Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days News

[p][/p][p]We're two days out from Early Access Update #6, our final update of the year! [/p][p][/p][p]This update brings you survivor relationships (both good and bad, including romance), an all new morale system (that replaces the current "bar drain" system with a more complex system that weighs up all the negative and positive morale influences affecting a survivor at any given time), shelter events that force you to make a choice, the chance for critical kills with melee weapons, and (as always) a number of fixes and improvements.[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]We're a New Zealand based team and we'll be releasing the update for everyone on Steam on Thursday 11 December at around 1:00pm our time. This is: [/p][p][/p]

• [p]Wednesday 10 Dec @ 5:00pm PDT [/p]
• [p]Wednesday 10 Dec @ 8:00pm EDT [/p]
• [p]Thursday 11 Dec @ 12:00am GMT [/p]
• [p]Thursday 11 Dec @ 3:00am MSK [/p]
• [p]Thursday 11 Dec @ 8:00am CST [/p]
• [p]Thursday 11 Dec @ 11:00am AEDT[/p]

[p][/p][p]You can find your exact local time (and a countdown!) on our Discord: https://discord.gg/Xd8RPnRZjx[/p][p][/p][p]We'll release the full update notes at this time too, which will break down all the changes included in the update.[/p][p][/p][p]We're also excited to announce that we're taking part in this year's Choose Wisely Festival, a festival celebrating branching narrative games, as a reminder that there are a number of different ways to escape Walton City, and a number of ways to fail... [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p](For all PR and content creator inquiries, get in touch with [email protected]!) [/p][p][/p][p]See you soon![/p][p][/p][p]Harriet
& the Into the Dead team [/p]

[h2]It's the final update for the year, folks![/h2][p][/p][p]Which feels a little crazy to say. [/p][p][/p][p]Early Access Update #6 will bring you survivor relationships and an all new morale system. We've been cooking this one for a while and we can't wait to share it with you.[/p][p][/p][p]This update will release in Wellington, New Zealand on Thursday 11 December at around 1:00pm, or: [/p][p][/p][p]Wednesday 10 Dec @ 5:00pm PST [/p][p]Wednesday 10 Dec @ 7:00pm EST[/p][p]Thursday 11 Dec @ 1:00am CET[/p][p]Thursday 11 Dec @ 8:00am CST[/p][p]Thursday 11 Dec @ 11:00am AEDT[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]As per, usual you can download the clean wallpaper here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/124BcHHHAMBT_XQoUIT0MinO1gmvik4F- [/p][p][/p][p]And if you're interested in more development process and chatting directly to the dev team, don't forget to join us over in the Discord: https://discord.gg/Xd8RPnRZjx[/p][p][/p][p]See you soon![/p][p][/p][p]Harriet
& the Into the Dead team [/p]

[p]A small fix.[/p][p]
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Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck while door barging in the following stages: Galaxy Zone Arcade, Abandoned Kosyaire Factory, Mitchum Powell Plaza and Styx Arcade.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Harriet &[/p][p]the Into the Dead team[/p]

[h3]Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days has been nominated for the Most Anticipated Game at the 17th Unity Awards! [/h3]



This is our very first award nomination for the game so it's a pretty exciting moment, especially while we're still in Early Access.

Public voting is open now. You need a Unity account to cast your vote (to make sure it's one person, one vote) but you can make a log in without having to do anything else.

You can check out the full list of nominees here:

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And cast your vote for Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days here: https://awards.unity.com

In the mean time, we'll keep working on Survivor Relationships and the New Morale System coming in December, and the new Escape Plan coming early 2026.

See you soon!

Harriet
& the Into the Dead team

[h2]Early Access Update #5 - 0.8 Notes[/h2][p][/p][p]It's time, folks! Our latest update is out now.
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Major New Features
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• [p]Added a new starting pair, Hao and Mei.[/p]
• [p]Added Survivor Missions for Kayla, Sebastian and Hao. [/p]
• [p]Added the ability to save multiple runs. 
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[p]If you're a returning player and want to jump straight into the new Survivor Missions, make sure you've finished the tutorial and then:[/p]

• [p]For Sebastian: Head to The Hitchpost as Sebastian and interact with the flyer. [/p]
• [p]For Kayla: Hector must be alive. Move to a shelter in the Downtown district. [/p]
• [p]For Hao: Mei must be alive. Use the Vantage Points at Aunty Mae's Truck Stop Diner or Texway Gas Hart St to unlock the Abandoned Kosyaire Factory in Buckland Yards. Head to the factory as Hao and talk to the NPC.
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Other New Content[/h2]

• [p]Added two new locations, the Abandoned Kosyaire Factory and Bowen St Construction Site. [/p]
• [p]Added four new NPCs.[/p]
• [p]Added new curveballs for Hao and Mei.[/p]
• [p]Updated survivor recruitment. When players recruit a new survivor, there will now be variations between runs to their starting health, needs and states. They will also bring items with them when they join. [/p]

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Adjustments[/h2]

• [p]Removed a loot point in Wash and Dry Laundromat that was in a spot players couldn't reach.[/p]
• [p]Removed the orange Hazmat Suit from Briarwood Motel.[/p]
• [p]Improvements to the firecracker audio to be less mechanical.[/p]
• [p]Improvements to explosion optimization, so there is less stuttering when throwable explosives explode.[/p]
• [p]A survivor's ledge teeter can now be interrupted. When they stumble close to the edge, the stumble animation can be interrupted so they can immediately go into a ledge hang or go up/down ladders without a delay.[/p]
• [p] Eva will now die if hit by a brick during her chase sequence. This fixes an issue where hitting her with a brick broke her chase sequence. [/p]
• [p]Updated the in-game logo.[/p]

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Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed an issue where survivors would get stuck floating/falling when they were knocked off or punched close to a ledge.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where human NPCs would jump down and get stuck in Pioneer Motor Company and Wash and Dry Laundry.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where time-based states would not resolve at the right time if a character had multiple states applied.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the icon for the F300 Carbine (previously showing the M5 Cuthbert icon).[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where zombies would get stuck at the bottom of the staircase at Pogo's Greenhaven.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where survivors could run away from the explosion in Nora's ending for Spill Zone and then not get the proper ending. [/p]
• [p]Fixed a shelter event not occurring when survivors moved into the Chiefways Operations Center while following Otto's path in the Spill Zone plan. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the survivors in the Chiefways Operations Center shelter would sometimes get stuck walking in place.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the objective to get a Hazmat Suit from Skip’s Scoops would not appear as failed when players could no longer obtain it.[/p]
• [p]Fixed missing audio in the Chiefways Transport Depot when Nora appears.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an audio bug where the "turning" audio of a zombified survivor would keep playing in future scavenges if survivors killed the zombified survivor as they turned.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where rogue shadows could appear e.g. a floating weapon shadow in Old Ballard.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the zombie on the other side of the interrogation room window was not seeing the player and breaking the window like it was supposed to. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where switching sides while in double-sided cover would cause zombies to forget survivors were there.[/p]

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For the final update of 2025, we're bringing you:[/p]

• [p]Survivor Relationships[/p]
• [p]New Morale System[/p]

[p] And the first update for 2026 will be an all new Escape Plan.[/p][p]
Come chat with us in the Discord![/p][p]https://discord.gg/Xd8RPnRZjx[/p][p][/p][p]Harriet &
the Into the Dead team[/p][p][/p]