- New Awkward 2 Capsule Art - 16 August 2024
As you may have seen on the Awkward 2 Steam page, we have new capsule art! As we continue our mission to tie together two themes that aren’t often seen together: ‘adult’ and ‘party’, we are working hard to show this unusual marriage of genres through the Steam page and other forms of advertising. We’ve added new Chibi characters (https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1682690/view/4363508865810825036) and we’ve also decided to change the Awkward 2 capsule art! Here’s the previous one: We loved this art that showed off the wicked Demi-God Wick surrounded by some beautiful illustrations of various other Gods but, in theory, this capsule art could be linked to any game genre and it doesn’t clearly enough demonstrate that this is a party game. Here’s the new art: In this image you can see Wick, Momus and the Egg of Destiny all emerging from the screen towards a group of friends who have ga…
- Awkward 2 at the 'Brilliant Indie Treasures' event at Develop - 1 August 2024
Last month we were super fortunate to be featured at the 'Brilliant Indie Treasures' event at the Develop Conference in Brighton where we, Snap Finger Click, along with a selection of independent developers were invited to showcase our game to about 350 game industry people & press. We were selected for the event with Awkward 2, and while we obviously think it’s a great game, it was amazing to hear all the positive feedback from the players! We played the demo of the game and had constant queues of people either wanting to play the game, or just wanting to see how other people answered the weird and disturbing questions. It was great to see Awkward 2 catching so many people’s attention with special praise of the art, art direction and especially the look of Wick! Additionally, we were thrilled to see how well our use-your-phone-as-a-controller software, Needletail, remained strong throu…
- New Awkward 2 Art Added! - 19 July 2024
One of the challenges with developing an adult party game is tying together the yin and yang of two themes that aren’t often seen together: ‘adult’ and ‘party’. We want the look and feel of the game to convey the disturbing nature of some of the content and the dark backstory of how the players have ended up navigating their way out of Wick’s wicked world while also bringing the lighter feel that players usually associate with multiplayer party games. A way we’ve been able to combine these themes is by adding a new art style to the game to accompany the beautifully creepy existing art made by our 3D artist, Amanda. The additional art style we’ve decided to go with is called Chibi which is described as “a Japanese caricature art style characterised by characters with small, exaggerated bodies and oversized heads..” We found an artist called Mustafa who was able to take the characters fro…
- This Savage Party Game is Coming to Film Fest! - 25 September 2023
We're thrilled to announce that Awkward 2: The Party Game of Savage Secrets has been selected for the Games Lab line-up at Aesthetica Short Film Festival! Aesthetica is a prestigious BAFTA-Qualifying event that takes place in York, England. The Games Lab is a new part of the festival this year, featuring 50 games that show off some of the best innovation and creativity, where bold stories are told differently. There are a number of other exciting titles that will be shown off alongside Awkward 2, including Desta: The Memories Between from ustwo, and Polygon Treehouse's Mythwrecked. As well as showcasing some of the best and most groundbreaking upcoming games, Aesthetica’s Game Lab will be celebrating game culture, design, and production, enhanced by a number of panels and talks from industry experts. As a part of the official selection for Aesthetica, Awkward 2 is also eligible for thei…
- The Game That Will Make You Laugh So Hard You'll Cry: Its Origins - 19 August 2023
As the title suggests, Awkward 2 isn’t the first game in the Awkward series. Awkward 2 is the sequel to our small indie title we released back in 2018. At the time, Snap Finger Click was a tiny studio with just five of us on the development team. Shortly after founding the studio, we made ACT IT OUT! and we wanted to follow it up with another small game which became the original Awkward. The first Awkward game is about difficult and controversial questions. Starting out with tame but still polarising questions like “Does pineapple belong on pizza?” and “Should ketchup be stored in the fridge?”, eventually the game ramps up the difficulty, asking about topics including difficult moral dilemmas (“If you could only choose one, would you save the life of a 1-year-old or an 18-year-old?”) and your parents’ sex life (“Who has the best sex life, you or your mother?”). The idea for Awkward spaw…
- Major Update: New Quiz Round, Steamdeck Support, and more! - 9 June 2023
🚀 For people that have access to the special Awkward 2 Preview Edition, we've just rolled out a new update: version 1.1.30758! This is our largest update yet, we've added a brand new round to play with your friends called 'Says Who?'! In Says Who?, all players get the chance to have their say. In the first half of the round, all players are answering questions in secret with their own personal answers. But it all changes in the second half of the round where players have to guess who gave which answers to the questions. Will anyone agree with you or do you have any controversial opinions? Find out in this fun new round in Awkward 2! When you start playing, Says Who? will be the 2nd round in the Preview Edition. Check your title screen to verify you're playing the latest version, here's what else we've been working on: ⚡ Various tweaks and improvements to the visuals; reworked lighting,…
- New update: version 1.1.30297 - 18 May 2023
🚀 For people that have access to the special Awkward 2 Preview Edition, we've just rolled out a new update: version 1.1.30297! Check your title screen to verify you're playing the latest version, here's what has been improved: ⚡ Various tweaks and improvements to the visuals; reworked lighting, improved camera positioning, various UI tweaks. ⚡ Reworked the code that deals with players skipping sequences. This will be much more reliable now. ⚡ The game will now let more late joining players in. ⚡ If players drop out due to networking issues, closing their browser (etc) it will be more reliable to re-join. ⚡ Fix for stuttering Snap Finger Click splash video at boot when game is set to 30fps. ⚡ Twitch chatbot can now mention player names. ⚡ Fixed target framerate being overwritten at boot. ⚡ Additional defences inside the avatar popups if players drop out. ⚡ Plus, numerous other minor fix…
- New update: version 1.1.30060 - 10 May 2023
🚀 For people that have access to the special Awkward 2 Preview Edition, we've just rolled out a new update: version 1.1.30060! Check your title screen to verify you're playing the latest version, here's what has been improved: ⚡ Fixed issue where some people were getting the game to boot to a black screen. ⚡ Improved movement of Twitch names when answering in the chat. ⚡ Round order changed to improve first time user experience. ⚡ Updated Quit Menu. ⚡ Plus, numerous other minor fixes and improvements.
- New update: version 1.1.29992 - 5 May 2023
🚀 For people that have access to the special Awkward 2 Preview Edition, coming in hot, a second update has just gone live: version 1.1.29992! Check your title screen to verify you're playing the right version, here's what has been improved: ⚡ Increased robustness for playing over Twitch and retaining connection with the Twitch API. ⚡ Fixed an issue where starting with a controller / keyboard didn't always work. ⚡ Fixed an issue where the skip button didn't always work. ⚡ Various Needletail improvements, providing better support for certain high-end iPhone models. ⚡ Plus, numerous other minor fixes and improvements.
- New update: version 1.1.29980 - 5 May 2023
🚀 For people that have access to the special Awkward 2 Preview Edition, we've just rolled out a new update: version 1.1.29980! Check your title screen to verify you're playing the latest version, here's what has been improved: ⚡ Fixed hang in Choose A Friend where we are waiting for booted players to respond (when they can't). ⚡ Refined the code handling players joining mid-game. ⚡ Improved commentary accuracy, e.g. "Momus describes the emoji reveal during the second question as "the first three emoji". ⚡ Plus, numerous other minor fixes and improvements.
- We got the first trailer for Awkward 2! - 4 May 2023
Awkward 2 now has its first official gameplay trailer! You can watch it right here: What do you think of the trailer? It was a ton of fun to make but it’s always a challenge showing party or quiz games in short videos - we hope it explains it well. Let us know what you think! And if you haven’t already, don’t forget you can still play the demo of Awkward 2! Just hit the download button on our Steam page. Hope you have fun and we'll be sharing more updates soon 😀.
- 📱💬 Play with Creative Director David Ferguson! - 9 February 2023
In celebration of Steam Next Fest we're doing multiple special developer streams! Play with the creators of Awkward 2, and get your questions about the game answered. In this special stream David Ferguson is joining us, together with Snap Finger Click co-founder Martijn van der Meulen. David is the Creative Director for Awkward 2 and many of the surreal things you see in the game came from his mind. Martijn runs the studio and has been making multiplayer video games for many many years. We'll play the game with our viewers, and you can ask us questions. We're looking forward to seeing you!
- STREAM PARTY TIME: Play with the developers! - 6 February 2023
In celebration of Steam Next Fest we're doing some special developer streams! Play with the creators of Awkward 2, and get your questions about the game answered. In this special stream Joanna Haslam is joining us. She is the Design Director at Snap Finger Click, and leads the game design on the project. We're looking forward to seeing you!
- Play Awkward 2 with us! - 5 February 2023
It's Next Fest, so why not join us and come play the Awkward 2 demo with us! We've got various live streams planned on the game's store page, you can play along with us (with your smartphone!), and you can ask us questions about the game's development. We're looking forward to seeing you!
