Lady Killers and Gentlemutants,
Gone Viral hit Early Access two weeks ago! Thanks SO MUCH to the hardcore beta veterans and the newest fans flooding from all corners of the internet - we’re blown away by the love and support.
We couldn’t do this without you supporting indie development! As a scrappy team of developers, your Early Access involvement is making Gone Viral bigger and crazier - so we wanted to send y’all a special treat!
We thought: Hey, wouldn’t it be neat if we gave away cool stuff to the folks actively helping development? And then immediately we had a second thought: Hell yeah, that WOULD be neat!
Here’s our plan to do that.
Plan for World Domination Part 1: When you pick up the game in Early Access: boom, you get the Killer Shades cosmetic item that you can plop onto Decimus or Abacus (or other characters in development...ooh, teaser!)
These glowing stylish shades are available all the way through Early Access, so anybody in Early Access gets ‘em! Check out how snazzy they look!
But that’s not all! Since helping us early helps a lot, we’re helping us help you to a heaping helping! (editor note - that line broke my brain. Blame Skullbot.)
Enter Plan For World Domination Part 2! Every time we do a Major Update in Early Access (and we’re planning LOTS!) we’ll also be giving away a unique, limited cosmetic item to those intrepid early folks checking it out! You can impress all your fans with your fashion choices.
Here’s how it works: Log into the game and start a run even once during each update period and you’ll pick up that exclusive item and add it to your inventory for permanent future bragging rights. Hop into your Murderpedia character sheet, click your favorite cosmetic, and you’ll slam that puppy right on your head or appropriate appendage.
What’s the item available now (and ONLY now?!) - an amazing, majestic Founder’s Crown!
We understand that getting crowns is hard in other games so we’re going to make your lives easier by giving you this one free for having supported us early! The Founder’s Crown (unlike the shades) won’t be given away to new folks if they start after the next Major Update in Early Access comes out*! And rumors say that might be pretty damn soon!
So...if you haven’t picked up the game or logged in lately, you’ll want to get in there and knock off a run or two or fifty before the next update touches down (more on that soon!) There are blatant cool bribes to do so, and more coming!
If you have picked up Gone Viral - THANKS! Your many happy reviews, streams, and feedback on discord have kept us geeked up and cranking away.
That’s all from us for now! Good luck in the arena - you’ll need it!
*Maybe someday some of these cosmetics goodies might become DLC? We don’t know. Maybe they’ll never be back. Maybe our beancounters will use ‘em to make a buck from folks who weren’t cool like you who joined early. In any case, you’ll have snagged something for free those latecomers can’t - because you rock. And even if you never popped on Discord or only play a few times an update, you still rock! That feeds our analytics and makes the game better! So dammit, YOU DESERVE IT. Win-win!