The next update is coming soon, in two weeks if everything goes fine. It will mainly focus on one idea: make the tempest a central element of the game!

The tempest

Indeed, even if the tempest were already present in the game, it was a minor part of it and did not feel completely frightening. However several things in the game were built around that idea, with for instance the station above the clouds. Our goal with this major update is to really make the tempest interesting and frightening, as we really want the player to feel that he weathers the storm. The world is now covered by tempests all the time. Some installations previously created by humans are ionizing the air to remove the tempest around it. So you will have to dive into the storm, face the elements and from time to time activate those installations if you want some help and calm in your exploration. Within this tempest, you will face constant threats. Wind is throwing trunks over you, lightning are striking regularly, sometimes the wind blows too much and many trunks are thrown in your direction at the same time. Other storm elements will come in the next updates.

The map

We also worked on the world as we wanted to make it more interesting and avoid it to be too flat. The map generation algorithm has been improved a lot to really add to the world more verticality, structure and variety. You now cannot run straight forward to go from point A to point B. Cliffs and hills are present inside the world, and you need to find your path if you want to reach certain areas. There is also a better repartition of the elements to unlock.

Death

We are also updating things here and there to make the tempest even more interesting. For instance, when you die not only will you drop your inventory on the floor but you will also break your armor a bit, which means your max health will be reduced. The more you die the less available health you have. If you want to fix this, you need to find a rare resource that will allow you to heal completely. In order to have a stable public build, we will make a public beta access within Steam in one week. A discussion thread in the Steam forum will explain that soon.

[ 2015-11-24 10:38:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Humanity is threatened. A deadly virus awoke, and it is spreading quickly.
The particular flora of Arcania, a planet used to prepare humans for space colonization, may help in the creation of a cure. But it is now abandoned since working mechas turned against humans.
A group of researchers is sent to this planet to find a solution. You are one of them.
But as you arrived, your spaceship crashed…

Hack and command mechas

Mechas are wild and are used to living in the storm. You must fight some of them for your survival, but they are often stronger than you are.
Your best chance of survival is to hack some of those mechas and use them as allies to defeat the others.

Evolve

The more combats you win, the more fragments you earn. They can be used to evolve your mechas' strength and skills. But you can also find some during exploration.
Your character can also improve its capabilities.

The Tempest

The weather is an important threat. You must face lightning strikes, tornadoes, and other elements in order to make your way through the storm.
You will be able to activate old installations used to ionize the air and stop the tempest within an area. And thankfully an old station above the clouds, left over by humans, provides good shelter.

The Spaceship

You have access to your spaceship early in the game, but you do not have enough fuel to leave the planet.
It is impossible to land within the tempest, but once you have unlocked some weather controllers, you will be able to travel quickly over the map and save a lot of time.

Collect, build and craft

Find several resources along the journey and use them to craft useful items.
You can also decide to create a greenhouse directly inside your station if you want to grow and farm plants by yourself.