Survival Snippets #40

Pumpkin Spice Everywhere.

❗ Noteworthy

• Dead Matter launched pretty poorly- whatever setting is beyond “dumpster fire” would probably be a good label. Most developer engagement seems to be limited to Discord, where I snapped this:

  

• Fargone is still alive! The developer apologizes for the bit of radio silence- basically, the upcoming patch has spawned into almost a soft relaunch of the game. Drop into the link for the full breakdown of what he’s working on, including an array of pictures!
  (Steam News)

• ARE YOU IN WARSAW? Go test Frostpunk 2 and tell me how it is!
  Can only test in person, unfortunately :(
  (Sign Up Form)

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📰 Survival News

• *drumroll* Many neat things are coming down the pipeline for Escape the Pacific; this Q4 update will have some great stuff.
  (Steam News)

• Good read on the content coming to SurrounDead within the next few updates. I like the look of the new journal UI, though I’ll withhold judgment till I see how it handles within the game. Thumbs up for the (future) implementation of the quest system! I like this laptop idea.
  (Steam News)

• RTE Worlds just released a new trailer. 🤔 I’m still not seeing a lot of survival in the title, though it does look like an interesting action/exploration-type game. (I’m not a fan of giant numbers popping up for XP/damage in combat.) Be sure to slide into the comments with your thoughts, especially if you played the developer’s previous title- Road to Eden.
  

• I’ve never tried Wayward, but it looks adorable. It’s an older game - visually, it looks like Stardew Valley had a baby with UnReal World.
  (Steam Store)

• A small patch for Forever Skies dropped today- props for finally including the ability to hide UI for snazzy screenshots.
  (Steam News)

• A new devlog from Winter Survival about the bear. I’m a little confused by this meandering intro on how “they wanted a game different than other survival games” and “wanted to give a challenging experience that would constantly put your skills to the test.” Enter this bear, which wanders around as a pain in the ass in Endless Mode, their sandbox. So, spoiler, you either bait him with a decoy or go to a new area that he isn’t in to stay safe. I missed the ‘challenging and different’ aspect of the devlog.
  (Steam News)

• Enshrouded will debut a public demo on October 9th. Expect Dee and I to post a review of our time in the survival multiplayer action RPG title. Parsing through the videos, I think the game will be a hit for builders- folks interested in dialed back (or absent) impactful survival mechanics-or folks that ever wanted to toss Valheim, New World, and Conan Exiles into a bag, shake it, and play whatever came out!
  (Website)

• Mist Survival continues to post sporadic progress reports detailing some interesting new shit, but this is only the experimental (test) branch.
  (Steam News)

• Random ginormous patch of bug fixes from Beam Team. Stranded Deep slightly alive briefly?
  (Steam News)

• If you have an expensive NVidia card and like having Icarus look fancy, follow these steps.
  (Steam News)

• Bit of a sleeper title. If you liked Raft and you like space, be sure to check out Life Not Supported. The new patch features fresh content.
  (Steam News)

• Chunky patch for Conan Exiles, including the long-awaited revamp of the Purge system. It's a good time to check the game out, as it’s on massive sale till the end of the month.
  (Steam News)

• Survive the Nights is brewing a rollicking content patch with several traps - I like these shotgun traps.
  (Twitter)
  

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