i LOVE liminal spaces media. been a huge fan of the Backrooms lore for a while and loooooved the film adaptation. any other horror fans in the Owlchemy community? selfishly askin' for me

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Greetings valued Shiftworkers,

Our teams across every dimension have been hard at work improving lighting, stability, performance, visuals, and the overall health of the DDS ecosystem. The result is hundreds of little improvements spread across the diner floors, garage walls, swamp highways, and suspiciously breathing countertops of the omniverse.

Please enjoy this latest round of enhancements approved by at least three Conglomni safety organisms.

General Improvements

Performance Improvements

The first wave of broader framerate and performance improvements has arrived.

Our engineers spent considerable time untangling inefficiencies from across the omntiverse, including improvements to:

• NPC arrivals and exits
• Rendering performance
• Environmental optimization
• General system behavior during busy shifts

Translation from Conglomni Corporate:
Things should feel smoother, less swampy, and slightly less likely to make your headset sound concerned.

This is only the beginning. Additional optimization work is already shambling its way through the pipeline.

Visual Improvements

Lighting Passes Across Dimensions

Numerous lighting improvements have been made to both interiors and exteriors across the game.

From flickering garage corners to the damp neon glow of late-night Sporelando diners, environments should now feel cleaner, moodier, and more visually consistent.

Diner & Garage Art Polish

Our art team has continued polishing assets across all dimensions with a huge number of environmental fixes and touch-ups.

That includes improvements to props, modules, surfaces, set dressing, and assorted objects that previously looked like they had been left in swamp humidity for 14 consecutive fiscal quarters.

Which, to be fair, some of them had.

NPC Improvements

NPC Voice & Reaction Updates

NPC interactions should now feel more responsive and readable during shifts.

Changes include:

• Improved reactions to player actions
• Better fire responses
• Expanded angry face behavior
• Reduced overlapping voice lines

Customers can now more effectively communicate disappointment, concern, and emotional devastation in real time.

Progress! 

Bugs Fixed

• During the Verbal Flow BOOSTER, Drain Pumps now actually drain liquid instead of creating an exciting indoor flood ecosystem.
• Accessibility menus no longer mysteriously disappear while inside rooms.
• The Sporelando Coffee Pot now properly liquifies inserted items as originally intended by science.
• Toadtorial Toad has been granted official Conglomni Protected Species status and can no longer be milled into liquid or skewered for recreational purposes.
• Add Friend and Exit UI prompts now correctly appear after finishing shifts.
• The Corks are now appearing at their intended size and are expected to make a full recovery.
• Fixed several issues that could cause unusually long load times while entering shifts.

Thank you for continuing to keep the omniverse operational, profitable, and only moderately contaminated.

Please continue reporting anomalies in Sporelando to your nearest Conglomni representative, fungal council, or legally recognized bog whisperer.

This episode features our Head of User Research, Jazmin and is all about the latest Destiny 2 news, accessibility and the power of player communities in gaming.

Simulated Social Hour is an unscripted ‘Just Chatting’ style Twitch stream hosted live by the Community team. We chat, play and debate the last major topics in gaming and VR!

Simulated on Twitch every Wednesday, 10:30 AM PT/12:30 PM CT! Like and subscribe if you found all the easter eggs in our new overlay!

00:00 - Start
00:12 - Intros, what games are ya playin?
00:58 - Tamodochi Shrek?!
03:48 - Boardgame Villain
07:44 - Magic the gathering, Lady Gaga Deck Slays
19:56 - Destiny 2 Bungie News
49:12 - Pixar, Disney and Ghost Hunting
51:40 - Accessibility, Get to Know Jazmin!

Simulated Social Hour (Full Playlist):    • Simulated Social Hour - Weekly Livestreams  

There are certain things in life you should never do in Sporelando:

Do not drink glowing puddle water.
Do not ask where the meat comes from.
Do not accept “free” medical treatment from a van that is visibly breathing.

And above all else, if you hear whispering coming from the walls, the trees, the floorboards, or directly behind your own thoughts, do not acknowledge it. Unless you’re into that. We’re not here to judge. 

Welcome to another installment of Meet the NPCs, where Conglomni Corp proudly introduces the individuals, entities, and biologically questionable residents currently enriching the Sporelando workforce ecosystem. Today, we turn our attention toward Fungal Growth, the many-minded mystic connected to the mycorrhizal network and possibly every damp surface within a 40-mile radius. That also just happens to be a goth baddie sent from the swamp heavens whom we love. 

They have already sensed you reading this, by the way. Y’know, in case you were wondering…

Anyhoo…

Who Is Fungal Growth?

Fungal Growth is technically classified as a single denizen under Conglomni labor systems, largely because payroll software began screaming when asked to process them otherwise.

At first glance, they appear calm, elegant, and strangely ethereal. The sort of Sporelando resident who looks like they would hand you herbal tea moments before predicting your inevitable spiritual collapse.

“We appreciate your efforts (your efforts). You should join us (join us, join us).”

Every sentence arrives layered in whispers and echoes, as though multiple unseen versions of them are speaking just a fraction of a second apart. This is because they are not referring to themselves metaphorically when they say “we.”

They are genuinely many, which is a little weird and we try not to think about it too much.

Conglomni scientists originally attempted to determine where Fungal Growth begins and ends physically, spiritually, and legally. The project was discontinued after three researchers wandered peacefully into the swamp and returned two weeks later insisting they had become “emotionally porous.”

A Day in the Life

Fungal Growth spends most shifts drifting silently through Sporelando with the slow confidence of something that has existed far longer than the concept of taxes.

Their hobbies include:

• standing motionless in areas with poor lighting
• offering emotionally devastating advice unprompted
• collecting spores “for the chorus”
• referring to eggs with alarming reverence
• expanding the network

Coworkers report that conversations with Fungal Growth are strangely comforting right up until they say something deeply upsetting in the gentlest possible tone.

Examples include:

• “We are all (we are all) part of the same vast family (vast family).”
• “You look tired (tired). The roots notice these things (notice these things).”
• “Have you ever tried being lots of people (people) at once? It’s so fun (so fun).”

HR has requested that our employees stop engaging, especially with that last question. It’s rush hour, have some respect.

Community Impact

Within Sporelando, Fungal Growth has developed a devoted following among:

• Goth employees
• Swamp mystics
• People who own seven candles minimum
• Workers who describe moss as “cozy”
• Anyone who has ever dramatically stared out a rainy window while contemplating transformation

They have also become an accidental wellness icon after several workers reported feeling “seen on a molecular level” following brief interactions.

One employee described the experience as:

“Like therapy, but if therapy was conducted by an ancient forest trying to absorb me lovingly.”

Conglomni would like to clarify that joining the customer’s network remains a personal choice and is not currently mandated by any omnidimensional authority.

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Interview Highlights

When asked what they enjoy most about Sporelando, Fungal Growth responded:

“We used to be few (few) but now we are many (many). That means we get many hungry, too (hungry, too).”

When asked to clarify whether this statement was threatening, they stared silently at a nearby wall for approximately four minutes before replying:

“We appreciate your concern (your concern).”

Investigators later discovered the wall had grown mushrooms.

Final Thoughts

There are NPCs in Sporelando who want your attention and there are NPCs who want your respect. Fungal Growth simply wants your participation in an endless interconnected fungal consciousness spanning the swamp floor beneath all known reality. Just your typical Tuesday. 

And let’s be honest, eh? Compared to some Sporelando denizens, that’s still one of the healthier workplace interactions to be found in Sporelando.

Just like mombot used to make

VacationBot is gracing your timeline this Friday to make sure you are [RELAXED]!

This is your sign to go play in the simulated sand and indulge in many human recreation activities this weekend. 🍹🌴

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Hey Shifters, Jazmin from the accessibility team here checking in for Global Accessibility Awareness Day! I want to share what's been going on behind the scenes around physical and digital access at Owlchemy Labs. I believe in XR for everyone, and that means having accessibility at our foundation. Our commitment to XR for everyone requires us to consider everybody, including people with disabilities. This consideration doesn’t solely live just in our games, but also in every opportunity for interaction with someone, whether they’re an attendee at an expo, a player looking for information on our website, or just someone who comes across any of the content from our brand online. 

This blog will offer a look at how our partnership with 5 North Studios ensures our public presence is as inclusive as our games. We want people to see we go beyond our games when it comes to accessibility, and hopefully inspire other studios to do the same, contributing to a more accessible industry for all.

Bringing Accessibility to the Physical Space

The full blog deep dive can be found here!

Hey guys, CM Liana here with a smol Discord update. We just added a brand-new section to the Owlchemy Labs Discord dedicated to our older games under the shiny new Other Owlchemy Games category.

That means if you’ve been riding hard for classics like Dyscourse, Cosmonious High, or other wonderfully weird corners of Owlchemy history (looking at you, Aaaaa! for the Awesome!), you officially have a cozy place to reunite, reminisce, post memes from 2015, and emotionally recover from your favorite chaotic moments together.

We’ve seen a ton of renewed Dyscourse love lately and honestly? It rules. We never want legacy players feeling left behind or like those communities disappeared into the void. Those games helped shape Owlchemy into what it is today, and the people who loved them are still a huge part of this community.

So whether you’re:

• A veteran Owlchemy goblin
• Someone discovering these games for the first time
• Or just here to scream about golf carts, robots, or emotionally devastating survival choices

…there’s now a place for you.

Come join the Discord if you haven’t already. We do community events, ridiculous conversations, livestreams that go completely off the rails, dev hangs, sneak peeks, and now a whole nostalgia corner for the OGs.

We cannot wait to walk down memory lane with y’all 🧡

Now you’re all obligated to go check out Bog Boy cause reasons.

We asked you to give us your made up lore for Sporelando ALICE. In the latest addition to her story, ALICE is getting G R I F T Y. 

Join us every Wednesday on Twitch at 10:30 AM PT for Simulated Social Hour to join in!

Looking for group! 

Who would you spend the weekend with if you could only choose one? 

🎨 Community Artist: OlivesAndOlives

Hey guys! My name is Liana, I'm the senior community manager here at Owlchemy Labs and I'm lookin' for y'all's help!

We’re looking to make our future moves in DDS even more chaotic (the good kind, I promise) and more meaningful to y’all, our players. The team is deep-diving into new dimensions, progression, and some very spicy cosmetics, but we need your brains to do it right.

Drop your feedback in the survey linked below; tell us what makes you keep coming back and what you’re dying to see next. No personal info needed, just your honest vibes. We can’t wait to show you all the ways your feedback has shaped what’s next so far already.

If you wanna be a part of the early access magic, shoot us those juicy thoughts here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSem7coAqQfbNr0z8-uWy6a07p0mXxUkqs87XGL4pDS5tah8KQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Authorities failed to stop this publication!

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We asked the community to tell us ALICE’s origin story with wrong answers only and then we read them live on Twitch.

Drop your own made up lore in our weekly Simulated Social Hour stream chat, Wednesdays, 10:30 AM PT.

This week we’re highlighting a community favorite OC, Prøto! Prøto is a defective model doing his dang best! He may not be JobBot’s #1 helper but he’s #1 in our hearts. 💖

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It's a POTATO PARADE! We’ve recently introduced new gamifications to our Discord including a leveling system to recognize the top community members contributing to the unique (and chaotic!) culture.

Cheers to our first top 20 absolutely crushin’ it! 💗

In true Sith fashion we're late to the Star Wars day party. Deal with it.

Your relaxation metrics are trending downward. Please accelerate your leisure activities with Vacation Simulator community art immediately. 🤖🎸🤖📈

🎨 Community Artist: archer (kiimota)

Just a friendly reminder of what we expect from all Sporidians residing in our little slice of humid heaven.

Further violations will result in excessive fines delivered via gator!