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Hardcore mode now available on preview branch!

As of today the next version of Pathway is available on the Preview Branch. This build includes the new Hardcore Mode! Before we dig into the new version, we have a favour to ask of you. Pathway's OST has been nominated for best OST over at gamesmusic.net. If you enjoy the soundtrack of the game as much as we do, we'd be excited if you voted for it over here. steamhappy

So what exactly is Pathway's Hardcore mode?

When you create a new profile you'll see the option to make this profile a Hardcore Profile. Note that you can't change a hardcore profile to a normal profile later. Hardcore Mode follows different rules than standard Pathway: All adventures play in a sequence one after the other. Almost everything carries over to the next adventure and you have to survive with only the things you find during your travels. Some additional changes:

All jeep upgrades and characters are unlocked from the start.
Failing or successfully finishing will lock the profile.
Permadeath: When a character dies, they are dead for good.
Higher base difficulty
No achievements

The one thing that isn't guaranteed to carry over are the temporary perks you pick up from events. When you move to a new adventure, your team will lose a randomly selected positive and negative perk. We'd love to hear your thoughts on this new way to play Pathway! Expect some rough edges including a few untranslated bits of text. If you want to play it safe, wait for this build to hit the main branch (in a couple of weeks). For everything else a good place for feedback is of course in the forums here on steam. If you prefer a bit more real-time interaction with the dev team we're pretty active over on our Discord server. Come join the fun! If you haven't opted into the preview branch before, you can find instructions on how to do so here. There are also some other goodies in this update. Full Changelog is below: Full Changelog for 1.1.4p1:

Hardcore Mode added: A fresh take on Pathway! See above blog post for full description.
Extended difficulty: We have extended the max difficulty, which means you may encounter higher difficulty enemies at the pointy end of the game.
Added Resource tooltip: When hovering over resources on the exploration bar or in the journal you will now have a tooltip which also tells you the resource's max capacity.
Added action tooltips: When hovering actions in combat you will now also see available ammo/supplies.
We've improved selling of valuables hinting. There's now a tooltip when hovering the bag and if you leave a merchant without selling it'll prompt whether you intended to leave without selling (similar to leaving loot behind).
New Artifact "Bastet's Amulet" added
Item Type information is now more consistent across tooltips
Map/Sector count is now once again visible in the Team Journal
Fix bravery cost in tooltip for Reaction Shot/Parry
Fix some collision issues
Fix some smaller UI issues/alignment/scaling.
Fix bug that allowed sporebearers to be pushed around with Sucker Punch.
Fixed a bug that caused Psychic Control to trigger evade
Fixed a bug that caused the Adventure play time to be skewed when using accelerated AI turns.

Thank you so much for playing our little game!

[ 2020-01-13 20:05:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Pathway

Robotality Developer

Chucklefish Publisher

2018 Release

Indie Strategy RPG Singleplayer Tags

Game News Posts: 41

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Mostly Positive (1846 reviews)

http://www.pathway-game.com/

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Pathway Linux 64-bit [855.49 M]

FROM THE MAKERS OF HALFWAY...

THE YEAR IS 1936...

It is a time of global unrest as German military influence is spreading throughout Europe and the Middle East. Rumors of frantic excavations and strange artifacts, not to mention ghastly occult rituals, have begun to surface across secret communication channels...

THEY TOOK OUR FRIEND...

Morten has vanished. The Nazis took him because he interfered with their occult research. We have to rescue him before it's too late. And afterwards, who knows what other adventures await?

KEY FEATURES:

THRILLING VISUALS - Classic 16-bit pixel art enhanced with unprecedented depth, lighting and shadows using Pixel/Voxel Hybrid Technology.
DYNAMIC ADVENTURES - No two adventures are the same; each campaign generates a new procedural map and a different set of unique story encounters.
TOUGH CHOICES - Every location you visit presents a new hand-crafted story event to explore. Search the well? Save the villagers? It's up to you!
DECISIVE CONFLICTS - Use cover and positioning in exciting turn-based squad combat. Learn to maximize your items and abilities, as well as your team members' strengths, in ruthless and clever ways!
HIDDEN TREASURES - Discover rare artifacts to unlock new content and adventures! Recruit from 16 unique companions, each with their own starting equipment and skill trees!

With soundtrack by the critically-acclaimed composer, Gavin Harrison of Halfway fame!

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. 64-bit
Processor: 2.0 Ghz DualCore CPUMemory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD4000 or better. OpenGL 3.3
Storage: 2 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. 64-bit
Processor: 2.0+ Ghz QuadCore CPUMemory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series. OpenGL 3.3
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