• Fixed In-Game Menu opening during level-up upgrade selection

• Added Hold to Attack option (hold attack key to auto-attack)

• Added impulse to Ultimate Shockwave

• Cursor color now reflects attacking state

• Fixed directional input not working after selecting a spell

• Optimized Modifiers system

• Fixed Slow modifier persisting after expiration

• Fixed Stun ending too early

• Fixed stun animation not always triggering

• Added impulse resistance to Flesh Heap

• Fixed NPCs randomly stopping / AFKing

• Fixed boss behavior allowing players to circle them endlessly

• Improved animation blending

• Fixed hook aiming over tombs

• Added movement prediction to hook throws

• Fixed collision issues near obstacles

• Fixed scythe not being thrown when colliding with terrain

• Tombs now affect NavMesh (NPCs no longer walk into them)

• Maximum of 2 active tombs at a time

• Attacks now gain a stacking damage buff: +3 damage per hit for 2.5s (cumulative)

• Balance adjustments:

• Reduced Flesh Master health

• Increased Dark Zomboid health

• Added floating damage & healing numbers

• Added floating numbers for destructible spells (e.g. Invoked Tombstone)

• Added healing animation for players and NPCs

• Improved Paladin animations for smoother, more fluid movement

• Improved death animations using physical animations

• Fixed blood splatter rendering on floors

• Fixed hidden treasure sound playing when quitting mid-run

• Fixed stats not resetting properly after a run

• Added comparison between equipped and selected equipment

• Native screen resolution is now detected and applied on first launch

• Updated executable name

Thank you to the new wave of testers, your help is invaluable and greatly appreciated.

Good luck out there!

Hello Everyone,

It’s my pleasure to officially welcome our new wave of Alpha testers!

If you’ve already signed up at https://beta.gamehellonearth.com/ you should have received an email from us containing instructions on how to redeem your Alpha access.

We’re excited to bring on board a hundred passionate testers who will help us polish the game further. While this Alpha phase primarily focuses on performance, optimization, and stability across a wide variety of hardware configurations, we truly welcome all kinds of feedback as every bug report, suggestion, and impression helps us make the game better.

A huge thank you to everyone who’s joining us on this journey!

If you haven’t signed up for the beta yet and would like to join, there’s still time.
We’ll be opening additional tester slots as we progress toward the public beta and full release.

See you in Hell!