Hello my favorite Contagion Fans!
It’s taken its sweet time, and we know you all have been very patient with us. We're very happy to announce that we're finally ready to unleash the beast that is Flatline!
Just a recap in case you have not been privy to the details: Flatline is a Survivor only (no player zombies!), round based mode where you and 3 of your besties face wave after wave of zombies. Each successive wave will throw more and more zombies at you. But fear not, because after you complete a wave you will have access to better weapons, and sometimes items you need to gain access to more of the map. Places you will definitely need to be in order to ultimately make it out of there alive.
Do you die as often as I do? Problem solved! As long as at least one person survives, everyone will respawn when the wave ends. This will give you time to rearm and prepare for the next wave. If everyone dies... well, game over. Zombies win and take over the world. MAYBE I SHOULD BE BETTER AT VIDEOGAMES!
Ultimately, the goal is to survive to the final wave; a wave you surely cannot win. However, fortune smiles upon you and it looks like help is on the way. The question is, can you last long enough? Who knows! you'll have to play to find out.
And just a heads up, we're officially only supporting a max of 4 players in Flatline for now. We've seen some performance issues arise with larger numbers so until we get that optimized we're sticking with what's fun. Feel free to experiment with more players on your own servers, but be aware that there may be some issues involved with that for now.
The good news is the update should be going live as of the posting of this announcement. The servers have been updated (a little bit ahead of schedule, so sorry for anyone trying to get their Contagion on earlier today if you were having trouble connecting to an official server) and we'll have some Flatline only servers up and running very soon.
Here is a quasi-inclusive changelog:
- Flatline beta!
- numerous ce_montclair bug fixes
- new cockroach spectator mode, when you are near a survivor press USE and you can attach to their shoulder.
- remington870's red dot is now more realistic
- updates to a handful of existing props and materials
- optimization of lots of materials
In the mean time, if you just cant wait for Steam to update Contagion, please check out the Flatline trailer:
We've also prepared a couple of new forums: Public Beta Discussion and Public Beta Bug Reports. Please direct your flatline discussion, issues, ideas and (hopefully not too many!) bug reports into the appropriate one of these two smoking hot, brand new, almost-still-in-the-wrapper forums.
We hope you enjoy playing this as much as we had working on it (hopefully more!). Let us know what you think, and keep your eyes peeled for more updates soon.
Thanks everyone!
-The Contagion Team