- Final sale, exit from Early Access. - 22 May 2025
Dear community, Thank you once again for being a part of the Bytewerkz journey. As you may already know, effective June 5th, 2025, all Bytewerkz games will have their ability to be purchased removed on both the Steam and Humble Bundle storefronts. Those who own any Bytewerkz games will continue to be able to play them, however the games will not receive any updates. This is because Bytewerkz is closing. We want to again express our utmost gratitude for your incredible support and dedication over the past 3 years. Your enthusiasm for our games has meant the world to us, and we cherish the memories and community we've built together. Due to community request, we are releasing the game from Early Access in it's current state, and all games by Bytewerkz are now on sale for 75% off. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
- So long, and thanks for all the fish! - 5 May 2025
Dear community, Thank you for being a part of the Bytewerkz journey. It is with a heavy heart that we must announce the upcoming closure of Bytewerkz. This was not an easy decision, and it comes after much consideration and exploration of all available options to us. Effective June 5th, 2025, all Bytewerkz games will be removed from sale on both the Steam and Humble Bundle storefronts. Those who own any Bytewerkz games will continue to be able to play them, however the games will not receive any updates. We want to express our deepest gratitude for your incredible support, passion, and dedication over the past 3 years. Your enthusiasm for our games has meant the world to us, and we cherish the memories and community we've built together. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
- We want you! - 7 January 2025
We want you to help test an upcoming update! On January 11th, a public test branch will be unlocked and an update will be available to test on that branch.
- Developer company name change (does not affect game's development!) - 7 May 2024
Greetings! We wanted to let everyone know, that we have changed our company name to Bytewerkz, from Smartly Gophered Games. The reason for this change is simplicity, an easier to remember name, as well as opening the company up to other potential software development opportunities in the future (not strictly limited to game development, as the previous name was). We will begin updating the website, as well as Steam, Discord, Twitter, and everywhere else with our new company name and branding. Rest assured that we have not stopped development on Your Journey of Survival or Project Speed 2, and that development is indeed still full-steam (no Steam pun intended)-ahead!
- Official Website Store launched! - 3 April 2024
Greetings! We have launched an official store on our website! Check it out here: https://smartlygopheredgames.com/store/ Cheers!
- Our new survival game has released! - 21 December 2023
Check out Your Journey of Survival here!: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2514900/Your_Journey_of_Survival/
- News on Next Update, Upcoming Survival Game from Smartly Gophered Games! - 11 December 2023
Greetings! The next update will bring some QoL changes, bugfixes, and performance improvements! Along with that, we will also be releasing a new map for Project Speed! We will be releasing a new game on December 19, 2023 at 6 AM Mountain Time US & Canada, called Your Journey of Survival! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2514900/Your_Journey_of_Survival/ ABOUT THIS NEW GAME Your Journey of Survival is an open-world game that is a fun combination of the best elements of first person shooter (FPS), survival, tower defense, and roleplaying (RPG) games. It presents building, mining, crafting, combat, looting, and exploration. Exploration: Explore large and unknown worlds, starting with the wilderness of Njarovik. Scavenge the environment for resources to build new structures and craft new items. Building: Build structures as massive as you can imagine and upgrade them with resources found…
- New website and forum - 4 November 2023
A new website is available for Smartly Gophered Games: https://smartlygopheredgames.com/ Additionally, we now have a forum at: https://forum.smartlygopheredgames.com/
- Game Engine update, Performance Improvements, New Trees on Njarovik, and more - 28 August 2023
Greetings! This update introduces lots of performance improvements, as well as an update to the game engine! We've improved performance on the experimental RWG map, as well as all the other maps. We've also improved performance with headlights and taillights as well. We've also update the trees on Njarovik. The trees now look better, and also perform better. With this update, we've also improved and polished the lighting. We have some important news for the players of the Project Speed game franchise. We have decided to change the games from Free to Play, to Paid. While we would have liked to keep the games free to play, we ultimately decided that it would be better in the long run to change them to paid to help fund their development better, since funding of development for the games has been at an all-time low. With this change, we hope to be able to work on the games in a higher capa…
- Gearbox Selection, Random World Gen (Experimental), Server Admin Menu - 21 June 2023
Greetings! This update is adding some requested features, as well as some features that are an absolute necessity. To start off, you can now change your gearbox between Automatic and Manual. You can press Left Ctrl, to go down a gear, and Left Shift to go up a gear. In automatic, you only need to down-shift for reverse gear. This update has also added a new, experimental, Random World Generation setting! You can now select a randomly generated world (so far, a randomly generated town world), by selecting the "Open RandomWorldGen" button in the Singleplayer menu. This option does work on Dedicated Servers, however it is experimental so there may be bugs. A new Server Administration Panel has been added for server owners and administrators! This works with both Dedicated Servers, and Player Hosted Sessions! Please refer to the Dedicated Server Guide for more information on how to make you…
- Njarovik Fixed, Linux Support, New Sci-Fi Themed Drone, Supporter Upgrade DLC - 1 June 2023
Greetings all! This update is filled with new content, bug fixes, and improvements! First things first, as many have been waiting for, Njarovik has been fixed and you no longer need to access a beta branch to access it. Along with that, Njarovik has had some performance improvements done to the map itself, and a new POI has been added (the Construction Site). Starting with this update, all maps with POIs will get achievements specific to the POI. We have added Linux Support to the game (and Dedicated Server, if you wish to host a server on a Linux machine)! You can now play the game (or host a Dedicated Server) on Linux, just like you can on Windows. Below are the System Requirements to run the Linux version of the game: MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (or equivalant) Processor: Intel Core i3, 3 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent) Memory: 6…
- Official Server, Update coming soon - 4 May 2023
Hello everyone! An official server has been opened for the game. You can find it in the server list, with the name "Official Server #1". An update for Project Speed 2 is coming soon, with new features and lots of bug fixes!
- Update - February 20, 2023 - 20 February 2023
Added: Bonneville SF (Salt Flats) Map Successfully join a Dedicated Server (Multiplayer) Achievement Let there be light! Achievement Oops... Achievement First Snow Achievement Welcome to Bonneville (Utah) Salt Flats Achievement 1 hidden Achievement (Find a location and item on one of the maps to unlock it!) Improvements & Fixes: Fixed random crashing on Turtle Coast map Improved and reworked Multiplayer P2P join window (now known as Steam Sessions) Improved vehicle handling Fixed random fatal error when hitting a static object Changes: Njarovik now can only be accessed by being in the correct beta branch due to a bug, which we cannot seem to figure out what is causing the bug. Presumably, the bug is a game engine (Unreal Engine Physics) bug, and not a game bug. If you want to access Njarovik, we have made available a beta branch called "njarovikaccess". The game content is the same betw…
- Update - January 8, 2023 - 8 January 2023
Added: Windmill objects to Njarovik Improvements & Fixes: Improved multiplayer performance and stability Fixed unobtainable inventory item for those who have played the original Project Speed game
