Let's Play Crashlands 2!

The first-ever Let's Play, and a look back at 2023.

Let's Play Crashlands 2!

2024 is the launch year for Crashlands, and that's just around the corner! I don't have an exact date for you yet, but I can finally start sharing things in earnest. Here's what I've got for you this week:

Real gameplay by a real person!

A million years ago (back in 2016) we launched the original Crashlands. One of our favorite YouTubers to cover it was SplatterCat. He played through the whole original game and made it a blast to watch.

It turns out SplatterCat is a rare gem: he's still around on YouTube after all these years, and his channel is still focused on indie games! So we were pleased as punch when he agreed to put together a 30 minute First Impressions video, which you should totally go check out. There's already so much game in Crashlands 2 that this video barely scratches the surface, but you'll at least get a glimpse of what’s coming in 2024!

What... year... is it?

And on the note of Crashlands 2 being huge, here's a very short summary of all of the progress we made in 2023:

  • 📢 We officially announced the game (wishlist it on Steam!)
  • ⚙️ We finished designing and building all major game systems
  • 📝 We drafted the first chapter (of three)
  • 🧪 We ran our first alpha test with 40 volunteers from the community
    • Players put in a total of 13.3 days of playtime over a mere 5 days!
    • One ambitious player put in 28 hours (!) all by themselves
  • 👶 We released two human babies into 1.0

And much, much more. You might be thinking, "WAIT, it took 3 years to draft the first chapter? How could you possibly do two more before launch?"

It turns out that making it possible to make a game is way harder than actually making it. Until the middle of 2023 all of our efforts were going into making it possible. But now it is possible, and we're making progress so fast it's creating entirely new kinds of problems!

(To hear all about those problems and get all the little details of Crashlands 2 development, give our podcast a listen.)

We're getting so close to finally getting Crashlands 2 into your hands I can barely stand it!

And with that, it's time to take my leave. I wish you the absolute best 2024 possible.

💗 See you in the New Year!

Adam Coster
Webslinger @ Burgerscorch Shoehornigans