Dear Researchers,

You have done incredible work tracing SCP-049's recent movements. Over 100 images were submitted by researchers across platforms and countries!

We are now honored to present our Favorite 3 entries. Each of the following will receive a DLC key upon release:

1. Taking the family to [redacted]world, by @HitenNoRurouni

2. Facing full-life consequences for medical malpractice, by @DrTFountain

3. Questioning research priorities, by @Real_Jar_Red

Finally, an honorable mention and bonus DLC key will be awarded to Super Archivist @Ceart_V, who contributed over 20 new files to our research.

To all entrants: It was an absolute pleasure for the Archive Department to catalog your entries! So many matched the above in creativity and enthusiasm, it was impossible to pick the "best." Instead, we tried to select winners that represented a variety of styles, and it was incredibly difficult.

Your love for SCP-049 clearly rivals our own. Now, we're even more hyped to him justice with our DLC, coming Q1 2023!

- The SCP Secret Files team

Win a SCP-049 DLC key by joining our Photoshop Battle!

Researchers, by now you've heard that SCP-049 is suspected to be active in ███. Reports of anomalous activity like ███ and ███ abound.

Where will SCP-049 be sighted next? What will be the consequences of his "research"? What exactly is his "cure"? Use your Photoshop skills to show us, and you could win a DLC key!

How to Win
1. Download this image[drive.google.com] of SCP-049 on a blank background
2. Photoshop him into any location, engaging in whatever activity you imagine. The wackier the better (but SFW only... Yes, we have to specify this about 049)
3. Share your creation on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #SCP049SecretFiles by December 5

After the deadline, we will select our 3 favorites to each win a DLC key!

Bonus: Retweet this event tweet and we will select 1 RTer to a key for the base game!

Notes:

(1) We will contact the winners via Twitter or Instagram DMs to confirm. If you are initially selected, but you do not respond to our initial outreach within 72 hours, you will forfeit your prize and an alternate winner will be selected.

(2) The DLC is expected to become available in Q1 2023. We will keep track of the winners and send their keys on release day.

Please nominate SCP: Secret Files for "Labor of Love" in the 2022 Steam Awards!

The SCP universe is vast and varied, and it never fails to fill us with awe.

We set out to share that awe with other passionate players like us: Those enthralled by a world filled with the unexplained. Yes, sometimes it fills us with dread; but other times, it surprises us, makes us laugh, and even warms our hearts.

It was incredibly challenging to convey such a wide variety of themes and tones, from comedy to horror. It flexed our every creative muscle, but your responses have been truly gratifying:


"Forget every SCP game you've played so far. This one is by far the highest quality ever made.... It's a real masterpiece."

“Brilliant, exquisite, astonishing.... You guys went the scenic route, to show that SCP is not just scary and horror stuff. It's everything and nothing. The stories, the possibilities -- they're endless."

"This form of storytelling is the definitive way SCP stories can be brought to life in such an epic and immersive way."

We'd be truly honored if you'd vote for us as a Labor of Love in this year's Steam Awards! We hope the love we've poured into Secret Files is evident to you, and would love to share it with more gamers.

We humbly thank you for your consideration! Remember you can always connect with us on Discord[discord.gg] and Twitter.

Stay sane, and stay in awe!

Happy Thanksgiving, "Karl"!

This year, we're thankful for every one of you rookie archivists. You've made SCP: Secret Files everything it is today!


And we mean that literally: Our Thanksgiving game update will add YOUR winning contributions from October's Site News and Group Announcements contest, hosted on our Discord[discord.gg]. All of the following new content is player created:

• 13 more instances of Site News added to the computer desktop on Day 1
  
• 3 more Group Announcements added to the chat interface
  
• 4 more instances of Site News added to the computer desktop on Day 2
  
• 5 more news stories added to the computer desktop news ticker on Day 2

The news entries have already been very popular on our Twitter, so we're excited to finally have them in the game!

We've also updated our in-game Thank You list with the names of the contest winners and the names of our excellent translators.

We're also honored to announce that SCP: Secret Files received the indiePlay 2022 nominations for Excellence in Visual Arts and Excellence in Narrative!


We were in amazing company with our fellow nominees. Your community support absolutely helped us receive such recognition, and enables us to keep up the exciting work! Looking forward to DLC.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Long time no see, Researchers. GameZoo here!

It's been a little over a month since SCP: Secret Files launched on Steam! We've received a humbling amount of praise and encouragement in that time. Ever since our studio was founded-- no, ever since the concept for Secret Files first took root in our brains!-- we've dreamed of nothing more than bringing this game to life. Indie studios always risk their road collapsing while they're in the middle of building it, and we truly could not have completed this journey without your support. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you!

Since launch, we have slowed down on public dev updates, but have no fear: we've had our heads down following up on those tasty breadcrumbs we left you in the game (049 DLC, the main story follow up on 055, etc). By popular request, the digital concept art book is also underway!

Speaking of DLC... The story will unfold with a unique perspective and atmosphere. We will stick to our creative vision: rejecting monotony, telling a different and fun story, and injecting some surprising gameplay (how about that gunplay you've all been asking about?). 049 is such a special entity -- he has power, elegance, and intellect; he embodies benevolence and malevolence in one form. You can't help but be drawn in by this "plague doctor" and his mysterious background.

DLC Character Art

To create a story exclusively for him, we repeatedly redrafted and remodeled, polished and polished again, moving step-by-step closer to 049's dark yet fervent world. Finally, after much heated discussion, we've settled on our current rendering as ███.

Now we are in full swing to bring this idea to fruition. We sincerely hope that, by providing a unique, grounded narrative gaming experience, we can pass along this spark in our hearts to all of you other passionate fans of the Foundation and 049.

DLC Concept Art

Right now, we're feeling great. Maybe the GZ-6 will become the GZ-8? It's looking like the SCP mega-series of our dreams may actually be possible! Of course, we can't hope to cover the whole SCP universe. After all, the wiki updates hundreds of times per day... No matter how fast we work, we'd still be left in the dust. For now, we're focused on the stories with strong narrative qualities, that jive with our main storyline, and that are most beloved by the community! So much to do, with so little time-- but that's life at the Foundation.

We'll leave off here for now, since we've got bugs to hunt. Wish you all good health. And eat well: It puts you in the right mind to operate!


We fight in the dark, so that you may live in the light.

Watch our community stream our Halloween mini-game and SCP 239 with TinyyTonyy!

For those of you staying in on Halloween Night, we invite you to our Mini Game Challenge available at the start of Scream Fest.

Follow the Jack-O'Lantern upon entering the game to start...have fun Trick or Treating!
(Main menu - *click* on the pumpkin on the right bottom corner to enter)
There's an unlimited number of treats! Show us your candy score or let us know if you enjoyed the game on Twitter or Discord[discord.gg].

We'll be streaming our Trick or Treating adventures in SCP 239 with @TinyTony during the fest, tune in on our store page.

Dear "Karls",

Three weeks ago, the Foundation authorized you to create original in-game site news and announcements. As always, you have demonstrated your utmost dedication to our cause. We received more than 100 submissions from all over the world. Some submissions were bizarre and humorous, while others were grave and heavy, reflecting the professionalism and diversity of our community. We are very grateful to every contestant!

After carefully reviewing all the entries, the Foundation Archives decided to award the title of "Foundation Reporter" to those contestants who submitted the best entries (names listed in no particular order) :

Darth Fabio
汉斯·弗兰克
ぽーるの絶叫ゲームch
TheKoala
ForJD
白大厨和他的核酸检测
Kyou_A0ba
Sam Gilmore
Mariri15
李志仁
TheLightmare
Halucygeno
五五五五五
Mr. "Atonement"
Sasha Lesnichaya
XG417
真面目な職員A


Your entries will be included in our game, and your names will be added to the game's "Thank You" list!

At the same time, we're already working on adding your new content to our game. Stay tuned for the update log!

Dear "Karls",
It is inevitable that you will have uncovered some interesting "news" related to Foundation anomalies while dealing with the secret files. For example, could the Guatemalan sinkhole be related to SCP-994? What about the mysterious corpse found in the forest northwest of Yekaterinburg? And what caused the bizarre explosion at site-300-12?

Or perhaps you noticed those usual group announcements, such as: no contact with SCP-999 during working hours; no verbal abuse, or you will be injected with amnestics; SCP-343's visiting hours are changed to 14:00 daily...

Now, the Foundation is authorizing YOU to create some brand site news and announcements. Submit your original content (it can be based on existing SCP content, but not directly plagiarized) in the form linked below, and we'll add our favourites to the game! The winner's name will also be added to the game's "thank you" list!

Rules:
1. Event time: Now - October 10th
2. Submit your entries via this form[forms.gle]
(if Steam blocks the form, simply copy the URL on the blocked page and paste into your browser)
3. You can write multiple entries, but each entry is limited to 100 words
4. We will add our favourites to the game
5. If your entry is chosen, we will contact you via the information you wrote in the form