Hey all, We have released a new update for The Hive. Our main focus was to resolve difficulty issues with A.I behaviour on levels 4 and 5. We were also able to find a solution, why The Hive ending cinematic "The Age of Discovery" would not play for every player at end of the campaign. It is now working correctly for everyone. If you have not seen it, we recommend completing the last level again! Full notes below: 1.204 - 2023-05-11

Bug fixes:

• Fixed issue where Ending Cinematic "Age of Discovery" would not play after completing the campaign, if loading from a save.
• Fixed issue where A.I would be too aggressive with attacks on levels 4 and 5.
• Balanced out the attacking Chalatoi forces on levels 4 and 5.
• Players now have more time between attack waves on levels 4 and 5.
• Player starting food increased from 20 to 50 on levels 4 and 5.
• Added additional food and mineral sources to levels 4 and 5 starting areas.
• Chalatoi Archers range reduced from 50 to 35. They can no longer outrange player turrets.
• Skip function now works on ending cinematic

Thank you again for reporting the bugs for us! (no pun intended)

Cheers, Sauli, Toni, William, Dat, Ale & Ville. aka Skydome Entertainment

[ 2023-05-11 11:26:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey all, Another small update has been released, the main thing here was sorting out bugs when loading a saved game. Full notes below: 1.203 - 2020-03-09

Bug fixes:

• Fixed issue where GUI would get stuck if played had resource source selected when it runs out
• Fixed issue where inventory icons would not show up after loading
• Fixed issue where items would disappear when loading a save
• Fixed issue where certain items could be duplicated after loading
• Items are now returned to unit that had them after loading a save
• Items equipped on workers are now returned to inventory after loading a save

Thank you again for reporting the bugs for us! (no pun intended)

Cheers, Sauli, Akseli, Antonio, Jenni, Johanna & Jonna. aka Skydome Entertainment

[ 2020-03-09 12:30:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Today we are proud to release update 1.2 "Rise of the Behemoths", which includes new player units, buildings and a reworked DNA upgrade system.

Behemoth

Heavy Insectoid unit Behemoth - A sturdy unit with heavy melee attack. It nests small Seeker aerial units on its back. Light Insectoid aerial unit Seeker - Swarm of them is carried on Behemoths back. Uses aerial bombing attacks to hit enemies from range.

Infestor

Medium Insectoid specialist Infestor - Uses a variety of neural oozes to terrorize enemies and aid friendly units. This update features:

• Heavy Insectoid unit Behemoth
• Medium Insectoid specialist Infestor
• Small Insectoid aerial unit Seeker
• Insectoid building Nestling Mound
• Insectoid building Conch
• Damage and Defence upgrade rework (Different classes have different upgrades, light, medium, heavy)
• Food costs at start of levels adjusted to speed up start of levels
• Rhino and Avatar now have custom sound effects
• First level boss damage adjusted
• Streamers now get notification regarding video quality, if they are using OBS recording software
• Several new ability visual effects and sounds have been added

Bug fixes:

• "Shadow" faction buildings now have custom debris effect on destruction
• Avatar and wasp units no longer get stuck after ability cast
• Several tooltip tweaks
• Population cap can no longer go over 200 due to saving bug
• All workers now continue their current task correctly after loading
• Workers no longer get stuck on cutscenes
• Tomb of Aradesh overlaping music fixed

Follow us on Steam, Twitter, Facebook & Youtube to keep up to date with what were working on! Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/Skydome Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkydomeHive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SkydomeEntertainment/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SaarimaaSauli/

Have fun with the new features and let us know what you think!

Cheers, Sauli, Akseli, Antonio, Jenni, Johanna & Jonna. aka Skydome Entertainment

[ 2020-03-02 15:33:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

[previewyoutube=ep9gcWiktd8;full][/previewyoutube] Hello everyone! We are happy to announce that the full soundtrack of The Hive is now available on Steam! The OST can be purchased as a standalone DLC or as a discounted bundle with The Hive game. The Hive OST includes high-quality WAV files as well as Mp3 versions. The soundtrack is composed, performed and produced by Akseli Takanen & Slava Pogorelsky. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1257630/The_Hive_Soundtrack/ Track listing: 1. Main Menu (2:44) 2. Pools of Reflection (2:19) 3. Tomb of Ara'desh (3:23) 4. Chalatoi Empire (3:51) 5. Ancient Waterway (3:33) 6. Skeleton King Battle (1:26) 7. The Sunken City (4:35) 8. The Lost City (3:27) 9. The Gatekeeper (4:07) 10. Derelict Ship (2:17) 11. Temple of the Drowned God (4:34) 12. Orb of Life (0:46) 13. Drowned God Battle (1:57) 14. Underground Empire (0:55) Total length 39:56 Enjoy the atmospheric sounds of the underworld and stay tuned for the upcoming release of our new major content update in the following weeks! Cheers, Sauli, Akseli, Antonio, Jenni, Johanna & Jonna aka Skydome Entertainment

[ 2020-02-28 15:34:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Pathfinding performance and bug fixing

Today we released an update 1.108 that includes performance updates and bug fixes. This update features:

• Major optimization of Pathfinding and collisions performance
• Commanding huge number of units is now much smoother
• Multiple buildings can now be selected at same time
• Several enemy patrol routes are now better
• Fixed bug with inventory and camera scroll
• If building is destroyed it will no longer show construction bar
• HP bars are hidden when the level is won
• Modified raycast is used for units in mainmenu

Have fun with the new features and let us know what you think!

Cheers, Sauli, Niko, Tero, Santeri, Akseli & Jenni aka Skydome Entertainment

[ 2019-07-13 12:27:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

New level up system and solving issues

Today we released an update 1.107 that includes overhaul of the level up system. We also added new sound effect for all player buildings. This update features:

• All player buildings now have unique sound effect when you select them
• Level up system overhaul
• Level up bonuses apply to all squad members
• All unit levels now have meaningful stat increases
• Hover over unit level to see stats gained from experience
• You can now see what next level up will give to your units
• Different units have different bonuses from leveling up
• Experience points needed for unit to level up is increased from 500 to 1000 (to reflect reduced number of unit levels
• Maximum level is now 5 down from 1-99
• "Ding!" achievement now required level 5, down from 20
• Bonuses are not lost when unit is resurrected
• Items are now correctly hided during cutscenes
• Fixed issue that was slowing the game down when commanding large number of units
• Game runs now more smoothly due to optimization

Thank you for being super supportive and encouraging - we are incredibly grateful to have such a positive community. Have fun with the new features and let us know what you think!

Cheers, Sauli, Niko, Tero, Santeri, Akseli & Jenni aka Skydome Entertainment

[ 2019-07-05 16:40:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Solving issues and adding new features

Today we released an update 1.106 that includes a bunch of that tidying up. This update features:

• Map02 now has new music
• Credits now have new music
• Map10 cutscenes now have a little story surprise for you!
• Load/save/quick load/quick save, are now correctly disabled during cutscenes
• DNA amount now loads correctly when you load a save
• Avatar chain bolt now jumps to 10 targets, up from 3
• Avatar chain bolt damage increased from 80 to 100
• Avatar chain bolt cooldown reduced from 60seconds to 30seconds
• "Always Blame the Healer" achievement now requires 1000 healing on one medic, instead of 5000
• "Acidodger" achievement now works correctly
• Completing the game on hard difficulty now rewards "Hive Guardian" achievement correctly
• Completing the game on insanity difficulty now rewards "Insane" achievement correctly
• "Killing Spree" achievement should now be easier to achieve with the Avatar changes
• Spring building grid is now "smarter"
• Construction queue now cancels right slot
• All opened/unopened chests now save correctly
• Final door in map01 now opens correctly if loading save in certain part of the map
• Map02 debris pile now works correctly

Let us know if you enjoyed the game, because that makes our day! :)

Cheers, Sauli, Niko, Tero, Santeri, Akseli & Jenni aka Skydome Entertainment

[ 2019-06-27 16:10:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everybody, with this 1.105 update we're fixing a bunch of small issues in The Hive.

We've read through tons of your feedback, with this update we plan to fix several small issues the community reported for us. This update features:

• Units spawned from Queen now take population cap into consideration
• Spring now shows right portrait when selected
• +2,+3 Attack and armor upgrade are now correctly saved
• "Ding" achievement now requires unit to be level 20, instead of 30
• "Play of the game" achievement now requires Avatar instead of Medic
• Wraith hp buffed from 300 -> 1000, Wraith damage increased from 5 -> 15
• "So Bright It Burns" achievement now again works when you light torches to burn the wraith
• "Full Hive" achievement now requires population of 200 instead of 24
• Black fog added so players cant see over the edges of the map
• Speaker subtitles now show correct speaker in map02
• Map07 A.I now gives players more time to prepare for incoming attack
• Medic now has voice lines
• Save/load menu bars now use correct texture
• Map01 camera bounds are now working correctly
• Attack and defence upgrades now apply to new and old units correctly
• Map02 no longer auto completes when you load a saved file in certain part of the map
• Videos for Linux are now using custom .ogv videos rendered using VP8 codec

Thank you all so much for being such a supportive and positive crowd, our work continues towards the next update! :) Let us know what you think!

Skydome Entertainment ~Sauli

[ 2019-06-25 17:38:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

https://youtu.be/VHW9GGoOSDM

The Hive - Official Trailer

Hello everyone! We have released all new Official trailer for The Hive. The store front is also updated to better reflect the latest version of the game. The most eagle-eyed among you might notice new units and buildings which are coming in the 1.200 update :)

Let us know what you think!

Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2019-06-14 15:11:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 1.100 - Winds of Change

Hello everyone! Today we are proud to release update 1.100 Winds of Change for The Hive. We wanted to especially focus on adding features requested by the community. Our plan was to update The Hive from Unity Engine 5.6.7 to 2019.1 version. 1.100 update remarks the biggest patch we have done for the game so far. One of the most significant improvements was to rework the whole game interface and the addition of full 4k support. Other major visual upgrade was converting the whole project to use linear color space, and the addition of new visual post processing effects. Also, notable updates are the addition of two new Insectoid buildings, two new units for Chalatoi faction and all new visuals for Infected faction. We also made all new spell and particle effects utilizing the now available tools. You can now hide the game interface using (L) key, to take shiny screenshots.

We would love to hear your feedback on the new changes!

Gameplay Updates

• New Insectoid buildings, the spring and the burrow (burrow has 4 model variations)
• New enemy units, chalatoi bowman and spearman
• The vast majority of all particle effects in the game have been redone
• Buildings can now be properly selected when they are being built
• Several cutscenes improved
• Pathfinding system improved
• Player objectives now work correctly when loading a save

Graphics Improvements

• All new post processing effects
• Color space changed from Gamma to Linear
• Lighting data rebaked for all scenes
• Additional detail added to all maps
• Infected faction has all new textures
• Several world object textures improved
• Animations added to several world objects
• All buildings now have debris effect when they are destroyed
• Buildings now have hover circle for selection
• Scene lighing changes on color and position
• Several units and plants now glow in the dark, illuminating nearby objects
• All levels now have reflections for metallic objects like coins, gold and weapons

Unit rebalance

The new population system, introduced along with the burrow building, now has a much higher maximum population of 200 (up from 40). You start with 25 maximum population with a hive, but building a burrow will increase the cap by 35.

• Legionnaire attack reduced to 4 (down from 5)
• Legionnaire population cost increased to 5 (up from 1)
• Hunter armour piercing passive has been fixed
• Medic population cost increased to 3 (up from 1)
• Medic's revive ability has been moved to the Avatar, to give it more value and limit the amount of available revives
• Queen population cost increased to 6 (up from 1)
• Wasp population cost increased to 3 (up from 1)
• Wasp poison damage increased to 2 per second (up from 1 per second)
• Wasp maximum health increased to 200 (up from 160)
• Avatar population cost increased to 6 (up from 1)
• Avatar food cost increased to 150 (up from 100)
• Rhino population cost increased to 3 (up from 1)
• Unit upgrades now cost 100/200/300 DNA (down from 250/500/750)

UI Rework

This is a complete re-write of the UI system to use the new Unity canvases. It was required to get 4K support. We added a way to hide your UI with a keybind (default is L) that can be rebound in the new settings interface. You can also press the highres screenshot button (default Alt+P) to take a 4K screenshot.

• 4K resolution support
• A large amount of UI images were redone at a higher resolution
• Completely redesigned settings controls section
• Unlimited inventory space
• Item stats now have highlight colours for positive/negative effects
• New health bar effects
• Bosses and buildings now have larger health bars
• Dialog subtitles now show who is talking, with matching colours
• Objectives are now prettier
• Units that have to be unlocked are now shown in grey, and tell where they can be unlocked from
• New building queue shows how many units you have in queue past 4
• Selecting chests, fishing spots, or mineral veins now shows a hint about how to harvest them
• Chests, fishing spots, and mineral veins now have portraits
• The final boss' [spoiler]protective bubble button now has a cool new glow around it[/spoiler]
• Game engine is updated from 32 bit to support 64 bit operating systems

Audio Changes

New Audio

• Legionnaire
• Hunter
• Worker mining, fishing, gathering food
• Interactions (light torch, open chest...)
• Improved audio for several cutscenes
• Attack and ability sounds for several bosses and enemies
• UI sounds
• Logo screen sound effect

Improved Audio

• Possibility to dynamically adjust sound and music volume from options
• General volume adjustments
• Voice line fixes
• 3D sound range adjustments
• Improved SFX limit system
• Fixed doppler!

New Music

• Map 03
• Map 04
• Map 06
• Map 07
• Map 09
• Map 10
• Main menu

Please leave feedback on the new changes!

We would love to hear your feedback on the forums on how to improve the game further. Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2019-06-10 16:13:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 1.090 - Save & Load Anywhere Released

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 1.090 for The Hive Our plan for this update was to add save&load anywhere feature and quality of life improvements. We are also adding one of the four new units to Chalatoi faction. In the future updates, we are planning to change how population cap works, add new player buildings and units. Our plan is to add more strategy for combat, where certain units are not always the strongest solution.

• You can now save and load anywhere in the game
• Chalatoi have gained new worker unit
• You now start the levels with additional workers
• GUI improvements with sharper textures
• Close buttons for several menus
• Lightmaps updated
• Light probes updated for better unit lighting.
• Chalatoi workers now change tool depending on the activity
• Boss area of effect damage can now affect player buildings
• New particle effects added for Artifact
• New particle effects added for mineral veins
• New game icons for desktop and launcher
• Survival difficulty is temporarily disabled to prepare new game features
• Several performance updates
• Several small bug fixes

Please leave feedback on the new changes

We would love to hear your feedback on the forums on how to improve the game further. ps. We had a small issue before with Steam upload, new patch is now available on all Steam servers. Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2019-03-24 15:33:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 1.080 - Update Released

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 1.080 for The Hive Our plan for this update was changes to population cap and quality of life improvements

• Squad number restrictions removed on other than Queen & Avatar
• Total population cap increased to 60, up from 24
• Camera speed and rotation increased on Default (you can change it from options)
• All gold piles can now be picked up for resources
• Quest objectives now have more pickup sound effects
• First level now has two more objectives to guide player
• Second mission tooth sandpile location changed
• Added better collision to Skeleton King room pedestal
• Lights re-calculated for five levels
• Pathfinding error fixed on debris clear
• Light probs updated on several dynamic objects
• Music volume decreased on default
• World sound effect volume decreased on default
• Legionnaire sound effect volume decreased on default
• Changes to Dara'thull Statue cutscene
• Changes to cutscene camera angles and distance
• Worker population cost changed to 1
• Legionnaire population cost changed to 2
• Hunter population cost changed to 2
• Medic population cost changed to 2
• Avatar population cost changed to 3
• Queen population cost changed to 3
• Wasp population cost changed to 3
• Rhino population cost changed to 3

Please leave feedback on the new changes

Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2017-05-23 17:31:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 1.080 - Update Released

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 1.080 for The Hive Our plan for this update was changes to population cap and quality of life improvements

• Squad number restrictions removed on other than Queen & Avatar
• Total population cap increased to 60, up from 24
• Camera speed and rotation increased on Default (you can change it from options)
• All gold piles can now be picked up for resources
• Quest objectives now have more pickup sound effects
• First level now has two more objectives to guide player
• Second mission tooth sandpile location changed
• Added better collision to Skeleton King room pedestal
• Lights re-calculated for five levels
• Pathfinding error fixed on debris clear
• Light probs updated on several dynamic objects
• Music volume decreased on default
• World sound effect volume decreased on default
• Legionnaire sound effect volume decreased on default
• Changes to Dara'thull Statue cutscene
• Changes to cutscene camera angles and distance
• Worker population cost changed to 1
• Legionnaire population cost changed to 2
• Hunter population cost changed to 2
• Medic population cost changed to 2
• Avatar population cost changed to 3
• Queen population cost changed to 3
• Wasp population cost changed to 3
• Rhino population cost changed to 3

Please leave feedback on the new changes

Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2017-05-23 17:29:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, I wanted to make this thread to answer some of the basic questions that the community has had. If you want some additional information, feel free to ask :)

Basic information

Story of The Hive is inspired by novel "The Descent" released in 1999. In the novel humans discover caverns of hell beneath pacific ocean and send expedition to explore them. Gameplay is inspired by Homeworld and Dawn of War series. Level names like "Gehenna" or "Great Wastelands" are homage to Homeworld. There is also Kadesh eye symbol painted on the Chala'toi helmets. Homeworld is my personal favorite game of all time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descent_(novel)

Design

Design of the Insectoid race is based on Crustacean and Arachnid creatures. We did not want to make the insectoids disgusting for players and went after "cool" factor instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustacean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid In the original script, first of the Insectoid race is born as you start the game. The waters in planet Eden have special property, that speed up evolution of new primordial creatures significantly. Insectoids were going to be amphibian race, that adapted to the dangers of the new world.

Q&A

Q: Intro is confusing, what do the humans have to do with the game? A: Intro is prelude to explain how the humans arrive on planet Eden. Player is going to encounter them later in the story. When the game starts, first of the Insectoids is spawned in the underground world of Eden. The human faction is currently on the planet orbit and surface. Q: Derelict ship is millions of years old, are they the humans? A: Derelict ship had crashed on Eden millions of years before the events of the game. They are not human faction but something entirely different. It's not the only ship.. there are many more burried on the surface.. Human campaign is going to shed more light, on what caused them to crash on the planet.
Q: How is the story going to continue after Insectoid campaign? A: Story would continue with human campaign. Starting from the events happening after arrival on Eden. Human campaign gameplay would be turn based instead of real-time. We had great ideas, that we could not do with the current real-time mechanics. Q: What is going to be in the next update? A: We are currently working on "save where you want" feature and making the gameplay feel smoother. Q: How big is the development team? A: We are small Finnish game studio with core 3 people. Q: What other games have you worked on before? A: My first personal game "Joutomaa" was released on Moddb back in 2010. It's currently scheduled for Steam release. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=372020592 --- http://steamcommunity.com/app/325730/discussions/0/305510202675378444/ All the best ~Sauli

[ 2016-10-30 18:45:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, I wanted to make this thread to answer some of the basic questions that the community has had. If you want some additional information, feel free to ask :)

Basic information

Story of The Hive is inspired by novel "The Descent" released in 1999. In the novel humans discover caverns of hell beneath pacific ocean and send expedition to explore them. Gameplay is inspired by Homeworld and Dawn of War series. Level names like "Gehenna" or "Great Wastelands" are homage to Homeworld. There is also Kadesh eye symbol painted on the Chala'toi helmets. Homeworld is my personal favorite game of all time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descent_(novel)

Design

Design of the Insectoid race is based on Crustacean and Arachnid creatures. We did not want to make the insectoids disgusting for players and went after "cool" factor instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustacean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid In the original script, first of the Insectoid race is born as you start the game. The waters in planet Eden have special property, that speed up evolution of new primordial creatures significantly. Insectoids were going to be amphibian race, that adapted to the dangers of the new world.

Q&A

Q: Intro is confusing, what do the humans have to do with the game? A: Intro is prelude to explain how the humans arrive on planet Eden. Player is going to encounter them later in the story. When the game starts, first of the Insectoids is spawned in the underground world of Eden. The human faction is currently on the planet orbit and surface. Q: Derelict ship is millions of years old, are they the humans? A: Derelict ship had crashed on Eden millions of years before the events of the game. They are not human faction but something entirely different. It's not the only ship.. there are many more burried on the surface.. Human campaign is going to shed more light, on what caused them to crash on the planet.
Q: How is the story going to continue after Insectoid campaign? A: Story would continue with human campaign. Starting from the events happening after arrival on Eden. Human campaign gameplay would be turn based instead of real-time. We had great ideas, that we could not do with the current real-time mechanics. Q: What is going to be in the next update? A: We are currently working on "save where you want" feature and making the gameplay feel smoother. Q: How big is the development team? A: We are small Finnish game studio with core 3 people. Q: What other games have you worked on before? A: My first personal game "Joutomaa" was released on Moddb back in 2010. It's currently scheduled for Steam release. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=372020592 --- http://steamcommunity.com/app/325730/discussions/0/305510202675378444/ All the best ~Sauli

[ 2016-10-30 18:43:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive has now been released from Early Access!

Hello everyone, After two years of Early Access The Hive is now officially released! The Hive 1.01 is what we envisioned, when development of the game started in 2014. We set out to make game that combines RTS & RPG elements, with puzzles and compelling story.


Early Access adopters have provided us with great feedback, brilliant suggestions, and dedicated game testing reports.

Thank You!

We hope you will enjoy The Hive as much as we enjoyed making it. The Drowned God lies dreaming All the best ~Sauli

[ 2016-08-25 16:06:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive has now been released from Early Access!

Hello everyone, After two years of Early Access The Hive is now officially released! The Hive 1.01 is what we envisioned, when development of the game started in 2014. We set out to make game that combines RTS & RPG elements, with puzzles and compelling story.


Early Access adopters have provided us with great feedback, brilliant suggestions, and dedicated game testing reports.

Thank You!

We hope you will enjoy The Hive as much as we enjoyed making it. The Drowned God lies dreaming All the best ~Sauli

[ 2016-08-25 16:06:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive release date is August 25th!

Hello everyone, We have been working on The Hive for two years on Early Access, we are happy to announce that it's now ready for full release on Steam. Steam release date has been set to August 25th 2016

Development

Idea for The Hive was born ten years ago, I was reading a novel about humans who discover caverns of hell beneath pasific ocean and send expedition to research them. Gameplay wise games like Homeworld and Dawn of War series have been huge inspiration to us.

Future

With Community support we would also love to continue the series with Human Campaign We have also been working on two other games alongside The Hive. First is Half-life 2 modification called "Joutomaa" https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=372020592 Second one is 2D To-Be-Announced digging game that has randomly generated levels

Fan Support

We also want to thank the support from our Early Access adopters who've provided us with great feedback, brilliant suggestions, and dedicated game testing reports. It warms my heart to see people that tried 0.01 version two years ago (our Early Access launch) are still playing The Hive today and providing feedback on new content.

Thank You!

All the best ~Sauli

[ 2016-08-22 13:57:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive release date is August 25th!

Hello everyone, We have been working on The Hive for two years on Early Access, we are happy to announce that it's now ready for full release on Steam. Steam release date has been set to August 25th 2016

Development

Idea for The Hive was born ten years ago, I was reading a novel about humans who discover caverns of hell beneath pasific ocean and send expedition to research them. Gameplay wise games like Homeworld and Dawn of War series have been huge inspiration to us.

Future

With Community support we would also love to continue the series with Human Campaign We have also been working on two other games alongside The Hive. First is Half-life 2 modification called "Joutomaa" https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=372020592 Second one is 2D To-Be-Announced digging game that has randomly generated levels

Fan Support

We also want to thank the support from our Early Access adopters who've provided us with great feedback, brilliant suggestions, and dedicated game testing reports. It warms my heart to see people that tried 0.01 version two years ago (our Early Access launch) are still playing The Hive today and providing feedback on new content.

Thank You!

All the best ~Sauli

[ 2016-08-22 13:57:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 0.16 - Ending Cinematic Released

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.16 for The Hive Our plan for this update was to add Ending Cinematic, Fog of War, Difficulty modes, Survival mode and 40 Achievments for The Hive

• Ending Cinematic added
• Fog of War added
• Three difficulty modes added
• Survival mode - units and resources carry on to next level
• 40 Steam Achievements added
• "D" Subtitle bug source found and fixed
• Hower circle bug fixed
• Options now has keybinds
• Added option to hide subtitles
• Unity launcher removed (you can now change same settings inside game options)
• Fixed problem in pathfinding where units would sometimes get stuck
• Steam Cloud saves are now enabled
• Each difficulty has its own save file

Please leave feedback on the new changes!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/325730/ Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2016-07-16 11:58:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 0.16 - Ending Cinematic Released

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.16 for The Hive Our plan for this update was to add Ending Cinematic, Fog of War, Difficulty modes, Survival mode and 40 Achievments for The Hive

• Ending Cinematic added
• Fog of War added
• Three difficulty modes added
• Survival mode - units and resources carry on to next level
• 40 Steam Achievements added
• "D" Subtitle bug source found and fixed
• Hower circle bug fixed
• Options now has keybinds
• Added option to hide subtitles
• Unity launcher removed (you can now change same settings inside game options)
• Fixed problem in pathfinding where units would sometimes get stuck
• Steam Cloud saves are now enabled
• Each difficulty has its own save file

Please leave feedback on the new changes!

Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2016-07-16 11:58:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 0.15 Released & Upcoming features

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.15 for The Hive Our plan for this update was to increase performance and continue to integrate The Hive to new Unity 5 engine. We also worked hard to fix bugs caused by change of engine, for example how new physics work. We also wanted to talk about upcoming features we have planned for The Hive and community feedback.

Difficulty modes

Our plan has been to introduce Difficulty modes for those that have already completed The Hive and seek more challenge. Survival Difficulty that let's you keep all the units you have from one level to next and in the same time making the game world more dangerous. Each difficulty would have it's own save file that you choose from mainmenu

• Normal difficulty (the current one)
• Survival (Units, resources, dna, items and everything carry over to next mission, monsters are much harder and you resources are more scarce)
• Hard difficulty (Unlocked after completing campaign on normal, increases monster difficulty)
• Insanity difficulty (Unlocked after completing campaign on Hard, more monsters, more difficult, more boss abilities, damage greatly increased)

Steam Achievements

• 40 Unique Achievements total
• Some Achievements are tied to boss battles, avoid X ability etc
• Style is based on pixelart
• Simple, clean, easy to read the picture and what it represents
• We would like to design interesting achievements based on player feedback and suggestions

0.15 Bug fixes & Features:

• Physics performance increased
• More light optimizing, increased ammount of light spots
• Game music and sound effects now always play on priority 1 (stops stuttering)
• Physics collision improved, units now only hit correct layers
• Shadow casters improved on all levels
• Shaders updated for several objects and creatures
• Boss ability timers and values tuned
• Item drag bug fixed
• Several colliders updated
• Debug spam greatly reduced (developer console)
• Unit "mass" updated for better collision
• map02 treasury jewel now glows red so it's easier to spot
• Smoke now uses right color
• Building chimneys now have right particle effect
• Wasp shader fixed
• "Shadow" unit shaders fixed
• "Bomb" guy now properly shows the target it's fixated on
• Ara'desh and ???? ability colliders now work again
• Map10 developer window is now hidden
• Lightray flickering fixed

Please leave feedback on the new changes!

Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2016-05-13 17:54:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 0.14 - Unity 5 update is now available

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.14 for The Hive Our plan for this update was to upgrade whole project from Unity 4 to Unity 5.3.4p2 version, We also wanted to focus on fixing known bugs and improve certain boss fights.

Bug fixes & Features:

• Whole project upgraded to use Unity 5 engine
• Shadows are now enabled on all levels on default
• 95% of all shaders now use new one
• Lights on every level optimized and changed
• Camera movement speed increased 1 -> 1.5
• Units no longer get stuck underground
• Better pathfinding
• More abilities added to ????
• More special monsters added
• Queen attack now has a slightly larger range and quicker attack speed
• Second mission ambush units are now stronger
• Powerfield and Necromancer skills fixed
• "Under attack" audio no longer plays during cutscene
• Egg laying mechanism fixed
• Music volume level is now same if another song starts
• "Shadow" units have more hp
• Hive and barracks both increase population cap
• Worker den increases worker build cap by 2
• Attackmove bug fixed
• Right clicking on unit no longer deselects its target circle
• You can no longer shift select multiple enemy units
• Retreat button now has small cooldown to prevent spamming it
• Shader issues related to transfer fixed

  Please leave feedback on the new changes!

  
  Best of wishes ~Sauli
  
  [ 2016-04-17 10:07:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 0.13 - Drowned God is now available

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.13 for The Hive called "Drowned God" Our plan for this update was to more playable content, puzzles, music, npcs, balance the game and fix existing bugs (no pun intended)

Bug fixes & Features:

• New mission - Drowned God
• New Enemy units - ????
• Two new music tracks added
• New boss abilities added
• New Portraits added
• New Puzzles added
• Player Buildings now regenerate HP
• Chests always drop atleast one item
• Item pickup only works with right click while unit is selected
• Worker Den Attack and defence upgrades cap at lvl3
• Dead turtles now show remaining food value
• Bosses now do fixed ammount of damage on player buildings
• Legionnaires now have out of combat passive regen
• Hunters now have passive armor pierce ability
• Turret attack speed increased, damage lowered
• Hunter attack speed increased, damage lowered
• Only Squad Leader gets upgrade buffs
• Bug fixed where enemy units would gain same damage and defence upgrades player researches
• Pathfinding no longer warps units
• Ancient attack damage in first mission 15 -> 10, armor reduced by one
• Retreat speed increased

Please leave feedback on the new changes!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/325730/ Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2016-03-12 00:32:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 0.122 update is now available!

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.122 for The Hive Our plan for this update was to fix bugs, add new gui information and new kind of stats to items

Bug fixes & Features:

• New item properties
• Critical strike - Deal double damage
• Poison - Deal 40% additional damage over 4 seconds
• Maim - Lower targets damage by 30% for 5 seconds
• Life Leech - Gain a % of damage done as health
• Armor pierce - Ignore X defence
• Reflect - Return X damage when hit
• Unit selection now has highlight on middle gui
• Double clicking unit on middle gui selects it
• Construction bar size fixed
• New font added to options, loadingscreen and ingame
• Medic skill cooldowns are longer
• Maps now have more enemy patrols
• Enemy patrols show in the minimap
• Attack damage removed from levelup
• Tab selection fixed
• Boss names changed
• Resources renamed to Minerals
• Middle gui now shows tooltip on Food, mineral, population and dna
• Insectoid eggs added to the first spawning pool

Please leave feedback on the new changes!

Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2016-02-04 18:34:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 0.12 update is now available!

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.12 for The Hive Our plan for this update was to to add new unit, new unit abilities and more items. We also worked on improving the A.I and pathfinding

Bug fixes & Features:

• New Insectoid Unit - Rhino
• 27 new items
• New Medic ability - Resurrect
• New Avatar ability - Chain bolt
• New Queen ability - Call worker, spawn unit
• New Rhino ability - Taunt
• Squads now use improved Pathfinding
• Enemy units now have more patrol routes
• A.I targeting improved
• You can now see enemy stats
• Old items have been rebalanced
• Buildings now have construction bar on top of them
• Buildings now have health bar on top of them
• Research progress now shows on top of the building
• Deselection bug fixed
• Defence max cap set to 70% damage reduction
• More Advisor information sounds added
• Worker selection stays after structure is built
• Worker dig up animation is now faster
• Unit now plays whole attack animation when target dies
• Unit volume now actually does something
• You can now cancel unit and research production by clicking queue
• Dodge and block stats have been added
• Force attack on buildings now overrides aggro
• New unit and ability icons added

  Please leave feedback on the new changes!

  
  Best of wishes ~Sauli
  
  [ 2016-01-29 21:52:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

New Items - Concept Art

http://i.imgur.com/HIJaR4W.png Hello everyone, As requested by the community, here are new items we are currently working on. One of the suggestions was that items that Insectoids can carry are more organic instead of normal gear like armor and swords. We would also like to decrease the current stats of items and make the attributes more interesting. You could have passive and active item effects like cleave, lifesteal, hp regen or "cursed" items that have posivite and negative effects at the same time.

We would love to hear suggestions on what kind of new items you would like to see, both visually and how they affect the current game mechanics.

We are also developing new Insectoid unit upgrade from Legionnaire to "Rhino" This unit would act as a armored "tank" of the Insectoid army that has taunt. Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2015-12-01 12:06:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 0.11 - Lost City is now available!

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.11 for The Hive called "Lost City" Our plan for this update was to make add more puzzle elements and add treasures to make exploration more rewarding. We have also added new features for testing, for example options menu.

Bug fixes & Features:

• New mission - Lost City
• New Enemy unit - Arkanoth
• New Insectoid building - Turret
• Options menu added
• You can now skip cutscenes using space
• Audiodatabase added to handle custom audio volumes
• Treasure Chests added to all maps, can be opened using Worker
• New boss abilities added
• Drag selection box collision improved
• Pathfinding improvments
• Lizardman faction buffed
• You can now shift select multiple items from inventory
• Inventory has Dissolve trash items button
• AI changes target if kited
• Sunken City models have better collision
• Tech reseach time increased
• Item drop % reduced
• Legendary item stats reduced
• AI defend has range and reset radius
• Workers now always gather meat from source
• "Next update in" Timer no longer shows negative values
• Medic heal range increased
• Hive heal increased based on %
• Hive heals less when in combat
• Hive Queen can now attack Scorpion boss
• Retreating units can be commanded
• Some voice commands were too loud and have been reduced in volume

  Please leave feedback on the new changes!

  
  Best of wishes ~Sauli
  
  [ 2015-11-27 18:44:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 0.10 - Derelict Ship is now available!

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.10 for The Hive called "Derelict Ship" Our plan for this update was to make something spooky to celebrate Halloween. We have also added new features for testing.

Bug fixes & Features:

• New mission - Derelict Ship
• New Enemy Faction - ????
• Ara'desh and Gatekeeper now have more abilities.
• Medic now has AOE heal ability
• Wasp now has AOE ability
• Wasp now has stacking poison sting attack
• New music added
• AI behavior improved
• Avatar now has own GUI image
• Enemy factions can now fight each other
• Avatar can be purchased on the new mission
• Camera move speed slightly increased
• Animated portraits added for ???? faction
• Chalatoi buildings leave rubble behind when destroyed

  *** WARNING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVICED ***

  
  [spoiler] https://youtu.be/XTgFtxHhCQ0?t=1m35s [/spoiler] Happy Halloween everyone! ~Sauli
  
  [ 2015-10-23 16:44:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Sunken City is now available!

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.09 for The Hive called "Sunken City" Our plan for this update was to release more playable content and add more boss battle elements for the players. The community has requested larger maps and we are pleased to announce that the new level is four times larger than the earlier ones!

Bug fixes & Features:

• New mission - Sunken City
• New Enemy unit - Necromancer
• New Insectoid unit - Avatar
• Play Again now saves inventory and upgrades.
• Added a sound for burning buildings.
• Added Unit Commands to the GUI.
• Hold command should now work properly.
• Fixed the ”Cannot build” audio playing at the wrong time.
• New portraits added for Avatar and Necromancer
• Improved performance with pathfinding and the interface.
• Necromancer now has "meteor" abilities

  Feedback

  
  Let us know what you think and be part of the development! All the best ~Sauli
  
  [ 2015-09-11 13:30:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Gatekeeper is now available!

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.08 for The Hive called "The Gatekeeper" Our plan for this update was to release more playable content and introduce new boss battle elements for the players. We felt that boss monsters should be more challenging and interesting. ACT1 Ancient (Crab boss) has been enchanced with the new abilities to tune and test the system. Please provide us feedback how the new fight feels! Our other plan was to enable DNA upgrades to unlock new units. Player now has the option to choose when he wants to unlock X unit or upgrade.

Bug fixes & Features:

• New mission - The Gatekeeper
• New Enemy unit - Gatekeeper
• New Insectoid unit - Wasp
• DNA can be used to unlock new units
• First level Ancient now has enchanced abilities
• Ability system added, monsters can now deal AOE damage and effects
• New "ability" circles added to indicate where AOE hits
• New GUI images for Wasp and scorpion
• ACT4 AI is now easier and can run out of resources
• ACT4 added more resources
• Hive Queen finally buffs other units correctly
• Inventory now has sound effects
• Resource piles now decrease and increase when you spend resources
• Tabulator button now rotates the "selected" unit
• Double clicking on unit GUI selects the unit
• Wasp sounds added
• Pathfinding improved

  Feedback

  
  Let us know what you think and be part of the development! All the best ~Sauli
  
  [ 2015-08-14 13:28:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive 0.071 is now available!

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.071 for The Hive Our plan for this update was to fix several issues and bugs found. We also plan to add another update 0.072 before 0.08 comes live.

Bug fixes & Features:

• New items added
• GUI Food and resource icons changed
• Canceling building now refunds spent resources
• Item dupe bug fixed
• Hive now gets food and resource piles when receiving materials
• Buildings can no longer be build on top of units
• Inventory GUI text offset fixed
• Units now teleport if getting stuck
• Items are now easier to be picked up
• Item text now changes color when you hover over it
• Item piles visual model and sparkle effects increased

Let us know on the forums what you think about the new changes! All the best ~Sauli

[ 2015-07-07 12:11:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Gehenna is now available!

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.07 for The Hive called "Gehenna" Our plan for this update was to release more playable content and introduce new RPG elements for the players. We felt that exploring and defeating the enemy creatures should be more rewarding. Enemy creatures now have chance to drop loot that Insectoid faction can take advantage of. There has been a lot of tuning with the new system and we want to gather more feedback from the players. Our other plan was to add item upgrades and new currency for players called "DNA" This is used to evolve and adapt Insectoids to face the challenges of planet Eden.

Bug fixes & Features:

• New mission - Gehenna
• New Item system Introduced
• New Currency "DNA" added
• You can now purchase upgrades from Worker Den using "DNA"
• Salvage units now carry food back to closest Hive or Den
• Units now need to be close to objects to pick it up
• Salvage units now spawn from closest Hive or Den
• Inventory system added
• Items now have five different qualities
• Items now have icons and describtion
• A.I SYSTEM improved "Witch-hunt" feature added
• Enemy buildings now show selection circle properly
• Hunters now have new attack sounds
• Several new sound effects added
• "The Great Wastelands" Music extended.
• Puzzles now have new sound effects

  Feedback

  
  Let us know what you think and be part of the development! All the best ~Sauli
  
  [ 2015-06-26 18:35:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Ancient Waterway is now available!

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.06 for The Hive called "Ancient Waterway" Our plan for this update was to release more playable content and introduce new AI system for the players. This enables us to make missions where you get more pressure from the opponent, welcome variation to the earlier story heavy missions. There has been a lot of tuning with the new system, making sure the fights still feel fair for the players. Our other plan was to improve gameplay and hotkeys, to make playing the game as smooth as possible.

Bug fixes & Features:

• New mission - The Ancient Waterway
• A.I SYSTEM functions: build base, troops, gather resources, defend, attack, kill switch
• New enemy soldier - Chala'toi axeman
• New enemy soldier - Chala'toi swordsman
• New enemy soldier - Chala'toi worker
• New enemy soldier - Chala'toi spearman
• Chala'toi buildings now have portrait and can be destroyed
• Chala'toi buildings set on fire when damaged
• Insectoid buildings can now be destroyed
• Artifact now has portrait
• Workers now make sound when you issue commands
• Units no longer get stuck on slopes
• A.I now changes target to closest enemy if kited
• A.I improved
• Game now properly saves after each completed level
• You can no longer attack own units
• Medic now has longer heal radius and cant spam heal
• Resurrecting units using Hive now costs 5 food, down from 10
• Camera elevation bug fixed
• Lava Golem cutscene bug fixed
• You can now hear Advisor warning lines on every map (food, resource, popcap)
• You now need to defeat more Chala'toi commanders on third level
• Loading screen tips now show more revelant information
• Pressing "F1" now finds and selects idle workers
• Pressing "T" now issues attack move
• Pressing "shift+paint" now selects more units to excisting squad
  

  Feedback

  
  Player feedback has been amazing, we love listening to all the cool ideas you have, it's possible to find many of these suggestions already inside the game. In the future, let us know what you think and be part of the development! All the best ~Sauli
  
  [ 2015-05-29 14:30:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Great Wastelands is now available!

Hello everyone, for patch 0.05 we have been focusing on adding more content, features and fixing issues reported by the community. As always we thank everyone for the important feedback! ---

Bug fixes & Features:

• New mission - The Great Wastelands
• New enemy faction - Chala'toi
• New Wildlife creature - Dimetrodon
• New Insectoid Unit - Medic
• New Music
• New Sound effects
• New Creature sounds
• Enemy buildings
• A.I Upgrades
• Minimap redone
• Performance fixes and FPS increase
• Neutral and Enemy unit hpbar color adjusted
• Resource piles now have avatar and show food/mineral ammount
• Pathfinding improved
• Building placement now uses GRID
• Tomb of Ara'desh paintings improved
• Movement and attack of King Ara'desh fixed
• Hotkey issues fixed
• Delete key can now be used to kill own units --- Best of wishes and keep the feedback coming! ~Sauli
  
  [ 2015-04-24 14:00:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Insectoid Avatar - Concept Art

http://i.imgur.com/bJkwgWz.png Please vote on the following concept art, let us know which concept you like most and why! Insectoid Avatar is physical image of the player in the game world. It is possible to upgrade Avatar to fill different roles. These upgrades would change the visual appearance. Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2015-03-12 18:18:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, for patch 0.04 we have been focusing on adding more features and fixing issues reported by the community. One of the special things we added are Steam Tradings Cards that reward the community. As always we thank everyone for the important feedback! ---

Bug fixes & Features:

• Steam Trading Cards
• Middle GUI information added
• Middle GUI prepared for item drops and gear
• Middle GUI now shows the target attack damage and armor
• Buildings now have unit production queue
• New Wildlife creature sounds added
• Several sound effects added
• Economy balancing
• Units now cost more resources
• Food counts increased
• Unit balancing
• Units should no longer freeze
• A.I improved
• Units now have mass which affects if they can be pushed by other units
• units now reset aggro if you kite them too far
• Units now have correct building count timers
• Camera movement improved around map edges, no more stuttering
• Dead units respawn from the dead when healing, replenishing squads cost food
• Slowpoke Hive Queen was buffed and now has more speed, health and damage
• Minimap offset in second map is now fixed
• Minimap optimizing
• Terrain adjustments on both maps to avoid units getting stuck
• You can no longer win and lose the map at the same time
• Salvage units now have more hp and wont be killed instantly
• decreased volume on combat sounds that were too loud
• Lizardman speed and sight radius increased
• Hotkeys improved
• Pathfinding improved
• Unit hpbar locations adjusted
• Turtle speed buffed
• Worker now has sound effects
• Hunter now has sound effects
• Turtle now has sound effects
• Wraith now has sound effects
• Skeleton King selection circle is fixed
• New music playing on game over --- Best of wishes and keep the feedback coming! ~Sauli
  
  [ 2015-02-20 20:11:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Hive - Content patch 0.03

Hello everyone, this is the first major optimizing and bugfixing content patch for The Hive, while we prepare for the launch of "The Great Wastelands" Again we thank you for all the feedback provided and bug reports. We are also prepairing to launch our other title "Joutomaa" on Steam. I will post more information about patch 0.04 update and new features in the future. ---

Bug fixes & Features:

• Major optimizing on the game
• Code optimizing
• Pathfinding fixes, units should no longer get stuck on terrain in "Tomb of Ara'desh"
• King Ara'desh rotation is now fixed and the boss is easier to target
• King Ara'desh selection circles fixed
• Several sound effects added
• Workerden should not be able to build units
• Restart button
• Spellchecking
• Reduced waiting time on Lavagolem cutscene
• InGameMenu Exit returns to main menu instead of desktop
• Mission can't be failed and completed at the same time anymore
• Added sound effect when Ara'desh burrial coffin opens
• Tooltips in Pools of Reflection now show right information
• Continue button fixed in Pools of Reflection
• Time until next update text is disabled when on loading screen
• Torches have light sound
• Workerden does not increase populationcap
• Added soundeffects to map02 Doors
• Tomb of Ara'desh the "I can hear the statue grinding" cutscene is now playing correctly if you insert both items on to the statue at the same time.
• stops all other music/sound in Tomb of Ara'desh final cutscene right before Complete sound starts.
• Fixed Credits sound design part. --- Best of wishes and keep the feedback coming! ~Sauli
  
  [ 2015-01-15 09:58:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Everyone, First, i'd like to thank everyone for all the positive feedback, it has been great moral boost for the whole team! The Hive patch 0.02 is now live! Tomb of Ara'desh will add more playable content to the game.

Features:

• Mac/Linux versions
• New playable level "Tomb of Ara'desh"
• New player building "Worker Den"
• Tooltips
• More ambient sounds
• Hpbars are now enabled.
• Trap mechanics.
• You can now see visually food and resource piles near "Worker Den"
• Minimap improvements, you can now click on the minimap location.
• Hotkeys improved. Clicking two times on unit group number moves camera to group position.
• Added better collider on doors.
• Added help tips and current map name to loading screen.
• Camera collider box improved.
• Mineral and food animals/pools now dissapear when they are depleted.
• Added timer on mainmenu to show estimated time when the next patch is going to be available for players.
• Unit movement and combat mechanics improved.
• Several bug fixes.

[ 2014-12-09 22:08:40 CET ] [ Original post ]