Chapter 5: Fated Conclusion

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Chapter 5: Fated Conclusion
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Release date	2025
Cost	€5.70 EU ($6.99 USD)
Dark Deception Chapters
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Chapter 5: Fated Conclusion (or simply Chapter 5) is the upcoming fifth and final chapter of Dark Deception.

Official Summary

Dark Deception Chapter 5 is the final chapter in the Shattered Ring Arc. Face off against multiple new nightmares in the final confrontation with Malak and his army of monsters.

Dark Deception mixes the fast-paced style of classic arcade games with fun horror game design. Trapped in a dark world full of nightmarish mazes and anxiety-inducing monsters, the only way out is to face the darkness and find a way to survive.

Enemies

• Red Stalkers
• Puppet King
• Dark Star
• Unknown Monster 4
• Unknown Monster 3
• Unknown Monster 2
• Unknown Monster
• Mecha Monkey
• Final Lucky
• The Blob
• Malak

Levels

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• "Prison Panic"
• "Fear Fortress"
• "Wicked Ways"

Plot

Introduction

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Holiday Horror

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In-between "Holiday Horror" and "Prison Panic"

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Prison Panic

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In-between "Prison Panic" and "Fear Fortress"

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Fear Fortress

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Regular Playthrough

Regular Ending

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S-Rank Playthrough

In-between "Fear Fortress" and "Wicked Ways"

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Wicked Ways

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True Ending

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Trivia

• Wicked Ways will be unlocked when all the previous levels have S ranks, which, according to a Twitter post from Glowstick Entertainment, will uncover the game's true ending.
  • This is further supported by the fourth Q&A, where Vince confirmed that Dark Deception will have multiple endings.
    • Vince confirmed in a tweet that Chapter 5 has multiple endings including the S-Rank true ending.
      • Vince confirmed in the twenty fourth Q&A, that to get the true ending; you have to not only S-rank every level, but also find and read all of Elise's secret notes.
      • In the 28th Q&A, Vince confirmed that there are six total endings (including the S-rank one). Two are earned by completing the game, in Easy and Demon mode.
• This will be the first chapter with motion captured animations.
• Vince Livings stated that Chapter 5 might be harder than Chapter 4.
  • Vince backed this up on Twitter by describing the chapter as "absolute madness".
• Vince confirmed in a Q&A video that he and the team were developing chapters 5 and 4 simultaneously.
• Vince said that Malak will be the spotlight of chapter 5.
• This chapter will finish the story of Bierce, Malak and riddle of heaven
• In the second episode of the Q&A, Vince confirmed that this chapter will have 3 zones in the levels.
• The game's Twitter account mentioned twice that Chapter 5 will have three levels. However, in the third Q&A, Vince mentioned that Chapter 5 has more levels than Chapter 4.
  • In the twelfth Q&A, Vince confirmed that Chapter 5 has 4 Levels. This was again confirmed on twitter that Chapter 5 has four levels.
    • In the sixteenth Q&A, it was revealed that if the player receives S-rank every level in Dark Deception, then there will be four levels in total.
    • But It was later confirmed that there will be 5 Levels on January 4th, 2024.
    • Vince Later said in the 29th Q&A that Chapter 5 has 5 Portals But Only has 4 Levels, He said this will be Explained In Chapter 5 and it would make sense Later
• In Cutting Room Vol. 3, one of the cut themes is known as Malak's Lair which implied that at one point the final level would be Malak's Lair.
• In the fifteenth episode of the Q&A, Vince confirms that all other enemies from previous nightmares will likely return as threats in this chapter where the player has to deal with all of them again, which could make the chapter more challenging and difficult.
  • This was later revealed to be The Blob.
• Vince made a poll where people could vote if they wanted to have all four levels at the same time, or if they wanted multiple parts.
  • Based on the poll, he decided to split the chapter into half; levels nine and ten would've released in the first part, and levels eleven and twelve would've released in the second half.
  • It was later decided that the chapter would no longer be in half; but rather one whole game.
• In the fifteenth Q&A, Vince revealed that Chapter 5 is at least 50% complete.
• Vince revealed in Ertyez's video, that the Chapter 5 assets are not in the game yet, and that the Mannequins portal hallway will have an obstacle upon the chapter's release.
• In the sixteenth Q&A, Vince confirmed that there will be multiple boss fights for every level inside of Chapter 5.
  • In the twenty-second Q&A, Vince mentioned that all of the chapter 5 levels will have a boss fight mid way through the level, and at the end of a level.
• In two posts on Twitter, Vince confirmed that Chapter 5 adds 13 new characters models, none of which comes from returning characters.
• In the twenty-first Q&A, Vince confirmed that Chapter 5 will be one of the "Darkest" chapters in Dark Deception.
• On January 17th 2023, Vince mentioned on Twitter that the following Chapter 5 teaser would reveal Level 10's title and monster.
  • On January 24th, in the Glowstick Entertainment YouTube channel's Community tab, Vince forgot about his promise and revealed an amalgamation of all the previous monsters instead.
    • On January 25th, Vince states that he forgot about his promise, and that the Blob is not from the tenth portal.
      • On February 9th, Vince finally revealed the tenth portal's name and enemy; these were confirmed to be "Prison Panic", and Dark Star.
• In the twenty fourth Q&A Vince confirmed that Malak's level is the eleventh level of Dark Deception.
• On April 17th 2023, Vince announced that a short demo for CH5 will be shown on Tokyo Game Show 2023 in September, but the demo was never released.
  • This would later be mentioned in another QnA that the reason they never released a demo because it was a heavily watered down version of the level with many props removed, real Mannequins' A.I. being different and voicelines removed, and Vince didn't want to ruin the fans' impression of the level with a bad demo.
• Vince confirmed in the 26th Q&A that "Final Lucky" is one of the scariest characters in Chapter 5.
  • This confirms that Final Lucky will be an enemy in Chapter 5.
• Chapter 5 is confirmed to be the largest Chapter of Dark Deception.
• Chapter 5’s Graphics will be improved and Darker.
• According to Vince Livings, the reason there hasn’t been any Ch5 related news is due to emergency family business (Q2 2024).
• In the 26th Q&A, Vince confirmed that Chapter 5 does have five levels.
• The names for "Fear Fortress" and "Wicked Ways", were found in the files of Super Dark Deception Chapter 1.
• It has been re-confirmed that Chapter 5 will NOT release in 2024 (but in 2025)
• Chapter 5 increases the total character count to 52.
• In the 29th Q&A, Vince confirmed that there will be "five portals" but only "four levels".
• According to Vince, CH5 first teaser trailer will arrive at least during Q2 of this year (as of January 2025)

Gallery

Holiday Horror Concept Art

A second piece of concept art of the Mall, (Holiday Horror).

Puppet King's OST Thumbnail

Doug's OST Thumbnail

Tammy's OST Thumbnail

Malak's OST Thumbnail

Doug & Tammy's OST Thumbnail

Bierce's OST Thumbnail

Lucky's OST Thumbnail

Dark Star's OST Thumbnail

The Batman Inspired Poster

"There's a monster inside all of us."

"Not all doors should be opened."

"Every journey has an end."

"Control is an illusion. There is always a master."

"This is what you came for, isn't it?"

"You threw everyone that loved you away."

"There's no moving forward until the past is done."

"Evil's Endgame."

"Even in hell, the show must go on."

"Stars cannot shine without darkness."

"A father protects."

"Where does this road end and how deep will it take us?"

"Straight to the top, buddy!"

"It's pretty much a given that something horrible is waiting for you in there."

"Why are you always making those weird penguin noises? People are going to think something's wrong with you."

Elise and Tammy Shopping

What could this be??

"Pillar Demons"