Developer posts and news about this game.
By My Side Update Fixed The build menu now shows correct English names such as Foundation, Strip Foundation, Floor and Wall. Material costs in the English build menu are now translated correctly. Chests and cool boxes can no longer be placed inside each other. Cool boxes can now
This update fixes bugs. Some of them had been in the game since release and could cost you progress. Thanks to everyone who reported something. <3 Saves and character - Loading a save could change your character's gender. The next save then made it permanent. Fixed. - The hair
- A personal letter is waiting for you the next time you start the game. You get it once — close it and it's gone for good. - Fixed: terrain texture in the wrong format) Thanks for playing my game. The next bigger update will come in the next week.
By My Side – Update 1.0.4 This update expands language support, improves controller gameplay, and fixes a variety of localization and gameplay issues. 🌍 Four New Languages - By My Side now supports a total of 12 languages. - Polish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Turkish have
Thank you for all your feedback over the past weeks! This is the biggest update By My Side has received so far. Alongside brand-new content, we've fixed many of the issues reported by the community and completely reworked several core gameplay systems. 🛠️ Major Improvements Comp
Hey everyone! 🐕 A big update — and a lot of it comes straight from your feedback. Highlights: 🛒 New: The Wagon Build a wooden wheeled wagon at the workbench — the summer alternative to the sled! As you pull it, the front wheels visibly steer into the turns and the wheels roll a
New - Item tooltips: every item now shows what it's for and where to get it — or what it's crafted from — in all 8 languages. No more guessing what a part does or where a resource comes from. Bug fixes - Recipes that produce the same item (e.g. Cloth from Wool or from Fiber) are
Thank you for all the feedback right after the 1.0 release — a lot of this comes straight from you! ⏸️ Real Pause The pause menu now truly freezes the whole world in single-player — time, animals, weather. A clear "⏸ Game paused" shows it. Perfect for when the phone rings. (In co
The big day: By My Side is now version 1.0 — thank you to everyone who joined us through Early Access and shaped the game with your feedback! You can now see the version in the main menu (important for co-op: both players need the same version). 🔌 Power & Water — Finally Cle
🏠 Build Upwards — Multi-Storey Houses - New piece: Intermediate Floor. Snaps flush onto your wall tops — walkable, and the next storey's walls go right on top of it. 2 planks. Leave one cell open for your stairwell. - Stairs stack properly now. Place a second staircase on the up
🎮 Steam co-op invites now work - Fixed the bug where joining a friend's game via a Steam invite got stuck at the main menu — the character select appeared, but nothing happened after. You now connect straight into your friend's world. - Under the hood: the Steam peer-to-peer rel
What's new in this update Controller support — completely overhauled - Dog naming works with a controller — pick from suggested names, no keyboard needed. - Chests & inventory: after taking an item, the next one stays selected — you can keep taking items (previously the selec
Update — What's New Multiplayer - Steam multiplayer is now live — play together with friends. New Player Experience - Added a tutorial / improved onboarding to help you get started faster. - Language selection on first launch (the game no longer forces German for everyone). Chara
🌲 Forest & world - Big forest pass: trees now have varied green tones and a natural, matte look — and you can no longer walk through distant trees. Saplings lost their glossy look too. 🧍 Characters - New character creation — pick male or female, each with their own animatio
# BY MY SIDE — #1 MAJOR UPDATE - On 10.07🐕✈️ ### The wild is about to feel more alive than ever — and this time, you decide who walks into it. 🧍 Choose your survivor Begin your journey as one of two fully-animated characters. Pick who braves the wilderness — right at the start
Language & First Launch - The game now starts in your language automatically (detects Steam, else system language). No more German-for-everyone — unsupported languages fall back to English. - New language-selection screen on the very first launch — pick your language before a
Hotfix - 0.5s delay before deconstruct starts
By My Side — Update Fixed - You could get stuck in the inventory: Esc now closes open menus/windows first, and only opens the pause menu when nothing else is open. - The chicken coop showed a duplicate placement preview — now only the correct one at your cursor. New - Deconstruct
Localization - 88 native-speaker corrections applied across 7 translated languages (EN, 简体中文, RU, FR, ES, PT-BR, JA) after a full native-review pass. - Fixed a real menu bug: the "German" option in the language selector showed the wrong language name in FR/ES/PT-BR/JA (e.g. a Spa
Hey everyone, Quick but important update before the weekend. 📅 RELEASE DATE CORRECTION The store page currently shows July 3 — that date is no longer accurate. Due to a Steam review process delay, the actual release is now planned for July 6. Sorry for any confusion if you were