The Anacrusis News

Halfway through my demo session with The Anacrusis, the upcoming co-op sci-fi shooter from Stray Bombay, things had devolved into chaos. But it was a magical kind of chaos. Our progress down the concourse of a massive derelict starship had been interrupted by a brief musical sting, then the distant shrieks of an oncoming horde. It was the trigger for a Pavlovian thrill response etched into my brain through hundreds of hours of Left 4 Dead...
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This week, Chet and Wil get into the thick of it and talk about names. Naming, it turns out, is difficult. Everything from the guns to the achievements to the characters to the enemies needs to be named, and we get into it. Really into it.

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The best way to stay up to date on the latest news about The Anacrusis is to smash the Wishlist button attached to this post (or on our Steam page. If you love co-op games and want to play them with a group of wonderful humans, join the Stray Bombay Discord. We're also actively recruiting testers for observed playtests from the Discord community, so you may even get a sneak peek at the game. And if you make mods and would like to be among the first wave of modders for The Anacrusis, the signup form for early access to our mod tools is here. Follow us on GameJolt!

This week, Chet and Will dig into characters. Building on the work he did with Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, Chet talks about the process for building believable characters in The Anacrusis and digs into how we use them to do everything from telling the story of the game to teaching players how to use our weapons.

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The best way to stay up to date on the latest news about The Anacrusis is to smash the Wishlist button attached to this post (or on our Steam page. If you love co-op games and want to play them with a group of wonderful humans, join the Stray Bombay Discord. We're also actively recruiting testers for observed playtests from the Discord community, so you may even get a sneak peek at the game. And if you make mods and would like to be among the first wave of modders for The Anacrusis, the signup form for early access to our mod tools is here. Follow us on GameJolt!

This week, on the dev blog, Chet and Will talk about talking about The Anacrusis! They discuss why we're putting video on TikTok, why we do these dev blogs, and the secret of doing good, almost-but-not-quite-oversharing sharing. You can check out the latest footage here and be sure to follow us on Tiktok.

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The best way to stay up to date on the latest news about The Anacrusis is to smash the Wishlist button attached to this post (or on our Steam page. If you love co-op games and want to play them with a group of wonderful humans, join the Stray Bombay Discord. We're also actively recruiting testers for observed playtests from the Discord community, so you may even get a sneak peek at the game. And if you make mods and would like to be among the first wave of modders for The Anacrusis, the signup form for early access to our mod tools is here.

Thanks for watching and we'll see you all next week!

We're back and we're talking more about The Anacrusis. This week, Chet and Will talk about grenades, why they're in the game, the evolution of our different kinds of 'nades, why we chose off-hand vs. inventory-equipped grenades, and Chet's ultimate excuse for lighting teammates on fire. Also, we introduce the Jump Rope of Death!

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The best way to stay up to date on the latest news about The Anacrusis is to smash the Wishlist button attached to this post (or on our Steam page. If you love co-op games and want to play them with a group of wonderful humans, join the Stray Bombay Discord. We're also actively recruiting testers for observed playtests from the Discord community, so you may even get a sneak peek at the game. And if you make mods and would like to be among the first wave of modders for The Anacrusis, the signup form for early access to our mod tools is here.

Thanks for watching and we'll see you all next week!