Is it now possible to play the pre-alpha builds?

[dorf]

I remember reading in this discussions page from a developer that they intended to make at least some of the 2015 pre-alpha content available and I admit I have wanted to play it for a while as it looks significantly scarier as far as character design goes does anyone know if they ever made these playable?

[sbobo3113]

Nope. Only playable if you own the versions themselves. I personally still have some of the old 2015 pre-alpha builds collected and stored away. Ive been playing the since its pax east 2016 pre-alpha 21735 build. After that i purchased it on GoG in mid-2016.

However i'm missing the 9280 may 2015 build and the june 2015 10571 build. and the march 2016 17956 build. Those versions are permanently lost unless someone uploads them somewhere.

The only old pre-alpha version easily obtainable is the 22249 april 2016 pax build mainly because someone put it on the Internet Archive community data section years back. You can find it through a google search somewhat easily.

I'm kinda hoping someone releases those builds again. My assumption is that due to gearbox publishing the devs may not be allowed to release the old builds back to the public as they where originally considering.

[dorf]

Thanks so much for the reply where did they archive the download? as I remember seeing a download for that build but it was a crack so I just left it

[sbobo3113]

Originally posted by dorf:

Thanks so much for the reply where did they archive the download? as I remember seeing a download for that build but it was a crack so I just left it

This is the link https://archive.org/details/We.Happy.Few.PreAlpha.Build.22249

It is an archive posted from 2016.

However i do know someone is recently trying to make a new repository for the old pre-alpha's I was considering doing it myself at some point

[dorf]

Yeah hopefully so thanks for the link do you have the december 2015 update? that was probably my favourite one I added you in case you want to message in privacy

[Bleep]

in your library, highlight WHF and right clik. go to properties. clik the area where it says betas. drop down the "opt out of betas" tab. you should see the options available to you
. happy gaming!

[sbobo3113]

Originally posted by Bleep:

in your library, highlight WHF and right clik. go to properties. clik the area where it says betas. drop down the "opt out of betas" tab. you should see the options available to you
. happy gaming!

Unfortunately that list only includes some of the Early Access alpha builds. It does not feature any of the pre-alpha builds though.

[Bleep]

my bad!

[Pandemic]

what are the differences? are they worth playing?

[sbobo3113]

Originally posted by Pandemic:

what are the differences? are they worth playing?

Major differences. WHF was a very different game back then mostly focusing as a permadeath survival horror roguelike experience. You're only objective was to escape wellington wells. Nothing less or more.

The game somewhat had a slightly "darker" aesthetic when it came to the designs of certain NPCs like the bobbies and the world itself a little. They are worth playing for anyone who is interested i would say. And at the time a bit more of a "horror" feeling in some ways.

The first Pre-Alpha build publicly released was the May 2015 build from the kickstarter. The last pre alpha was the Pax 2016 version in April 2016 3 months before early access.

However it's impossible to play any of those builds unless you've saved them. Luckly i have saved ones i could manage to get years back and i have made a archive for them. In fact the only builds im missing are the ones prior to the August 2015 gamescom version.

But i do know for a fact that the "manifest" codes for these versions are still on steam's servers however they are not publicly viewable.

[MapleEllie]

Originally posted by dorf:

I remember reading in this discussions page from a developer that they intended to make at least some of the 2015 pre-alpha content available and I admit I have wanted to play it for a while as it looks significantly scarier as far as character design goes does anyone know if they ever made these playable?

i know this is old but i found this, it contains a bunch of the old pre-alpha builds, wish the devs would give us the rest to mess around with but what ever
https://archive.org/details/we-happy-few-build-collection-1

[joridiculous]

Originally posted by Queen Ellie:

Originally posted by dorf:

I remember reading in this discussions page from a developer that they intended to make at least some of the 2015 pre-alpha content available and I admit I have wanted to play it for a while as it looks significantly scarier as far as character design goes does anyone know if they ever made these playable?

i know this is old but i found this, it contains a bunch of the old pre-alpha builds, wish the devs would give us the rest to mess around with but what ever
https://archive.org/details/we-happy-few-build-collection-1

Neat. I played some of the real early versions of the game. I think it looked better i somewhat back then, much "darker" and "ugly", as you'd expect from a totally run down downers area. Game play was pretty unforgiving though.

Would be fun trying some of them again.

[sbobo3113]

Originally posted by Queen Ellie:

Originally posted by dorf:

I remember reading in this discussions page from a developer that they intended to make at least some of the 2015 pre-alpha content available and I admit I have wanted to play it for a while as it looks significantly scarier as far as character design goes does anyone know if they ever made these playable?

i know this is old but i found this, it contains a bunch of the old pre-alpha builds, wish the devs would give us the rest to mess around with but what ever
https://archive.org/details/we-happy-few-build-collection-1

Ah yes i believe that's the repo i created a few years ago. it contained some builds i stored long time ago.

[IKT_Daniel]

Originally posted by sbobo3113:

Originally posted by Queen Ellie:

i know this is old but i found this, it contains a bunch of the old pre-alpha builds, wish the devs would give us the rest to mess around with but what ever
https://archive.org/details/we-happy-few-build-collection-1

Ah yes i believe that's the repo i created a few years ago. it contained some builds i stored long time ago.

It's still sucks how they haven't given access to old builds even after 10 years

[joridiculous]

Originally posted by IKT_Daniel:

Originally posted by sbobo3113:

Ah yes i believe that's the repo i created a few years ago. it contained some builds i stored long time ago.

It's still sucks how they haven't given access to old builds even after 10 years

I wish the devs would come "back together" and Remake the original intended version of the game (pre-alpha survival horror), even charge a low price for it as a DLC or even a free-standing DLC.

[IKT_Daniel]

Originally posted by joridiculous:

Originally posted by IKT_Daniel:

It's still sucks how they haven't given access to old builds even after 10 years

I wish the devs would come "back together" and Remake the original intended version of the game (pre-alpha survival horror), even charge a low price for it as a DLC or even a free-standing DLC.

some time ago they said they would add the old versions on steam in the game settings, well nothing happened and they wouldn't respond to emails