- Last Year becomes Forest Hills: The Last Year! - 18 March 2024
Hello everyone! We know it has been a long while since we last updated you all on the state of Last Year and the Unreal Engine 5 update. We would like to update you on our progress and what is the next step for the Last Year franchise. During the development of our Unreal Engine 5 port, we decided to package the update with Chapter 2 as new a game, alongside a rebranding of "Last Year" to "Forest Hills: The Last Year." We wanted the game to go beyond East Side High and explore the mysterious town and it's connections to the Nightmare. The game will take place in the same universe while introducing new Fiends, Displaced (formerly Classmates), Maps, Classes, and Revamped Content! The Fiends that will be introduced in the Forest Hills are The Warlock and The Dryad. Abigail will join the gang as the new Displaced. The new map will be The Cemetery. For those attending PAX East this year, you…
- SURPRISE - Last Year Version 1.0.23! - 16 August 2023
Greetings East Side High! We know it has been a while since our last patch. The team at Undaunted Games has been hard at work porting Last Year over to Unreal Engine 5 and refactoring the source code to allow for more consistent updates, hence our silence during this period. If you join our Discord, you can keep up with the progress we have shared with our community so far! We want Last Year to be better than it's ever been but, it takes a lot of time and work. We're hoping that we can get the update finished and pushed by the end of the year. In the mean time, our community has brought some issues to our attention that required an imminent patch. This patch hopes to address those issues. Before we proceed we have removed The Sawmill from the random map pool, therefore making it impossible to select the map now until further notice. We desperately tried fixing the map to no avail, thus…
- Balance Patch - 19 May 2023
**Hello East Side High!** Today I want to announce our first Balance update, and walk through some of the decision making. Our goal was to bring some of the overtuned damage elements down, and make CC more of a skilled use scenario. The goal is to bring a smoother balance between roles for the game, and we’ll be monitoring and adjusting as we go. **Medic** has been changed to heal 3hp, 0.5 second to use the charge, 1 sec to recharge medkit charges, and maximum charges reduced to 6. **Giant**: throw damage has been smoothed out to a minimum of 30 at short range and a maximum of 60 at furthest range. On top of that, his base attack damage has been dropped to 15 from 25, as he was dealing far too much damage in conjunction with his other abilities. Finally, we’ve added a 8 second cooldown to his missed throw ability, and a 15 second cooldown when it hits. **Strangler**: this was a tricky k…
- Last Year is back on Steam! - 4 May 2023
Hello again, classmates of East Side High! For our returning players, welcome home! We've missed you! And for our new players, welcome to the Nightmare! The action-packed asymmetric horror experience is back on Steam and is now free to play! Special thanks to Kazeath for the promotional artwork.
- Lunar Sale Now Live! - 12 February 2021
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- Winter Sale On Now + 1 Year Anniversay - 23 December 2020
https://i.imgur.com/zkTOu3p.jpg To celebrate Last Year's 1 YEAR anniversary on Steam, the game is on sale for a limited time as part of the Steam Winter Sale! We'd like to thank the dedicated fans of Last Year for supporting the game over the past 12 months. https://i.imgur.com/BNosvny.jpg
- Last Year: The Nightmare finally arrives on Steam for Halloween - 26 October 2020
Hello Last Year fans, Positive news to share… As many of you already know, the development of new content had to be put on pause due to lack of funding. It is no secret that Last Year didn’t sell a huge amount of copies, and unfortunately this caused a problem where there wasn’t enough money to pay a team to continue making updates. But today we are announcing a potential new opportunity for the updates to keep coming. But first… We want to thank all of you who have been true fans of the game and offered positive support. We want to let you know that even though this has been a difficult uphill battle, we *still* have committed team members who want to keep developing and releasing new content updates. There are multiple maps, fiends, and other awesome new features that were in the pipeline that are waiting to be finished and released. In order to do this we need to find creative ways t…
- HOTFIX FOR UPDATE 1.0.19 - 26 June 2020
Greetings, Brother and Sisters! We’ve put together a small patch for our last major update: Last Year version 1.0.20! If you do not see the prompt to update, you may need to restart your Steam client. With Patch 1.0.20, we’ve made several bug fixes and introduced a NEW WEAPON! Here’s a look at the some of the changes we’ve made in this update: NEW WEAPON: THE SLEDGEHAMMER! The Sledgehammer is now findable in our new map, The Mine! Dealing a whopping 45 damage per hit, but with only two hits, The Sledgehammer is a quick way to turn a fight with the Fiend around in your favour! BUG FIXES: • The Tab Screen now displays the proper objectives in The Mine map • Helmets’ health bars now display proper health • Trap Skins can now be seen by all players • Hole in The Mine between 2nd and 3rd sections has been filled in • Full objective score in The Mine map is now possible • Removed buggy door i…
- LAST YEAR IS NOW 75% OFF! - 25 June 2020
Last Year is 75% off until July 9th for the Steam Summer Sale! Come join the mayhem! - 6 Playable Classmates - 4 Playable Fiends - 5 Unique Maps: The Gym, The Library, The Belltower, The Sawmill, and the brand new Mine! - Hundreds of Character and Weapon skins to unlock! - Full Progression System for both Classmates and Fiends! - Full Tutorial & Tool Tips to help new players! - Buy Cards, Ore, and Skins in our in-game store! Hurry to get an amazing deal on an ever-growing title!
- LAST YEAR 1.0.19 IS HERE! - 25 June 2020
Greetings, Brother and Sisters! We’re back! Elastic Games is proud to present Last Year version 1.0.19! If you do not see the prompt to update, you may need to restart your Steam client. With Patch 1.0.19, we’ve made major improvements to your Last Year experience: 1) BRAND NEW MAP: Last Year 1.0.19’s major feature is The Mine map! The second of the Afterdark Forest trilogy of maps, The Mine continues the adventure started in The Sawmill as the Classmates continue to try to find the origin of The Spider and its army of cryptids by finding a way through the abandoned Mine in the forest. Break into the Mine, climb it heights, and run for your life to escape! 2) FIEND WEAPON LOCKER: 1.0.19 adds brand new skins that can be equipped to the Fiends’ arsenals! Skins for Bear Traps, The Slasher’s Axe, The Giant’s Shackles, The Strangler’s Chain, and The Spider’s Venom now allow you to customize…
- Last Year version 1.0.18! - 6 May 2020
Greetings, Brother and Sisters! We’ve put together a balance/bug fixing patch for our last major update: Last Year version 1.0.18! If you do not see the prompt to update, you may need to restart your Steam client. With Patch 1.0.18, we’ve made several balance changes and bug fixes. Here’s a look at the some of the changes we’ve made in this update: BALANCE CHANGES: • Increased Utility cooldown on Spider, Slasher, and Strangler to 12 seconds • Reduced the cooldown on the Giant Charge to 7 seconds • Reduced Human tank to 50% damage reduction, instead of 80% • Reduced Strangler Smoke throwing distance • Reduced the duration of the Strangler Smoke effect on Classmates • Classmates can walk and run slightly faster • Slowed down the speed of Giant punches slightly to reduce “cornering” • Molotov deals more damage • Increased Flamethrower damage • Reduced Proximity Mine trigger time • Increase…
- LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD! UPDATE 1.0.17 IS HERE - 30 April 2020
Greetings, Brother and Sisters! It’s finally here! Elastic Games is proud to present Last Year version 1.0.17! If you do not see the prompt to update, you may need to restart your Steam client. With Patch 1.0.17, we’ve made major improvements to your Last Year experience: 1) BRAND NEW TUTORIALS: Last Year 1.0.17’s major feature are new tutorials for both Classmates and Fiends. The tutorials are short segments that teach the players the basics of the game, so that when they enter a match for the first time, they’re not thrown in the deep end. Both tutorials have four segments each. 2) IMPROVED MATCHMAKING: 1.0.17 adds the Ping of players in the lobby, and now sorts lobbies by the following criteria, in this order: ping, player “rank,” then age of lobbies. The first is so that everyone playing gets the best possible gameplay experience by reducing high pings. The second is to ensure every…
- FREE IN-GAME BUNDLE GIVEAWAY! - 2 April 2020
Greetings, Brothers and Sisters! As we work our way towards our next update for Last Year, 1.0.17, we know a lot of you are stuck at home because of all the COVID-19 madness happening now. To help in these strange times, Elastic Games is giving anyone who plays Last Year between April 2nd, noon EST and April 6th, noon EST a free gift bundle from the in-game Shop. It includes 2500 Stash Cards, 1000 Ore, and a free Skin! This is our way of saying thank you to our amazing community, who have been incredibly supportive of our indie dev team. We also know that many of us have friends and family working on the front lines of this pandemic, be they doctors, nurses, social workers, etc. In this difficult time, these heroes are facing their fears every day in the hopes that their work will make our lives better. In honor of them, the free skin included in the bundle is Raj’s “Med School’d.” So a…
- The Return of The Medic! Update 1.0.16 is here! - 6 March 2020
Greetings Brothers and Sisters! Get ready to stand up and fight, Classmates! The medic is back, better than ever before. Update 1.0.16 brings to a close our “Bloody Valentine” event, which means that the “Bloody Valentine” event skins will no longer be available for purchase... for now. There will be more events in the future, so keep your eyes peeled for future limited-time skins! We are pleased to announce that Last Year Patch 1.0.16 is now available! It is about 440MB in size. If you do not see the prompt to update, you may need to restart your Steam client. With Patch 1.0.16, we’ve made major improvements to your Last Year experience: 1) NEW ITEM: The Gas Mask! All medics now sport the Gas Mask as a craftable item instead of the Flashlight. The Gas Mask allows players to ignore the effects of both the Fiend’s Gas Traps and the Scout’s Smoke Grenade. Exposure to gas, or straight dama…
- FIENDS ASSEMBLE! UPDATE 1.0.15 IS HERE... - 21 February 2020
Greetings Brothers and Sisters! As always, Elastic Games is here with another update for the Last Year community! We are pleased to announce that Last Year Patch 1.0.15 is now available! If you do not see the prompt to update, you may need to restart your Steam client. With Patch 1.0.15, we’ve made major improvements to your Last Year experience: 1) Ambushes for Sawmill Map: All Fiends now have ambushes in the new Sawmill map! The Strangler and Giant were given two ambushes, and The Slasher and Spider have… more. Additionally, The Slasher’s ambush is completely different than his School Map ambushes, so keep your eyes peeled! 2) Escape Vents for Sawmill Map: Classmates can now more easily evade the Fiend, especially when alone, in the Sawmill map thanks to the addition of escape vents! There are now 8 escape vents throughout the map, 2 in the sawmill area, 2 in the cave area, and 4 in t…
- FIENDS REJOICE! NEW UPDATE, 1.0.15, COMING SOON - 20 February 2020
Greetings, Brothers and Sisters! While we did announce that we'd like to move to bi-weekly patches, we have been monitoring a few more egregious issues in the current live build and have decided that a patch is needed this week to address them. We'll be providing in-depth build notes once the patch goes live, as always, but here's a high-level overview of what will be in 1.0.15: 1) Fixes for Crouching/Hitbox issues. We're aware this is causing extreme frustration, especially for Fiend players, so we're doing all we can to resolve these. This includes both the difficulty hitting crouched players and the ability for crouched players to use certain items. 2) Balance updates. While we're very happy with where the overall balance is heading now, we are aware that Fiends got hit particularly hard in the last update. We want to make a few small changes that will be the first step in restoring…
- "FREE WEEKEND HOTFIX" NOW LIVE! - 14 February 2020
Greetings Brothers and Sisters! Our “Free Weekend Hotfix,” patch 1.0.14, is now available! If you do not see the prompt to update, you may need to restart your Steam client. With Patch 1.0.14, we’ve made major improvements to your Last Year experience: - Card rewards for 0-5 escapes/kills will be adjusted to 50, 150, 200, 250, 300, and 350 respectively - Fixed bug where improper Legendary Cards are displayed in Rewards Screen - Classmate Crafting time has been reduced from 5 seconds to 3 seconds - Strangler’s hold time has been reduced from 3 seconds to 0.5 seconds - Strangler’s elemental resistances have been removed - Flamethrower damage has been increased from 130 to 180 - Cricket bat base damage has been increased from 10 to 20 - Crowbar damage has been increased from 10 to 15 - Spider Venom damage has been reduced from 15 to 10 damage per second - Spider “double damage” time has be…
- HOTFIX FOR UPDATE 1.0.13 - 14 February 2020
Greetings Brothers and Sisters! We’re very excited by the passionate response we’ve seen to the latest update, and we’re energized by all the new players pouring in and playing Last Year for the first time! We have been monitoring the community, and listening to all the feedback we’ve received, and are working on pushing a hotfix today to address some of the trends we’ve identified. Here’s a list of the changes and fixes we’ll be addressing: - Card rewards for 0-5 escapes/kills will be adjusted to 50, 150, 200, 250, 300, and 350 respectively - Fixed bug where improper Legendary Cards are displayed in Rewards Screen - Strangler’s hold time has been reduced from 3 seconds to 0.5 seconds - Strangler’s elemental resistances have been removed - Flamethrower damage has been increased from 130 to 180 - Cricket bat base damage has been increased from 10 to 20 - Crowbar damage has been increased…
- LAST YEAR FREE WEEKEND! - 13 February 2020
Last Year is kicking off Valentine's early with its first ever Steam Free Weekend, featuring a brand new update with tons of new content: NEW MAP: THE SAWMILL! Get ready for carnage! The first in the “Afterdark” series of Forest Maps, The Sawmill is our introduction to the area of The Nightmare that The Spider calls home. The Sawmill is a completely new environment, and introduces a brand-new mechanic: Environmental Kills! NEW WEAPON: THE CHAINSAW! Take on the Fiends with our first devastating Heavy Weapon: The Chainsaw! Classmates will find it in a specific spawn point in the new map, but will be unable to run or carry quest items while wielding this awesomely powerful weapon. Find it and go carve out a name for yourself! NEW FEATURE: THE SHOP! The Shop will allow players to spend real money to buy more Stash Cards, get our new hard currency, Mystic Ore, or purchase bundles that includ…
- LAST YEAR - UPDATE 1.0.13 IS LIVE! - 13 February 2020
Greetings, Brothers and Sisters! The time has come! Our biggest update yet, 1.0.13, is finally here! If you do not see the prompt to update, you may need to restart your Steam client. With Patch 1.0.13, we’ve made major improvements to your Last Year experience: NEW MAP: THE SAWMILL! Get ready for carnage! The first in the “Afterdark” series of Forest Maps, The Sawmill is our introduction to the area of The Nightmare that The Spider calls home. The Sawmill is a completely new environment, and introduces a brand-new mechanic: Environmental Kills! Between sawblades and rushing trains, both Classmates and Fiends will have to be extra careful navigating this new haunted house style experience! NEW WEAPON: THE CHAINSAW! Take on the Fiends with our first devastating Heavy Weapon: The Chainsaw! Classmates will find it in a specific spawn point in the new map, but will be unable to run or carry…
