HTS2 - Twitch Integration, Elite Quests & New NPC/Zombies
Hello Survivors!
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We have made quite a few changes to How to Survive 2 since we last spoke! I am stopping by with a few key points to tempt you to try out our newest game in Early Access:
Female avatars
Boss mobs
Local Co-op AND Multiplayer together! Yes, together, up to 16 people can play at once.
Traps and defensive buildings
Night Crawlers
Elite quests
Kovac Challenges
New items & crafting recipes
New NPC and zombies
More areas to explore
Twitch Integration
For previous owners of the game there is a nice set of Primal Fear armor awaiting you in Kovac's bunker in your private chest!
Pick up a copy and join me in making the world safe once more!
Not only that, How to Survive 2 is on Steam sale for 30% off! (ends Sunday January 31, 2016)
And if that didn't get your attention, you will receive this awesome Winter Hat with your new purchase until the end of February. Not only will you be cute while slaughtering zombies, this hat has a nice blood resistant coating in case you get too close!
Forgive me…I got a little too excited and ahead of myself…
Hey, it's me, Kovac. Did you like my silly presents I left you in game this week? You better, I worked hard on them! What about that female, rawr! Anyway, I wanted to let you know I have more surprises for you; today the Steam Winter Sale starts and all our games are included. So, buy How to Survive 2 today for your friend, or hell, even your mom! Not only that, in January, we are patching in local co-op so you can play with your friends.
Did I mention that Local Co-op is coming!
Stay safe out there and Happy Holidays!
Kovac
STEAM AUTUMN SALE - How To Survive 2 Early Acccess Edition - 33% off! Now including Special Thanksgiving Mission!
During the Steam Autumn Sale you can now get the new How To Survive 2 Early Access Edition for 33% off! The game now contains the new Special Thanksgiving Day Mission! If you don't have it yet, buy it now! If you already have it, buy one for your friends, it makes a great holiday gift and they can all play with you and help you Survive!
Special Thanksgiving Mission now available on How To Survive 2!
Now available with How To Survive 2 on all branches of How To Survive 2 is the new Thanksgiving Mission!
They have turned the tables and are now having you for Thanksgiving Dinner! Gobble, Gobble!
Update for this Friday (November 27) - all branches
Option menu added including:
Volume for sound effect
Volume for music
Volume for VO
Value for map opacity
Possibility to display the damge done to the ennemies
Character customization menu added.
Radio quest giver added in Kovac bunker with a new quest, featuring a new enemy.
New recipe added to Kitchen building.
Some sound effects added (in the menus, for bows and crossbows, ...).
Kovac bunker icons added to the map.
Various confirmation menus has been added.
Damage per second information has been added to weapon description (use the default ammo stats for the calculation).
Fix added to trunk inventory in order to save it correctly before leaving the game or starting a mission.
Various network improvements and corrections.
Check out the new How To Survive 2! New update now available Nov 6th!
Update - November 6
For all you How To Survive fans, be sure to check out How To Survive 2! We have been listening to everyone's feedback that plays How To Survive and have just released our first major update for HTS 2 after the first week of Early Access.
Thank you for all your great feedback this past week! We have been able to address the 29 issues below in this week's Beta branch update.
An update is available in "beta branch"
To access it just go in BETAS tab of game properties and select the beta_branch
It will update your games with the fix and features below.
Please note that if you want to test the branch in multiplayer, all the players need to be on the same branch.
If the update is looking good to everyone over the weekend we will be looking to push the update out to everyone on all branchs on Monday.
Update for this friday (November 6) - Beta_branch
- With Keyboard/Mouse controls, melee attacks now target cursor position
- Attacking a target on stairs with melee weapon fixed
- Attacking a target with melee attack of a ranged weapon fixed
- Crash removed when viewing 3D model of wooden stick in inventory.
- Pathfinding for zombie improved, Zombies should be able to climb on cars more frequently
- Various improvements in online multiplayer code to prevent deconnections / bugs
- Addition of message box to display some network error
- With paddle control, shooting a far small target with distant weapons now correctly hit the target
- Items being crafted are no longer displayed in the quick inventory
- Hunger gauge decreases slower than thirst gauge, now, as in real life!
- New 3D model for some plants to collect (instead of generic box)
- New 3D Model for candies and chips (instead of generic box)
- Damage of the baseball bat slightly improved
- Damage and health of infected deer have been reduced
- 6th quest of Kovac now requires to kill 5 deers instead of 8
- Drop rate of chocolate bars from zombies have been reduced
- Fire rate of advanced ranged weapons have been increased
- Melee damage of advanced ranged weapons have been increased
- Buildings upgrade now works as intended in multiplayer mode (upgradable to camp level)
- Resources to upgrade building have been reduced
- Sprinting zombies can be stopped more efficiently by using weapons with high stopping power, and don't perform attacks too fast anymore
- Stopping power and perforation values of arrows more balanced
- Kitchen's recipes have been updated
- Damage of pelican's slime decreased
- Camp's collision updated to tap various holes
- Recipe of black glasses removed (useless for now)
- Zombies can drop lead-made bracelets (useful resource to create bullets)
- More resources of "stone" are available in the town environment
- Hammer, screwdriver, wrench, lime and cutting plier are no more randomized and have fixed position to discover
This list may not be fully exhaustive, but reflects most of the changes.
Other features in production (not in November 6 beta_branch update) :
- Menu to customize keys for keyboard and mouse controls (most likely in next week update)
- Possibility to split stack of objects when moving them from/to player inventory to/from trunk inventory (most likely in next week update)
- Menu for options including sound and music volume and various other options (delivery date will provided later)
- Playable female character (delivery date will provided later)
A full list of all modifications will be provided later for the next update.
Take care !
How to Survive 2 Early Access is live -Happy Halloween
Hello Survivors,
Game is live. We have a 20% Off discount for early supportters.
Please, update your drivers, dive in and let us know your feedback.
Thanks and stay tuned for other Halloween treats
How to Survive 2 Early Access - Halloween Special
Hello Survivors,
We are moving the release date of HtS2 Early Access just one week, to be closer to Halloween.
We are launching on Oct. 29th. now, and we’ll be doing a little trick or treating, offering a "Primal Fear" armor set to those that already own a game of the franchise on Steam and, also, a "Voodoo Rock Guitar" weapon to those joining during the 1st month of Early Access.
Stay tuned for more Halloween sweets!
More info on How to Survive Early Access can be found on http://store.steampowered.com/app/360170/
How to Survive - Feedback Survey 2015
Dear community,
We would like to gather feedback from you to better plan our future developements after the release of How to Survive: Third Person Standalone.
We have updated the feedback survey. We'd appreciate if you took a few minutes to fill it https://www.research.net/r/FZWWMDV
Thanks
How to Survive New DLC NOW LIVE!!!!!!
Survivors! A number of you asked for a free roaming mode while others wanted an endless survival mode. Well, check out the 2 DLCs being released on Steam today!
On One Shot Escape (http://bit.ly/1wk7HQ2) you’ll have just one chance to fix a vehicle and flee the islands, but watch out… resources are scarce and highly randomized…
On Barricade! (http://bit.ly/1rnH88t) you’ll have to spend your days gathering resources and fortify your position with barricades, obstacles and turrets to protect your friends at night from the incoming hordes of creatures…
We have also bundled all available DLCs on the “Storm Warning Edition” you can check it here (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/45469/).
