Happy Friday! We're in the 70s now. Please make appropriate fashion adjustments where necessary. Closed alpha playtesting continues, and we'd love to have you join us! See our Discord for how to get involved! Last time , I gave you all a very important company-mandated safety brief. I hope you all took notes. There WILL be a quiz later. I won't say when. It'll be a surprise. What I've got to sh…
Happy Friday! The weather cools, the Sun sets earlier and the end of August approaches. As the seasons change, so too does Second Half Games ramp up in the last months before release. Closed alpha playtesting continues, and we'd love to have you join us! See our Discord for more! Last time , we exhibited some shocking behaviour and fundamental changes to core gameplay. This week, we're doing va…
Happy Friday! Welcome to another ordinary edition of Friday @ Second Half! Yup, just any old edition of our now-weekly-again newsletter! Our closed alpha playtest is still running, and we'd love to have you join us and try out an early demo build! See our Discord for more! Last time , I let you behind the scenes to look at our player character iteration, and teased a new enemy! This week, we're…
Hi! I'm going to start posting these directly into our Steam blogs now, but if you'd rather read it on our website, I will always include a link here at the top of the page! Also — I forgot to crosspost this one to our playtest build, so if you're reading this again, hi! We're gonna be seeing so much more of each other. Happy Friday! We've been BUSY. Playtesting continues and there's a new rele…
We have a new closed alpha build available for y'all to try out! Please welcome, v0.76.1 , containing an entire month of changes from the team and some major improvements across the game. Headlines · Revamped our first level, Florida IX! It's way more fun now, with lots more loot, better enemy encounters, and more interesting places to go. · Several new weapon, modifier, and utility parts! · Si…
Happy Saturday! Harry wrote us all a wonderful summary on SATURDAY of the warpath we've been on and nobody ever put it onto social media. Whoops! Here's Saturday @ Second Half #30 — Let Me Paint You A Picture Read all about it on our website:
Happy Saturday! Harry wrote all this stuff on Friday and then got on a train. He tried to yell something out the window at me as the train was leaving the platform, but all I heard was "waaaaAAAAAAAAAAiiiiiiiit" as he went by. It probably wasn't anything important. Anyway, here's Saturday @ Second Half #29 — Trash Planet, Population: You Read all about it on our website:
Happy Saturday! Did you know that the developers of Valheim bought a horse after the game's success? We want to be successful, so we bought a horse too! Just kidding. I lied. I'm sorry. To make it up to you, here's Saturday @ Second Half #28 — Gift Horse! Read all about it on our website:
Happy Saturday! A wormhole has opened in the middle of our office and threatens to swallow all of the studio staff. This can happen even though we all work remotely—nay, because we all work remotely. Before we're consumed, however, we decided to share a blog post. Our priorities are right and our heads are on straight. Please enjoy Saturday @ Second Half #27 — Yeet Into Wormhole, before it's to…
New playtest update! Changes Since v0.4.2 · More sounds! More sounds! · Textures! Wow! · The player character is now complete! · Improved physics and character performance · Rebalanced weapon pickups · You can now only pick up a new weapon if your hands are free. · You can still drag a new weapon onto your body, then use the number keys to swap it into your hand. · Fixed players getting stuck i…
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