Chris Hecker's new espionage game about subtle behavior, performance, perception, and deception.
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One of the mechanics SpyParty shares with poker is the concept of a tell. In poker, a tell is when a player has some behavior that gives away information about their hand, like whether they’re bluffing. In SpyParty, we use the word tell to indicate something that implicates a character as the Spy; we have […]
Okay, so that took a lot longer than I thought it would, but The Not-Strictly Ballroom Update is out and live in the world! If you’re in the beta, just launch the game and hit Play at the main menu and it’ll auto-update. If you’re not in the beta, why aren’t you? If you’d like to […]
The next SpyParty update is almost here, and it shall be called The Not-Strictly Ballroom Update!1 I’m going to try for the end of this week, so Thursday or Friday, September 24th or 25th. Given my track record on hitting dates, wish me luck. As always, if you join the SpyParty Early-Access Beta you get all the […]
Edit: I shipped The Spectation Update on the 4th! It’s pretty awesome, check it out! Okay, I have been incrementally slipping this thing day-by-day for a week. The replay streaming system blew up in my face and took way longer than the other features. However, I finally have a build that I can release. It […]
Update: Well, I decided to try to get the curated replay set streaming in, as mentioned below, and it’s turning out to be harder than I thought, so it’s taking a bit longer. It’s late Saturday night as I type this, and I’m not sure I’m going to make Sunday, wish me luck! Check out […]
