Two by One

Released: Jul 26, 2021
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Last updated: 17 Sep 2026, 01:13 GMT

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26 Jul 2021Developer post
Two by One is out of Early Access
Two by One version 1.0 has been released! With this update the game is feature complete and is leaving Early Access. Furthermore, we are having our biggest discount yet (50%) to celebrate it. (Edit: There's been an issue and the current steam discount is only 15%. We are working
Two by One version 1.0 has been released! With this update the game is feature complete and is leaving Early Access. ~~Furthermore, we are having our biggest discount yet (50%) to celebrate it.~~ (Edit: There's been an issue and the current steam discount is only 15%. We are working to solve it and set it to the intended 50% value)
Updates

Reorganized the order of stages in order to provide a smoother difficulty curve
Added 13 stages and a new boss. These stages are significantly easier than the ones before and meant to introduce new players to the game in a smoother way.
We want to thank everyone who has followed the development of this game and surmounted its challenges.
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23 Jul 2021Developer post
Two by One is leaving Early Access soon!
Thanks to all your support and feedback, we can happily announce that Two by One will leave early access the 26th of July! With the patch released today, we've achieved the amount of content we were aiming for in order to leave early access. 13 new stages and a boss are now avail
09 May 2021Developer post
The sound update
The biggest update yet is here! The entire in-game audio has been revisited and improved, nine new levels are now available and we've taken the first steps to smooth the game's difficulty curve. Updates The sound effects for the whole game have been enhanced. Sound balance still
The biggest update yet is here! The entire in-game audio has been revisited and improved, nine new levels are now available and we've taken the first steps to smooth the game's difficulty curve.
Updates

The sound effects for the whole game have been enhanced. Sound balance still requires a few adjustments though, so please give us your feedback about this aspect of the game.
Added stages 3-3 to 3-11.
Changed order of previous stages in order to provide a smoother difficulty curve.
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11 Apr 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/4/11
Updates Added level selection UI for the third set of stages Added stages 3-1 and 3-2 Minor UI bug fixes
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Added level selection UI for the third set of stages
Added stages 3-1 and 3-2
Minor UI bug fixes
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03 Apr 2021Developer post
Second boss released - Development Update 2021/4/3
Development did indeed move faster than expected! The second boss is now available, completing the second set of levels. Just as previous weeks, most of the development was streamed over at our youtube channel , so check it out if you want to see how it was made. Updates Added st
Development did indeed move faster than expected! The second boss is now available, completing the second set of levels. Just as previous weeks, most of the development was streamed over at our youtube channel, so check it out if you want to see how it was made.
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Added stage B-2
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27 Mar 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/3/27
One more stage in this update than usual, completing the second set of regular updates. Next update is the second boss and should come in two weeks, maybe one if development moves along faster than expected. As said in the last update, we're streaming development of the game in o
One more stage in this update than usual, completing the second set of regular updates. Next update is the second boss and should come in two weeks, maybe one if development moves along faster than expected.
As said in the last update, we're streaming development of the game in our youtube channel, so check it out for a preview of what's coming.
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Added stages 2-22, 2-23 and 2-24.
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20 Mar 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/3/20
Hello everyone, we'd like to begin this patch notes by mentioning that we've started streaming the development of the game at our youtube channel . Check it out to see how this week's stages were made, plus a sneak peek at the second boss. Updates Added stages 2-20 and 2-21.
Hello everyone, we'd like to begin this patch notes by mentioning that we've started streaming the development of the game at our youtube channel. Check it out to see how this week's stages were made, plus a sneak peek at the second boss.
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Added stages 2-20 and 2-21.
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13 Mar 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/3/13
Updates Added stages 2-18 and 2-19.
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Added stages 2-18 and 2-19.
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06 Mar 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/3/6
Updates Added stages 2-16 and 2-17.
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Added stages 2-16 and 2-17.
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27 Feb 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/2/27
Updates Added stages 2-14 and 2-15.
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Added stages 2-14 and 2-15.
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20 Feb 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/2/20
Updates Added stages 2-12 and 2-13.
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Added stages 2-12 and 2-13.
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13 Feb 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/2/13
More stages with bullet-blocking walls this week Updates Added stages 2-10 and 2-11. Changed the achievement "Not many get to this point" from "Beat the first 25 stages" to "Beat 25 stages". This is because the order of stages will probably be shuffled in the future in order to s
More stages with bullet-blocking walls this week
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Added stages 2-10 and 2-11.
Changed the achievement "Not many get to this point" from "Beat the first 25 stages" to "Beat 25 stages". This is because the order of stages will probably be shuffled in the future in order to smooth the difficulty curve.
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06 Feb 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/2/6
This week's stages introduce walls that block both friendly and enemy bullets. Use them as cover to survive what you otherwise couldn't. Updates Added stages 2-8 and 2-9.
This week's stages introduce walls that block both friendly and enemy bullets. Use them as cover to survive what you otherwise couldn't.
Updates

Added stages 2-8 and 2-9.
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01 Feb 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/2/1
Updates Added stages 2-6 and 2-7.
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Added stages 2-6 and 2-7.
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23 Jan 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/1/23
Early update this week! Two new stages have been added, with variations on the patterns of the ones in the last update and more focused on dodging. Updates Added stages 2-4 and 2-5. In development More stages, music and health bars, as said in previous weeks.
Early update this week! Two new stages have been added, with variations on the patterns of the ones in the last update and more focused on dodging.
Updates

Added stages 2-4 and 2-5.
In development
More stages, music and health bars, as said in previous weeks.
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17 Jan 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/1/17
This update brings two new stages and a tutorial level. Updates Added the first iteration of the tutorial level. A revision will happen later down the line, with detailed explanation of how to aim on focus fire with a gamepad. Added stages 2-2 and 2-3. Using focus fire with a gam
This update brings two new stages and a tutorial level.
Updates

Added the first iteration of the tutorial level. A revision will happen later down the line, with detailed explanation of how to aim on focus fire with a gamepad.
Added stages 2-2 and 2-3.
Using focus fire with a gamepad for the first time in a run will set the cursor in the center of the screen, instead of where the mouse cursor is.
Removed the second wave of enemies from 1-1 in order to make the stage easier
In development
We're currently working on more stages and music as said previously. Additionally, you can expect an option to see enemy health bars in a few updates, as the groundwork for it has been laid while developing the tutorial stage.
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03 Jan 2021Developer post
Development Update 2021/1/3
Happy new year everyone! We have a new stage to celebrate it! Updates Added the level selection screen for the next set of stages. And since it'd be kind of silly to have a level selection screen without levels to select, we have a new stage to accompany it, click 2-1 to try it.
Happy new year everyone! We have a new stage to celebrate it!
Updates

Added the level selection screen for the next set of stages.
And since it'd be kind of silly to have a level selection screen without levels to select, we have a new stage to accompany it, click 2-1 to try it. Fireworks themed, to fit the season.
The text of the restart indication on death has been adjusted so it doesn't overlap with the inner walls of diamond shaped stages.
In development
The tutorial stage was pushed back in order to have a regular level to accompany the new level select screen, but it is still in the works. You can probably expect another stage or two before it gets implemented.
We've also released the new stage without new music. While we'd have liked like to have a new track for the new set, it'd have delayed the stage by two weeks at the very least. Thus we decided to prioritize adding new playable content faster and reused one of the existing tracks until we can replace it with a new one.
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27 Dec 2020Developer post
Development Update 2020/12/27
Hello everyone, hope you had a merry Christmas, and may you have a happy new year. This week's we talk about Steam Remote Play Together and show a bit of UI in the works. Updates Steam's Remote Play Together has been enabled. Please keep in mind that due to limitations of the sys
20 Dec 2020Developer post
Development Update 2020/12/20
This week's update is about cloud saves, achievements and ports. Updates There's been two small updates this week Wednesday's update added Steam cloud saves to the game Sunday's update implemented achievements into the game. The first three are granted for beating a stage, all th
This week's update is about cloud saves, achievements and ports.
Updates
There's been two small updates this week

Wednesday's update added Steam cloud saves to the game
Sunday's update implemented achievements into the game. The first three are granted for beating a stage, all the regular stages available and the boss stage.
Sunday's update also included a fix to a bug where the stage 1-5 wouldn't finish properly
Mac and Linux
A good part of the week has been spent looking into the viability of porting the game into Mac and Linux, and unfortunately we have to announce that these ports won't happen until the game leaves Early Access.
While we managed to get working versions of the game for Mac and Linux with only minor bugs, the process of testing two extra platforms would greatly increase the load of work required to release a new patch.
One of the biggest benefits of early access is being able to iterate quickly with constant and fast patches, and considering our limited resources, increasing the amount of work it takes to QA a patch runs counter to that.
Next week
This next week we aim to get Steam Remote Play Together working. While we hope it doesn't take the whole week, anything related to input devices and multiplayer has proved to be more problematic than expected in the past, so it might take even longer than that.
If finished early, the next objectives are to get the UI for the second set of stages done and to start work on the tutorial stage.
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13 Dec 2020Developer post
Two by One - Early Access release and plans for the future
Welcome to Two by One. It's been a long road to get to this point - and yet a longer road remains ahead. Now, let me give you a peek of what lies in the future. For this December, the plan is mostly small updates to ensure the game runs smoothly and bug-free and completing the im

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