House House Patches Big Walk Voice Chat for Hundreds of Thousands, Keeps Close-Range Audio Design
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Updated · Rock Paper Shotgun · Aug 8
House House Patches Big Walk Voice Chat for Hundreds of Thousands, Keeps Close-Range Audio Design
3 articles · Updated · Rock Paper Shotgun · Aug 8
Summary
A new Big Walk update boosts quiet voices that previously failed to register properly even at close range, addressing players' complaints that nearby friends were too hard to hear.
House House said the problem stemmed from quieter microphone setups and from existing compensation systems that were not strong enough before the game reached a much larger player base.
The patch raises voice volume up close and at medium distance, but it does not extend the point where voices drop off because the studio says strict proximity is central to the game's design.
House House, a small team, said it has not decided on further voice-chat changes such as individual volume sliders and will make adjustments gradually.