POSTAL Brain Damaged News

[h2]Get POSTAL: Brain Damaged right NOW! Civvie says you have to![/h2]

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]



The base game is available 20% off this week, and so is the soundtrack and the art book. You can grab them all together in the Connoisseur Edition:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26678/POSTAL_Brain_Damaged__Connoisseur_Edition

But that's not all. If you own POSTAL 2 or POSTAL 4, some Hyperstrange classics, or some other FPS gems coming from our friends, you can get an even deeper discount taking advantage of one of the following bundles:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26547/From_DUSK_Till_DUDE/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26549/Brain_Reaper/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26550/Brawns_and_Brains/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26556/ELDERBRAIN_Damaged/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26557/Dude_West/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26624/Cheesy_OneLiners_Galore/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26558/Leys_RAYZE_Dude/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26555/DUDE_on_DUDE_vol_1/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26554/DUDE_on_DUDE_vol_2/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26559/Brain_Damaged_Bloodnight/



Several things in the game, despite its initial perfectness, have been improved in our quest for godlike quality never before seen in games, let alone the POSTAL series. If you can read, you can find out what changed in the patch notes below. If you can't, and your aunt Flo is reading this to you, just go and play the game as usual.

[h2]Patch Notes[/h2]
[h3]Straight outta suburbia[/h3]

• Fight in front of the starting house rebalanced
  
• Fight in front of the spooky house rebalanced
  
• Blue key fight rebalanced
  
• Final fight rebalanced
  
• Misc adjustments to the enemy placement in the overall level
  

[h3]The Bareback Redemption[/h3]

• The panopticon fight rebalanced
  
• Bigger on the inside
  
• Chain arena fight rebalanced
  

[h3]All are mad here, Dude[/h3]

• Final arena fight rebalanced
  

[h3]Definitions of insanity[/h3]

• First fire fountain fight rebalanced
  

[h3]Area 69[/h3]

• Silo fight rebalanced
  

[h3]Audio[/h3]

• Pizza and burger pickup audio added
  
• Farty Pants cloud of poop now has sound
  
• Gibbing stops npcs VO
  
• Fixed Covid death audio, it’s more in sync now
  
• Balloons are more interactive now
  
• Added tv static in a certain secret
  
• Leap of Hay
  
• Illuminati door aren’t silent anymore
  
• Fluorescent lights have a humming sound now
  
• Ferris wheel no longer silent
  
• Npc audio range is longer
  

[h2]Misc[/h2]

• Added sequence notification in all sequential contraptions
  

Enough of that. Go play the game!

Your true family and friends:
Hyperstrange and RWS

As we all know, POSTAL: Brain Damaged is PERFECT, but we are Hyperstrange, so - naturally - we want to make it PERFECTER. So here's our first POST-release patch. But first, a POSTAL-babe!

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

YEAH! Feast your eyes on that beauty, before the beauty feasts on your eyes! You're gonna need them to read...

[h2]THE CHANGELOG[/h2]

• Fixed second boss saving issues
  
• Fixed end boss saving issues
  
• Quicksaves are saved on disk upon saving, instead of when quitting the game
  
• Cutscenes force vsync for their duration, should fix screen tearing
  
• Final boss overlapping audio fixed
  
• Added "-novideo" launch option, might help with game crashing in certain instances
  
• The prison showers in "Bareback redemption" shouldn't block progress now
  
• Suburbia leaderboard exploit fixed
  
• Sniffing in the vip zone aquarium breaking blocker fixed
  
• Sniffing in the vip zone blue key killplane added
  
• Fixed quick pills effect persisting through scene changes
  
• Ragdoll and physical object saving should not cause performance issues anymore
  
• Penterator moaning can be adjusted in audio settings now
  
• ammo capacity increased for all weapons, should make ammo management easier for now. The issue will be addressed properly in the balancing update
  
• ambient stopping aftewr player death fixed
  
• fixed leocalisation of move left and move right in control settings
  
• achievement description fixed (GYMCEL, TAKE THE BLUE PILL, DOUBLE THE EXCITEMENT)
  
• added default controller template for steam
  
• fixed weapon wheel time slowdown persisting between scenes
  
• fixed kill plane/reset level exploit
  
• combat music condition checking fixed, should be way more consistent now
  
• added optional dynamic combat music, you can set number of hostiles that trigger combat music in audio settings (0 disables dynamic combat music)
  
• all beam attacks have their audio moved to end point, you can actually hear the beams now
  
• Unity engine version updated

Yeah, beam enemies should *feel* more fair now. Stop crying. As said before, today's update is only the first one ahead in the imminent future. Here's the summary of things to expect:

[h2]THE ROADMAP[/h2]

• Post-release fix - an update taking care of the known issues reported by the players, that slipped into the full release
• Balancing update - some players, as well as some internet micro-celebrities, have brought to our attention that the game offers way to much ammo if you explore the levels 'Quake-style', and far too little if you prefer to push on 'Doom Eternal-style'. The update will take care of that issue, allowing everyone to enjoy the game in their preferred playstyle. The update will also reconfigure some of the enemy positioning, spawns, and behavior. (ETA: One month)
  
• New playmodes - With that taken care of, the dev team will proceed to expanding the game itself, introducing an oft-requested horde mode, as well as another playmode offering a new, and replayable PBD experience. (ETA: This summer)
  
• More to be announced!

Are we done for today? Nope! There's one more thing. We really want you to follow Hyperstrange Twitter and join Hyperstrange Discord. Why? So you don't miss out on fun stuff, such as...

[h2]THE FAN ART COMPO[/h2]

Damn. You missed the submission deadline. Should've listened and followed that Hyperstrange Twitter and joined Hyperstrange Discord. There were some very nice prizes, too! But hey, you're right on time too see some GREAT fan art by some of the winners:



Yup, that's all. You can all go now, and adjust the Penetrator's moaning in the audio settings, or try if that exploit for getting a time on Suburbia leader boards was really fixed-fixed. Really, go! Nothing more to see here.

Your true friends and family,
[h2]Hyperstrange & RWS[/h2]

Hyperstrange-developed POSTAL: Brain Damaged, the action-packed DOOM Eternal-like spin-off of the POSTAL series is finally here, and if you own any of the eligible RWS or Hyperstrange titles, or some other staple throwback-shooters like DUSK, Hedon, or Nightmare Reaper, you can get PBD with an additional discount added on top of -20% release discount via one of the special bundle deals.

Plus, we're happy to report it really SLAPS! With more than 1100 reviews it currently enjoys an 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rating, with more than 95% players recommending the game.



Yes, Hyperstrange really pulled this one off. The game is good and the release has been relatively bug-free despite the 2-week delay made explicitly to implement some bugs and stay on-brand. But it wouldn't be a POSTAL release if something haven't gone wrong. Many of you were waiting for the release of the POSTAL: Brain Damaged Official Soundtrack. The wait is finally over! The OST has arrived, and you can get it separately or bundled with the official Art Book in the POSTAL: Brain Damaged - Connoisseur Edition.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]



The Hyperstrange Dev team is very grateful for the amazing reception of PBD. This gives them even more motivation to improve and expand the game post-release. Here's what to expect soon:

• Post-release fix - an update taking care of the known issues reported by the players, that slipped into the full release (ETA: One week)
  
• Balancing update - some players, as well as some internet micro-celebrities, have brought to our attention that the game offers way to much ammo if you explore the levels 'Quake-style', and far too little if you prefer to push on 'Doom Eternal-style'. The update will take care of that issue, allowing everyone to enjoy the game in their preferred playstyle. The update will also reconfigure some of the enemy positioning, spawns, and behavior. (ETA: One month)
  
• New playmodes - With that taken care of, the dev team will proceed to expanding the game itself, introducing an oft-requested horde mode, as well as another playmode offering a new, and replayable PBD experience. (ETA: This summer)
  
• More to be announced!

Hyperstrange and RWS are both extremely pleased with the reception of POSTAL: Brain Damaged. We're as excited as you are, to see what the future will bring to this explosive and twisted spin-off.

Your true friends and family,
[h2]Hyperstrange & RWS[/h2]

The HYPERSTRANGE Doom-inspired, boomer-shooter take on Running With Scissors cult POSTAL series is finally here, so we'd ask you to line up in orderly fashion and proceed towards Steam Checkout. It's 6/9, POSTAL: Brain Damaged day, everyone!

[h3]NOTE: OST + Art Book Availability[/h3]

We know there's many of you eagerly awaiting to toss a coin to our musicians and artists. However technical difficulties that are beyond our control prevent us from uploading and distributing DLC content at this time. We hope this can be resolved soon, and we're very sorry for your troube.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1359980/POSTAL_Brain_Damaged/

You can grab POSTAL: Brain Damaged right now, with a special release-week discount of 15% OFF. But that's not all. PBD is our tribute to the entire community of shooter fans, and Doom enjoyers (even those, who like their Doom turn-based, like in Jupiter Hell). If you're one of us, we want to thank you, by offering you even further discount on PBD. Same goes to our Hyperstrange friends who have supported us on our journey playing ELDERBORN, CROSSBOW, and our more recent productions. Take a look at the deals isted below and see if you can chip off few extra bucks off the price.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26547/From_DUSK_Till_DUDE/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26549/Brain_Reaper/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26550/Brawns_and_Brains/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26556/ELDERBRAIN_Damaged/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26557/Dude_West/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26624/Cheesy_OneLiners_Galore/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26558/Leys_RAYZE_Dude/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26555/DUDE_on_DUDE_vol_1/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26554/DUDE_on_DUDE_vol_2/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26559/Brain_Damaged_Bloodnight/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26600/POSTAL_Brain_Damaged_x_Project_Warlock_2/

So many excuses to get Brain Damaged! Trust us. It's worth it. And every single of this games is well worth your time, so why stop at just buying PBD?

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Still, make sure you have time to go deep down the rabbit hole of the Dude's freakshow of a psyche!

[h2]Story time![/h2]

In preparation for POSTAL: Brain Damaged arrival your overlords at Running With Scissors conceived a video game franchise and nurtured it for a quarter of a century. The world-wide cult formed around its protagonist, a multi-incarnate entity known as the Dude. After their idol’s second coming, the believers were put to a test and most will agree the third coming never happened. Surprisingly, the fourth coming did take place setting apart the zealots from those of little faith. But then, a vessel has been found in the slavic wilds of Europe to be inseminated with… inspiration. And so, another coming of the Dude was foretold. Neither third, nor fifth, something else entirely. A HARD coming.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Scholars argue where this new incarnation of the Dude - the Brain Damaged Dude - falls in the dude-linage and continuum. Some propose the 3rd Dude should be considered an impostor, if not Antidude, and the BD Dude is the „real shit”. Others are convinced all Dudes are one, with some pointing out there’s the Dude Father and Dude Son mentioned in the scripture. Those more scientifically inclined adhere to a multi-dimensional theory stating that each Dude exists in a separate paralel universe. Those closer to enlightenment correct them saying: „no, not paralel, it’s actually more like perpendicular, a bit askew, and generally wobbly universe”. All of them are correct. One thing is certain - whatever its actual connection to the POSTALVERSE cannon and dogma might be, 6/9 is the day of reckoning and POSTAL: Brain Damaged is here to SLAP!

[h2]Enjoy![/h2]

[h2]Your true friends & family,[/h2]
&


[h2]PS. Coming up NEXT from Hyperstrange:[/h2]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1693280/Supplice/
Supplice is a stylish throwback shooter inspired by the mid-90s FPS glory days and the legendary Doom modding community. Mixing the retro stylings of 90s era shooters with colorful graphics and frantic gameplay, it creates an experience that's ever so familiar but also exciting and fresh. Make sure to check out the DEMO and wishlist the game!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1317020/77p_egg_Eggwife/
You know you'll enjoy POSTAL made by Hyperstrange. What if POSTAL was made by Monthy Python? EGGWIFE is half-game, half-shitpost, all-around British. After a sexual mishap, our hero 77p egg finds itself on a quest to find a new wife while the world is overrun by sentient sewage and a milk-obsessed cult. A dumb and crass FPS inspired by the likes of Postal 2, Duke 3D, and Goat Simulator. Make sure to wishlist the game, etiquette demands it!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1693290/Skullstone/
Skullstone is a true to its form dungeon crawler with grid-based movement, real-time tactics combat, and first-person view. Lead a party of adventurers into the under-realm, looking for glory, gold, and a solution to the ancient evil plaguing the town above. Well, adventurer? Get crawling! Check out the DEMO i wishlist the game.

In just one week everything you thought you knew about yourself, the universe, and everything else is going to change. Posing as a video game, our Hyperstrange broadcast will go directly into your subconsciousness, planting images and ideas in your mind. Images too disturbing for the eyes, ideas to risque for words. You will never be the same again. And you’ll enjoy every last second of „playing” POSTAL: Brain Damaged (PBD for short). But before we delve even further, take a moment, and click that "WISHLIST" button, if you haven't done so already.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1359980/POSTAL_Brain_Damaged/

There’s a lot that you need to know about the „game”, to ensure proper mass digital inception on 6/9, at 9am Pacific Time, so make sure you won't be disturbed for the next few minutes to properly ingest and digest the following true statements.

[h2]PBD is POSTAL re-imagined by Hyperstrange[/h2]

POSTAL: Brain Damaged is an official SPIN-OFF to Running With Scissors' legendary series of games,and it was designed, developed and co-published by Hyperstrange, a Polish indie development and publishing studio. More important than the game’s linage is its re-imagining of the series gameplay. The POSTAL series is known for its open-ended, make-your-own-fun, sand-boxy style. Nothing of sorts in PBD.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
Come prepared for a fast-paced, old-school shooter with some state-of-the-art throwback graphics, hand-crafted levels, and gameplay more challenging and adrenaline-filled than in any other previous POSTAL game. This is a whole new experience for the POSTAL fan, and a great way to dip a toe into the POSTAL series to every first-person shooter enjoyer.


[h2]PBD is (more than) a boomer-shooter[/h2]

We took the essence of the modern-day boomer-shooter, poured it over a looking-glass image of the POSTAL universe, and injected some DOOM Eternal gameplay dynamics into the pot. The game wears its inspirations proudly on its sleeve and anyone who’s been riding the recent tidal wave of boomyshooties will feel right at home. But for every idea PBD borrows it throws in two original ones, and it makes sure the first one has been cranked up to 11.



[h2]PBD is a world filled with STUFF[/h2]

Since this is all a fantasy we’ve had the liberty to go absolute ham on the environment, enemy, and weapon design. In well over a dozen levels each is presented in a different theme, built from the grounds up in a different style ranging from cartoon caricature, through horror and science-fiction, to pure psychedelia. Nickelodeon toon humor is mixed with nightmarish weirdness, colors are saturated, the shapes are wobbly, and the whole experience will feel much like falling down the rabbit hole. A Doctor Seuss storybook illustrated by H.R. Giger.



If DOOM Eternal was the main gameplay inspiration to PBD, the art style and level design will remind you of such amazing games as American McGee’s Alice, Psychonauts, KISS: Psycho Circus, and good old Quake. As Vince Desi, CEO of Running With Scissors said “POSTAL: Brain Damaged is a beautiful game. If you did acid when you were young, you'll tune in. If you haven't, you don't need to, just play POSTAL: Brain Damaged.”

[h2]PBD has a lot of things to shoot at[/h2]

The colorful, detailed, and varied world is populated with around 50 diverse enemy types that look and feel fresh and familiar at the same time. The game plays homage to many other FPS classics and modern hits, while it also taps directly into the cast of the POSTAL games, bringing back many of its characters in their new, twisted and skewed incarnations.



[h2]PBD has a lot of things to shoot with[/h2]

Everyone knows their classic boomyshooty arsenal by heart. It’s pretty much the same golden standard since mid-1990s. On the other hand, POSTAL is well-known for its… avant-garde, creative approach to weaponry. Like with everything else, PBD takes familiar concepts and corrupts them with sick, fever-dream imagination.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

You get a chainsaw shovel, a time-stopping nail gun, a brain-powered lightning gun, a bow that shoots wobbly pink… you’ll see. And every gun has multiple uses, alternate fire modes, and lots of animation. And if everything else fails, you can always kick - or drop kick! - the foes with your OP bunny slippers (which also grant you the power of… bunny hopping).

[h2]PBD is an official part of the POSTAL lore, but…[/h2]

When asked „where on the POSTALVERSE continuum does PBD fall?” we like to say that it take’s the continuity behind the tool shed, shoots it dead, and then makes sweet love to its remains. This is not a paralel reality, more of a perpendicular one. It’s all a fever dream, happening in the Dude’s damaged, intoxicated brain.



Which Dude’s, you may ask. Ah! This is exactly THE right question. But there’s one more question that’s been bugging you, isn’t there?

[h2]PBD is inexpensive[/h2]

We’ve been purposefully keeping our mouths shut about the game’s pricing. Some of you thought it a bad sign. Well, you can breath now, it’s exactly the opposite. Being a Polish studio we know exactly how important it is to make your game affordable on day-1 to all your players. So, let’s announce that price point in the most Slav way possible.



That’s right. $19.99 for the full game in standard edition. If you have more money tucked away for PBD, don’t worry - we’re happy to take it. The deluxe edition of the game - POSTAL: Brain Damaged Connoisseur Edition, as we like to call it, with the addition of the full OST and a digital art-book - will pop up around the time of the release, priced at $29.99, giving you the option to support us further the best way you can - with monies. Both the OST and the art-book will be available separately, or as an later upgrade if you decide to go easy on your wallet.

[h2]PBD will come in bundles & with launch-week discount[/h2]

Final word about the pricing. Grabbing POSTAL: Brain Damaged in the week of the release will let you make use of the 15% special launch-week discount, that will last until Thursday, June 16, at 9:00am PDT. But that’s not all. We want to make sure to sweeten the deal even further for Hyperstrange friends, Running With Scissors crowd, and boomer-shooter fans in general. To that end, PBD will be available in a number of steam bundle deals upon launch, paired with other games such as our own ELDERBORN, Blood West, CROSSBOW: Bloodnight (currently in Humble Bundle), RWS titles - POSTAL 2 & POSTAL 4, and some other excellent boomyshootie staples from our indie dev friends (can you guess which?).

Thank you for your your cooperation. Your mental wiring has been re-adjusted in preparation for POSTAL: Brain Damaged. See you on 6/9, when you will buy the game, play the game, enjoy the game, praise the game, recommend the game, obsess about the game, dream about the game…

Your REAL friends and family, &