Endling - Extinction is Forever news & patch notes

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It is with great honor that we would like to announce that Endling – Extinction is Forever has won the awards for "Most Significant Impact" and "Game of the Year" at this year's Games for Change Awards. This event celebrates the people, projects, and organizations that have set out to make a meaningful difference. This year marked not only the 20th anniversary of Games for Change but today is also the first anniversary of Endling's release, making these awards the best birthday present we could have imagined. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33205595/227f68b821bdc3f4e3d1afade975e28c5d318f11.png Yes, it's been one year already since Endling – Extinction is Forever was first released, and what a year it has been. More than the many accolades bestowed upon our game, the genuine responses by the players who were moved by the heart-wrenching tale of our mother fox and her cubs made it all worthwhile. Knowing that we were able to touch the hearts and minds of people is the most significant award of all. Bringing awareness to a dire situation through a different perspective, not by lecturing, is where the true success of Endling lies. No words were required to convey the message, only emotions we all share in the face of a possible future. As long as we can feel empathy for the struggles of the world around us, there is always hope for a better tomorrow.

We are thrilled to announce that Endling - Extinction is Forever has won the prestigious BAFTA Award for Game Beyond Entertainment at the 2023 BAFTA Games Awards. The game, developed by Herobeat Studios and published by HandyGames, was recognized for its compelling narrative and thought-provoking exploration of environmental issues. "We are honored to receive this recognition from BAFTA for Endling," said Christopher Kassulke, CEO of HandyGames. "We believe that games have the power to explore important issues and inspire players to make a positive impact in the world. We hope that Endling encourages players to think critically about humanity's impact on the environment and the importance of protecting the natural world for future generations." {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33205595/04b681d9e0614b29806b13b128d632081f3c1551.png The BAFTA Games Awards celebrate the very best games of the past year and the people who made them, showcasing a wide range of storytelling and creative excellence. The Game Beyond Entertainment category recognizes games that go beyond pure entertainment and explore important themes and issues.

We are only one month into 2023 and ENDLING has already received multiple awards.

Premios DeVuego 2022

The 13 nominations ENDLING had the Premios DeVuego 2022 are impressive by itself. But we feel especially honored that it won awards in the following categories:

• Best Absolute Game
• Best Music
• Best Sound
• Best Design
• Best Production

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Ciutat de Barcelona Audiovisual and Digital Culture Award

As the video game pioneer, ENDLING also is the very first video game to ever receive Ciutat de Barcelona Audiovisual and Digital Culture Award. The jury described the game as “the success of placing climate change, environmentalism and even care at the center of the narrative and thus incorporating them into the world of video games” and as an “outstanding example of the maturity of video game creation in Barcelona with international recognition”.

GDCA 2023

Last but not least, ENDLING is amongst the finalists of the GDCA 2023 for the Social Impact Award. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33205595/b9f6f830f3c84c8f55aee3a70f853dd3f43e5236.jpg We are proud of everyone involved with this project and want to thank everyone of you for all the support!

It's still January and #Endling has been nominated four times at the NAVGTR Awards (The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers):

• Outstanding Art Direction, Contemporary
• Outstanding Game, Special Class
• Outstanding Original Dramatic Score, New IP
• Outstanding Game of the Year

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fm53OW4X0AA9PS8?format=jpg&name=medium Two nominations at the Pégases 2023 Awards (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Jeu Vidéo):

• Best International Game
• Best International Indie Game

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmG42VEWAAMg0s3?format=jpg&name=large And it's also nominated as Best Indie Game by Indie Pearls https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmsLA6pWAA82Dm1?format=jpg&name=large What a start to the year! Keep it up 2023 and a big Thank You to everyone involved!

It's that time of year! The Steam Awards are just around the corner, and it's up to you, the players, to nominate your favorite games of 2022. From all your excellent feedback, we know that you enjoyed Endling – Extinction is Forever, and we definitely saw one or two tiny tears that were shed over the gutwrenching journey portrayed in the game. So if you consider nominating Endling for a Steam Award, we'd be very humbled and suggest the category "Outstanding Story-Rich Game." Thank you so much for your continued support from everyone at HandyGames and Herobeat Studios.

Hello friends, I'd say we're speechless, but here I am writing this message. Endling – Extinction is Forever being nominated for The Game Awards has been a very exciting surprise, though, and we could not be prouder for it to be considered among such truly outstanding Games for Impact! You can go and vote for Endling – Extinction is Forever and, of course, a ton of other prestigious projects and people across 31 different categories already if you feel like supporting us at HandyGames and, more importantly, the talented and dedicated team at Herobeat Studios. It would mean the world to us, but either way, being nominated at all is so much more than we could have hoped for. So once again, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for playing Endling – Extinction is Forever! https://cdn.thegameawards.com/1/2022/11/GAMES-FOR-IMPACT-Endling-1.jpg Have a fantastic day! Consti (Community Manager)

- Improved signposting by adding some tutorials and hints - Corrected some minor localization and other text errors - Ironed out UI information given to the player - Fixed softlocks related to jumping in or out of bushes - Several other bug fixes

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Endling - Extinction is Forever has been out there for a while now and your feedback and reviews have been overwhelming! Thank you all so much. Creating and selling games is a business first and foremost. This is no secret. Yes, we're in it because it is our passion, but we believe in calling a spade a spade. We're a company and companies need to turn a profit. However, on a personal level, me, writing this, and every single one of my friends and colleagues at HandyGames, Herobeat Studios, and all our partners, get most excited about all the wonderful reactions from you, the players. What drives us is people connecting with the game. These connections always happen on an emotional level. Be it the feeling of accomplishment for beating a difficult stage, good old fun times with friends, or in the case of Endling - Extinction is Forever, hopelessness and heartache towards the overwhelming odds that our fox family has to overcome. For this, we want to say: Thank you! Thank you for laughing, crying, hoping, and despairing with us. It means more than you might imagine. If you want to talk about your experience with this or any of our other games, please feel free to reach out. Steam reviews are always welcome, but you can also hop on our Discord or join our Inside HandyGames live show on Twitch or YouTube every other week to get to know us on a more personal level and ask us anything you'd like to know. Until then, thank you for spending your valuable time with, and hard-earned money on our games! Have a fantastic day! Consti (HandyGames)

It's been a long time coming, but we're finally able to say: Endling is available to play for everyone today and we could not be more excited for you to get your hands on the game and all your feedback! Endling has been a passion project for everyone at Herobeat Studios and HandyGames alike for a long time now. We've grown to love the vixen and her cubs more than we like to admit over the years and we're confident that you'll feel the same once you set out to accompany them on your journey. We will be live on Twitch later today. Join us at 7 PM CEST / 1 PM EST / 10 AM Pacific and let us know what your first impressions are or if you want another chance to win a free Steam copy of Endling - Extinction is Forever. In the meantime. Enjoy playing, let us know what you think and please watch our animated release trailer: From everyone at HandyGames and Herobeat Studios: Thank you so much and have a fantastic day! Consti Fuchs (Community Manager)

Remember the wonderful Endling demo you played last year? Well we just updated it with all new and improved features that await you in the full game. If you thought about going back to get hyped up one last time, now is the time to do so and if you haven't played the demo before: What are you waiting for? Download the Demo

Thank you, everyone, for your excited patience and all the motivating feedback we have gotten from you so far. It's finally time to reveal the official release date of Endling - Extinction is Forever. Starting July 19th, you'll be able to jump into this project that is so very near and dear to our hearts. We can't wait to read your reviews, watch your streams and videos, laugh at your memes, and share with you this devastating, yet beautiful world that the talented and dedicated people of Herobeat Studios have created. Watch the new trailer below and make sure to join us later today on Twitch! We'll be showing you new gameplay, talking about Endling, and answering any questions you might have starting 7 PM CEST / 1 PM Eastern / 10 AM Pacific. And if you're lucky, you might even get a free game key that will unlock Endling as soon as it is released right here on Steam ;) http://www.twitch.tv/handygames_official

​According to a recent survey of 400 biologists conducted by New York's American Museum of Natural History, nearly 70% believe that the Earth is currently in the early stages of human-caused mass extinction. One biologist estimated that if current rates of human destruction of the biosphere continue, one-half of all plant and animal species of life on earth will be extinct in 100 years. ​Today, more than 28,000 animal species on our planet are threatened with extinction. Thousands of species - rhinos, lions, tigers, seals, and bears - are jeopardized by pollution, illegal poaching, wars, and the ever-increasing loss of their natural habitats. Now imagine that humanity has driven one of the most adaptable creatures in the animal kingdom - the fox - to extinction. As the last fox on Earth, you are fighting for survival in search of the rare sources of food which are left in a dying world. But you are not searching for food for yourself alone. Your clumsy cubs are waiting eagerly for your return in the safety of the shelter. Until that faithful day, when something or someone wakes one of the young foxes… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33205595/00ab42a79805c02ceb75b28b40c961928fbe3f2f.png Can you give this Endling a last glimmer of hope? We will not be able to release "Endling - Extinction is forever" this Spring because we want you to have the best possible version of the game. It is going to be awesome. Thus, we have to postpone the release a tiny bit. We promise: Endling - Extinction is forever is coming very soon! ​To make up for it, we decided - as some voices from the community already suggested - to have a boxed retail version of the game. We use a more eco-friendly cardboard box with fewer plastics for the PC-version. ​ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33205595/b0a4d4e1aab34f3c32a5ebd4db402f529289dbe3.png

On September 22nd, we revealed 8 narrated gameplay trailers, including one for Endling - Extinction is Forever. Check it out:

If you didn't walk around already, it's the last hours to do so! Check out our new content for all our games we're presenting there, join us in the booths and watch our live events on our Twitch channel twitch.tv/handygames_official Join our community and chat with the developers on our Discord channel! https://discord.gg/tKY8jrh

The message behind Endling: "This game aims to help raise awareness about real environmental issues." Come and watch the thoughts from the devs about the story of Endling! Tomorrow in our LIVE event on Twitch 4:30 PM CET Check out the new content, join us in the booths of Indie Arena Booth Online and watch our live events on our Twitch channel twitch.tv/handygames_official

Reminder!

Also don't miss the Gamescom: Awesome Indies presented by IGN! #gamescom2020 The show with Endling will start on tomorrow at 11am PT // 8pm CET (european) at the Gamescom & IGN Livestream! Come over, watch the whole event and don't miss the awesome show! See you all there! Join our community and chat with the developers on our Discord channel! https://discord.gg/tKY8jrh

Enjoy an evening of Endling - Extinction is Forever with our hard-working devs. Get immersed in the beautifully crafted dystopian world and join the last mother fox on earth in her struggle for survival. See what the game has to offer and perhaps talk a bit about what is yet to come in our upcoming live streams at the Gamescom Indie Arena Booth Online this weekend. So, tune in on Friday, August 28th, for day 1 to get a glimpse of Little Big Workshop! The developers will introduce you to some of the innovative features LIVE and will present the gameplay of Endling - Extinction is Forever! There is a lot to discover! Stay tuned and join us and our booths at the Indie Arena Booth Online 2020 starting 27th of August! Check out the new content & watch our live events on our Twitch channel twitch.tv/handygames_official

We will do a booth crawl!

Come over and see all our booths presented LIVE! And we have a lot! Visit and join us on our chats on Discord, share on social media, be part of our streamings on Twitch. Let everyone know we're starting the best indie game event online! Check out the new content, join us in the booths and watch our live events on our Twitch channel twitch.tv/handygames_official https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/6a269fe7-eb75-42d0-8df5-b442151bd815/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/ Join our community and chat with the developers on our Discord channel https://discord.gg/tKY8jrh

TIME SCHEDULE OF IAB (27th - 30th of August)

First day, 27th of August

9:00 - 9:30 PM (CET) | IAB OPENING BOOTH COMMUNITY MEETING We will start our presentation of our booths! GO TO TWITCH! 9:30 - 22:30 PM (CET) - IAB BOOTH CRAWL COMMUNITY MEETING Let's walk through all of our booths GO TO TWITCH!

Second day, 28th of August

8:30 - 9:30 AM (CET) | EL HIJO - A WILD WEST TALE DEV STREAM Excitement without violence? Can this work? Yes, it can! Ask the developers of El Hijo - A Wild West Tale anything you want to know! GO TO TWITCH! 10:00 - 11:00 AM (CET) | TOWNSMEN VR DEV STREAM Ever wanted to play a video game as “god”? Our game designer will show you some exciting news about Townsmen VR! GO TO TWITCH! 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (CET) | AIRHEAD - MAKING OF DEV STREAM Let's talk about the making of Airhead and see what the developers have to say about their ideas. GO TO TWITCH! 1:00 - 2:00 PM (CET) | MEET OUR DEVS AROUND THE GLOBE DEV STREAM Talk to our developers from all around the globe, you'll see what's happening if you drop by, so watch our Twitch-channel GO TO TWITCH! 2:30 - 3:30 PM (CET) | PILE UP! - MINIGAMES DEV STREAM Jump up, slide down, play together, and carry the load! Let's see if we can solve all the puzzles. GO TO TWITCH! 4:00 - 5:00 PM (CET) | LITTLE BIG WORKSHOP - LET'S PLAY LET'S PLAY The devs are playing around and probably talk about platform porting. GO TO TWITCH! 5:30 - 6:30 PM (CET) | ONE HAND CLAPPING - BEHIND OHC DEV STREAM The devs are talking about the game and will share some of their ideas behind it. GO TO TWITCH! 7:30 - 8:30 PM (CET) | CHICKEN POLICE - MAKING OF DEV STREAM The devs are presenting our Film Noire orientated Chicken Police. GO TO TWITCH! 9:00 - 10:00 PM (CET) | ENDLING - EXTINCTION IS FOREVER LET'S PLAY Are we even ready to save the last fox on earth and its cubs in an apocalyptic nature and a world full of dirt, garbage, dust, and humans wearing protective suits and gas masks. GO TO TWITCH!

Third day, 29th of August

8:30 - 9:00 AM (CET) | PILE UP! - Q&A AMA Why cardboards and boxes? Ask us anything about this game. GO TO TWITCH! 9:30 - 10:00 AM (CET) | SPITLINGS - Q&A AMA Well, you might get the idea. Ask us anything about Spitlings. GO TO TWITCH! 10:30 - 11:00 AM (CET) | ONE HAND CLAPPING - PLAY WITH DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS LET'S PLAY This has never happened before! We will try playing our early access singing game One Hand Clapping with different instruments! GO TO TWITCH! 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (CET) | CHICKEN POLICE - COOKING WITH THE PRODUCERS LET'S COOK What kind of humor is that? Developing a game with chickens and then watching the producers cooking something with them? Like it or not, but enjoy the messed up cooking show! GO TO TWITCH! 1:00 - 1:30 PM (CET) | AIRHEAD - SPEEDRUN LET'S PLAY The name says it all: One of our masters of this game tries to beat the clock while he's running through the mysterious world in Airhead! GO TO TWITCH! 2:00 - 2:30 PM (CET) | MEET OUR DEVS AROUND THE GLOBE DEV STREAM Talk to our developers from all around the globe, you'll see what's happening if you drop by, so watch our Twitch-channel GO TO TWITCH! 3:00 - 4:00 PM(CET) | CHICKEN POLICE - LET'S PLAY LET'S PLAY Let's solve the cases together! GO TO TWITCH! 4:30 - 5:30 PM(CET) | ENDLING - EXTINCTION IS FOREVER LET'S PLAY The message behind this amazing game, explained by the developers. GO TO TWITCH! 5:30 - 6:30 PM(CET) | TOWNSMEN VR - LET'S PLAY DEV STREAM Ever wanted to play a video game as “god”? Our game designer will show you some exciting news about Townsmen VR! GO TO TWITCH! 7:00 - 7:30 PM(CET) | LITTLE BIG WORKSHOP - DEV TALK DEV STREAM Join our crafty team for an hour of Little Big Workshop. See what the game has to offer and perhaps talk a bit about what the future holds. GO TO TWITCH! 9:00 - 9:30 PM(CET) | AIRHEAD - STORYLINE DEV STREAM Let’s play and hang around together! GO TO TWITCH!

Last day, 30th of August

We don't do any live streams but certainly, you're invited to visit us on our Twitch channel, where we'll present most of the streams as restreams! https://www.twitch.tv/handygames_official

We wanted to surprise you, and now it's official: There'll be an Endling demo and Gronkh will play it today! He will guide mother fox through an apocalyptic world, find food for the cubs, protect them from dangerous humans and survive. Hopefully! Let's see... https://www.twitch.tv/gronkh Every German Let’s Player, Streamer and Gamer knows him: Germany’s most famous let's player, Gronkh. We are thrilled to announce that TODAY, August 14th, there will be a unique HandyGames exclusive live showcase on Twitch, packed with a wide range of our indie titles and never seen before content. Watch, comment, play, and be there, LIVE! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33205595/94d2610bd1615f52e01af227a8246a4534717dee.png Live Let's Play Event, Indie Games Night, Gronkh vs. HandyGames, whatever you want to call it: Tune in! Join the (German) show on Gronkh’s channel on Twitch! on August 14, 2020, at 6pm German time. Let's go!

Keep your calendar up to date, #HerobeatStudiosOnTour starts again. 2019 is around the corner and we will finish the year attending some of the biggest events in Spain:

• Indie 2018, 23-24 nov - MADRID
• BCNGamesWorld, 29-2 dec - BARCELONA
• Fun and Serious, 7-10 dec - BILBAO

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ENDLING: BEST VIDEO GAME - CARTOON AWARD 2018 Back from 3D WIRE! Exhausted after almost one week of networking and speeches about video games and animation. The organisation was excellent and can't imagine how the event could be better. We will come back next year for sure! We met amazing people there coming from many countries, sharing their experiences, and also could see old friends pitching their awesome projects. The icing on the cake was winning the award to the BEST VIDEO GAME 3DWIRE 2018 out of 39 games selected, and free tickets for the Cartoon Media Festival 2019 (France). This is the first award Endling gets and I am sure it won't be the last. Thank you very much to all the team Herobeat Studios for the hard work and to our followers for your support! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33205595/d79947a69ee4c9a2f52434b5457ce9414df5df4f.jpg

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