Hello Hyperstrangers

What can you expect from the demo:

• Two hauntingly beautiful maps, each overrun by the Beasts minions and guarded by a horrific boss.
• Dynamic combat system that blends the traditional survivorslike scale with arena-slasher's visceral action.
• Over 6 side-stories and tasks to undertake. Will you save the few last remaining citizens or focus on gathering supplies from the abandoned city - the choice and consequences are yours.
• Sprawling hub to which you will triumphantly return with each victor or be dragged to with each defeat. In this safe space various NPC reside, ready to help you prepare for the next battle and share their thoughts.
• 10 servants of the Beats to slay or be slain by. Each with their own strengths and weaknesses to exploit. Such as the immense strength and uncontrolled rage of the Teeth Golem which often makes it as deadly to you as to everything close to it.
• Two weapons and weapons arts to master. Hew and cut through with the grace of the blade or crush down all opposition the brute force the hammer.
• Create your own build from 5 distinct skill trees and over 30 unique skills. Ignite a fire aura, charge up a lighting storm or summon aid to the battlefield.
• Get a taste of the depth of the between run progress system.

Play the demo

Dont forget to join the official discord channel and share your thoughts about the demo by leaving a review - we greatly appreciate your feedback

Stay Strange

Jupiter Hell Anniversary

We are kicking off this anniversary by discounting Jupiter Hell by 70% and that is not all that there is in store for you!

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Just when you thought it was safe, 1.8 "Abattoir" is out!

== Ossuary, Abattoir and expanded Dante! ==

• NEW #1862 - new Dante branch - Ossuary!
• NEW #1863 - new Dante branch special - Abattoir!
• NEW #1864 - new Dante branch Abattoir boss!
• NEW #1839 - new Dante enemy variant - frost guardian!
• NEW #1868 - Dante has its own station variants!
• NEW #1494 - new lootbox models for Dante
• NEW #1858 - Dante is now 5 levels deep!
• CHANGE #1520 - minor visual improvements of Dante
• CHANGE #1570 - improved Dante Inferno rewards
• CHANGE #1847 - visibility of Dante crates improved for less bumpin'

== Scouts and shotguns ==

• CHANGE #1847 - Scouts now start with 3 weapon slots too
• CHANGE #1831 - all shotguns apply Slowdown (-50% move speed) for 1.5s
• CHANGE #1831 - most shotguns now have 0.75 swap time

== Early game improvements ==

• NEW #1703 - CAL L2 boon - either T2 speial chest or terminal procure!
• NEW #1859 - CAL L1 - two new intro level generators
• CHANGE #1850 - minor improvements to Callisto level generators

== Gauntlet and Conduct medals ==

• NEW #1871 - new trial - the Gauntlet!
• NEW #1559 - 21 new medals in 7 new "nethack-style conducts" series!

== Exalted enemies ==

• NEW #1846 - 6 brand new exalted keywords!
• CHANGE #1830 - exalted RESIST split to IMMUNE and RESIST
• CHANGE #1830 - LETHAL and DEADLY can no longer appear together
• CHANGE #1830 - exalted reaver and fiend ranged weapons inc damage/acc
• CHANGE #1830 - UNSTABLE removed from the non-exalted Inferno pool
• FIX #1830 - fixed exalted fiends/ravagers with double ranged weapons

== Japanese translation ==

• NEW #1791 - Japanese translation!

== Other stuff ==

• NEW #1843 - new accessibility option - object outlines
• NEW #1354 - added and improved skill and kit FX
• CHANGE #0000 - FXAA only active on highest shader level
• CHANGE #0000 - AWP git gud capped at +200%

== Plethora of fixes ==

• FIX #1825 - prevent Stage 3 boss from flying away too far
• FIX #1878 - fixed menu keys being stuck in loop
• FIX #1877 - fixed languages menu multipling in mod mode
• FIX #1866 - watcher effects will trigger even if watcher can't take action
• FIX #1866 - watchers won't watch themselves
• FIX #1801 - fixed potential crash on Steam Deck save and quit
• FIX #0000 - fixed Deadly Precision abbreviation
• FIX #0000 - fixed Supply/Proto mixup in one Asterius breach version
• FIX #0000 - fixed offscreen emitters being shortly visible at creation
• FIX #0000 - fixed rendering of tiled textures (spaceport, altar)
• FIX #0000 - fixed Carnage found bullet count

== Raw changelog ==

Release 1.8 - Abattoir - March 11th, 2024

• NEW #1862 - new Dante branch - Ossuary!
• NEW #1863 - new Dante branch special - Abattoir!
• NEW #1864 - new Dante branch Abattoir boss!
• NEW #1839 - new Dante enemy variant - frost guardian!
• NEW #1868 - Dante has its own station variants!
• NEW #1871 - new trial - the Gauntlet!
• NEW #1791 - Japanese localization!
• NEW #1843 - new accessibility option - object outlines
• NEW #1846 - 6 brand new exalted keywords!
• NEW #1703 - CAL L2 boon - either T2 speial chest or terminal procure!
• NEW #1859 - CAL L1 - two new intro level generators
• NEW #1559 - 21 new medals in 7 new "nethack-style conducts" series!
• NEW #1494 - new lootbox models for Dante
• NEW #1858 - Dante is now 5 levels deep!
• NEW #1354 - added and improved skill and kit FX
• CHANGE #1847 - Scouts now start with 3 weapon slots too
• CHANGE #1831 - all shotguns apply Slowdown (-50% move speed) for 1.5s
• CHANGE #1831 - most shotguns now have 0.75 swap time
• CHANGE #0000 - FXAA only active on highest shader level
• CHANGE #1520 - minor visual improvements of Dante
• CHANGE #1830 - exalted RESIST split to IMMUNE and RESIST
• CHANGE #1830 - LETHAL and DEADLY can no longer appear together
• CHANGE #1830 - exalted reaver and fiend ranged weapons inc damage/acc
• CHANGE #1830 - UNSTABLE removed from the non-exalted Inferno pool
• CHANGE #1850 - minor improvements to Callisto level generators
• CHANGE #1847 - visibility of Dante crates improved for less bumpin'
• CHANGE #1570 - improved Dante Inferno rewards
• CHANGE #0000 - AWP git gud capped at +200%
• FIX #1825 - prevent Stage 3 boss from flying away too far
• FIX #1830 - fixed exalted fiends/ravagers with double ranged weapons
• FIX #1878 - fixed menu keys being stuck in loop
• FIX #1877 - fixed languages menu multipling in mod mode
• FIX #1866 - watcher effects will trigger even if watcher can't take action
• FIX #1866 - watchers won't watch themselves
• FIX #1801 - fixed potential crash on Steam Deck save and quit
• FIX #0000 - fixed Deadly Precision abbreviation
• FIX #0000 - fixed Supply/Proto mixup in one Asterius breach version
• FIX #0000 - fixed offscreen emitters being shortly visible at creation
• FIX #0000 - fixed rendering of tiled textures (spaceport, altar)
• FIX #0000 - fixed Carnage found bullet count

== What's next ==

Hyperstrangers!

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Wishlist the game! If you can't wait to play, we have a prologue waiting for you!

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Took a bit longer than usual as we're busy with bringing JH to other devices, but the big feature of 1.7 is now ready - Steam Worshop support (and modding in general) is live!

== Modding ==

• NEW #0012 - Modding/Steam Workshop support!
• NEW #1803 - modmode has been added for modding purposes

== Early Game ==

• NEW #1391 - early game - 4 exotic weapons, 1 consumable, 1 armor
• NEW #1756 - flavor e-mails with branch mechanics spoilers
• CHANGE #1799 - EXPT'L - enemies deal 60% damage on EASY (but full acc)

== Tier 2 and 3 Stations ==

• NEW #1804 - tech and med stations have tier 2 and 3 variants

== Quality of Life ==

• NEW #1794 - all post mortems are archived in morgue subfolder
• NEW #1795 - post mortems can be viewed from highscore screen
• CHANGE #1776 - charge based terminals return to last option after use
• CHANGE #1793 - backup of score.dat and player.dat if > 1024b
• CHANGE #1798 - in Purgatory only the glyph room blocks save and quit

== Balance ==

• CHANGE #1799 - buffed damage of all shotguns
• CHANGE #1789 - all rotaries got a damage buff and -25% crit damage
• CHANGE #1789 - drum launcher and grenade launcher damage nerf
• CHANGE #1789 - Gun Kata - crit damage from lev 1, +100% at lev 3
• CHANGE #1783 - most ancient items got significant buffs
• CHANGE #1799 - JoviSec armor crit chance 25% -> 15%
• CHANGE #1804 - Sysop L3 extra charges 3->4
• CHANGE #1391 - higher level infestations (Endless) will be more varied
• CHANGE #1391 - medusa infestations added

== Bugfixes ==

• FIX #1775 - fixed performance issues in Callisto Rift
• FIX #1775 - don't add exalted traits to player on INFERNO
• FIX #1805 - fixed rare AV trait reroll issue - no more trait remove

== Raw Changelog ==

Release 1.7 - Creation - August 3rd, 2023

• NEW #0012 - Modding/Steam Workshop support!
• NEW #1391 - 5 new armor perks, 2 new helmet perks
• NEW #1391 - early game - 4 exotic weapons, 1 consumable, 1 armor
• NEW #1794 - all post mortems are archived in morgue subfolder
• NEW #1795 - post mortems can be viewed from highscore screen
• NEW #1756 - flavor e-mails with branch mechanics spoilers
• NEW #1803 - modmode has been added for modding purposes
• NEW #1804 - tech and med stations have tier 2 and 3 variants
• CHANGE #1799 - EXPT'L - enemies deal 60% damage on EASY (but full acc)
• CHANGE #1799 - buffed damage of all shotguns
• CHANGE #1789 - all rotaries got a damage buff and -25% crit damage
• CHANGE #1789 - drum launcher and grenade launcher damage nerf
• CHANGE #1789 - Gun Kata - crit damage from lev 1, +100% at lev 3
• CHANGE #1776 - charge based terminals return to last option after use
• CHANGE #1783 - most ancient items got significant buffs
• CHANGE #1391 - higher level infestations (Endless) will be more varied
• CHANGE #1391 - medusa infestations added
• CHANGE #1793 - backup of score.dat and player.dat if > 1024b
• CHANGE #1798 - in Purgatory only the glyph room blocks save and quit
• CHANGE #1799 - JoviSec armor crit chance 25% -> 15%
• CHANGE #1804 - Sysop L3 extra charges 3->4
• FIX #1775 - fixed performance issues in Callisto Rift
• FIX #1775 - don't add exalted traits to player on INFERNO
• FIX #1805 - fixed rare AV trait reroll issue - no more trait remove

== What's next ==

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Today we have a special announcement for you, Strategic Mind series and Hyperstrange are joining forces to propel the series into new heights. You are probably wondering what it means for the games themselves, so lets unpack

Giving honors to the old guard

Supporting the new troops

Jupiter Hell 1.6 "Watcher" introduces a new enemy type, adds new exalted keywords, armor and helmet manufacturer perks, updates master trait balance and more! A bit longer in the production pipeline, and a bit smaller as we focus more of our efforts on porting and future ventures, we bring you update 1.6 "Watcher"!

==Watcher==

==Armor/Helmet manufacturer perks==

==Nightmare changes==

==Exalted upgrades==

==Master trait balance==

==Difficulty balance==

==Burning changes==

==Bugfixes==

==Full Changelog==

==What's Next?==

Jupiter Hell 1.5a hotfix is live! -- fixed possibly infinte Temple wrath during Cryomance fight -- fixed algorithm that wasn't removing needless doors -- added visual telegraph to spike trap that will activate next turn -- fixed ancient becoming immune if shot with a high enough power automatic weapon

Jupiter Hell 1.5 "Ancient" upgrades Io branches and mainline, introduces a boss at Io Gateway, improves fire mechanics and visuals (and Fireangel!), adds more manufacturer perks, adds the Fanatic, improves AI and more! It's been a year since the official 1.0 release of Jupiter Hell. And there was much rejoicing. Well, let's celebrate with yet another update, and no, we're not slowing down ;) But first - we're taking the first steps into making Jupiter Hell fully modable - the basic systems are in place, and on the Jupiter Hell Discord (https://discord.gg/jupiterhell) the community is already building and sharing the first mods! If you want to give a shot at modding JH, or take an early shot at trying them out, come and hang out with us! Let's divide the update into sections - Io, Ancient, Fire, Fanatic and The Rest.

==Io==

==Ancient==

==Fire==

==Fanatic==

==The Rest==

==Full changelog==

==What's Next==

Hyperstrange friends, RWS fam!

UPCOMING UPDATES

• Post-release fix - an update taking care of the known issues reported by the players, that slipped into the full release (ETA: One week)
• Balancing update - some players, as well as some internet micro-celebrities, have brought to our attention that the game offers way to much ammo if you explore the levels 'Quake-style', and far too little if you prefer to push on 'Doom Eternal-style'. The update will take care of that issue, allowing everyone to enjoy the game in their preferred playstyle. The update will also reconfigure some of the enemy positioning, spawns, and behavior. (ETA: One month)
• New playmodes - With that taken care of, the dev team will proceed to expanding the game itself, introducing an oft-requested horde mode, as well as another playmode offering a new, and replayable PBD experience. (ETA: This summer)
• More to be announced!

Hyperstrange & RWS

Jupiter Hell 1.4 "Chaos" brings the Valhalla flavored upgrades to Europa branches and mainline, introduces a boss at Europa Central Dig, improves level generation (especially of cave/basalt generators), adds more manufacturer perks, several balance changes, buffs to many exotics and uniques and a SHIFT move to instantly swap places with that friendly bot! But first, a word from our sponsor, Raid Sha.... oh wait. I mean from Hyperstrange! The good folks there released POSTAL: Brain Damage to rave reviews (I can't believe I'm writing that about a Postal game...!), whereas their Dude can give the JupeGuy a run for his money in one-liners, I've also spotted a call-out to Jupiter Hell? https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26624/Cheesy_OneLiners_Galore/ Aaaanyway, back to the update! Let's split this into sections to make the "wall of text" more approachable :P

EUROPA

== Branch reworks ==

== Ice Cold Boss ==

== Caves & Cliffs ==

== Visuals ==

== A taste of Io ==

== Redacted! ==

GAMEPLAY

== Enemies ==

== Masters ==

== Weaponry ==

== UI/UX/Other stuff ==

== UI/UX ==

== Hacking ==

== Other stuff ==

== Bugfixes ==

== Full Changelog ==

== What's next ==

Jupiter Hell 1.3 "Valhalla" brings an overhaul to Callisto branches and mainline, a new boss at Valhalla Spaceport, level generation improvements, manufacturer perks, slowing smoke, experimental localization (Polish and German for now) and secrets! [previewyoutube=8vzw5q9DEII;full][/previewyoutube] There's one big secret in the game, for which you won't find spoilers anywhere, but hopefully the search for it will stir the community - jump by the Jupiter Hell discord if you want to take part in the hunt! https://discord.gg/jupiterhell Read down below for details! But first...

== Special Offer ==

== Valhalla Spaceport ==

== Callisto Rework ==

== Gameplay Changes ==

== Visual Improvements ==

== Other Stuff ==

== Raw Changelog ==

== What's Next? ==

== Spoilers ==

Hyperstrange friends!

• Blood West is not a non-stop action-focused velocity shooter. It's best taken slow, and thoughtfully, with sneaking, surveying the surroundings, planning your attacks, and going head-first into combat only when you're sure you're at an advantage.
• Combat mechanics in Blood West are more complex than you might expect. Enemies have weak spots (usually the head), and can take a lot of damage before dying, unless you use their vulnerabilities.
• Weapons have different stats, and usually guns that you loot from the enemies or find discarded somewhere, are old and rusty, and won't perform great. There are also different types of ammo, and some are more effective against certain enemy types than the others.
• Your character - the Revenant Gunslinger - gains experience, and levels up. When that happens, you get some skill points to distribute unlocking very useful perks in the character screen. Different perk+weapon combinations allow for very different approaches to the game. Try different playstyles!

Special offer for ELDERBORN players

Keep on rockin!

Exactly 5 years ago, Jupiter Hell has been funded on Kickstarter, let's celebrate that with a release, shall we? Brace yourselves, as this is - once again - a lengthy post and changelog!

== Mouse support! ==

• NEW #1174 - Mouse support (experimental)

== New gear! ==

Early game exotics

• NEW #1591 - 13 new early game exotics!

Plasma SMGs

• NEW #1591 - plasma SMG added (and ADV variants)
• NEW #1584 - 3 unique SMGs added! (early, mid and late)

New weapon perks

• NEW #1652 - 5 new perks for ADV weapons added
• CHANGE #1625 - removed Finisher weapon perk, added Ambush perk
• CHANGE #1603 - CRI rail rifle comes with a scope
• CHANGE #1603 - 7.62 sniper damage 24 -> 25

== Trait changes! ==

Marine trait changes

• CHANGE #1602 - Vampyre works with non-melee weapons (but weaker)
• CHANGE #1627 - Rip and Tear grants Fury for non-melee kills also
• CHANGE #1627 - Furious loses fury generation on gibbing
• CHANGE #1627 - Furious grants damage bonus when using Adrenaline
• CHANGE #1627 - Marine Skilled increases Tenacity heal by 10%/lvl
• CHANGE #1602 - Army of Darkness gains zero melee weapon swap time
• CHANGE #1602 - Army of Darkness gains chainsaw damage bonus
• CHANGE #1603 - TaN L2 provides -50% pain penalty, L3 removes it
• CHANGE #1603 - Field Medic L2+ adds small medkit/stim use time bonus
• CHANGE #1603 - Field Medic requires only one level of Ironman

Scout trait changes

• CHANGE #1603 - Assassinate uses charges mechanic
• CHANGE #1603 - Assassinate always hits, +50/100 crit chance at L1/L2
• CHANGE #1603 - Swashbuckler bonus now degrades instead of removed
• CHANGE #1603 - Gunrunner works with melee
• CHANGE #1603 - Scout Skilled L1 and L3 increase Energy by 10
• CHANGE #1603 - Eagle Eye L3 halves enemy cover
• CHANGE #1603 - Whizkid and Ghost require Hacking L1 instead of EE L1
• CHANGE #1603 - Gunrunner requires Son of a Gun L1 instead of EE L1

Technician trait changes

• CHANGE #1603 - Fireangel sets things on fire since L1
• CHANGE #1587 - Fireangel L2/L3 grants +50%/+100% to ALL Burning
• CHANGE #1587 - Toxicologist L2 - smoke nades, L3 +50% ALL toxin procs
• CHANGE #1637 - Grenadier L1/L2 - +25%/+50% nade damage, no gib bonus
• FIX #1636 - grenades can now crit and use other character buffs
• FIX #1602 - Sharpshooter didn't increase auto/semi max range

Other trait changes

• CHANGE #1603 - Ironman adds only +10% HP, but also bleed resistance
• CHANGE #1628 - Son of a Gun adds pistol only range bonuses
• CHANGE #1627 - trait descriptions cleanup

== Other changes! ==

Damage types and status effects

• CHANGE #1631 - several minor relics grant status effect buffs
• CHANGE #1631 - minor fire/ice relics -100% resist instead of -damage
• CHANGE #1633 - bleeding now prevents regeneration
• CHANGE #1633 - Burning damage cauterizes Bleeding
• CHANGE #1633 - frag grenades cause bleeding
• CHANGE #1633 - Warlock aura no longer grants +50% bleed resistance
• CHANGE #1633 - Warlocks no longer have bleed resistance (Archs 50%)
• CHANGE #1587 - resistances are displayed uncapped
• CHANGE #1587 - fire fiends have cold vulnerability
• CHANGE #1587 - ice fiends, cryoberi and cryoreavers- fire vulnerab.
• CHANGE #1587 - bots now have only 50% fire resistance
• CHANGE #1630 - semi-mechanicals can be harmed with emp damage (50%)
• CHANGE #1630 - boss stage 1 and 2 is semi-mechanical
• CHANGE #1587 - emp and toxin resistances displayed on bots and bio
• CHANGE #1587 - slash/impact/pierce resistances (with display)
• FIX #1611 - Acid status shows damage amount
• FIX #1587 - fixed some edge cases with wrong damage value display

Level generation changes

• CHANGE #1642 - improved Anomaly, Rift and Military Barracks rewards
• CHANGE #1643 - Europa Ruins/Shadow Halls have a guaranteed box count
• CHANGE #1643 - on N!+ Frozen Temple also opens after 125% kills
• CHANGE #1578 - new small Cathedral secret added
• FIX #1617 - CalSec shutdown will properly disable Rift enemies

== Bugfixes! ==

Gameplay bugfixes

• FIX #1636 - fixed chainfire weapons that didn't stop when dead
• FIX #1587 - Firecrown properly awards experience on kills
• FIX #1618 - Journal entries will not archive entering minilevels
• FIX #1625 - TAINTED properly shows up in enemy view
• FIX #1639 - zero-time action will always be queued next
• FIX #1638 - fixed status update on zero-time weapon swaps
• FIX #1611 - stage 1 of the boss properly has size 1 melee-wise
• FIX #1611 - boss conversion will not misplace player visually
• FIX #1654 - fixed manufacture hint about perks for stock items
• FIX #1641 - weapons with 100+ mag will display correctly

Engine bugfixes

• FIX #1644 - proper stretch of low-health overlay on widescreen
• FIX #1644 - fixed low-health overlay on some systems
• FIX #1619 - opt outline will no longer disappear on fullbody FX
• FIX #1653 - fixed Discord activity always showing "MED" diff

== Raw Changelog! ==

== What's next! ==

This is a small hotfix, addressing mostly the Hellrunner/Reloader bug and some minor issues. Hotfix 1.1a - Exordium - November 2nd, 2021 CHANGE #1612 - hidden AWP fire time penalty removed FIX #1612 - fixed a critical bug between Reloader and Hellrunner FIX #1612 - swap time displayed for mortar weapons FIX #1612 - Hubristic Bronze Badge lists Dante properly FIX #1612 - several typos FIX #1612 - "... and more" properly displays on Security FIX #1612 - Shotgun focus mode perk fixed FIX #1626 - Reloader L1 works even if not aiming FIX #1623 - fixed slot string display in mortem FIX #1622 - lower reload/swap speeds will be colored properly

Once again thank you for the terrific reception of Jupiter Hell full release! It's time for the new beginning, kicking off post-release updates with Jupiter Hell 1.1 Exordium! The update release is accompanied by a week-long promo, so if you were holding off to see how the game is going to fare after the release, you can grab it now, 20% off. This is a variety update, including UI/UX improvements, new early game enemy and weapons, and a huge improvement in character build variety! Many of which features will be continued in 1.2 - we decided to bring you the first set of them early, and you can read all about them below! Both 1.1 and 1.2 (which will hopefully land this year), are targeted at improving three main areas of the game - UI/UX and gameplay information, trait changes and build variety and early game improvements. We decided to split the update information (and changelog!) into these three sections. Wanna know all the details? Grab something to drink, this will take a while.

== UI/UX and gameplay information ==

Multiple save slots

Character and enemy information

Other UI/UX improvements

Further work

== Trait changes and build variety ==

Basic traits

Masters

Balance

Further work

== Early game improvements ==

Grenadiers and grenade launchers

Level generation

Early game gameplay

Further work

== The rest ==

New stuff

Balance

Bugfixes

== Full Changelog ==

== What's Next ==

As Steam Next Fest draws to a conclusion we want to thank everyone for stopping by and trying out our demos. We've had tens of thousands people playing the featured games, hundreds joining our community Discord to offer feedback, and posting on social media! Many of you have been asking "will I be able to keep playing the demo after Next Fest ends"? Steam suggests all Next Fest demos should be timed, to create a sense of urgency and make sure the players wishlist the game. But this is simply not the Hyperstrange way. We're old enough (well, some of us) to remember shareware times, when demos came on floppies and lasted forever (well, some of them). Cutting to the chase: the demos stay, at least until their respective games get released. Here's what you can play, in case you missed some of them:

RAYZE

Blood West

Supplice

Skullstone

POSTAL: Brain Damaged

Small hotfix for outstanding issues, most importantly Vulkan crashes if context switching during intro. If there are no new crash issues discovered, this will be the last hotfix before the next update (1.1, within the next 2 months). Hotfix 1.0c - Dante - August 31st, 2021 CHANGE #1550 - enter to download added to messages menu FIX #1554 - Swashbuckler works with free stealth attacks FIX #1574 - removed melee "trap" from Callisto Rift FIX #1565 - Extended mag for semis matches the result FIX #1513 - fixed possible Vulkan crash on alt-tab from intro FIX #1563 - proper plural enemy names are used in Character view FIX #1566 - BFT "mishaps" will properly show up in mortem FIX #1550 - multitool count in terminals only if applicable FIX #1564 - manufacture sub-menu header consistency FIX #1550 - Scout Stealth is refreshed instead of additive

This is a small hotfix for a crash, and couple more QOL features. We'll do another one focusing mostly on QOL and stability next, and then we'll bury ourselves knee deep into 1.1 development! Hotfix 1.0b - Dante - August 19th, 2021 CHANGE #1549 - wait sound is louder and has configurable volume CHANGE #1544 - adjusted some VO frequency CHANGE #1555 - Random/Fated options in class select req 1 less rank CHANGE #1561 - disable all kinds of "sticky keys" when launching FIX #1562 - rare case of crash related to hacking a dead enemy FIX #1552 - fix duplicate message quest rewards FIX #1555 - Summoner will no longer appear in Challenge mortems

Hyperstrange was one of the most notable studios/publishers at Realms Deep 2021. True to our roots, we treat the "boomer-shooter con" as our main event of the season. Yes, with the amazing help and support we've received from the organizers (3D Realms, New Bloods, and others), Realms Deep is our E3 this year. And it wouldn't be a E3-styled event if we didn't announce a whole lot of stuff. Did you miss it? Here's what went down!

New Hyperstrange studio games announced

New Hyperstrange publishing projects revealed

New HOT release

New gameplay reveal

Notable milestones

Thank you all for an excellent launch <3. First hotfix will address gameplay bugs and typos, QoL changes and requested settings. We will address the rare Vulkan related crashes in hopefully the next patch (1.0b) - in the meantime feel free to play in OpenGL mode until we patch things up!

Changelog:

After years of development, it is with great pleasure that I can finally announce - Jupiter Hell comes out of access - we're out of Beta and releasing on time! This is not just a "final touch" update. No, that would be too easy! This is a complete replacement of the fourth and final episode - Beyond is no more, welcome Dante Station!
Along with Dante comes a completely new final boss and a new complex, challenging and demanding boss fight! Expect to die xD Moreover, three new enemies have been added. One is the summoner who relieved of boss duty took the much more relatable "warlock" name (and comes with an arch and exalted variant!), with completely new mechanics. You may meet him as early as Io. The other two are robotic enemies encountered only on Dante Station. The sentinel might be annoying, but fairly weak. The guardian you should fear. Testing required two nerfs already :). Additionally we've done a lot of UI UX improvements, we hope you'll notice them yourself when you play! And as usual, a ton of bugfixes. I tried to keep this short today, as I hope you cannot wait to dive in! [previewyoutube=n9kAy6wigGQ;full][/previewyoutube]

Full Release Changelog

What's Next

Rip & tear turn after turn after turn... in Jupiter Hell! Good luck.

FULL RELEASE IMMINENT - JUPITER HELL 1.0 INCOMING

The Update notes

Trials

Seeded games

New message quests

Voice over update

Intermission music

UI/UX improvements

Rank requirements

Balance changes

Configuration

Bugfixes

Changelog

What's next

Jupiter Hell 0.9.11 "Curio" is live! The highlights of this release are potentially run changing new powerful drops - unique weapons, armor and helmets and minor and major relics for the new relic slot! Additionally UI/FX improvements and the regular update of balance changes and fixes (yes, we fixed the Apple M1 white background finally!). See for yourself and read all about it below! Note that the changelist might be a bit smaller than the previous updates - we've been working hard this release cycle to make Jupiter Hell fully translatable - you'll be hearing more about this soon!

Unique items

Relics

Other additions

UI/FX improvements

Balance changes

Bugfixes

Changelog

Jupiter Hell 0.9.10 "Medusa"* is live! The highlights of this release are the eponymous enemy, the BIG gun everyone has been waiting for, melee exotics and AMPs, the railgun, UI and FX improvements, rerolling AV perks in manufacture stations, new message-quests, trait upgrades and more! See for yourself and read all about it below! [previewyoutube=wJkmSagv0iA;full][/previewyoutube]

Medusae

The BIG guns!

Melee exotics and AMPs

Perk rerolling

UI and FX improvements

Trait upgrades

New message-quests

Minor changes and fixes

Full Changelog

What's next

Jupiter Hell 0.9.9 "More" is live! We bring you more message-objectives, more objective mechanics, more animation improvements, more trait and station usage options, and many, many, MANY more exotics! Want to know more? See for yourself, and read all about it below! [previewyoutube=3ZzQJshl5gc;full][/previewyoutube]

Messages

Exotics

Animations

Trait options

Station options

New enemy generation algorithm

Angel of Exaltation

Minor changes and fixes

Full Changelog

What's next

Jupiter Hell 0.9.8 "Message" is live! The four major features of this version are the terminal messages (and their Journal storage!), intermission screens, buffed AV items and improved exotic weapons! See for yourself! [previewyoutube=Yuv4dhxrYjw;full][/previewyoutube]

Terminal messages

Intermission screens

AV items and perks rework

Exotic weapons

Balance changes

Bugfixes

Changelog

What's next

One more hotfix release before we fully bury ourselves in 0.9.8 development! This hotfix has two minor balance changes, and fixes to almost all known outstanding bugs. Enjoy! Beta 0.9.7c - Expanse - March 9, 2021 CHANGE #1290 - combat pistol 2x9 but range 4/7, fixed sound CHANGE #1290 - Gunslinger L2 reduces opimal range penalty to -1 FIX #1225 - fixed rare 0 damage bug when destroying armor FIX #1225 - massive fix to pathfinding for enemies and allies FIX #1225 - fixed critical bug with negative minimum range FIX #1235 - early branches will always have 3 levels size FIX #1225 - fixed trait order display in mortem FIX #1225 - possible fix for OSX post-game crash FIX #1225 - fixed several unreachable level parts on Europa FIX #1225 - fixed Limbo safe zone FIX #1225 - fixed ADV plasma pistol name

Right on the heels of the Expanse release we bring you a "hotfix" patch which is more than just bugfixes. As the next release will probably drop at the end of the month, we wanted to push in some fixes, balance changes and QOL features before that! Notable changes include on-screen enemy weapon information, orb healing buffs (especially on higher difficulties), improvements to UI keybindings customization (yes, you can now bind everything to the keypad!), more common orange and cell weapons, buffs to early game pistols, 9mm autos, finisher perk and increased enemy count on higher difficulty after Europa. Also, a LOT of fixes :). Beta 0.9.7b - Expanse - March 3, 2021 CHANGE #1291 - orb healing depends on depth, not difficulty CHANGE #1273 - increased enemy count on Io+ higher difficulties CHANGE #1274 - enemy weapon shown on enemy UI if carryable CHANGE #1272 - balanced Dark Cathedral secret rewards CHANGE #1268 - increased Europa Central Dig safe zone CHANGE #1269 - keypad can be used where hardcoded enter required CHANGE #1288 - clarified Remote Hacker L3 description CHANGE #1277 - you can reset configuration in each config menu CHANGE #1278 - you can bind confirm and cancel for game and UI CHANGE #1289 - changes in the accuracy mod perk-list CHANGE #1286 - decreased the rarity of cell-based weapons CHANGE #1270 - finisher perk works for enemies below 50% health CHANGE #1290 - 9mm auto rifle damage buffed CHANGE #1290 - rare pistols/revs improved, and more common CHANGE #1290 - 7.62 sniper has 100% crit damage CHANGE #1270 - slightly buffed auto AMPs FIX #1286 - fixed Io L1 guaranteed cell weapons FIX #1293 - fixed military sentry mortar attack FIX #1287 - fixed Dark Cathedral visuals (now actually dark) FIX #1271 - fixed Callisto Mines tower lights FIX #1271 - fixed Europa Ruins inaccessible rooms FIX #1259 - fixed terminal/station crash FIX #1259 - fixed helmet pickup crash FIX #1259 - fixed gibbing related crash FIX #1259 - fixed save/load related crash

Took us a bit more time, but this release is HUGE! Jupiter Hell 0.9.7 Expanse features larger moons, mid-point levels, new generators for second halfs of the moons, 4 new branches and 4 new special levels, much improved monster placement and lists, and on top of that a huge rework of traits! But before we go into detail - theres an important announcement we need to make.

Full release date and new publisher

Expanded moons

New branches

Expanded traits

Monster generation

Full Changelog

What's next

Thats it for today. May RNG be forever in your favor!

It's been a bit longer than usual, but we're back to present you a new release of Jupiter Hell - 0.9.6 Terminal! This release features upgraded terminals, enhancements to hacking, stacking elemental damage, 20 new weapon/armor perks, revisited mod pack perk lists and more!

Terminal upgrade

Hacking upgrade

Stacking elemental damage

New perks and mod pack lists

Grenadier

Minor changes

Changelog

What's next

Time to bring the game to the next level with 0.9.5 "Advance"! Three major pillars of this release are new Traits (and improvements to old ones), fully perk-based ADV equipment, and a new perk-based item modding system - read all about it below!

Character Advancement

ADVanced Equipment

ADV Perk-based Modding

Medkit and Stimpack Improvements

Other Balance Changes

Bugfixes

Full changelog

What's next?

High time to attempt (no?) landings on Europa! 0.9.4 brings visual improvements to the snow-covered moon, along with revisiting of all it's generators, improvements to lighting and a brand new branch with a new special level! Additionally we added ice fiends and hyperblasters for ultimate splatter - read all about it below!

Asterius Habitat

Ice fiends

Hyperblaster

Nightmare balance

Masters and Traits

Changelog

What's next?

It's time to face the ultimate challenge in 0.9.3 Nightmare! Apart from the eponymous difficulty level, we have added Platinum and Diamond level badges, level events, gibbing (fun for everyone, life-saving in Nightmare), ADV AMPs and more - read all about it below!

Nightmare!

Platinum and Diamond badges

Gibbing

Level events

ADV AMPs

Plasma grenade

UI

Balance changes

Full changelog

What's next?

After a longer break (much needed since we've been crunching since launch), we present 0.9.2 Vision! The three biggest additions this time is the enabling of the head slot, with various associated items that have their ADV versions too, changing the vision range on some levels (lower or higher) and two new special levels!

Helmets, Visors and Gasmasks

Vision range

New special levels

Balancing

Other changes

Full changelog

What's next?

After a longer break where we stabilized 0.9 and took a bit time off it's time to get back to scheduled releases! This time we look at the first episode of the game, adding a new enemy, new tileset, new branch and new special level. Read all about it below! But before we do that, we're happy to announce that we're running an AMA on the r/Games reddit, that will be starting exactly an hour from now (11 AM PT/8 PM CEST), be sure to check it out! EDIT : AMA is LIVE! https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/gvc2h1/ama_im_the_dev_of_jupiter_hell_a_traditional/

Mimir Habitat

Callisto all lit up

Sentries

Grenade buffs

Balance changes

UI improvements

Changelog

What's next

Hell, it's about time! Our most significant update yet, Jupiter Hell 0.9.0 -- a.k.a. "Masters" (of Doom? :P) -- is out, and with it, 15 (fifteen!) Master traits have been added, each bringing a unique playstyle! Read all about it below! But before we get to the meat, this is our most important release up to date and we want to reach with it as many people as possible! We've set the price -20% off, and would be honored if you'd help us spread the news among friends, communities and your favorite streamers! Only YOU can really help us out with this quest! Also, if you want to discuss master builds, be sure to join our Discord Server :)

Masters!

Marine Masters

• Onslaught - once you spool up your chain-fire weapon (see below), you can move while firing and increasing spool-up!
• Bulletstorm adds 1 more shot per action to SMGs and pistols, and reduces their ammo consumption
• Army of Darkness - designed with Shotguns in mind, this is a generic trait that converts the Slash weapon damage type to Pierce, and maximizes their effective range.
• Vampyre - Health regeneration on melee kills
• Survivor - generalist trait makes you harder to kill and provides limited regeneration capabilities

Scout Masters

• Sniper - for use with any rifle, increases ranges and provides a bonus to critical chance which scales with range to target
• Gun Kata - fan favorite -- automatically shoots both your pistols at different targets as you dance between enemies
• Gunrunner - reload weapons on move and reduces their fire time for the turn after a move, leading to a run and gun playstyle
• Assassinate - Scout's flashy melee master -- phaseshift right behind the enemy to deliver a fatal blow
• Ghost - for the sneaky among us, significantly reduces stealth costs and detects enemies before you see them

Technician Masters

• Entrenchment - hold position and start spewing bullets - automatic hunker and damage reduction when firing while remaining stationary
• Sharpshooter - for the pistol fans: increased ranges and damage bonus which scales with range to target
• Fireangel - when you want to see the world burn. Shrug off explosions and proc fire effects
• Blademaster - Tech's melee master -- wield two blades at the same time for more damage!
• Wizard - smoke screen on cooldown, buff to hacked enemies and bot summoning

New Uncommon Weapons

• 9mm combat pistol
• .44 long revolver
• 7.62 sidearm
• 7.62 assault SMG
• 7.62 sniper rifle
• CRI plasma cannon

Chaingun Spool-up

Improved Animations

UI Improvements

Major Balance Changes

Plethora of Bugfixes

Changelog

What's next?

Edit: 0.9.0a deployed!

The much awaited Jupiter Hell update 0.8.11 a.k.a. Berserker is live! The theme is unsurprisingly melee combat, but new general traits have also been added and the gameplay flow of the player classes improved! Read all about it below!

Melee - Rip'n'Tear!

Melee arsenal

New traits

New special level

GFX pass

Bugfixes

Changelog

What's next

Time for Jupiter Hell update 0.8.10 a.k.a. Explorer! The main theme of this update is revisiting Special Levels (including adding a new one too), minimap (and maximap :P) improvements, basic melee to prep us for Berserker, Scout and Marine class skill buffs and a lot of minor improvements! We're putting the game on -20% sale, so it's also a great moment to help us spread the news :)

Special levels revisited

Minimap, megamap

Basic melee

Scout and Marine class skill buff

Critical hit changes

Accuracy mod pack

Inventory size

Minor changes

Changelog

What's next

Introducing Jupiter Hell update 0.8.9 a.k.a. Protocol! You asked, and we listened, now you can command your hacked bots to do something else than just aimlessly stagger around! This is more of a "lots of small stuff" release, so there's a bit to go over!

Protocol

Voice

Music

Damage types

Telegraphed attacks

Exalted

Balance pass

Angel of Hubris

Other stuff

Changelog

What's next

Introducing Jupiter Hell update 0.8.8 a.k.a. Gunslinger! A most requested DRL feature is making a comeback - dual wielding of pistols! Apart from that, there's new stuff to find, balance changes and bugfixes, so let's jump right in!

Gunslinger

Health orbs

Rare mods

Callisto changes

Balance pass

Trait view

Angel of Mercy

Fixes

Changelog

What's next

Introducing Jupiter Hell update 0.8.7 a.k.a. Hellhack! To celerbrate the new update we're putting the game on a -20% discount for a week - perfect moment for you if you'd like to help us promote the game :). There's a lot to go through, so lets jump right into it!

Hacking

Terminals

Technical stations

Backpack

Scouting skills

UI

Marine

Balance

Fixes

Changelog

What's next

Last release of the year brings you class-specific resources, new traits, a mod capacity system, a new challenge and more!

Class resources

Sustained Fire and Pinpoint

Mod capacity and Dismantle

Callisto L1 and New York Reload

Full Changelog

Future Updates

Hello everyone! Steam Awards 2019 are up, and we noticed some people telling us they nominated Jupiter Hell for "The Best Game You Suck At" category! We're pretty happy, as we think this category isn't too crowded :P. If you could also nominate us (even if YOU DON'T suck at it), or in any other category, we would be extremely grateful! Also, the game is -20% off for the Autumn Sale, so it's a great moment to remind your friends and your communities about it!

Post-update bugfix patch is live! While previously we put the notes into the main announcement, here we post it as a small update, as it contains significant balance changes. We're aware of the easier difficulties being too hard at the moment, and this patch tries to alleviate the difficulty a bit before we address it more thoroughly in the next patch. For that however, we'd love you to help us out! A topic discussing it has been posted to the Steam forums: https://steamcommunity.com/app/811320/discussions/0/2803982773101542252/ Now for the changes: The biggest one is on Easy - we made enemy cover half as effective as player cover. In short, an enemy behind full wall cover will now be hitable at around 50%. This might seem like shotgun surgery, however it comes from observation that new players don't seem to play well around enemy cover in the beginning. Also, this change makes Callisto easier, but difficulty later game is less affected as enemies don't rely on cover that much anymore. Next, on all difficulty levels the level 1 medical box will contain two medkits - on Easy and Medium the level 2 medical box will have the same. There are many deaths that are barely avoidable due to not having much options in the inventory - this will allow to get to that point on a more regular basis. To offset the medkit addition on Hard+ and to change the difficulty curve in the direction we want we also reworked the health drops from exalted enemies - don't count on hoarding those on UV anymore, but you'll meet them more consistently on easier difficulties. As far as usual bugfixes go, we fixed rockets flying through walls (especially on AoDoom), fixed the possibility of targeting the environment in the latter (and nerfed the damage bonus by half), and most importantly a small issue that prevented the OpenGL version working on non-Vulkan cards. If you have a card that ran JH last update with OpenGL only and stopped - this probably will fix your issue. Full changelog follows: CHANGE #896 - EASY only: -50% to enemy cover effectiveness CHANGE #896 - Angel of Doom - 50% dodge to damage (instead of 100%) CHANGE #896 - two medkits per box on levels 1 (all) and 2 (Easy/Med) CHANGE #896 - adjusted exalted health drops FIX #896 - Angel of Doom etheral walls fixed FIX #896 - Angel of Doom environment targeting fixed FIX #896 - OpenGL version accidentaly required 4.5 instead of 4.3 FIX #896 - kerberos is now properly named (as opposed to cyberos) FIX #896 - fix for shots going through walls See you next update, and be sure to check out the difficuly topic above!

Here we are again, a bit late due to conferences and cats, but Hounds of Hell are live!

Kerberos

Beyond

Perks

Item drops

Dodge and traits

Finally

Time to outsmart hell itself! The major 0.8.4 update is now live and most notably introduces a full overhaul of Jupiter Hell's AI system! Enemies now can hear you, smell you and humanoids know the value of cover!

Infernal Intellect

Weapon Perks

Quality of Life

Balance Changes

Full Changelog

Next Update

Help us out!

One more quick hotfix, as there were some rare crashes during level transition. We took this opportunity to also hotfix level creation/load times, which should be significantly faster, especially on low-end systems. Finally, there's a rare bug with decal edges appearing, most noticable on Radeon cards. FIX #821 - possible crash fix for inter-moon transition FIX #819 - improved level loading times FIX #819 - fixed decal borders (most visible on Radeon cards) See you next time in 0.9.0 :)

And here we go again with the obligatory post-update bugfix patch :P Most important thing adressed is the reduction of VRAM usage that was creating some serious issues on low-end graphics card. This might solve some crashes and framerate loss after update (please comment if it helped you). Apart from that some minor gameplay glitches have been fixed. CHANGE #811 - bulk mods on pistol slightly nerfed on low mag size FIX #811 - reduced VRAM use, fixes issues/crashes on low-tier GPUs FIX #809 - fixed glitch allowing to pick traits over the maximum FIX #814 - fixed duplicated descriptions on SHIFT view FIX #814 - acid barrels are now named as such Stay tuned for the next feature update, and thank you for playing Jupiter Hell :)

It's update time again! This release has some significant gameplay changes that will shake the meta! The tl;dr: we removed Eagle Eye, added Aim action and new traits, revisited and improved "transition" levels (first and last levels of a moon), improved manual targeting, balanced a shitload of stuff and added plasma ravagers. A more detailed description follows!

Accuracy

Ranges

Manual targeting

Weapon/Armor mods

Balance

Transition levels

Visual

Changelog

Hello marines, time for a content update! 0.8.2 is deployed and you can download it now (you might need to fully restart your client to trigger the update). Please note there's no save compatibility - your previous run will be silently deleted. Your progress and statistics should stay unaffected. Most notable change is the addition of the second Io branch - CRI Laboratories! It comes with its own special level - CRI Armory. We'll leave you to discover its secrets for yourself, although prepare as you would for Blacksite Vaults :P. Second biggest change is Medical and Technical stations. They are carefully placed in terms of randomness (the bulk that you'll find is guaranteed), and allow for some control over your run. With Medical terminals you can either use them as stationary healing, extract a medkit out of them - a combination of both or even more :). Technical stations will allow you to better control your mod supply, or/and repair your armor. Third topic of 0.8.2 is acid. You'll meet it both as a new barrel type, as well as in the furious hands of the archreavers. Due to the fact that this makes Anomaly even more deadly, we addressed the Friendly Neighbourhood Reaver issue, and guaranteed that those cozy creatures don't spawn right in your face. Speaking of special levels, we've revisited some and improved the rewards for most of Callisto and Europa special levels. Among them you may find the newly added ADV rocket launchers and chainguns to even your chances out! There are several smaller changes and bugfixes, most notably killing the fiend burn crash bug (hopefully for good!) and making Io and Boss Reavers not count to the 100% clear count (which should make some of you really happy). Full changelog below!

Content updates

Hello marines! It's time for the first content/feature update! 0.8.1 is now deployed and you should be able to download it (you might need to fully restart your store client for the update to trigger). Please note there's no save compatibility - your previous run will be silently deleted. Your progress and statistics should stay unaffected. We've implemented a lot of changes and features, many of them suggested by the community - you might find one you suggested in this list :). As far as new stuff goes, you'll mostly notice the damage types - EMP, Toxic, Fire, etc. Barrels now behave differently based on color, old enemies might have new attacks, and cyroreavers and toxic reavers will introduce you gently to the new damage effects. And to turn the tables you have access to new grenades - EMP and Gas (note that the old grenades have changed colors). There's a lot new exotic (magenta) weapons too! Speaking of weapons the cell-weapon tier has been added - rifle, pistol and shotgun (bye bye armor :P). They all do plasma damage, which mostly behaves like pierce damage. Early game benefits from slightly different gear between classes and a new Level 1 generator that eases into a given run by providing a more balanced first level clear. We also balanced armor and health drops a bit. We're slowly working on improving Io too - you'll find the new Blacksite special level to be something a bit different from the old ones :). AI has been more agressive. We'll be working more on the AI later, but you should definitely be able to kite demons now. Angel of Shotgunnery has been moved to a higher rank requirement, and Angel of Carnage (which is subjectively more fun) has been unlocked in its place instead. AoSh should be easier now though, as we allow the use of grenades (and the plasma shotgun eats armored enemies). Tough as Nails has been reworked to reduce the accuracy penalty instead of pain, and do it on a 50%/100% level. UI wise, we've added a item description modifier (SHIFT or LTrigger on pads), which allows you to see the stats of a weapon on the ground (and compare them to the held weapon - nicer UI improvements comming to this later!), but also allows you to use the pickup key while held to use the item immedately from the ground. Finally some visual improvements were done - to the particle and sprite effects and icons and to the visual rendering equations. Full changelog below!

Content updates

UI/Game/Visual updates

EDIT : Hotfix 0.8.1a

Hello marines! We're so glad that so many of you decided to join us at Early Access launch! We'll start our Early Access updates with a bugfix release 0.8.0a to address most issues that we have found thanks to your reports. The release is live now, if your start screen doesn't state 0.8.0a, fully restart Steam to force the update!

Changes (sneaking into a bugfix release)

Graphical/engine/launch bugs

Gameplay bugs

Finally, after so many years, Jupiter Hell, our turn-based sci-fi roguelike, spiritual successor to "Doom, the Roguelike" is out on Steam Early Access! Rip and tear zombies, demons, and heavy metal monstrosities with chainguns and chainsaws on randomized levels set all over Jupiters orbit. Buy, play and leave a review here! And most importantly, please help us spread the word! Share, send it to your friends, poke your favorite streamers, and share with your communities! Thank you for being with us in this important hour! <3

It's the final countdown! This version changelog might be short, cause we don't want to destabilize the game before Early Access launch, however, two major changes have still made the cut. First and foremost. There is a macOS version finally! It should be still considered experimental, as we didn't have the possibility to test it on a lot of devices (known significant issues happen on Intel Iris Pro 5200), and as yet not very well optimized, but it should be a reasonable start. Note that because we use MoltenVK and hence Metal, it will only work on macOS Mojave or newer operating systems. Also, we'll be rolling out a hotfix for bluish scanlines tomorrow. Due to problems with app signing, for the time being macOS versions will be Steam only. Second major change is an overhaul of lighting - not only we made stuff by default brighter (by changing default lights strength and HDR parameters), but we also brought light to levels that were poorly lit - most noticeable on BSP style levels with corridors. Apart from that there are several bugfixes and a slight balance change to Io Gateway. Take note that the Reavers that spawn from that portal wont stop spawning until you enter it! We are more or less in a feature freeze until Early Access release, not to mess stuff up. Some things that we still planned to squeeze in are almost ready, but will appear in the first update after EA, including a Black Site special level, a CRI branch for Io, energy weapons on Io and healing terminals. Stay tuned as Early Access is not the end, it's the beginning! Full changelog follows: Beta 0.7.4 - July 29, 2019 NEW #--- - macOS version (experimental) CHANGE #517 - let there be light! CHANGE #--- - Io Gateway will spawn reavers less often FIX #--- - fixes to ASCII version (still more work needed) FIX #--- - fixed Limbo spawning weird portals FIX #--- - fixed rare case of "life after death" FIX #623 - Fix for crash on entering Tyre Outpost and Refueling Base Next versions will be Release Candidates for EA, only bugfixes, followed by feature-less 0.8.0. Once the game launches August 1st on Early Access, we'll return to regular programming. P.S. Oh, and if you didn't see the Early Access launch trailer yet, enjoy ;): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY8hfy0GopQ

This is a quick release, as we have some features that we still want to push before Early Access, and we'll need to feature-freeze the release soon! Apart from that some major fixes have been added too! Most notably we added the last big change before Early Access - Player Progression - later in development there will be more content that it will unlock, but now you can give us feedback on the current locks - they should automatically unlock if you've been collecting badges, otherwise some work might need to be done to get back all the Challenges and Ultraviolence. New badges have been added so the progress goes smoother. The currently locked stuff should be achieveable by a casual player - if it isn't, please tell! If for any reason you want to start with a clean state, delete player.dat from the game folder. First part of the Io upgrades is also go - Io is 6 levels deep, is also inhabitated by former CRI soldiers, there's a new special level (Io Warehouse) and a new transition level at Io 6 - Gateway. There's one balance change - SMGs should be a bit more accurate. Notable bugfixes include speeding up the loading significantly, reenabling volumetric lights, and several crash fixes. We need these last versions before Early Access tested as much as possible and as soon as possible, so please help us out on this last stretch! <3 Beta 0.7.3 - July 24, 2019 NEW #587 - Player progression - ranks, unlocks, rank up! NEW #615 - Io Warehouse special level NEW #--- - Io expanded to 6 levels, former CRI security added NEW #--- - Io Gateway added - last level of Io! NEW #587 - non-challenge badge sets - CRI, JoviSec and Anomaly CHANGE #587 - only new badges appear in mortem CHANGE #--- - significant speed up of loading times CHANGE #--- - accuracy penalty for SMGs reduced to -10% FIX #--- - reverted to older version of FMOD - might fix some issues FIX #--- - fixed some Vulkan and OpenGL compatibility issues FIX #--- - reenabled volumetric lights FIX #--- - fixed a rare crash case that might happen at start of level FIX #--- - fixed some formers not carrying flashlights on dark levels FIX #--- - fixed mortar demon potential crash FIX #--- - fixed Io floor vents Next version will be out really soon (if bugfixes are needed), or around Monday (last changes before EA). Good luck!

VULKAN HAS ARRIVED!

VOICE OF JUPITER

ULTRAVIOLENCE

SMGs

SKILLED

STEAM SAVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

It's that time again! While we still are in the progress of updating Io, there's a regular drop of new features for the game for your enjoyment! Most notably we finally added weapon and armor modding to the game! You can apply a single mod to any non-advanced weapon, and pick the new Whizkid trait to increse the mod capacity by 2 per level. Technicians are smarter, and can apply a single mod to advanced weapon or armor! Currently available mods are Power (damage or protection), Accuracy and Bulk (magazine size or armor durability). We also upgraded the UI - this is not a full overhaul that is planned post Early Access release, but you'll find it a bit nicer to see things that are important. Speaking of which you can now turn off the CRT effects if you don't like them. We're in progress of adding a new general purpose level generator (inspired by the awesome roguelike Cogmind) - currently, you can encounter it only on Io, but once we polish up the kinks it will be more widespread. To add more tactical depth we added CRI phase devices (smarter than DRL's, because they try to teleport you to a safe place), and repair kits (replacing armor-shards - basically a carryable version). Finally, there's a new challenge, probably the hardest and weirdest one yet - Angel of Vampirism. Apart from that a huge chunk of smaller changes and bugfixes awaits, see the full changelog below! Beta 0.7.1 - July 5, 2019 NEW #525 - weapon/armor mods added! Currently power, accuracy and bulk (more to come)! NEW #525 - whizkid trait added (+2 mods per item) NEW #524 - color overhaul of the UI! NEW #101 - new level generator (Cogmind-style) - currently on on Io! NEW #447 - Angel of Vampirism! NEW #523 - CRI phase device added (teleport-to-safety consumable) NEW #522 - carryable repair kits (for armor) added, armor shards removed CHANGE #521 - cave levels now can have vaults CHANGE #515 - BSP levels now can have vaults CHANGE #508 - added a configuration option to tone down CRT effects CHANGE #507 - items on floor use only icons (visual clutter removed) CHANGE #533 - you can now drop equipment (be careful!) CHANGE #531 - added proper gamepad keybinding info to the UI CHANGE #534 - increased amount of loot/ammo in Io and Beyond FIX #531 - you can now drop items with the gamepad (Y) FIX #530 - fixed several spelling and grammar mistakes (thanks Slavfox!) FIX #511 - items and current weapon is no longer missing from mortem screen FIX #512 - rare crash on death fixed FIX #515 - fixed rare ocurrences of non-reachable level parts FIX #537 - fix to unconnected industrial_c_13 FIX #536 - fix industrial_13x13_2 vaults cut down (box in wall) FIX #535 - fix military base trap FIX #--- - fixed some issues with resolution change Next version (0.7.2) will be out in two weeks time, and hopefully will come with Vulkan and OSX support, and a significant drop of tactical gameplay enhancements. Hopefully we'll finally hear the Marine swear too ;).

THE WAR ON IO UPDATE

INTRODUCING IO

NEW TUTORIAL

SCORING SYSTEM

MUSIC UPDATES

FULL CHANGELOG

Took a bit longer than planned, but we're back with a fresh new BETA! There are two big changes in this one - the first being active class skills! Each of the three classes has gotten an active skill that is available from the start, and is usable once per level. Marine aquires Adrenaline which can convert your pain factor into health, Scout has gotten Stealth, which is basically a short-term invisibility (broken by attacking though) and Technician has a Smoke Screen which works exactly like a smoke grenade thrown under your feet! To increase the availability of those (and other) skills with a cooldown, stimpacks now reset cooldowns (for the "once per level" ones you'll need a military stimpack though). The second big change are Vaults! These are special rooms that appear on some levels (currently not on BSP or cave levels), that have locked doors. You need to find a terminal to unlock them and inside you'll find some more difficult enemies. You'll find a special box too though! At the same time we rewrote from scratch the algorithm that picked monsters for the level. It should now have more consistent results (and a lot power for future changes). Finally we added two challenges that incidentally allow to have a taste of later game content -- Carnage which is a rocket launcher only game and Confidence which throws you right into Europa. We also implemented the Discord API - you'll have rich presence info when playing the game! (currently works only on Windows) Speaking of which, join our Discord if you haven't already :D http://discord.gg/jupiterhell There's also a bit of changes and fixes, see below for the full changelog! We await for your feedback (especially on new changes)! Restart Steam to force the update! Beta 0.6.2 - May 30, 2019 NEW #458 - vaults! NEW #443 - Marine class skill - Adrenaline! NEW #441 - Scout class skill - Stealth! NEW #442 - Technician class skill - Smoke screen! NEW #445 - new challenge - Angel of Confidence (Europa start) NEW #444 - new challenge - Angel of Carnage (rocket launcher only) NEW #448 - rewrote the monster generation algorithm - more balanced compositions NEW #455 - added Discord API - rich presence on Discord (can be toggled off) CHANGE #426 - AI upgrade - more responsive to player but first reaction is always move CHANGE #451 - elevators have a dedicated floor in front of them CHANGE #457 - try to launch on dedicated graphics card if present on laptop CHANGE #457 - warn if launching on Intel integrated GPU CHANGE #460 - stimpacks now reset cooldowns (military stimpack resets "once per level" cd's) CHANGE #464 - smoke grenades do no damage CHANGE #453 - slight adjustment of game camera, should improve top/bottom visibility CHANGE #462 - heal fx added FIX #446 - advanced auto shotguns now have potential increased magazine instead of seeming empty FIX #467 - added shebang to Linux script (should fix launching on itch.io) FIX #470 - door UI icons load properly after save/load FIX #--- - clean background in menu (was visible on ultrawide monitors) Next version (0.7.0) should be out at the end of the next week! We will wrap up the 0.6.x changes by adding the final planned moon and episode - Io! Stay tuned for a bigger announcement when that time comes!

It's that time again! Despite the fact that these two weeks were mostly working on systems for the bigger 0.7.0 release, we managed to push in some exciting changes! The most noticeable one is obviously another favorite hellish roguelike feature returning - Challenge Modes! We're starting modestly with 3 classics making a comeback - Light Travel, Shotgunnery and Impatience, updated for Jupiter Hell. Next release we'll add a few more interesting ones though, so stay tuned! Each of the challenges is accompanied by 3 badges that you can earn - no ranks yet, but that's coming too (unfortunately we had to invalidate earned medals to implement it, that might happen from time to time before we go into EA). Don't mind the messy player data screens, we'll make them more beautiful later! We also started doing upgrades on AI for the upcoming Io changes, you might notice some infighting happening -- based on the group of the given enemy. We rewrote a bit of code around the cover mechanic - a side result is that cover modifier is lower (but much more consistent). To offset that, we made destructible cover more sturdy, and implemented a Hunker mechanic - if you wait behind cover you get a significant cover bonus - and if you pick the new Technician trait, that bonus actually stays until you move! Apart from that we added a smoke mechanic - you can test it out with the new smoke grenades! Not a very damaging weapon, but useful to cover a tactical retreat! We await for your feedback (especially on new changes)! Restart Steam to force the update! Full changelog follows! Beta 0.6.1 - May 10, 2019 NEW #021 - Challenge modes! Angel of Light Travel, Shotgunnery and Impatience for starters NEW #021 - Badges! Currently Bronze, Silver and Gold for the above challenges NEW #389 - Hunker mechanic! (wait behind cover) NEW #390 - Hunker down trait for Technician! NEW #016 - AI upgrade - monster infighting NEW #431 - smoke mechanic and smoke grenade added! CHANGE #432 - changed internals of medals - old medals are invalidated :( CHANGE #423 - pain rebalanced - now values are same between difficulties, but there's a 50% gate on a single attack CHANGE #389 - fixed the to_hit algorithm - the accuracy penalties for cover are changed! CHANGE #389 - made box/chair/desk covers more sturdy FIX #--- - scavenger works with .44 ammo FIX #428 - clearing/exploring more than 3 levels will now give the proper medals Next version (0.6.2) will come in 2 weeks if all goes according to plan. Expect more Challenge work and active class skills that will make the classes differ a lot more than they are now, and allow for more tactical early game!

It's finally that time again! Took a bit longer than usual because PAX and GDC took development time away -- and we really wanted some significant changes for 0.6.0. The major gameplay change is making the weapon slots universal - we decided that separate sidearm/primary/heavy slots are needlessly complex not giving much to tactical gameplay. Now you can carry any weapon in any slots (e.g. three chainguns if you wish). A trait to increase the amount of slots is also available for Scouts and Technicians! D**mRL players will recognize the next feature - Medals! They're extremely hard to get, you see them on your mortem, and you can see a list of them in player data (use left/right to switch pages). Speaking of which a lot of additional statistics got added, including real time measuring (hello speedrunners!). All level generators from Callisto and Europa have been improved (including the branches), including also lootbox and turret (new rocket turrets yay!) placement for all - especially the BSP generator has been significanly improved and made more common. Significant changes are in the weapon department too - revolvers and hunter rifles are now using new .44 ammo - both got a buff and made common. Additionally double shotguns and auto shotguns have been made common too -- all four weapons are carried by enemies now, and all four have their advanced variants available! Also, rocket launchers should now be much more viable as you'll encounter heavies carrying them... Finally, a change that was really needed - when we added exalted enemies, we forgot one important thing - they should drop good loot! Now they do :P. We await for your feedback (especially on new changes)! Restart Steam to force the update! Full changelog follows! Beta 0.6.0 - April 26, 2019 NEW #355 - medals implemented! Viewable in player data (left/right) and mortems! NEW #391 - universal slots! Each slot can carry any weapon! Scout starts with 2, rest with 3 NEW #392 - trait: Gun Hoarder - +1 slots (Scout or Technician only) NEW #409 - significant improvement pass on all level generators of Callisto and Europa and their branches NEW #409 - the BSP generator has been significantly improved and made more common on Callisto NEW #406 - heavy troopers carrying rocket launchers added - will make RL's and rockets more common! NEW #408 - rocket turret - will also make rockets more common NEW #411 - .44 ammo - used by revolver and hunter rifle NEW #411 - revolver and hunter rifle made common, used by guards and soldiers (both buffed) NEW #411 - revolver and hunter rifle advanced versions NEW #412 - auto/double shotgun made common, used by sergeants in Europa and Beyond respectively NEW #412 - double shotgun and auto shotgun advanced versions NEW #413 - exalted enemies drop high quality loot and sometimes medical supplies CHANGE #409 - lootbox and turret emplacements added to levels that have been missing them CHANGE #407 - chaingun reloads a single turn but in 15-size increments CHANGE #396 - more statistics! Including time tracking! Let the speedrunning commence! CHANGE #395 - configuration is now versioned (expect a reset of config after update) FIX #409 - several level generation issues fixed FIX #375 - fixed muzzle placement for weapons FIX #398 - fixed decals for shotguns multipling and going through walls Our initial plan for 0.6.0 was to introduce Io this version, but we decided to postpone it to 0.7.0 instead. The reason is that Io introduces a new faction (CRI) which requires a rewrite in AI, and we'd rather to a nice complete content drop than something unfinished. Expect parts of the changes (AI) to appear already in 0.6.1 and Io to appear either in 0.6.2 or 0.7.0 :).

This release is a bit rushed, but we really wanted to push out these fixes before we'll leave for GDC and PAX (next release might take a month!). The major features are the addition of a new enemy (drone), and adding telegraphed charge attacks for imps and ravagers! This feature is definitely WIP, and the visual indicatior might change. We also want it to deal more damage, but we first want to see how the attack changes the enemies difficulty - feedback for this feature needed! In the changes department there's a minor addition of kills to the player data view, and the more significant addition of proximity doors to Europa. In particular one of the subtilesets of Europa will now always use them. We received positive feedback on proximity doors, so we wanted to make more use of them - if we went overboard, please do tell us! Finally there are a couple fixes, most importantly the annoying key repeat after changing levels. Check out below for the full changelog! We await for your feedback (especially on new changes)! Beta 0.5.2 - March 11, 2019 NEW #073 - drones! NEW #383 - telegraphed attacks (imp and ravager) WIP CHANGE #382 - one of the Europa visual tilesets has proximity doors CHANGE #380 - player data total kills FIX #381 - armored ravagers reload always after shot FIX #379 - auto-repeat reset on level change FIX #--- - removal of ragdoll-hit effect from security bots Next update (0.6.0) will take some time to release - we will resume work on it after returning from PAX and GDC. However there's some content in the art department that has been piling up, so the release might still be very interesting :)

Took a week longer than initially planned, but here we are with a new beta! The extra time was taken to make sure that controller support - one of the major changes this beta - is working properly! If you have a controller, please do test it out and tell us what you think! Default bindings are visible on the bottom of the help screen. Our bindings are based on the D-Pad, but you can also try the as yet unoptimized analog stick implementation by enabling it in the options. Another change that will benefit both controller and keyboard players is the smart auto-repeat. You can now hold the direction you're walking and the player will repeat moves, however in a much slower rate than regular auto-repeat. The beauty of the smart auto-repeat is that it TURNS OFF WHEN AN ENEMY IS IN VISION. Say goodbye to deaths by holding a directional key :D. You can adjust the initial delay of the auto-repeat and its frequency in configuration,and if you dislike it, you can also turn it off (or permanently turn repeat on)! Additionally we've implemented turrets - currently only as dumb enemies, but later you'll be able to turn them off, or even turn them against your enemies! Callisto civilian levels now have automatic proximity doors, presenting a new tactical challenge, and the post-mortem now has an equipment and inventory list. Other minor things are differently colored health bars for robotic enemies (to note that they react differently to different damage types), addition of lootboxes to the spaceport level, and making armored ravagers reload after each shot. Mortar ravagers will also be made easier, but that will happen in the next update. Check out below for the full changelog! We await for your feedback (especially on the controller support)! Beta 0.5.1 - March 1, 2019 NEW #099 - controller support NEW #118 - partial controller configuration NEW #350 - smart key repeat mode (configurable) NEW #374 - turrets! NEW #364 - proximity doors in Callisto civilian levels NEW #365 - inventory and equipment lists in mortem files CHANGE #376 - robotic enemies have different health bar color to mark different damage behavior CHANGE #347 - numpad keys can be bound CHANGE #366 - lootboxes in Spaceport level CHANGE #367 - armored ravagers reload after shot FIX #348 - scavenger doesnt destroy ammo if inventory full FIX #--- - fixed terrain technique selection (minor performance boost on some levels) FIX #369 - "using" ammunition no longer shoots weapon to (0,0) Next update (0.5.2) will uncharacteristically be out probably next Friday! We will try to implement some more gameplay improvements and telegraphed attacks... the hurry is that we'll be demoing at PAX East this month, and want to squeeze in some extra juice for that demo - more info soon :)

Beta Access on itch.io!

0.5.0 released!

Changelog

This is the second release in the 0.4.x series, and the last one before 0.5. Unfortunately we didn't manage to finish Vulkan for this release, but work is still in progress. To offset that there are several gameplay changes, probably the one that will make everyone most happy is the slot handling change - in short, each slot can carry weapons of lower tier than the slot. So you apart from the regular setup you can either carry 3 sidearms, 1 sidearm and 2 primary weapons of 2 sidearms and 1 primary. This should mostly be beneficial in the 2 primary case (e.g. shotgun and rifle). We added also a generic action button (space), thanks to which you'll be finally able to close doors. Be aware that the AI hasn't been changed so closing doors might be confusing for it. We've also did significant changes in the item and enemy department. The first had it's drop pick algorithm completely rewritten (WE NEED A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THIS) - so lootbox drops might feel different, please comment if stuff is too rare or too common! As for the enemy department we've added exalted enemies - basically Champions from Diablo 3 - regular enemies with one or more random keywords that add them benefits. The keyword pool is bit on the shallow side, but we'll add more as soon as we will implement more features. We also tried to differentiate late game enemies a bit -- we added a new ravager type and made the monster tables for the last levels a bit more varied. Finally, player data implementation is complete, data is being gathered, but there's no way yet to see it - expect it in the next version! Check out below for the full changelog! We await for your feedback (especially on the new additions)! Beta 0.4.2 - January 25, 2019 NEW #332 - exalted enemies NEW #329 - you can now carry lighter weapons in heavier slots NEW #321 - action button (Space) - you can now close doors NEW #221 - completely changed the way drop randomization works NEW #093 - mortar ravagers FIX #331 - fixed a rare case where Callisto Anomaly would generate inaccessible FIX #--- - fixed crash related to explosions Restart Steam to force the update! Next update (0.5) will be out next week, we'll try to get player data visible for it, add in more in the modular weapon department and do balancing and bugfixes so that we can wrap up the 0.4.x development line :).

We've been uncharacteristically silent the past month - there are several big features that we're working on that we hoped to include in 0.4.1, but none of them seemed to be close enough to make it in, so we decided that releasing an incremental small update in the time that the big features cook is better than keeping silent. In the background we're mainly working on four big things now - the Vulkan API switch (which should allow an OS X version among other benefits), modular weapons, player data (statistics etc) and Io! We hope to finish all of those before the month ends, so gib us strength :) In the meantime this version brings a minor overhaul of most of the games level generation parameters making caves smaller and grid levels less gridy and more open - you might spot new grid setups also. Also present is a balance pass, thanks mainly to the detailed writeup from Dervis (with comments from mosfet and Jupiter Tourist) on the ChaosForge forums. We're not there yet, but we're trying to get there! Of particular note is the buff to rocket launchers - they now have a range 2 explosion, and are guaranteed to appear on each Europa special level. We've also swapped all the weapon models with new preset modular ones - you might notice differences between some of the "magenta" weapon flavors now. Check out below for the full changelog! We await for your feedback (especially on the new changes)! NEW #309 - slight upgrade pass on all Callisto and Europa generators to break grid NEW #309 - couple new generator tile setups for Callisto and Europa levels for variety NEW #311 - all weapon models have been replaced with preset modular weapons CHANGE #318 - rocket launcher buff/rework - 60 damage with radius 2, falloff = 60/45/30 CHANGE #318 - frag grenades also bumped to 2 radius and 32 damage (32/24/16), krak to 40 CHANGE #318 - explosions respect wall side and LOS CHANGE #318 - rocket launcher is guaranteed to appear on every Europa special level CHANGE #309 - decreased size of all cave levels a bit CHANGE #314 - enemy balance - secbots moved 2 levels deeper, no reavers in callisto main CHANGE #314 - enemy count - more enemies - +1/lvl at Easy, +2/lvl at Medium +3/lvl at Hard CHANGE #314 - trait balance - Overkill nerfed a little, Shredder has no damage penalty CHANGE #314 - weapon balance - buffed regular shotgun to 32 damage, pistol accuracy at range lowered CHANGE #314 - removed generic damage amp CHANGE #305 - savefile and hall of fame are now compressed CHANGE #280 - Pain and Dodge are not hardcoded, just buff/debuff effects FIX #310 - Point Blank trait fixed Next update (0.4.2) should be out in 2 weeks resuming the regular schedule - hopefully it will bring us the finished player data and new gameplay features... if we're really lucky, maybe the first Vulkan version :P

This release is a wrap-up of the 0.3.x branch - additionally we added the promised configuration options, bugfixes, and did a bit of temporary optimization for OpenGL (true performance pass will happen after first Vulkan release). Check out below for the full changelog! We still await for your feedback on the 3.3 additions! Beta 0.4.0 - November 23, 2018 NEW #278 - resolution and fullscreen now in-game configurable NEW #279 - keybindings now configurable (simple mode) NEW #285 - active and passive light count configurable CHANGE #284 - minor optimization pass FIX #286 - fixed shader quality option not fully working FIX #287 - no more crash on picking Running trait FIX #288 - fixed SoB damage values Restart Steam to force the update! Next update (0.4.1) will be out in around two weeks, and it might be the first Vulkan based update!

The first thing you'll notice is the appearance of player classes! We're starting off with DRL classics - Marine, Scout and Tech. We're early in devloping their differences (expect a lot more separate trait lists), but already you should notice their separate trait lists, and unique passive bonuses. Along with that we've introduced critical hit mechanics. By default the critical chance of any weapon is 0%, but there are several ways to raise that. Second noteworthy thing is the Beyond special levels. Limbo is akin the ones already present, Arena on the other hand, if cleared, allows you to skip some levels of Beyond. Finally, you'll notice in-game settings menu. It's still missing the most important (and most difficult to implement properly) options - screen resolution and fullscreen, but the other options should work now. A note about performance - we're mid-transition to Vulkan, to make this easier for us we had to take some shortcuts that reduced performance especially on lower-tier systems. You will notice a performance drop, we'll take care of that once we finish the transition to Vulkan. Check out below for the full changelog! We await for your feedback (especially on the new additions)! Beta 0.3.3 - November 23, 2018 NEW #268 - three player classes - Marine, Scout and Technician! NEW #281 - each class has a different intrinsic passive! NEW #270 - each class has it's own trait list, including new traits! NEW #253 - critical chance and critical hit mechanics NEW #263 - Beyond special level - Limbo NEW #262 - Beyond special level - Arena (possible shortcut to boss!) NEW #266 - hit sounds and delayed pain sounds NEW #011 - in-game configuration (in progress!) CHANGE #259 - better FX for baron and imp missiles Restart Steam to force the update! Next update (0.4) will be out next week, hopefully with the missing options, balance tweaks and bugfixes so that we can wrap up the 0.3.x development list :).

Yet again we present you a quick hotfix for the major discovered bugs of the last release! Unless something gamebreaking is discovered, the next release will be 0.3.3 on November 23rd. We're still looking for gameplay feedback for the 0.3.2 changes! Beta 0.3.2a - November 13, 2018 CHANGE #--- - adjusted sound reverb (still WIP) CHANGE #264 - WASD is now also usable when targeting FIX #--- - Fix for Linux Intel rendering FIX #--- - Possibly fixed old Radeon rendering issues FIX #--- - Fixed a Linux crash FIX #261 - Fixed industrial_01_3 dead ends FIX #260 - Fixed bullet hit assertion crash Restart Steam to force the update!

Right on schedule we present you update 0.3.2! While it is a minor update on the road to 0.4, it's packed with new stuff to enjoy and test out :). The three pillars of this updates are Special Levels, New Traits and Balance, and Sound! In the Levels department we have one more special level for Callisto (on the main branch), and three for Europa (two in branches, and one in the main branch). They... might be a bit too hard, so look out :P. In the Balance and Traits department we have two favorites coming back from DRL (Son of a Bitch and Shottyman), and a new active trait, Spray'n'Pray. We also made health drops more controlled - they only appear in medical boxes, and the amount of those is controlled, so the average number of healing items per run should be more consistent. BTW, regular items no longer generate on the floor. Finally, to offset the health and trait boost, we improved the AI so it travels in the groups it was generated in. Finally we did a lot of tweaking with the sounds, added pain, death and idle sounds to enemies, reworked the weapon sounds, and tweaked the way sound is rendered - we're not "there" yet, but I think we're closer :) Check out below for the full changelog! We await for your feedback (especially on the new additions)! Beta 0.3.2 - November 9, 2018 NEW #219 - Callisto - Military Barracks (main branch) NEW #231 - Europa - Refueling Base (main branch) NEW #229 - Europa - Tyre Outpost (Europa Dig Zone) NEW #230 - Europa - Containment Area (Conamara Chaos Biolabs) NEW #080 - AI - Enemies keep together in the group they spawn NEW #250 - enemy death and idle sounds! NEW #254 - Spray'n'Pray active trait for automatic weapons NEW #255 - Son of a bitch trait is back! NEW #257 - Shottyman! CHANGE #248 - only medical lootboxes carry medkits, their count is guaranteed CHANGE #248 - items no longer generate on floor, only in lootboxes CHANGE #242 - new weapon sounds! CHANGE #247 - audio playback rebalanced, reverbs and listener position CHANGE #234 - new generator tileset for early Callisto FIX #245 - fixed another crash on death bug FIX #238 - lootboxes will no longer wear armor after load FIX #236 - fixed a "door to nowhere" in one of the tilesets Restart Steam to force the update! Next update (0.3.3) will be out in about two weeks and will bring Beyond special levels (and "branch"), more new traits, critical hits, and possibly player classes! Stay tuned!

Traditionally after a release we present you a quick hotfix for the major discovered bugs. Unless something gamebreaking is discovered, the next release will be 0.3.2 on November 9th. We're still looking for gameplay feedback for the 0.3.1 changes! Beta 0.3.1a - October 29, 2018 FIX #226 - fixed items visible in bottom right corner of map FIX #224 - fixed library paths on Linux FIX #228 - tutorial text no longer appears after load FIX #227 - post-mortem text now scrolls properly FIX #225 - game should no longer crash on post-mortem win FIX #194 - permanent decals (summon pentagrams) no longer dissapear Restart Steam to force the update!

It's time for the first Steam feature update! This is a minor update, there will be two more of those before we reach 0.4.0. The three most noticable changes in this release are the first two special levels (look for them at the end of the Callisto Mines and Valhalla Terminal branches) - the first of many to come! To provide an incentive we've also added Utility items - at the moment they are just permanent stat bonuses, but later they will have more noticable effects. Former humans are now tiered - Europa and Beyond soldiers (who got a new skin!) are more receptive, accurate and tougher than their Callisto counterparts. Also many other enemies got renamed (come on, you knew that "fat demon" just couldn't hold the test of time :P). We did some balancing, which will make especially shotgun fans happy. Due to increased Pain, MEDIUM and HARD should be more difficult now. Check out below for the full changelog! We await for your feedback (especially on the new additions)! Beta 0.3.1 - October 26, 2018 NEW #200 - tiered former humans - tier 2 (Europa) and tier 3 (Beyond - new look) NEW #200 - tier 2 and 3 formers are tougher, more accurate and faster in reaction NEW #218 - Valhalla Command special level added (at end of Valhalla Terminal branch) NEW #217 - Callisto Anomaly special level added (at end of Callisto Mines branch) NEW #220 - special lootboxes added NEW #216 - utility slot now... utilized! Search for amps in special levels and special lootboxes! NEW #210 - approaching an elevator will emit a message where it leads NEW #209 - history added to mortem - currently just the visited branches and specials NEW #221 - imps, knights, barons and fat demons have been renamed NEW #197 - when all enemies are dead on the level, the name changes to blue NEW #000 - mortem and other longer texts properly scroll now with up/down arrows CHANGE #223 - increased a bit the variety of level 1-2 generator sets CHANGE #204 - buffed shotguns and chainsaw CHANGE #204 - slight Son of a gun nerf (-25% -> -20%) CHANGE #204 - pain on MEDIUM and HARD is a bigger factor CHANGE #204 - buffed summoner fight FIX #222 - all level generators will now properly generate the special stairs FIX #208 - state of volumetrics and HDR is now properly serialized FIX #207 - log will now not produce false-positive WARNING and ERROR messages FIX #198 - caves will no longer generate without an exit FIX #191 - updated linux build so we can use Steams SDL FIX #196 - fixed a common group of bugs (some crashbugs) Restart Steam to force the update! (note that any save that you may have will dissapear) Next update (0.3.2) will be out in about two weeks and will bring further special levels, improvements to Beyond, new traits and more! Stay tuned!

The ChaosForge crew worked hard to bring you a bugfix update as fast as possible! Following below is a changelog in comparison to 0.3.0. We didn't manage to get all the bugs, but this should still provide a much smoother experience. Additionally, you'll notice we posted a performance guide on the forum - please take a look especially if you're running on a low-end card (especially Intel's) - you should see major improvements. We await for your feedback (bugfix version and general)! Beta 0.3.0a - October 10, 2018 NEW #--- - config setups for lower-end hardware (see ChaosForge or Steam forum) CHANGE #--- - unbound F12 key (sorry!) CHANGE #--- - terminal map reveal a lot more subtle looking CHANGE #--- - minor optimization pass CHANGE #--- - Europa ice levels made darker FIX #--- - fixed dissapearing meshes on Intel GPUs (hopefully) FIX #--- - fixed crash on win FIX #--- - fixed game not running correctly under OpenGL 4.3 (related to Intel) FIX #--- - fixed final battle start position FIX #--- - fixed source for potential crashes when stacking dead enemies FIX #--- - fixed two rare crash bugs Restart Steam to force the update!

The Beta is here! If youre a Beta backer or above you should by now have received an e-mail from us with the Beta 0.3.0 Steam Key - check your spam folder! If you cant find it, please get in touch with us. The game is still a deep work in progress, but has come a very long way from the early pre-Alpha stages, and has been gradually been improving with input and suggestions from the Inner Circle and Alpha communities. Were thrilled to open this up now to many more fans and to get more feedback as Jupiter Hell moves into the next stage of development! The beta is working on both Windows and Linux. OSX users, please be a little patient with us. From now on all updates to the game will be via Steam.

Road to early access

• Player classes with unique traits and abilities
• Challenge modes, online leaderboards, player achievements, and extra difficulty levels
• A longer game with two more major locations
• Modular weapons and armor, more weapons, more items
• More enemies, bosses and enemy variety
• Plot details, quests, cutscenes
• Music, sound, voice acting
• UI configuration, mouse and controller support

Jupiter Hell community

• Discord chat
• ChaosForge forums (inc dedicated Beta forum)
• Twitter
• Twitch, with regular livestreaming of Jupiter Hell development