Testing the Go Wayback! map editor and somehow ended up with Minas Tirith...

Prologue: Go Wayback! is now in Open Beta on Steam and Epic Games Store!

Generate a brand new map every time you play, and create your own story of survival and exploration.

🔗 links in reply below!

Thunder 🌧️ Lightning 🌩️

A very frightening end to a run last night in Go Wayback!

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In Go Wayback! a new map is generated for you to explore every time you play.

To create these maps, we use our in-house machine learning technology to empower our designers to create environments that look and feel natural.

I don't understand Prologue's game demo at all despite spending hours with it over the weekend, but it does involve a lot of slow wandering around in the woods, which is the best thing to do in video games

Some downtime during planning week with the @ppsocials.bsky.social team <3

In just under an hour, at 18:00CEST, I'm going live on our community Discord playing Go Wayback!, and chatting about the current playtest updates <3

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Testing updates to our Go Wayback! map editor prototype 👋

A welcome sight, at the end of a long hike, in
Go Wayback!

Try the demo now @ demos.pp.studio

PLAYERUNKNOWN's Vision of "Prologue": A Conversation About Survival Games and Technology YouTube video by Zaknafein

If you have the time, the full interview is available here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajMt...

After watching @zaknafeintv.bsky.social's first look & thoughtful review of our Go Wayback! demo, I reached out to chat about his feedback & our bigger plans at @ppsocials.bsky.social

We sat down last week and had a great conversation, and I've included some of the highlights below <3

Got a great seed, with this lovely vista, testing Go Wayback! today <3

Here's a short clip showing some of the worlds you'll be able to explore in Go Wayback! during early access.

We've also updated the demo with ten new maps, a new help screen (H) to get you started on your adventure, and multiple bug fixes <3

Try the update now @ demos.pp.studio

We've a small group on our community Discord that gets the nightly build of Go Wayback!

Since they have access to the debug controls, they enjoy testing the limits of our systems...

We've a small group on our community Discord that gets the nightly build of Go Wayback!

Since they have access to the debug controls, they enjoy testing the limits of our systems...

A great example of why I love emergent systems! Thanks for helping us test Go Wayback! 5qu34k <3

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The team at @ppsocials.bsky.social is also working on improving the mountain environment in Go Wayback!

While we have more improvements to make, I'm very happy with these early results <3

You can try this update soon via community.pp.studio

Try the next update for our demo of Go Wayback! in our community playtest running over @ community.pp.studio now!

We've added a new screen to help you get started, and ten new maps to explore. I hope you enjoy <3

We're testing an updated version of the Go Wayback! demo in our next play-test, starting at 19:00 CET today. Lots of QoL fixes, and 10 new maps for you to explore <3

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Needless to say, I'm very proud of what they have accomplished over the last year, and can't wait to see what they can do this year with our community's help and feedback <3

Here's an updated look at the WIP cliff system from the same POV in Go Wayback!: the first from the public demo, and the second from our dev build, both of which I played today.

It still amazes me how quickly the guided generation system allows our team to iterate on the environment of our worlds.

Download now via Steam Next Fest: store.steampowered.com/app/2943740/...

And Epic Games Store:
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/prol...

Read the full announcement here:
go.pp.studio/GoWaybackDem...

Screenshots thanks to 5qu34k & Dan over on community.pp.studio <3

The demo grants access to every survival system in the game, rotates through four hand-picked maps, and sets no time limit per round nor cap on deaths per session. We want players to explore, experiment, and tell us what works, and what doesn’t.

We’re looking forward to your stories, feedback, and bug reports, which will allow us to shape Go Wayback! together over the coming months, before early access launch later this summer.

We now have a live demo of Go Wayback in players’ hands! Sharing our games during early development is a founding principle of our studio and allows the @ppsocials.bsky.social team to iterate on core systems with player input early on.

The Prologue: Go Wayback! demo is available now.

Features: Four curated seeds, no time limit, no death limit. Explore, experiment, and tell us what works (and what doesn’t).

Play via Steam Next Fest and Epic Games Store (links below).

The progress the Go Wayback! Team has made on guided generation for the river system, in just a few months, has been nothing short of amazing!

In these two shots, the improvement is clear, 1st from February & 2nd from last week. Excited to see how our team can leverage this over the coming year!

We're working on improving the weather tower location in Prologue: Go Wayback!, and this concept shot we made for reference is such a vibe, I just had to share <3