Estranged: Act I News

An update is now live for Mac, Linux and Windows with the following changes:

• Statistics collection is now disabled autoexec.cfg - previously it was opt-in, the difference is now the game no longer asks at first boot if it can collect statistics, and runs with them disabled unless explicitly enabled
  
• Replaces all URLs to point to iamestranged.com - previously some URLs pointed to alanedwardes.com/estranged which was the temporary landing page since I wasn't sure whether I would be able to keep iamestranged.com (!)
  
• Custom content support - The "custom" folder is now enabled in gameinfo.txt for custom content out of the box
  

If there are any other changes you'd like to see in future updates, let me know in the comments, or via Discord: https://discord.gg/estranged



Thanks for playing Estranged!

This was cross-posted from the Act II news hub

As 2017 draws to a close, I thought I'd round up some of the things that happened over the past year, and look ahead to what 2018 will bring.

Here are some interesting statistics from the past year:

• Over 19,000 downloads on Steam
  
• 262 Steam reviews (74% positive)
  
• Over 30 content updates (many more undocumented)
  
• Over 300 builds (some are duds and don't go live)
  
• 2,829 commits in source control
  
• Over 40 GB of content (raw levels, code, textures, models, sounds)
  
• 18 development blog videos on YouTube
  

Concept level from photograph of sewer - view tweet



I am going to be posting more smaller morsels of news and screenshots on Twitter, so if you'd like to get smaller development updates follow me @AlanEdwardes and @EstrangedGame.

These will propagate into the update news posts on Steam, but if you want to get more detail from behind the scenes and development updates as they happen then Twitter is the place.



The next year is going to be a big year for Estranged: Act II, with the first content update of 2018 arriving very soon. There will be more action, story and awesome environments to experience in the next few months – the fisherman's voyage is not yet complete!

Upcoming changes to forest level



I touch on it every news post, but I want to thank every person reading this for being involved in the project – whether you're waiting for the series to be complete, or you're playing the content updates as they are released – thank you all.

Here's to 2018!

Alan

This was cross-posted from the Act II news hub

As 2017 draws to a close, I thought I'd round up some of the things that happened over the past year, and look ahead to what 2018 will bring.

Here are some interesting statistics from the past year:

• Over 19,000 downloads on Steam
  
• 262 Steam reviews (74% positive)
  
• Over 30 content updates (many more undocumented)
  
• Over 300 builds (some are duds and don't go live)
  
• 2,829 commits in source control
  
• Over 40 GB of content (raw levels, code, textures, models, sounds)
  
• 18 development blog videos on YouTube
  

Concept level from photograph of sewer - view tweet



I am going to be posting more smaller morsels of news and screenshots on Twitter, so if you'd like to get smaller development updates follow me @AlanEdwardes and @EstrangedGame.

These will propagate into the update news posts on Steam, but if you want to get more detail from behind the scenes and development updates as they happen then Twitter is the place.



The next year is going to be a big year for Estranged: Act II, with the first content update of 2018 arriving very soon. There will be more action, story and awesome environments to experience in the next few months – the fisherman's voyage is not yet complete!

Upcoming changes to forest level



I touch on it every news post, but I want to thank every person reading this for being involved in the project – whether you're waiting for the series to be complete, or you're playing the content updates as they are released – thank you all.

Here's to 2018!

Alan

We are excited to announce that Estranged: Act II is now available to download on Steam Early Access!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/582890
During the Early Access period we'll be using the Act II forums to talk to the community about the direction of the game, features you'd like to see and any bug reports: http://steamcommunity.com/app/582890/discussions/

Please let us know what you think! We'll be continuing development of Estranged: Act II during the Early Access period with regular updates adding more content, and improving existing content.

Thank you for being part of the development so far, and we hope you'll continue to work with us to make the finished version a fun, immersive experience.

The Estranged Team

We are excited to announce that Estranged: Act II is now available to download on Steam Early Access!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/582890
During the Early Access period we'll be using the Act II forums to talk to the community about the direction of the game, features you'd like to see and any bug reports: http://steamcommunity.com/app/582890/discussions/

Please let us know what you think! We'll be continuing development of Estranged: Act II during the Early Access period with regular updates adding more content, and improving existing content.

Thank you for being part of the development so far, and we hope you'll continue to work with us to make the finished version a fun, immersive experience.

The Estranged Team