DeadPoly

Released: Jan 12, 2022
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 01:58 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

12 Aug 2026Developer post
Preview: Patch 0.6.8
Hello again, Survivors! It's been too long, so let's jump right in to what's on the near horizon. -- Factions - most NPCs are now a part of a faction which you will have increasing and decreasing reputation with. Reputation can unlock new tasks, purchasable items, better vendor p
05 Apr 2026Developer post
Patch 0.6.7 - Hello new faces + Translations
Additions New character faces are here! Additional character customization options have been added (more on the way) New collectibles added Translations for multiple languages have begun and are located in the Settings menu (these are community driven, please report any and all e
Additions
New character faces are here!
Additional character customization options have been added (more on the way)
New collectibles added
Translations for multiple languages have begun and are located in the Settings menu (these are community driven, please report any and all errors!)
Official No Travel PvP servers are going to begin wiping on the 1st of every Month
Mantling has been improved significantly and is now much more usable (vaulting through windows is on the way!)
Multiple new vehicles added
Added color options for some existing vehicles
Bushes are now melee-able for fiber (previously could only interact harvest with interact hotkey)
Added character respawn / reset button in the inventory menu above the hitpoints
Manual connection settings now save so you can rejoin private servers easier
Changes
Mantle / Vault while falling is no longer performed automatically and now requires player input
Bolt Action Rifles no longer eject a casing when reloading if you haven't fired a bullet
Dexterity now increases fiber yield from bushes slightly
Adjustments to death while in swimming in water
Adjusted inventory screen to allow dropping items by dragging them under your inventory (previously couldn't drop here, had to be closer to the middle of the screen)
Changed the compass visuals
Main menu now caps at 60fps to prevent unnecessary GPU usage
Right clicking while in inventory no longer zooms in and out (similar to crouch change to stop crouching while using your inventory)
Characters should no longer have skin tone and body type 'popping' while loading in, more improvement to this later
Character no longer looks away while in the customization screen, silly characters
Bug Fixes
Player once again spawns in the same location if rejoining the same world rather than having to select a spawn point or random spawn
Fixed left hand placement on multiple guns
Fixed Model 12 shotgun showing muzzle attachment while on the ground
Fixed Kar98k not being able to reload while moving
Fixed a few bugs with vehicles on dedicated servers
Fixed no travel duping method
Fixed loading bug that could cause backpacks to load as your goggle model instead
Adjusted Vehicle networking to address some of the 'car doesn't move' bugs
Fixed bug with guns still shooting after dying or dropping in multiplayer
Fixed bug with some couches and chairs that would prevent them from allowing use
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08 Mar 2026Developer post
Patch 0.6.6b
Additions Updated the water visuals to something a bit more stylized and more performant Changes Vehicle animations have once again been updated to add more fluid motion while driving First person driving camera is now attached to the vehicle First person driving camera raised a
Additions
Updated the water visuals to something a bit more stylized and more performant
Changes
Vehicle animations have once again been updated to add more fluid motion while driving
First person driving camera is now attached to the vehicle
First person driving camera raised a bit to have a better view of the road ahead
Adjustments to vehicle power overall
Respawn points on map adjusted to show if they're on cooldown or blocked
Splint no longer repairs destroyed limbs (Use a Surgical Kit)
Surgical Kit now heals to 5 instead of 1 hitpoint after surgery
Surgical Kit now fixes fracture
Bug Fixes
Guns left behind from errant raiders will no longer remain in world floating ominously
Vehicles should be able to reverse up much steeper inclines now
Highlight around objects no longer draws through your player character
Fixed hand placement on Mini 14
Fixed model issue on Mini 14
Note - This is a smaller update mainly to fix some fairly annoying bugs, and I decided to push what I had mostly finished up with it. Larger update with a good bit of new stuff (collectibles, cars, more vehicle changes, etc) should be launching in about two weeks.
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03 Mar 2026Developer post
Patch 0.6.6
Additions Main menu level is now interactive Added save system redundancy through atomic saving structure Added automatic save backups Added exit locations for vehicles Changes Log Walls, Rock Walls, Stone Walls are now considered flat for building and set down (just the walls, n
Additions
Main menu level is now interactive
Added save system redundancy through atomic saving structure
Added automatic save backups
Added exit locations for vehicles
Changes
Log Walls, Rock Walls, Stone Walls are now considered flat for building and set down (just the walls, not doorframes, windows, etc)
Starting position when joining a game is no longer in the ground
Save system overhaul for performance and reliability
Additional refinement to AI perception for performance and scalability with larger build counts
Rocket explosion radius has been increased
Bug Fixes
Adjusted upgrade material checks to prevent incorrect amounts
Exit location addition should prevent getting stuck while exiting Ute and Farm Truck
Raiders have stopped littering (no longer leave floating melee weapons after despawn)
Players no longer slowly glide out of vehicles in multiplayer (camera is jittery in third person though)
Cars should no longer spawn on top of eachother
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26 Feb 2026Developer post
Patch 0.6.5
Additions Raider AI now has additional skills, weapons, and more Vehicle animations have been updated to be a bit more fluid Changes Made some adjustments to Raider and Hunter spawns to prevent long inactivity periods if they fail to spawn the first time Changed some of the UI hi
Additions
Raider AI now has additional skills, weapons, and more
Vehicle animations have been updated to be a bit more fluid
Changes
Made some adjustments to Raider and Hunter spawns to prevent long inactivity periods if they fail to spawn the first time
Changed some of the UI highlighting while moving and hovering over items
Changed casing ejection setup for performance
Default grid size is now 5 instead of 10
Updated the weapon inspect window background and lighting for visibility
Changes to zombie ragdoll when dying
Reworked how vehicles collide with players and zombies (no more brick wall zombies)
Bug Fixes
FINALLY! Fixed serialization bug with inventory saves that could eventually lead to empty containers (most common on airdrop crates)
Adjusted some inventory functions that could lead to crashing
Fixed recoil displaying incorrectly when inspecting guns
Resolved some issues with gun attachments not registering when joining multiplayer
Removed reticle showing while scoped in
Zombies are less scared of stairs
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23 Feb 2026Developer post
Community Update #7
As always, community updates have been too sparsely happening. I've continually said that I'd ramp up the communication with everyone repeatedly, but it never really materializes in to anything tangible. Due to there not being an unlimited amount of hours in a day, I basically al
23 Feb 2026Developer post
Patch 0.6.4 - Raiders Incoming
Additions Raiders have been added Upgrade system for firearms and armor (melee weapons on the way) Airdrop pilots have finally completed their training and acquired their Pilot Licenses (less airdrops in mountains, new airdrop paths, randomization of airdrop routes) Gameplay opti
Additions
Raiders have been added
Upgrade system for firearms and armor (melee weapons on the way)
Airdrop pilots have finally completed their training and acquired their Pilot Licenses (less airdrops in mountains, new airdrop paths, randomization of airdrop routes)
Gameplay options now save and persist through reloading
Gameplay option to disable enemies attacking your bases
Gameplay option to change Day/Night cycle
All gameplay options now available to Dedicated Servers through the config file
Volume slider for Weather and Vehicles
Grid Mode for building and Set Down has been improved and now has grid sizing options for lining stuff up nicely
You can now invert guns and melee weapons when using Set Down (allows things like crossing swords on the wall for display)
Craft queue now has a display showing how many crafts are in the queue
Added World Map to rebindable keys
Added a handful of vehicle keybinds
Vehicles can now be unlocked in PvE to allow passengers
Changes
Experience gain and overall leveling speed has been increased significantly
Added some display for stats on firearms when inspecting
Recoil has been adjusted heavily across the board
Color storage crates are now 40% smaller in physical size (storage space doesn't change)
Added additional chance for the Toasty Tires box (they are still very rare but less so)
Locked world doors now say (Locked) in the name
Left face button on controller now starts and stops car engines
Vehicles should no longer be targeted by enemies without a player driving them
Adjustments to vehicle inventory screen in preparation for additional changes to vehicles
Cornmeal and Gunpowder now stack to 10,000
Money now displays "100 K" when in a full stack instead of 100000
Gonda, Hummer, Sedan, Hatchback now have more than 1 passenger seat
Dropped guns now lay flat instead of upright
You can now climb on top of airdrop crates (even in the water)
Bug Fixes
Fixed Buggy and Sedan not having passenger side door handles
Fixed Buggy having incorrect shading in specific spots
Fixed issue with crafting and building that was requiring two stacks of the same material
Fixed The Kids Aren't Alright 8 bit tape playing incorrect song
Fixed Monkey Wrench 8 bit tape playing incorrect song
Fixed sprinting persisting through vaulting even when not holding sprint
Bears are no longer afraid of you
Set Down when used on walls now offsets the object off the wall the same distance they offset from the ground (guns and melee weapons shouldn't sink in to the wall like before)
Fixed some issues with water
Airdrop plane sound now tied to Master Volume
Fixed canceling a craft select amount clearing the entire crafting queue
Made changes to vehicle passive mode due to bug where car cannot drive after it goes passive
Fixed controllers not being able to exit vehicles as passengers correctly
Fixed zombies spawning in place of bear/deer spawns sometimes
In the works
Horde system to vastly increase zombie count
Adding melee weapons to the upgrade system
Character face revamp
Rescuable survivors (friendly non-zombie AI)
Vendor rework
Factions
Questing expansion
Vehicle system updates
World environment updates
Liquid container changes
Building improvements
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11 Dec 2025Developer post
Patch 0.6.3 - Holiday Event
Patch 0.6.3 Additions Holiday event enabled Zombies have consumed enough human brains and have become ever so slightly more intelligent, and their eyes function a bit more reliably now as well Experimental: Zombie hit boxes have been changed to improve performance and allow more
Patch 0.6.3
Additions
Holiday event enabled
Zombies have consumed enough human brains and have become ever so slightly more intelligent, and their eyes function a bit more reliably now as well
Experimental: Zombie hit boxes have been changed to improve performance and allow more zombies overall
Changes
You no longer need to look directly at many items in order to interact with them (smaller items such as bullets)
Item rarity updated heavily
Item randomness is now more random (less repeat spawns of the same items in small areas - doesn't prevent the same item for loot zones that don't have a lot of items in their pool)
Backend item optimizations to reduce general resource usage
Upped some items max stack to 1000
Fiber icon and model updated to not just be rope
Zombies no longer stop chasing if they can't reach you as often
Dead zombies no longer block bullets so you can shoot in to crowds more effectively
Bug Fixes
Fixed bug that could cause container items like Ammo Cans, Backpacks, Crates, etc. to have broken slots if spawned on the ground
Changes made to looting items to prevent items disappearing when picking up or harvesting
Ground spawn container items should more reliably contain items inside of them
Dropping items out of any container (including vehicles) works rather than deleting the items, and they prefer to drop at your characters feet instead of under the container
Fixed issued that could cause the cassettes to play the wrong song
Main menu now starts with the cursor visible even when using a controller
Distiller can now be fully filled rather than only allowing 50% of empty to be filled
Fixed a small lake that wasn't allowing fishing
Up next...
The next update is right around the corner and will add the previously discussed Raiders, weapon stat upgrading system, the loot rework, and hopefully have Garden City a lot closer to being finished up! Stay tuned.
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15 Nov 2025Developer post
Community Update #6
Survivors, Raiders, and Factions are on the way! Raiders are non-zombie AI that attack, well, basically everything. They will spawn randomly, and also have some specific areas where they frequently spawn. Raider driven events are in the works where a raiding party can spawn and h
26 Oct 2025Developer post
Patch 0.6.2
Additions Added difficulty options for Zombie Health and Zombie Damage, Some new base parts added (Right angle foundations, new stairs, ramps), Added up/down on controller D pad raising and lowering foundations while building, Changes Right Trigger on controller now accelerates w
Additions
Added difficulty options for Zombie Health and Zombie Damage,
Some new base parts added (Right angle foundations, new stairs, ramps),
Added up/down on controller D pad raising and lowering foundations while building,
Changes
Right Trigger on controller now accelerates while in a vehicle,
Left Bumper on controller now honks your vehicle horn,
Reduced zombie damage to vehicles significantly,
Bug Fixes
Fixed guns continuing to play effects after shooting has stopped,
Fixed A Test Of Character quest not updating when killing a player,
Holding down Right Trigger on controller will now continue to melee,
Fixed issue with Fishing that could cause nothing to be caught,
Fixed dragged item moving to corner when using a controller
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20 Oct 2025Developer post
Patch 0.6.1 - Halloween!
Patch 0.6.1 Additions Halloween event enabled, New collectibles added, New clothing added, New helmets added, New melee weapons added, Added Tapes for the BoomBox which play 8 bit style music, New vehicles added, You can now flip cars over (will require a jack in the next update)
Patch 0.6.1
Additions
Halloween event enabled,
New collectibles added,
New clothing added,
New helmets added,
New melee weapons added,
Added Tapes for the BoomBox which play 8 bit style music,
New vehicles added,
You can now flip cars over (will require a jack in the next update),
Zoom In / Out in vehicles added,
Changes
Adjusted vehicle center of mass to make them a bit harder to flip,
Rewrote character stat save system to prevent data loss which would reset stat levels,
Air drops now start their smoke signal while they're dropping rather than when they land,
Controller - Sprint now toggles when clicking the left thumbstick,
Bug Fixes
Fixed zombies not dealing damage on dedicated servers,
Fixed North/South quest text being incorrect after Garden City map direction change,
Fixed digging being unreliable when playing as a client in multiplayer,
Fixed fishing working when not near water
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09 Aug 2025Developer post
Patch 0.6.0 - Finally!
First and foremost; this update took way too freaking long to get released. It suffered from a massive amount of feature creep, and stuff kept getting piled on. This is obviously on top of the map expansion, which as the past updates have shown, always take me exponentially longe
First and foremost; this update took way too freaking long to get released. It suffered from a massive amount of feature creep, and stuff kept getting piled on. This is obviously on top of the map expansion, which as the past updates have shown, always take me exponentially longer than any other type of update. I'm still not great at map making, but I'm tryin'.
Unfortunately, if I don't release the update today due to impending family obligations, it would be sitting around for an extra 10 days with very little work getting done, so I'm going to do the typically DeadPoly thing and release it before it's completely ready. I've spent essentially my entire child's summer break working nonstop, which doesn't feel great knowing school is around the corner. I'm not saying that for any form of sympathy or leeway on the update being half baked at all, just trying to be transparent with all of the amazing players of DeadPoly.
I know this update has been in the pipe for a long freaking time, and it's still not finished, but I'd rather get it out there than not. It is still Early Access after all, right?
Additions
Garden City has been expanded (interiors soonTM),
Areas now have names and display when entering,
Vehicles have been completely rebuilt from the ground up,
You must now defend your base against zombies,
Character Traits have been added (top of inventory screen),
Character Stats have now been fully integrated with all gameplay elements and leveling up should feel more rewarding,
Sitting in chairs has been added,
Beds can now be used to sleep through the night,
Time of Day now saves when exiting,
Swimming,
Water areas have been added,
Fishing has been added,
Cooking has been added,
UI Overhaul,
All salvageable items can now be salvaged directly in your inventory (will require tools in the future),
Deer now have randomized rack counts which are rewarded when harvesting and give more resources based on size,
Highlight outline for interactable objects,
Full auto indicator under the ammo display on UI,
You can no longer mantle if you're falling beyond a certain speed,
Right click in the crafting menu now attempts to craft a max stack without a confirmation,
Interact menu on objects is now UI bound rather than existing in world space for performance reasons,
Name of killer for PvP has been added to the death screen,
Player statistics for distance, zombie kills, and deaths are now being tracked, more on the way,
You can now cycle through Base Claim Flag colors,
Hotkey for Ready Stance added,
Option for Toggle Lean with guns added,
Hide Helmet option finally works,
Destroyed arms now increase recoil significantly,
Bullet drop, velocity, and more added to guns,
Guns now eject casings when shooting,
Added Sewing Machine and curtain craftables,
Added bulletproof glass barricade
Changes
Buildable and placeable objects now have transparency while being built,
Changes to world objects and how they save (they will respawn on first startup),
Damage dealt to destroyed limbs has been significantly increased,
Fall damage has been increased,
Damage from dehydration and starving has been increased significantly,
Character should no longer crouch, roll, or switch to walking while inventory is open,
Character momentum has been reduced (character is more snappy to movement input),
Impulse movement on begin sprint has been reduced,
Air drops should no longer despawn while players are near them,
Scope reticles should now be much more usable in all scenarios,
Adjustments to camera follow speed and distance,
Game should no longer mute when not in focus,
Player taking damage sounds should now have a small delay before playing again rather than playing every time damage is taken,
Character no longer grunts every time you melee,
Punching damage can no longer onehit zombies (any weapon item equipped will now deal more damage than punches as well),
Melee weapons now have an increasing chance to onehit zombies based on their damage,
Shadows from the sun now update more smoothly,
Zombies now provide Intellect XP when searching,
Muzzle flare when shooting guns is now attached to the weapon,
Base claims can no longer overlap,
Higher magnification scopes no longer significantly reduce recoil,
MedKit no longer repairs fractures or destroyed limbs (must use Splint and Surgical Kits, both craftable),
You can no longer do many actions while out of stamina or while using items,
Full Auto guns speed has been slightly reduced,
Split stack now defaults to half of the stack
Bug Fixes
Fixed crafting bug that could cause newly crafted items to disappear until relogging,
When loading in to a map, if you've fallen below the map, it should assist in choosing a new location (log out if you fall after spawning it, then log back in, and it should move you),
Craft menu now defaults to max stacks for items that craft in multiples like Cornmeal,
Multiple fixes to the general save system,
Salvager has been fixed to no longer have broken slots,
Character body should now stay where it died,
Fixed multiple bugs with the Base Claim and building restrictions,
Resolved image issues with guns in the action bar,
Fixed bug when trying to move a rotated item slightly around overlapping itself not working
Looking Forward to the Future...
MASSIVE hordes are on the way - you'll soon be fighting zombies in the thousands once I have all of this up and running. Really excited about this, honestly. I feel it's one of the most fun parts about playing a zombie apocalypse game, and I'm excited to see how much further I can push the zombie counts. It's going to be a blast. Testing has gone well so far, but still quite a bit more testing to go.
Reputation system with all the NPCs is coming along nicely. A vendor / NPC rework is on the horizon which will bring reputations with factions and rewards for gaining said reputation. Making the NPCs a little bit more alive than just sitting in the same spot all the time will be good.
Garden City interiors are still in progress, but I intend to completely finish this up (including the newly expanded areas) during the next few updates.
Electricity system is getting a bit of an upgrade which will link in to the base claims rather than having their own radius. Objects using electricity will add draw to the generator system, which will have a cap based on amount and strength of the generators.
Farming is getting an upgrade which will finally bring in seeds and picking what you're growing.
More items of every type are on the way. Collectibles, guns, gun parts, building parts, and more.
Some PvP balance passes are in the works, along with some PvP-specific features.
Character models are going to be swapped to the new Synty modular characters once the new skeleton is released for them. I know the current (new) character models aren't a super big hit with most players, so I'm planning on moving over to a better looking, more customizable character. I'll have more info on this once Synty releases them.
Thanks again to everyone for providing feedback, and waiting patiently for this update! More to come ASAP. No more huge gaps in updates for the foreseeable future.
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27 Mar 2025Developer post
Garden City Renovation Project
The Garden City Renovation Project has begun. Please see the below map with areas that should be largely unaffected. Bases built in the green circles should be largely unaffected from large changes, but the other areas may change significantly, including height changes, buildings
The Garden City Renovation Project has begun. Please see the below map with areas that should be largely unaffected.
Bases built in the green circles should be largely unaffected from large changes, but the other areas may change significantly, including height changes, buildings, points of interest, and more being added around the map outside of the main cities.

Points of Interest currently in development:
Prison
Observatory
Laboratory
Large Dam
Shipping Port
Multiple rivers
Lakes
Cabins, farms, campgrounds, and other small areas in the wilderness
All mountains are being redone to be more traversable, buildable, and more fun to explore with random points of interest
More small roads to the newly created points of interest
Random small caches and bases around the wilderness
I will be posting some snippets and sneak peaks in the coming weeks.
I've said in the past that I don't really fancy modifying the map players are playing on because losing progress is never fun, but at the end of the day, we are still in Early Access, and these changes are very much needed to continue pushing the game forward. The map needs to be a lot more fun to explore and feel much more alive and immersive, and this is the first step towards that goal.
Map making and environment building are by far my weakest skills at the moment, but I'm working on improving this skillset constantly. This transitions in to my next point: I am currently looking for anyone with experience in level design and world building to begin creating maps for DeadPoly. If you have experience in the field and are interested, please shoot me a DM.
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20 Mar 2025Developer post
Harsh Feedback Request
DeadPoly needs YOU! I am looking for harsh but actionable feedback on things DeadPoly needs to improve upon to make the game better for everyone who currently plays, has played in the past, or might play in the future. The players of DeadPoly are one of my greatest resources, so
08 Mar 2025Developer post
Patch 0.5.1
Additions You can now queue stacks while crafting Stack selector for crafting defaults to a max stack (Shift + Left Click to craft a stack) Navigation for AI has been reworked to prevent performance dips during large save loads Texture optimizations to increase overall performanc
Additions

You can now queue stacks while crafting
Stack selector for crafting defaults to a max stack (Shift + Left Click to craft a stack)
Navigation for AI has been reworked to prevent performance dips during large save loads
Texture optimizations to increase overall performance
Networking optimizations to increase multiplayer performance
Many adjustments to world objects, player buildables, items, and more to improve general game stability and performance
Changes

Stamina costs for actions has been adjusted
Blurred vision from Pain effect has been removed
Save System adjustments to increase reliability and hopefully prevent corruptions from happening
Bug Fixes

Big Boy spawns again
Bunker stairs should be a bit more reliable
Shooting a dead player no longer resets the PvP timer
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31 Jan 2025Developer post
Patch 0.5.0
Additions Many more of the building on Garden City now have unique interiors Some of the locked areas around Garden City are now accessible with keys More quests have been added along with Shay finally arriving (If you're having trouble with any quests, try abandoning and picking
Additions

Many more of the building on Garden City now have unique interiors
Some of the locked areas around Garden City are now accessible with keys
More quests have been added along with Shay finally arriving (If you're having trouble with any quests, try abandoning and picking them up again)
New collectibles
Multiple new bunkers have been opened on Garden City
Kar98k, Model 12 shotgun, and Glock handgun added (many more guns coming in next update)
Bullets now leave behind hit markers and have particle effects
Sound effects added to some actions
Some new animations for things like drawing weapons (animations are always a work in progress!)
Vendors now restock every hourish, including on servers
Changes

Vehicles now have owners and cannot be looted or entered by non-owners in No Raid and PvE games modes
Vehicles no longer take damage from collision events until the vehicle system is more stable
Adjustments made to item respawn system, there should now be very little performance drop during item respawn pulses
Storm sound effects have been reduced by 75%
Adjusted multiplayer load distances for more reliable PvP experience
Adjusted footstep volume
Camera adjustments to lessen motion sickness (made the camera a bit less jumpy/jerky)
Added brightness to night time during weather events which decrease light such as overcast and rain
Power radius for Generators doubled
Many of the larger buildings on Garden City have had their ground loot numbers increased significantly (2-3x for some that were lower than intended)
Bug Fixes

Fixed bug that caused the final round of a weapon to deal significantly more damage than expected
Fixed issue with military drop chances being awful
Fixed multiple causes for the Salvager having invisible items
Fixed bug that could cause recently acquired items to be lost if kicked by host
Fixed multiple backend issues related to inventory management
Fixed movable UI menus popping to mouse position when double clicking on the menu
Fixed multiple pop up menus not closing when Escape is pressed
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13 Jan 2025Developer post
Happy Cake Day!
Three years? Not shot. Feels like just the other day I was sitting in my room playing around with what would become the first iteration of DeadPoly, but they say time flies when you're having fun I suppose. The journey of releasing DeadPoly to the world is still hard for me to de
09 Dec 2024Developer post
Patch 0.4.3
Additions Winter Holiday items have been added to the loot pools Unlocked achievements now add random things to the main menu Changes Logout timer after engaging in PvP has been increased significantly You can no longer build while flagged for recent PvP Basically all loot contai
Additions

Winter Holiday items have been added to the loot pools
Unlocked achievements now add random things to the main menu
Changes

Logout timer after engaging in PvP has been increased significantly
You can no longer build while flagged for recent PvP
Basically all loot containers besides the buildable safe are now lootable in PvP
Random containers like backpacks can now drop random items inside when they spawn
Controller trigger functionality has been swapped between left and right
Removed overscrolling on the interact menu
Bug Fixes

Military zombies should now drop more than a single bullet
More changes to backend systems to prevent Fatal Error crashes, thanks for reporting these, please continue to do so
Note - Sorry for the extended Halloween event, life gets crazy around this time of year! The next update has a lot of good changes and additions that a lot of work went in to between these two updates. Bummer that this update seems small due to the work not being released yet, but excited about the next few updates for sure!
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13 Nov 2024Developer post
DeadPoly Community Update #5
Hello again, Survivors! It has been, according to my notes, way too damn long since I posted an update with what's going on with DeadPoly, so first and foremost, I'm sorry for that. For the players who don't hang out in the Discord, you definitely get left in the dark with what's
Hello again, Survivors!
It has been, according to my notes, way too damn long since I posted an update with what's going on with DeadPoly, so first and foremost, I'm sorry for that. For the players who don't hang out in the Discord, you definitely get left in the dark with what's going on with the game. It can be really hard to balance working on the game with creating content about the game when there's still so much stuff I want to get done. I'm hoping to adjust a bit in this regard to start making better, more engaging content with what's coming down the pipe, but that's a whole other post.
I'll never be able to thank everyone enough who has continued to support DeadPoly, and patiently waited for each and every update with excitement and joy, and made my little dream of developing a game a reality. Seriously, though, THANK YOU! Getting to be on this journey with all of you has been one of the most kick ass things I've ever experienced, and we're just getting started! DeadPoly still has a long ways to go, and as long as I'm breathing, it will continue to progress forward at whatever pace I am capable.
Current overall priority list, loosely ordered...

The single largest focus right now is going to be finishing up Garden City's interiors and map as a whole. It is very immersion breaking with how many of the buildings are empty, and it just makes the game feel a lot more unfinished than I'd like. There's a lot of reviews and comments that point this out specifically, and they're absolutely correct.
Overall game polish needs to improve quite a bit. The UI isn't even close to finished, but I'm going to start working on making sure the visuals for the game are in a better spot. I'm not a UX expert by any stretch of the imagination, so any help there with feedback is always welcome.
Console release with full crossplay is inching ever closer. Hope to have some more news about this shortly.
Fishing is getting close and should be making its way in to the game soon. It's not a super advanced system, but getting animation stuff worked out takes me much longer than most things, as animations continue to be my weakest point in terms of my overall knowledge and skills.
Prone and left arm animations should hopefully be getting wrapped up soon as well. Again - animation timeframe limited, but it's getting there. The player character not holding the grips on the guns annoys the heck out of me, so I'll be really stoked to mark that one off the list.
Many of the existing features in the game are going to continue to evolve and expand. Farming will get more complex, vehicles will get more parts like suspension components, radiators, tires, etc... to make them more fun to work on, as well as being able to adjust how they drive!
Vehicles still need a lot of work in how they function and handle. Not happy overall with how ice skatey they still are, but making progress with cleaning it up.
PvP Changes
I know that PvP is a big part of the game for many players, and I've been working with a lot of the more active players to start making some changes to the PvP in DeadPoly and try to provide a smoother, more enjoyable PvP environment. I'm vividly aware the traveling inventory system has thrown a wrench in the PvP gameplay and how the community would like to enjoy the game.

Extended logout timer after engaging in PvP for all PvP servers to prevent players logging out immediately after a fight
Further balancing and number tweaks in terms of damage and resource cost for raiding
Explosives for raiding are in the works
Extraction server setting is on the way along with Official Extract Servers. This will require players to extract from servers that are Extract Enabled in order to maintain their loot. Official Extract Servers will also have increased loot pools and other things to incentivize playing in a higher risk/reward server.
More stuff!
If you're a longtime DeadPoly player, it should come as no surprise that MORE STUFF is always on the way, but for the new players here - new items, guns, collectibles, clothes, objects, quests, events, etc... are always in development and constantly being added with each update. I don't see this changing any time soon. It's a big part of why I created DeadPoly in the first place, and is still one of the things I enjoy the most when playing DeadPoly myself.
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If you made it this far, you must actually care about DeadPoly at least a little bit, right? So here's an early reveal - I am currently pushing for DeadPoly to leave Early Access on January 12th, 2025, in just a few short months. I am not saying that DeadPoly is finished or complete by any measure, and I'm still going to be working on the game just as much as I always have, but I do feel that the game as a whole is quickly approaching the Early Access finish line. Most of the features I outlined when the game first launched in to Early Access are getting pretty close to being completed, and I've never wanted the game to perpetually sit in Early Access longer than it needs to.
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18 Oct 2024Developer post
Patch 0.4.2 - Halloween
Patch 0.4.2 is live, and adds the limited time Halloween items, along with a handful of bug fixes, stability changes, and performance tweaks.

Updates & announcements

Hello again, Survivors! It's been too long, so let's jump right in to what's on the near horizon.

Looking forward…

Note from the Developer:

Patch 0.6.3

Additions

Changes

Bug Fixes

Up next...

Survivors, Raiders, and Factions are on the way!

Patch 0.6.1

Additions

Changes

Bug Fixes

Additions

Changes

Bug Fixes

Additions

Changes

Bug Fixes

Additions

Changes

Bug Fixes

Current overall priority list, loosely ordered...

PvP Changes

More stuff!

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