We are on track for a March 21st release of SKIPCHASER as an Early Access title. We’ve had a private beta for the past few months and that has been a HUGE help in getting some of the gameplay mechanics worked out and squishing those pesky bugs.
Today the closed beta will get the first of TWELVE early access updates—that will give us the weekend to play test and deliver any hot fixes needed before the live release on Tuesday.
What’s included in the Early Access release, you ask? Here it is by the numbers:
- 5 complete missions from Act I
- 30+ randomly generated levels
- 8+ hand crafted maps including a boss battle
- 5+ pages of story dialog
- 2 weapon blueprints (Uzi, Rifle)
- 40+ unlockable weapon upgrades
- 4 enemy classes
- 6+ NPC classes
- 4 mission variations
- 3 original songs by VXVX
Major updates from the last release
- Improved enemy AI
- Respawn options screen
- Terminal for dialog and help
- Elemental damage states
- Environmental interactions (switches, etc.)
- Missions 4 + 5
- Additional art assets
- Grenade capping
- Random chest drops
- Camera smoothing
- Performance enhancements
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SKIPCHASER 1.5 is live!In celebration of our new game RogueJack releasing on Steam a couple of days ago, we've packaged up some QoE updates for SKIPCHASER and added a few new features. Here's the breakdown of whats new: · Sliding difficulty scale that buff enemies the less you die · In-level vending machines that let you try out some of the weapon parts for a limited time · 64-bit and signing issues on macOS · Keep b…1.1.3 is out with SteelSeries Engine SupportVersion 1.1.3 updates some SDK stuff under the hood and adds color shifting support for SteelSeries Keyboards, Mice and Headsets. We don't overwrite your settings, just supplement them with a FnKey health bar and key cap highlights for key bindings. If you are a developer and want to add these features to your game, we've posted the Lua code on Github .1.1.2 Bugfix Build Out Now & SteelSeries Support Coming SoonNot much to say on the update side, just a couple small fixes including a un-touchable gun part that was in the middle of some maps. We'll also be partnering with SteelSeries to support some of their new controllers, keyboards and mice. More on that soon!