Broken Lines — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
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| Nominate Broken Lines for Steam Awards 2023! | 2023-11-21 | During all of Autumn Sale nominate Broken Lines for your favorite game in the Labor of Love category! We would LOVE ;) your support. To nominate Broken Lines: Visit the Steam Awards event page during the Autumn Sale. Choose the Labor of Love category. Submit Broken Lines as your nomination. Additionally, don't miss the opportunity to get Broken Lines at a 85% discount until November 28th! |
| There’s still time to be the best gifter with Super Gift Granter! | 2022-12-28 | https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/35132473/e98353361d9adaf5b5367a7183597669c72798f7.jpg Holidays caught you off guard without a gift for somebody? Found a present in your inbox and have nothing to gift back? We know that feeling! And we know how to help you out! Enter the Super Gift Granter This pack is chock full of our games! Just think, you could: Study alchemy Explore ancient India Fight in the trenches of an alternate WWII Embrace retrofuturism on a quest to help a robot find humanity Survive a post-apocalypse Be a vengeful spirit in a war-torn Korea Be a cyberpunk agent challenging powerful megacorpor |
| The Dead and the Drunk pushed to live for OSX and Linux | 2022-05-03 | Hello everyone! Last fall we decided to make the content update "Dead and the Drunk" available to OSX and Linux users despite the content not having gone through QA testing for those specific platforms. This was done by putting the content on an open beta branch called "Experimental". We're now happy to announce that no significant issues has been raised so we've decided to make this version the default for both OSX and Linux. This will bring a bunch of fixes, Chinese localization (thanks to "Vargoth.Zhao" for bringing this to out attention) and the content update with the "Dead and the Drunk" campaign. We hope that players who missed our 'ex |
| 🎉 Don't miss a big weeklong sale! | 2022-03-01 | Spring is coming with a big 70% off discount on the Broken Lines game! Don't miss the big weeklong sale which will last until March 7! Purchase the game and dive into it! And you can also share it with your friends! |
| Broken Lines Lunar New Year sale! | 2022-01-27 | Happy Lunar New Year, soldiers! And with a new Lunar Year comes a new awesome discount on Broken Lines. All the way from January 27th to February 3rd you can pick up Broken Lines at a 60% discount - more than half off! Need a gift for your friends or yourself? Look no further. Have fun fighting on and enjoy the celebration! https://store.steampowered.com/app/926580/Broken_Lines/ |
| 🎄 Merry Christmas, soldiers! | 2021-12-24 | ⭐ Dear Broken Lines soldiers! It was a great year spent together with you. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎄 Let all your dreams come true, have a good rest and don't forget to play Broken Lines! |
| ❄️ Steam Winter Sale has started! | 2021-12-22 | The Steam Winter Sale has begun and we are taking part in it! From December 22 to January 5, you’ll be able to get hold of Broken Lines with a 60% off discount! Have a good time with our game during Christmas holidays! So, grab a discount and don't forget to share with friends! |
| 🍁 Broken Lines is 60% off until December 1st! | 2021-11-24 | The Autumn Sale is here, and all the prices are falling like autumn leaves! 🍁 Grab your 60% discount and dive into the world of Broken Lines! This discount is only available from November 24th to December 1st. Don't forget to tell your friends! |
| ⚙️ Free update for Mac and Linux! | 2021-10-28 | Great news, soldiers! “The Dead and the Drunk” free side story content update is now available for Mac and Linux users! “A challenge awaits the surviving squad members. The mysterious fog released by the masked enemies is causing the dead to rise again...” If you want to pit your tactical skills against zombies, grab your helmet and the rest of the gear and throw yourself into the hellfire of battle! ːsteamthumbsupː Please note that this version will be available to users in the special experimental branch, so if you encounter any bugs please feel free to report them in this thread How to find a special branch: Right-click on the Broken Lines |
| 🎃 Steam Halloween Sale has started! | 2021-10-28 | The Steam Halloween Sale has begun and we are taking part in it! From October 28 to November 1, you’ll be able to get hold of Broken Lines with a 60% off discount! And don’t forget that we have a special content with a side story involving a lot of drinking and zombies! What more could you ask for Halloween? So, grab a discount and don't forget to share with friends! |
| Broken Lines is 60% off until August, 29th! | 2021-08-23 | Salute, soldiers! 📣Broken Lines is on Steam Weeklong Sale! Grab your copy of the game with a sweet 60% OFF now! Don't miss your chance, the sale will be held only from today and until 08.29 inclusively! https://store.steampowered.com/app/926580/Broken_Lines/ 👁🗨 Follow us: ▪️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/AvkDwuU ▪️ Twitter: @brokenlinesgame ▪️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BrokenLinesGame |
| Save 50% on Broken Lines until 8th of July! | 2021-06-24 | The Steam Summer Sale has begun and naturally, we are taking part! From the 24th of June, all the way until the 8th of July, you can get Broken Lines with a sweet 50% discount! https://store.steampowered.com/app/926580/Broken_Lines/ 👁🗨 Follow us: ▪️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/AvkDwuU ▪️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BrokenLinesGame |
| Get Broken Lines on Steam with a 50% discount from today until the 10th of May! | 2021-05-03 | Are you a Broken Lines fan that has been holding out for a special sale before getting the game? This is the perfect time to get your copy of Broken Lines as we have released a new campaign expansion "The Dead and The Drunk"! https://store.steampowered.com/app/926580/Broken_Lines/ 👁🗨 Follow us: ▪️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/AvkDwuU ▪️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BrokenLinesGame |
| Save 40% on Broken Lines on Steam! | 2021-03-15 | Are you a Broken Lines fan that has been holding out for a special sale before getting the game? If you are, your patience and preservation will now pay off as starting today and lasting until the 22nd of March, Broken Lines will be 40% off in the Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/926580/Broken_Lines/ 👁🗨 Follow us: ▪️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/AvkDwuU ▪️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BrokenLinesGame |
| Here's your chance to win a copy of Broken Lines! | 2021-02-26 | Here's your chance to win a copy of Broken Lines! Simply tell us the most vivid/original story that you feel would fit in the Broken Lines universe. We'll then pick our favorite one and the winner will get a Steam key for our game! RESULTS: The results of the contest will be announced on March, 4th at 5 pm CET, so hurry up! Also, the top 3 stories will be posted in a separate article for the community on Steam! Enjoy your time with Broken Lines, and we’ll see you soon! |
| Broken Lines AMA on r/gaming! | 2021-02-25 | Hello Broken Lines community, Today at 1 am EST / 7 am CET we'll be on https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/ls4b7b/ama_we_are_portaplay_the_studio_behind_a/ with r/gaming where you will have the chance to ask us anything you want about Broken Lines! For more on Broken Lines, follow the game on social media on the following channels. ► Visit our official page https://www.brokenlinesgame.com/ ► Find Broken Lines on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenlinesgame/ ► Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/brokenlinesgame ► Like Broken Lines selfies on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenlinesgame/ ► Share your review on Reddi |
| Broken Lines: One-Year Anniversary Livestream! | 2021-02-25 | Hello everyone! We've got a special announcement for you. The Broken Lines team will be live streaming the game today, at 9 pm CET. This is the perfect opportunity for you - our community - to get to know the developers and watch them play the game (and maybe uncover some game secrets). Joining today's stream will be: Hans Von Knut - Game Director and Producer So, be sure to tune in today at 9 pm CET for your chance to get to know the team! |
| One Year Anniversary! | 2021-02-25 | Time flies when you are having fun. Broken Lines is one year old, so it's time to celebrate! From all of us at PortaPlay and Super.com, thank you so much for your support and love for the game. Broken Lines Anniversary Horror Trailer ____ Get Broken Lines on Steam with a 50% discount from February, 24 until the 3rd of March! https://store.steampowered.com/app/926580/Broken_Lines/ This is the perfect time to get your copy of Broken Lines! 👁🗨 Follow us: ▪️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/AvkDwuU ▪️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/BrokenLinesgame ▪️ Instagram: https://www.instagram |
| Get Broken Lines on Steam with a 50% discount from today until the 3rd of March! | 2021-02-24 | This is the perfect time to get your copy of Broken Lines as we have released a new campaign expansion and tomorrow will spend One Year Anniversary! https://store.steampowered.com/app/926580/Broken_Lines/ 👁🗨 Follow us: ▪️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/AvkDwuU ▪️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrokenLinesgame ▪️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BrokenLinesGame |
| Broken Lines is 40% off until February, 15th! | 2021-02-11 | Happy Lunar New Year! 📣Broken Lines is back with the free expansion The Dead and the Drunk! So what would be the best thing for us to do? Having an amazing 40% sale from 11 to 15 February - that's what! 💪 👁🗨 Follow us: ▪️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/AvkDwuU ▪️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BrokenLinesGame |
| How do the Broken Lines survivors celebrate Christmas? | 2020-12-24 | With a lot of booze and some special explosive rounds supplied by Izkor, nothing beats blowing up the undead!🧟💥🧟♀️💥🧟💥 Merry Christmas everyone!🎄 👁🗨 Follow us: ▪️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/AvkDwuU ▪️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BrokenLinesGame |
| Broken Lines - Patch v1.6.1.0 | 2020-12-21 | On Friday 18 December Broken Lines had a small update to fix the major issues that were reported to us. The changelog is as follows: Loading a mid-level save should now disable already run-level scripts correctly. PPSH weapons in the Assault loadout will no longer disappear when unequipped. The game will no longer receive player input when the end-level event is triggered. Yes that is a short patch note, especially as this is the first post-launch update. It just goes to show that the Steam Playtest session was a big success and helped us to really clear up the major bugs before the main launch! |
| The Dead and the Drunk - HIGHSCORE CHALLENGE! | 2020-12-16 | Greetings everyone! To celebrate the launch of our expansion - The Dead and the Drunk, we're firing up a special high score challenge. One of the developers (who you may have recently seen streaming the game on our update launch day) has set a benchmark for the first level in the expansion 'Unearthing' Your challenge is to beat his final score (1). Get the highest Final Score in the fastest completion time. Everyone who qualifies will be put into a high score table, and will be ranked on high-score Final Score. We know that there will be a lot of overlap in the scores, so all tie breakers will be decided based on who completed the game the qu |
| Broken Lines - The Dead and the Drunk AVAILABLE NOW! | 2020-12-14 | Greetings one and all! The time has come, our first expansion, Broken Lines - The Dead and the Drunk is here! What's more, we have even more great news, this expansion is entirely FREE and will be delivered as an update to the main game. The Dead and the Drunk A bizarre new challenge awaits the surviving squad members. The mysterious fog released by the masked enemies is causing the dead to rise once again. Faced with such a situation, the squad is now on the edge of a meltdown. Crashlanding in an unknown country, facing off against an unknown enemy, breathing in a pestilential fog were all bad enough, but now they have to face hordes of rean |
| Finalist in the Taipei Game Show 2021 Indie Game Award for Best Narration! | 2020-12-12 | Excellent news everyone! Broken Lines is a finalist in the Taipei Game Show 2021 Indie Game Award for Best Narration! This is turning out to be a great week with our upcoming campaign expansion and now this amazing nomination! https://tgs.tca.org.tw/indie_award_finalist.php?b=2b_e Follow us: ▪️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/AvkDwuU ▪️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenlinesgame ▪️ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BrokenLinesGame |
| Broken Lines - The Dead and the Drunk Game Changes [Patchnotes] | 2020-12-07 | The game will now auto save every time a planning phase starts. In cases where this is blocked a message will show how long ago the game was last saved. Mortar strike and LMG has been added to Izkor's shop. Rifle rounds can now penetrate targets, allowing them to take down several enemies if they line up. Shotguns now deal AOE damage, allowing them to take down several enemies if they clump up. Submachineguns have had their firing rate and volley delays rebalanced, meaning that they should now have fewer 'awkward pauses' in firefights. Panicking characters should now be more stationary and will not run into the open or towards enemy positions |
| The "Broken Lines - The Dead and the Drunk" Playtest is OPEN! | 2020-12-07 | Good afternoon everyone, The Broken Lines good news continues to come in. Late last week we announced our upcoming expansion, Broken Lines - The Dead and the Drunk, and as part of that announcement we told you that we were going to use Steam Playtest to let you try out the game and help us to find any lingering bugs in the game. If you need to refresh your memory, then be sure to check out the announcement here. We’re now pleased to announce that we have begun to accept people in now. All you need to do is click on the ‘Request Access’ button and we’ll handle the rest! The BEST NEWS You do not need to own the full version of Broken Lines to t |
| Broken Lines - The Dead and the Drunk FREE Expansion Playtest! | 2020-12-04 | Gooooooood evening everyone! Today we are delighted to announce our upcoming expansion to Broken Lines, ‘The Dead and the Drunk’ and also a very special playtest session that we are going to start up very soon! Before we go into that, please watch and enjoy the expansion’s teaser trailer! Playtest our DLC Now that we’ve got to a stage where the new content is playable, we were thinking about what would be the best way to test the expansion so that we can find and eliminate any lingering bugs BEFORE we release it! We have put the game through extensive testing already, but in our experience, nothing beats the watchful eyes of actual players wh |
| The Steam Awards Nomination Category - Best Game You Suck At for Broken Lines! | 2020-11-25 | Hello there everyone, It’s been a while since we last posted here, but let us assure you that we’re working on something big for Broken Lines! What is it you may ask? Well if you look back at our last major news post, you’ll see that we held a special Feedback session (albeit behind closed doors). The data that we received from the people involved was very useful and since May, we’ve been hard at work on a special expansion for Broken Lines. We’ll be lifting the lid on what we’re doing soon, but you may have seen a few hints if you follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter! However, that is for the future, and this is for the present, so let’s hav |
| Broken Lines - Feedback Session! | 2020-05-03 | Hello there everyone, As you may have noticed, we like to regularly ping the community to get their thoughts on what we've made so far, and, perhaps more importantly, what they would like to see us do in the future. Now that everything has settled down we're looking to the future of Broken Lines and are talking amongst ourselves to decide what the community would like to see us do next. So far, we've had two feedback sessions, the first was after the main release, and the second was after the customization update, and in both cases what the community told us was invaluable to us, giving us both direction and confidence that what we 'thought' |