Hi Adam! Welcome to a new update from Century City!
The concept of friendship does not exist on the streets of Century City. Anything that moves threatens your business, possessions and life: do you want to be prey or predator?
However, it is not certain that something new cannot be born from cooperation. When it comes to business, you don't have to be shy about taking Other possibilities...
Let me introduce you to the new feature you will find in Hell Is Others: you can team up with your friends now.
There's more: Alfred found out you can try it out with a friend of yours during the next playtest. You can find more info down below.
Play with friends
You can invite a friend to your Party from the game menu, by pressing the + button next to your profile image. You will find a list of all your Steam friends.
You can join another friend's Party by accepting their invitation: a notification will appear on the right side of the screen.
Now, you can go down the streets of Century City together. The Party Leader (you can recognise them by the little crown under their profile picture) can call the lift and start the matchmaking.
At the beginning, you will find yourself in different places in the city and you will have to decide what strategy to adopt.
You could even go shopping together.
You will recognise your companion's scent when they are in close proximity, so you won't hear their pulse. Be careful though: unless you look closely, it will be hard to distinguish your partner from the Others. And, should you harm them, they might even think of shooting back at you.
One word of advice: don't get too attached to your companion. Ermete allows you to ride the lift one at a time: you must split up again to return home.
How to join the playtest
The playtest will take place from Friday, July 22nd to Sunday, July 24th. The playtest will last all weekend without interruptions!
You can join by filling up this form 👇 https://forms.gle/TpzZ9eGrGmvW5htN7
That's all for today, Adam! Thanks for your time✨
July Playtest - Call your friends!
*ELEVATOR SIREN PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND* Welcome back, Adam. Your elevator will be ready to bring you back to your apartment from Friday the 22nd of July, to Sunday the 24th.
You have to sign up this agreement before taking it. Do you want to know what you're signing? Oh, it just says I don't have any responsibilities in case of elevator delays and malfunctionings that can cause you irreversible damage... including death.
Ok, great. Now that you have signed the agreement, I can tell you what I have noticed lately in Century City.
I have seen some Others helping each other to survive out there. Maybe you can do the same and find a wingman to help you thrive!
That's everything I can tell you today. Come back tomorrow!
TL, DR; We're having a new playtest!
When? From Friday the 22nd of July to Sunday the 24th.
How long will the playtest last? The playtest will last all weekend without interruptions!
What's new? For the first time ever, you can team up with a friend of yours and take to the streets of Century City together! Sounds amazing, right? Because it is!
How can I join? You can join by filling up this form 👇 https://forms.gle/TpzZ9eGrGmvW5htN7
That's all for now, new info coming up soon!
Meet the devs - First Hell is Others AMA
Hello folks! How are you? Are you ready for a new exciting week? Because we are! We're glad to announce the first-ever AMA (aka Ask Me Anything) of Hell is Others.
You will be able to ask any questions to the dev team!
Feel free to ask about any topic that comes to your mind! (I can't promise we're going to answer all of the questions you'll submit 👀)
Here below are some organizational info👇
When will it start? The AMA will start this Thursday, June 23rd from 6 pm CET, 9 am PDT, and 12 pm EDT and will be one hour long!
Where can I share my questions? You can submit all the questions to the ama-questions channel on the Discord server!
You can join the event through this link discord.gg/URMxJq4XCw
PLAYTEST'S REGISTRATION ARE OPEN!
Hey all! The time that every one of us was waiting for has come! We're going to have a playtest!
Playtest info
The playtest will take place on the 21st of May 2022. It will last eight hours in total, you can join it between 2 pm and 12 am CET (5 am and 4 pm PST) (8 am and 7 pm EST). To join the playtest, you can fill up this form, and you will receive a key to download the game on Steam!
The keys will be delivered a couple of days before the start of the playtests.
What's new in the game?
👉NEW NARRATIVE TUTORIAL There is a whole new tutorial to help you get kickstarted in the game the best way possible!
👉A NEW CENTURY CITY We changed the places of Century City as long as adding new ones!
👉NEW QUESTS A lot of new quests guide you in unlocking the services and shops of Century City.
👉FUNGUS Fungi are the new consumable items. Every mushroom enhances specific attributes of Adam and diminishes others.
👉IMAGOS Imagos are passive effects Adam receives from the furniture. They improve various aspects, like reloading speed, the gun's recoil, food efficiency, and many others!
👉VFX We added different VFX in the game, like the blood one, healing, and bullets impact!
👉JOURNAL We reworked the journal to give it a better feeling and experience.
👉FARMING We reworked all the farming process interfaces to make it easier and help you create your favorite modified bullets.
Those are just a bunch of new features, but all together makes Hell is Others a totally new experience!
We can't wait to see you in the streets of Century City! Reserve your place now!
✨ Link to sign up for the playtest: https://forms.gle/DfQVWWzENRPjeXUD8 ✨
Dev update #11: Attributes and Imagos!
Hey all! Welcome to a new update from Century City!
Today we're going to talk about Attributes and Imagos! Two ways of improving your character! The first way is by eating pills and mushrooms, and the other one is by adding furniture and appliances to your apartment.
The main differences between the two are the type of improvement and their permanence.
The improvements given by the pills and mushrooms are temporary and reset when dying.
The improvements given by the Imagos are permanent as long as you keep the appliances and furniture in your house.
Now, let's dive in!
Pills
Pills are the most refined product when we talk about enhancing your attributes. It's possible to buy pills in the shops or loot them in Century City. There are many of them, and each improves a single skill.
The attributes affected by pills are:
Vitality (aka max health)
Endurance (aka max stamina)
Sight
Olfaction
Movement speed
Eating pills provides no downside, as you can see in the picture below.
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are easier to find than pills as it's possible to loot them from monsters' remains. As you may have realized, mushrooms are not safe to eat as pills.
They enhance the same attributes that pills do but decreasethem as well. Double-checking before eating is a good idea but don't worry too much if you don't. You can always compensate for side effects by eating pills!
THE PICTURE SHOWN IS FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY. THE ACTUAL PRODUCT MAY VARY DUE TO PRODUCT ENHANCEMENT. :)
Imagos
Helping the inhabitants of Century City with their tasksunlocks different shops in the City, a few of which sell furniture and appliances for your apartment.
These items are not only capable of storing items and making your house a cozy place to live in, but they also provide Imagos. Imagos are passive effects Adam receives from the furniture. For example, an Imago can reduce the recoil of the shotgun by five.
You can find a dedicated section with a list of all the Imagos in your journal! As you can see, they are many, and they influence the reloading speed, the recoil of the guns, the healing efficiency, and a lot more!
That's all for today, folks! Thanks for your time✨
You're invited to the playtest!
Hey all! It's your time to have the chance to try out Hell Is Others!
How to join the playtest
To join the playtest, you can sign up at this link https://forms.gle/StEmLwQpycoWwDyS8
Once you register, you will receive an email with a key to redeem the game here on Steam! If you don't receive the key, you can ask for a new one in our discord server at this link.
When will it start?
The playtest will start on Saturday, February the 19th at 2:00 pm CET / 5:00 am PST / 8:00 am EST.
When will it end?
The playtest will end on Sunday, February the 20th 1:00 am CET / 4:00 pm PST / 7:00 pm EST.
Remember that you will not be able to play the game until the start of the playtest.
How to play?
We want you to have all the info to survive in Century City tomorrow. That's why we made a video on how to play the game!
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That's all for now, See you at the playtest!
DEV UPDATE #10: BESTIARY
Hey all! We have been a little quiet here on Steam in the last months. The plan is to be more consistent with the Dev Updates, starting now! So hit that Follows button and wishlist the game!
That said, let's cut to the chase! Today I'm here to show you all the monsters you will encounter during your journeys in Century City. There are 9 different monsters, every one with its strengths and weakness. Learning them will make the difference between surviving or dying.
The Things
THE PALTRY THING This is one of the new Things that now populate Century City. Keeping a safe distance will not save you from its projectiles. Once it sees its prey starts to spit up balls made of a strange but harmful regurgitated substance.
THE HAUNTING THING This Haunting Thing is the smallest Thing out there. It moves fast and surrounds the enemy haunting him tirelessly.
THE HIDING THING The Hider lives inside the walls of Century City, and it's invisible to human eyes. You have to pay attention to the walls, ending in its range means getting beat by its enormous teeth.
THE UNSTABLE THING It's in a precarious state. All it takes is a slight alteration of its status to cause an explosion.
THE VENGEFUL THING The Vengeful Thing is slower than its smallest counterpart, but it's much more tenacious. Killing it would not end all the hazards. Remember to keep a safe distance. It has the bad habit to explode at death.
THE WEDGING THING You can tell that this Thing is going to attack you by watching its jaw. Just before dashing against the enemy, its charges and wide opens the jaw. Better time the roll to dodge its attack effectively and prevail.
THE BUZZING THING This one is fast as a dragonfly. It doesn't care about the other creature or anything at all. It fears attack if accidentally it meets someone on its way, regurgitating a barrage of harmful balls.
THE CRAWLING THING It looks like a big, hugely tough, and slow-flying centipede. It has a big weak spot on his body, but it's hard to hit.
THE SWEEPING THING Despite its slowness, it's tough and lethal. It shoots numerous regurgitated meatballs from its jaws.
That was the last one. Thanks for reading so far! So, did you like this update? Do you have any suggestions? Let me know in the comment section below!
See ya at the next Dev Update!
Happy holidays from the Hell is Others's team!
Hey all! Thank you all for the support you gave us during the last year. We want to thank everyone, from all the ones who have wishlisted the game, to the people who took part in our playtests and offered us precious feedback. It would have been much harder without your incredible dedication to Hell is Others. The game itself would be very different from what it's now, and thanks to you, it's becoming a better experience day after day!
We're going to take a break for the Holidays. We have to refill our stamina bar before next year, which will be the most important for us as a team.
We'll come backstronger and more passionate than ever before! We're going to face new challenges, and we can't wait to prove ourselves.
Happy Holidays fam!
Stay passionate, The Hell is Others's team.
A List Games and Strelka, together!
Hey folks, we have a big announcement today!
We can finally announce that we are partnering with the fantastic people at A List Games to publish Hell is Others. It has been a long way since we started crafting the game, and we are so happy to have found such talented people that believe in our project and our team.
This incredible opportunity is the beginning of a new chapter for us, and we couldn't be more excited!
Thanks to this partnership, we will have more time to finish and polish the game and a unique and powerful marketing opportunity. Hell is Others' release is therefore moved to the second half of 2022. It might seem like a downside, but it will allow us to create the best experience for you, our players.
Big big thanks and welcome to the whole A List Games team; let's go and make Hell is Others great together!
