Jun 14, 2014

Contagion - Let's Play Competition Top10 Winners Video Countdown & More!

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It has been an incredibly but hectic couple of months with Company taxes (we can see the light at the end of the tunnel finally!), major features as we work towards releasing a new escape map, a total of 5 Maps in the works as we speak, some for our upcoming free DLC, some to add to the existing content which will include new weapons, characters, and a new game-mode "Flatline".

But most of you are here for our Official Contagion "Let's Play" Competition and before we scroll down to reveal our Top 10 picks and the winners, we'd really like to thank everyone who participated which we ended up with hundreds of entries and strained eyes! Now without further ado let's get on with the winners!

For the rules & prizes visit -HERE-

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Contagion - Let's Play Top 10 Break down

10th Place - Thing5000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lspBF_WwF5M

9th Place - Mikfail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a4DA7kAXs0

8th Place - FourEyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFe2Kk_i2GA

7th Place - RUFFMIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5jgGHvsuC8

6th Place - diaryofvines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eJoYmZ1aBc

5th Place - XtremeNeed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfAqCzddgcg

4th Place - De4dCert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0KoFC_5ZSc

3rd Place - Stirls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTE9hA61nkw

2nd Place - DeD | HoneyFlavah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py___iu6Qls

1st Place - Hybrid_Diamond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VWs7jl1lFM

Congratulations to all the winners! We will be contacting you for your shipping address and contact info so we can deliver your winnings ASAP!

We will be sharing sneak peaks of some of the new maps, another update on Linux but ALSO Mac, and much more very soon as well as HeroesCon which our Comic Artist SickJoe will be attending on June 20th and RTX Expo which we'll have a booth with Contagion setup in Austin, TX on July 4th for those attending and enjoying our Independence Day!

Also if you missed it we just released our May 30th Friday Frenzy (Episode 26). Check it out! (Sorry for low mic volume and some bugs that have since been fixed and released but well worth the watch)

http://youtu.be/hJw7aXNBF6g

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More updates throughout the month and every month of 2014!

He're a look at what we're working on atm - -Here-

<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/238430"><img src="http://www.contagion-game.com/site_images/networks/steam.png" width="43" height="33" /></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/contagion.game"><img src="http://www.contagion-game.com/site_images/networks/facebook.png" width="34" height="35" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/contagion_game"><img src="http://www.contagion-game.com/site_images/networks/twitter.png" width="42" height="31" /></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/PlayContagion"><img src="http://www.contagion-game.com/site_images/networks/youtube.png" width="37" height="35" /></a> <a href="http://www.indiedb.com/games/contagion"><img src="http://www.contagion-game.com/site_images/networks/indiedb.png" width="59" height="31" /></a>

-The Contagion Team

Jun 13, 2014

Contagion - Let's Play Competition Top 10 Winners Announced & More!

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Contagion - Let's Play Top 10 Break down

Jun 9, 2014

Contagion - Plays live with Dave "Henley" Traeger from Desura today!

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Many may know me from my mods and if so surely know Dave "Henley" Traegar who use to run ModDB, IndieDB, SlideDB, and more before Desura took up a majority of his time but is now active again on IndieDB and has launched a "Monday Night Indie Crawl" stream which is LIVE NOW at http://www.twitch.tv/henley and Contagion is on the list today and will be played in 2 hours from this post on that Stream!

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Todays Indie Crawl-
Oknytt - 7PM PST/PDT (GMT - 7:00) as in RIGHT NOW
Contagion - 8PM PST/PDT (GMT - 7:00) 1 hour from now!
Crawl - 9PM PST/PDT (GMT - 7:00)
Mini Flake - 10PM PST/PDT (GMT - 7:00)

Hope to see you guys in the stream! :GoBoom:

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He're a look at what we're working on atm - -Here-

-The Contagion Team

Jun 5, 2014

Contagion - Update June 4th :: Crossbow deadlier than ever, Linux Update, and 9 Ways Contagion Brings the Zombie Genre Back From the Dead!

Contagion - Tatsur0

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I apologize for the delay in announcing a release that went out nearly 12 hours ago but sometimes this is a good sign and in our case and for the future of Contagion it is! We hope you approve of the weekly updates and will be releasing more content shortly and more often very soon!

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9 Ways Contagion Brings the Zombie Genre Back From the Dead :: Game Cupid

“Oh great! Another generic zombie game!” I hear you say.
Stop rolling your eyes a second and hear me out.

We can't help but get a jump start when Contagion goes from a generic Zombie game to a "Oh" moment and the hard work, design, and depth of the game just clicks for users. No hand holding, but a well thought out and challenging game that attempts to hit the mark but only time will tell.

Check out the full review at http://www.gamecupid.com/content/feature-game-contagion

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Where we are at with Linux (Linux Update as promised)

Linux progresses and we're quite confident that we'll soon be able to release our Linux and Mac platforms soon but as we said last week there are walls and the latest one is an issue with networking on Valve's end. Will keep you up to date but have made vast steps forward since the last update.

Here is what we put out in today's patch

June 4th Update - Changelog:

Added 'you are here' maps around Barlowe to help navigation.
Added glow symbol underneath infected survivors when seen through zombie vision.
Added additional checks to try solve invisible survivor glitch.
Improved many areas on Barlowe square and fixed lots of exploited areas.
Riot zombies in Panic gamemodes can now cause infection with claws but not with grapple bite.
Bigger penalty in Hunted for suicide and new penalty for drawing a round.
Many navmesh fixes to Barlowe Square to help with Extraction.
Fixed zombies disappearing when killed instead of seeing a corpse.
Adjustments to crossbow accuracy and power.
Adjusted GPS in Barlowe Extraction to not be so bright.
Adjusted delay after grapple that zombies can hit survivors.
Adjusted microphone drawing in Panic gamemodes scoreboard.
Adjusted 16 player scoreboard to change to 16 slot layout when number of players goes above 8.
Adjusted character breathing sounds when running out of stamina.
Fixed ability for some weapons to do large friendly fire on Normal difficulty.
Fixed ability to join a Hunted game as a survivor in the last remaining minutes.
Fixed pathing entities causing navigation issues on Barlowe.
Removed per-difficulty damage adjustment for Grenades.

Due to the hours and sleep deprivation and so I can focus on getting new content out like CE_Biotec ASAP, Joe is stepping in handle our General Discussion. Please be gentle! We will still be watching over and helping those in need however!

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He're a look at what we're working on atm - -Here-

<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/238430"><img src="http://www.contagion-game.com/site_images/networks/steam.png" width="43" height="33" /></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/contagion.game"><img src="http://www.contagion-game.com/site_images/networks/facebook.png" width="34" height="35" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/contagion_game"><img src="http://www.contagion-game.com/site_images/networks/twitter.png" width="42" height="31" /></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/PlayContagion"><img src="http://www.contagion-game.com/site_images/networks/youtube.png" width="37" height="35" /></a> <a href="http://www.indiedb.com/games/contagion"><img src="http://www.contagion-game.com/site_images/networks/indiedb.png" width="59" height="31" /></a>

-The Contagion Team

Jun 5, 2014

Contagion - Update June 4th :: Crossbow deadlier than ever, Linux Update, and 9 Ways Contagion Brings the Zombie Genre Back From the Dead!

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I apologize for the delay in announcing a release that went out nearly 12 hours ago but sometimes this is a good sign and in our case and for the future of Contagion it is! We hope you approve of the weekly updates and will be releasing more content shortly and more often very soon!

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9 Ways Contagion Brings the Zombie Genre Back From the Dead :: Game Cupid

“Oh great! Another generic zombie game!” I hear you say.
Stop rolling your eyes a second and hear me out.

Where we are at with Linux (Linux Update as promised)

June 4th Update - Changelog:

Added 'you are here' maps around Barlowe to help navigation.
Added glow symbol underneath infected survivors when seen through zombie vision.
Added additional checks to try solve invisible survivor glitch.
Improved many areas on Barlowe square and fixed lots of exploited areas.
Riot zombies in Panic gamemodes can now cause infection with claws but not with grapple bite.
Bigger penalty in Hunted for suicide and new penalty for drawing a round.
Many navmesh fixes to Barlowe Square to help with Extraction.
Fixed zombies disappearing when killed instead of seeing a corpse.
Adjustments to crossbow accuracy and power.
Adjusted GPS in Barlowe Extraction to not be so bright.
Adjusted delay after grapple that zombies can hit survivors.
Adjusted microphone drawing in Panic gamemodes scoreboard.
Adjusted 16 player scoreboard to change to 16 slot layout when number of players goes above 8.
Adjusted character breathing sounds when running out of stamina.
Fixed ability for some weapons to do large friendly fire on Normal difficulty.
Fixed ability to join a Hunted game as a survivor in the last remaining minutes.
Fixed pathing entities causing navigation issues on Barlowe.
Removed per-difficulty damage adjustment for Grenades.

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He're a look at what we're working on atm - -Here-

-The Contagion Team