Do we have news for you? We sure do!

The all brand new first person animations are finally done. It’s taken Hampus and José several months to complete all the animations required. And if we might say so ourselves, they look mighty fine. We are aware of the fact that some bugs might still be in there, but we’ll monitor this as closely as we possibly can, so we can kill them swiftly. For those of you who’d gotten used to not seeing your weapon, we’d like to remind you of the H-key (default key). It hides whatever you are holding. So we hope you are as excited and happy about the animations finally being in place as we are.

The new first person animations have sorted the ground blind problems out, so you should not have any problems seeing out of the blind any more. We’ve also improved prone so you won’t get “motion sickness” and you can now go prone in slopes again.

To celebrate the new animations we also released a brand new weapon today. It’s a single-shot handgun that we call “Rival”. It’s got the mobility of a handgun with the power of a hunting rifle and fits in the small weapon holster. The Rival is accompanied by a 2-4x20mm Handgun Scope.

We’ve also re-vamped the maps. This is hopefully something you won’t notice, unless you find them loading faster, but if you find any bugs please report them in the bug section of the forum. The new system will also make it easier for us to add more functionality to maps later on.

We’ve fixed a few bugs as well and you can read about them in the latest game update

Happy Hunting!

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Dear hunters,

The sun is shining in Stockholm so life as a developer is good since we can see other people enjoy it outside.

New feature – Profile shot
Members can now take profile pictures of their character in the game. To take a picture you first activate the mirror cam by pressing F2 (default key) and to enable camera mode you press the space key. You can move the camera around and take the photo by pressing left mouse button. Here are some pretty examples:

Competition
We’ve kicked off a profile shot competition where you can win up to 5000 ems$! Check out the rules and submit your entry here.

New items – sunglasses
If you want to look extra cool in the forest you should of course equip the latest addition to the store: sunglasses. These awesome looking sunglasses will affect game play in no way what so ever, but they will make you look pretty bad-ass.

New functionality – Facebook connect
If you are a Facebook user you can connect your theHunter account to Facebook to make it easier to login. To do so, go to your account settings (the cogwheel in the main menu) and select Facebook settings. Once you’ve connected your account you can use Facebook to login.

We need your help
Since we’re always trying to gain more players we would greatly appreciate if you can help us with voting for us on steam greenlight and also give a great rating and review on Chrome Web Store.
We’d also like to push for the recruit a friend feature. Not only do you get more friends to play with, but you will also get rewarded in the form of free membership if your friend becomes a member (if you’re already a member the extra days will be added to your membership).

Happy hunting!

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It’s status update time!

We’ve just on-boarded three new interns and today’s status update will focus on them and their introductions. They all come from The Game Assembly, the same school as Tomas, Hampus and Danny went to.

Hi, everyone!

My name is Oskar and I’ve just now started my internship at Expansive Worlds, where I will be doing graphical content for theHunter.

I’m originally from Varberg, a small town on the west coast of Sweden, and I’ve lived there for the most part of my life. I like spending time with my girlfriend, family and friends, travelling and practicing my art. I also like watching movies and television shows, which I use as a source of inspiration.

My first brush with video games was Super Mario Bros on the NES in the late ’80s. Ever since, I’ve been hooked. When I was a kid I dreamt of one day being able to work with games but as I grew older I somehow got the idea that wouldn’t be possible while living in Sweden.

So I got into web development but after a couple of years it didn’t feel right. I thought to myself “if I’m gonna spend a third of my life or more working, it should be with something that I really enjoy!” and so, I was drawn back to video games.

In the short time that I’ve been here, I’ve noticed how dedicated many of you are about hunting and theHunter, and also how dedicated the team is to bringing you this experience.
I’m really excited about the opportunity to be a part of that and I promise you all I will do my best!

Hello there!
I am one of the new interns here at Expansive Worlds and I’ve joined the Client Programming team. My name is Robin Andersson and I am 22 years of age and have recently moved to the beautiful capital, Stockholm (totally worth visiting, by the way).

I am originally hailing from Gothenburg but I have also studied and lived in Malmö for two years.
Apart from the obvious, being a game enthusiast, I also love sailing and sports in general. I have trained judo since I was 9 years old until I injured myself badly in a competition at the age of 17. I have participated in the Swedish National Cup but since the injury training has been very off and on. My brother (big fan of theHunter) has also been an important part of my life: So this is a little shout out, I guess. Best guy ever!
For the last two years I have deeply immersed myself in trying to become a good programmer, which now has given me the favorable opportunity to be part of this great team. I will try my best for them, myself and for you out there!

Hi there. My name is Daniel Jansson and I have just started my internship as a Level Designer here at Expansive Worlds. I have always enjoyed the creative process and have worked on pen and paper RPG’s as well as done a fair deal of writing. But a few years back I set my sights on computer game development and managed to get accepted into The Game Assembly in Malmö as a Level Design student.

Two years of intense studies later, I am now sitting in Stockholm working on The Hunter and having a great time. Apart from games I enjoy reading and have a weak spot for really, really bad B and C movies. Also I am a beer nerd, in particular when it comes to the various traditional Belgian style beers. Especially sour beer. Yeah, sour beer is good for you.

So please give the guys a warm welcome!

We’re aiming to release the next gen of the “mirror cam” some time next week and we’re also working on something that might please our guest players.

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