Hey everyone!

The Escapists 2 is currently on Steam's MIDWEEK MADNESS, where you can save a massive 33% on the game. This is the biggest discount we've ever had, making this the best time ever to go to prison - only so you can escape again and again!

What's more, we've also discounted the Season Pass as well as all the DLC, including the latest Dungeons & Duct Tape prison!

Whether you've been waiting for a sale yourself, or just want to get some friends to come play with you, now's definitely the time to jump in. And in case you missed it, we updated the Prison Editor with the zone tool recently, allowing you to create your very own custom rooms, ensuring an endless flow of new player-created prisons to play through via the Steam Workshop.

If you already own The Escapists 2, but want to check out the game that started it all, we've discounted The Escapists alongside all its DLC. We've even discounted The Escapists: The Walking Dead, allowing you to check out the entire franchise at a hefty discount!

Check out the full sale here!

The sale ends on June 1st, 6 PM BST.

See you on the inside!

Hey everyone

You’ve been asking for it, and we’ve of course been working on it. Being able to make your very own rooms in The Escapists 2 is important to the creative process, and we’re very, very excited to be able to confirm that it’s coming. Oh, what’s that? Right, it’s actually AVAILABLE TODAY!!!



Just update your game at 5 PM BST today and jump into the updated editor. Those familiar with the Prison Editor from The Escapists will feel right at home here, as the updated editor for The Escapists 2 works much in the same way. You can still place pre-set rooms like before, but now you’re able to change absolutely everything about these rooms including walls, floors, objects, everything. You can also create rooms from scratch using the Zone Tool, allowing you to create any type of room any way you want. This includes the ability to now freely place a ton of new objects – like desks – anywhere you please! The editor will now also display potential issues with your prison, like being unable to get to your desk, make your way to roll call, or if a door has been blocked somewhere unintentionally.

If you prefer prisons handcrafted by the team here at Team17, we’re also excited to announce our latest DLC prison – and the final prison included in the Season Pass – called “Dungeons & Duct Tape”! It’s a medieval prison set in Locke Castle, which has you utilising the Grappling Hook a lot more to get around the prison, as it’s a lot more vertical than our usual slammers.

Check out the launch trailer below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82WssLsf6mI
To celebrate the launch of Dungeons & Duct Tape, we’ll be livestreaming at 4 PM BST over on YouTube – come join us!

Do let us know what you think of today’s updates, and if you have any questions about custom rooms, or Dungeons & Duct Tape, sound off below or over on the Community Hub. We’d also love to see your prisons – with custom rooms, woohoo – over on our Discord server, where we’ve got a channel dedicated to it. We can’t wait to see what you all create!

Hey there, Escapists!

We’re looking for some more feedback for The Escapists 2! Whether you loved it, hated it, or just wanted to beat up fellow inmates for the hell of it, we'd love to know what you think! You might remember having done another survey already, but there are some additional things we'd really love to know about your experience!

We always like to reward Teamsters with special items. At the end of the survey, there will be an option for you to enter a prize draw where you can be in with a chance to win one of three cool Team17 loot items!

Q. I recently completed another The Escapists 2 survey for Team17. Is this the same one?
A. Nope, this is a completely different survey. Feel free to complete this survey as well if you like.

Q. What happens to my feedback?
A. All feedback will be passed on to the development team except your email address if you choose to enter the prize draw.

Q. I'm experiencing issues with the survey. How can I still give feedback?
A. Send an email to our Usability Lab and let us know about the problem - usability@team17.com.

Q. How long does the survey take to complete?
A. The survey should take approximately 5 minutes to complete, but this also depends on whether you want to complete the optional comment boxes.

Q. What kinds of question will you ask?
A. The questions will ask you about your gameplay experiences with The Escapists 2 and consist mainly of 'Tick all that apply' or 'Choose one option' formats. There are also OPTIONAL comment boxes so if you want to provide more feedback, you can use these sections. Write as much or as little as you like.

ENTER SURVEY HERE

The survey will close on Tuesday, 24th April 2018, at 12.00 p.m. BST

Thanks for helping us out! Your feedback is helpful, and appreciated!

Hi everyone!

After two intensely competitive weeks of superb prison creation, our very first Prison Design Contest for The Escapists 2 has ended! It was very, very difficult to pick our two winners, but after much deliberation, we're excited to announce our two winning entries:

Brookside Acres - Created by Rellek - Download it here


Burglary Hills - Created by Savage Rex - Download it here


More than just eye candy, we wanted the winners to be easy to navigate, have a logical design and flow, be fun to play, have several ways to escape, and have some of that The Escapists 2 magic. While a lot of the entries certainly share these traits, the winning entries managed to strike just the right balance!

Congratulations to our winners on each receiving £20 Steam Wallet Top-Ups along with favour from the duct tape gods!

More than celebrating the winning entries, we also want to give some shout outs to some of the other amazing creations submitted for our competition. See some of them below, and check out all contest entries right here. 

MazeRunner - Created by Dinosaur - Download it here


TE, TN - Created by Hexoright - Download it here


X Factor Island - Created by Dragonlime - Download it here


POW Airways - Created by Calplus - Download it here


Secret Agent Confinement - Created by boyscoutwizard - Download it here


In case you missed the winner announcement livestream and want to check it out, it's available on YouTube below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXiri52tO_M
We want to thank everyone for taking the time to create some truly amazing prisons for the Prison Design Contest, and hope you had fun doing so. We certainly had fun playing them!

Hi everyone!

After two intensely competitive weeks of superb prison creation, our very first Prison Design Contest for The Escapists 2 has ended! It was very, very difficult to pick our two winners, but after much deliberation, we're excited to announce our two winning entries:

Brookside Acres - Created by Rellek - Download it here


Burglary Hills - Created by Savage Rex - Download it here


More than just eye candy, we wanted the winners to be easy to navigate, have a logical design and flow, be fun to play, have several ways to escape, and have some of that The Escapists 2 magic. While a lot of the entries certainly share these traits, the winning entries managed to strike just the right balance!

Congratulations to our winners on each receiving £20 Steam Wallet Top-Ups along with favour from the duct tape gods!

More than celebrating the winning entries, we also want to give some shout outs to some of the other amazing creations submitted for our competition. See some of them below, and check out all contest entries right here. 

MazeRunner - Created by Dinosaur - Download it here


TE, TN - Created by Hexoright - Download it here


X Factor Island - Created by Dragonlime - Download it here


POW Airways - Created by Calplus - Download it here


Secret Agent Confinement - Created by boyscoutwizard - Download it here


In case you missed the winner announcement livestream and want to check it out, it's available on YouTube below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXiri52tO_M
We want to thank everyone for taking the time to create some truly amazing prisons for the Prison Design Contest, and hope you had fun doing so. We certainly had fun playing them!

Hey prisoners,

We have just updated The Escapists 2 to version 1.1.5. This update will aid in your escapes from Air Force Con and custom prisons made by the community.

Changelist:

• Fixed an issue which prevented the 'Makeshift Harness' recipe from appearing on Air Force Con.
  
• Fixed an issue in the Editor where the grappling hook couldn't be used to access the roof level.

If you experience any issues, please get in touch with us on our Report a Problem forums

Thanks for your patience and continued support!

Hey prisoners,

We have just updated The Escapists 2 to version 1.1.5. This update will aid in your escapes from Air Force Con and custom prisons made by the community.

Changelist:

• Fixed an issue which prevented the 'Makeshift Harness' recipe from appearing on Air Force Con.
  
• Fixed an issue in the Editor where the grappling hook couldn't be used to access the roof level.

If you experience any issues, please get in touch with us on our Report a Problem forums

Thanks for your patience and continued support!

This competition has now ended, thanks to everyone for entering! See the winners here!

Hey everyone!

With thousands of player-created The Escapists 2 prisons already available on Steam Workshop, there are definitely a ton of amazing creations out there. We want to celebrate the immense creativity among our players, and what better way than by holding a Prison Design Contest!

Whether you're an experienced creator or are all new to the tools of The Escapists 2 Prison Editor (Pssst, find tips here), we'd love to see your creations. We're leaving it open too, meaning you can create your prison(s) any way you want. Any theme, any tile-set, any objects, anything. Just be sure you're not breaking any of Steam's guidelines. You can publish as many prisons as you want within the competition period, as long as you include the word "Contest" in the prison name (so we can find it!). Feel free to be creative with this.

We knew you'd ask and creativity is key here. You can turn your prison into a piece of art by "drawing" it using the buildings, objects, tile-sets and more. You can make a prison based on something in the real or fictional world. You can create your dream (or nightmare) prison, a resort-type prison, a water world prison or whatever else you feel like. Just keep in mind; it has to be playable, and it must be possible to escape. And you can't copy someone else's creation!

If you'd like further inspiration, we'd encourage you to check out some of the existing masterpieces on Steam Workshop, or some of the custom prison videos available on YouTube.

Game: The Escapists 2
Platform: Steam
Entries: As many as you like
How to enter: Publish an original, custom made The Escapists 2 prison map to Steam Workshop, including ‘Contest” in the prison name (so we can find it)
Competition Dates: March 7th 2018 – March 21st 2018
Prizes: £20 Steam Wallet Top-Up
Winners: Two (2)
Full Terms and Conditions here

Good luck, and have fun creating!

This competition has now ended, thanks to everyone for entering! See the winners here!

Hey everyone!

With thousands of player-created The Escapists 2 prisons already available on Steam Workshop, there are definitely a ton of amazing creations out there. We want to celebrate the immense creativity among our players, and what better way than by holding a Prison Design Contest!

Whether you're an experienced creator or are all new to the tools of The Escapists 2 Prison Editor (Pssst, find tips here), we'd love to see your creations. We're leaving it open too, meaning you can create your prison(s) any way you want. Any theme, any tile-set, any objects, anything. Just be sure you're not breaking any of Steam's guidelines. You can publish as many prisons as you want within the competition period, as long as you include the word "Contest" in the prison name (so we can find it!). Feel free to be creative with this.

We knew you'd ask and creativity is key here. You can turn your prison into a piece of art by "drawing" it using the buildings, objects, tile-sets and more. You can make a prison based on something in the real or fictional world. You can create your dream (or nightmare) prison, a resort-type prison, a water world prison or whatever else you feel like. Just keep in mind; it has to be playable, and it must be possible to escape. And you can't copy someone else's creation!

If you'd like further inspiration, we'd encourage you to check out some of the existing masterpieces on Steam Workshop, or some of the custom prison videos available on YouTube.

Game: The Escapists 2
Platform: Steam
Entries: As many as you like
How to enter: Publish an original, custom made The Escapists 2 prison map to Steam Workshop, including ‘Contest” in the prison name (so we can find it)
Competition Dates: March 7th 2018 – March 21st 2018
Prizes: £20 Steam Wallet Top-Up
Winners: Two (2)
Full Terms and Conditions here

Good luck, and have fun creating!

Gather around prisoners, we’ve got brand new attractions for you!

We’re extremely excited to announce our brand new The Escapists 2 DLC prison; Big Top Breakout! Challenging you to escape from a travelling circus with new jobs, new customisation options, new weapons and crafting recipes, and of course new wacky ways to get yourself and your friends to freedom!

Check out the Big Top Breakout Launch Trailer right here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZHm729aPZ4
The Big Top Breakout DLC features:

• A brand-new circus themed map to escape
  
• New circus themed customisations for your inmate
  
• New jobs. Tame lions, hang carnival posters, paint faces and blow up balloon animals to purchase vital supplies you’ll need to break out
  
• New items and craftable recipes
  
• New achievements and trophies to unlock

Big Top Breakout is available RIGHT NOW both separately, and as part of the Season Pass.

For those that have been eagerly awaiting updates to The Escapists 2 Prison Editor, I’m very happy to announce that we have a content update available for you RIGHT NOW as well. We’ve added the Rattlesnake Springs theme to the editor, adding new desert-themed tile-sets, rooms, objects, guards and soundtrack! You’ll find the new content in the tiles, rooms and objects lists, and the ability to select guard and soundtrack theme from the editor Settings. We can’t wait to see what you create and add to the more than 13,000 player-created prisons already on Steam Workshop!

For a full list of all the changes in today’s big update, find the full patch notes below.

1.1.4 Patch notes:

• Editor Specific - Fixed a graphic issue when holding a premade room and hovering over the UI in some cases.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the player to lose the ability to use the "Join Game" feature provided in the Steam Overlay.
  
• Fixed various issues regarding invites within private versus sessions and lobbies.
  
• Fixed an issue altering the front end menus when spamming “continue” on the first screen.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the chat to close at the same time as the inventory would close.
  
• Fixed an issue in various maps where the home icon wouldn’t display and escapes sometimes not trigger.
  
• Fixed an issue causing character models to disappear from the Character Select carousel after a certain amount of loads.
  
• Fixed an issue whereby plugging in a controller and pressing A during the character select screen would remove all control from the player.
  
• Fixed an issue whereby pressing “Quick Mould” without the appropriate items would lock players in the inventory view.
  
• Fixed an issue causing animations to reset upon performing a Save / Load when knocked out.
  
• Fixed an issue whereby pressing Space to equip an item would sometimes consume or use it.
  
• Fixed an issue causing animations to freeze when switching item from grappling hook whilst climbing.
  
• Fixed an issue whereby the "Medic Deployed" text didn’t always fit correctly in the UI in Russian.
  
• Changed the amount of stamina standard items use.

We hope you’re as excited about these new updates as we are, and would to hear your thoughts. Rest assured that we are continuing to look for ways to improve The Escapists 2 for both creators and escapists alike, and your feedback is essential in this. Please keep reporting potential issues in our Report a Problem forum, and all other feedback in the discussions forum.