Greetings survivors! Dead Age 2 was finally released for PS5 and XBOX X/S. While the new Silent Dreams 2.0 team is working on the new Dead Age: Survivors, Headup has taken care of the last points for the console release.
in case you missed the last Dead Age: Survivors news. Our artists Sandro and I have made the graphic style of the portraits a bit more realistic, but still mixed the comic look. I think the new look for Dead Age: Survivors is quite cool.
Story
In Dead Age: Survivors Trish and Jack are again the managers of Jack´s Camp in the new Area of West End. The story begins dramatically when Jack disappears without a trace... While Trish is frightened, there are two suspects that the player (Jason) gets to know and at the same time the situation becomes dangerous as several factions want to take the chance to conquer the areas around the new Jack's camp. Not an easy situation...
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PUBLiSHER DEVSITE: New is our publisher devsite with all Silent Dreams GAMES, please press the follow button, then you get a message after releasing new RPGs but also demos.. https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45118446-Silent-Dreams-Games
You can also meet us in Discord to chat with me - the Dead Age designer:
We will tell (and show) you more about Dead Age: Survivors in the future - so make sure to follow us like above described.
Happy Summerdays Rayk (Holy Avatar) & the Silent Dreams 2.0 Team
Greetings survivors! It's summertime and Dead Age 2 will finally be released for modern consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series S/X). The date is August 8th.
Our artists Sandro and I have made the graphic style of the portraits a bit more realistic, but still mixed the comic look. I think the new look for Dead Age: Survivors is quite cool.
Story
In Dead Age: Survivors Trish and Jack are again the managers of Jack´s Camp in the new Area of West End. The story begins dramatically when Jack disappears without a trace... While Trish is frightened, there are two suspects that the player (Jason) gets to know and at the same time the situation becomes dangerous as several factions want to take the chance to conquer the areas around the new Jack's camp. Not an easy situation...
Please add it to your wishlist and support us Indie RPG Devs & Gamers
PUBLiSHER DEV SIDE: New is our publisher dev side with all Silent Dreams GAMES, please press the follow button, then you get a message after releasing new RPGs but also demos.. https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45118446-Silent-Dreams-Games
You can also meet us in Discord to chat with me - the Dead Age designer:
We will tell (and show) you more about Dead Age: Survivors in the future - so make sure to follow us like above described.
Happy Summerdays Rayk (Holy Avatar) & the Silent Dreams 2.0 Team
Dead Age 2 Steam Deck Support, Follow Steamdevsite
Greetings survivors! It's summertime and we have another Dead Age sale with Dead Age 2 Steam Deck Support. (we made some small fixes) Steamdevsite: New is also our site with all Silent Dreams GAMES. Holy Avatar vs. Maidens of the Dead, for example, is a nice short parody RPG and GT2 is our only RPG with full english voices please press the follow button, then you get a message after releasing our new RPGs or Demos in the next years (demo from Dead Age: Survivors will come next year) https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45118446-Silent-Dreams-Games
Another good news: Dead Age 2 will finally be released for modern consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series S/X). The date is August 8th and last news we had a Dead Age 2 update for the Italian language,
For readers who didn't catch the last news, here it is again: As a designer, It was a horror time last year for me (with 4 diseases at the same time!) and the lost of several devs because of financial problems, but now i can develop fulltime on Dead Age: Survivors with currently 50% Status together with Simone, a new italien programmer, Sandro (my best friend and a good artist) and a few part time programmers as fully independent Silent Dreams 2.0.
It will take more time because we work private indie style, so don't get impatient summer 2025 a demo. Dead Age Survivors should be released in 2026.
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But it actually has some advantages in that I have more time for the latest Dead Age, because time limits are always crap for game development.
I have more time for quests and events, can tell a really cool story of blackmail, kidnapping and faction fights, where the zombies of course also have an important role.
I have time for new quests, a new faction "The Lost Ones" and events that weren't even planned!
The combat needs some improvements and we want to get that under control and have cool (small) teams of about 10 people compete against each other to conquer or defend territories. But the troop combat still has to be realized.
I play the version all the time, so the version will have only a few bugs once we go into Early Access
We will start a Kickstarter campaign before Early Access, we will then use this money to bridge the development time until release. Maybe we'll also get a few extra features, e.g. a little voice overs. ;-).
You will see, the long time is our friend to make our darned seventh RPG Dead Age: Survivors really good. We want to create the best Dead Age experience. I'm even doing without a girlfriend at the moment because the game is more important to me, if that means nothing ;-)
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We will tell (and show) you more about Dead Age: Survivors in the future - so make sure to follow us like above described.
Happy Summerdays Rayk (Holy Avatar) & the Silent Dreams 2.0 Team
Dead Age 2 Italiana language, Dead Age: Survivors Important News Update
Greetings survivors! It's summertime and we have a Dead Age 2 update for the Italian language + a regular Engine update, if you need it later. Another good news: Dead Age 2 will finally be released for modern consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series S/X). The date is August 8th. and a bad but also a very good message for new Dead Age: Survivors.
Please add it to your wishlist and support us Indie RPG Devs & Gamers
You have one of the coolest accents of all languages and the Steamuser Coccoloco has built you this version. Thank you very much and have fun! If you find any errors and want to let us know, please use this thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/951430/discussions/0/3003304734669635509/
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First of all, the bad news. Silent Dreams went bankrupt after 18 years and 6 released RPGs due to financial problems and most of the people had to look for new jobs. It was a horror time for me (with 4 diseases at the same time!) because Silent Dreams is my baby (like the captain and his ship ;-)) but in the end it wasn't that bad.
A real life indie story about hard times and ascent.
I am now unemployed, but a real fighter. My soul is working like this: https://youtu.be/KpzfdkTuiC4?t=35 I'm now working full-time with Simone an Italian indie RPG developer and 3 part-time programmers and 1 artists (my best buddy Sandro who worked on Settlers, for example,) We work without money, but with a lot of passion, because after my horror time now comes the ascent!!!
But it has to be clear that we are taking our time, because time stress is one of the worst problems in the dev business. Dead Age Survivors should be finished in 2026 and that has some advantages.
+ I have more time for quests and events, can tell a really cool story of blackmail, kidnapping and faction fights, where the zombies of course also have an important role.
+ I have time for new quests, a new faction "The Lost" and events that weren't even planned. This is supposed to be the best Dead Age!
+ I play the version all the time, so the version will have few bugs once we go into Early Access
+ We will start a Kickstarter campaign before Early Access, we will then use this money to bridge the development time until release. Now Kickstarter had better times, but I think we can convince fans, especially since there is no risk, we are doing this just before Early Access to launch Silent Dreams 2.0
+ The combat needs some improvements and we want to get that under control and have cool (small) teams of about 10 people compete against each other to conquer or defend territories. But the troop combat still has to be realized.
Since I used to have a bigger team and had todo with lot of gamedesign and project management, I've spent the last few months learning how to script quests, which was previously done by a programmer. Here you can see what it looks like. In principle you will be overwhelmed with information at the beginning, but if you work your way from note to note, you will gradually understand how many possibilities our quest and event system has.
We will tell (and show) you more about Dead Age: Survivors in the future - so make sure to follow the game and add it to your wishlist. This would really help us a lot!
The year 2023 is coming to an end, the Christmas season has begun and we want to inform you about the progress of the next Dead Age RPG - Dead Age: Survivors. The Dead Age series is of course also in the Christmas sale. In case you missed part 1 or the lot improved Dead age 2.
It's still a bit too early for new footage, we're in the process of changing the invisible "random battles" to a few random enemies on the map that move from round to round and can sometimes be dodged. Our new lead programmer Rao and Quest programmer Huaxia are part of the changed team from 2023 and both from China who are studying in Germany. Fitting, because next to the USA and Germany, China is our largest part of the Dead Age playerbase. More infos about our team will come in the next news.
What else have we done? An important part of the storyline is managed (some mean ideas ^^), many Ui, rooms in the base and and lots of loot locations. Human trafficking has been implemented to get the important random survivors with money or by using quests, which are needed for conquering territories and working in several bases. The very fast conquest system on the map is inspired by the classic Defender of the Crown, Me - Rayk, the designer, played it on Amiga 500 as a boy, who hardly wanted to go to school, but had plenty of Amiga games to play ;) . But there are numerous classes for the survivors so that they can be trained as soldiers or workers in the bases. But don't worry, Dead Age: Survivors remains an RPG with the new new strategy features. In addition to the random survivors, there is of course also a group of heroes with storylines. The portraits you can see are of the important story survivors Ava and Frank. - This time there will also be more conversations in the camp, as requested by many players. While Ava searches for his lost sister and brother, Frank has an even tougher fate, which will put his psyche to the test. This makes me realise that new values exist, namely stress and motivation. While strokes of fate and bad decisions can lead to negative values, in new rooms, the regeneration with an indoor pool and massage benches can repair the stress value and Trish's famous bar with lots of beer or wine repair the motivation. Just like in reality *cough*.
Release for Dead Age: Survivors will be back on Early Access first and should be possible by the end of 2024, as long as we don't delay too much in the next features like the more complex combat. More on the combat will be revealed in a few months, then also more about new skills like martial arts, axe and shield or two uzis
Of course, we will keep you updated as we work. Thank you for your feedback. With your input, we hope to bring you Dead Age Survivors, the best Dead Age title yet, combining the strengths of its predecessors with new features and improvements.
We will tell (and show) you more about Dead Age: Survivors in the future - so make sure to follow the game and
We have exciting news for you. We have decided to go back to turn-based combat in Dead Age Survivors as well. Especially your feedback, which was very much in favor of turn-based combat, brought this turn.
Currently we are experimenting with a few features. It is not certain yet, but probably you will be able to move more freely on the small battlefield to critically attack your opponents from behind. There will also be some new tactics, so stay tuned.
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We are now going to make the new troop combat more Crusader King style. You can see the numbers of troops slowly moving down as 2 leaders fight each other on the map, and the advantages and disadvantages of the troop types will also play a role. Your own troops can also get badly injured and have to be patched up by medics later. These changes make the troop battles go quickly, so it doesn't get tedious. Primarily, Dead Age Survivors continues to be an RPG with numerous quests and the survival features that will continue to be expanded and improved.
Of course, we will keep you updated as we work. Thank you for your feedback. With your input, we hope to bring you Dead Age Survivors, the best Dead Age title yet, combining the strengths of its predecessors with new features and improvements.
We will tell (and show) you more about Dead Age: Survivors in the future - so make sure to follow the game and
🧟♂️Dead Age 2 version 1.1.8 & Dead Age: Survivors News!
Currently we have our last days of our Dead Age Franchise Sale! This gives you the opportunity to add Dead Age, Dead Age 2 and all expansions with extra high discounts to your Steam library, We have also made a small update for Dead Age 2.
We also use the Dead Age Franchise Sale to officially announce the next instalment in our survival RPG series: Dead Age: Survivors! ːsteamhappyː Please add it to your wishlist
It offers the proven survival RPG gameplay with a touch of strategy as you know it, but Dead Age: Survivors is coming with a twist: the combat changes from turn-based combat to real-time pauseable party combat! Besides that, you solve complex quests, loot resources, build several camps and battle against 7 greedy factions. those huge battles with up to 14 survivors included the party of three with the hero plus numerous other companions used to conquer or defend territories. In this battle you have a lot to do, because on the one hand you can rage through numerous enemies or strengthen your own troops with commander skills. This combination of story RPG with interesting quests, some cool companions and the conquest campaign with alliance possibilities and some really mean bad guys.
Dead Age 2 version 1.1.8
fixed a bug where sometimes the inventory or skill gui could show a wrong character being selected
fixed a bug where the damage preview was calculated wrong when using armor piercing ammo
fixed that it was possible to use medical items in combat without loosing an action point
fixed unequip items with mouse and controller in some situations
We will tell (and show) you more about Dead Age: Survivors in the future - so make sure to follow the game and
🧟♂️Welcome to the Dead Age Franchise Sale - Introducing Dead Age: Survivors!
Greetings survivors!
And welcome to the Dead Age Franchise Sale! This gives you the opportunity to add Dead Age, Dead Age 2 and all expansions with extra high discounts to your Steam library, BUT we also have a little surprise for you!
We also use the Dead Age Franchise Sale to officially announce the next instalment in our survival RPG series: Dead Age: Survivors! ːsteamhappyː
It offers the proven survival RPG gameplay with a touch of strategy as you know it, but Dead Age: Survivors is coming with a twist: the combat changes from turn-based combat to real-time pauseable party combat!
Besides that, you solve complex quests, loot resources, build camps, and conquer new areas in battles against 7 greedy factions. You farm animals, cook, brew beer and pay close attention to hunger, stress, and morale.
We will tell (and show) you more about Dead Age: Survivors in the future - so make sure to follow the game and add it to your wishlist. This would really help us a lot!
Have fun and stay healthy! Rayk & the Silent Dreams Team
Again and again we have the situation that players are upset about the permadeath, especially if the player dies first, for example, after 30-40 hours, it is frustrating. And I admit it honestly, I wouldn't feel any different after playing for so long.
For the next new Dead Age, we came up with a new idea that lowers the frustration, but you still remain mortal. Now we thought we'd offer the same option for Dead Age 2 Version 1.1.7
It works like this, when the player dies for the first time, a Revival Set is activated. this heals the player by 40%. Now comes a warning that says you need a new kit. In Dead Age 2 you can buy such high-tech kits only once in each U.S. Army base for a lot of dollars. (500 dollars) If you still die you can increase the healing rate of the revival set by upgrading the medicine and increase the amount by 1.
The first death is the worst, because many players were completely shocked by it, not even knowing that the game has a permadeath feature. So after the first death you are warned and the thrill remains. The idea was that you need to raise a lot of money to ensure the safety of a Revival set and this will need hard work for this.
But be warned that the story characters like Sarah, Tessa, Isa, Lance, Fernando can still die forever when they die. Here, however, we had thought of some characters that will later come to your camp when one of the story characters dies, but they no longer have a story. So be careful!
I hope that this will eliminate the frustration for you and still keep the survival thrill. For veterans, let's say that they can also sell the sets if they hate them, plus the veteran mode in the start options is a perfect way to set the game harder. I hope that 99.99 percent of players will be satisfied with this. :)
If you want to support us now, please write a review, so that we also survive on our huge quest. It's really hardcore difficulty level for developers to survive with masses of indie games on Steam.
Dead Age 2 is on sale at a deep discount the next few days. We have made some improvements based on customer feedback. If you have any problems with this Dead Age 2 update, please use the forum. https://steamcommunity.com/app/951430/discussions/1/
NEW: We have fixed some errors in the English translation. Thanks to the community.
NEW: Since we are currently implementing Dead Age 2 on Playstation 4 & 5 and Xbox X and Xbox S, we have improved the controller controls.
NEW: We have slightly reduced the critical hit damage so that you are not too surprised when a strong monster hits your characters
We have reduced the block chance of many zombies, especially in the later levels. So that you now have much better chances with one hit skills. However, there are still some specialists who are particularly good at blocking, here ranged attacks are recommended.
The chance of some skills was increased e.g. Brute Strike, Nerve Strike and Shock grenade
We increased the ranged combat chance from 75 to 80%. In the front row you have a 90% chance with a ranged weapon. (Remember that blocking only works against melee).
We have reduced the zombie skill "Swift", so you can hit with a ranged weapon with 60% (before it was 40%), but still melee is recommended against fast zombies.
We increased the level of enemies by 2 in later scenarios to compensate for the better hit chances.
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If you want to support us now, please write a review, so that we also survive on our huge quest. It's really hardcore difficulty level for developers to survive with masses of indie games on Steam.
Meanwhile we are working on the next Dead Age with a lot new ideas, If you want to contribute ideas , suggestions for the next game, use this link:
At the moment we are working on the tutorial for the new Dead Age. Since the combat system is much faster now that it's in real time, you learn the basic options first. You have to react faster than before, but you still have the option of slow motion, for example, to have a little more time for the party members. Here's the updated list of what we're planning to include. NEW: Some community players have suggested to add a pause mode for players who want to have longer pauses in tactical decisions.
The next Dead Age will remain a role-playing game, but there will be more focus on strategy and some simulation.
There are several bases you can control and much more rooms e.g. cooking, farm animals or wild animals in cages for the hunter or traps for the defense of the bases.
You will be able to manage many survivors, which now have more attributes e.g. stress or motivation.
Small but also big battles with up to 18 survivors against waves of zombies, this time in real time in the style of Dragon Age 1 or Pathfinder with a pause mode option. But we want to develop also a slow motion mode in the style of Fallout. This slow-motion skill can only be used infrequently, so the game feels faster overall. Only if you look at e.g. the tooltips of the opponents the game can be paused to have enough time to read which tactics or buffs the opponent has. The community has also suggested that we include a pause mode, However, this mode will be a bit easier than the slow motion mode.
The focus on strategy is also reflected in the fact that you can conquer or defend areas. The clue is that up to 7 other factions can also conquer the territories, this can result in cool battles and sometimes an alliance with a faction is important to be able to exist at all on the battlefield. Besides, zombie hordes still want to have a say.
We are also trying to improve the storyline. The focus should not only be on other factions, but also bring the companions more into the action. This will mean that story companions as in Dead Age 1 + 2 can not die forever, because otherwise you never know who is currently dead and who is still alive in the storyline.
Nevertheless, the player can still die and also the numerous non-story characters. Workers or soldiers that you lead to your camps because of events or quests.
But the game is divided into 3 chapters. When you finish a chapter, the player can start at the next chapter. So he does not have to repeat the whole story.
It also has the advantage that I, as a designer, can make the game a bit harder later on, knowing that not so many "accidental" players will complain about having to repeat numerous hours ;)
Important decisions and consequences are listed exactly this time, so you can see chapter by chapter which decisions you have made. If you are unhappy with a decision, you can repeat the chapter accordingly.
