- VoxSys announcement! - 16 April 2023
Dear Fellow Stalkers, We are thrilled to announce our new game which is a crossplatform, voxel based, arena shooter so you could be able to play with your friends either from PC or VR. It's currently in development state but we want to share a few sneak peak. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2110710/VoxSys/ Check out our trailer video for Voxsys and add to your wishlist on Steam. (It also will be available on Meta Quest standalone. 🤫) Join to Voxsys Discord Server to get updates about the closed alpha soon. Discord Steam Page About the game in a nutshell: Step into the future with VoxSys, the exhilarating arena shooter that combines cooperative PvP combat with innovative building mechanics. Strategize and use your cover to your advantage! Destroy your opponents and earn the title of Intergalactic Champion. Fight in a fully destructible sci-fi setting with futuristic weapons and power…
- Special Sale - 28 February 2023
We are happy to announce our Special Sale from 27th February until 5th March. Get the game with a 50% price discount. We would be delighted if You join our journey and become the best stalker above all. We hope you will enjoy the game and thank you all for being with us. See You on the stalks, You are the best!
- Bean Stalker Christmas Event 2022 - 19 December 2022
Dear Fellow Stalkers, Join us this winter to celebrate the holidays on Evergreen Stalks from the 19th till the 02nd of January in Multiplayer! In this year you will be able to share this holiday experience with your friends or family. Traditional plants have been used for thousands of years and can be found at celebrations all around the world. Get into the Christmas spirit by joining our event, where you’ll get access to exclusive items, decorated beanstalks, and the Christmas Trophy! To earn the Christmas Trophy, you’ll need to collect various ornaments, which you can do by: defeating enemies wearing Santa's caps opening gift packs on the hidden branches The Christmas tree ornaments come in 3 colors: blue, red, and gold. Use them to craft new items and decorate the big Christmas tree in the Treehouse. These collected Christmas ornaments will remain after the event ends and you can sti…
- Halloween - HalloBean Event - 25 October 2022
Another year has passed and HalloBean is here. As the air begins to chill and the nights become longer, our beloved trees become creepier. In these singularly dark hours, new enemies arise on the beanstalks. Across the globe, rumors of dangerous forests and trees have popped up suggesting that the woods are haunted by incidents of years past. Some trees are said to be haunted by ghosts roaming the woods at night. Greetings Stalkers! Our second Halloween Event starts today! From now until November 5, you’ll have the chance to get an exclusive Trophy and a few other naughty treats. To earn them, you’ll need to collect various parts of a creature, which you can do by: Defeating HalloBean enemies, Climbing on hidden branches, Solving challenges, Crafting advanced weapons. On the haunted trees, where rituals were once held, in order to treat the scared stalkers, we offer various candies to h…
- Update #8 - Bug fixes - 12 September 2022
**Changelog:** Bosses now drop rewards when defeated even when they are not the current quest objective. Quest objective rewards will be added as an extra to the base drop. Anniversary Event Update: Event-specific collectibles such as jelly beans, piece of cakes, trophies, and others. New grenade type: firework impact grenade New achievements Grow your beanies in the treehouse to collect materials for the 1st Anniversary trophy. Strike piñatas to collect more candies. Pop balloons for fun! **Bug fixes:** All keys are unlocked in the craft books by default. The questlines are going to be saved by profiles. We fixed an issue that prevented the bag from being opened. You will be able to open the inventory after putting your headset back on. The distance grab will work after switching items between hands. If you start the game without SteamVR running properly, it will display an error messa…
- Anniversary Event / Sale - 9 September 2022
Greetings Stalkers! We are happy to announce our 1st Anniversary Event from 12th September until 26th September. You’ll have the chance to get an exclusive 1st-anniversary cake trophy and other sweeties. To earn them, you’ll need to collect various jelly beans, which you can do by Defeating enemies with party hats, Climbing on hidden branches, Solving challenges, and Destroying piñatas. We offer various sweets to help your way: Jellybean: Heal 1 points of health. Slice of Cake: Removes 5 points of toxin. Grow your beanies in the Treehouse just like how we grew in the past year and harvest the baking ingredients to craft a special cake. There's the chance to complete new exclusive Steam achievements. Also, we are planning a 50% sale from 11th September until 23rd September. We hope you will enjoy the celebration with us and thank you all for helping us on this journey. You are the best.❤️
- Steam Summer Sale 2022 - 23 June 2022
The Steam Summer Sale brought a heat wave We recommend chilling on a tropical island, commiserating with the creatures of the desert, or cooling down in the arctic. Choose a map and explore the world of Bean Stalker with a 50% discount between 23 June — 7 July! — The Bean Stalker Team
- Full Release Out Now - 7 June 2022
We've reached the top! We climbed a sky-high stalk to reach a full release status. Our journey has been a fierce fight with unexpected bugs, but we always aimed to craft the right code. Thank you all so much for playing Bean Stalker in early access and trusting us with your feedback. You were with us every step of the way with your invaluable support. Now that we are fully released, let's celebrate with a 50% discount! Whether you're a seasoned Stalker or you're just trying out the game: let's meet on the beanstalks! — The Bean Stalker Team
- Celebrate Going Rogue: A Festival of Persistence with Bean Stalker! - 2 May 2022
Get 50% off Bean Stalker as part of Going Rogue: A Festival of Persistance. We celebrate devoted gamers who take the time to master their skills. Test your stamina and foresight on the procedurally generated levels of our constantly changing vertical world. Manage your resources, craft and fight in an ever-changing environment where the stakes are sky-high. Try our new multiplayer mode or go on a solo adventure. With over 30 hours of gameplay, Bean Stalker is a VR rougelike like no other. Are you ready for the challenge? Invite your friends and foes. Ready, set, climb! — The Bean Stalker Team
- Early Access Hotfix #8 - 2 May 2022
We fixed the following bugs: Enemies no longer deal double damage. The Kamikaze Snitch explosion damage got fixed. The Desert boss enemy count got balanced for multiplayer. The Arctic boss tentacles hit collider got fixed. The Artic boss also got some synchronization fixes. The Arctic pendulous net spawn rate got fixed. The snowball spawn positions got fixed. QoL change: Treeshouse door buttons are now interactive from a distance. If you run into any issue, or if you just wanna say hi and vibe with other Stalkers, join our Discord. — The Bean Stalker Team
- Early Access Hotfix #7 - MULTIPLAYER HOTFIX - 12 April 2022
Dear Fellow Stalkers! We fixed some minor issues based on your feedback. 💪 Join our Discord for suggestions, reports and sheer bloody fun. Bug fixes Fixed Arctic Extraction in multiplayer Fixed KrakenIsland enemy spawn Fixed Arctic Boss small tentacles hit colliders Deprecated daily quests removed Fixed a bug which caused the player to get stuck while using grappling hook. Items in the bag inventory are no longer detected by the crafting table. Fixed memory puzzle chests at the Arctic Boss. Fixed a bug which occasionally deleted the content of the chest inventory and the rotating weapon inventory in the Treehouse. Fixed Desert Boss floating elevator key. QoL change: The chest inventory now has a Category Filter function. — The Bean Stalker Team
- Early Access Update #7 - Multiplayer Update - 1 April 2022
New Item: You can now find a Selfie Camera in your inventory in multiplayer. Visual Changes The UI of the keyboard and PIN panel have been updated. Biom specific loading screens have been added. The explosive projectile's effect got synced. The arctic pendulous' and other chest's LOD have been updated. Major Fixes You can no longer fall down instantly after instraction. Players no longer receive continous damage after having been revived. We have fixed that everyone (even if they were not nearby) got damage from the explosive snitches in multiplayer. We have fixed the temperature desync on Arctic. Players no longer get constant heal after a player died while they were healing you. Minor Fixes Enemies no longer stop attacking in close range. We have fixed the toggle grab while consuming an item, so it will reset itself from now on. We mean bee-suniess: we fixed the glaring asbcence of be…
- Free Weekend Event - 25 March 2022
Dear Fellow Stalkers! To celebrate the Multiplayer Launch, we'd like to give you a gift. Join our Free Weekend and experience our new features with your friends for free. Try our shared progression between single- and multiplayer, choose between public and private sessions, interact with players through voice chanels and emotes, share items, customize your character or play minigames in the Treehouse. If you enjoyed the game, you can purchase it with a 50% discount until 4th April. Come and explore the enchanted world of the beanstalks! Climb, craft, fight, and avoid the flowers: they might bite. — The Bean Stalker Team
- Multiplayer - Official Launch - 25 March 2022
Dear Fellow Stalkers! What a day: Bean Stalker is officially released, now with a full multiplayer mode available in all three environments! We would like to say a huge thank you for all who watched our project grow and encouraged, supported and helped us. Your feedback has been invaluable. We are glad that we have such an amazing community of Stalkers! Gameplay Changes The Arctic map has been added to multiplayer. A minigame has arrived into the Multiplayer Treehouse. (Have fun solving the puzzles!) The grabbable items are now synchronized in the Treehouse. If you want your bag inventory to stick to your hand, just keep pushing the inventory button on your controller. When you're resurrected, you will get the same amount of health points as the item can heal - minimum 10%. You can unlock the puzzle chests with simple keys on the Desert and Arctic map. In the multiplayer mode, you can t…
- Early Access Update #6 - MULTIPLAYER BETA UPDATE - 21 March 2022
Thank you all for participating in the Bean Stalker Multiplayer Beta Test! The Desert level is now available in multiplayer! Gameplay changes You will get a feedback message when you get redirected to the main menu from the multiplayer lobby. Your inventory will close when you open the pause menu (or the other way around). Tropical Boss tumors will be harder to destroy. The rain will be synchronized among players on the Tropical map. Fixes You will no longer fly away with your teammates when you grab each other's back. Fixed the annoying falling sound when you went out to the tree while grabbing each other's back. Fixed a bug that caused you to randomly lose items in your inventory. Fixed a bug that made your items invisible in your inventory. — The Bean Stalker Team
- Early Access Hotfix #6 - MULTIPLAYER BETA HOTFIX - 11 March 2022
Major Fixes The player movers won't break anymore when you grab another player's back. You will no longer lose a stack of your items when a player who's given you said items disconnects. You will no longer lose the grenades which you've used in the Treehouse. We have fixed a few synchronization issues with the quest items in the Treehouse. You will finally get quest items from the chests in the extraction points. Minor Fixes The ranged weapons which you put in your inventory will stop shooting permanently. (What a wild bug!) We have fixed the rain synchronization on the Tropical map. A morbid bug made tombstones fall through the middle table in the treehouse repeatedly after everyone died on a tree. It was kinda hilarious, but we fixed it. The fire crossbow's arrow no longer levitates. We have disabled the voice chat option in the Pause Menu in Singleplayer mode. We have fixed the golde…
- Multiplayer Beta - Official Launch - 25 February 2022
Dear Fellow Stalkers! We have some major news. In preparation of the full release, our cooperative multiplayer mode will be available for up to 4 players. The event will last from today until the full release on 25th March. This mode provides a complete experience but lacks some final touches. Our aim is to expand and reach the fullest potential of Bean Stalker Multiplayer with the help of our community’s feedback. We are really excited to hear from you! Discover the Tropical stalks with your group of friends or random players and tell us how it went. Other maps will keep being added until the full release. Keep an eye on our socials to learn about updates: we will keep them coming! New experiences: Progression We’ve created this game mode to be comfortable for up to 4 players. If you start your progress in single player mode, you’ll be able to continue in multiplayer. Your questline, i…
- #3 Multiplayer DevStream - 15 February 2022
Thank you for tuning in yesterday! We just posted our #BeanTalks on the Multiplayer Update so you can rewatch it anytime! The developers have been working hard on updates; we're so ready to share them with you! Don’t forget to join us from next week for 3 exciting game-play streams on the upcoming Tuesdays! On 22nd February, we'll be streaming on a Tuesday morning at 9 am PST. Our next event is scheduled for 1st March when you can watch live play sessions during lunchtime hours (12 pm-2 pm). And finally, there’s an evening session planned, when you can join us to play with the developers on 8th March! Stay tuned and recruit your team to go on an extraordinary vertical adventure! — The Bean Stalker Team
- Multiplayer DevStream Announcement! - 28 January 2022
Slaying enemies on the Beanstalks will be much easier when you have friends by your side. We're getting close to the multiplayer launch in early 2022. Bean Stalker is constantly under development. Its next milestone will be a majestic multiplayer mode. Teams will start each of the three levels from the treehouse and have to make progress together. We’re excited to share the first details of the new mode with you! Tune in on February 14th at 6 pm PST for an exclusive live stream with developer interviews and more information about this awesome addition. Come join us for 3 exciting gameplay streams on the upcoming Tuesdays!! On 22nd February, we'll be streaming on a Tuesday morning at 9 am PST. Our next event is scheduled for 1st March when you can watch live play sessions during lunchtime hours (12 pm-2 pm). And finally, there’s an evening session planned, when you can join us to play wi…
- Turning While Climbing - Early Access Update #5 - 10 January 2022
Dear Fellow Stalkers! The Christmas Event is over. Thank you all for participating in the Bean Stalker Christmas Event and the Speed run Challenge! Results of the Challenge will be published in our Discord group on the 11th of January. You will still be able to use your collected Christmas exclusives and enjoy their benefits, but don't search the beanstalks for more. Following your feedback, we prepared a new feature for you. It’s a beta version, so if you experience any issues, please feel free to reach out to us. Stay tuned for the upcoming events and the multiplayer version. Update: You will be able to turn around with both snap and smooth turns while climbing. (Beta version - Activate it in the gameplay settings.) Tropical fixes: The trees’ collider works properly on the Floating Islands. The tumours count has been fixed at the Boss. Desert fix: The freezing effect will not drop dow…
