Survivalist News

Many people know I've been working on a sequel to Survivalist for the last few years, called Survivalist: Invisible Strain. But I realize it has now been a very long time since I posted about it here! So I figured it's time for a quick re-introduction.

Survivalist: Invisible Strain takes place about a decade after the events of Survivalist and is set in the mountains and forests of the Pacific Northwest. Graphics have been greatly improved, the camera angle in direct control mode is a more traditional 3rd person camera, and there's a ton of new features such as melee weapons, stealth, hunting, traps, character customization, and much more! Early access will start with Sandbox Mode which randomly generates a map for you, while I work on the story mode which will be released later.

The game has been in beta testing since last summer and I think I'm getting pretty close to being able to do an early access launch. I don't have a release date yet, but I believe I will have one pretty soon. So if you like the sound of that, head over to the store page and add it to your Steam Wishlist, and/or Follow it so you won't miss out on any updates.

In the meantime, here's some videos that people in the beta test have been making:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdfQeVk9wMc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbpAQWLgunU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpOKnc3ycyQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeVezVMG8Jo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuF3Ri15-Q4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX49k8Bhhy0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2qVT0I16RQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An3quZ7v8vQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrdGE5EM7j4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7OAeTtL_Zs&list=PLUqk5MQcTtIPMYKHKjBBODlgfXGKINlLH&index=3&t=0s


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scaPTU02TYw

Hello, I've now finally added the Steam store page for Survivalist: Invisible Strain!. So you can click Follow on it to make sure you get informed of news updates - though I'll probably post them here as well for the forseeable future.

There's actually now a bunch of different places you can subscribe for Survivalist-related stuff:

• The community have created a Discord channel: https://discord.gg/P8aMp4X
• I've got a Youtube Channel where I post gameplay videos every now and then
  
• I also have a mailing list, you can email me if you want to be added to it.
  

I've also posted a very minor patch for Survivalist, here's what's in it:

• Stop traded backpacks from being deleted
  
• Fix for not being able to complete the game if you don't get the quest from Alice before the Missing storyline ends
  
• Small fixes in French translation
  

Hello again, I've uploaded another video of the upcoming sequel, which I'm now calling Survivalist: Invisible Strain.

This video is a playthrough that I did of Sandbox Mode (i.e. a randomly generated map), starting from the title screen and going through character customization, exploring, doing quests, recruiting people and starting to build a base. It's a pretty long video! It shows a bunch of new features like stealth takedowns and generated quests.

I'm at a stage now where I'm playing the game, finding bugs that need fixing or things that don't quite work and need to be changed, restarting and playing again, rinse and repeat. I thought by now I'd be starting beta testing but it looks like I'm not quite there yet, still got a list of things that need work. Hopefully it won't take too much longer.

Anyway check out the video!

P.S. To make this post prettier, here's a screenshot from one of my outtakes:

I wasn't expecting to do another patch so soon after the last one, but the Turkish translation has just been finished! Many thanks to Murat Sarı for getting through it all. Enjoy!

(The change list is.. that's the only change in this patch)

Hello, time for another update on Survivalist 2. I've got a new demo video for you showcasing the ability to use stealth to take down zombies and bunny rabbits! Also includes a bunch of stuff I haven't shown before like the new bow and arrows, chopping down trees and building campfires for cooking, and demonstrates how to use the wind direction to your advantage when hunting. Check it out here!

Here's some screenshots too:



I've also released another small patch for Survivalist 1 to fix a few bugs that people reported recently. Here's the changelist:

• Don't allow alcoholic drinks to increase the thirst of NPCs that are not simulating survival factors (fix for Bat Jacobs dying as soon as he joined your community due to being given too much wine)
  
• Traders delete items the player sold them when restocking so they can't just get full up and not restock anymore
  
• Don't show the double click to enter building hint if you've done it already
  

As always, if you want to be informed whenever I post news about the sequel, just email me and ask to be put on my mailing list.