The Last Stand: Aftermath news & patch notes

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Hey there, Last Stand fans! Believe it or not, The Last Stand: Aftermath released one year ago today. We’re so grateful for all of your support since then and owe all our success to you for believing in our game. As thanks, we have a little something for you:

Version 1.2 is out now!

That’s right, we’re adding new content to celebrate our anniversary! You can now craft the following weapons at your workbench in-game: Hand Cannon, Big Baller, Spiked Cestus, Morning Star, and Steel Ball. Additionally, you can craft Ball Ammunition for your weapons as well as find the AE-50 pistol (along with all the new weapons) in your travels. Plus, we’ve added a grand total of seven new maps, two new types of locations (Oil Fields and Desert), and side roads to all Mountain maps that lead to desert-themed locations.

Trading Cards

This update also comes with the addition of Steam trading cards! Now you can collect five trading cards, along with six emojis and three backgrounds.

Anniversary Discount

In celebration of one year on Steam, The Last Stand: Aftermath will also be on sale for 35% off until the 21st. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1266840/The_Last_Stand_Aftermath/

Hey all! We're very excited to be able to share our first content patch for The Last Stand: Aftermath! There are several new buildings to explore, a few new locations to discover, and three new weapons to collect and craft along the way. We've also added new upgrade levels for your backpacks. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/4222ee2dac034b6cd8e89daec3e790d101c4ad96.png With this patch we wanted to address some issues that have been hanging around since launch, namely the inventory and encumbrance, also the problematic Gear Insurance. At the same time we wanted to make weight management feel more consequential and less of a hassle. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/7b029968d73c41c3ae62a0a5bd39a9128497e39d.png Part of that is the introduction of Sector Stashes. These act as 3 separate containers that will appear near the beginning of the areas after you leave the Suburbs. Each one can store a significant amount of items and allows you to pre-plan a little by stocking up in the field if you have excess items or feel like a run is going poorly. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/90d944104798d5c99d7ac3a5f02cc4e5e9c1040a.png Your encumbrance now affects your movement speed gradually as you take on more weight on top of the increased stamina use. If you’re overloaded, check the bottom left of your inventory to see how you’re being affected. Upgrading your backpack or unloading some items into a Stash will help alleviate the problem. Lastly, we also included some minor fixes here and there for a number of map-related issues. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/df4c162f01e799890fe63757950865a380fde5a3.png Huge thanks to everyone who played our test branch, as that feedback was invaluable in validating a lot of our design decisions. As a big thank you to the community and in honor of this milestone, we're putting the game on sale for its steepest discount yet at 25% for the next few days, so if you haven't picked it up yet, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better time. Thank you! -----

Patch 1.1 Notes:

Major Changes: - Introduction of new encumbrance system. Base weight limit has been raised slightly to 50 and we have introduced a 4 stage encumbrance that slowly reduces your movement speed and increases stamina cost as you carry more over your limit. - To counteract the encumbrance - we've added new backpack levels and also introduced Sector Stashes - Sector Stashes allow players in the Mountains, Sunken City and Hell areas to stash away some items that can be recovered there later. Each stash is specific to its sector and items remain there until removed by the player. - Various fixes to inaccessible fuel canisters across maps and buildings - New commercial buildings added - Pawn shop, Hardware Store and a new Clinic - New maps added to each sector (with the exception of Hell): ++ Military Base 2 in Suburbs ++ Farm 2 in Mountains ++ Park 2 in Sunken City - Merchants now hold more Knowledge to trade with - Gear Insurance has been removed from the game - if you've got it on your current run it will still work, but we've removed it from the Supply Depot as a purchasable option. This is simply a case of removing the exploits associated with it Additions: - Three new weapons ++ Stun Baton (craftable) ++ Flare Splitter (craftable) ++ Tac-Blade

Hey all! We're excited to get one last update out to all of you ahead of the end of year festivities. We've been hard at work putting together a huge collection of changes and fixes based on your feedback. We want to thank our community both for the incredible support you've shown us and the game this whole year as well as for the fantastic feedback and bug reports you've been sending our way. We're also excited to announce that patch 1.01 has been approved for PlayStation 4 and 5 and will be rolled out shortly! Most notably, this includes the fix for missing save data. Please don't hesitate to send us reports if you update the game and have any issues with your save data going forward. We appreciate your patience as we navigate the extra complexities of patching console versions. The Xbox Series patch has not yet been approved, but we aim to get it out as soon as we can. You can find patch notes for 1.02 below, followed by the patch notes for the console 1.01 patches. We can't thank you all enough for what a tremendous year this has been for us and we're excited about what 2022 has in store for us. Thank you! -----

Patch 1.02 Notes (Steam):

Notes: - Due to time constraints, temporary localization has been used for the new HOLD/TOGGLE options for some actions. We apologise for this, and it will be rectified in a future patch. Additions: - Keyboard & Mouse: Aiming can now be set to HOLD or TOGGLE via the Keyboard settings menu. - Keyboard & Mouse: Sprint can now be set to HOLD or TOGGLE via the Keyboard settings menu. - Controllers: Focus can now be set to HOLD or TOGGLE via the Controller settings menu. - Controllers: Sprint can now be set to HOLD or TOGGLE via the Controller settings menu. Changes: - General: The game now runs in the background during loading screens by default, to ensure loading completes even if the game window is not focused. The game can be forced to always run in the background by launching with the -runInBackground command line argument. - Gameplay: Crouching/stealthing too close to Infected will be much more likely to trigger their aggressive state - Gameplay: You can now tap the vault/climb action whenever the prompt is visible to vault over an obstacle, even if standing still. - Gameplay: You can no longer interact with objects and reload your weapon at the same time. - Gameplay: Improvements to Infected spawn position selection to avoid overlaps/intersections with the environment and each other. - Gameplay: The Charger Infected's stomp attack will no longer hit the player through walls and other large obstacles. - Gameplay: Interacting with closed doors now has a higher priority than looting Infected corpses, making corpse interactions much less likely to block access to doors. - Gameplay: "Burning" status effect now applies 100% more damage. Small spot fires in Hell apply a lower burning status effect that does less damage. - Gameplay: M82A1 damage increased by 100%: 500, up from 250. - Gameplay: Improved items for all existing Loadouts that are purchasable through Supply Depot. - Gameplay: Reduced cost of purchasing loadouts through Supply Depot. - Gameplay: Increased weight of Gear Axe. - Gameplay: More traps will react to external explosives / damage. - Optimization: Reduced number of particles in fires in Hell sector. - Optimisation: Weapon bullet shell ejection visuals are now more efficient overall. - UI: The Map screen now displays partial routes in yellow to reinforce travel ability. Partial routes occur when you have at least one unit of fuel, but less than the required to reach a selected location. - UI: The power generator minigame UI will only fill the bar to the top on the final successful input. - UI: The power generator minigame UI now displays an Exit prompt. Fixes: - Achievement: "A Bridge Over Troubled Waters": This achievement now triggers when activating the bridge lowering switch. For those who missed this achievement due to dying before leaving the area, it will trigger the next time you enter Hell. - Achievement: "This is The End": This achievement now triggers only when completing the correct number of runs on a single save slot, rather than an aggregate of all save slots. - Gamepads: Fixed an issue where the vibration enabled setting was not saved between sessions. - Gamepads: Fixed controllers sometimes continuing to vibrate when the inventory or pause menu is opened. - Gameplay: Destroyed doors will no longer continue to block Infected navigation paths. - Gameplay: Fixed an issue where purchasing a new permanent Armory item would replenish all permanent Armory items instead of only the purchased item. - Gameplay: Fixed a rare crash that could occur in while an Infected horde is in progress. - Gameplay: Fixed a rare issue on the travel map that would not allow you to visit a location that was clearly on a valid travel route. - Gameplay: Fixed heal-over-time effects from consumables not restoring the expected amount of health. - Gameplay: Melee executions should be much less likely to pull the player into out-of-bounds areas. - Gameplay: Fixed an issue where some hardships would not be applied when reloading a previously saved game. - Gameplay: Hardships will now correctly reset to rank zero when "Reset" is pressed. - Gameplay: Flaming skeletal Infected are now lootable after exploding and will no longer block doorways. - Gameplay: Fixed an issue where some player animations would not play when triggered while crouched/stealthed. - Gameplay: Fix for code lockers sometimes not dropping items. - Gameplay: Fix for terrain in Camp in Sunken City sector. - Gameplay: Lab doors have a much larger interaction point to avoid bodies getting in the way. - Gameplay: HERC medical safehouse boxes always drop items now. - Gameplay: Sunken City locations should have less areas you can get stuck in water / from drop offs. - Gameplay: Infection Bursters now show the infection icon, rather than purple poison icon. - Gameplay: Motel bathrooms are no longer prone to getting stuck. - Gameplay: Removed collider from HERC code lockers to stop blocking players. - Gameplay: Fixed HERC tarp fences being too thin. - Gameplay: Fix for town hall not having external wall colliders. - Gameplay: Fix for out of bounds areas in Mountains Gas Station. - Gameplay: Fix for observation area where you could fall out of bounds in Hell. - Gameplay: Box Mines no longer explode on contact, have a timer and light indicator to show when armed. - Gameplay: Added additional colliders to end location to help with clipping. - Gameplay: Fixed G17 drop description in Supply Depot. - Gameplay: Made small bunkers render outlines. - Gameplay: Fixed basements that couldn't be exited. - Gameplay: Fixes for loot being out of bounds on multiple maps. - Gameplay: Fix for temp metal barriers not checking valid vault positions. - Gameplay: Fix for non colliding wall in store. - Gameplay: Fix for zombies spawning on compound roofs. - Gameplay: Fix some jumpable sections in Hell end maps that could cause collision issues. - Gameplay: Various object placement adjustments and fixes based on player submitted bug reports. - Graphics: Carried weapons and supply bags will now render outlines when occluded by the environment. - Quest: "The Warehouse": Fixed an issue where it was not possible to complete the "Find the explosives" objective if you placed some explosives before collecting all the explosives. - Tutorial: You can no longer vault or jump over the sandbag barricade to escape the horde! - Tutorial: It is now easier to shoot over the first sandbag barricade and hit zombies that are reaching over it. - UI: Fixed an issue in the Supply Store that could cause no items to be displayed. - UI: Fixed an issue where equipped weapon attachments would not be marked as equipped in the inventory when first opening the inventory in a new location. - UI: Fixed various issues with the equipped status displayed on weapon attachments in the inventory. - UI: Fix supply store items sometimes getting stuck with a white overlay. - UI: Fixed RPG showing incorrect ammo icons. - Volunteers: The "Scientist" loadout now has three starting items as intended, like all other loadouts. -----

Patch 1.01 Notes (Console):

Changes • Tripwire based traps now have a thicker, more visible wire. All traps now show an outline when occluded by the enviornment. • M82A1 Drop is no longer purchasable with Supply (it can only be purchased with Reputation) • Reduced volume of crickets during the night • Reduced atmospheric volumetric lighting strength to improve visibility in most time/weather combinations • Reduced intensity of lightning effects. It should also be slightly more efficient to render. • Inventory will now display upgraded weapon and item stats, rather than just the base stats. This includes bonuses and penalties from attachments, knowledge upgrades, etc. • Weapon attachments in the inventory will now display a icon if they are equipped (an addition to the colored tab) Fixes • Fix for savefile issue that prevents users loading a save where they have used the 'Gear Insurance' mechanic • Fix to ensure loadscreens persist until the next area has loaded instead of fading out early • Fix for failed serialization of a specific surviver model's cosmetics • Fixed non-functional vibration setting on PS5/PS4 • Various fixes for missing localization • Pyromania Level 4 will now correctly award and display +50% fire damage, for a total of +150% • Many prop and set piece positions fixed to avoid blocking navigation • Fixed explosions sometimes not registering damage to targets within their area-of-effect • Reputation multiplier is now correctly applied at the end of a run • Leaper infected attack should no longer clip the player into the ground • Improved aim-assist to help with targeting enemies that are above or below you • Barricades no longer block bullets or melee attacks • Office chairs, shopping carts and other dynamic/movable objects should no longer obstruct the player • Fixed some zombies not display blood splatter visual effects when shot • Fixed an issue where main story quests would sometimes not restart correctly when re-loading a saved game • Fixed an issue where some text characters were not visible if the system language was set to Turkish

First of all, thanks so much to all of you who picked up The Last Stand: Aftermath after we launched a couple of weeks ago. We really appreciate it and wouldn't have been able to make this game without your support. If you didn't already hear, nominations for the Steam Awards close on December 1, and we'd be really grateful if you nominated Aftermath for Best Game You Suck At! (Yes, that's the actual name for the category.)

We're trilled to announce the first update for The Last Stand: Aftermath! Your continued support in both reporting issues as well as your patience has meant so much as we put together this patch. You can find a change-list below, but know that we're hard at work on other fixes as we speak! As always, you can refer to our list of known bugs to get a sense of what is on our radar and please keep those bug reports coming if you run into anything. We're working on packaging up our console patches as well, but as we mentioned in our previous updates these tend to take time to go through approval processes. We're honored to have you along with for this journey and hope you enjoy the new update!

Change Log:

Changes

• Gameplay: Tripwire based traps now have a thicker, more visible wire. All traps now show an outline when occluded by the enviornment.
• Items: M82A1 Drop is no longer purchasable with Supply (it can only be purchased with Reputation)
• Audio: Reduced volume of crickets during the night
• Graphics: Reduced atmospheric volumetric lighting strength to improve visibility in most time/weather combinations
• Graphics: Reduced intensity of lightning effects. It should also be slightly more efficient to render.
• UI: Inventory will now display upgraded weapon and item stats, rather than just the base stats. This includes bonuses and penalties from attachments, knowledge upgrades, etc.
• UI: Weapon attachments in the inventory will now display a icon if they are equipped (an addition to the colored tab)
• Keyboard & Mouse: Pressing the dodge roll button will now cancel consumable item usage
• Keyboard & Mouse: UI prompts that require holding a button down will now respond to holding the LMB on them if mouse interaction is allowed

Fixes

• Knowledge Upgrades: Pyromania Level 4 will now correctly award and display +50% fire damage, for a total of +150%
• Gameplay: Many prop and set piece positions fixed to avoid blocking navigation
• Gameplay: Fixed explosions sometimes not registering damage to targets within their area-of-effect
• Gameplay: Reputation multiplier is now correctly applied at the end of a run
• Gameplay: Leaper infected attack should no longer clip the player into the ground
• Gameplay: Improved aim-assist to help with targeting enemies that are above or below you
• Gameplay: Barricades no longer block bullets or melee attacks
• Gameplay: Office chairs, shopping carts and other dynamic/movable objects should no longer obstruct the player
• Gameplay: Fixed some zombies not display blood splatter visual effects when shot
• Quests: Fixed an issue where main story quests would sometimes not restart correctly when re-loading a saved game
• UI: Fixed an issue where some text characters were not visible if the system language was set to Turkish

First and foremost, we want to extend the world's biggest and most sincere "THANK YOU!" to all of you who have helped make this launch so wonderful. The response has been truly staggering and we can't thank you all enough for being a part of it. With the game now finally out, we're working harder than ever to deliver updates and fixes as quickly as we can. We're listening to all your feedback and working closely with our testing team to reproduce and fix the issues as quickly as we can. To help keep everything organized, we made a list of known bugs for all platforms and if it's here you can be sure that we're working to resolve it. Some of these issues are pretty complicated, so we appreciate your patience as we work to get them all fixed up. Patches for all platforms are in the works and we'll keep you up to date on their progress. Please note that because of approval processes associated with patches, consoles may take a little while to have their updates go out, but know that these are a top priority for us. We look forward to resolve all these issues so everyone can play the game the way it was meant to be played and want to thank you all again for everything!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/b03618cc625acec45180b4e2556f44aaeca14724.png After four and a half years of development, we can't begin to describe how thrilled we are to be able to say that The Last Stand: Aftermath is now live! There are too many people to thank and too many stories about development to tell, but for now we just hope all of you find some joy in this game that we've put so much into. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/4364c81f194c5e6405dbd94fd14ff023f69fea8c.png While we do want to keep this short and sweet, we wanted to make sure to thank all of you in helping make this game a reality. The Steam community has been absolutely invaluable in your constant support and enthusiasm. The feedback we received on our public demo was crucial in making Aftermath into the game it is today. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/a2dbb6ef2fff939e9b0ae4c8c91fdab2694b561a.png While we're obviously focused on Aftermath's launch today, this is just as much of a celebration of the almost decade and a half (!!!) old franchise and the amazing community that has formed around it. To that end, we're excited to be able to offer a bundle that combines all single-player TLS games. You can get the The Last Stand Bundle which contains Aftermath and The Last Stand: Legacy Collection for 10% right now! If you already own Legacy Collection, then you can finish the bundle to get a cool 10% off Aftermath! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/aba252db0122ec60837711312723b664377607de.png We could drone on with sappy platitudes all day, but we're really just thrilled to finally be able to share the fruits of our labor with all of you and we hope you enjoy!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/6e2c7324335769d3550f19233224331a52ebe479.png Big news for you all: The Last Stand: Aftermath will be releasing on PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S on November 16, 2021! We’re so glad to share this date with you and can’t wait for you all to finally get your hands on it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/e91043baed1ea969e476f6c767fb16242b3d7d29.png To celebrate this announcement, we also have a brand-new trailer for you all! This one’s super atmospheric, and we can’t get enough of it. Check it out here. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/0f74b13a15b0369d9121d02769e4c49700f607ac.png And with the game’s release approaching soon, we just want to say thanks for your support since we ran our Kickstarter last year (and special thanks to all of you long-time fans of the Last Stand series for making this possible). We really couldn’t have done it without you all. Hope you all find the final game is worth the wait! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/bd1cbc005c558a284cf53a6b76a1d81dd43a544c.png By the way, if you haven’t yet, go wishlist us on Steam if you haven’t so you get notified when the game launches on November 16! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1266840/The_Last_Stand_Aftermath/

Hey everyone! Got another round of exciting updates for all of you. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/87e5d73e5b2a370d7ad812073816ff79fbea6bba.png After 4 long years of development, the main storyline is complete. It’s been a fun challenge writing a story that expects its main character to die and be replaced over and over again. We hope you folks enjoy it! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/18cf05d6c45e932311c32119842e5177e207f1b9.png On that note, finishing the storyline has left us time to track down the remaining bugs and do more gameplay balancing. We’ve also optimized how the game runs, so hopefully those of you with older machines who had trouble with the demo will see some improvements there. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/a8533e9a2248e220fe52ca83b7d781e41b3f761b.png The soundtrack is officially complete as well! We just signed off on the last pieces of music last week. Sean Tinnion and Matt Mclean have put together something refreshingly special, and we can’t wait for you all to hear it. There will also be an OST for sale at some point in the future, but we’ll let you know about that when the time comes. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/668e1e954026bfc0287eff01dcd9a4cab8ea53fb.png Oh, and one more thing: we’ve decided to leave the demo for The Last Stand: Aftermath up just a bit longer. Tell your friends to give it a try before release!

The Last Stand: Aftermath will be out in Q4 of 2021 on PC, XBox Series S/X, PS4 and PS5. That’s right, The Last Stand is coming to consoles! We’re excited to bring it to the Xbox and PS platforms so that more people get to experience it. We built Aftermath with consoles in mind right from the beginning of production and it’s truly a dream come true. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/f46339b6a03cb802549403e716176a783eb77292.png We know Q4 is a big window - but we’ll have another announcement closer to the date when that falls into place. In the meantime we’ll be polishing and balancing the game, managing the console ports and preparing for launch. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/16fcd5659b0e3ead8f51d314c29f7c82b1e70c06.png In order to celebrate the upcoming release, we’re releasing The Last Stand Legacy Collection today! Yes, right now. Play the original Flash game trilogy in an enhanced collection, in full screen with AI upscaled graphics, save files and achievements on Steam. The Last Stand, The Last Stand 2 and the much loved The Last Stand: Union City are all included in the collection, looking and performing better than they ever did: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1615100/The_Last_Stand_Legacy_Collection/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/f7a1a5392720e73a1e44ce170b625a266086d3ce.png A huge thanks to Antony Lavelle (@the_exp) and Armor Games Studios for making the Legacy Collection happen. Their hard work allowed us to keep working on Aftermath while the collection came together.

Hey everyone! We have some juicy development updates for y'all, but first things first we wanted to chat about the "release date"-shaped elephant in the room. When we started our kickstarter for the game almost a year ago (!!!), we estimated that we'd be launching the game this month. Development on the game is going extremely well, but for a few typical "video games take a lot of time to make" reasons as well as some "very exciting news we can't quite talk about yet" reasons, the launch is getting pushed out a bit. We greatly appreciate the support and understanding you all have shown us throughout development, as we just want to make the very best version of Aftermath for you all to play. We can say that we will have news on the new release date coming very soon. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/fea0cec90e33fac55303b93a2afe686e3288f4c7.png For the game's development, we're wrapping up the very last biome and are putting the final pieces of the story together. We don't want to get too far into it in order to avoid spoilers, but we can say that we're thrilled with how it's coming together and are confident that longtime fans of the series will appreciate how we're putting together the ending. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/a2e92d24f53d46756e33c61eeab76693c67da74d.png Knowing that beating the game once is never enough, we're working on adding new options for players once they've completed their first run. In addition to having upgrades and other unlocks show up in the Supply Depot, the game adds some new systems such as Hardships, which gradually increase your Threat Rating and allows you to gain reputation to put towards exclusive unlocks. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/7df34cfab1d373dd68303b43b06eb21c784c5441.png It wouldn't be an Aftermath update if we didn't also show off some new weaponry that you'll be able to wield against the undead hordes. Longtime fans of the series will be glad to see that the War Hammer is making an appearance in the game. A paradigm of simplicity, this chunk of concrete attached to a pole will stun almost any enemy that has the poor fortune of running into it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/2cdf24845feef67851925afdb5d26495467ef437.png Aside from all that, we're also tying together the last finishing touches that go into launching a game. One of the most exciting for us is that we're starting localization shortly, and fans will be able to play the game in German, Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese in addition to English at launch. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/ef14382b7b37a0f7b2437277e3494f007b7f6bfe.png As we mentioned above, keep an eye out in this space for some very exciting announcements coming in the near future and thanks again for all the wonderful support while we work to get this game into your hands.

Hey everyone! We have some really exciting news for you all this month! First things first, for folks who either missed the demo in February or wanted to be able to spend a bit more time with it, it is back right now! We're bringing it back to celebrate the fact that we are finalists in the Digital Dragons Indie Celebration running on Steam from May 13th to 14th. The demo will be available through the end of the weekend. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/5ad22eb047581b49c5ba6895809879bbec0d69bf.png On the development front, we've been hard at work fleshing out the rest of the content for the game. This includes wrapping up the main story as well as expanding on the content already in the game. Being a The Last Stand game, a big part of this is adding more weapons options. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/271bfd20449e22025502821295418095bc1b4c42.png For the first slew of new weapons, we're excited to add a whole new class of weapons in two handed melee weapons. These have a completely different feel from the faster and lighter melee you've seen in previous builds. Two handers are slower, more precise, but extremely powerful. Every swing is a big commitment with huge rewards if you're able to land the shot. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/2770968bc1d7c0d61896360585e1c5f0b9e8a28a.png We obviously couldn't add two handed weapons without bringing back some fan favorites. Dead Zone fans will recognize the Bloodluster and War Hammer, but we're spicing things up with some new options like the Gear Axe. For firearms, we've filled some gaps with the SR-110; a semi-auto marksman's rifle chambered in 7.62mm and the .45 Tactical Pistol, both of our design. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/74fae71c066b92cf657791b5824c29b1285b3e1e.png We're also going back and adding some top notch quality of life changes. The clearest example of this is Quick Travel. Once you've cleared a sector, you can now bypass locations assuming you have enough fuel to do so. It makes late-game runs feel a bit faster while still pressing you to make hard decisions around your fuel management. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/2fee4f97ec8343f73daf033f11bae179c6cf9a09.png Lastly, we've implemented a new system that allows us to apply more {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/271bfd20449e22025502821295418095bc1b4c42.png to enemies. Bleed, for example, can be caused by any bladed weapon. To add to this, we have a number of Mutations that gain benefits from attacking bleeding enemies. We're excited to see what synergies you can all build with them. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/71882d9f3c62d50cc719d01bba3f26c0e5861039.png As always, we're delighted to bring you along with the development and be able to show off all these new features that we're so excited about. There's a lot more going on that we're excited to be able to share with you over the next several months.

Hey everyone! There are a ton of exciting things happening in the development of Aftermath, so we have a lot to share with you! First and foremost we want to thank everyone who checked out the demo during the Steam Game Festival! The response was immense in every sense of the word and while it's easy to be heads-down on a project and not know how the players are going to respond to it, the positive responses and thoughtful criticisms were extremely appreciated. This really put a positive gust in our sails as we're more confident than ever that we're making something you all are really going to love. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/8ac6e752874eb96ec46580f82cf7a59362c2cb2a.png Now for the info you've been looking forward to! This update will largely focus around the latest addition to the game: the Sunken City. As the third sector in the game, this update adds a ton of new content in addition to continuing the story further. The Sunken City, formally known as Leighton City, was ruined by flood at some point in the last 15 years. As a result, all the buildings are collapsing and the streets are filled with dark water. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/6e0166cc4aa17603eb61c9036e1b1e58cc39a6ac.png Along with the new location, we have a ton of new game content to share with you, including:

• New mutations like Synapses, which increases your EXP gain, and Energized, which restores your stamina when you take damage.

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• New enemy types! While we want to keep most of the details vague so you can be (pleasantly?) surprised when you play through yourself, we're delighted to let you know that the weapon-carrying infected from the previous games are back.
• New weapons! New enemies are going to require new solutions. Whether you're looking for something more explode-y like the Multi Grenade Launcher or something a bit more slice-y like the Katana, we've been hard at work adding a lot of fun new options.

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• New areas! With the new sector come tons of new locations to explore: from water-logged city blocks to parks, and abandoned camps to commercial districts.
• New quests! We've added some new quest types and mechanics for this new area that we'll expand on as we keep adding more content.

We're thrilled to have so much to share with you all. We couldn't imagine a more supportive and energized community which makes building out the game and sharing updates like this with you all the more rewarding.

Hey everyone! We have a lot of exciting development news to share with you, but as you've hopefully seen in this update title, we have some really great news we want to share with you all! A public demo of The Last Stand: Aftermath is available RIGHT NOW(!!) through February 9th. Please follow this link to check it out yourself: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1266840/The_Last_Stand_Aftermath/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/3e51a25d302a787937e486c57a3daa07106642d3.png With that wonderful news out of the way, we're pumped to share some details about how development is going. We had a lovely little break around the holidays, but things are back in full swing. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/c27b4da56aab6e24a062db1b871cf17c83b851a7.png Currently, we're focused on adding more and more content to the game. This means more guns, more melee items and SO much environment design. These new areas have been super fun to flesh out as they require a lot of ruined structures: ruined stores, apartments, plazas, and more! Folding these locations into the world has been a great challenge, as some have been taken over by survivors, but others by the military. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/30ba5790dea67d8b077d0bac15544c66735cc1ef.png Fans of the series will be happy to see that the SCAR-H is making a triumphant return. This heavier hitting assault rifle adds a fun new option for players looking for something that packs a bit more punch. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/e66b1e7a65a81d5a82f3cd83a75b18bc0311cf71.png Last, but very certainly not least, we've added a brand new class of weapons: fist weapons! These are great for players who love to get in the thick of it but don't want to spend minutes punching a zombie to death again. You'll have to craft these for yourself, but they're worth it for the additional upgrades that you'll be able to make from the base set. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/179d5a92f16a4d827025da05685324c90f40194f.png That's about it for this update, but we wanted to thank you all, as always, for all your continued enthusiasm and support. We can't wait to see how you like the demo and hope you get a chance to check it out!

Hey everyone! This has been an incredibly wild and exciting time for us while we continue work on Aftermath. We began our first closed beta at the beginning of the month, and while it’s terrifying to see folks tear apart the game, it’s been absolutely wonderful to see everyone so happily tear apart the game. There’s a long way to go with development yet, but the positive response so far confirms that we’re working on something really special. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/8bb7d9c8dace12cb26212d7c8c9ce4b02dd85da4.png One of the big changes we’re actively working on right now is adding the Supply Store to the game. The Supply System adds an additional currency and will modify and expand the role of Supply Caches and the XP level unlocking system. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/0a934ee7800be7278c1519adac80a266ca10587f.png In addition to the Supply Store, we’re cracking away at fleshing out the content for the later stages of the game. Our current focus is on the third sector, called “The Sunken City.” It features loads of new props and different types of terrain and we can’t wait to share more about it in the near future. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/f35fc8b9b5a1da4e7cfb0255836cc3205b300b0f.png Knowing that a TLS game isn’t a TLS game without some quintessential firearms, we’re bringing back a Dead Zone classic and adding the Sportshot rifle to the armory (although in a slightly different form). It’s large capacity and quick fire rate makes it a versatile tool to take care of all sorts of infected. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/6398f76785855098f4788fdbf0e35fda6def121f.png We sincerely hope that you all are able to have a wonderful end to a challenging year with whatever celebrations you are able to have. The fervent support and enthusiasm from this wonderful fanbase really put some wind in our sails this year and we can’t wait to share more with you in 2021.

As we write this, The Last Stand: Aftermath has finished its Kickstarter run at a whopping 120% of our goal. We are beyond blown away by all the support you have shown us, and we are incredibly humbled and grateful. Throughout the campaign, we regularly received comments and messages from people who grew up playing our Flash games online and remembered us from those days with fond memories. While these made us feel REALLY old, they also were incredibly touching and motivating. It means the world to us that we can make a game like this with your support. So, what's next? Well, if you pledged for a tier that grants beta access, our plan is to start rolling that out sometime in late November. We'll begin sending e-mails out to people to start collecting data both for this, and for any custom pledges you might have made. In the meantime, you can wishlist the game on Steam (even though you may have pledged for a copy, doing so still helps us immensely!), and join our Discord. We'll be rolling out with private channels for backers and beta testers in the future to interact with one another. For now, we'll settle for thanking you again. We can't wait to share more of the game with you, and for you to finally get to play it. Have an amazing weekend!

Hey everyone! Happy Monday. Our Kickstarter has 9 days to go and we're at 56%! While the game will be completed no matter what, your support will help us improve it and polish it the way we want to. You can check us out on Kickstarter here to pledge for a copy of the game on release, or for other rewards like beta access, which will kick off in November. http://files.armorgames.com/misc/8fCToFfRbiRr40XA8TvL_TLSA-UseFlaresToDrawThemOut.gif Right now, the early portion of the game is going through QA to ensure it's properly stable for testers. The good thing about QA is that they break your game in ways you wouldn't think to try yourself ("If you equip and unequip a hammer at the crafting station on this map during a thunderstorm and then open and close the menu twice, the game freezes."), so as busy as we are with fixing everything, we know it's going to be worth it. http://files.armorgames.com/misc/TqpEuElkR3W2ZTEUeyDm_hercbunker.png A lot of our time right now is also going into trying to balance the game, which is always tricky for a roguelite. While you expect players are going to die (and death is of course part of the game's core loop), trying to ensure that the experience never feels unfair or unreasonable is still a challenge. We're tweaking enemy health and damage values, and also loot drops so you have a better chance of finding a more powerful weapon from time to time. http://files.armorgames.com/misc/76Rzj1uDRluB3IAi7gg6_inventory.png As we've mentioned before, a lot of the game is currently playable and will be ready for our testers in a few weeks. We're working on the latter half of the game currently, which includes two big new areas (each with an assortment of randomized maps to visit, so you'll see something different with subsequent playthroughs), and of course, the finale of the game. Here's a peek at one of the new places; we're calling it the Sunken City. http://files.armorgames.com/misc/dj709dVOSGmzHpJbyjIE_TLSA-SunkenCity-Run.gif In addition to new locations, we're also working on new enemy types, mutations, and more. It's a lot of work, but all the comments and messages we get, both from newcomers and those who grew up playing our games, are incredibly motivating. Thank you to everyone for your support, and we'll share more with you soon!

Happy Friday everyone! We're less than two weeks to the end of our Kickstarter for The Last Stand: Aftermath, and we have a ways to go. If you'd like to support it, or help spread the news, we'd greatly appreciate it! You can check us out here. http://files.armorgames.com/misc/T0lztkIDSPGiDndbJvXw_TLSA-Car-TimeToLeave.gif This week, we wanted to talk a bit about one of the game's core mechanics; mutations. As your character's infection level progresses, it cuts your maximum health, but it can also have potent benefits. When it reaches certain points, you'll be given a choice of several effects. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/82725c077696cf045b6a8aa27eaa7897c89f3655.png Maybe you want to be stronger at night, or hardier against poison? Or maybe you're sick of getting tossed around by bigger enemies like the Charger, and want to be able to dish it out yourself. There are a variety of mutations in the game right now, and we'll be adding in more as we ramp up to launch. http://files.armorgames.com/misc/GdcgJNEpSBiPuqXb8q9s_TLSA-ChargerMutation.gif Of course, the more mutations you have, the less overall health you have, which means it gets that much more dangerous to get into combat. You can find antiviral that can slow the infection, but it's not a cure. You'll want to balance how you handle the zombie virus inside you with your playstyle - do you want to slow it down as much as you can and rely on your own skills, or are you willing to take a risk for the increased power it gives you at the cost of your own humanity? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37649519/33bd87b20894147f94f3c832c31e5909258ee574.png As for us, we're continuing to work on polishing up the game for our beta testers when that kicks off later this year. There's already a lot of content to play through, but we want to ensure we have a solid, stable game for you to play around with. Thank you to everyone for all of your support thus far - both with this game, and all our other titles over the years! Have a great, safe weekend, and we'll check back soon with more news! http://files.armorgames.com/misc/w0S0SOQ8CabeGYo46Qsg_TLSA-PushTheBridge-Morning.gif

Hey everyone! After a week, our Kickstarter is 23% funded. Thank you so much to everyone who has been supporting us and spreading the word! If you'd like to back the game, you can pledge for rewards like beta access as well as a copy of the game on release, so check out The Last Stand: Aftermath on Kickstarter here! In the meantime, work continues on the game. We've mentioned before that you'll visit a lot of different places, and right now we're working on the outer edges, so to speak. While you start out in the suburbs and city bordering your Colony, you'll venture to the forests, mountains, and beyond. http://files.armorgames.com/misc/qYkIw1RJRvKXJvhVN8Yq_TLSA-PushTheBridge-Morning.gif We're also working on fleshing out (heh) some of the zombies you'll encounter during the game. As the story opens, it's many years after the end of the world, but the zombie virus is suddenly turning much more aggressive and deadly. It's your task to head out into the world and find out why, but that means encountering some of the nastier things that have been mutated and gained some special abilities along the way. http://files.armorgames.com/misc/fr2wCS1ETS6mCHy1f5Bm_TLSA-BursterExplode.gif Of course, the overwhelming majority of the danger from the undead come from sheer numbers. Even when you're dealing with slow shamblers, you'll want to pay close attention to your surroundings and make use of things like cover, fire, and more to ensure you don't get overwhelmed. Just remember that zombies are nothing if not persistent, and they'll keep coming after you... even if it takes them a while to get there. http://files.armorgames.com/misc/2WwOLLtLRgSdc1j2Luf2_TLSA-SideStep-NightShoot-Fire.gif While the game is still launching next year, we're hard at work on polishing up the current build and beefing up the content for our beta testers to dig into. There's a lot to play through, and we hope that our community's feedback can help us improve on it as we go. We've been working on this game for years now as a small, two-person team, and it's incredibly exciting to be getting to the point where we can finally bring in testers. We hope you'll consider backing us on Kickstarter and sharing the news, and in the meantime, stay safe until the next update!

Hey everyone! Today we're excited to debut our brand new gameplay trailer. It showcases a bunch of new enemies and areas, as well as (we hope!) more of the game's mechanics in depth. Check it out! You can see some of our new enemies in action, like the charger, and also some new areas and weapons. While the game isn't an open-world title, you can travel across the map to different locations as you find fuel for your car, and scavenge for supplies both for yourself and the colony you left behind. You'll need stealth, smarts, and a bit of luck since you're often outnumbered by the horde, but even if you die, you can just pick up the journey again with a new survivor who benefits from the progress of the last. The Last Stand: Aftermath is around 50-60% complete now; all the major systems are in place, and we're working on generating the rest of the content that will fill them out. This includes new areas, weapons, and enemies, and also will eventually close the loop on the story. Why has the zombie virus become suddenly more deadly after so long? You'll be able to find out... if you live long enough to make it there! While we're still marching towards our 2021 release date, we've also decided to go forward with a Kickstarter which launches... right now! If you want to support the game's development, you can also pledge for rewards like beta access and help shape the game with your feedback. We'll be entering closed beta roughly six weeks after the Kickstarter wraps in late October. Check out The Last Stand: Aftermath on Kickstarter today! We want to thank everyone for their continued support and enthusiasm. Seeing everyone so excited about this game is incredible, and we can't wait to share even more about it with you. Stay tuned!

Hey everyone! We're excited to share that we're participating in the Tiny Teams Festival, kindly put together by Yogscast. It's an incredible honor to be highlighted alongside so many other massively talented indie developers. If we're lucky, you might get an early preview of The Last Stand: Aftermath during a stream! We also encourage you to check out all the other amazing games highlighted during this event and show them some love. See the main event page here for more details! In the meantime, thank you for all your support. We'll have more news to share with everyone soon. Stay tuned!

Hello everyone! We wanted to take a moment to update you on the game. If you’ve been following us on Twitter, you’ve seen that we’ve been hard at work and making a lot of progress. However, after a lot of thought, we have decided not to release The Last Stand: Aftermath into Early Access. There are a few reasons for this. We want to ensure we’re both delivering the content and quality that Early Access adoptees expect and deserve, and we also want to ensure that we can do so at a pace that doesn’t compromise the game or our well-being in the process. While the game will still see a full release on schedule next year as we had planned, rather than Early Access, we have decided to go another route we’ll share more news about very soon, which includes beta opportunities in the coming months! Thank you to everyone for all your support and patience as we put this game together. It’s our biggest title to date, and we’re so excited to be able to share more about the game with you soon.