People Playground

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Released: Jul 23, 2019
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Last updated: 09 Sep 2026, 00:55 GMT

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06 Feb 2026Developer post
Updates and Workshop
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good night everyone! The incident I am not completely done with my confusing, disorganised, haphazardly assembled task list, but I've gotten far enough that I can finally reopen the Workshop without having anything to worry about. P
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good night everyone!
The incident
I am not completely done with my confusing, disorganised, haphazardly assembled task list, but I've gotten far enough that I can finally reopen the Workshop without having anything to worry about. Please enjoy and I am genuinely sorry for having it closed for so long.
I'm going to be paying close attention to the Workshop with my eyeballs. You might notice some changes in how the game works, and especially in how it deals with mods. First of all, mods no longer auto-update. They need to be manually approved if their contents have changed. This might cause some issues with mods that edit their contents during runtime. They have to be approved every time you load the game. This is something I have to address in collaboration with modders. This should be resolved at some point. The vast majority of mods work fine.
Extra special thanks to mishanya, who has guided me and helped me directly with the mod loader throughout all of this.
What have we learnt from this?
I have to pay more attention
Wow, I sure need more moderators
I can't do this on my own
I should've listened
Please be careful on the Steam Workshop
Updates
The game has updated to 1.27.7, which provides important changes and improvements which are probably not all that exciting to most of you.
[1.27.7] - February 6 2026
Added
Added Stack<>, Queue<>, and others to mod import list
Changed
Trust cache now takes mod content hash into account
Mods no longer auto-update. They need to be manually approved if their contents have changed.
[1.27.6] - February 4 2026
Added
Various new security measures for mods
Upgraded mod C# version to C# 9
Included AssetBundles, PostProcessing, and Ceras in the mod assembly list
BeforeSpawn. This function is called right after the object is instantiated.
Changed
Renamed PerformMod to PerformAfterSpawn.
AfterSpawn can be null if BeforeSpawn is not, and vice versa
Thank you for reading.
Original post
03 Feb 2026Developer post
Security Update
Hi everyone! Please update your game. Whether you are on the default, beta, or alpha branch, ensure your game is updated to the latest version. You can do this by verifying game files . Keep your game updated as I publish more improvement constantly. After some talking and readin
Hi everyone!
Please update your game. Whether you are on the default, beta, or alpha branch, ensure your game is updated to the latest version. You can do this by verifying game files. Keep your game updated as I publish more improvement constantly.
After some talking and reading, I can say with decent certainty that the mod spread by uploading itself onto the Steam Workshop by overwriting your own uploads. It also reset your preferences, deleted contraptions, and reset your achievements. It seems to have had no other effects or means of spreading.
I've been publishing patches that prevent this mod (and mods like it) from being loaded. If you are on the latest version of the game, it's safe to open (even with mods).
As for the Workshop, unless Steam responds to me soon, I still can't provide an estimate on when it'll be reopened. However, once a large enough percentage of you have updated the game, I can open the Workshop anyway, but modders will have to manually rollback their uploads. Still, this should be postponed for as long as possible in case Steam is able to mass-rollback the Workshop.
More resources:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1118200/discussions/0/732532498321528488/
Original post
01 Feb 2026Developer post
Urgent PSA
Hello! I have temporarily disabled the Workshop for People Playground. Nothing has been deleted. A malicious addon has spread itself throughout the Workshop. For now, I can't say with absolute certainty what this mod has done, what it does, how it does it, or any other useful inf
Hello!

I have temporarily disabled the Workshop for People Playground. Nothing has been deleted.
A malicious addon has spread itself throughout the Workshop. For now, I can't say with absolute certainty what this mod has done, what it does, how it does it, or any other useful information.
What you should do
Update the game by verifying game files
Go to your game directory and delete the "mods" folder.
Go to "Steam\\steamapps\\workshop\\content\\1118200" and delete the folder.
Unsubscribe from mods that were updated/uploaded after January 30th.
If you have any uploaded mods, check if they were recently updated without your consent.
What I'm going to do
I'm going to talk to Steam about this and see what can be done. Ideally, the Workshop will be restored. I will work on a patch that should prevent this from happening ever again. It's unknown how long this will take.

I am very sorry for all of this. I'll post an update once I have more information.
EDIT: Update
A patch has been published that should keep you safe. The Workshop remains disabled until I get a response from Steam, though.
EDIT 2: wuh
The mod does not destroy your computer. It removes your Contraptions folder, which is extremely sad, and a bunch of other PPG related files. Also, if you have created any mods, it replaces them with itself. This is how it spreads. If you have updated the game to the latest patch, all of this will be prevented. The Workshop remains disabled.
Original post
08 Jan 2024Developer post
1.27 patch 5
Added Better gib physics SFX Changed Improved dripping SFX Fixed Minor collision issues Excalibur issues
Added

Better gib physics SFX
Changed

Improved dripping SFX
Fixed

Minor collision issues
Excalibur issues
Original post
06 Jan 2024Developer post
1.27 patch 4
Hello :) Added Excalibur Blood splats on dismemberment Some new dismemberment sounds (new tear sfx and blood dripping sounds) New procedural shatter masks Changed Increased visible damage on dismember Adhesive coupler no longer sticks to phase-linked objects Fixed Objects that we
Hello :)
Added

Excalibur
Blood splats on dismemberment
Some new dismemberment sounds (new tear sfx and blood dripping sounds)
New procedural shatter masks
Changed

Increased visible damage on dismember
Adhesive coupler no longer sticks to phase-linked objects
Fixed

Objects that were previously incorrectly unaffected by time scale or volume settings are now fixed
Energy sword boiling effect underwater
FIRST POST OF 2024!
Original post
21 Oct 2023Developer post
People Playground 1.27
If you are having issues with your camera, uninstall Cloddymod. 1.27 - October 21 2023 Added New map: Reactor A5 Decoupler Adhesive Coupler Pointer Counter Office Chair Office Desk Office Computer Office Monitor Naval Mine Chain "Mute" context menu option to the Lagbox, Metronome
If you are having issues with your camera, uninstall Cloddymod.
1.27 - October 21 2023
Added

New map: Reactor A5
Decoupler
Adhesive Coupler
Pointer
Counter
Office Chair
Office Desk
Office Computer
Office Monitor
Naval Mine
Chain
"Mute" context menu option to the Lagbox, Metronome, Missile Launcher, Timed Gate, and pistons
Blunt impact can now emit blood particles
Blunt impact have a chance to cut the skin open
Sound effects for bullet cracks and whizzes.
Grid and angle snap size settings with optional keybinds
Bus window can shatter
Some ambient sounds in the main menu
"Artery sections", where cuts and shots will emit a larger, more focused bloodstream
Changed

Bullet holes age more visibly and eventually cause larger bruises
Casing ejection particles no longer scale with the weapon
Closed suspicious mod rejection loophole
Made tempered glass shatter quicker
Changed map selection buttons
The hand grenade now correctly loses its pin and lever when armed
Increased default physics iterations to 32
Increased maximum physics iteration count to 256
Increased minimum physics iteration count to 8
Made it easier to select objects inside other objects by prioritising the smallest object under the cursor
Improved fragmentation explosion crushing behaviour
Organisms can now fully restore their blood levels on their own
Missile Launcher missile will now explode when shot with a sufficiently large round
Increased headshot fatality rate
Slightly increased bullet knockback force
Made sentry turret AI more consistent
Doubled the lethality of the landmine
Changed water surface explosion SFX
Lowered wood bullet impact volume
Increased ricochet sfx spread
Reduced blood impact mist
The flamethrower and fire extinguisher now has slight recoil
Updated several item descriptions to color code different types of signals
Made detail view explosive killzone a vector image
Fixed

Mods occasionally failing to upload
Rewrote significant parts of the control scheme system, fixing a few inconsistencies, bugs, and "what the hell" moments
Humans could live having all their blood replaced with a tasty beverage
Zombies healing wounds
Cardiopulmonary bypass machine collision serialisation working incorrectly
Attachments detaching when weapon is activated using activator electrode
Incorrect servo description
Immobility field - sentry turret interaction weirdness
Heart rate monitor showing 70 bpm when it shouldn't
Broken plate debris not showing up when flipped
Some more safety
EscapeRichText loophole
I expect a few hour-after patches lmao
I need to remind myself to never make updates large and infrequent. It's a lot better for everyone involved to make them more frequent and not as large. Ideally focused on a theme or single feature implementation.
... is what I said after 1.26 after which I decided to create the most elaborate map so far. I can't promise anything, but I'll try harder to make updates a little smaller and more frequent. I hope. Thank you for your patience (if you had any).
Original post
12 Aug 2023Developer post
1.27 preview
Preview 1.27 is now live on the preview branch. Please report any bugs here and follow the instructions carefully. Note that this build does not include the activation rewrite. This is a preview branch. It is a work-in-progress. Do not play on this version of the game unless you
Preview 1.27 is now live on the preview branch.
Please report any bugs here and follow the instructions carefully.
Note that this build does not include the activation rewrite.
This is a preview branch. It is a work-in-progress. Do not play on this version of the game unless you are accepting of potential bugs, lag, and possibly permanently corrupting your save data.
Added

New map: Reactor A5
Decoupler
Office Chair
Office Desk
Office Computer
Office Monitor
Naval Mine
Chain
"Mute" context menu option to the Lagbox, Metronome, Missile Launcher, and Timed Gate
Blunt impact can now emit blood particles
Blunt impact have a chance to cut the skin open
Sound effects for bullet cracks and whizzes.
Grid and angle snap size settings with optional keybinds
Bus window can shatter
Changed

Casing ejection particles no longer scale with the weapon
Closed suspicious mod rejection loophole
Made tempered glass shatter quicker
Increased default physics iterations to 32
Increased maximum physics iteration count to 256
Increased minimum physics iteration count to 8
Made it easier to select objects inside other objects by prioritising the smallest object under the cursor
Improved fragmentation explosion crushing behaviour
Organisms can now fully restore their blood levels on their own
Missile Launcher missile will now explode when shot with a sufficiently large round
Increased headshot fatality rate
Slightly increased bullet knockback force
Made sentry turret AI more consistent
Doubled the lethality of the landmine
Changed water surface explosion SFX
Fixed

Mods occasionally failing to upload
Rewrote significant parts of the control scheme system, fixing a few inconsistencies, bugs, and "what the hell" moments
Humans could live having all their blood replaced with a tasty beverage
Zombies healing wounds
Cardiopulmonary bypass machine collision serialisation working incorrectly
Attachments detaching when weapon is activated using activator electrode
Incorrect servo description
Immobility field - sentry turret interaction weirdness
Heartrate monitor showing 70 bpm when it shouldn't
Broken plate debris not showing up when flipped
EscapeRichText loophole
Original post
04 Mar 2023Developer post
Recent changes, in case you didn't know
Hello everyone. Sorry if you expected a fantastic content-filled update today, this is just a list of every update since 1.26 because I noticed not everyone was aware that the game is always being updated, whether it shows up on Steam News or not. If you want to stay up to date (
Hello everyone. Sorry if you expected a fantastic content-filled update today, this is just a list of every update since 1.26 because I noticed not everyone was aware that the game is always being updated, whether it shows up on Steam News or not.
If you want to stay up to date (for real) then you're better off joining the Discord server or reading the blog. Steam News is cool and everything but it exists in a weird limbo between the immediate interactivity of Discord and the complete lack of it on the blog. There is information on there that isn't available anywhere else.
1.26.6 - March 4 2023
Added

Some extra checks when uploading items to the Workshop to prevent unclear failures
When a mod is uploaded from within the game, it is modified slightly to make it harder to blatantly reupload
Limb.StrengthMultipliers, a float array that is used to adjust the final motor strength of the limb. Empty by default.
Changed

Renamed "Blood vessel wire" to "Liquid conduit"
Objects held by humans (etc.) will no longer collide with the human until it is distant enough or 15 seconds have passed. This prevents, for example, dropped weapons from freaking out when its wielder is killed.
Fixed

Layer editor showing up when it shouldn't
1.26.5 - February 15 2023
Added

WaterBehaviour.Ignore, IgnoreObject(gm), and StopIgnoringObject(gm)
You can now toggle the detector beam visibility in the context menu and added a enabled light
Changed

Increased EMP chance for regular atom bomb
Fixed

That wire layering bug when editing layers
Organism temperature response being way too abrupt
EMP from nuclear weapons not passing through objects for some reason
1.26.4 - January 22 2023
Changed

For modders: the Lasered message is now OnLasered and takes a Messages.ILasered.LaserArgs as a parameter. Please implement the Messages.ILasered interface.
You can double click a mod to toggle it
Fixed

Map objects occasionally creating spawn particles
Tank tank problems (Tank)
Some UI problems
1.26.3 - January 18 2023
Added

Laser receiver double trigger
Suspicious mods can now be "trusted". Observe.
Mods can now come with a README.txt, which can contain TMP rich text which will be displayed on the right side of the mod list screen. Think of it as an extended description. More information on the wiki.
Changed

Minor tweaks to body temperature management (body is now less effective at resisting external heat than it is external cold)
Being on fire causes skin damage and is less likely to cause someone to lose consciousness
Organisms burn longer
Fixed

PPG modding wiki bug fix to do with rendering method overloads
Thermal vision display not showing lava temperature
Broken limbs incorrectly invoking damage functions (leading to a stopped heart not being lethal occasionally)
Procedural fragments disappearing after every limb is crushed
1.26.2 - January 5 2023
Added

Thermal vision now also displays the temperature of the object under the cursor
Fixed

Weapon attachment undo
Red barrel fire now takes no-collide into account
Gore fragments are now always removed with the organism
awdawdawdawd
1.26.1 - December 31 2022 🎆
Changed

Explosive barrels will no longer ignite obstructed objects
Wrench description is now more accurate
Fixed

Layering issues regarding objects with multiple sprites (lagboxes, ion cannons, etc.)
Syringes behaving incorrectly if pasted/loaded while lodged into a liquid container
Attachment point blob in detail mode being visible at the wrong time
Flare showing spawn particles on use, sometimes
Deflated tyre appearing inflated after deserialisation
Organisms slowly descending if the surface they stood on is disintegrated or otherwise removed unexpectedly
Original post
29 Dec 2022Developer post
People Playground 1.26
1.26 - December 29 2022 Added Wooden Binding Jet Engine Freezing limbs will now damage tissue Metal scraping sparks Activator Electrode You can now edit object rendering layers (context menu option & optional keybinds) Local fire propagation on large flammable objects Procedu
1.26 - December 29 2022
Added

Wooden Binding
Jet Engine
Freezing limbs will now damage tissue
Metal scraping sparks
Activator Electrode
You can now edit object rendering layers (context menu option & optional keybinds)
Local fire propagation on large flammable objects
Procedural gore fragments on crush (disabled by default, enable in settings)
Functional weapon attachments (capacitor, explosive, scope, laser, flashlight)
Tyres can pop/deflate
Burnt leaves will now slowly disappear
Brain damage can be disabled in settings
"Toggle UI visibility" optional keybind
ModAPI.SerialiseJSON, ModAPI.DeserialiseJSON, ModAPI.DeleteJSON
Nitroglycerine will explode when the container is charged by something like a battery
The optional OnUnload static method is now called when the application is closed for all loaded mods.
Bullets can now dismember limbs in addition to them already crushing limbs
Fire Extinguisher is a little more animated
ModAPI.RegisterCategory
Catalog now supports custom categories
ModAPI.OnWireDestroyed, ModAPI.OnPinDestroyed, ModAPI.OnLinkDestroyed
BallisticsEmitter.OnTracerCreation is a UnityEvent that can be used to customise a tracer round when it is created
Changed

Minor changes to ragdoll animation system. Some animations had way too much force behind them and it's now possible for animations to specify a force multiplier.
Bullet damage is now based on speed alongside distance and cartridge damage
Servos no longer speed up when powered, they only become more powerful. Speed can be changed in the context menu.
Life syringe stops seizures
Drastically lowered chance of brain damage, it should be a rare occurrence
Lowered chance of concrete rebar appearing in concrete debris. It's completely disabled when Fancy Effects is disabled.
Slightly improved tesla coil arcs
Increased water impact damage
Bullet casings now shrink when despawning
Deflated tyres slightly deform when in contact with an object
Oxygen deficiency may cause brain damage
Low blood pressure may cause brain damage
Lowered brain damage posturing time
Increased crush-by-gunshot chances a bit
Seizures can stop the heart
Slightly lowered entity impact damage
Bleeding particles collide with the world when Fancy Effects is enabled
Fire Extinguisher is a little heavier now
Increased thermal pulse intensity from nuclear explosions
Increased drag underwater
Made androids less vulnerable to explosives
Made many changes to the body heat system and responses to environment temperature. Humans are more resistant to cold environments. They won't freeze as quickly and will often pass out before dying if their body temperature is too low.
Changed sharpness velocity threshold calculation. Lower softness values are now more effective
Improved wood impact VFX
Improved thruster SFX
Improved propeller SFX
Improved ricochet SFX variety
Improved fire extinguisher particles
Lowered audio range of mini thruster
Improved pumpkin destruction effect
Decreased cannon shockwave
Falling embers now collide
Made acid less effective on androids
Laser colours can be much darker
Explosions can now completely crush bodyparts if "procedural fragments" is enabled
Increased G1 SMG, SMG, and Minigun spread
Increased LMG heat up speed and added a little glowy bit at the end (will automatically be removed when overridden with a mod. Use ModAPI.KeepExtraObjects())
Fixed

Older contraptions having firearms with incorrect reflection sounds
Stupid memory leak to do with custom human textures
Ray cannon going insane on void & other maps occasionally
Fragility slider not showing enough digits
Crossbow bolts spinning forever
Some energy sword problems
Item persistence bugs (normal sized bug) (you may have to do the achievement again)
Tree collision
Human feet are no longer unnaturally resistant to being crushed
Phase link slightly affecting center of mass
Phase link being deletable without being visible
Minor performance improvements to do with phase links and other tools
Some deletion stuff
Flamethrower wouldn't burn stuff up close sometimes
Pin hover stuff
The game will now delete older logs as to keep a maximum of 25 logs in the log directory
Menu escape issue
Bug where limbs would cool down when dead despite blood flowing through them
Bug where cardiopulmonary bypass machine continues to provide oxygen even when turned off/broken
Electricity particles not scaling with the object
Some major liquid system problems
Automatic firearms shooting two bullets as their first shot sometimes
Weird deletion message stuff
Things can no longer breathe when submerged in ice
Humans unable to grab things after copy/pasting
Other minor bugs
Removed

Android instant death on dismemberment
Additionally

Many changes and improvements to the modding wiki.
Aspa102
You should read our weekly blog for updates on all our projects
I need to remind myself to never make updates large and infrequent. It's a lot better for everyone involved to make them more frequent and not as large. Ideally focused on a theme or single feature implementation.
happy new year (socially acceptable end of interaction)
Original post
31 Aug 2022Developer post
1.26 preview
Preview 1.26 is now live on the preview branch. Please report any bugs here and follow the instructions carefully. This is a preview build. Do not play on this version of the game unless you are accepting of potential bugs, lag, and possibly permanently corrupting your save data.
Preview 1.26 is now live on the preview branch.
Please report any bugs here and follow the instructions carefully.
This is a preview build. Do not play on this version of the game unless you are accepting of potential bugs, lag, and possibly permanently corrupting your save data.
Click here to read the realtime changelog.
1.26 - Definitely not August ?? 2022
Added

Wooden Binding
Jet Engine
Freezing limbs will now damage tissue
Metal scraping sparks
Tyres can pop/deflate
"Toggle UI visibility" optional keybind
ModAPI.SerialiseJSON and ModAPI.DeserialiseJSON
The optional OnUnload static method is now called when the application is closed for all loaded mods.
You can now edit object rendering layers (a little box will appear in detail view, but there are also optional keybinds)
Bullets can now dismember limbs in addition to them already crushing limbs
Fire Extinguisher is a little more animated
Changed

Minor changes to ragdoll animation system. Some animations had way too much force behind them and it's now possible for animations to specify a force multiplier.
Bullet damage is now based on speed alongside distance and cartridge damage
Servos no longer speed up when powered, they only become more powerful. Speed can be changed in the context menu.
Life syringe stops seizures
Drastically lowered chance of brain damage, it should be a rare occurrence
Lowered chance of concrete rebar appearing in concrete debris. It's completely disabled when Fancy Effects is disabled.
Slightly improved tesla coil arcs
Increased water impact damage
Bullet casings now shrink when despawning
Oxygen deficiency may cause brain damage
Low blood pressure may cause brain damage
Lowered brain damage posturing time
Seizures can stop the heart
Slightly lowered entity impact damage
Bleeding particles collide with the world when Fancy Effects is enabled
Fire Extinguisher is a little heavier now
Increased thermal pulse intensity from nuclear explosions
Increased drag underwater
Made many changes to the body heat system and responses to environment temperature. Humans are more resistant to cold environments. They won't freeze as quickly and will often pass out before dying if their body temperature is too low.
Changed sharpness velocity threshold calculation. Lower softness values are now more effective
Improved thruster SFX
Improved propeller SFX
Improved ricochet SFX variety
Lowered audio range of mini thruster
Improved pumpkin destruction effect
Decreased cannon shockwave
Falling embers now collide
Laser colours can be much darker
Increased G1 SMG, SMG, and Minigun spread
Increased LMG heat up speed and added a little glowy bit at the end
Fixed

Older contraptions having firearms with incorrect reflection sounds
Ray cannon going insane on void & other maps occasionally
Fragility slider not showing enough digits
Crossbow bolts spinning forever
Some energy sword problems
Tree collision
Human feet are no longer unnaturally resistant to being crushed
Phase link slightly affecting center of mass
Minor performance improvements to do with phase links and other tools
Some deletion stuff
Flamethrower wouldn't burn stuff up close sometimes
Pin hover stuff
The game will now delete older logs as to keep a maximum of 25 logs in the log directory
Menu escape issue
Bug where limbs would cool down when dead despite blood flowing through them
Bug where cardiopulmonary bypass machine continues to provide oxygen even when turned off/broken
Electricity particles not scaling with the object
Some major liquid system problems
Weird deletion message stuff
Other minor bugs
Where the hell have you been? Again??
Yes I was and am working on another game as well. It is a lot of work okay.
New cool game wow this is cool
Original post
13 Jul 2022Developer post
People Playground 1.25
1.25 - July 13 2022 Added Split up settings into more categories: General Gore Visual effects User Interface Video Audio Goreless mode: no blood, no gore Brain damage and relevant poses. Permanent unless treated. Entity fragility multiplier in Gore settings. Make humans (etc.) mo
1.25 - July 13 2022
Added

Split up settings into more categories:

General
Gore
Visual effects
User Interface
Video
Audio
Goreless mode: no blood, no gore
Brain damage and relevant poses. Permanent unless treated.
Entity fragility multiplier in Gore settings. Make humans (etc.) more or less fragile as you play.
Dismemberment could now expose stringy tissue that will loosely hold the limbs together
Limbs with enough flesh on them may eject chunky particles when shot, similar to brain-matter particles
Cobblestone wall
Stone brick wall
Stone brick
Ray Cannon
Liquid Duplicator
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machine
Minor extra details to the default bullet impact effect (only visible when Fancy Effects is enabled)
Foliage leaves sway ever so slightly
Dimly lit objects are now desaturated to prevent unnatural looking brightness from vibrant objects
Burned foliage will now shimmer and char
Destroyed concrete now has loose, sharp rebar
Some more bullet ricochet sound variants
Some particles to limb crushing effects
Changed

Beam rifle beam will now crush limbs if they can't be sliced off
Brain matter particles are sometimes red
Detaching the head from the torso will instantly kill the organism
Flamethrower will heat things up less quickly
Worm staff wounds now are counted as stab wounds in the entity inspector
Decreased bleeding rate when most skin is gone
Energy Sword no longer sets everything on fire instantly
Doubled activation propagation limit
Firearm casings that are ejected now scale with the weapon
Blaster weapon muzzle flashes
Siren texture
Minor changes to fire particles
Changed Sentry Turret gun sound
Sentry Turret now targets torso over anything else
Human blood regeneration is slower
Achievement icons updated to current sprites
Made the plate stronger
Tritium can heal a dead brain
Blood no longer regenerates if the limb is bleeding or dismembered
Bandages' redness is now based on bleeding intensity
Impact damage on organisms is now much more dangerous. It can propagate through from the impact limb to other connected limbs to roughly approximate what would happen in real life.
Fixed

Auto healing again
Immortality serum
Acid is more effective and consistent
Burn wounds regenerating despite "auto heal injuries" being off
Heart rate monitor inaccuracy
Saving broken pistons being all messed up
Disassembler still discharging despite being broken
Firearms not always passing in the Cartridge
Slider slider width not adjusting to the actual scale
Impact intensity averaging calculation now removes outliers
Sentry turret no longer targets dead limbs if the human is still alive
Beam rifle beam is no longer effectively infinitely thin
Flamethrower going through walls occasionally
Flamethrower going through very small gaps
Fire extinguisher and flamethrower particles scale with the object
Critical drag tool bug
Tempered glass
Syringes and other small sharp things getting stuck inside people and potentially breaking their bones
Energy Sword impact vfx position
Weird debris issues to do with undoing
Minor performance improvements
Decimator will no longer occasionally be extremely loud when deleting multi-part objects
Removed

"You can set your collision mode to "Discrete" for a significant performance boost!"
Original post
30 Jun 2022Developer post
1.25 preview
Preview 1.25 is now live on the preview branch. Please report any bugs here and follow the instructions carefully. This is a preview build. Do not play on this version of the game unless you are accepting of potential bugs, lag, and possibly permanently corrupting your save data.
Preview 1.25 is now live on the preview branch.
Please report any bugs here and follow the instructions carefully.
This is a preview build. Do not play on this version of the game unless you are accepting of potential bugs, lag, and possibly permanently corrupting your save data.
Click here to read the realtime changelog.
Added

Split up settings into more categories:

General
Gore
Visual effects
User Interface
Video
Audio
Goreless mode: no blood, no gore
Dismemberment could now expose stringy tissue that will loosely hold the limbs together
Limbs with enough flesh on them may eject chunky particles when shot, similar to brain-matter particles
Cobblestone wall
Stone brick wall
Liquid Duplicator
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machine
Minor extra details to the default bullet impact effect (only visible when Fancy Effects is enabled)
Changed

Beam rifle beam will now crush limbs if they can't be sliced off
Brain matter particles are now red
Detaching the head from the torso will instantly kill the organism
Flamethrower will heat things up less quickly
Worm staff wounds now are counted as stab wounds in the entity inspector
Decreased bleeding rate when most skin is gone
Doubled activation propagation limit
Firearm casings that are ejected now scale with the weapon
Blaster weapon muzzle flashes
Changed Sentry Turret gun sound
Sentry Turret now targets torso over anything else
Human blood regeneration is slower
Achievement icons updated to current sprites
Made the plate stronger
Fixed

Auto healing again
Immortality serum
Acid is more effective and consistent
Burn wounds regenerating despite "auto heal injuries" being off
Heart rate monitor inaccuracy
Saving broken pistons being all messed up
Disassembler still discharging despite being broken
Firearms not always passing in the Cartridge
Slider slider width not adjusting to the actual scale
Impact intensity averaging calculation now removes outliers
Sentry turret no longer targets dead limbs if the human is still alive
Beam rifle beam is no longer effectively infinitely thin
Flamethrower going through walls occasionally
Flamethrower going through very small gaps
Critical drag tool bug
Weird debris issues to do with undoing
Original post
24 May 2022Developer post
1.24 patch 5
Some more small changes and fixes. 1.24.5 - May 24 2022 Added Cyrillic font support Fixed Logging oversight 1.24.4 - May 24 2022 Changed Hover thruster max height is now 10 km Fixed Brain-death being way too hard to heal Androids being impossible to revive sometimes Liquid exit t
Some more small changes and fixes.
1.24.5 - May 24 2022
Added

Cyrillic font support
Fixed

Logging oversight
1.24.4 - May 24 2022
Changed

Hover thruster max height is now 10 km
Fixed

Brain-death being way too hard to heal
Androids being impossible to revive sometimes
Liquid exit tolerance & reliability
Tritium permanence
Auto-healing
Original post
22 May 2022Developer post
1.24 patch 3
1.24.3 - May 23 2022 Added Burn damage can heal Adrenaline undoes numbness Changed Bullet-holes can be a bit smaller Fixed Even more burning issues (endless burning) Regeneration speed being way too slow Brain-dead state not working correctly Tempered glass undo not working 1.24.
1.24.3 - May 23 2022
Added

Burn damage can heal
Adrenaline undoes numbness
Changed

Bullet-holes can be a bit smaller
Fixed

Even more burning issues (endless burning)
Regeneration speed being way too slow
Brain-dead state not working correctly
Tempered glass undo not working
1.24.2 - May 22 2022
Fixed

Burning issues
Inspector issues
Other issues that are too small and numerous to list
Original post
22 May 2022Developer post
1.24 patch 1
1.24.1 - May 22 2022 A small patch to fix issues people have encountered & bonus additions. Added "Heart stopped" in living entity inspector if the heart has stopped working "Brain-dead" in living entity inspector if... yeah Fixed Human water impact damage is no longer excess
1.24.1 - May 22 2022
A small patch to fix issues people have encountered & bonus additions.
Added

"Heart stopped" in living entity inspector if the heart has stopped working
"Brain-dead" in living entity inspector if... yeah
Fixed

Human water impact damage is no longer excessive
Error in bullet-damage-by-distance-calculation
Bullet-wound damage response curve. The contrast between small round damage & big round damage is greater and more noticeable.
More electrocution issues
Android durability being almost infinite
Original post
21 May 2022Developer post
Gore update - People Playground 1.24
1.24 - May 21 2022 Added Liquid canister. This is a high capacity container that is vulnerable to bullets and has a variable buoyancy. Painkiller syringe Humans will pass out when they experience too much g-force Boat motor reverses on red signal For modders: support for transpar
1.24 - May 21 2022
Added

Liquid canister. This is a high capacity container that is vulnerable to bullets and has a variable buoyancy.
Painkiller syringe
Humans will pass out when they experience too much g-force
Boat motor reverses on red signal
For modders: support for transparent liquids
For modders: Liquid.GetDisplayName()
For modders: BloodContainer.ForceCalculateComputedColor
Changed

Completely rewrote body shader (this may make humans from older contraptions look weird)

Blunt damage causes bruising (new look)
Bullets make bullet holes
Stabbing makes stab wounds
Touching hot objects & friction causes burn wounds
You can switch back to the legacy shaders in the general settings menu
Important for modders: wound intensity is now inverted (normal). The higher the Z component, the more intense the wound.
Bullet impacts on bodies of water are more intense
Stopping time has a shorter transition
Androids are more durable
Minor rendering optimisations
Other minor optimisations
Changed bullet hardness & damage distance calculations
Limbs don't drain their liquid as fast when bone is exposed
Humans don't panic as easily when shot
Humans wince more when shot
Humans and gorses regenerate blood slowly, if they're alive
Bullets have 50% more impact force
Tritium glows when seen in transparent containers
Made punctured lungs more dangerous
Increased g-force resilience
Decreased human drown time
Boiling bodies of water have no buoyancy
Changing weather settings like rain, snow, and fog will now happen smoothly instead of abruptly.
G-force damage no longer occurs when the organism was frozen
Improved distant large explosion sound
Changed AK-47 sfx
Changed AR sfx
Changed Submachine gun sfx
Changed Shotgun sfx
Changed Sniper sfx
Swapped old Rifle sfx for sniper SFX
Improved Gorse collision
Increased explosion shrapnel lethality
Made Ultra Strength Serum more potent
Decreased bleeding particles intensity
Minor tweaks to entity body temperature maths
Increased body bullet impact sound volume
Gave liquids nicer names
Made human pain animation a little less rigid
Organisms rot slower
Increased minimum impact damage threshold for limbs
Heat capacity is now calculated using object mass in addition to size & material properties
Lowered object to air heat dissipation
Fixed

Android circuit layer transparency
Improved limb liquid circulation
Fireworks detail view radius visible for too long
Concrete debris suddenly disappearing
Made rescaled living entities a little more stable.
Boat motor saving issues
Slider disintegration issues
Unnecessary memory usage
Electrocution issues
Workshop upload dialog box being weirdly sized
Fluorescent bulb glow overlay appearing in front of everything
Issues :(
Detectors emitting signals even when broken
Human flesh layer not covering all bones
Removed

Removed coagulation concentration calculation
Original post
15 May 2022Developer post
1.24 preview
Preview 1.24 is now live on the preview branch. Please report any bugs here and follow the instructions carefully. This is a preview branch. Do not play on this version of the game unless you are accepting of potential bugs, lag, and possibly permanently corrupting your save data
Preview 1.24 is now live on the preview branch.
Please report any bugs here and follow the instructions carefully.
This is a preview branch. Do not play on this version of the game unless you are accepting of potential bugs, lag, and possibly permanently corrupting your save data.
Added

Liquid canister. This is a high capacity container that is vulnerable to bullets and has a variable buoyancy.
Painkiller syringe
Humans will pass out when they experience too much g-force
Boat motor reverses on red signal
For modders: support for transparent liquids
For modders: Liquid.GetDisplayName()
For modders: BloodContainer.ForceCalculateComputedColor
Changed

Completely rewrote body shader (this may make humans from older contraptions look weird)

Blunt damage causes bruising (new look)
Bullets make bullet holes
Stabbing makes stab wounds
Touching hot objects & friction causes burn wounds
You can switch back to the legacy shaders in the general settings menu
Important for modders: wound intensity is now inverted (normal). The higher the Z component, the more intense the wound.
Bullet impacts on bodies of water are more intense
Stopping time has a shorter transition
Androids are more durable
Minor rendering optimisations
Other minor optimisations
Changed bullet hardness & damage distance calculations
Limbs don't drain their liquid as fast when bone is exposed
Humans don't panic as easily when shot
Humans wince more when shot
Humans and gorses regenerate blood slowly, if they're alive
Bullets have 50% more impact force
Tritium glows when seen in transparent containers
Made punctured lungs more dangerous
Increased g-force resilience
Decreased human drown time
Boiling bodies of water have no buoyancy
Changing weather settings like rain, snow, and fog will now happen smoothly instead of abruptly.
G-force damage no longer occurs when the organism was frozen
Improved distant large explosion sound
Changed AK-47 sfx
Changed AR sfx
Changed Submachine gun sfx
Changed Shotgun sfx
Changed Sniper sfx
Swapped old Rifle sfx for sniper SFX
Improved Gorse collision
Increased explosion shrapnel lethality
Made Ultra Strength Serum more potent
Decreased bleeding particles intensity
Minor tweaks to entity body temperature maths
Increased body bullet impact sound volume
Gave liquids nicer names
Made human pain animation a little less rigid
Organisms rot slower
Increased minimum impact damage threshold for limbs
Heat capacity is now calculated using object mass in addition to size & material properties
Lowered object to air heat dissipation
Fixed

Android circuit layer transparency
Improved limb liquid circulation
Fireworks detail view radius visible for too long
Concrete debris suddenly disappearing
Made rescaled living entities a little more stable.
Boat motor saving issues
Slider disintegration issues
Unnecessary memory usage
Electrocution issues
Workshop upload dialog box being weirdly sized
Fluorescent bulb glow overlay appearing in front of everything
Issues :(
Detectors emitting signals even when broken
Human flesh layer not covering all bones
Removed

Removed coagulation concentration calculation
Original post
14 Apr 2022Developer post
People Playground 1.23.9
Some fixes for things + I want to go for walk. Zullen we nou gaan of niet? 1.23.9 - April 14 2022 Fixed Centrifuge bug on low settings "Sharing violation" error while compiling mods 1.23.8 - April 12 2022 Changed Should be impossible for the compiler server to stay alive
Some fixes for things + I want to go for walk. Zullen we nou gaan of niet?
1.23.9 - April 14 2022
Fixed

Centrifuge bug on low settings
"Sharing violation" error while compiling mods
1.23.8 - April 12 2022
Changed

Should be impossible for the compiler server to stay alive
Original post
11 Apr 2022Developer post
People Playground 1.23.7
1.23.7 - April 11 2022 Added Faster mod loading / compilation Small Boulder Fluorescent Lamp Invisible particle projectors are now visible in detail view Changed Instant death poison is instant again Made bottle stronger Boat motor no longer electrocutes everything when charged B
1.23.7 - April 11 2022
Added

Faster mod loading / compilation
Small Boulder
Fluorescent Lamp
Invisible particle projectors are now visible in detail view
Changed

Instant death poison is instant again
Made bottle stronger
Boat motor no longer electrocutes everything when charged
Boat motor now breaks at 800 degrees Celsius
Organism inspector now considers an organism with a dysfunctional brain to be fully dead.
Minor changes to blood pressure calculation
Detached limbs no longer have a heartbeat lmao
Spotlights emit some softer light too
Mod compiling is now more compatible with older systems
Fixed

Decal layer stuff
Android arm layer stuff
Substructure lift layer stuff
Minor optimisations
Physics audio volume inconsistencies
Minor change to a bus texture 🟥
Emergency stop button on lift not working sometimes
Celsius*
Note for Windows 7 users
Your operating system is obsolete. But if you want to keep using it anyway, you will probably need a little update:
KB3063858 for 64 bit (probably what you need)
KB3063858 for 32 bit (if your computer is older than you)
Original post
03 Apr 2022Developer post
People Playground 1.23.6
1.23.6 - April 3 2022 Added "Dynamic" collision mode. Dynamic mode switches between discrete and continuous based on velocity. It serves as a middle-ground between the two, being more reliable than discrete mode but not as CPU-hungry as continuous mode. Android "skin" can be burn
1.23.6 - April 3 2022
Added

"Dynamic" collision mode. Dynamic mode switches between discrete and continuous based on velocity. It serves as a middle-ground between the two, being more reliable than discrete mode but not as CPU-hungry as continuous mode.
Android "skin" can be burnt off, just like pre-temperature-update versions
Boat motor
Changed

Minor optimisations to do with dragging
Slowed human internal temperature transfer rate
If the heart is stopped or blood flow is blocked, organisms no longer lose all blood pressure immediately
Made organisms more vulnerable to hot/cold environments
Minor changes to metal impact VFX
Save files containing foliage are now much smaller and will take less time to load/save
Leaves will resize with the rest of the foliage
Ceiling turret is no longer invulnerable to heat
Fixed

Weapons (and other things) not saving their position properly when held by a ragdoll
Some spelling inconsistencies
Black hole not doing the black hole thing sometimes
Modded liquids will now correctly cause a contraption to require mods
A bug, believe it or not
Crate debris fuckery
Bug to do with piston correction
Winch connector thing being weird when flipped
Android arm decal rendering
Moving foliage around in pause mode will now bring leaves with them
Problem to do with car doors being broken and then being copy-pasted
Original post

Updates & announcements

The incident

Updates

[1.27.7] - February 6 2026

[1.27.6] - February 4 2026

What you should do

What I'm going to do

EDIT: Update

EDIT 2: wuh

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FIRST POST OF 2024!

If you are having issues with your camera, uninstall Cloddymod.

1.27 - October 21 2023

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This is a preview branch. It is a work-in-progress. Do not play on this version of the game unless you are accepting of potential bugs, lag, and possibly permanently corrupting your save data.

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1.26.6 - March 4 2023

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1.26.5 - February 15 2023

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1.26.4 - January 22 2023

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1.26.3 - January 18 2023

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1.26.2 - January 5 2023

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1.26.1 - December 31 2022 🎆

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1.26 - December 29 2022

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This is a preview build. Do not play on this version of the game unless you are accepting of potential bugs, lag, and possibly permanently corrupting your save data.

1.26 - Definitely not August ?? 2022

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1.25 - July 13 2022

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This is a preview build. Do not play on this version of the game unless you are accepting of potential bugs, lag, and possibly permanently corrupting your save data.

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1.24.5 - May 24 2022

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1.24.4 - May 24 2022

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1.24.3 - May 23 2022

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1.24.2 - May 22 2022

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1.24.1 - May 22 2022

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