1. 1) About the future update of the game, what will be waiting for you in the near future;
   
   
2. 2) What consensus have we reached on the general concept of the project and its method of dissemination.

Let's start with the fact that we are almost at the final stage of processing the prologue. Previously, the prologue itself was a kind of “PLUG” between the levels and represented little of itself for the plot, with the exception of the newspaper.
Now we are preparing for you a more structurally assembled concept with the outlines of the plot. After carefully working through our mistakes and rethinking the vision of the project itself, we came to a more accurate concept.

Namely, that our game is moving from the Survival genre | Survival in a new unexplored steppe called a Session, Party project. This means that our team is currently working on the MMO component, but the basic mechanics that we promised earlier will be preserved and rethought. Yes, you understood us correctly, you can start playing together with your friends and go through all the content together.


You are a journalist who has to solve mysterious fires related to illegal activities of a large pharmaceutical company. In the prologue, you will have an exciting start to the whole story, namely, familiarization with the central laboratory of the “company of evil” and the first monsters that will haunt you throughout the game.


And to be more serious, we really carefully prepare the prologue, as we want to show what our team is capable of. We agree that “The game will not go far on one prologue” and after the prologue, the next part of the content will be developed immediately. Yes, it turns out that we will assemble the project partially, piece by piece, but this will allow us to introduce innovations in STAY ALIVE more rationally and deliberately.

Also, to update the prologue, we will present you a story comic based on our game. Each major update will be accompanied by a new chapter of the comic to immerse you in the project in more detail.
In the first issue, you will be able to get acquainted with the first test subjects, who will then become terrifying monsters and plot intersperses of the history of the very “company of evil”, namely D.P.R - these are the initials of the company itself, which is headed by billionaire Okira Yokushido.
But also before the release of the comic, we will post a short story about the past of this company.


Earlier we said that our project is moving to the Session MMO section, therefore the game will develop gradually, new mechanics, items, as well as the plot will be added.
As for the plot, we can safely say now that we put a lot on the starting chain. We cannot say exactly how many hours she is, but be sure that she will not disappoint you.


Yes, the story DLC will be in STAY ALIVE! Whether they will be within the framework of a free update or sold separately from the game, we cannot say for sure at the moment, since all forces are spent on the implementation of the prologue and its components.
In general, we adhere to the concept of full F2P with the possibility of microtransactions for cosmetic character and equipment improvements, as well as acceleration of pumping. That is, you will not be able to become MEGA-DUPER STRONG for real investments, but you will only be able to speed up the pumping of levels and improve your appearance.
It is also now a very popular type of monetization, like a subscription / season pass. At the moment we have no plans to introduce it, but we do not exclude its appearance in STAY ALIVE.

We also immediately want to reassure players who may think that “ordinary” costumes will be worse than “donat” ones. You are wrong, we adhere to the concept that any item can be obtained without investment, but also we are not going to somehow separate F2P players from those who invest in the project. All costumes / skins, etc. that can be introduced into the game, will be of equally good quality. Ie, a donat suit will not stand out much by anything. Yes, you can buy it right away and put it on, but it is also possible to get it in the game itself, without a single attachment.


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Unfortunately, this is all the information that we can disclose to you now.
We also apologize for being away for so long…

We are not saying goodbye to you on this, we hope to meet you again soon here on Steam or in our Discord[discord.gg] channel.
We wish you all the best,
Sincerely yours, STAY ALIVE development team, MAD GAMES COMPANY studio.

To begin with, we want to apologize for the fact that there has been no news for so long. A long and painstaking work is underway on the project. In this developer diary, we want to tell you what the project is waiting for in the future and what you should expect.

Our team has worked out the prologue and improved the plot. At the moment, we are focused on recreating everything that the screenwriting department has proposed. In this prologue, you will be able to learn more about the initial history of the game and the character himself, as well as meet the first monsters in our game.


Our team is also working on the gameplay part. Together with the prologue, the first game location, namely the “Mysterious Island”, will be redesigned. We didn't like its implementation, it was more of a test version for ourselves. As a result, it was decided to redo and refine it and radically change its gameplay value.


After the designer of clothes and characters joined our team, we began to think about the implementation of the “Character Editor”, at the moment we are not ready to provide it to you in all its glory, since it is now at a very early version of development. Our goal is to make a beautiful initial model, from which you can start in the character settings. Where you can customize: face, body, makeup, hair and starting clothes for the character.


Now we are discussing that we want to change the direction of STAY ALIVE, namely, so that our project is not survival in the open world, but a session shooter with MMORPG elements. At the moment, this is still at the stage of discussing project development plans. We will inform you about the decision in a separate post.

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Yes, you completely understood us correctly, we plan to make STAY ALIVE partially free. What exactly do we mean by the word partially?

The fact that a cosmetics store may appear in the game, which will not affect the economy and the difficulty of passing the game in any way. Also, all items from the store can be obtained in the usual way, through the game.
We also plan to implement a system with DLC. This DLC will develop the plot of the game and add more and more new mechanics and gameplay moments.

We will immediately tell you the answer to the question that you might have, namely, “- Donat can spoil the whole balance in the game.” Don't worry, we are not going to “kill” the game with a solid donation, it will be purely cosmetic. No one will get any advantage, only an improved appearance, and that's all.








No, you didn't lose the money you spent. We are very grateful to you that you trusted us and purchased our game at such an early stage. In gratitude, we will give you a lot of bonuses, namely:

- Early access to testing game updates;

- Pre-creation of the character before everyone else;

- A set with a costume for your character and a game transport, which kind of costume and transport we will inform you later when the detailed models are ready.

At the moment, this is the least we can provide you with, but the list will expand as the game develops. We promise that the money you spent was not spent in vain.