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Got your tickets ready?

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• All aboard the hype train!

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ㅤㅤThe fourth map, which we'll add soon with the 0.9 Update, will make you question your love for trains.

The Train Station (working name, we're not sure if it'll stick, suggestions plz!) will provide a new twist to the formula. It is shaped like a horizontal rectangle that expands to the left and right from the central default spawn location. The map will offer a new moody environment, heavy metal tunes, brand new enemies, and train tracks intersecting all throughout the playable area.

Thankfully, it's not all doom and gloom. Trains can hurt Survivors and zombies alike. These ironclad killer machines appear when indicated, so you'll be able to refer to warnings at crossings, both to keep your Survivors far from danger, and to use trains to deal some serious damage to your opponents!

Speaking of dangerous situations, the new enemies are a pretty fun and diverse bunch of Horde offshoots. Get ready to be punched by a two-ton mutant, stomped by a chainsaw man, exploded by larva-mines, and blocked by hammer-wielding railway workers. If you're up for the challenge, the rewards will be worth it. Remember, each following area grants more Specialization Points and Cash drops, not to mention the satisfaction of overcoming the greater challenge!

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• The ride never ends!

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Item slots limit your build? Want to disable it and have fun breaking the game?

We want the game to be stable and balanced in its default state, but we're also looking into ways to offer a more "for fun" game mode, since we're making ongoing improvements to the game's optimization. We're thinking of naming this game mode "Infinite Mode." It'd let you break through the ceilings with features like a much higher item limit or maybe even the possibility of equipping all of them at once (we'll have to see)!

A game mode like this would be optional, and it wouldn't be included in the leaderboards system. It would also have a nerfed meta-progression/achievement-related rewards tied to it. At the end of the day, we still want you to enjoy the game itself and everything it has to offer. This would let us keep improving Endless Mode to make it more of a "survival" experience (Endure Mode, anyone?), which gets much harder over time. Players would no longer be invincible for hours on end, and the leaderboards would cease to be all about who can keep their PC running the longest.

On a side note, you'll eventually be able to equip more items in all game modes, as we'll be expanding the maximum amount limit with the general skill tree expansion, which will be featured in version 1.0 at the latest. We'd love to hear your thoughts on our "Infinite" (optional) game mode idea!

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• Achievements, progression & challenges

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Remember how we've promised the addition of optional challenges for hardcore players?

We're going to be reworking the achievements interfaces to make these possible, since we're planning to create different tabs for each type of in-game achievement. The plan is to keep most achievements as they are, but improve them with progress bars when they make sense (e.g. achievements with completion accumulated with multiple runs).

Any meta-progression achievements related to important unlocks, like game modes, levels, Survivor specialization ranks, and so on, are going to be moved over to a separate tab. This should make it easier to keep track of your main in-game progress and quickly check out what could be the next on your journey.

The third tab will be brand new and will feature special challenges you can complete for bragging rights. They range from hard to diabolically unfair, so be sure to remember, that these will be 100% optional and not for the faint of heart. These challenges won't unlock any Steam achievements, but they'll give you in-game points, a total of which could be displayed in your in-game profile for bragging rights.

Also, there's a slight chance that these points might be a way to unlock some cosmetic additions, but we'll have to wait and see!

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• Translations coming soon? 👀

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As we get closer to the full release, we're working on adding support for all the languages you've requested (and that we can provide)!

As you know, while we're working on developing the game, we're constantly changing and updating the in-game text. Still, we're working on getting the translation systems ready (e.g. proper font implementation and character codes), and we're teaming up with our partners to make the translation process as painless as possible. Naturally, we can't promise to support 100% of the languages - we're a small indie team after all, and this would be a colossal task even for the AAA companies - but we'll try to support most of the ones you've requested!

Stay tuned for more! We predict that the support for new languages won't be ready for the release of version 0.9.0, but we'll try to release it as part of a standard update shortly after, either as the 0.9.1 or 0.9.2 game updates.

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• Diana joins the Awesome Team!

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On the topic of small indie teams, we're growing yet again!

Diana, who helped us out during the Fury Unleashed development days, is coming back to join us full time. She's ready to face the Horde head on, but more importantly, she'll help us with the important marketing stuff, since she's awesome at that, and we're… sometimes not!

Oh, and she's got a cat, so that brings the Awesome Pets Squad up to 11. Thinking about it, Awesome Games Studio is currently made up of more animals than humans!

Anyway, be sure to swing by our Awesome Discord Server[discord.gg] and give @dianix a warm welcome!

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• We've launched a dev blog!

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[awesomegamesstudio.com]As you know, not every player uses the Steam News section as their main source of info, especially when they play our games other platforms. Thinking about all of you, we're launching our own DEV BLOG website to help spread the word about the development and updates on our games and other Awesome-related stuff.

We'll be adding new info and moving some of the older Steam News posts there, so that players on all platforms have an easy way of catching up if they'd like to.

To keep things consistent, we'll be keeping the blog content in English only. We'd love to hear your feedback, especially if you have any ideas for new features.

Be sure to bookmark our blog and check back front time to time: https://awesomegamesstudio.com/blog/

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• Price increase incoming!

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As stated in our FAQ at the beginning of Early Access, this moment was bound to happen sooner or later.


This change will happen only once. There will be no price increases at full release or afterward. In fact, the game will at times be cheaper than ever before, as we plan to continue offering sale discounts as we always do with our games. After all, we want everyone to be able to enjoy them!

As we draw ever closer to the game's full release, we would like to thank you for all your support so far. You are all awesome!

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• Drink plenty of water!

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Thanks for sticking with us, both through the time and space, and this development post as well.

Please maintain proper hydration levels, as summers have been getting hotter lately. Also, don't hype up the upcoming update too much, as it could lead to a risk of losing too much water.

I'll see you soon!

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We're pushing a small hotfix update with fixes to reported issues from version 0.8.1.

Here are the changes in this version, as well as some of the others that were pushed as silent hotfixes:

• Improvements were made to the game's stability to hopefully prevent in-game crashes*.
  
• Fixes for some errors with the Reroll function related to Survivor Level-up interfaces.
  
• Gunner Badge fixed to have the correct, higher bonus to Kinetic damage.
  
• Extermination: Fixed the issue where the wave information box would show enemy quantity as "0".
  
• "Scented Candle" item now properly increases the chance of status infliction by 50% (instead of adding a flat +50%).
  
• Fixed a few audio-related issues.
  
• Fixed issues with fonts sometimes not rendering properly.
  
• Language & translation improvements.
  
• Other minor fixes & tweaks.

* - In the event, that you're still experiencing crashes, please try the troubleshooting instructions provided in the Troubleshooting Guide, and if they don't help, provide us with the files and the information listed at the bottom of this post. Thank you!

Thank you for your reports and feedback. Please let us know if you encounter any other errors while playing, and have fun!

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We're introducing another update to the game in the form of version 0.8.1.

This update focuses on delivering a few of the new things we've promised to add, as well as adding a new gameplay event to the game to shake things up a bit before the main course arrives (in terms of a major version update).


To enable this event, you will need to spend points on the new General Skill Tree node, available at rank 3.

At certain intervals, depending on the game mode, you'll receive an SOS-like signal telling you that the Research Pod has appeared somewhere in the current area. By following the new purple virus notification icon, you'll find the pod, which you can interact with by standing near it to start the event.

You'll have one minute to find and collect the research samples scattered throughout the playable area, which contain valuable data about the zombie virus mutations. The more you collect within the time limit, the greater your reward, but don't stress yourself too much as you'll be rewarded anyway.

When you return to the original location of the capsule, you'll be able to choose from a random pool of damage type tags, which will give you bonus points based on the number of samples you've collected. We hope you'll enjoy this side quest, and we look forward to adding or improving other events in future updates.


You'll now be able to have several different save profiles, which you can switch through at will from the main menu screen. You can now try a fun challenge on a separate slot, or share one or two with your siblings!

You can have up to 5 profiles, either by creating new ones or by copying your current ones to new slots. Speaking of copies and backups, each save slot creates up to 10 backup files in case you want or need to revert to an older save (file recovery still requires manual intervention).

Gone are the days of having to constantly toggle graphics options when swapping your desktop for a laptop or Steam Deck. These settings are now stored locally, so each device you play on will have its own configuration without overwriting each other.


We've also added other tweaks and fixes along the way. For example, the new accessibility setting - Daylight Mode - switches the game's night setting to a cloudy afternoon, improving the experience for those of you who found the game a little too dark.

We're also replacing the "Quit to Main Menu" option with the "Conclude Run" option, so you can always "gracefully" end your current run and reap your rewards. Quitting (and dying) will now collect all cash pickups that are currently on the level, so you don't have to worry about missing any of them when you take a break from the game!

We've also taken another look at the most overused and underused options in terms of the game balance. While we're happy to report that the overall situation is now much better after the changes introduced in recent updates, we're continuing our work to improve the underdogs and reduce the overpowered "only right choices" with a few quick tweaks.

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• New gameplay event: Field Research:
  
  • Unlocked by a rank 3 node in the general skill-tree.
    
  • Activate the event by standing near the Research Pod area when it spawns at random location in approximate time intervals.
    
  • Find and collect Research Samples before the time runs out, the more you get, the higher the reward!
    
  • After the collection phase ends, deposit the Samples into the Pod to receive bonus tag points from randomized pool (rerollable).
• New accessibility option: Daylight Mode:
  
  • Forces the game to take place during the day instead of at night.
  • Can improve the experience for players who find the game too dark.
• All runs now conclude with Cash pickups being collected from the level, instead of only when the run ended on victory state.
  
• Explosive damage type Tag: Gains a new effect - Implosion: Has 1% chance per Tag to refresh and reapply all other active status effects.
  
• “Conclude Run” now substitutes the deprecated “Quit to Main Menu” function. When concluding, Survivors no longer play their defeat animations.
  
• Reduced the chance of same options appearing again when using the Reroll function on power-up select screen.
  
• Damage type colors revised and unified in gameplay, interface and tooltips (Slashing is red, Explosive is yellow, Kinetic is ecru, etc.).

• Burn: Base damage is now 30 per damage tick (from 25).
  
• Pyro: Molotov Cocktail: Ice: The Ice portion of this ability now guarantees Freeze status.
  
• Mechanic: Chainsaw: Now has wider range and better character rotation.
  
• Mechanic: Remote Control Car: RC cars have longer pause between uses & targetting AI improved.
  
• Items: Devil’s Deal: Now deals 10% damage every 5s, and activates most on-hit effects.
  
• Items: Scented Candle: Status effect duration debuff reduced to -20% (from -25%).
  
• Items: Zugzwang Hypergaster XD: Now adds +4 points to tags (from +3).
  
• Items: Pills: Damage boost duration increased to 30s (from 20s).
  
• Military Training: Luck bonuses increased to 2/5/10/20 (from 2/5/10/15).
  
• Military Training: Ability Area bonuses increased to 2,5/10/20/30 (from 2,5/5/10/20).
  
• Badges: All damage type badges had their damage and tag amount increased to max +6 & 40% (from +5 & 25%).
  
• Badges: Tough Badge: Stat bonuses decreased to max 400 & 25 (from 500 & 50).
  
• Badges: Speed Badge: Stat bonuses decreased to max 25% & 40% (from 30% & 50%).
  
• Damage Against Elites & Bosses skill tree nodes and badge nerfed (25% → 20%).
  
• Achievements: “Explosion!” range requirements lowered.

• Potential fixes for game crashes, especially ones related to the Extermination mode on Green Hell.
  
• F8 Feedback Form should no longer allow the game to be unpaused in the background when it’s in use.
  
• Items: “Zugzwang Hypergaster XD” should once again work correctly.
  
• Items: Improved the synergy between “Ultra Instinct” and “Omnigeode”.
  
• SWAT: Ricochet: Slashing variant now counts to total Slashing damage done.
  
• TANK: Bombing Strike: Electric variant fixed to deal electric damage when it’s under 10 tags.
  
• Medic: Syringer: Description now correctly displays “Magazine Size” stat instead of “Projectiles fired”.
  
• Engineer: Energy Shield: Particle effects position corrected.
  
• Huntress: Arrow Rain: Visuals now better coincide with its actual range. Indicators removed for clarity.
  
• Other minor fixes (e.g. localization).

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We'll be sure to post hotfixes as needed, but we'll be switching gears to work on the remaining content for version 1.0, specifically the new Survivor and two remaining maps. We haven't decided yet if the next version will be 0.9 or if we'll go straight to the full release, but we'll be sure to let you know as soon as we do (be sure to "follow" the game on Steam to see the latest news!)

For the near future, we plan to work on the things listed below:

• Ninth Survivor & two missing maps (new map is a priority).
  
• Team leader's passives and/or perks for even more run customization.
  
• At least one main boss encounter (one main boss for each map planned).
  
• More synergies between Survivors, possible item upgrades and/or combinations.
  
• Additional column (fifth rank) for the general & Survivors' skill trees (more meta-progression).
  
• New endless-like game mode (non-ranked) focused on fun, instead of the fight for survival.
  
• Full release on Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One/Series & PlayStation 4/5.
  
• Steam Deck support improvements / verification.
  
• Support for more languages (translations).

PS Don't worry about the missing features, as we plan to support the game after its full release, so we can add more fun content and improvements along the way!

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In case you missed it, we've also created an Official Troubleshooting Guide that we hope will help any of you who encounter any kind of problem with the game (we hope you don't, of course), so take a quick look at it if you have a moment.

Thanks again for sticking with us! We hope you have a great time with the game, and we ask for your patience as we work on the final stretch before the full release - it'll be worth it!

Cheers!


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We are launching the beta test for the 0.8.1 update to the game. Please read the information below to find out what's changing in this build and how you can help us test things. Keep in mind that everything is subject to change based on your feedback, so please let us know what you think.

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IMPORTANT: To reduce any possible confusion and accelerate the implementation of changes, please keep all the discussion related to the test versions to the spaces listed below:

• A dedicated #yazs-beta channel[discord.com] on our Discord server.
  
• "Public Beta Test" sub forum on YAZS Steam forums.
  
• Comments under this post.

You can also send us your feedback at support@awesomegamesstudio.com
adding "0.8.1 Beta" somewhere in the title of your message. Thanks!

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Want to help us out & get an early look at the new version of the game? Awesome!


If you understand the potential problems and are willing to take the risk, here's how you can get in:

1. Open your Steam client, find Yet Another Zombie Survivors on your games list, right-click its name and select the "Properties..." option.
   
2. Enter the "Betas" tab, click the "None" drop-down menu on the right, and select the "public-beta" option. You can always return to the default version of the game by selecting "None" again.
   
3. If you want to share your feedback about the beta version (thanks in advance!), click the image below to join our Discord server (you'll need an account for that, but it'll be worth it, believe me!):
   [discord.gg]
4. When joined, you will be able to comment on the current beta version in the new #yazs-beta forums, which you can join by selecting it from the drop-down list:
   
5. And that's all! If the beta/test version of the game is different from the current one, the Steam will update the game with its changes. You will know that the Beta Branch is active from the "[public-beta]" text to the right of the game's title in your game's library.

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While this update isn't a major one, the big change in terms of save profiles makes it so we'd prefer to make a beta build of it first, before making it public. Please let us know in cases of any progression loss, as we can both fix your save files (by sending us your save game folder), as well as fix any potential issues that have caused it.

Here are some of the things that have been added/changed in this release:

• Save Slots: five separate player profiles are now available from the new main menu function.
  
• Graphics/display settings (in the Options menu) are now saved locally per device, instead of the Steam Cloud.
  
• Research Pod: New gameplay event available through a new general skill tree node. Completing it grants Tag points bonus.
  
• New effect for Explosive damage type - Implosion: Can refresh and reapply all other status effects on targets.
  
• New accessibility setting - Daylight mode: Forces the run to take place during the day instead of at night.
  
• Reroll function improved to offer less previously rolled options in the current power-up queue.
  
• Concluding or being defeated vacuums all Cash pickups. "Conclude Run" now substitutes the "Return to Menu" function.
  
• Multiple other bugfixes, balance & quality of life changes.

A more detailed changelog can be found at: https://pastebin.com/sm20BrFe

We'll provide the final changelog at the full release of the 0.8.1 update.

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Keep us posted on the stability of the game, as we'll continue to work on improving the game and fixing any issues you may encounter with this beta test. If the game stutters or crashes more than before, please let us know!

If your game is performing worse than before, please press F8 on your keyboard and quickly fill out the survey to let us know what's going on. This will also send us your log files so we can check if there are any errors happening in the background.

If your game is crashing, freezing, lagging, or you've lost your progress, please make sure you've checked the Troubleshooting Guide (link below) first, and contact support@awesomegamesstudio.com with the description of the issue you've encountered.

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/2163330/discussions/0/830459290005355070/

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Given the importance of the save file changes introduced in this update, we'll probably keep this beta running for about two weeks. We'll also work to make the necessary changes and improvements based on your feedback, and may make major changes to some systems if such a need arises.

Thank you for all your support and patience ːheart_meː

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How's the spring cleaning going? Any zombies on your lawn? Well, we hope you're dealing with them quickly, because there's more to come! By the way, we're launching yet another game bundle with the great folks at Bolt Blaster Games, featuring their take on the genre, and this one's aimed at CO-OP play!


Spell Brigade is a Survivors-like with Online CO-OP for 1-4 players. Team up with your wizard friends to slay hordes of dark creatures. Complete team-based objectives, unlock new upgrades and create overpowered spell synergies. Friend nor foe is safe in this friendly fire bullet hell!

Check out the bundle below to get both games at a discounted price:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/52002


The work on YAZS is proceeding well! We're currently focusing our work on implementing some new in-between major update stuff that should be coming soon with the 0.8.1 Update. It'll consist of:

• Save Game Profiles - You've asked for this many times, and we're rebuilding the save system to make it possible. You'll be able to use multiple profiles on a single Steam account, each with their own backup files and the ability to copy your saves to different slots.
  
  
• Separate Graphics Settings - This is something we should have done a long time ago, but the storage change gave us a good opportunity to finally implement it. When moving from one device to another, you will no longer be forced to change your graphics settings and screen resolution.
  
  
• A new gameplay event - You asked for a way to get more tags of a certain type, so this will be one of the ways to allow that. The rest is a bit of a mystery as we're still testing different takes and ideas, but we'll show you what it looks like very soon.
  
  
• More Suggestions & Tweaks - We have all of your feedback in one place, ready to be implemented either now or a little later, but we're still going to add as much quality of life as possible for this update. We're also constantly looking at the balance of different elements to create a good foundation for all the upcoming content (maps, modes, meta progression, and the ninth Survivor).

We've also recently created an Official Troubleshooting Guide. for people looking for help troubleshooting various issues they may encounter. Of course, we'll do our best and hope that your gameplay will always be free of any problems, but if you ever find any, we'll be here to help you out ːghsmileː

In the case that you missed what we changed in the last 30 days and are interested in what's happening with the game, here are the latest update posts (you can also check the News section):

• Hotfix Update 0.8.0c
  
• Hotfix Update 0.8.0b
  
• Hotfix Update 0.8.0a
  
• Major Update 0.8.0

Thank you for sticking with us so far! See you soon!


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We're pushing a small hotfix update, complementary to Update 0.8.0b:

• Fixed the "Circular Decomposition" achievement not triggering when all mummies in the circle are defeated.
  
• Important event text information now remains visible when the Damage Numbers display is turned off.
  
• Events (abilities & explosions) should no longer stay active in the run's victory state / when dawn comes.
  
• Fix for audio not playing correctly when unmuted in the options menu until a run is started or stopped.
  
• Fix for slowing debuff effects not working correctly on enemies.
  
• Language & translation improvements.
  
• Other minor fixes.

While fixing the remaining bugs, we'll soon start working on the update 0.8.1.
As always, thank you very much for your feedback, reports, and suggestions!


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We're back, and we're releasing another hotfix! The changes are as follows:

• New accessibility setting: enable/disable Enemy Hit Effects.
  
• Potential fix for freezes, most commonly ones related to late stages of the Endless mode.
  
• Fix for Chemical tag related effects causing framerate drops / performance issues.
  
• Fixed the Engineer's "Plasma" weapon not dealing damage to the first enemy hit by the beam.
  
• Some static cooldown timers should no longer be reducible (e.g. Medical Drone: Defense).
  
• In-game mouse cursor graphics should be displayed again.
  
• Fixed reported problems when swapping certain items.
  
• Damage numbers above 10,000 should now display correctly.
  
• Visibility improvements to important indicators on high effects transparency.
  
• Certain synergy nodes for Tank, Huntress, and Pyro now have better placement.
  
• Leaderboards: Improved available address pool for uploading and viewing verified scores.
  
• Improved the size of some interface tooltips.
  
• Fixed some of the new achievement related requirements.
  
• Fixed older achievements that were no longer unlocking correctly.
  
• Elemental Badge: Now correctly grants +20% to both Chemical and Ice type damage.
  
• Fixed the "Devil's Deal" item interaction with "Electrocution: Toxic" ability evolution.
  
• "Burger" item no longer reduces HP below the correct amount when "Glass of Milk" is swapped.
  
• "Ultra Instinct" will now function properly for the entire duration of its presence in the inventory.
  
• The "Experiment 21" ability will no longer "steal" the DPS value from "Shuriken".
  
• Fixed Burn status not working properly with the Gaslighter item effect.
  
• Fixed the reported issues related to Banish and Lockdown systems.
  
• Disabled the "Plot Armor" item in One Hit game mode (Go home, armor, you drunk!).
  
• Fixed free banish from the "Ban Hammer" item not working after rerolls.
  
• Additional badge slots now relock correctly when resetting progress.
  
• Various other tweaks and fixes (e.g. translation improvements).

While fixing the remaining bugs, we'll soon start working on the update 0.8.1.
As always, thank you very much for your feedback, reports, and suggestions!


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We're releasing a hotfix update for version 0.8.0. The changes are as follows:

• XP gems 3D model size increased to pre-0.8 values.
  
• Fix for some tag effects not re-applying correctly on the same target.
  
• Mouse Mode "Move On Click" movement now correctly resets on run restarts.
  
• Green Hell: Fixed players sometimes taking damage from acid puddles when restarting the run.
  
• Mechanic: Reduced unlock requirement by 1000 for every 100 Survival Levels (general skill tree points).
  
• Engineer: Plasma: Should now always correctly deal damage with the main energy beam.
  
• Items: Suspicious Pendrive: Now correctly explodes when responding to SOS Signals.
  
• Items: Reserve Bench: Disabled on Hardcore mode.
  
• Items: Potato: Now works correctly with the new weapon.
  
• Items: Devil's Deal: No longer triggers "on damage received" effects.
  
• Items: Devil's Deal: Removes -2% HP (from -1% HP), but can no longer kill the player.
  
• Items: Glass of Milk: Removal can no longer reduce health pool to values lower than 50 HP.
  
• Badges: Healing Badge: Now increases HP/s regen stat by +2 per rank (from +1 per rank).
  
• Completed modes for each map should now correctly display 5/5 when One Hit run was completed.
  
• Scarabs should once again happily walk into Survivors with all their animations working correctly.
  
• Military Training point pick-up now displays "Military Training" without the "x/4" number when collected.
  
• Implemented additional safeguards and checks against any potential loss of save game progress.
  
• Other misc tweaks & fixes.

As always, thank you for your feedback, reports, and suggestions! We'll be taking a short break after this hotfix to catch our breath and regenerate, but expect more features and improvements to come after that. Cheers!


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Update 0.8 - "Tools of Mayhem" is live!

This major update adds a new Survivor, a dozen new weapons, awesome quality of life features, and lots of other improvements. We hope you'll enjoy the content we're bringing with this version of Early Access phase, as we get closer to the full release - but more on that further below.

More importantly: Chainsaw goes brrrrrr...

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Engineer may have degrees, but Mechanic has guts!

The above sentence can be true both figuratively and literally, depending solely on your decision to equip her with a chainsaw. The Mechanic lacks the delicate precision of her aforementioned senior, but she makes up for it with a kit full of crazy homemade contrapoints and a need to under- and overclock everything she comes in contact with.

Mechanic is an advanced support Survivor who's more than capable of taking on the Horde on her own if the need arises. Her equipment deals all kinds of types of damage, but she excels at augmenting her own weapons with the Ice element, applied in addition to the usual slashing and bashing. It's possible that she'll break the game a little bit, as she is not only jack of all trades, but master of many.

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Counting the Mechanic's crazy arsenal, we've just added 12 new weapons to the game!
With Grenade Launcher, SWAT can now scale even further into explosive builds, in tandem with Tank, whose Super Shotgun should make many players' dreams come true. Engineer can finally enjoy an upgraded version of their tier-two weapon in the form of the Plasma, while Huntresses' paralyzing Poison Arrows complement her now improved bow nicely (more arrows!).

The Ghost can now become the Grim Reaper, wielding the most powerful single-target attack in the game (with a fun area-of-effect twist!), while the Medic makes sure no one escapes her meticulous attention with the dreaded Syringer. Pyro? Well, Pyro trusts his axes as far as he can throw them, and that is exactly what he plans to do with the new hot addition to his kit: the flaming Axerangs.

You'll find these nine weapons as new tier 3 options, available from the third rank of their respective owners. Oh, and don't worry about the existing options being left out in the cold, because we're also adding...

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Buffs! Buffs everywhere!

Fire burns hotter, electricity stuns better, and toxins linger stronger. Rockets explode harder, katanas cut faster, and grenades explode earlier. All in all, there's something for everyone, so be sure to try options that have felt weak in the past - you might just get surprised. We've been digging through all the feedback reports, suggestions, and analytical data to improve some of the less popular options currently available in the game. Of course, if something still feels a little off, we're here to help! Be sure to let us know what you think requires further adjustments.

As with any balance, there are a few changes that reduce the power of certain things, but these are mostly exploit/bug fixes. These changes were necessary to keep the overall health of the game in a good place going forward. For example, the Icon of Tempest effect was never meant to chain itself endlessly, and some stat stacking items weren't meant to keep their effect after being removed from inventory. We're sorry for any confusion caused by these inconsistencies.

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Fans of full-screen-exploding-late-game-builds, rejoice!

With the addition of new accessibility options, you'll now be able to control the transparency of most weapon and ability effects in the game. And before you ask, don't worry about missing out on any of the important gameplay details, as we're doing our best to leave the most important indicators either untouched or with their effects slightly tuned down.

Not only have we improved the visual clarity of most enemy indicators, we've also added an option to change their color. All in all, we hope this will help many of you appreciate the fun zombie-killing mayhem even more. These and other changes should not only make the game more stable, but you'll also be able to see the improved ragdoll effects in all their full ragdolly glory! Let us know if these options helped you and how else we can improve your experience!

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• New Survivor: Mechanic.
  
• New tier 3 weapon option for every Survivor.
  
• 8 new items, 3 new badges, 9 new achievements.
  
• Most pick-ups now have an area spawn, instead of being an enemy drop.
  
• Rank unlock requirements changed to every 40 & 20 levels (from 20 & 10).
  
• Skill tree point spent reset due to the above change (no points are lost, don't worry).
  
• One Hit mode: Leaderboards were added for every map and game difficulty.
  
• One Hit mode: Is now fully optional, with related Steam achievements removed
  (to be restored later as optional, in-game challenges).

• Visual Effects Transparency setting has been added (Options > Accessibility).
  
• Enemy Indicators Color setting has been added (Options > Accessibility).
  
• Enemy attack indicators' visibility has been further improved.
  
• White Power-Ups now have their own on-screen blob indicators.
  
• Improved ragdoll effects & other tweaks to visual effects/readability.
  
• Camera no longer flies by when starting a new run (is now centered).
  
• Many new/improved sound effects, with volume adjustments to others.
  
• A brand new tune plays in the background while in endscreen interfaces.
  
• Jukebox: Added tooltips explaining how each of the play modes works.
  
• Game version is now displayed on game over / endscreen interfaces.
  
• Improvements to many in-game descriptions (e.g. tag effects).
  
• 2D bust art touch-ups for every Survivor.
  
• Other minor tweaks.

• Magnet spawn chance increased & spawn interval decreased (more magnets!).
  
• Skip function now grants 300 Cash and regenerates 20% HP (from 150 & 10%).
  
• Cooldown times between Dodges and Parries are now equal to the value of Invincibility After Hit stat.
  
• Hardcore mode: Horde HP scaling reduced for Isolated City and Vile Wasteland (difficulty reduced).

• Toxic, Burn, and Electrify (Thunder Strike) status effects damage will now additionally scale from the weapon or ability damage stat of the Survivor that caused the effect.
  
• Electrify stun base duration increased to 1s (from 0.5s).
  
• Electric damage 10+ tag Thunder Strike effect has now lower chance per tag scaling, but much greater damage scaling.
  
• Electrocuted and Frozen statuses will not be reapplied if they already exist on an enemy.
  
• Burn status effect base damage is now 25 (from 15).
  
• Bleeding appliance chance changed to +0.5% per tag (from +1% per tag).
  
• Injured defense reduction effect changed to -0.5% per tag (from -1% per tag).

• All changes below refer to Damage as a total sum of rank upgrades & skill tree node bonuses. Most changes affect every rank.
  
• SWAT: Assault Rifle: Damage per bullet increased by +10.
  
• SWAT: Sniper Rifle: Damage increased by +50.
  
• Tank: Shotgun: Damage per projectile decreased by -10.
  
• Tank: Pump-Action Shotgun: Reload time increased by +0.1s, projectiles fired decreased by 1.
  
• Tank: Minigun: Damage per projectile decreased by -10.
  
• Tank: Rocket Launcher: Damage increased by +50.
  
• Engineer: Tesla: Damage increased by +100, and it now more effectively damages all enemies targetted by the beam.
  
• Huntress: All tier 3 weapons: Now start with 6-7 arrows and can fire up to 3 additional arrows (8 in total).
  
• Ghost: Thousand Cuts: Cooldown decreased by -0.1s (it now attacks more often).
  
• Ghost: Windcutter: Damage increased by +25.
  
• Medic: Syringe Gun: Damage increased by +50. Removed the DPS stat (wasn't working correctly).
  
• Medic: Antidote Flasks: Damage increased by +100. Removed the DPS stat (same as above).
  
• Medic: Freezing & Antidote Flasks: Projectile trajectory and speed drastically improved.
  
• Pyro: Fireaxe: Attacks more often at every rank. Cooldown decreased by -0.1s. Damage increased by +10.
  
• Pyro: Blowtorch: Damage increased by +50.
  
• Pyro: Flamethrower: Damage increased by +50.
  
• Pyro: Infernax: Attacks more often at every rank. Cooldown decreased by -0.5s. Damage increased by +50.

• SWAT: Grenade Trail: Grenades now explode sooner.
  
• Tank: Sawblade Drone: Enchantment: Additionally increases damage by +75.
  
• Tank: Minefield: Mines last for 5 seconds less, but explode when they expire.
  
• Engineer: EMP Grenade: Electrocution range is now bigger, and its stun lasts for 5s (from 0s, oops!).
  
• Engineer: Electric Turret: Cooling: Range decreases by -2 (from -2,5).
  
• Engineer: Electrocution: Passion: Additionally increases damage by +25 (300) and reduces cooldown by -2s (10s).
  
• Huntress: Arrow Penetration: Barbed: Additionally increases the activation chance +15% (75% max).
  
• Huntress: Bear Trap: Fire: Additionally increases damage by +25.
  
• Huntress: Zombie Decoy: Moving: Additionally increases damage by +50.
  
• Ghost: Pulsar: Damage increased by +150 (That's a ton of damage!).
  
• Ghost: HoloGhost: Sub Zero: Additionally increases count by +2 (holograms make a snowflake now, aww).
  
• Ghost: Shuriken: Boomerang: Shurikens now last longer.
  
• Medic: Resuscitation: Valhalla: Health points restored now increases by +30% (80% max).
  
• Medic: Medical Drone: Offense: Damage increases by +225 (from +150).
  
• Medic: Stimpack: Evolutions removed from the One Hit game mode (less level-up clutter, yay!).
  
• Pyro: Fire Walk: Damage increased by +100.
  
• Pyro: Makeshift Bomb: Damage increased by +50.

• All items effects are now removed when swapping an item out (Glass of Milk).
  
• Some achievement rewards as items have switched places (ACME Anvil).
  
• Ban Hammer: Now additionally grants +10 Luck stat.
  
• Suspicious Pendrive: Fixed an issue that caused it to deal less damage than intended & explosion range increased greatly.
  
• ACME Anvil: Slowing effects are now twice as strong (from 50% stronger).
  
• Scented Candle: Decreases statuses duration by -25% (from -50%).
  
• Stretcher: Decreases Dodge Chance stat by -2% per stack (from -5%).
  
• Camping Set: Decreases Movement Speed stat by -5 per stack (from -10).
  
• Vampire Survivors: Maximal HP regenerated is now 400 (from 500).
  
• Ring of Power: Cap decreasesd to one less SOS Signal. Offers smaller boost but is easier to stack across all game modes.
  
• Wooden Stick: The additional passive effect is now +10% EXP (from +20%), doesn't affect the empty slots effect.
  
• Icon of Pestilence: Effect changed from increasing the Toxify explosion size, to spawning a cloud of toxic fumes on toxified enemy death.
  
• Icon of Tempest: Effect no longer chain activations for every electrified enemy.

• Multiple confirmed and potential fixes for the reported game crashes.
  
• Fixes for freezes caused by the Huntress Survivor in certain conditions.
  
• Precautions against situations where some enemies persisted from previous runs.
  
• Fixes for some Weapon Damage stat boosting effects not updating correctly.
  
• Additional preventions for Engineer’s attacks causing screen flashes.
  
• Fix for Item Chests skips not granting Cash properly.
  
• Fixes for experience gems appearing at certain spots of the maps.
  
• Fixed inacurrate data display on the Military Training points bar.
  
• Some weapon sound effects are now correctly attached to Weapon Volume setting.
  
• Fixed occasional audio volume changes caused by alt-tabbing the game window.
  
• Fixed some issues related to Jukebox and playing music by a playlist.
  
• Fixes for some wrong values displayed under item icons in the in-game HUD.
  
• Mouse cursor should no longer stay on screen when switching to a gamepad/controller.
  
• Some previously missing weapon stats are now listed correctly in their descriptions.
  
• "Glass of Milk" item now displays correct amount of stacks/activations.
  
• Tank: Sawblade Drone: Should now correctly deal Slashing type damage.
  
• Pyro: No Pain No Gain: Is now correctly disabled in the One Hit game mode.
  
• Electrified status effect’s duration now scales properly (was always very low before).
  
• Engineer's synergy with Ghost no longer causes Shuriken ability to display 0 DPS at the endscreen.
  
• Getting killed by the Big Mummy's projectile no longer displays as if the player died from a Scarab.
  
• Non-unicode symbols in Steam nicknames no longer print errors in the game’s log file when displayed on the main menu screen.
  
• Other minor fixes.

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With only one Survivor and two maps missing, we're getting very close to the full release of the game. While we didn't manage to add everything we had hoped for in this update, we will continue to implement these ideas as we go. You can expect to see some new smaller additions in a minor update (e.g. 0.8.1). After that, we'll switch gears and either work on the last Early Access update - version 0.9 - or even go straight to 1.0! The second approach would take more time than usual, but on the other hand, you'd get a ton of new content at the same time.

For the near future, we plan to work on the things listed below:

• Ninth Survivor & two missing maps (new map is a priority).
  
• New gameplay mechanics/map interactables within the playable area.
  
• Team leader's passives and/or perks for even more run customization.
  
• At least one main boss encounter (one main boss for each map planned).
  
• More synergies between Survivors, possible item upgrades and/or combinations.
  
• Additional column (fifth rank) for the general & Survivors' skill trees (more meta-progression).
  
• New endless-like game mode (non-ranked) focused on fun, instead of the fight for survival.
  
• Separate, non-cloud save for in-game settings (e.g. graphics options).
  
• Steam Deck support improvements / verification.
  
• Full release on Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One/Series & PlayStation 4/5.

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As always, we will continue to improve the game based on your feedback,
so don't stop letting us know what you like and what you'd like to see improved.

Also, in case you also enjoy games on console platforms, expect the Switch & PlayStation demos to come very soon. We're dedicated to sticking to the plan of releasing the full version of YAZS on all platforms at the same time.

Special thanks to our awesome open beta testers who went above and beyond to help us make this major update to the game <3

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