The Alters News

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The second episode of our Expedition Logs series is out! This time we will take a closer look at the relationships between Alters. Managing different versions of yourself comes with its challenges. How do you keep them all working together without things falling apart?

Dealing with the titular Alters is one of the crucial aspects of the game. The question is, how do you keep everyone onboard your base happy... and not lose your head in the process?

As the game progresses, new Alters will join you on board. They provide the necessary skills to tackle your mission’s challenges, but as human beings, they succumb to stress, weariness, and other perils.

Alters are different versions of Jan and therefore have individual, sometimes mutually exclusive needs. For example, you may have to choose between building a module to improve the well-being of your crew or… simply investing in infrastructure that will push the mission forward. Ultimately, no matter what you choose, satisfying everyone will not be possible. This means that balancing between the needs of your Alters and advancing the mission will be the key to survival.

We’ll explore the dynamics, decisions, and consequences that shape your future journey.

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How many Alex Jordans does it take to voice all the Jan Dolskis? Just one!

Survival in The Alters isn’t merely about enduring the unknown; it’s about facing yourself in the most intimate way possible—face-to-face. After all, what could be more personal than navigating life-or-death decisions alongside alternate versions of who you could have been?

Watch new interview with Alex Jordan, the voice behind every Jan in The Alters!

How to play a single character with different life paths?
What role do the various English accents?
How has working on this game changed Alex's perspective?
Which Jan was the most enjoyable to play?

You will find all the answers in the video!

Check out brand new series documenting the journey behind The Alters, and get to know the upcoming game from a new perspective.

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With the Expedition Logs we want to show you the game's mechanics, design, and the challenges that make it a truly personal and one-of-a-kind experience!

The first Expedition log explores the foundations of The Alters - how it starts as a survival game and transforms into something much more. We'll take the pressure of time, limited resources, and tough decisions, all that while managing your own alternative selves.

Prepare for the upcoming challenges!

The expedition is just the beginning.

In 2014 we released This War of Mine, a game that reshaped how we experience storytelling in video games. It offered a haunting perspective on the horrors of war, forcing players to make impossible choices to survive.

Now, with The Alters, we’re taking you on a new, deeply personal survival journey – one that shares familiar themes but unfolds in an entirely different setting.

How do these two games compare?

In This War of Mine, you guided a group of civilians struggling to stay alive in a besieged city. Their survival depended on resource management, tough moral decisions, and the ability to hold together in a world that had fallen apart.

In The Alters, you begin your journey alone stranded as the sole survivor of a space expedition gone wrong. To stay alive, you must create a new crew, but not in the way you might expect. Your only option is to create alternate versions of yourself – alters – each shaped by different life choices and each bringing unique skills to aid your mission.

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Yet, survival isn’t just about skill sets. In This War of Mine, managing your shelter is critical. This time, your home is a mobile base traversing a hostile alien planet, shielding you from its unforgiving environment. Expanding and optimizing this base will be essential, but doing so with multiple versions of yourself, all carrying their own perspectives and baggage, is bound to create tensions you never saw coming.

Venturing outside is just as crucial. In This War of Mine, scavenging for resources under the cover of darkness was a necessity. In The Alters, you must leave the safety of your base to extract vital resources. Yet this time, the threats do not come from enemy soldiers. The planet itself is a relentless adversary, with a scorching, radioactive sun creeping ever closer. Time is constantly working against you and every moment matters.

Both games demand that you make tough choices. Choices that weigh survival against the needs of those around you. In The Alters, however, those people are all different versions of you. What happens when your greatest challenge isn’t just the world outside but the variations of yourself cramped in one base?

Survival has never been more personal.

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