- Final sale, exit from Early Access - 22 May 2025
Dear community, Thank you once again for being a part of the Bytewerkz journey. As you may already know, effective June 5th, 2025, all Bytewerkz games will have their ability to be purchased removed on both the Steam and Humble Bundle storefronts. Those who own any Bytewerkz games will continue to be able to play them, however the games will not receive any updates. This is because Bytewerkz is closing. We want to again express our utmost gratitude for your incredible support and dedication over the past 3 years. Your enthusiasm for our games has meant the world to us, and we cherish the memories and community we've built together. Due to community request, we are releasing the game from Early Access in it's current state, and all games by Bytewerkz are now on sale for 75% off. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
- So long, and thanks for all the fish! - 5 May 2025
Dear community, Thank you for being a part of the Bytewerkz journey. It is with a heavy heart that we must announce the upcoming closure of Bytewerkz. This was not an easy decision, and it comes after much consideration and exploration of all available options to us. Effective June 5th, 2025, all Bytewerkz games will be removed from sale on both the Steam and Humble Bundle storefronts. Those who own any Bytewerkz games will continue to be able to play them, however the games will not receive any updates. We want to express our deepest gratitude for your incredible support, passion, and dedication over the past 3 years. Your enthusiasm for our games has meant the world to us, and we cherish the memories and community we've built together. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
- Humble Bundle store page updated, update soon! - 28 October 2024
Greetings survivors! The humble bundle store page has been updated. Check it out here!: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/your-journey-of-survival Additionally, we're hard at work on Alpha 4. Stay tuned for an upcoming sneak peek at the new update!
- Official Servers back online, update now on public default branch - 23 July 2024
Greetings Survivors! We have resolved the issue with Steam, and Alpha 3 is now on the main public branch. Additionally, the official servers are back online! Cheers!
- Temporary Issue with Steam: Alpha 3 available via 'temp_' beta branch - 17 July 2024
Greetings Survivors! Alpha 3 is currently only available through the temp_ beta branch, due to a temporary issue with Steam (we are currently unable to publish it to the main public branch). We are working with Steam to resolve this issue ASAP! As a result of this, Official Dedicated Servers may be delayed to the Alpha 3 update, and will be updated ASAP as well!
- Alpha 3 - 17 July 2024
Alpha 3 has arrived! Though unfortunately it doesn't contain all the features and additions we would have liked to add into Alpha 3, we've fixed a lot of bugs and improved some things for QOL! We look forward to sharing with the community some upcoming features and improvements with Alpha 3.1 in a future news post! Added: SCAR Assault Rifle Fixes and Improvements: Changed the UI - it is now more fluid and easier to navigate and use. Fixed nullptr crash. Fixed lighting bug with Wall Lamps Clothes no longer hold any items. Inventory is now strictly held on the player. Player inventory size increased to account for singular inventory storage space. 7/16/2024 10:06 PM MST: Greetings Survivors! Alpha 3 is currently only available through the temp_ beta branch, due to a temporary issue with Steam (we are currently unable to publish it to the main public branch). We are working with Steam to r…
- Your Journey of Survival is part of the Open World Survival Crafting Fest! - 25 May 2024
Greetings Survivors! Your Journey of Survival will be participating in the Open World Survival Crafting Fest, and will be -55% off, starting May 27th. We would love for you to pick up the game and check it out!
- Developer company name change (does not affect game's development!) - 7 May 2024
Greetings survivors! We wanted to let everyone know, that we have changed our company name to Bytewerkz, from Smartly Gophered Games. The reason for this change is simplicity, an easier to remember name, as well as opening the company up to other potential software development opportunities in the future (not strictly limited to game development, as the previous name was). We will begin updating the website, as well as Steam, Discord, Twitter, and everywhere else with our new company name and branding. Rest assured that we have not stopped development on Your Journey of Survival or Project Speed 2, and that development is indeed still full-steam (no Steam pun intended)-ahead!
- Your Journey of Survival - Steam Artwork Update - 17 April 2024
Greetings Survivors! This is not an update for the game, but rather a small little announcement to let everyone know that we've updated the Artwork for the game on Steam. This artwork features a nice, painted background, with a cozy and isolated cabin in the foreground. You'll see artwork like this (with (new) YJOS logo): Or this (without (new) YJOS logo): Around various places on Steam that have to do with Your Journey of Survival. A big thanks to Adaline for making this new (and stunning!) artwork for Your Journey of Survival!
- Alpha 2.2 - Graphical improvements, bug fixes, new achievements, and more! - 12 April 2024
Greetings Survivors! We're pleased to be releasing Alpha 2.2, which brings some graphical improvements, bug fixes, new achievements, PVP improvements, NPC improvements, and more official servers! Added: Achievement: Kill a ranged enemy Achievement: Kill 5 ranged enemies Achievement: Kill 50 ranged enemies Achievement: Kill 100 ranged enemies Achievement: Green Thumb Achievement: Green Fingers Several more NPC spawn locations, and more NPCs at cave Bullet drop Changed: DirectX12 renderer is now default. You can go back to DirectX11 by using a custom launch parameter, -dx11, in your custom launch options on Steam when launching YJOS. Server rental button now redirects to our website's rent a server page, which lists our official server host providers Bugfixes: Character clipping through world Multiplayer lag causing inventory to disappear in servers NPCs no longer drop ludicrous amounts o…
- 4NETPLAYERS brings servers to Your Journey of Survival - 3 April 2024
Greetings Survivors! We have partnered with 4NETPLAYERS to bring you more Your Journey of Survival server hosting options, and open several more official servers for the game! You can check out our list of official server host providers here on our website at this link: https://smartlygopheredgames.com/rentaserver/ Or, you can also check out 4NETPLAYERS directly by going to this link: https://www.4netplayers.com/en-us/gameserver-hosting/your-journey-of-survival/ Cheers!
- Official Website Store launched! - 3 April 2024
Greetings Survivors! We have launched an official store on our website! Check it out here: https://smartlygopheredgames.com/store/ Cheers!
- Alpha 2.1 - 29 March 2024
Greetings Survivors! This update mostly fixes some bugs, and brings some performance improvements. It does also add a few quality of life features and some graphical enhancements. Server Owners!: If you are running a save prior to Alpha 2, you may need to wipe your server as the save may not update accordingly with the new versions (for example, POIs might have missing pieces, etc). Added: Lumen Global Illumination options (60 and 30 FPS targetting) Reset graphics to defaults button Auto detect graphics button (based on PC specs) Shading Quality options Changed: Removed some unnecessary texts on certain menus Spawnrate for Bandit outpost POI (now every 1 hour and 30 minutes) Bugfixes: Fixed Stone Knife name and icon Animals getting stuck (this is another iteration of this fix, and this problem is still being worked on) Chat not always working Hammer picking some items up, but converting…
- Alpha 2 - 10 February 2024
Greetings Survivors! We wanted and promised to get this update to you, which adds some frequently requested features, and squashes some bugs that you all have reported! We're already hard at work on Alpha 3, and some new and exciting things, which we'll share more info about in the coming weeks - keep an eye out for more news! Added: Map (toggle using M) Minimap (hide/unhide using F8) New POIs (primitive bandit camp & graveyard) Map lore... visibility of upcoming part of map... more to be announced later! New thirst UI icon Changes: Toolbar moved from left side to bottom of screen Make debug light (will be replaced with proper lights like helmets, etc later on) have a larger radius Interact key is now by default E (this can of course be remapped) Balanced and tweaked food & water stats, will now drain in a more balanced way Raised the skylimit (you can now build even higher) NPCs used t…
- Limited time, special promotion for Your Journey of Survival! - 45% off! - 26 January 2024
Your Journey of Survival is running a limited time, special promotion until tomorrow for 45% off! Pick it up on Steam here!: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2514900/Your_Journey_of_Survival/ Come join us on Twitter!: https://twitter.com/sggdev0 And you can also join us on Discord!: discord.gg/v6EJqnQ
- Your Journey of Survival is now available on Humble Bundle, + more news! - 26 December 2023
Your Journey of Survival is now available on Humble Bundle! Check it out at the link below: https://www.humblebundle.com/g/your_journey_of_survival In other news, we will be adding Linux support to YJOS with Alpha 3 or Alpha 4. Alpha 2 is coming along nicely. So far we have a map being worked on, with customizable waypoints, a dead body marker, and more. We also have some new POIs being worked on, which should definitely liven up gameplay. PVP will also be getting some improvements, which should make things more interesting, challenging, and fun for the PVP players out there!
- Alpha 1.1 - 21 December 2023
Alpha 1.1 is here! This update adds some new QoL features, and fixes some bugs. Added: -Player light (toggle using L) -Compass (Toggle on using I, hold K to only show it when button is held) -Remappable keybindings for Chat, Player light, and Compass Fixed: -Checkerboard texturing when changing graphics settings -Tree collisions being abnormally big -Tool equipping being confusing - you now have to put it in either Primary or Secondary slots on the left side panel to equip, and the Primary and Secondary slots are automatically binded to 1 and 2 on the hotbar -Inventory being able to be regained if you log out and log back into a server right after dying -Stone pickaxe not mining Copper or Silver ores (it should, but in low quantities)
- Your Journey of Survival has been released! - 20 December 2023
Good news Survivors! Valve has given us the 'green light'! Your Journey of Survival has been released today, December 20th, 2023! You can now purchase it on the Steam Store! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2514900/Your_Journey_of_Survival/ For more information on why it was not released yesterday, please check out our previous announcement here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2514900/view/3881604046428334246
- Important update about game release - 19 December 2023
Unfortunately, we're unable to release Your Journey of Survival this morning, December 19, 2023 (6 AM MST, 1 PM UTC), since Valve has not yet approved the first public build of YJOS for it's initial release into Steam Early Access. So far, we have not heard back from Valve at all in regards to this matter. We will keep everyone updated and release the game as soon as we get the "green light". We're very sorry for this hiccup! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2514900/Your_Journey_of_Survival/
