Hey everyone!

Phew, it's been a long time since I last wrote one of these, but I hope to be answering and quelling some fears and questions.

First off, about the Community..

I've noticed an increasing trend recently that the Discord and discussion forums on Steam are being used to either spam or advertise third parties, or using extreme vocabulary to put across their grievances.

I want to be extremely clear on this point;

Many people have risen to the point that, if I ban someone, they call it silencing and only allowing those who are positive to speak.

This is NOT true in the slightest.

I ban people for violating steam guidelines, and I warn people for violating rules on the Discord. I take the banning property of my task list in very severe consideration for every case, whether or not it is appropriate. That's all I'm going to say on this matter.

Furthermore, using excessive vocabulary (swear words) to get your grievances across is not necessary. You're violating the rules, and can expect matching consequences.

Ergo, it's unnecessary, and it only puts yourself at risk.

And as far as advertising third parties goes… No. Just no. That's a no-brainer. Stuff that is irrelevant to LW should not be posted here as an outlet with more potential reach.

I hope I've been clear on this for now.

So what are we working on?

A lot of the recent questions have once more been directed towards "are you dead", and the likes.

I can say, we're not dead. But we're not the shining beacon of activity that I'd like us to be either. It's not good, it's not bad. That's that.

But other than that, to our Facebook followers who may have already seen the image posted by Mikhail (Darkness), we're working on a singleplayer mission featuring some prominent Half Life 2 Characters. Yes, we listened. :)

It's a joint team effort and it's our prime focus right now. This has been a requested feature for some time. So far I can confirm Darkness, Pandango and JJ are informed of this and are working towards this shared goal.

We do not have a release date currently, but rest assured it's being worked on.

Additionally, the current flamethrower model (for the rebel flamer) is directly taken from the Alien Swarm game. One of our new asset creators is currently working on making a fully functional model originating from the team itself. It's small, but still something.

In closing

I want to thank everyone for still playing this game and continuing the support.

We've reached our 300 user milestone some time ago, with over 300 people in our Discord currently. So here's a big shoutout to each, and everyone in our Discord! Thanks for being awesome!

Closing off for now.

~Songbird & Team.