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Fourth Year Anniversary was an Event in Dead by DaylightIconHelp DBDlogo that took place between 23 June and 14 July 2020.

It kicked off the in-game celebrations for the Game's fourth Anniversary.


Overview

The Event featured a new Mini-Game (since it is not a Challenge, unlike previous Events) and worked akin to the Moonrise Event in terms of mechanics, with the difference that getting hooked would not remove the Crown from the Player.


In-game changes

Developer Quotes

Jeffrey
Game Designer

If it glows, it goes.

Jeffrey
Game Designer

Do bones.

Mathieu
Game Director

II think we did a pretty good job, so far.

Mathieu
Game Director

Don't forget to call your mum.

Mathieu
Game Director

Thank you! Yes, YOU!
If you weren't playing this game, all of us would have to be working on something else.
And working on DbD is just awesome!

Guillaume
Game Designer

I was here.

Jean-Baptiste
Sound Designer

Sometimes you don't realise it, but your ears are actually very scared.

Jean-Baptiste
Sound Designer

Did you know that the footstep sounds are actually the sound of real feet recorded in their natural environment?
No feet were harmed or endangered during the recording process.

Jean-Baptiste
Sound Designer

The loud chase music is here to cover the sounds of the Survivors in order to give them a chance to escape.

Simon
Release Manager

When all seems lost, boop the snoot for extra chance of survival.

Amine
Gameplay Programmer

Who put confetti all over my code?

Dominic
Playtest Coordinator

Is it already bugged?

Sarah
UI Design Lead

Back before Alpha, Matt Cote asked for some name suggestions for the Killer who eventually became The Trapper.
Being a goof, I suggested "Chuckles".
Turns out other folks liked t and that was his n-game name up until Beta!
He'll always be my sweet boy.

Sarah
UI Design Lead

You will pry Urban Evasion from my cold dead hands.
I love the scooch too much!

Alexandre
Functionality Tester

Please don't kill me!
I have kids and children!

Sophie-Amélie
3D Character Artist

Seeing cosplays and fanart of the characters we create is so damn wild!

Michael
3D Artist

Hi Mum!

Joshua
QA Team Lead

99 little bugs in the game, 99 little bugs.
Take one down, patch it around, 103 little bugs in the game!

Olivier
QA

Why are you runnng?
The fun is just beginning!

Simon-David
Dev QA

Is this a feature or a bug?

Simon
Procedural Level System Programmer

While everyone was fixing Generators in playtests, I was fixing them for real!

Simon
Procedural Level System Programmer

Your lucky coin will be unlucky, tough luck.

Alexandre
Senior UI Programmer

Don't you dare drop that Pallet on me, Justin!

Alexandre
Senior UI Programmer

Well, this doesn't look right...

Alexandre
Senior UI Programmer

In theory, it should be working.

Rose
Product Manager

Have you tried playing DbD while commuting to work?

Chaun
Animator

Yeah, it's probably supposed to bend that way.

James
UI Programmer

Overalls Friday! Join the movement!

Sebastien
Game Programmer

Looks like The Wraith's Mori file location has moved. Ring a bell to anyone?

Laurent
Technical Artist

Everything is fine...

Catherine
Technical Artist

Self-Five!

Kendji
3D Artist

Work on your cardio, it could be useful!

Kendji
3D Artist

Even if you're a noob, you still have a place in the party.
Being the bait is a huge honour!

Michael
Programmer

An engine change a day keeps the doctor at bay.

Donnary21st
Community Manager

Did you know that "Rin" is the 4th most popular name for newborn girls n Japan in 2019? "Yui" is the 8th!.

Donnary21st
Community Manager

Did you know that hitting a hooked Survivor is called "Kebabing" in Japanese?
Because it looks like slicing Kebab meat!

Donnary21st
Community Manager

The Wraith is considered as the most adorable Character by a part of the Japanese Community.
You can find some awesome fanart if you're lucky!

Sam
Associate Brand Manager

Rough day?
Here, have some bubble tea.

Eric
3D Character Artist

Dbd is a vibe.

Eric
3D Character Artist

All of your fanart and cosplays amaze us!
Keep it up.

Eric
3D Character Artist

Help, I'm trapped in the Entity Realm!

Leo
Product Manager

Bunny Who?

Ethan
Game Designer

Only in the games industry could you hear this sentence on the job:
I vomited on the school sign and it crashed.

Ethan
Game Designer

When we first got the audio treatment for The Plague, she made these disgusting retching sounds while holding the power.
It was horrible in an awesome way, but it was just too much for the final release.

Remi
Technical Director

In the sequel "Deed by Daylight", you perpetually fix Generators for an orphanage while singing carols.

Remi
Technical Director

I'm not dead!
I'm getting better!
I think I'll go for a walk.

Remi
Technical Director

const char msg [] = {65,32,119,105,110,110,101,114,32,105,115,32,121,111,117,46}; (Editor's Note: Sometimes Remi has trouble speaking human).*

Laurent
Dbd Mobile Game Programmer

We eat a lot of chocolate in the office.
Like, a lot.

Laurent
DbD Mobile Game Programmer

During lunch break we play some DbD games.
Who knows, maybe I played against YOU!

Mathieu
Lead Level Designer

The game, the map, the game...

Mathieu
Lead Level Designer

Open the agtes!

Mathieu
Lead Level Designer

Where's Carl?

Clyde
Community Manager

Did you know that The Huntress always hums a popular lullaby known to every Russian person?
The lyrics are: Don't sleep too close to the edge of the bed, or little grey wolf will come and bite your tiny flank.

Clyde
Community Manager

During closed Alpha back in Spring 2016, Chuckles and Banshee were the prototype names for The Trapper and The Wraith.

Pierrick
Level Designer

Ok, this one's gonna be the best map!

Pierrick
Level Designer

May I cleanse the very Totems I hid?
Or is it considered cheating?.

Kevin
UX Designer

That feeling when you run out of Pallets to use and the Killer is still after you...

Isabelle
Head of Product Strategy

We are very excited to start Dead by Daylight Year 4 with you and want to thank all the players who continue to engage with our game every day
Happy 4th Anniversary!

Joelle
Brand Manager

I never thought I'd be scared back into the closet!

Stephen
Gameplay Programmer

Programming is just a series of IF and ELSE statements.

Stephen
Gameplay Programmer

Insert funny quote here

Nikki
Lead Customer Support

My personal mission is to view every single piece of DavidxDwight fanart out there
They sustain me.
Keep 'em coming!

Nikki
Lead Customer Support

To the rest of the CS team and the ACMs:
I am nothing without you.
Thank you for all your work over these 4 years!

Nikki
Lead Customer Support

I can be bribed with a good spreadsheet or pretty charts.
Not pie charts though - those are heresy.

Shiroku
Associate Community Manager

I named The Clown's Perk Pop Goes The Weasel. No joke, that was my idea.

Sofi
Game Designer

Horror games are my favourite, and I've always wanted to work on one.
Working on DbD is a dream come true!

Louis
Gameplay Programmer

A key aspect of surviving a trial is not dying.

Louis
Gameplay Programmer

Take to the stars and explore new realms in the upcoming spin-off adventure, 'Hillbilly Space Programme', coming to a sloped rock near you!.

Louis
Gameplay Programmer

When developing The Plague, we had discussions about whether to model the attack like a vomit assault rifle, a vomit flamethrower, or a vomit shotgun.
Not only did 'Vomit Assault Rifle' end up being the direction we went with, it's also a great name for a band.

Andy
Community Manager

Let there be dead by dayLIGHT!

Andy
Community Manager

How many dead cows are in the game?

Andy
Community Manager

Connection with this quote could not be established.
Please try again.

Justin
Product Manager

To whoever posted 'actual braindead survivor please avoid at all costs' on my Steam profile in 2018, it's still true!

Justin
Product Manager

The game you're playing right now was created by some of the finest developers and team I've ever met.

Justin
Product Manager

No, you can't put that as a quote for the 4th Anniversary.

Alice
Functionality Tester

You'd thinik by now I wouldn't get jump scared!

Alice
Functionality Tester

I can't wait until you guys can see [REDACTED]!

PatBrutal
Community Manager

Acting Jane was an incredible experience and I am glad that I was chosen to do her voice!

PatBrutal
Community Manager

Be happy, enjoy, and have fun! <3

not_Queen
Lead Community Manager

Fact: Diversion should be called Pebble.

not_Queen
Lead Community Manager

WAH!

not_Queen
Lead Community Manager

I started to play Survivor when The Nurse could blink 7 times.
I like to say that I learned DbD on hard mode.

Jérôme
Senior Product Manager

Hey, thanks a lot for playing the game!

Jérôme
Senior Product Manager

Good luck in your upcoming trial.

Jérôme
Senior Product Manager

Is this the real life or is this just Entity?

Peanits
Community Manager

We actually play the game.
But not the role you play.

Patrick
Lead Game Designer

YEEHAW!

Patrick
Lead Game Designer

I'm a terrible source for quotes.

Patrick
Lead Game Designer

No, please, I don't want to add anymore quotes to the database for this event...

Dave
Creative Director

This is for you, long lost friend;it was an honour to work with you
You kept me energised and motivated.
To the best cup, may we remember you forever.
Cheers!

Dave
Creative Director

Happy Anniversary to a remarkable and beautiful community!
Wow, already four years old!
You have grown so much.
Thank you for the shared laughs, the memories, and for the support over the years!

Dave
Creative Director

The only ice cream flavours available in The Entity's Realms are 'Horse Flesh' and 'Pain'.

Michel
Music Composer

One of the key secrets to DbD music is that use a hammer to hit my instruments!

Matt
Design Director

Living the dream.

Matt
Design Director

No, I'm the other Matt.
With three T's.

Matt
Design Director

I don't get it :|

  • *Remi's message after converting from ASCII values: A winner is you.


Challenge

Anniversary Crowns

4th Year Anniversary Crowns were only unlockable for original Characters up to CHAPTER 16.
Licensed Characters could collect them for bonus Bloodpoints, but would be unable to unlock them as a Cosmetic piece.

Each Trial would spawn a Crown PillarIconHelp crownPillar5A with a Crown hovering above it, emitting a sound close-by.
Interacting with the Crown would grant Players a special Score Event "Crowned" and dissolve it into the Character, giving them a special visual effect emanating from their torso for the remainder of the Trial.

The Crown Pillar would randomly despawn and respawn throughout the Map at an interval of between 90-120 seconds, giving each Player a chance to eventually get their own Crown as the Trial progresses.
There was only ever a single Crown Pillar at once on the Map.

Successfully finishing the Trial as Killer or escaping as Survivor with a Crown would unlock its corresponding Cosmetic piece.

Original Cosmetic pieces as shown in the in-game menu:


Log-in Rewards

Logging into the Game during the Anniversary Event will unlock pieces of a special Anniversary Outfit for Claudette Morel and The DeathslingerIconHelpLoading deathslinger and two Anniversary Charms:

Claudette Morel

CM charSelect portrait
30 June - 2 July 2020 25 June - 28 June 2020 5 July - 7 July 2020

The Deathslinger

UK charSelect portrait
23 June - 25 June 2020 2 July - 5 July 2020 28 June - 30 June 2020

Outfit Gallery

Charms

30 June - 7 July 2020 23 June - 30 June 2020


Trivia

  • For a period of time the Ghastly GateauIconFavors ghastlyGateau was bugged twofold and awarded a 140 % bonus percentage to only the Player who burnt the Offering.
  • The Theme Music playing in the Main Menu is a variation of the well-known "Happy Birthday" melody.


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