'Get lost in time and space as you confront unending waves of enemies, new and old,' says Red Hook of the new quest type, 'pushing ever closer to the crash site of the Comet. Red Hook's expansion will also bring new trinkets, purchasable from the Nomad Wagon using Comet Shards, plus a new quest type which sounds an awful lot like a horde mode. To that end, The Color of Madness will feature a new farm-themed area, and an appropriately agricultural new enemy faction in the form of Miller and his farmhands who 'roam the area around the windmill, spreading the all-consuming influence of the Comet's light.' There has been no word from the farm in a fortnight, save for the unearthly groaning that echoes from the ruin of the mill.'

'Some hateful shard of alien origin has streaked through the night sky, crashing into the old Miller's farm on the outskirts of the Hamlet!', says Red Hook, 'Those unfortunate enough to witness the Comet's arrival have been blinded by what they can only describe as a shifting, ephemeral hue of damnably abrasive intensity.

The Color of Madness will be the third paid expansion for Red Hook's visually striking, relentlessly punishing turn-based RPG, following on from The Crimson Court and the more recent, smaller-scale Shieldbreaker DLC.

Developer Red Hook has announced The Color of Madness, the latest paid DLC expansion for its superb Lovecraftian stress box, Darkest Dungeon.

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