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We Will Be At Midwest Gaming Classic 2022

We Will Be At Midwest Gaming Classic 2022

We are pleased to announce that we will be demoing Eight Hours - our paranormal horror investigation game - at Midwest Gaming Classic 2022 in...

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Eight Hours 3.2.2 Released!

Eight Hours 3.2.2 Released!

We have a wonderful new UI focused update for this game. After some feedback from our wonderful community we implemented some changes to our Game...

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Eight Hours 3.2 Released!

Eight Hours 3.2 Released!

Eight Hours has just been released version 3.2! This is an exciting time because it brings us one step closer to a full game! Eight Hours has been...

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Some COVID-19 Updates

Some COVID-19 Updates

Important Announcement Some time ago we announced that we will be presenting Eight Hours at the 2020 Midwest Gaming Classic (MGC2020). Due to the...

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What Have We Been Up To?

What Have We Been Up To?

Whoa! Where have we been? Hiding in a cave? Maybe, but that doesn’t matter. Because in that time our little trollkins have been up to a lot of...

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Eight Hours Version 2.0.0

Eight Hours Version 2.0.0

Version 2.0.0 This is a short post to announce that Eight Hours has released version 2.0.0. This is a big change in the core game code, there were...

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Eight Hours Version 1.5

Eight Hours Version 1.5

Version 1.5 release. If you want, you can go directly to itch.io or gamejolt to play the latest free version of Eight Hours. A lot has changed over...

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Creating Dread in Horror Games

Creating Dread in Horror Games

Can you hear it? The slight creak in your office chair, the pop inside the walls of your room, the bones in the house stretching. Are your lights...

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The Story of Eight Hours

The Story of Eight Hours

Troll Purse was started as a means to distribute games under a common title. Today, we will discuss our first distributed game, Eight Hours. Taking...

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Even More AWS Automation With Tumblr

Even More AWS Automation With Tumblr

Yes! Troll Purse has done it again! Looking at all the great social platforms out there, we were missing one that needed our posting! Tumblr has now...

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How Troll Purse Easily Setup Forums in AWS

How Troll Purse Easily Setup Forums in AWS

How Troll Purse Easily Setup Forums in AWS Originally Posted on Troll Purse Dev Blog After our migration to AWS, Troll Purse removed the old forums...

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More AWS Automation With Reddit Posts

More AWS Automation With Reddit Posts

So many of these posts have been about process automation, so why stop! Troll Purse is at it again. This time, we are leveraging AWS Lambdas to...

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Faking AI Until You Make it in UE4

Faking AI Until You Make it in UE4

If you are a follower of Troll Purse, then you well know that our current game Eight Hours is built using Epic Game’s Unreal Engine 4. Today, we will...

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Why Troll Purse Migrated to AWS

Why Troll Purse Migrated to AWS

Originally posted on Troll Purse Dev Blog Recently, Troll Purse made the decision to migrate from the cloud in Digital Ocean to Amazon Web Services...

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Testing AWS Lambdas

Testing AWS Lambdas

Recently, Troll Purse had issues with the Auto Tweet Lambda. While not our fault in the end, it took local debugging and tests to verify. Sharing is...

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