PUBG Creator’s New Survival Game Is Now In Early Access

Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene–the creator of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds–has been working on his new open-world survival game, Prologue: Go Wayback!, for the better part of the last four years. Now, Prologue: Go Wayback! is officially entering early access today and giving players a chance to brave the elements from the comfort of their own homes.

Prologue unfolds from a first-person perspective and drops players into a landscape that changes in every playthrough thanks to procedurally-generated maps. Even the weather can dramatically change, which forces you to make choices about how you’re going to survive. Thirst, hunger, and body temperature all need to be maintained long enough for you to reach a weather tower. There are always multiple approaches for that goal, and plenty of ways to die if you make the wrong move.

As part of the launch, PlayerUnknown Productions is introducing a handful of features. Players will be able to customize the weather, the temperature, and the time of day at the beginning of each playthrough, which can make the experience easier or harder.

The standard mode is called Go Wayback!, but there’s an even more difficult option called Objective: Survive. In the latter, you’ll have limited resources to fall back on. Users who just want to explore can try the Free Roam mode, which lets up on the survival aspect of the game. But you can still manage to die if you fall from a great height.

One of the most intriguing new features is the map editor, which will let you import an image into the in-game map and use it to create a customized world. Alternatively, you can design your own maps.

Future early-access updates are planned that will introduce more dynamic weather patterns, the ability to craft objects with the available materials, climbing gear, and items of clothing that can degrade or tear if players don’t repair them.

Prologue: Go Wayback! is now available for $20 on Steam and Epic Games Store.