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Magic Season Update!May 26, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHello there, Survivors! The Magic Season Update is now live! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/dba5f97c8f08fe8486d780b22146724a3b60e044.png NEW FEATURES New Map: Sakura This update includes a new map called “Sakura”. Sakura is a standard map featuring Sakura grasslands. It is playable in both Normal and Custom game modes. BALANCING / IMPROVEMENTS Removed Ally role from normal game modes; this is now only playable in Customs. Removed Wild Spirit from normal game modes; this can now only be enabled in Customs. We added a weight system to our map rotations, so you’re temporarily more likely to see the new map, Sakura, over older maps. COSMETICS This patch includes changes to support new cosmetics, releasing on June 1. 2025 Roadmap UpdateMar 13, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/fb057cb5873ced596436f9b20bf2146da7074dac.png Hey there, Project Winter Community! Sam here, Sr. Producer for Project Winter 👋 As most of you know, we released a community survey back in January. We received over 1000 responses in both English and Chinese. From the bottom of my heart, I'd like to thank everyone for taking the time to answer our questions and provide us with your thoughts. We have taken the last ~2 months to aggregate, translate, and sort through all the responses, and have made some decisions regarding the future of Project Winter, specifically our plans for 2025. We would like to make sure that all new and existing players know - and truly feel - that we, as Developers, are committed to making sure Project Winter continues to live and thrive. As a result of this endeavor, I have a 2025 roadmap that we'd like to share with everyone. We are calling this our "Road to Project Winter v2.0". I want to be crystal-clear that this is not a sequel to Project Winter, but rather, a refreshed Project Winter experience. We will not be releasing specifics about any of the items on the roadmap - we want to surprise you with each content update / release - but we do want to show you what we're working on! We are planning the following changes to be released this year: We will release at least 2 new maps Lobby hosts will be able to select what map to play next Gondola map is coming back to Normal mode! We are removing both the Ally role and Wild Spirit (ghost bear) from Normal modes We will be releasing something we are code-naming "Cabin Fever" (no details about this will be announced, so don't ask In addition to all of the above changes, we will also be making a ton of balancing changes to in-game messaging, items, inventory management, player block function, the Store, and the HUD/UI. We will also be adding a new throwing mechanic! We are very excited for what the year has in store for us and for the community, and we hope you will love everything when it is released!Community Feedback Survey (Translated)Jan 15, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/c41ccbb93e3f9e83a4f755ae52d56cdb78530381.jpg Below is the translated version of the previous survey post and a link to the survey in Chinese. 这几个月来，我们看到了大家对《Project Winter》的建议和意见，我们愿意给大家发出更大的声音。我们想要求我们的玩家社区 - 包括那些仍在积极玩游戏的人和那些可能已经停止或从未玩过游戏的人 - 完成社区调查。 该调查是匿名的，包含有关游戏玩法、更新和社区参与的问题。我们认识到调查中存在很多问题，但是，我们希望真正为您提供一个详细、安全的空间，以便能够与我们分享您的想法，因为您的反馈将帮助我们制定《Project Winter》的实施方式 继续前进。 我们感谢您花时间完成这项调查，也感谢您帮助我们进行这项研究！ 社区调查可以在这里找到: https://wj.qq.com/s2/17649636/2756/Community Feedback SurveyJan 10, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/c41ccbb93e3f9e83a4f755ae52d56cdb78530381.jpg Hey Survivors! Over the past few months, we’ve been listening to your suggestions and feedback, and now we want to give you an even louder voice. We’re inviting everyone—current players, past players, and even those who’ve never tried the game—to take part in our community survey. This anonymous survey (via Google Forms) asks about gameplay, updates, and community engagement. It’s a bit long, but we want to provide a space for you to share your honest thoughts. Your feedback is crucial in shaping the future of Project Winter. Thank you for taking the time to help us with this research! 🧡 Take the survey here: https://forms.gle/kwvUQPXCr1DYmeEHARitual Night and Project Winter Announce BundleNov 4, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsStep into worlds where friends may be foes and secrets are everywhere. In these social deduction games, trust no one and question everything. Uncover hidden motives, form alliances, and be ready for betrayal at any turn. Will you outsmart your rivals or be the one deceived? Nothing is as it seems. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/790b220c762f69969479ea0939dfee99863130a1.jpg Ritual Night Summon Cthulhu in this social deduction game with no early eliminations! 4-8 Players: monsters work together to complete the ritual, while stealthy humans secretly sabotage and cause chaos. Project Winter The perfect game to back-stab your friends. Project Winter is an 8-person multiplayer game focusing on social deception and survival. Communication and teamwork are essential to the survivors’ ultimate goal of escape. Grab the Ritual Night & Project Winter bundle today to save on both games!Wilderness Wardrobe UpdateSep 3, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsThe Wilderness Wardrobe Update Is Now Live! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/4e98d7dc5067bc2237479163f3b0583ea500c246.png We’re excited to announce that our latest update is now live! This release focuses on refining your gameplay experience with a range of quality-of-life changes, bug fixes, and some key balancing adjustments. Welcome New Players! A warm welcome to all our new players who’ve recently joined the community! We’re thrilled to have you on board. Demo mode is now back online, so if you’re looking to explore the game with friends, it’s a great (and free) way to get a feel for everything we have to offer. Balancing & Improvements Abandoned Ranger The Abandoned Ranger objective has now been added to Normal games. Previously, this was only available in Custom games. We’ve rebalanced the sabotaging mechanics. Signal Boosters that have been sabotaged will now require players to gather a small number of resources to repair them. Wild Spirit To prevent exploits, the Wild Spirit ability can no longer be used immediately in front of entrances or buildings. However, be aware that a transformed bear might still block these entrances! Traitor Items Traitor Crates The spawn rate of energy drinks in Traitor Crates has been increased. Objectives & Armory We’ve increased the difficulty of the Smoke Signal, Repair, and Stockpile objectives. The probability of different items, including guns, spawning in armory crates has also been adjusted. Cosmetics Cosmetics New cosmetics are now available in-store for September, along with additions to our permanent Store collection. Notable Bug Fixes Fixed various issues with snowshoes, ensuring they are consumed correctly and updating their description to reflect that they leave no snow trail. Corrected an issue where Traitors were unable to open bunkers with Traitor Credits. The Ally role description has been updated to correctly state that the Ally Player can take on multiple roles, not just survivor. Corrected the sickle skin's range, ensuring it matches the default sickle. Full Update Notes ➞ https://projectwinter.co/updates/Beware Lamps Update!Jul 9, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHey Survivors! They Beware Lamps update is now live! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/d760f811a4bd8d68071d7b50c464840682b3833c.png This update focuses primarily on quality-of-life changes, balancing and bug fixes as we continue work on reworking custom games. Balance Changes Abandoned Ranger Based on feedback from the community, we reviewed and rebalanced the animal waves for the Abandoned Ranger objective. There is now updated logic for how many and what type of animal will spawn based on the state (sabotaged vs not sabotaged) and how many survivors are still alive. Some notable bug fixes Fixed an issue where animal waves would not begin after a signal tower was sabotaged. Now, animal waves will spawn for one minute if the signal tower is reactivated via sabotage. Fixed an issue with the Abandoned Ranger objective where animal spawn radius for the signal towers; previously the radius was very small, so animal waves would only spawn if you were very, very close to the signal tower. Fixed an issue in Custom Games where the game settings may become desynchronized across players if the host changed the setting in the lobby. This would have caused players to see different objectives and roles from the host. This may have also caused loading issues where some players may have experienced a ‘hang’ while loading into the match. Fixed an issue in Custom Games where the match may fail to load if the host modified the animal health values. Cosmetics As always, you will see new cosmetics in-store for the months of July and August! Full update notes ➞ https://projectwinter.co/updates/Time For Cake UpdateMay 17, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHey Survivors! The Time For Cake update is now live! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/79e22d4e5dbfd311d68fc155e32ff33ded36c75b.png This update focuses on some quality of life, balancing improvements and bug fixes. New Features: Lobby Codes To streamline matchmaking, we have added a lobby code function, which will replace lobby passwords. Now, when a player wants to join a lobby, they will need to ask for the lobby code (visible to the lobby host) and enter that code to join the lobby. Store Improvements We added a feature where the cosmetic name will appear below the player mannequin / preview in the Store page. New Hair Colors We added new default hair colors: light ash blonde, ash blonde, light red, brown, java brown, charcoal black, and dark grey. This brings the total default hair colors to 15 (plus any hair dyes you have purchased). Balance Changes: Sound Emitter Sound Emitter now allows the user to choose which sounds are played. Wild Spirit Decreased health of the ghost bear to 800 Decreased the damage of Roar attack to 80 Increased the cooldown of Roar attack to 40 seconds Decreased the damage of Claw attack to 50 Other Balancing Changes Reverted the 2nd Traitor Drop to be time-based. Previously, both Traitor Airdrops were awarded to Traitors after objective completion. This provided little to no time for Traitors to access and benefit from the second Traitor airdrop. We changed this so that the second Traitor Airdrop is awarded once a set amount of time has passed . With the release of this update, we'll continue to monitor feedback on Wild Spirit over the next few days before making additional changes. Full update notes ➞ https://projectwinter.co/updates/The Egg Hunt UpdateApr 2, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsThe Egg Hunt Update is now live! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/1749a64a1a8db2c4abff9b5653993b93b011b574.png This update focuses on an overhaul of our Artifact store, as well as significant changes to the Ally and Wild Spirit features from the previous update. Additionally, we’ve added a new objective available in custom games called “Abandoned Ranger”. Artifact Store: The store page of the main menu has received a face lift! Additional support for new cosmetic categories, allowing us to do “Daily”, “Weekly” or other faster rotations of store items. Improved the visibility of cosmetic items on display in the store by increasing their image size. Added the ability to sell cosmetics for Survivor Points Cosmetic Name will now be displayed when viewing the item in the store. Drops / Crates Page: We’ve introduced a new “Drops Catalog” that allows players to view the contents of a crate before purchasing it. Abandoned Ranger: We’ve added a new objective to the custom game mode! Abandoned Ranger is a new objective where a ranger-style escape vehicle has been abandoned and survivors must repair it. While repairing it, a signal will begin emitting from it. Signal Boosters around the map will start picking up that signal and transmit a radio frequency that blocks the cabin radio from being able to contact their escape vehicle. Players need to locate both signal towers and work to stop the frequency from transmitting. This objective is ONLY available in custom game mode as we look for feedback and continue to improve it before we add it to the main game modes. Added Easter event consisting of a progression tree and new store cosmetics. But wait, more notable changes include: Ally balance changes: There is now a delay before the Ally knows who their Allied Player is. An ally can be on any team (Survivor, Traitor, or Neutral) Wild Spirit Changes: There is now a cooldown for the roar attack Ghosts no longer accrue Ghost Power while transformed into a ghost bear There is now a 180 second cooldown between Wild Spirit transformations Voice chat is muted for the ghost bear while using Wild Spirit ability And more! Tranquilizer gun has been fixed Players now deal the correct amount of damage when suffering from the tranquilized effect Full update notes ➞ https://projectwinter.co/updates/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/d60832dfcdc487b1a072ea8d1355ca77a2a4a088.png Free Pass Maintenance ConcludedMar 14, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHey Survivors! The maintenance for Project Winter's Free Pass has concluded. Users may now resume use of the Free Pass version of Project Winter. Thank you for your patience.Free Pass MaintenanceMar 11, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHey survivors! We're temporarily disabling the Free Pass version of Project Winter while it undergoes some maintenance. We're sorry for the inconvenience,Cupid's Chaos UpdateFeb 12, 2024 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/52ec08a8791c51825ed3119b2b8a405939d2a48a.png The Cupid's Chaos Update is now live! This is the second update for those who were betrayed or found our winter world too tough. Here's what's coming to make things better in the afterlife: Wild Spirit - As a ghost, players can take revenge on their killer by transforming into the wild spirit of a bear! Wild Spirit ghost ability lasts for a short time. Wild Spirit has less health and damage than a normal bear. Wild Spirit costs 75 Ghost Power But wait, more notable changes include: Added a new role called “Ally” that grants health regen to that player if their ally is nearby At the start of a match, the Ally receives the name of another player in the match, their Allied Player. That Allied Player is guaranteed to have started the match on the survivor team. When the Ally is in their Allied Player’s radius, they slowly regain health. Be careful who you trust! Traitors can claim to be an Ally and try to exonerate their traitor partner by claiming that their traitor partner is their Allied Player (and as a result, is innocent). Traitors can also claim that a player they know to be a Survivor is their Allied Player so they can earn that player’s trust. Tranquilizer gun has been buffed. The tranquilized effect now slows a player 10% more The tranquilized effect now reduced a player’s damage by 25% The Tranquilized effect now alters a player’s movement direction The tranquilizer gun now takes slightly longer to aim Added valentines day event consisting of challenges and new store cosmetics Unleash your wild spirit with Cupids Chaos! Full update notes ➞ https://projectwinter.co/updates/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/16cd8aa623cd36a974f1eb30deeb607e62426176.pngProject Winter Free Pass - Available Now!Jan 10, 2024 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/84c98c2cbb5c8139dde927d3ca94a122c2f225a0.png Project Winter’s Free Pass is live! You can officially backstab your friends for free on Steam. This new version of the game offers a limited Project Winter experience for free and is crossplay compatible with all platforms! Project Winter’s Free Pass offers several free matches of Project Winter per day, but provides limited access to character customization and progression. Today is also the last day to use code `FREEPASS2024` for 10% off all merch. Get it while it lasts! Check out the free pass here ➞ https://store.steampowered.com/app/774861/Project_Winter/ Trailer ➞ https://youtu.be/KNFI5uE66WI Merch ➞ https://merch.projectwinter.co/Project Winter Free Pass AnnouncementJan 3, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsBackstab your friends for free! 🔪 We are proud to announce that Project Winter’s Free Pass will be available on Steam starting January 10th, 2024. We’re also offering discounted merch! Use code `FREEPASS2024` for 10% off all purchases until January 10th. Merch ➞ https://merch.projectwinter.co Trailer ➞ https://youtu.be/KNFI5uE66WIWINTER SALE IS HERE!Dec 21, 2023 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/c670c137d907db30b9c6b948291c24cb73812330.png 🎁 Looking for that last-minute Christmas gift for a friend? Well, you're in luck! Project Winter is on sale on Steam for 50% off as part of Steam's Winter Sale event! Blackout is also on sale for 50% if you still haven't snagged it! Enjoy and we hope everyone has a great holiday! Ghosts of Winter - Part 1Dec 15, 2023 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/2ec5cd8ddfe8c19591b076b21974980a0abd8563.png 🎄🔪 Stabby Holidays Survivors! 🎄🔪 The festive season has sprinkled its magic on Project Winter, bringing back our mischievous elves with the first of several updates to enhance the post-death festivities! 👻 Ghosts of Winter - Part 1 is now live! 👻 This spirited update is dedicated to the backstabbed survivors, terminated traitors, and those who found our winter wonderland a bit too challenging. Here's what's in store to add some cheer to the afterlife: Ghostly Event Voting - Even in the afterlife, your voice matters! Dead players can now vote for the global events that living players experience. Ghostly Item Usage - Ghosts now have an expanded arsenal including smoke bombs, flares, tripwires, and, of course, poison. Time to haunt with style! Ghost Power - The ghost ability system has been reworked to allow for additional ability uses over time. But that's not all! We've wrapped up some extra goodies for you: Snowmen now drop throwable snowballs for a little harmless fun with your friends. Overhauled Bonus Challenges so that players can now complete multiple challenges in a single match. Each completed challenge will grant a player a small stat buff. Added Holiday 2023 Progression Tree, weekly challenges, and a sackful of cosmetics to make your winter wardrobe sparkle. Increased the number of Blackout DLC tokens to 2 so that players who do not own the DLC can play more Blackout matches per day. Bug Fixes: Fixed a few issues where key bindings weren't displaying correctly. Fixed an issue where some previous login and progression rewards were not displaying in the correct order. Fixed an issue where players who had a fifth inventory slot (gained after crafting a backpack) were not able to select the third or fourth inventory slots. Fixed an issue where players could lose controller navigation abilities after purchasing specific cosmetics in the Limited Time store. Fixed an issue where tool tips would not show for ghost abilities on the inventory/ability bar. Fixed an issue where ghosts using a controller, were unable to correctly see tooltip information when pressing the up button. Fixed an issue where players were experiencing difficulty navigating timeline events using a mouse and keyboard. Fixed an issue where some Titles had "(Title)" appended to them. Fixed an issue where some players were seeing duplicate titles. Fixed an issue where the Progression list wasn’t scrollable; we made some UI adjustments to support being able to have a scrollable list so players can see the entire list. Fixed some spelling errors in progression tree items; we have turned on spell check going forward. Fixed an issue where a tree was too close to the Smoke Signal objective on the Blackout map. We thought you might like to get to the objective without the tree blocking you, so we moved the tree. Fixed a few environmental issues that would cause players to become stuck in different spots, be able ...Ye Olde Halloween UpdateOct 25, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Survivors, its time to get spooky! Our Halloween Update is finally here! This year, you can enjoy a new cosmetic crate, daily login rewards, and breakable scarecrows! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/19c139a1b3d605f67d70e3da800cb017429954d7.png Note: While this fix focuses primarily on backend and server-side changes, we've now also added a way to purchase additional Artifacts, for when you don't have enough time to get all the cosmetics you want! Purchasing options can be found on the "Store" page in game and are entirely optional. Don't fret, there have been no changes to the way you normally earn Artifacts - you're still able to get them by just playing the game! Sneak Peek A sneak peek at one of the many things the next update has to offer: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/b73122bc0bde444da1c12efde12f377b2cfa3d28.png We have more spooky and exciting things coming for Project Winter soon™ - stay tuned! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/34c5215d996583e3d6be8596e77dfc4c5b877fea.pngTHE WALKING DEAD: BETRAYAL launches into EA with FREE WEEKENDSep 15, 2023 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/857629516720ce5bf655d08f3db103fd7452fce4.jpg BIG NEWS SURVIVORS! Ready yourself for the ultimate betrayal, as The Walking Dead: Betrayal just launched into Early Access with a 10% discount and a FREE WEEKEND for those of you who want to try it out first! Those who get the game in Early Access (free weekend included), can get their hands on Rick Grimes cosmetics! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/67b645036c9c40a890d6b0abc124890e2d954742.png What's more, those of you who already bought Project Winter, can get additional 10% off by purchasing the game through our bundle: Other Ocean Interactive Bundle Check out the roadmap, to see what we have planned for the coming months. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/5e4e22d706d6d08c0da2239c30f673cb867076de.jpg Don't forget to join our TWD dedicated discord, to share your feedback and talk with our amazing community! https://discord.gg/twdbetrayal Stay sus everybody! Other Ocean TeamSTRATEGY FEST is here!Aug 28, 2023 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/e9bd9f46350767963b190f161751bc3acc88e544.png Attention Survivors! You can now grab Project Winter and Blackout DLC with a 50% discount as a part of Strategy Fest on Steam! Hurry up, the offer ends on September 4th! Stay treacherous! Other Ocean TeamSummer Housekeeping UpdateAug 11, 2023 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/6b5ea07b409a21680aa8bc22fd8d6be5f8c99195.png Attention Survivors! Wherever you happen to spend this hottest summer on record, don't forget to check out the newest Project Winter cosmetics! This housekeeping update adds a new Badges and Titles feature, improvements to the end-game timeline, an updated Discord integration, and of course new monthly cosmetics! Badges and Titles are earned by playing the game and can be equipped to show what you are truly made of! Note: Win10 + Xbox builds will be delayed receiving their updates, which will affect cross-play with other platforms. Apologies for the inconvenience, we expect this to take not more than a few days. We will keep an eye out over the weekend and push the update as soon as it is ready! NEW FEATURES & GENERAL CHANGES: Badges & Titles: Players can now unlock and equip a variety of titles and badges for further customization, and to show off their achievements. Timeline: Now displays recent pathing of player responsible for an event Timeline: Event icons have been reorganized and reordered for clarity Updated Discord integration New cosmetics BALANCE CHANGES: Reduced overall variance in repair requirements for Smoke Signals objectives Improve terrain placement on North East tile of Deep Woods map to eliminate clutter Slight adjustment to the Deep Woods item drop tables BUG FIXES: Global Mute no longer persists through Match Over screen Global Mute no longer affects Ghosts Ghost chat is no longer made visible to Living players after Global Mute ends Fixed language of room being set incorrectly for a rematch. Blackout: Adjusted Dig Site locations to fix instances where it could not pick a 4th dig site Updated ice wall collider on North tile of Deep Woods map to fix issues with the cave entrance {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747333/76468ea765b0fc7ab98c3a3236acaaf78155f2f5.png
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