The fight for survival continues!

It's been a productive couple of months since the last update. Today we announced that Early Access for Hive Jump 2: Survivors will be opening on May 29th, 2024 in conjunction with our publishing partnership with Midwest Games! Most importantly, were also excited to share a new updated demo and have a survey live here where wed appreciate any of your feedback on how to keep improving Hive Jump 2: Survivors. In the meantime if you could wishlist the game it helps us out in a number of ways. Now on to the demo updates!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2545740/Hive_Jump_2_Survivors/

[h3]Features[/h3]

New Jumpers have been deployed!

• Cryo Jumper - This Jumper brings a chill to the heart of the hive, turning the tide of battle by slowing and stopping enemies, allowing allies to maneuver and strike with deadly precision.
  
• Exterminator - Designed for dealing with dense alien infestations, the Exterminator Jumper is a formidable force in bio-control warfare.
  
• Gold Jumper - This elite variant enjoys enhanced health and maximum equipment capacity, along with the ability to glean extra goo from pickupsa testament to its luxurious efficiency.
  
• Marksman - Armed with precision-engineered mag slugs, this Jumper can eliminate threats from a distance, with their attack range increasing with every level.
  
• Plasma - The plasma charger they wield sends devastating bolts of energy that not only damage but also forcefully repel enemies, with increasing knockback strength gained at each level.
  
• Tank - Equipped with the Brass Blessing, a weapon as robust as the Jumper itself, this variant is significantly slower due to a massive movement speed debuff but benefits from considerable increases in health and defense.
  
• Techno Jumper - This Jumper variant comes equipped with a Smart Turret utility, an automated defense system that provides both offensive and defensive support.
  
• And more!
  

• The price will always be at the top followed by the content.
  
• Three columns instead of quads.
  
• Less clicks to see the info you need.
  
• No more star ranks. They were confusing everyone.
  
• Room for stats on the screen! Look at all those stats!
  

• Green - Standard Issue (common)
  
• Blue - Enhanced Tech (uncommon)
  
• Purple - Advanced Tech (rare)
  
• Red - Quantum Tech (epic)
  
• Yellow - Ordovician Tech (legendary)
  

• Newly discovered relics!
  
• Challenge Jetpack Duration Relic - Jetpack duration increases by 25% for every challenge completed during the run.
  
• Hive Damage Relic - Increases grenade and weapon damage by 5% for every Hive destroyed during the run.
  
• Grenade Movement Speed Relic - Increase how often grenades are thrown by the player's movement speed.
  
• Power Relic - Increases the effectiveness of all other relics by 5%.
  
• And many more!
  

• Redesigned the Relics Menu
  
• Made the relic menu accessible on round complete screen
  
• Input and UI adjustments
  
• Revisions to healing potency of healing items
  
• Adjusted and modified maximum capacities for some relics

• Credit Card (more store options): 3
  
• Crusher Claw (increases defense stat): 3
  
• Expired Prescription (increases health gained from pickups): 5
  
• Fanny Pack (increases max equipment slots): 1
  
• Flash Drive (+1 free store reroll): 3
  
• Aerial Shell Shield (increases defense stat while jetpacking): 3
  
• Rusty Nail (increases pierce stat): 1
  
• Store Price Reduction Relic: 10
  
• Stringless Banjo (increases melee dodge stat): 5
  
• Vial of Goo (reduces jetpack cooldown): 6
  

[h2] You are alone. Your squad is dead. You have your weapon, a jetpack, and a fistful of courage. [/h2]

Fend off murderous alien hordes and transform their precious guts into explosive upgrades, utilities and relics. Become an overpowered agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelike.

• Blast Baddies -Utilize your Jetpack to dodge enemies and traverse the environment in search of Hives!
  
• Build Your Jumper - Earn weapons, upgrades, and abilities to build the ultimate soldier.
  
• Invest in Permanent Upgrades - Unlock permanent abilities to give your Jumper an edge from the start of every run.
  

• Join our Discord
  
• Follow on Twitter/X
  
• Instagram, too!
  
• Find us on Facebook
  

[h2]Survive as a lone soldier on an alien planet. [/h2]

You are alone. Your squad is dead. You have your weapon, a jetpack, and a fistful of courage. Fend off murderous alien hordes and transform their precious guts into explosive upgrades, utilities and relics. Become an overpowered agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelike!

• Blast Baddies -Utilize your Jetpack to dodge enemies and traverse the environment in search of Hives!
  
• Build Your Jumper - Earn weapons, upgrades, and abilities to build the ultimate soldier.
  
• Invest in Permanent Upgrades - Unlock permanent abilities to give your Jumper an edge from the start of every run.
  

• Join our Discord
  
• Follow on Twitter/X
  
• Instagram, too!
  
• Find us on Facebook
  

[h2]Survive as a lone soldier on an alien planet. [/h2]

You are alone. Your squad is dead. You have your weapon, a jetpack, and a fistful of courage. Fend off murderous alien hordes and transform their precious guts into explosive upgrades, utilities and relics. Become an overpowered agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelike!

• Blast Baddies -Utilize your Jetpack to dodge enemies and traverse the environment in search of Hives!
  
• Build Your Jumper - Earn weapons, upgrades, and abilities to build the ultimate soldier.
  
• Invest in Permanent Upgrades - Unlock permanent abilities to give your Jumper an edge from the start of every run.
  

• Join our Discord
  
• Follow on Twitter/X
  
• Instagram, too!
  
• Find us on Facebook
  

[h2]Survive as a lone soldier on an alien planet. [/h2]

Equip weapons, unlock power-ups, and hold on tight! Tear through alien hordes and become unstoppable in this action roguelite set in the Hive Jump universe!

• Blast Baddies -Utilize your Jetpack to dodge enemies and traverse the environment in search of Hives!
  
• Build Your Jumper - Earn weapons, upgrades, and abilities to build the ultimate soldier.
  
• Invest in Permanent Upgrades - Unlock permanent abilities to give your Jumper an edge from the start of every run.
  

• Join our Discord
  
• Follow on Twitter/X
  
• Instagram, too!
  
• Find us on Facebook
  

Steam Next Fest Demo is Available Now!

[h3]Features[/h3]

• Added the Major Upgrade Path. Unlock player upgrades to access even more powerful features such as additional player classes and special abilities for your jetpack.
  
• View your Active Relics in game via the Level Up and Wave End store menus.
  
• Unlock new Jetpack Abilities including AOE damage and and Health Regen.
  
• Activate new jumpers including the Runabout, Scout, and Bruiser Jumpers, each with unique starting equipment.
  
• Equip new Jetpack Cells to buff your Jumper while using the jetpack.
  
• Access the Survival Guide for gameplay tips and information.
  
• All new music and sound effects for gameplay and menus.
  

• Adjusted health and abilities of the core jumper sets.
  
• Added color indications to any increased stats in the combine window
  
• Added wishlist button and player feedback survey to Main Menu
  
• Added red dot notification for new upgrades/codex items
  
• Adjusted the color of the XP Bar to be Yellow to match the yellow store UI
  
• Adjusted the color of the Health Bar to be Pink to match the health pickups
  
• Added selected text animations at the start of waves to indicate any new threats
  
• Added text to the wave complete store
  

• Equipment names that take up two lines in the store menu will overlap each other slightly.
  
• Can move cursor off of only remaining shop item.
  
• Jumper's legs are always facing down when jetpacking
  
• Flamethrower goes invisible sometimes
  
• Steam Deck: The cursor appears at the center of the screen and doesn't disappear when using gamepad controls.
  
• Reroll cost is tough to read sometimes
  

Demo Update Available Now

Our latest update includes some more quality of life updates. This includes refinements of the UI to improve legibility and clarity, more updates to the font map(s), and other bug fixes and optimizations.



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Thanks for the continued feedback! Share with your friends and follow us on social.

Twitter
Facebook
Instagram

Also, if you haven't already, you should join our Hive Jump Discord server and say hello!

[h2]Demo Update Available Now[/h2]

Our latest update includes some nice quality of life updates. This includes additional UI to show stat comparisons when combining weapons, updates to the font map, and other bug fixes and optimizations.



Thanks for the continued feedback! Share with your friends and follow us on social.

Twitter
Facebook
Instagram

Also, if you haven't already, you should join our Hive Jump Discord server and say hello!

[h2]Survive as a lone soldier on an alien planet. [/h2]

Equip weapons, unlock power-ups, and hold on tight! Tear through alien hordes and become unstoppable in this action roguelite set in the Hive Jump universe.

• Build Your Jumper - Earn weapons, upgrades, and abilities to build the ultimate soldier.
  
• Invest Permanent Upgrades - Unlock permanent abilities to give your Jumper an edge from the start of every run.
  
• Blast Baddies -Utilize your Jetpack to dodge enemies and traverse the environment in search of Hives.
  

• Join our Discord
  
• Follow on Twitter/X
  
• Instagram, too!
  
• Find us on Facebook
  

The Bullet Heaven Fest is now live!

[previewyoutube=kbnVSYIk5bM;full][/previewyoutube]

Check out a fresh new demo for Hive Jump Survivors along with lots of other amazing games. Share with your friends and follow us on social.

• Twitter
  
• Facebook
  
• Instagram
  

Features

• Added a new game over menu which provides a breakdown of the player's run.
  
• Added acid pools that can damage the player.
  
• Added a combination preview card when combining equipment with a store item.
  
• Added attack and death animations for the Buzzer.
  
• Added death animations for the armorer.
  
• Added anticipation animations for grenades.
  
• Added anticipation and death animations for the Floater.
  
• Added new map decor.
  
• Added knockout to non-jumpable walls.
  
• Added art for the Smart Turret.
  

• Input icons now change depending on the input device being used.
  
• Locked jumpers no longer appear in the jumper selection menu.
  
• Updated UI text for readability.
  
• Fuse Grenade explosion brightness increased.
  
• Updated damage number tweening.
  
• Increased the clickable area of store buttons
  
• Increased the clickable area of the settings buttons.
  
• Updated the art for the speed power-up.
  

• Fixed an issue where combining equipment would throw an error.
  
• Fixed issues relating to infinite looping SFX audio.
  
• Fixed issues with enemies appearing inside the level geometry.
  

Bugfixes

• Fixed scaling issues for various UI elements.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player's hurtbox would not follow their sprite while jetpacking.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could combine any two equipped items of different types.
  
• Fixed an issue where the store menu would break if the player attempted to combine a store item with an equipped item of another type.
  
• Fixed an issue where the store menu would break if the player selected a store item while having a full inventory and no possible combinations.
  

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where the game camera wouldn't scale correctly at certain resolutions.
  
• Fixed an issue where the settings menu wouldn't show the current resolution.
  
• Fixed an issue where enemies could still collide with other enemies during their death animation.
  
• Fixed an issue where enemy death particles would end prematurely.
  
• Reduced the chance of enemies spawning inside of walls.
  
• Fixed a typo in the "I Don't Like Shooting Guns" achievement.
  

Features

• Added a permanent upgrade toggle to the upgrades menu so players can enable/disable their permanent upgrades in between runs.
  

• Added a cap to the number of armorers that can be alive at any given time.
  
• Added a section in the codex for jumpers and the achievements to unlock them.
  
• Replaced the temporary text on the jumper selection menu with info on the selected jumper.
  
• Restricted 'kill zone' challenges from spawning too early.
  

• Fixed Mag Slug's projectiles colliding with other projectiles.