Beat Hazard 3 News

Hi all,

This is a major Phase 4+5 Galaxy Gameplay update!




A lot of new features for galaxy play, including:

- A Galaxy Directory: making it easier to publish and find galaxies.

- Galaxy Challenges: Created by the game. 3 active at any time. Can be found in the Galaxy Directory

- Gameplay rules: Galaxies now have rules and objectives. They can be PvP or PvE. PvP can be solo or teams.

- Galaxy Reward Ship: Win powerful Galaxy Elite Ships, They come in classes 1,2 or 3. 1 being the best. You can win these in PvE or PvP Galaxies

I've added a lot to the in game instructions explaining these new features in more detail.

Here's a video also explaining them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj7_ji5CD4I

Any and all feedback welcome. There are a lot of changes that might need some balancing and bug fixing.

QOL Changes:

- Removal of Uranium fuel and sublight engines. There is now no cost to just travel from planet to planet in a solar system. This just seemed to be a pain, so I removed it. Now, you only need Fold Crystals for interstellar travel.

- Added Auto Aim option: Settings -> Game Settings
- Added separate settings for in game music and menu music volumes.

I hope you enjoy the new update!
Cheers,
Steve.

Hi all,

V 0.336 Update (Test branch)

- Added back Auto Aim

Turn on in settings -> game settings
There are 3 modes:
Off
Aim (You need to press fire)
Aim & Fire

Note: In any setting, you will still need to press the Dark Beam button when you want to activate it.

This change is on the test branch along with a lot of galaxy mode updates.
I hope you enjoy!

Cheers,
Steve.

V 0.326 Update - Galaxy Quests! (Test Branch)

Hi all. I've just released an update on the test brach:

- Galaxies can now be created with rules:
- PvP Team or Solo. Fight for control of planets and get the highest score
- PvE. Group together to collect artefacts before time runs out
- Winning players are rewarded with the new Galaxy Elite ships!

Join the testing branch and give it a try.

Hi all, I've just uploaded a big change to the galaxy system.

Galaxies can now be played as teams. These changes are on the 'testing' branch, so you will need to swap to that if you want to try.

Can you join 'Vengeful Phalanx' via the Galaxy Directory, or use ID 21350591

This should be a 2 team galaxy. Players are assigned a team in a round-robin fashion as they join.
Thanks all! 😄

Note: If you swap to the testing branch, you will lose your current galaxies, so don't come over if you want to keep those.

Cheers,
Steve.

Hi all,

I've started phase 4 development on the galaxies. There's some new stuff to try on the 'Testing' branch.
(To swap branches, right click on the game in the Steam library -> Properties -> Betas' )

- A new galaxy directory. You now have the option to add your online galaxies to a public directory. That way, anyone can join them without the need for an ID. (The ID system also still works)
- You can also browse the directory and join any galaxy that you think looks cool.

Note: Swapping to the test branch will remove any galaxies you've created or joined from your list.

I'll continue to add new stuff to this branch, so stick around if you want to see and test the latest features.



Cheers,
Steve.