Hello Everyone, with 2022 comming to a close i was wondering if anyone is still around watching the updates happen on STN. I know myself have fallen a bit off track with the game but im still very happy with how its turning out.


My question for all of you is......

Who would like to potentialy have a group meet up and play the game starting from beginning on a server and see how far we could get as a group?

im looking to do it maybe before the year ends or sometime early in 2023


My hope is we can get enough people from newbies (what i would consider myself now with all the new updates) to those hardcore fans. i would hope to see us as a group get past maybe day 10 helping each other out.


if you have any questions or ideas for this please let me know!

if you wanted to do some dry runs i plan on playing again shortly in the comming days ill be watching for anyones answers once we get enough people we can create an event for all on the page to see.

See you all soon and Survive the Night.

Official Alpha Gameplay Trailer + Humble Store Launch
Posted by a2z(Interactive); (Creator)
Hello all,
We're excited to share with you all our official alpha trailer. We've also launched our official Humble Store! We've got the ball rolling on the Steam Coming Soon Page and that should go live shortly.
We hope to have backer keys into your hands soon. Things might be rocky at first but we'll do our best to smooth builds up quickly and efficiently. We realize downloading numerous builds a week or sometimes even a day would be very taxing on some backers bandwidth limits and general sanity. We're doing our best to smooth out as many issues as possible now. However, we would still like to very much make a point that features are going to be VERY buggy and rough! The builds you play in the coming weeks will likely not be enjoyable initially.
We're working around the clock and hoping to create the survival game we've all been looking for. As always, please share any ideas you may have on the forums. You can always reach out on our Official Discord. JB's around most days/night! Thanks much for the continued support Hope you enjoy the trailer, guys! We hope to see you all breaking servers soon :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7PAPmEMymM&lc=z13qu1ujvnjfxfmm422gj3sryur4tve0a


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Our Steam Coming Soon Page is Now Live!
Posted by a2z(Interactive); (Creator)
You can follow us on our Steam Coming Soon page. As always, thanks for your continued support! :)

Published on Dec 6, 2016
A short video showcasing some of the drops, interactable machines and containers in the upcoming Early Access alpha version of Survive the Nights.

Pre-order now and receive your Steam key upon EA release December 2016 http://www.survivethenights.net/pre-o...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z8RX2I-K-M

Coming in Alpha 1.0 Update 2: Zombies!
Posted by a2z(Interactive); (Creator)

Hello everyone, we’ve been cracking on with development and we’re making excellent progress. Let's talk about whats been worked on in the months since Stress Test 2.

AI - Zombies, zombies everywhere!!

We’re developing our AI system the way we would like it to be in a survival game. Let's talk a little bit about how AI will initially work in Alpha. Remember, as with all of our features we’ll rely on community feedback to better them. If you guys can think of a better way to do something we’ll make it happen when possible.

As per our original “concept” for STN, there will be a difference between day and night. The player will (or should at least) spend his days gathering resources and preparing for the upcoming night cycle.

General zombie AI behavior -

Zombies will see and hear. In the future, they’ll even smell a player. The line of sight on a zombie isn’t quite as far as a players. They’ll see you at a decent range and you will be able to lose them if you’re quick enough. Zombie hearing is just as much of a factor to get around, if you make a lot of noise you’ll be noticed. Fire a gun and they’ll be on you, fire a gun more than once and you’ll have that much more trouble to deal with. Zombies will hear when you're trying to break into a structure forcibly with a hammer to the lock so it’s best to be prepared.

Day zombies -

Day zombies, while not being any less aggressive will be fewer in number. You’ll find them mostly in structures, hiding in shadows, along tree lines and anywhere they can avoid the sun. While a player is out and about during the day, they won't have to worry about massive hordes roaming the streets. The player will likely encounter them while searching structures for loot. Day zombies will target and follow the player if they’re drawn to them, they’ll follow you out of the shadows, out of structures and actually give chase.

As the sun sets, day zombies will, in a sense, become night zombies. Let's talk about them now.

Night Zombies -

Night zombies will spawn in greater numbers. They’ll be on the prowl and won’t be so sluggish and dormant. They’re absolutely brutal and you won't want to be caught out in the dark unprepared. Holding up in a structure that you’ve fortified or found is the best option for survival. Remember, zombies can hear and see and they’ll also scream when they do see the player. These screams will draw more zombies. We’ve done this obviously for a reason. We want the game to be hard! We want the AI to be an actual threat as we feel maybe others are lacking that. Zombie threats should lead to less KOS less PVP. You’ll likely not shoot another player who’s shooting zombies as then you’ll be the one that has to deal with the aftermath alone. Survival situations will require teamwork and players should always seek out others as a means of bettering their survival chance.

Lighting updates, and light probes! - Have a quick look at some before and after shots here, the lighting really helps to add a spooky vibe.

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Quick .gif -

A few of our zombies -







World design - As we said in the last update, alpha will feature our complete island. We’re grinding away on world design and the island features quite a few towns and a rather large city. We’ll not go into too much detail on the design side as we want you all to experience it fresh the first time you join an alpha server. The methods we use to design now allow us to easily and efficiently update design throughout the games lifespan. Below you can see a shot of the entire island, less the actual design and a handful of surprises.

We don’t have any set dates for alpha. We really want AI to be great out of the gate. We’ll continue to update as often as we can. Please remember to check out the Official Q&A thread if you have any questions. Please be sure you “watch” the news and announcement thread so you can receive email updates. If you're not sure how to do that check out the help section :)

As always, thanks very much for your continued support of both the team and the project. Things are really starting to come together now and we couldn’t have done it without the support of the fantastic community that has been developed here! :)

so even though the servers have only been up for about 6 hours there have been bugs that cause the server to stop. so the devs decided to take them down and try to fix the problem again if read the forums then you already know this in better detail Thanks