Hello, Lone Survivors, here's some
News
Wishlists!
We're officially at 400 wishlists!
I couldn't have done it without everyone's help, and while it's not a *ton* it's hard for me to imagine that over 400 people looked at my game and said, "yeah, I like this!"
I don't even know 400 people!
Competition!
As I mentioned before, I will be hosting a competition for release. I've decided to extend the duration of this competition from the ~~weekend ~~to instead be done over **ten days**.
The reasoning for the extension is twofold:
1. It may be unreasonable to expect that everyone has time to play the game within the first release weekend.
2. The leaderboards require a large amount of work to get to, specifically the Ironman and Speedrun leaderboards require beating the game **and** some additional work. Therefore I wanted to give a large amount of time to try these game modes!
It'll start on February 27, 2026 at 12:00PM EST , release day, and it will conclude on March 8, 2026 at 8:00PM EST.
I'll announce the winners on March 8, and work on distributing the prizes thereafter.
Competition Details
For the competition, the rules will be simple:
How to win,
Rank 1 on one selected endless map
Rank 1 on the Ironman Endless Leaderboard
Rank 1 on the Speedrun Leaderboard
Splitting the Competition
Because some people will have had access to the game longer than others, the rewards will be a split pool.
This will work in the following way:
1. If you have had early access (**denoted by an Early Access badge next to your name**), you will be in a separate pool from the regular players.
This means that for each of the three categories, you **can still** get rank 1 and receive $10 prize.
2. If you did not have early access, you will be in the **regular pool**
If you get first as a non-early access user, you will win the reward for both the early access and for the non-early access categories, meaning you get $20
If you did not get first, but the players above you all had early access, you would get the second prize for $10.
SPOILER SHIELD
MINOR SPOILERS TO GAME MODE UNLOCKS
How To Unlock the Leaderboards + Modes
Because there are **three** different leaderboards, I want to outline how to unlock each. This will be spoiler heavy for the game, so if you don’t want to be spoiled - just play through the game and you *should* find these unlocks.
The bottom three game modes will be the ones ranked for the competition
Endless map unlocks:
Endless maps are unlocked by surviving in the previous endless map for five minutes. This means that you unlock the Dungeon by surviving in the Grasslands for five minutes.
Ironman unlock:
1. First, you need to beat the game on the regular difficulty.
2. Then, you need to find the Librarian in the Grasslands, Campaign, on Ascension 1
3. Once unlocked, you need to find the Book of Ironman from the Librarian in the Hub.
4. After that, from the Game Start Signpost you will be able to compete in the Ironman endless mode.
Speedrun unlock:
1. First, you need to beat the game on the regular difficulty.
2. Then, you need to find the Librarian in the Grasslands, Campaign, on Ascension 1
3. Once unlocked, you need to find the Book of Speed from the Librarian in the Hub.
4. After that, you will be able to repeat the speedrun from either the Librarian or from the Game Start Signpost.
Got Questions, Concerns, Thoughts?
Let me know in the comments, on Steam discussion boards, or through one of my social links below!
I look forward to seeing everyone on the Leaderboards!
I will announce the actual endless map for the competition shortly before the release on the 27th of February!