Greeting pilots!
We haven't been releasing updates for a while, so let us tell you about what is happening with Heliborne development right now.
The team is currently working on fixes of the Enhanced Edition. We are planning to release the next update in mid-October. Although it should fix most of the known issues, we still want to take some time and hear your feedback before we would upload the Enhanced Edition back to the main branch.
As of today, most of the visual issues are fixed. Right now, our priority is the UI. You gave us a lot of feedback in that regard, so we have completely rebuilt all the main screens, including squadron builder and battle rooms. Here are a few examples of how the squadron builder will look like:
If you think we should improve anything here for better user experience, please share your ideas in the comments.
Meanwhile, part of the team is working on the Xbox One version. We already have a stable version with good performance and full gamepad compatibility. This week we will focus on the network. We aim to finish all the critical parts and features of the Xbox build by the end of October and then proceed with testing.
P.S. If you are new to Heliborne and wondering why the game looks different from the screenshots on the store page: there is an older version of the game on the main branch, the updated version—Enhanced Edition—has been temporarily transferred to beta versions. You can easily switch to it several simple steps:
- Find Heliborne — Enhanced Edition in Steam Library.
- Right-click on it and choose Properties.
- Go to the Betas tab and select “enhanced_edition” from the dropdown menu.
- Wait until the update is downloaded.
Team Klabater