Happy Holidays and New Year from AKGames!
May your aim be impeccable and augmentation game strong!

Previously I thought to only make sales after full release. But then pandemic happened and millions of people are affected in this global crisis. If I had more games I'd put them all on sale in hopes to keep people at home!

So go smash some robots while you're homebound and stay tuned for more MegaSphere news very soon!!

Months of hard work at long last crystallized in a substantial update for players to enjoy! With new areas, mechanics, enemies and improvements to game throughout, Anomaly update is a lot of fun. Thank you so much to the community for playtesting, feedback, reporting issues and suggesting improvements, I couldnt make it without your invaluable input! Keep it coming!

Here's a little trailer highlighting new area:

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It is time to open the gates.

Whats new?

• Enemies
  
• Boss fights
  
• Anomaly location
  
• Story

• Periodic gravity ripple
  
• Magnowalls
  
• Gravity wells
  
• Danger Zones hazards
  
• Environmental puzzle area

• Redesigned enemy spawning
  
• Sounds for damage effects
  
• Main jyotish and Habitation visual tweaks and improvements
  
• Boss fights improvements
  
• Numerous optimizations, bug fixes

At last, all mechanics and designs are in place! Here's a few new GIFs showing new mechanics and big enemies.



Spiker enemy crawls on walls and ceiling






Cryo remnant miniboss




Voltaic remnant variation




Defense remnant variation




Stationary warpers will spawn enemies if you're nearby!





Gravity discharge wave will come on periodically, so keep to safe areas or localized stabilizers. There's even a "Portable" one.




Safeguard sneak peak!

Check out older news posts about new area I haven't showed here!

Thank you for your patience, as always! My team for last year is basically only me and development time took a hit, unfortunately. But rest assured, with your support game is being made and plan is unchanged: make it the best game it can be!

Anomaly is shaping up to be a cool unique area, so bear with me as I add sounds and polish it up for release for all to enjoy.

Remember to check twitter for more frequent updates: @antonkudin and be sure to join the game discord for discussions about game's mechanics, story or anything else!

Thank you so much for playing my game!

Anton

Anomaly update is going strong, here's a few of the new mechanics and enemies!

As always, to keep up with development follow me on twitter (@antonkudin) or join game discord.

Thank you!


Anomaly scanner


Melting metal


New boss



Air ducts


New fighting enemies!

Hello and welcome back to Anomaly!

Its time to get a peek beyond those gates.
Heres a few WIP mechanics and enemies of the expanded Anomaly.


New MagWalls that allow you to walk on walls!


They're movable! Get ready to solve some placement puzzles ;]


Gravity wells got a fancy upgrade too


New enemy, some kind of anomalous spawn! It can conjure up gravity a vortex!




This one will fly, crawl on walls, have varying attacks. Beware!


Maybe just let them duke it out!

Thats it for now! Keep an eye out for update coming later!
Remember to check twitter for more frequent updates: @antonkudin and be sure to join the game discord for discussions about game's mechanics, story or anything else!

Thank you so much for playing my game!

MegaSphere update with new areas, enemies and mechanics is now available!

Watch new trailer:


Explore two new areas for the game, meet allies and enemies, use new suit functions, solve puzzles and navigate dynamic mazes. And watch your energy bar!








Also in this update
Improvements to 'Suit restoration' objectives and beginning of the game
Updates to movement mechanics
New health mechanics
Visual and performance improvements with new rendering technique and SSAO
Frequency locating feature via interface tab
Bug fixes and other improvements

Please report any issues you find in the forums.
Thank you for being a supporter of the game!

Stay tuned for more!
Anton

Few cool changes in new update that are currently available to try out in 'development' beta branch:

New health mechanic with healing items!


Use Interface and Navi to track down strange frequency emitters.


Sprinting and dashing is as fast and fluid as ever!


Get to kicking!


New TURMS interior area tested and waiting to be explored.
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Thank you!!

Here's something for the players who want to get into early builds!



New TURMS area is finally is out in development branch (pinned post explains how to switch). New mechanics, visuals and area design in place, with final polish coming later (expect some missing/temporary sounds and dialogs).



It'd help me out if you try new update and new content specifically, and post feedback on the forums, discord (https://discord.gg/wrmJUyU) or send it directly to me via email: antonkudin@me.com).

To access new content directly: start up the game, select 'New game' and switch to 'Hacks' tab. From there, top backup will load you up right before TURMS area, as you and Novikov are about to board it from Habitation.

Several sequent backups are shortcuts throughout the new area (its pretty big), in case you get lost or stuck.

Thank you for playing my game!! ;]

Here's a sneak peek at some of new mechanics that I'm building for TURMS interior area of the game.

TURMS is your companion ship and it will be fully explorable and will be almost always available to revisit.

Slidy things, lasers, cameras and power transmission


Coolant containers


Bots


Long elevators ;]


Physics!


Wires transmitting power


Simple puzzles


Teleport system keeping you out of danger


Thank you very much for keeping interest in my game!! ;]

Here's a sneak peek at some of new mechanics that I'm building for TURMS interior area of the game.

TURMS is your companion ship and it will be fully explorable and will be almost always available to revisit.

Slidy things, lasers, cameras and power transmission


Coolant containers


Bots


Long elevators ;]


Physics!


Wires transmitting power


Simple puzzles


Teleport system keeping you out of danger


Thank you very much for keeping interest in my game!! ;]

News been slow lately, but its only because I've been busy working on new area! Its gonna have completely new mechanics and will introduce a weapon type, thats completely different.

Here's a preview, enjoy!

PS. ICYM, new update is now in open testing (switch to development builds in game's preferences in steam), hope to hear more feedback from you!

Hello, I'm home!


Interior of your own TURMS vessel.






New instant checkpoint mechanic


Data cables


Power cables


Thank you, for being patient players! See you soon!! ;]

News been slow lately, but its only because I've been busy working on new area! Its gonna have completely new mechanics and will introduce a weapon type, thats completely different.

Here's a preview, enjoy!

PS. ICYM, new update is now in open testing (switch to development builds in game's preferences in steam), hope to hear more feedback from you!

Hello, I'm home!


Interior of your own TURMS vessel.






New instant checkpoint mechanic


Data cables


Power cables


Thank you, for being patient players! See you soon!! ;]

'Nova' update development build is out for testing!

Currently in development builds branch (Beta tab in game properties), pushing to main branch if testing doesn't reveal critical issues.

New enemies!



New environments!



New challenges!


New quest, new character, new mechanics...

A WHOLE lot of work, plus improvements to performance and visuals.

I think you'll like it!
Let me know how it runs for you! Please report any issues you encounter on steam forum or catch me on twitter: @antonkudin

'Nova' update development build is out for testing!

Currently in development builds branch (Beta tab in game properties), pushing to main branch if testing doesn't reveal critical issues.

New enemies!



New environments!



New challenges!


New quest, new character, new mechanics...

A WHOLE lot of work, plus improvements to performance and visuals.

I think you'll like it!
Let me know how it runs for you! Please report any issues you encounter on steam forum or catch me on twitter: @antonkudin

Interface and radar functionality
Expanding on Interface tab, updated interface tab lets you locate certain objects in the world, when you discover their frequency or complete a research: Backup stations, Layout terminals etc.






New procedural challenge maze rooms








Most update content is done, hope you'll like it!



PS. If you're eager to try the new content and willing to help, follow me on twitter: @antonkudin, I'll be looking for testers in a few days time.

Interface and radar functionality
Expanding on Interface tab, updated interface tab lets you locate certain objects in the world, when you discover their frequency or complete a research: Backup stations, Layout terminals etc.






New procedural challenge maze rooms








Most update content is done, hope you'll like it!



PS. If you're eager to try the new content and willing to help, follow me on twitter: @antonkudin, I'll be looking for testers in a few days time.

Happy to share that new update is finally feature-complete! Heres just one of the features: a special puzzle!

Power capacitors


Power routers and the works


Bonus: accidental face ;]

Happy to share that new update is finally feature-complete! Heres just one of the features: a special puzzle!

Power capacitors


Power routers and the works


Bonus: accidental face ;]

Cooking up some new mechanics, features and improvements. I'm working hard non-stop and very excited to put finishing touches to this update!

Can't wait for you all to experience new stuff and learn more about the game world and story! And kick some new robots' ass ;]







Some visual updates. Check out the glass! ;]

Cooking up some new mechanics, features and improvements. I'm working hard non-stop and very excited to put finishing touches to this update!

Can't wait for you all to experience new stuff and learn more about the game world and story! And kick some new robots' ass ;]







Some visual updates. Check out the glass! ;]

Busy with work on boss, here's some new unique mechanics and devices!

Made solid progress on design of new boss, new enemy!

Also lots of exciting new exciting under-the-hood features that will improve current 'walking' enemies and will be base of new cool enemies that navigate environment in a believable way.

Basically very smart enemies of all kinds that will chase you down!









Thank you!

Sorry updates are scarce lately, but development is still progressing and lots of work is being done every day.

This new update expands on story, adds several new enemy types, updates to enemy behaviors, props, etc. Still some work to be done before it gets out into public testing, but its very close!

Thank you for your support and believing in my game!

Here's a couple noteworthy gifs, hope you enjoy:

Development going strong, here's a few gifs from recent WIP additions:

New enemies:









New room generation options


And much more!

ICYM, I've been working hard on adding a way to stop/resume the game at almost any point and its called hibernation.



If you want to try it out, switch to development branch in steam, give in a spin and report back here or in the forum!

Thanks a lot for being very patient players!

Good news! A way to instantly save current game is almost here!



Hibernate your current backup anytime you want to take a break, but don't want to search for a backup station. Due to procedural nature of the world generation, some things aren't saved, but any destruction, enemies, open doors will be saved. That said, I'm working on making it as seamless as possible.



Soon in development branch!

Thank you, you incredible bunch of players of my game! Your feedback, help and enthusiasm is appreciated and I can't be more grateful.

Pushing through issues and setbacks, with your help, newest update is now live!

Based on development branches, you can expect:

Better performance
Visual updates
Updated 'Hud restoration' objectives
Hidden areas and loot storage containers
Controller fixes and improvements
New video options (some for debug, some to help with performance on low-end hardware)







Now, finally, I get to work on exciting new stuff for you to play with!

Latest build in the development branch!

In this update

• Hidden storage containers
  
• New, streamlined video options
  
• Visual enhancements to suit live and main HUDs
  
• Fixes and improvements to 'Hud restoration' objectives
  
• New Interface HUD module
  

What’s new?

Improved ‘Hud malfunction’ quest.
Interface hud tab
New 'live’ hud (health/shield/weapon)
Hidden areas with loot containers
Reworked level generation
Performance improvements
Rebalancing (game is now more difficult)


Currently avaliable for testing through Steam development branch!
Check it out, let me know what you think!

You've waited and waited and its finally here. After 8 months of hard work new MegaSphere update is out for you to try out!

Thank you so much for all your support and patience!

I've prepared a short trailer for the new update, check it out!

MegaSphere Kapitsa update trailer

You should get the update automatically, if not, opt-out of development branch by going to game Preferences, Beta tab and switching the dropdown to NONE.

Tell me what you think! ;]

While my teammates are finishing up text and audio assets, i've been busy fixing a couple annoying issues, adding bits of content (rooms/layouts, moving platforms), improving starting area.



[b]Thanks for your patience and here's a few gifs! ;][b]



Slopes and stairs


Sprinting and leaping improvements


Moving platforms


Piston design


Controlled and semi-scripted destruction for certain areas


Hanging platforms


Quackshot, anyone? ;]

New update in the works![b]

Game saving (and loading, woo)!
Updated and streamlined options screen.




Quest system to guide player through the story and environments.




Codex to keep track of various research paths and log/records you will find.




Also a map, quick-navi, overhauled super-simple inventory (now called Loadout) and log of all dialogs/cutscenes player sees.






Fuser to combine and research upgrades.




New big area to explore, enemies to face and chunk of story is also in the works, here's a sneak peek:



[b]Stay tuned and thank you everybody for playing and following development! ;]

Anton

MegaSphere alpha (and demo) is updated with latest fixes and enhancements:



Enemies with higher difficulty will drop better loot
Shops will sell anything, not just weapons
Swarmers exclusively drop upgrade tokens
Updated visuals
Bug fixing and performance optimizations

Go check Shiva out (thats this update codename) and please tell me what you think!



I'm hard at work on a brand new area, if you follow me on twitter you might have seen a new enemy type! Lots more work to come, thanks for your feedback and encouragement!



If you have time please leave a review, enjoy Shiva!

Alpha development build is updated with new features, try it out!

New builds are up (for every branch, demo included).

Notable changes:

• Removed trailer (will be replaced with in-game cutscene in the future)
  
• Skippable cutscenes (Hold Jump (Space by default))
  
• Controller support: any os, any controller.
  
• Fully configurable controls, up to 4 bindings for any action.
  
• Removed a brief period of invulnerability for enemies and objects when they take damage
  
• Rebalanced rapid-fire weapons and Flamer to match DPS.
  
• Removed tutorial section (something more fun, but similar will appear in the beginning of Anomaly)
  
• Fixed a few ugly bugs
  

I've made a separate branch with most recent build, includes a few fixes and requested features.

To opt-in to those, open MegaSphere properties, click Betas and select Development from the drop down.

Report back here, on twitter or on reddit.

Notable changes:

• Fixes for some critical issues
  
• Cutscene skipping (hold jump/space)
  
• Controller support
  
• Controls mapper
  

MegaSphere alpha is nearly ready!
I plan on releasing alpha and demo on 25th of August.


Get ready to sweep the floors with your enemies.