Hi there! Super Duper Garrett Cooper here - I'm the main dev of Black Ice. I just thought you might like a sneak preview of what's coming in the next big patch. Nonadecimal and I have been working very hard on the game this year, putting out an indev branch patch on average about once a week. (Patch notes for the indev version are here!).
Just real quick off the top of my head - a new enemy (the Mor.tar.gz), HUGE performance improvements and bugfixes, five new perks, new animations for all enemies to allow a new combat mechanic (staggering), a debuff revamp, cross-character item stash, new types of EMPs/Discs, new uniques, lots of balancing, and enemies are even better at finding and killing you. All of these upgrades are actually accessible on the indev version right now.
Coming up after that, I'm working on crafting a new volcano zone, as an upgrade of the current lava zone. Our focus has been on creating new types of experiences within Black Ice! Nonadecimal has been working on a hub area called The Arcade, which be varied area with jump pads and tunnels - great for PVP!
Anyway - if you're new, welcome! If you're an old (black) hat - there's never been a better time to jack in to Black Ice ːwebcrawlerː
Black Ice is a Hack and Shoot – a Cyberpunk First-Person Shooter / Hack & Slash RPG about hacking. Think Borderlands meets Tron. The cyber-world is procedurally generated, the colors are neon, the loot is randomized, and the lasers are loud. Black Ice is currently in Beta, with updates on the way.
Features
Fast-paced First Person Combat
Billions of randomly generated items - Railguns! Rocket shotguns! Jetpacks!
Seamless 10-player online multiplayer - PVE and PVP!
A shiny, procedurally-generated neon world
Extremely open development
A wonderful original soundtrack (On Sale Here!) by epic composer V-Axys
Award-winning, addictive gameplay with high replay value
Mod Support
Photosensitive Mode
The Promise:
Every update for free
Zero microtransactions. This game will only ever cost you money once
Zero DRM
No copyright takedowns on Let's Play videos
Bug fixes will always be high priority
Price
Black Ice is only this cheap for a limited time! This is an early access price, the cost will increase as more features are added. Black Ice will sell for $20 at launch. Additional updates will continue post-launch and for the foreseeable future.