The launch update brings:

• New enemies
• A new boss
• New Items
• Achievements
• And more!

New Enemies!

New Items!

World Buffs!

Boss Rush!

I hope you enjoy HexDefense and would love to hear any feedback you have for me either from reviews or you can join the discord to get into direct contact with me!

Plans for the future include:

• New Items!
• New Towers!
• New Enemies!
• New Game Modes!
• Multiplayer!
• ... and more!

Thanks for reading!

This update was focused mostly on balance changes:

• All towers received tweaks to their cost as well as their upgrade costs and upgrade boost amounts
• Slightly lowered time between enemy spawns
• Changed how the armor damage threshold increases
• Shield and armor now increase in amount as time goes on
• Changed some enemy's attributes to create a larger difference between them:
  • Bees are more numerous and fast but have smaller health pools
  • Cacti have larger health pools but slower regeneration
  • Mushrooms regen shield and health very quickly
  • ...with more to come!

Other stuff:

• Decreased the size of enemy health bars on screen
• Artillery now shoots a projectile
• Fixed an issue causing the spotted damage modifier not being used in the calculation to determine if armor is damaged

This is the final update before the 1.0 full release!

Things you can expect in the full release:

• MANY more items
• Several new enemy types
• World events that can affect both towers and enemies
• and if time permits: a new tower or two!

I do plan on updating the game after release. I will post my plans for future updates along with the release post!

HexDefense is now compatible with Steam Deck! Until this is verified by Valve, there is a step that has to be taken to get it running: On your Steam Deck go to the properties tab for HexDefense and under compatibility check the box that says "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool." A dropdown will appear where you will check either "Steam Linux Runtime 3.0 (Sniper)" or "Steam Linux Runtime 1.0 (Scout)." After that you are ready to play HexDefense on your Steam Deck! Happy Defending!

* Added controller support * Fixed an issue with damage dealt statistics not being saved properly

• Added new targeting priority for shields and armor: "has." an enemy with 1 or 100 shield will be treated as equal with this priority.
• Added new models to Bee Queen, Bee Guard, Bee Worker, Mushroom and Cactus Golems, And the Necromancer.
• Status effects are now only applied on successful hits
• Minor optimization to enemies to reduce lag when many are on screen
• New Items!
• Balance changes to existing towers and items

Hello everyone! After taking a bit of a break I am back to working on HexDefense with a goal of releasing a 1.0 version in July! This update has some major changes:

• UI has had a major redesign with the goal of removing much of the onscreen clutter
• Map generation and how the enemy dens and paths spawn have had a major overhaul to decrease the number of enemies on screen at one time
• Towers for the most part are unchanged outside of balancing changes as well as now having 3 different targeting priorities. If for example the first priority is set to "Least Armor" and there are two enemies with 0 armor in range, the tower will then choose based on what the second priority is set to.
• Items now have three rarities
• Enemies now have a different health system: shields, armor, and health. To damage shields simply hit the enemy with any damage type other than DOT. Armor must be hit hard to be damaged, the damage amount required is in the top right, next to the currency value.
• Some enemies now have abilities, for example some will run faster for a short period of time after taking their first point of damage.
• Many bosses have been added, all with their own abilities and required strategy to defeat.

• More towers!
• More items!
• More enemies!
• More balance changes and fixes!
• and more all-around polish!