- Having trouble with Hardcore Mode? Check out our new guide! - 10 July 2020
Hardcore mode has been out for a little while now, and we're so excited that people have been having a BLAST with it! It's been great hearing everyone's stories and tips and tricks for beating it! To celebrate, we've taken the five BEST tips and made a little video to help anyone trying to beat it! What would YOUR top tips have been?
- NEW GAME + AND HARDCORE MODE ARE HERE! - 25 June 2020
Alright Family Man fans, we heard you. You wanted a harder Family Man experience, so we've just released HARDCORE MODE and NEW GAME+ as a free update, as well as fixed some of the left-over issues that had been popping up! New Game+ and Hardcore New Game+ is only available after you have completed the game and have seen an ending. If you've finished the game already, you'll have to load that final save and see an ending to unlock it. NG+ is there to let you play the game again but with all your perks intact, so you'll get to explore all the things you might have missed last time! Grab all those stories you couldn't finish last time and explore some different endings! Hardcore mode is your other option, and is designed for veteran players! We've designed it to be super tough, with higher bills, tougher enemies and a more demanding family (sorry!). You'll need to work hard to keep up, but…
- New Game + and HARDCORE MODE are on the way! - 1 June 2020
We've heard you, and we've got some good news for you! We're working on a New Game + to add in some new content and ramp up the difficulty, as well as a HARDCORE mode to really push those of you finding the game a little too easy! We'll be doing a bunch of things to make your life more difficult, from tinkering with the police presence and making sure Bruce's bills go up... You'll need to keep an eye on your family too, of course! Also, thank you so much for over 100 reviews! We're SO blown away by how kind and positive everyone has been, you guys rule. We cannot WAIT to show you what comes next! Don't forget to let us know what ending you got over in the Discord or as a review!
- Family Man - Launch weekend! - 25 May 2020
Hey there players. Thanks for checking out Family Man on launch week! We've been hard at work fixing and improving the game, here's a list of some of the things we've tidied up: -Grace now shoots you if you attack her! -Karma bar now working correctly -Sherriff achievement now triggers more reliably -Dying and reloading loading time reduced -Berries are no longer overpowered! -Rum is no longer overpowered! -Fixes to the world collision -DID NOT fix crazy Mr Racoon On top of that after player feedback we've added a summary screen to the end of the game that shows you how much stuff you missed so you can explore that on your next run! The game also now tracks every ending you've seen and to that end we've added a new achievement: "The Real Deal" - Which unlocks for players who see all the endings! It's been a great launch, thank you for playing and keep an eye out for updates! Feel free t…
- Family Man, the Breaking Bad-like blocky RPG, is out now - 25 May 2020
Choices in RPGs tend to have far-reaching consequences, but what if your decisions hit a little closer to home? That's the premise of Family Man, a blocky RPG where your choices will affect your family and town, for good or ill, as you try to rustle up enough cash to pay back the mob. Five years after development started, the game has just been released on Steam, along with a launch trailer showing how far it's progressed since we first got a glimpse of it back in 2018. You'll take on "dozens of missions" in the pleasant-seeming town of Riverport, and earn money legally, or not so legally, as you attempt to pay off your debt in the three weeks before the mob will start, probably, breaking blocky legs. The store page elaborates: "Every decision you make affects everyone around you. The neighborhood will blossom or perish under the weight of your decisions, while the path you choose may l…
- FAMILY MAN IS OUT NOW! - 22 May 2020
It's been a long 5-year road, but Family Man is OUT NOW! Time to take control of Joe Hawthorn's life and become a FAMILY MAN! We're so excited to finally launch, and we hope you love it as much as we do! Whether you turn Joe into a hardened criminal or a wholesome town help - we can't WAIT to see how you get on! You'll be working with some of Riverport's LIVELIEST characters and your choices will determine their fates. Be careful and make some good decisions (then come tell us all about them in the Discord!) As ever, if you run into any trouble or bugs, feel free to reach out to us! Good luck Joe, you'll need it! Broken Bear Games & No More Robots xoxo
- Breaking Bad-style RPG Family Man is getting a final beta soon - 7 June 2019
Family Man looks like a blocky, whimsical RPG but is actually a moral tightrope walk where you have 30 days to pay back the mob, while also trying to be a good husband and father. You can grind away in a regular job, or you can take on shady jobs for the mob that pay a lot better. It's now content complete, so Broken Bear Games is hosting a final public beta that will start soon.  If you've played before, you'll spot a lot of changes. Combat's seen an overhaul. Apparently it was "a bit rubbish" previously, but now you'll have to lock onto enemies and keep an eye on how they're moving before throwing a punch. If you're going to be doing some crimes, you should learn how to brawl.  Since you've only got 30 days to repay your debt, you're always hurtling towards an unfortunate end. Thankfully, Broken Bear has tweaked the laws of physic…
- Ready for the FINAL BETA? Sign up today! - 6 June 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33508836%2F1306ab1932fd62cc4c493d609bad7213efbe9fb1.gif Hey everyone, it's time for a Family Man update! Broken Bear Games has been working hard to get the game ready, and we're happy to say that Family Man is now content complete! Which essentially means that it's now very close to being in your hands. Yey! So today we wanted to bring you the news that we'll soon be running a public Final Beta for the game, which is a bit like The Final Countdown, except you play video games instead of electric guitars. The Final Beta -- Signup Now! Here's the link to signup for the Final Beta: https://forms.gle/nKP9jH1AbaaByLyy8 Once it's ready to go (which should be soon), we'll send you a Steam key via email. You can keep up to date with when exactly that is at the Family Man Discord, at discord.gg/familyman The Final Beta will contain…
- Stats from the Family Man beta - 23 January 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33508836%2F17a2e7499030ef93e1776f454984ca8531d5b97d.png Hey everyone! The Family Man beta ended a week ago, and now we have some lovely stats for you to check out. Listed above are the top 5 good/bad things you liked/didn't like about the beta, and what we're doing to make the game even better based on your feedback. We'll be dropping more sneak peeks from the game's development in the coming weeks, so keep your eyes peeling -- and thanks again for playing! Thanks all! Mike
- Family Man beta happening this weekend! - 9 January 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33508836%2F3433275a46b12580baf7dddc25e7582c162a0f7c.gif Hey all, we've been getting Family Man ready for your consumption, and while it's taking a little longer than we hoped, you'll be happy to hear that the beta is almost here -- this weekend, in fact! To play the game for free this Friday, all you need to do is visit discord.gg/familyman, and sign up using the #beta-signup channel. Then we'll email you a Steam key on Friday! We can't wait to get you all playing
- Family Man is a morality tale about owing money to the mob - 28 August 2018
Family Man looks like it could be a very interesting sort of experience. Visually, it's colorful and blocky, like a Minecraft-inspired first-person adventure in a quaint, quiet seaside town. But the actual gameplay, about a man who has 30 days to repay a heavy debt to the mob, is something else entirely.  As your fellow villagers go about their lives, entirely unaware of your troubles, you have to decide how you're going to handle them. Being a good neighbor and productive citizen is tough, and the pay isn't great—but the more lucrative (and unsavory) opportunities that present themselves carry other costs.  "For every decision that Family Man throws at you, there are different ways to handle it. Your moral compass must guide you, leading you to earn cash the legal, more difficult way—or instead break a few laws here and there," publisher No More R…
- Sign up to the Family Man beta - 28 August 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33508836%2Ff57c416c39643079788d33550c7bbb374f026028.gif Hey everyone! Family Man is coming in 2019, but we'll be running a closed beta for the game towards the end of this year. If you'd like to sign up for free, simply go to the Family Man Discord and sign up there :)
