Second Extinction Dev Tracker

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

From the day we launched Second Extinction into Early Access, one area of the game that we realized we needed to improve a lot was stability. The number of crashes reported was far more than we were expecting.

You might ask yourself, how do games with plenty of crashes get released?
We are a small team, and we are all on similar hardware and software setups, so with the variety of PC hardware (and software) that exists, there's plenty of things that can slip through our testing, unfortunately. Before we launched into Early access, we did compatibility testing, and those results were very positive. Then when we actually launched, we received many reports of crashes, so our coverage wasn't as good as we had hoped for. We chose to release with Vulkan for our graphics rendering, and that's seemingly a choice that has caused us some problems. Third-party software that injects into the Vulkan driver is something we often see as culprits in our crash reports.

Another thi... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello, Extinction Elites!

Welcome to the Pre-season 5 State of the Game. There are a few things to talk about, so I’ll jump right in.

What We Have Learned
Tutorial
Our Pre-season 4 survey asked for your feedback on the new tutorial that we put in place. The early experience for our beginner users is an area of focus for us, so it was interesting to see the results:




Pretty good reception; however, we also received some fantastic feedback about how the tutorial can be expanded to be more like an open firing range where you can test out weapons and perks as well.

Rewards
Last SotG, I mentioned that we were looking into rewards. The way ... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1024380/announcements/detail/2987557541561149645]here[/url].

The summer heat has hit us, and so has the next Pre-Season filled with new content perfect for long summer days. We have a new addition to our enemy roster - The Dasher Raptor that can appear in certain Emergence Events. Our Enforcers Rosy and Jack have a new gun to play with - The Artillery Cannon, and in the loadout selection you’ll find a new addition if you’ve reached level 5 - Sticky Firecrackers. Speaking of levels the cap is now 50, and while you climb the leveling ladder you’ll unlock new contracts to complete.

On top of that, the team has been working away at crushing bugs, cracking codes and improving the experience, and as always, you’ll find the full list of improvements and fixes below.

We hope you enjoy the update, and if you find any bugs, please report them directly to support here, and if you have any questions or feedback to share join our Discord server - the best place to get in touch with the team and become part of the community!

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1024380/announcements/detail/2987557541536702996]here[/url].

Hot summer days deserve hot summer sales. Second Extinction is 36% off on the Steam Summer Sale live now! Get it for yourself or pick it up for a friend you'd like to join your squad just in time for next week's new Pre-Season packed with new content to enjoy during the long days of summer.

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1024380/announcements/detail/2987557541514694609]here[/url].

Hello Extinction Elites!

We hope summer is treating you well and you’re ready for some new challenges.
On July 1st, we enter the next Pre-season in our Early Access journey. It’s time for Pre-season 5 - Longest Days.

Besides quality of life updates and bug fixes, we welcome a new Enemy Mutation that can appear during certain Emergence Events and takes our Enemy roster to new heights. We also have a brand new primary weapon for Enforcers to play with and a newcomer in the loadout selection in the shape of Firecrackers to stop the dinos in their tracks. All this and more to come with Pre-season 5 dropping next week!

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1024380/announcements/detail/3011200806538413759]here[/url].

Supply Drop #3 has just landed! Many fixes focus on the vicious crashes you’ve been experiencing and will hopefully let you have some smoother sailing ahead while you slay dinos. 

Aside from that, we’ve brightened up the world after receiving feedback on it being too dark, and you should now have the door open for you in the Black Site mission, making it possible to complete for everyone. 

You can see the complete list of fixes below, and remember if what’s bothering you isn’t on there - report it here[support.secondextinctiongame.com], and if you have reported it, know that the team is looking into it and will push a fix once there is one ready.

On May 27th, Pre-Season 2’s contract will become available, both for Xbox players who’ll get their first shot at them and for Steam... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1024380/announcements/detail/3047227066048125633]here[/url].

Hello, Extinction Elites!

We’ve been getting a lot of chatter regarding our War Effort, the community-driven meta-game that wraps around our game. It is an aspect that players have been engaging with, and there are some great Reddit threads out there where players have been discussing it exactly how we hoped. However, there’s still justifiable confusion as to what exactly is going on and how to affect it. We’ve talked about it at a high-level concept, but we haven’t gone into the nuts and bolts of it publicly. So here are a few of the most commonly asked questions to set that right.

Can we win/lose? In its current iteration, the War Effort is a never-ending tug of war between Humans and Dinosaurs. Technically it is possible to get an all red or all green map, but there are mechanisms that skew that not to happen. Having an all-red map means no one can insert into it, and all green means you won’t have much of a challenge. We want players to feel like they’re impactin... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1024380/announcements/detail/3085506394219056165]here[/url].

Hello, Extinction Elites!

A big welcome to everyone in our Xbox community and welcome to the crew. With both Xbox launch under our belt and Pre-season 4 out the door, it’s time to give an update from the team. As always, the State of the Game letter’s goal is to provide an open channel between you and us. Feel free to reach out at any time in the Discord[discord.gg], however.

What We Have Learned
Shortly after Pre-season 3, we started our initiative to set up surveys to talk about specific things in the game and get your feelings. The last survey was very much focused on Difficulty - how you felt about the game’s difficulty settings. This is the result:



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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1024380/announcements/detail/3085506394204613247]here[/url].

Pre-Season 4: Man vs. Beast is now live! The season highlights include a brand new Enforcer hero - Jack, who brings his own repertoire of skills to the table in the war against the dinosaurs. Read more about Jack’s abilities and how he was created by the team here[www.secondextinctiongame.com]. We also have a new Tutorial mission, especially beneficial for new players and brand new Seasonal Contracts!

As always, the team has been smashing bugs and cracking codes to up the experience even more. A complete list of fixes and improvements can be found below.

We hope you enjoy the update, and if you find any bugs, please report them directly to support ... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1024380/announcements/detail/3065239561538610334]here[/url].

Hello Extinction Elites! 

It’s been a while since we’ve given you an insight into some of our dev practices here, so the release of Pre-Season 4 Man vs Beast seems like the perfect time to rectify that and run through the creation of a whole new character. Introducing Jack!

Character Brief 
Voiced by Star Wars, Home and Away star, and all-around lovely guy Jay Laga'aia, Jack marks our first new hero since launch and joins Rosy as our second Enforcer on the Extinction Unit roster. While Jack shares the same class as Rosy, allowing him access to the same heavy weaponry, we wanted to make sure that he supported a very different gameplay style while remaining true to the core of what an Enforcer is. 

With Rosy, the intention was to create a character that performs the Enforcer crowd-control role by fortifying an area and keeping enemies at a distance through the use of her Static Barrier ability. With Jack we wanted to do essentially the opposite, encouragi... Read more