[i]*static noises*[/i] KRRRSHH KRRRSH- [b]“Massive Damage HQ to Rebel Command- do you copy?!”[/b] It has been Day 68 since we’ve last made contact after our last ship landing at [url=https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Seattle,+WA,+USA/@47.6129432,-122.4821475,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x5490102c93e83355:0x102565466944d59a!8m2!3d47.6062095!4d-122.3320708]47.6062° N, 122.3321° W[/url] Shortly after our return home from the epic ambassador mission at PAX West, an Imperium Admiral overheard of our success, and they tried to foil us by sending over a bio-magnetic storm to our home planet! This hyper-localized storm brewed its way to our secret cave, trapping us devs inside with our computers. We had no other choice but to stay put and work on Star Renegades until the storm passed. Luckily for us, the it only lasted a short while. But during this time, our team worked incredibly hard to get Star Renegades to a more polished state than before by filling it with MORE quests, game mechanics, new enemies, a new planet, re-skinned UI, new music, and much, much more! We also recruited a droid named J5T-1N who will be (with minimal effort) assisting your team while at the same time tossing in snarky remarks and laughing at your misery. Don’t mind him though, his empathy resonators have been on the fritz since the time some Imperium troopers cruelly used him for a game of gravity pong. I’m sure he’ll eventually come around! [img]https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32326506/3a83a06cf9f2decec1d2bf8088afb1f0ccab6cb3.gif[/img] [i]“I have conveniently relocated your holo-armour underneath this pile of Shneep droppings.”[/i] Sooo, now that we have finally completed a segment of our game. I just wanted to give you a preview of how the game looks now. Make sure you’re sitting down for this! It looks quite different from the last demo we’ve had! Alright, J5T-1N, show ‘em a preview of what we’ve got! [img]https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32326506/5bb1f743238482a85f1180d86894c1f90280e25e.gif[/img] …...woooow. Rude!! Guess we’ll probably catch him later at a better mood after a nano-nap. WELP, I guess I (Softcookie) will just show you folks for now what we’ve been adding to the game so far! [i]Note: What I’m going to show is still a small snippet of the game. We can’t show you everything as we’d like to keep some things for a big reveal in the final version of the game.[/i] Since the combat demo we showed at Gamescom and PAX West, we’ve done the following: [list] [*] Gave the UI a MAJOR glow-up [*] Implemented a more robust adversary hierarchy system [*] Added a whole new explorable, beautifully pixelized planet with a complete set of quests [/list] [h1]UI Glow-Up[/h1] [img]https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32326506/842b8b6979cfca73d07eac2feb8eaddafe0aeb68.gif[/img] Combat Timeline HUD Sooo If you remember from before- one of our very first demos, our UI panels were purple and pink. We realized pink and purple was kiiiiiiiiiiiind of a dominant colour theme in our game- and with purple and pink panels definitely won’t help make information more legible especially in a game that relies heavily on stats, info, and text. Soooo, we decided to take it all in the opposite direction! Make EVERYTHING see-through! So we switched to a glass-look with a holographic-y interface (that’s how the iPhone Infinity is gonna look in 2030, CALLED IT). And soooo- here we are- this isn’t the final product of course, but definitely a step closer in the visual direction that we want it to be. [h1]Adversary Hierarchy System[/h1] The adversary hierarchy system will help you keep in check the movement of the Imperium as they recruit, rank up, or even demote their lackeys. If you ever run into Draze Zem the Bounty Hunter and defeat him, this screen will pop up to show that you knocked him off the Imperium hierarchy (gooo Rebels!). Alternatively, if you are defeated by the Imperium, you’ll be able to see all your enemies rank up off of your defeat. [img]https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32326506/d7663927f69d974993785e38229a7683ed8eb89f.png[/img] [i]Draze also rates Bounty Hunting as 0 stars by the way.[/i] [h1]New Planet[/h1] For this build, we created a new explorable planet called Pahzaj XII. You’ll also be meeting J5T-1N for the first time and he’ll act as your little sidekick walking you through missions. So for this new mission, you will have to head towards either the east or the west region of the planet to retrieve a key that will unlock the big tower in the middle of the map with a giant laser beaming into the sky. Before that, there are switches to activate an old rundown subway that will take you to the ruined cities to retrieve the keys. [img]https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32326506/8c55d7f5531137300dc1027cbab56d96372692ee.gif[/img] Where the west key is held! Surprisingly their broken subway system runs better than our city’s.. All in all, this is what we’ve been working on so far. There are some more mechanics we’d like to refine in the future before showing (like our relationship system, elemental damage on weapons and characters, setting up camp sites, etc.) I know you folks must be asking.. But WHEN DO WE GET TO PLAAAY?! Aaaand the answer is actually....closer than you were before! This demo has been getting to the point where we’re like “hey, this spoonful of pie filling tastes pretty good- it’s almost ready for baking- might be better if we add more pumpkin spice and sugar.” But before then, there are still a number of mechanics, polish, and balance we’d like to add to make our demo feel like a nice thick slice of pie. We’re also still figuring out a bunch of things on our end like whether or not we’d like to go with a publisher or if we’re doing a kickstarter! For the meantime, if you’d like to stay updated with our alpha/beta periods, sign up with our [url=http://starrenegades.com/#join]mailing list[/url]. We share [b]extra exclusive content[/b] with our mailing list community that won’t be seen on other social media (more secret sauce news for our super fans!). If you like what you see here and you’re a new discoverer of our game, feel free to wishlist us on [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/651670/Star_Renegades/]Steam[/url] and join our [url=https://discord.gg/massivedamageinc]Discord[/url]! Thanks for tuning in! We're pretty happy with what we've done so far with Star Renegades and can't wait to show you more soon. Cheers, Softcookie + the MDI team