

The planned Mac version is on hold due to "a few technical snags" but Hecker plans to revisit it after the Early Access launch. SpyParty is coming to Steam Early Access on April 12th. And this was six years ago - who knows how clever people are now? I intend to find out by collecting holes in my face. To get a sense of the game's trickery, read Hecker's analysis of one "perfect" round way back in 2012. All of which leads to the spy trying to act like an NPC, picking moments carefully and faking out the sniper, while the gunman watches for tells. Watching from a distant point, the sniper has one single shot to stop the spy. Spies have several objectives to complete-bugging conversations, seducing targets, swapping objects, and other such spy business-while the sniper simply needs to kill the spy. The spy is at a party surrounded by unwitting NPCs, who provide vital cover as the spy goes about conducting espionage. SpyParty pits one spy against one sniper. You're Vasily Zaytsev and I'm one of those goons who can't even hit the A Team van driving straight towards them. I'm Maxwell Smart and everyone else is Agent 99.

SpyParty players have developed devious tricks of deception and detection over these years, so I'll be fascinated to see what happens as fumbling newbies arrive, myself included. spy game SpyParty will enter Steam Early Access on April 12th, creator Chris Hecker has announced, bringing it to a a wider audience after years of coveted betas and its own early access scheme.
