraled wildly out of control because we laughed wayyyy too much at the idea of it.
  
  The best part? We’ve added a whole new Horse Wrangling mode to it… AKA Hide n Seek mode will turn into a horse-y surprise. Make sure to check back around April Fools to see what we have planned.

Along with the return of Horse Mode, we’ll have some really fun and totally legit merch available for purchase like our Crewmate costumes and Horsemate pins. Be on the lookout for brand new merch on sale April 1st!

Before I get carried away trying to add all the merch to my cart, let’s take a look at the patches notes for v2023.3.28 and see what bugs have been squashed by the hooves of Horse Mode.

Patch Notes

• [Hide n Seek] – Players will no longer get stuck on a black screen if the Seeker leaves during the reveal screen. Players will see a reveal screen and once gameplay begins the game will end with ‘Impostor Disconnected’ if a new Seeker isn’t chosen.

• [All Modes] – Task arrows no longer get stuck on screen after a comms sabotage
• [All Modes] – Players will no longer see lobbies mixed with assets from the Skeld
• [Hide n Seek] – Players can no longer be killed while the vent animation is being completed
  • Due to latency, the animation may still play under certain circumstances
• [Hide n Seek] – Impostor can now use ‘click to kill’ when a Ghost is located directly over another player’s Crewmate
• [Airship] – Impostor or Seeker can no longer clip into the wall when trying to kill a Crewmate while they are climbing a ladder
• [iOS] – Ghosts no longer have transparent dots displayed on them
• [Nintendo Switch] – Announcement links will open correctly in the Switch’s browser
• Player skins now load onto Crewmate correctly when spawning in lobby
• Shapeshifter pet is now displayed correctly if Impostor shapeshifts into a Crewmate with a pet
• Players blocked in the Friends List are displayed properly
• Fixes to Right Hand Man kill animations
• Winning or losing a game in Practice will now reset the practice game

I really gotta hand it to the QA and Programming teams for knocking out even more bugs to help make betraying your friends a much smoother experience! If you think you’ve found a bug or hiccup in your experience remember to send us a Helpdesk ticket or email support at support@innersloth.com. That’s all for this section, Crewmates! Read on to see what Known Bugs are in this update.

I know what you’re thinking – ‘Dors is in Krys’s Bug Zone’ taking up valuable Player Support space. Well, let it be known that I’m just here to help tell you what known bugs are a part of v2023.3.28:

• [Android] – When playing in local mode, players may encounter a black screen after the host attempts to create a new lobby
• [Android / iOS] – Star redemptions may be delayed if the purchasing process is interrupted
• Oops! Some new nameplate cosmetics are priced incorrectly. This will be fixed in the next update to match the rest of the pricing.

And there we have it – a shortlist for this round of updates but we’re hoping to get these bugs resolved for you all ASAP! Keep reading to see who’s creating in the Fun Zone.

One of the awesome perks of writing in this section of the dev log is getting to look at all your amazing work and skills, and sometimes the work really touches our hearts. The first entry is from Daniel, who really loves Among Us and has been using his imagination to draw and make stories on his own. He even took the time to draw the whole team!

Keep up the awesome work, Daniel! You might end up drawing for your own game in the future.

Next up is XYEZT387’s bean featuring some of the new Guardian cosmetics from our last update! Now I’m not usually a Hunter fan but that Crewmate is looking pretty snazzy.

Our next piece for the fun zone is this cute little critter from one of our Discord members, Weasel. Seeing our sloth logo as a little cozy plush definitely brings some warm fuzzy feelings.

That’s all for this updates fun zone, Crewmates! I can’t wait to see how inspired you’re going to be after seeing Horse Mode return.

Totally be-hay-ving,

Dors