Developer posts and news about this game.
Hey everyone, new patch! Jiří Linhart who did the Czech translation for Survivalist: Invisible Strain has now done Survivalist too! This patch will be in the publicbeta branch for a little while before moving to the main branch. To find it, right click on the game in Steam, go to
Hello, it's Survivalist patch time! As mentioned last month , Valve's testing team delved deeply enough into their back catalog to give Survivalist a yellow Playable tick for Steam Deck - meaning they judged it playable with a few minor controls issues. I've now fixed those issue
Hello, not a patch but a few updates: Valve have given Survivalist a Playable rating on Steam Deck! Evidently their testing team have been working through their massive back catalog and they've now reached Survivalist! The Playable rating means it works fine but there are a few i
Hello, I've released a small patch with improvements for the Brazilian Portuguese translation. Arthur the translator has been diligently playtesting it and making corrections over the last couple of months, and these are the results :) Happy New Year! ːJoeWheelerApprovesː
Well, you wait years for an update and then two come along at once. The game now has a Brazilian Portuguese translation! Many thanks to the translator, Arthur 'Loki' Nunes for producing what looks like a a very comprehensive translation, e.g. with good support for gender agreemen
It turns out that the latest Proton patch for Steam Deck (Proton 9.0-3) broke Survivalist again. I didn't realize that for a while as I stupidly didn't twig where some crash reports people sent me had come from, but I've now released a new patch to fix it - many thanks to those w
It has come to my attention that Survivalist crashes on Steam Deck as soon as you start a new game - or at least it used to, as I've now issued a patch which fixes that. Hooray! I've tested that you can at least start a new game and get as far as Fort Kohai on Proton 7.0-5 and Pr
I've released a new version of Survivalist, v72, which greatly improves the Italian translation. Michela, who did the Italian translation for Survivalist: Invisible Strain has gone over it and carefully re-written most of the lines to be more fluent. We've also taken a few featur
If you liked Survivalist you'll probably like Invisible Strain even more ːsteamhappyː It has the same basic mechanics - talking to anyone you meet, recruiting survivors, building a base, battling the infected and human enemies, online co-op, etc. But there are a huge number of im
It's happening! The sequel to Survivalist, " Survivalist: Invisible Strain " has been in beta for nearly a year and it's time to make it available for everyone. Early Access starts on 1st June 2020! Of course, early access is just the beginning - it'll be in there for a pretty lo
Many people know I've been working on a sequel to Survivalist for the last few years, called Survivalist: Invisible Strain . But I realize it has now been a very long time since I posted about it here ! So I figured it's time for a quick re-introduction. Survivalist: Invisible St
Hello, I've now finally added the Steam store page for Survivalist: Invisible Strain! . So you can click Follow on it to make sure you get informed of news updates - though I'll probably post them here as well for the forseeable future. There's actually now a bunch of different p
Hello again, I've uploaded another video of the upcoming sequel, which I'm now calling Survivalist: Invisible Strain. This video is a playthrough that I did of Sandbox Mode (i.e. a randomly generated map), starting from the title screen and going through character customization,
I wasn't expecting to do another patch so soon after the last one , but the Turkish translation has just been finished! Many thanks to Murat Sarı for getting through it all. Enjoy! (The change list is.. that's the only change in this patch)
Hello, time for another update on Survivalist 2. I've got a new demo video for you showcasing the ability to use stealth to take down zombies and bunny rabbits! Also includes a bunch of stuff I haven't shown before like the new bow and arrows, chopping down trees and building cam
Hello, I've uploaded a small patch for Survivalist today - here are the fixes: New out-of-breath sounds Fix for looters getting stuck in an unkillable state with their hands up I've also uploaded a video showing the melee weapons combat in the upcoming sequel! I've been iterating
Hello, I've been working a lot on the character variation and clothing system for the sequel recently, so I thought it's time for me to post some screenshots to show how it's all going! Due to me changing the engine from XNA to Unity, I wasn't able to keep any of my character ass
Hello, I've been working a lot on the character variation and clothing system for the sequel recently, so I thought it's time for me to post some screenshots to show how it's all going! Due to me changing the engine from XNA to Unity, I wasn't able to keep any of my character ass
I've mentioned in the forums that I'm working on a sequel to Survivalist - here's some actual screenshots from it! (Right click and select Open image in new tab to view them full size). There's still a long way to go and I can't say too much about it yet. What I can confirm is th
I've mentioned in the forums that I'm working on a sequel to Survivalist - here's some actual screenshots from it! (Right click and select Open image in new tab to view them full size). There's still a long way to go and I can't say too much about it yet. What I can confirm is th