- Zombies Mode Now Available - 22 May 2019
Greetings and salutations! Survival Games v0.11.9.0 has been uploaded to early access. This build carries a huge fix list, as well as an entirely new game mode. https://media.giphy.com/media/iFPAfA8dSDmB96ghY9/giphy.gif Zombies Mode: This game mode flips the concept of battle royale upside down, with four players working together to defeat the hordes of undead instead of competing against each other. The game type takes place in the urban confines of City 26, which has been sealed behind walls. The Dynamic maps from Battle Royale are also present in Zombies Mode. Each time you play, different buildings will be present, or in different states of destruction. Chests with random contents will also appear in semi random locations. Hard to reach places, will have the best tier loot. https://media.giphy.com/media/L2liHjzrQLMzIlpUO5/giphy.gif Scenarios: A scenario is a level, or campaign withi…
- Devlog 42: Bots and Multiplayer - 29 April 2018
Bots are coming to multiplayer, along with improvements to the matchmaking flow of Survival Games. Keep reading to find out what's going on. Building a community https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F8226098%2F4a2d17c9e15b08b0d98e383820223c5466d30e41.jpg When the 2014 edition of Survival Games shipped, the Xbox 360 player based simply existed from day one up until the end of XBLIG. Steam is an entirely different animal, so we at 2.0 at working on building up a larger community of active gamers. But it's a chicken and egg problem, where people want more people to play so that they as people can play against the people they need to play. Bots Joining You https://media.giphy.com/media/etB9jJP3axmlGHr2uO/giphy.gif We are implementing bots as a ramp, to get games going. Bots will join newly created games, providing the minimum players needed to play a round of Batt…
- Play with Devs #1 is online right now! - 19 April 2018
We're building up the multiplayer base after Survival Game's launch into early access. Keep reading to learn the best times to play, and how to get a free copies for you or your friends! The New Kid https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F8226098%2F91772f5f8133c57cb6327d9d9d8f6dcd40bd9aee.jpg Survival Games is new to early access, having only released a few days ago and Battle Royale games are best with lots of players. This means the multiplayer community is in it's infancy, and we at 2.0 Studios are working to grow it! Discord Community https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F8226098%2F4d15bf77c020b3dd89953068f164dadd1ed12878.png Before we hit early access, we ran a private Beta the used our Discord server as a way to engage with the gamers who play. When we post updates, changelogs and news, this community of 1500 gamers is the first…
- Early Access begins NOW - 11 April 2018
Today is the 10th of April 2018, launch day. As of 10:00pm, you can get a retail copy of Survival Games, at the discounted early access price. What's next? Keep reading to see what's up. Beta Winding Down: https://media.giphy.com/media/47KTjR7vs5G3rbOtP2/giphy.gif 1400 beta keys have been given out and used by the Survival Games community. We're going to be closing down the Beta gradually. This means that Beta users, and Retail users will play together for a while as we transition from private Beta to Early Access. This will be complete by the end of April. About Beta Keys: https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F8226098%2F9c8dcb4cbd595cf0424f1dc52ad5d0b917d4cacc.jpg Beta Keys are not retail keys. They let you play a different version of Survival Games, before the actual launch date. All Beta Keys will all be revoked during April 2018. Consider purchasing Surviv…
- Devlog 41: Ranged Weapons - 7 April 2018
Ranged weapons are what you really want to find in Survival Games if you want to be more than first day fodder. Keep reading to learn about four of our favourites. Battle Rifle https://imgur.com/QK2yAcj.gif Medium to long range, with a three round burst. Load this beast up with Medium bullets and prepare to wreck face. Like all guns, there are rarity variants with the rarest blasting off four rounds per burst instead of three. And yes, it is inspired by Halo 2. Flare Gun https://imgur.com/gUuOo1x.gif Yes I know, it's a nautical tool used to signal help and it's utterly useless in a Battle Royale type game. But it does deal decent damage at range, and start fires. This makes a great distraction, and it's pretty shameful to get finished off by one of these. SWAT Pistol https://imgur.com/n6eHrvg.gif When you combine a regular 9199 Operator with an upgrade kit, you get one of these sexy lit…
- Devlog 41: Ranged Weapons - 7 April 2018
Ranged weapons are what you really want to find in Survival Games if you want to be more than first day fodder. Keep reading to learn about four of our favourites. Battle Rifle https://imgur.com/QK2yAcj.gif Medium to long range, with a three round burst. Load this beast up with Medium bullets and prepare to wreck face. Like all guns, there are rarity variants with the rarest blasting off four rounds per burst instead of three. And yes, it is inspired by Halo 2. Flare Gun https://imgur.com/gUuOo1x.gif Yes I know, it's a nautical tool used to signal help and it's utterly useless in a Battle Royale type game. But it does deal decent damage at range, and start fires. This makes a great distraction, and it's pretty shameful to get finished off by one of these. SWAT Pistol https://imgur.com/n6eHrvg.gif When you combine a regular 9199 Operator with an upgrade kit, you get one of these sexy lit…
- Devlog 40: Tracking for Advanced players + Beta Keys - 5 April 2018
You can track other players in two ways, but most players don't know how. And we've loaded P0P-L0ck up with more Beta keys. Keep reading for the deets. Blood When hurt, all living things bleed. So when you are badly hurt, a bright red trail will be left behind. Crossing rivers and other water can hide the trail, but you really need to heal up. On the flip side, this makes hunting players and fast creatures (like cute bunnies) easier. https://imgur.com/g4tUEV4.gif Footprints Players leave behind footprints on soft terrain, such as grass. These are subtle dark spots, that can tell you if they are running or walking. Look at the spacing of the footprints. Since creatures also leave footprints behind, I'll be enlisting the help of a Penguin to help demonstrate. https://imgur.com/WT8SmUB.gif Tracking These two combined, make finding weaklings who run away from you quite easy. If you are the…
- Devlog 40: Tracking for Advanced players + Beta Keys - 5 April 2018
You can track other players in two ways, but most players don't know how. And we've loaded P0P-L0ck up with more Beta keys. Keep reading for the deets. Blood When hurt, all living things bleed. So when you are badly hurt, a bright red trail will be left behind. Crossing rivers and other water can hide the trail, but you really need to heal up. On the flip side, this makes hunting players and fast creatures (like cute bunnies) easier. https://imgur.com/g4tUEV4.gif Footprints Players leave behind footprints on soft terrain, such as grass. These are subtle dark spots, that can tell you if they are running or walking. Look at the spacing of the footprints. Since creatures also leave footprints behind, I'll be enlisting the help of a Penguin to help demonstrate. https://imgur.com/WT8SmUB.gif Tracking These two combined, make finding weaklings who run away from you quite easy. If you are the…
- Devlog 39: Blue Prints and Construction - 1 March 2018
You can now build structures in Survival Games. This is done by finding Blueprint items in loot, and then using them. Keep reading to find out how to master this new dimension to gameplay in Survival Games. https://media.giphy.com/media/jbwOyGCZdMbGTB14sU/giphy.gif Gotta go fast You don’t want to be stuck in the open placing blocks one by one while someone else takes pot shots at you. Blueprints initiate construction, and complete on their own after several seconds. This leaves you free to completely focus on your survival. Only the parts of the structure currently visible, will offer protection so stay alert until construction is complete. https://media.giphy.com/media/WNmim8alCEnaCT0Is9/giphy.gif Drawing Attention The “Scrap” material all blue prints are constructed from is unique to Blueprint objects. It’s also very visible texture, and this is all on purpose. We want players to easi…
- Devlog 39: Blue Prints and Construction - 1 March 2018
You can now build structures in Survival Games. This is done by finding Blueprint items in loot, and then using them. Keep reading to find out how to master this new dimension to gameplay in Survival Games. https://media.giphy.com/media/jbwOyGCZdMbGTB14sU/giphy.gif Gotta go fast You don’t want to be stuck in the open placing blocks one by one while someone else takes pot shots at you. Blueprints initiate construction, and complete on their own after several seconds. This leaves you free to completely focus on your survival. Only the parts of the structure currently visible, will offer protection so stay alert until construction is complete. https://media.giphy.com/media/WNmim8alCEnaCT0Is9/giphy.gif Drawing Attention The “Scrap” material all blue prints are constructed from is unique to Blueprint objects. It’s also very visible texture, and this is all on purpose. We want players to easi…
- Devlog 38: Deadly Shield Dome - 11 February 2018
A huge deadly wall of energy, that forces you all to fight to the last man. It's been in Survival Games since 2014, so keep reading to learn how to use it to your advantage. Lethal Radius Don't leave the dome, you will die at a rate of 10 damage per 3 seconds. This prevents camping scum from clogging the game when I'm trying play like an normal person. If it's worth the risk however, you can dash out for a chest. Staged Shrinking The dome is not always shrinking, it has periods of safety. You'll get alerts, and the status appearing on the mini-map. When it does, you can outrun it. Because going flat chat and watching a soulless game rule glide past you and leave you to die slowly and alone brings no satisfaction to anyone. Players should be encouraged to kill each other, which is why we put a goddamned dome in the game four years ago. Dynamic Start Size Survival Games supports up to 64…
- Devlog 38: Deadly Shield Dome - 11 February 2018
A huge deadly wall of energy, that forces you all to fight to the last man. It's been in Survival Games since 2014, so keep reading to learn how to use it to your advantage. Lethal Radius Don't leave the dome, you will die at a rate of 10 damage per 3 seconds. This prevents camping scum from clogging the game when I'm trying play like an normal person. If it's worth the risk however, you can dash out for a chest. Staged Shrinking The dome is not always shrinking, it has periods of safety. You'll get alerts, and the status appearing on the mini-map. When it does, you can outrun it. Because going flat chat and watching a soulless game rule glide past you and leave you to die slowly and alone brings no satisfaction to anyone. Players should be encouraged to kill each other, which is why we put a goddamned dome in the game four years ago. Dynamic Start Size Survival Games supports up to 64…
- Devlog 37: Chicken dinner - 21 January 2018
Survival Games has creatures, lots of wildly different creatures that you can hunt and eat. Read on to learn about some that are in the Beta right now. Clucky This humble bird is an excellent source of delicious meat, that can be cooked. These are common, and won't attack you. Howler A vicious member of the Canine family, this grey coated beastie will attack and eat you if it gets the chance. Be careful in forests, as this is their native home. Hogger Unlike it's piggy cousin, the Oinker, this beast is not afraid to attack tributes who get too close. Razor sharp tusks and a mean temperament make these a dangerous encounter if you want to hunt them for their meat. Skeleton They say that these were once pirates who had had so much mischeif to do, that death could not stop them. You'll find them around beaches and ruined pirate ships. They carry items left over from their days on the seas,…
- Devlog 37: Chicken dinner - 21 January 2018
Survival Games has creatures, lots of wildly different creatures that you can hunt and eat. Read on to learn about some that are in the Beta right now. Clucky This humble bird is an excellent source of delicious meat, that can be cooked. These are common, and won't attack you. Howler A vicious member of the Canine family, this grey coated beastie will attack and eat you if it gets the chance. Be careful in forests, as this is their native home. Hogger Unlike it's piggy cousin, the Oinker, this beast is not afraid to attack tributes who get too close. Razor sharp tusks and a mean temperament make these a dangerous encounter if you want to hunt them for their meat. Skeleton They say that these were once pirates who had had so much mischeif to do, that death could not stop them. You'll find them around beaches and ruined pirate ships. They carry items left over from their days on the seas,…
- Devlog 36 - Where to find loot - 6 January 2018
In Survival Games, loot is essential to your survival. In this post, I'll be covering the many different ways you can get your gear in Survival Games. Wooden Chests These common chests have decent gear such as melee weapons or a gun. You can tell if one has been opened, so you don't have to run into danger to check. Gold, Silver and Bronze Chests These ones have better gear, like a legendary sniper rifle. But you'll need to find Bronze, silver or Gold keys to open them. Lockpicks will also open these, but will take a long time, so be careful. Timed Chests These rare beauties have similar contents to Gold chests. But they unlock at a specific time after you interact with them. If you find one, that's already counting down, there is probably someone nearby waiting… Spawners You'll also find guns, ammo, food and crafting supplies just lying around in the wilderness or in houses. These come…
- Devlog 36 - Where to find loot - 6 January 2018
In Survival Games, loot is essential to your survival. In this post, I'll be covering the many different ways you can get your gear in Survival Games. Wooden Chests These common chests have decent gear such as melee weapons or a gun. You can tell if one has been opened, so you don't have to run into danger to check. Gold, Silver and Bronze Chests These ones have better gear, like a legendary sniper rifle. But you'll need to find Bronze, silver or Gold keys to open them. Lockpicks will also open these, but will take a long time, so be careful. Timed Chests These rare beauties have similar contents to Gold chests. But they unlock at a specific time after you interact with them. If you find one, that's already counting down, there is probably someone nearby waiting… Spawners You'll also find guns, ammo, food and crafting supplies just lying around in the wilderness or in houses. These come…
- Devlog 34 - Beta now open, Get your key - 27 December 2017
The Survival Games Battle Royale beta is now open. Speak to our Discord bot, POP-L0CK to request a beta key. More detail within. You will need a Beta key to access the Beta, and these are free. Over on our Discord channel, I've written a bot that can hand them out. Say this to the Bot: @POP-L0K I volunteer as tribute He'll DM you a key, and the instructions on how to use it. This is a small Beta, and we want to work closely with those of you who participate. Multiplayer will be turned off from time to time, if we find a huge bug or just want to consolidate our users into one session with a higher player count. The very first thing we want to find out, is if it installs and launches correctly on your machine. As most PC gamers know, every gaming rig is a unique set of parts and software. Sure Survival Games runs on our dev machines and test rigs, but does it run on your gaming PC? Let us…
- Devlog 34 - Beta now open, Get your key - 27 December 2017
The Survival Games Battle Royale beta is now open. Speak to our Discord bot, POP-L0CK to request a beta key. More detail within. You will need a Beta key to access the Beta, and these are free. Over on our Discord channel, I've written a bot that can hand them out. Say this to the Bot: @POP-L0K I volunteer as tribute He'll DM you a key, and the instructions on how to use it. This is a small Beta, and we want to work closely with those of you who participate. Multiplayer will be turned off from time to time, if we find a huge bug or just want to consolidate our users into one session with a higher player count. The very first thing we want to find out, is if it installs and launches correctly on your machine. As most PC gamers know, every gaming rig is a unique set of parts and software. Sure Survival Games runs on our dev machines and test rigs, but does it run on your gaming PC? Let us…
- Devlog 33 - The Battle Box - 10 December 2017
In this post, I'll be discussing the spawning system of Survival Games and how it effects the early part of the game. The Battle Box, is a shipping crate with some jet engines slapped on the side by the A.C.R.O.N.Y.M corporation. Players begin each round onboard, and can jump out while the Battle Box flies over random trajectories of the island. After you jump, there is skydiving stage that lasts about a minute. If you angle down, you'll hit the ground sooner. If go for distance, and deploy your glider with you'll take much longer. Upon landing on the ground, the Glider is removed from your inventory. Aggressive players who land soon, will be rewarded with the opportunity to loot the world first. Players who are cautious, will likely make it to the end game. But they may lack the gear to triumph in the end. It's really your call every time you play. Some readers are aware of the 2014 re…
- Devlog 33 - The Battle Box - 10 December 2017
In this post, I'll be discussing the spawning system of Survival Games and how it effects the early part of the game. The Battle Box, is a shipping crate with some jet engines slapped on the side by the A.C.R.O.N.Y.M corporation. Players begin each round onboard, and can jump out while the Battle Box flies over random trajectories of the island. After you jump, there is skydiving stage that lasts about a minute. If you angle down, you'll hit the ground sooner. If go for distance, and deploy your glider with you'll take much longer. Upon landing on the ground, the Glider is removed from your inventory. Aggressive players who land soon, will be rewarded with the opportunity to loot the world first. Players who are cautious, will likely make it to the end game. But they may lack the gear to triumph in the end. It's really your call every time you play. Some readers are aware of the 2014 re…
