Almost There - 1.0 Beta Available Now!

1.0 Beta is here!

The wait is finally over… The Dead Await – 1.0 Beta is here. 🧟‍♂️

After a long journey of building, testing, breaking, fixing, and rebuilding again, the full game is now complete and available to play in Beta. This means the entire experience is ready, but we’re opening it up to players early so we can polish everything together with your feedback before the final release.

Instead of rushing to a full launch, we chose to take the extra step and make sure the world of The Dead Await is as solid and immersive as possible.

What the 1.0 Beta includes:

• New locations to explore across the world

• New enemies and bosses to survive against

• More loot, including new weapon mods, cooking recipes, weapons, and armor

• Character skins, the Z-Shop, and the Vault Safe system

• Lots of small fixes, balancing changes, and improvements

While the game is fully playable from start to finish, this Beta phase is about refinement. We'll be focusing on:

• Bug fixes and stability improvements • Gameplay balance • Performance optimization • Quality-of-life improvements based on player feedback

Your feedback will directly shape the final 1.0 release, so if you encounter anything strange, broken, or just have ideas on how things could be better - we want to hear it.

We'll be covering the new features in more detail in our upcoming devlog.

Thank you for being part of the journey.

If we haven’t responded to your feedback yet, please bear with us a little longer. Thank you for your patience 🤍

v.1.0.0 Beta New Character Skins

• Xe • Red • Tenes • Dexi • Darc • Shadow • Mea • Angel

New Locations

• Kry’s Pizza • Children’s Home • Diablo’s Temple • Hope • Hope Town Hall • Hell-0 Floor -3 • Bala Trading Outpost • Greens Trading Outpost • Rotwood • Deplaso • Tato’s Bunker • Zone 99 • Zone 99 – Bunker • Hope – Tavern

Previously blocked locations are now accessible.

New NPCs

• Kry • Morro • Larry • Deko • Ben • Pilot • Cindy • Roman • Bobby • Kenny • Kimi • Diablo • Jeff • Devil • Badry • Digga • Mini • Kola • Tato • Hope Guard

Added new NPC voice lines for Act II and Act III.

New Bosses

• Guardian • Drobby • Degra • Kako • Jonny Jolls • Mr. Smiley • Prof. Ray

Main Quests • Where Allies Remain • Into The Deadlands • A Handshake in the Dark • The Exchange • Day Off • Hell Knows Your Name • Our Hope • Operation: Boarus • Operation: Chipo’s Wonderland • Apocalypse

Side Quests • Meow • Feathers • The Stash • Sunshine • Delicious • Plenty Of Water • Toybox • Devil’s Cut • Extra Sharp • Diablo’s Request • The Golden Jug • Black & White • Tournament

All main quests and side quests are now complete.

New Features

• Z-Coin permanent currency (shared across all save files) • Z-Shop accessible from main menu and pause menu • Vault Safe system • Z-Tasks • Character Skins system • Mirror in Shelter to change skins • Arena in Last Haven • Faction Center in Hope settlement • Shelter upgrades: Stormgate and Radar

Slotomot-Z has been converted to Z-Coins.

World and Content additions

• New trading outposts • Act II and Act III jobs • Act II and Act III elite enemies • New epic weapon mods • New cooking recipes • Expanded loot drop tables • New random events

Character level cap increased from 10 → 20.

New Items

• Pizza • Goltrium • Boarus Key • Broken Key • Atom Max Jacket

QoL Improvements

• Console and text boxes now support Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V • Combat cards that target self now auto-play when dragged • Improved UI behavior and quest tracking

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Raul’s mission dialogue lock in Chroma Junction • Fixed Slotomot-Z bonus bug while auto-play is active • Fixed Antiphobic quest repeating after completion • Fixed crafting requiring duplicate Epic Mace of Destruction • Fixed mini-radar showing black squares after pausing • Fixed Mr. Longs repair objective not updating • Fixed Echo being killable before the main quest • Fixed enemy spawns during Act II cutscene causing crashes • Fixed crash when using MsgConfirmX function • Fixed crash when encountering elite bandits • Fixed Z-Task completion triggering the wrong task • Fixed crash when scavenging empty containers • Fixed Act II loot being restricted to common tier • Fixed mini objective arrow pointing incorrectly toward exits

Console

Added new console command:

[c]gainxp[/c]

💞 How You Can Support Us

As a small indie team, there are so many ways you can help support us and the game.

• If you buy the game, please consider leaving an honest review on Steam! Reviews have a massive impact on indie games and we'd love to see your thoughts and experiences through a review.

• Sharing the game through word of mouth with family and friends or on social media with your followers can really help spread the word and give others a chance to discover their next adventure. So many indies are discovered with a simple share or casual discussion.

• Join the amazing community in our Discord and follow us on Twitter to share in the excitement and get to know other great gamers looking to survive.

Good luck surviving! - Shotx