Developer posts and news about this game.
Hey Testers! Today marks the final update to the playtest before the release of Mimicry!, at which point access to this playtest will be disabled. This update unlocks all the remaining content that will be available in the full game, as well as a few balance changes to the existi
Features Mimics can now continue to talk via voice chat after dying, in the five seconds before you respawn. When the Mimic team wins, the names of the winning mimics are now displayed on the victory popup. When the Exterminator team wins, the Exterminator (or Exterminators) with
Content / Balance Changes Lobby Codes have been added! When in a lobby, open the pause menu and you will see a 6-digit lobby code in the top right corner. This can be shared with other players to allow them to join your lobbies via the “Join” button in the main menu, even if you
Content / Balance Changes Automatic partial reloading for Revolver is now a toggleable setting Holding Right Click when using revolver will now let you “focus”, zooming in slightly and reducing your sensitivity so you can aim more precisely. It also stops the revolver from auto-r
Hey Testers! Steam Next Fest starts TOMORROW, and so we've made a bunch of changes and fixes in preparation for the demo in that event, that we're also pushing to the playtest version as well. Content / Balance Changes New Active Mimic Ability: Decoy - Send out a decoy mimic in a
Hey Testers, 2 new mimic abilities have been added to the default branch of the playtest! And plenty of the usual tweaks and fixes as well. Content New Mimic Active Ability: Prop Swap - Use in your natural form to swap with the prop you are looking at, turning into it in the proc
Hey players, here's just a little hotfix to fix a couple bugs we've uncovered. Bugfixes You can no longer enter a vent while headgrabbing an exterminator as a Mimic Fixed issue involving holding a movement input into level load causing that input to be held down when the new leve
Hey all, this patch brings to the default branch most of the work we've been doing on the experimental branch in preparation for our demo's launch. Lots of weapon and ability balance changes, continued UI overhaul, and quality of life improvements and fixes! Content / Balance Cha
Hey all! This update brings some new emotive expression, some better gameplay experiences, and a new equipment option for the Exterminator! Content / Balance Changes UI Overhaul: Nearly every UI screen in the game has had a visual refresh, aiming for a sleeker aesthetic overall.
Hey all, another big update for Mimicry today, the second of two smaller maps we've been working on is now available to play! Engineering The Engineering Department is where the Exterminators go to complete their mysterious and important office work. Engineering is unique in that
Hey Testers, and a big welcome to all the content creators and streamers that have joined the playtest recently! The "Experimental" branch This update marks the beginning of our usage of branches in Mimicry Playtest. From now on, the default branch will contain only the most stab
Bugfixes Victory Dance achievement is no longer awarded when dancing in free roam mode, and now actually checks that your team won, and now works with Mimic emoting (there was a lot of issues with this achievement!) Ejecting from headgrab while inside a wall now puts the mimic ba
Hey Testers, we've got an exciting update for you all today! While progress on our second large map, Mainframe, is still ongoing, one of our team members has used the assets we've been creating for Mainframe to create a new smaller map designed for 2-6 players, called Barracks! B
Content / Balance Changes Added playtester names to credits page (we’ve used discord usernames for now, let us know if you would like us to change your listed name) Spectator has some new features, like favouriting players, adjusting camera move speed and tracking player movement
Hey Testers, just a teensy update before the playtest. Content New room variations for laboratory Bugfixes Select emotes now prevent the characters head from following the player's aim - Wayward Skies Studio
Hey Testers, this April 1st update is no joke. Just some small balance changes and bits of polish around Lab while we keep cooking up our next few maps! Content / Balance Changes Revolver changes It now has a shot spread that increases if you fire several bullets in quick success
Hey Testers, a new weapon and some quality of life changes are coming into Mimicry with this patch. Content / Balance Changes New Exterminator Weapon: Revolver - Hunt mimics with precision using this classic six-shooter revolver! Tweaked invisible mimic opacity and made it scale
Hey testers! While art development on our second map, Mainframe, continues behind the scenes, we have been busy developing a few new abilities and Exterminator weapons which are ready for testing, as well as the usual load of bugfixes! Content / Balance Changes New ability: Spit
Hey Testers! We have added some new Mimic Abilities and some small balance changes in addition to the usual bugfixes. Content / Balance Changes New Mimic Passive Ability: Double Jump - You can jump a second time in the air, but you move slower. New Mimic Passive Ability: Auto-Hid
Hey testers, just a few more little changes right before our playtest session! Content Some fun new things to mess around with in the Lobby while you wait for the match to start A few more hats for both the Mimic and Exterminator! Bugfixes The menu music no longer stops permanent