Infinity: HexaDome Tactics News

Our Champions are back and ready to battle in The Hexadome! ⚔️

Now’s your chance to get an exclusive sneak peek of The Hexadome! For a limited time, tune in to your favorite sport-show from June 6th to 11th on Steam. Explore the arena, meet your champions, and lead your team to victory in 1v1 turn-based tactics matches!

[h3]Make sure you get a front row seat: head to Discord and never miss a second of the action![/h3]

The Hexadome went through some maintenance over the last few weeks. As an insider, you'll be getting an exclusive look at the fresh new features!

• Turn up the heat with the new blazing FIRE surrounding the arena, making for a spectacular entrance! 🔥
  
• The Hexadome got bigger and better! The crowd now has more room to cheer for their favorite champions!
  
• The arena’s Sponsors gave us a call and want even more attention! They're shining brighter than ever, so be sure to use them in your matches. They’re getting the sweet visibility they deserve! 🤑
  

And that’s not all! Witness it all firsthand when you step into the arena. Secure your spot in The Hexadome by heading to our Steam page, scroll down to “Join The Hexadome: Playtest” and smash that “Request Access” button!

If you registered during our previous playtests, there’s no need to do sign up again, you’re already in!

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Hi everyone!

Today, we’re thrilled to share the results of The Hexadome’s 1st Closed Beta Playtest!

[h3]Closed Beta Playtest Results:[/h3]
After our Alpha playtest in February, we quickly got to work thanks to the community’s helpful feedback. The last couple of months were filled with working on the tutorial, adding champion challenges, creating emotes, skins, VFXs, environment art, and much more.

While the team was working hard, we also attended PAX East in Boston, where we got to share The Hexadome in person for the first time. It was an exciting milestone for us and we talked about in our last dev blog.

There was no time to waste when we returned! We announced the dates to the closed beta playtest, unveiled our official trailer, and revealed our participation in Turn-Based Thursday Fest! All that to say, we’ve been very busy since our previous playtest and we’re thrilled that you joined our playtest from April 4th to 9th!

We want to take a moment to truly thank you for your incredible support during this time. Thank you for sharing your feedback, for streaming our game, for spreading the word, and just your encouragement overall.

That being said, let’s share the results of the latest playtest!


[h3]What players liked: [/h3]

• The new and improved tutorial
  
• The champions' designs and VFXs
  
• The new emotes
  
• The core gameplay
  

[h3]“It was quite fun to play. Obviously there is a lot to learn, about champions, their synergies and so on, but I still enjoyed the matches I played.” @neveresttt[/h3]

[h3]“The character designs and core gameplay seem solid so far.” @Syncroniam[/h3]

With the tutorial, it had a revamp since the Alpha playtesters had their hands on it. We decided to split it in two parts where one focused on getting to know the champions and their abilities, how to score points, utilizing their energy points, and more. The second tutorial dove more into the core mechanics of capturing sponsors, advancing in timeline with time steps, and learning the synergies between your team’s champions. We got lots of feedback that even though it ran long, they found the mechanics to be clearer than in our previous playtest.


[h3]“The new tutorial and challenges are very good now. I understand the mechanics better than the first time. And the challenges are good to know more some characters.” @Morrigan[/h3]

As always, our champions stole the show and players fell in love with the updated designs, VFXs, weapons, tactics, and unique abilities and ultimates. We were surprised that Wild Bill was one of the most popular champions used during our beta as his skin is not finalized yet. His golden bullets must’ve caught their eye!

One of the biggest updates in this beta was Laxmee’s new skin reveal with her stunning VFXs for each of her abilities. Don’t underestimate her low HP, as many players described her as being very overpowered when focusing her teammates or stunning her opponents.

We’re currently working on more character skins, and we’re very excited for you to see them in the near future!


[h3]“Big fan of some of the updated animations! Laxmee just looks fantastic, has me excited for getting Parvati and Hannibal animated.” @Crusadia IX[/h3]

Another new element to the game were our brand new emotes! From Maximus’ GG to 8-ball's crying Noo, these emotes allowed the players’ to communicate in an intense match. We’ve already gotten suggestions for Hexx3r and Señor Massacre.


[h3]“The emotes are super fun!" @anonymous[/h3]

Overall, the feedback we received was very positive, with players expressing their love for the art style, the arena’s environment, and the addicting core gameplay.

[h3]What could be improved:[/h3]

• The tutorial: We have lots of game mechanics and don’t want to overwhelm new players with too much information. We’ll work on splitting the tutorial elements for players to redo them in the tutorial main page. For example, if they need a refresher on how Cheers works, they can redo the Cheers tutorial there.
  
• Improve the game mode for a better, smoother, and shorter game.
  
• Make the Timeline, Time Steps, and Scoring Zones clearer!
  
• Clarify how Energy Points work. One tip with energy points is that sometimes the best move is not to move in that moment.
  
• Create a singleplayer mode for those not wanting to battle it out against another player.
  
• Champion overview page on the main screen to showcase their unique abilities, tactics, stats, ranges, lore, and more.
  
• Add timers in certain areas (for example: when picking the team of champions).
  
• Define more mechanics: “!”, stars on Champions, Line of Sight, Golden Bullets, and more.
  

We’re taking all these suggestions into consideration for our next playtest!


[h3]Final Thoughts:[/h3]

We want to take this time again to say a huge THANK YOU to all our playtesters and community members for your support on The Hexadome’s latest playtest. Thanks to your feedback, we’ve already started tweaking some of the game mechanics for our upcoming playtest.

Want to stay in the loop on the latest developments? Be sure to join our Discord, Wishlist The Hexadome on Steam, and follow us on Twitter, Tik Tok and Facebook for exclusive sneak peeks, playtest updates, and exciting news!

Closed Beta Patch Note
0.2404.9 – April 8th

📖 Onboarding

• Fixed Bonus Effect text in Tutorial.
  

🎲 Gameplay fixes

• Fixed too many kills awarded on some occasions (Parvati's ultimate, Lunah's attack switch).
  
• Fixed Frostbite being applied to too many targets in some specific situations.
  
• Fixed AI stuck on some occasions, when Mushashi displaces himself after dealing damage during his Overwatch.
  
• Tactic Stick to the Plan can't target KO'd Champions anymore.
  
• Added more time before AI chooses a sponsor reward.
  

🖱️Mouse control

• Camera rotation and movement with mouse will now keep the cursor at the current position in the screen.
  
• Reduced Right click long press time from 1s -> 0.2s to trigger mouse camera movement.
  

🎶 Sound

• Fixed crowd and announcer audio mix.
  

🐛 Other Bug fixes

• Fixed Typos in Hit Point tooltip.
  
• Added missing names for Lorolocco and Pharmacomp Sponsors (displayed in event log after sponsor reward has been chosen).
  

Closed Beta Patch Note
0.2404.8 – April 6th

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fixed Tactics with multiple targets costing Cheers for each target affected.
  
• Removed UI Scaling in settings, as it is currently bugged and not usable.
  
• Fixed Pick and Ban Sponsor displayed when Pick and Ban starts while player was already in Pick and Ban vs a Bot.
  
• Fixed Character name tag sometimes displayed over an HexaDrop in challenges.
  

Closed Beta Patch Note
0.2404.5-Prod – April 5th

📖 Onboarding

• The cheer bar is now visible in the Advanced Tutorial module about Upgrades.
  
• The Overwatch tutorial has been tweaked
  
• The copy in the Champions’ Challenges has been changed.
  
• Laxmee’s challenge victory condition has changed: she now needs to be in the scoring zone AND stay alive.
  

🎲 Gameplay fixes

• Fixed Hannibal having a teammate play an action while being in Overwatch. Overwatch is now correctly cancelled.
  
• Fixed displacing drop on a champion not triggering the drop.
  
• Fixed Player stuck in Combat UI when chaining a move and an action request and failing to disengage on their way.
  
• TACTIC: Fixed Dance for me Tactic not allowing to target Champions.
  
• TACTIC: Parvati’s Advanced Surgery now Hastens its target 3 times
  
• TACTIC: Hannibal's Code's feedback in Timeline is now fixed.
  
• TACTIC: Fixed Tactic Adamantine so it can't target Valkyrie or other Immovable Champions.
  
• TACTIC: Code: - Fixed Champion not able to attack if he attacked during his last turn
  

🌐 Online matchmaking

• Match intro now displays the name of your opponent instead of a Worthy Opponent (not that they are not).
  
• Stability fixes for online matches.
  
• Reduced opponent disconnected timeout from 60s to 20s.
  
• Shows a “player disconnected” popup while in pick and ban if opponent encountered connection issues.
  

🎨 Animations

• Updated Gata's ultimate animation “Like a cheetah”
  

🎶 Sound

• Removed some voices still attributed to Gata and 8-Ball.
  

🐛 Other Bug fixes

• Fixed double escape at the end of the game closing and opening the menu back.
  
• Fixed unable to escape if pause menu is displaying before entering the game during the cinematic.
  
• Fixed feedback panel not available in gameplay with f11 shortcut.