its time to talk "True Co-op" originally when we made Rebirth Tyrone suggested co-op with 2-4 Isaacs, and i scoffed at the idea. "THIS MAKES NO THEMATIC SENSE, THERE IS ONLY ONE ISAAC! EVERYONE IS ISAAC!!" i screamed! and they changed it so instead of another Isaac we did little floating babies who couldn't do much... people still played with them ( strangely enough Isaac is one of the most played "Steam Remote Play" games on steam currently ) but everyone just asked " why couldn't it have just been multiple Isaacs? ". i was wrong folks, hear that Tyrone! you were right! i was wrong! true co-op was the way to go... and that's what we are doing. so now if you start a normal game and player 2-4 hits start on their gamepads while in the starting room it will pop up a mini character select, just choose a player and BAM you are in!



the game plays as it would normally with a few changes. 1. if a player dies, they respawn as a nerfed ghost baby that can deal minimal damage but not much else. once the boss of a floor is killed the ghost baby is reborn with all the items they once had, but at half a heart. 2. when a boss is killed it spawns a boss item, when a player picks it up another boss item spawns for the next player. all other items are single spawns, so you must share! 3. players share resources (coins, bombs and keys) but each have their own HP and items. 4. once all non ghost players die, game over. So True co-op is local only.. but using Steam Remote Play you can play "local" games online! SO DO IT! co-op is bonkers and amazingly fun, we are currently tweaking and polishing this mode up and no doubt will probably do a few tweaks in post in case some aspects don't work as well as intended. there are only 12 more days till release! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! see you monday when we do a quick lil music post! -Edmund