Hey everyone!
We have some juicy development updates for y'all, but first things first we wanted to chat about the "release date"-shaped elephant in the room. When we started our kickstarter for the game almost a year ago (!!!), we estimated that we'd be launching the game this month. Development on the game is going extremely well, but for a few typical "video games take a lot of time to make" reasons as well as some "very exciting news we can't quite talk about yet" reasons, the launch is getting pushed out a bit. We greatly appreciate the support and understanding you all have shown us throughout development, as we just want to make the very best version of Aftermath for you all to play. We can say that we will have news on the new release date coming very soon.
For the game's development, we're wrapping up the very last biome and are putting the final pieces of the story together. We don't want to get too far into it in order to avoid spoilers, but we can say that we're thrilled with how it's coming together and are confident that longtime fans of the series will appreciate how we're putting together the ending.
Knowing that beating the game once is never enough, we're working on adding new options for players once they've completed their first run. In addition to having upgrades and other unlocks show up in the Supply Depot, the game adds some new systems such as Hardships, which gradually increase your Threat Rating and allows you to gain reputation to put towards exclusive unlocks.
It wouldn't be an Aftermath update if we didn't also show off some new weaponry that you'll be able to wield against the undead hordes. Longtime fans of the series will be glad to see that the War Hammer is making an appearance in the game. A paradigm of simplicity, this chunk of concrete attached to a pole will stun almost any enemy that has the poor fortune of running into it.
Aside from all that, we're also tying together the last finishing touches that go into launching a game. One of the most exciting for us is that we're starting localization shortly, and fans will be able to play the game in German, Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese in addition to English at launch.
As we mentioned above, keep an eye out in this space for some very exciting announcements coming in the near future and thanks again for all the wonderful support while we work to get this game into your hands.