[h3]Hiya Rebels,[/h3] J5T-1N here- the rebellion's most trusted companion. I’ll be filling you all in on the updates since the team has been knee deep in development getting this game done! Soooo… first thing on the agenda- they’re back from PAX East (and none of them got sick this time!). I’ll be showing you some snippets of the brand new pre-beta demo this time. Pre-beta you ask? Yes! That means we’re all well on the road to beta. Hurrah! The PAX East demo walks you through the story of Wynn and I fending off a mysterious hostile invasion for the nth time (since ya know.. this is the nature of roguelites and all). Then [redacted] happens and Wynn then sets out to join the rebellion- a rising force that wants to overthrow this force called the Imperium. Quite a bit of new features we added: [list][*] Camping mechanic [*] Night/Day cycles [*] World map tactics [*] Deeper combat strategies [*] Chimera boss (undefeated this PAX)[/list] [h3][b]Camping + Day/Night Cycles[/b][/h3] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//32326506/799a9825635bc37be87d7ac1e212f485e83784c8.gif[/img] When you exhaust your rebel power (energy to perform tasks like reclaiming areas), you must camp to replenish the livelihood of your squad. You have available action gems that you can use up by playing action cards to increase your squad’s relationship levels. As you level up their relationships, you can unlock perks, new combo powers, and possibly.. Progeny! The day and night cycles go hand in hand with camping. At the start of a new day, the final boss meter counts down the number of days left before their arrival. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//32326506/c527eae0f6b8f6e34562e8a7d04e2faa6688c05e.gif[/img] [h3][b]World Map Tactics[/b] [/h3] In the event of breaching an Imperium blockade, some areas may be unavailable to breach because the terminal controls several artillery cannons to fire at whoever enters the area. If you explore the map, you may find extra blueprints, passcodes, EMP bombs, or call airstrikes that can damage the enemy units in a targeted area. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//32326506/d459f0cb009f8dc3c891b1e531761d9184e06896.gif[/img] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//32326506/4c75363649437caa4767abdf7f55cb06cb1d375a.gif[/img] [i]Almost died for this passcode ...which turned out to be "1234"[/i] [h3][b]Deeper Combat Strategies [/b][/h3] We have added more damage types to add another layer of strategic decision-making. Your squad and enemy units may be susceptible to certain types of attacks or more resistant. Additionally, different types of damage may enrage a unit- making their attack power stronger every time they take damage from it. So, this all boils down to whether or not you should go ahead with enraging them for their next deadly snipe, but build up enough interrupt damage to delay that snipe on the timeline so that you can get an extra hit in from a squad mate to kill them. Every decision counts! [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//32326506/a74d2d587aaf3750e78e7d9a52aaef61fdff36c8.gif[/img] [h3][b]New Boss[/b][/h3] A new boss was added for this demo- The Chimera. And yeah- he is as tough as he looks. Born from Imperium cybergenetic permutations, The Chimera can return heavy fire, fiercely impale his enemies multiple times per round, and has a deafening roar that debuffs your whole team. This PAX East, many brave challengers have been slain by the unbending Chimera. Sad day. But we'll (probably) get ‘em next time, rebels! [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//32326506/5c69a79cf58d74b1aaf06ae2d1e8703e2096aada.gif[/img] The launch window is August 2020! *cheers* we are excited to show you what we’ve done and I promise the wait is worth it! In the meantime, we do share some sneak peeks of what we’ve been working on recently, but only on our Discord server [url=discord.gg/massivedamageinc]here[/url]. Thank you for your patience, rebels! Don’t forget to stay hydrated and also sanitize your hands. Your trusted advisor, J5T-1N [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//32326506/570b9540fdec76cc523e4ad39cc627d76459c793.gif[/img]