PhaigeX: Hyperspace Survivors News

Welcome back, PhaigeX employees!

We are bringing the usual set of updates and fixes to issue submitted to us after the recent update. Rest assured that we are constantly giving our effort to keep the workplace a better environment to work in.

[h2]Gameplay Changes[/h2]

• [h3]Passive: Glitch Protocol Changes[/h3]
  - Changed Lv5 effect against boss units
  - No longer instantly kills stunned boss unit sectors, just refreshes the stun duration
  
• [h3]Passive: Fallout Cloud Changes[/h3]
  - Added feature to Lvl 5
  - Destroying enemy unit sectors spawns the cloud 100%, has a 5-second cooldown time
  
• [h3]Demolition Mode Performance Update[/h3]
  - Mostly some clean-up jobs on the internal workings to optimize the gameplay
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Passive: VIP Power Card - Picking Arsenal Points not gaining tech meter bug
  
• Weapon: Block Head - Graphical bug involving shields going under enemy structures
  
• Demolition Mode - UI bug during jamming events
  

Thank you for the feedback and suggestions, we really appreciate the input, and you really are contributing your own role for the development of our company's future.

We are still on the drawing board about our next milestone, so please keep an eye out for updates!

Towards a brighter future,

The PhaigeX MegaCorp.

New supplies have arrived, PhaigeX employees!

The Powerup Pack 2 passives and ship modifiers have been completed, and are now ready for combat. Get your builds ready!

Once again, to be able to use the new passives, unlock them by doing specific achievements listed on the weapon database. Once unlocked, these will be available in the support shop to be bought during your current run.

The new passives consist of:

• Combination Craft - Grants bonuses when in combat with the Support Craft
  
• Critical Jump - An emergency evasion when taking too much damage
  
• Glitch Protocol - Screen-wide chance to stun enemy ships
  
• Particle Capacitor - Firing energy weapons gains charge that can create a protective barrier
  
• Remote Signal Booster - Improves drone weapon performance and deploy count
  
• System Guard - Chance to ignore harmful status effects and hazard damage
  
• VIP Powercard - Grants additional effects when picking up Power Ups
  

...for a total of 7 new passives! Hope the new additions strengthen your ship builds!

As for the ship modifiers, get them from the Transportal, or finishing a game mode with a certain number of Requisition Points remaining.

[h2]Gameplay Changes[/h2]

• [h3]Added 7 Passives and Completed the entries for Ship Modifiers[/h3]
  
• [h3]Customize: Stats Update when equipping Ship Modifiers[/h3]
  - Equipping ship modifiers now reflects stat changes to the ship
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Database: Missing entry for Recon Support passive
  
• Mirage: Bug Fixes for Afterimage when equipping certain weapons
  
• Oracle: Fixed Converted units targeting destroyed structures
  
• Burst Fever: Fixed Lvl1 not destroying exploding missiles
  

And that concludes the Powerup Pack 2 milestone! Tell us what you think about the new additions. We welcome feedbacks and suggestions as usual.

Time to move on to the next goal soon...
[h2][/h2]

Towards a brighter future,

The PhaigeX MegaCorp.

Happy Easter, PhaigeX employees!

While in the middle of the Weapon Pack 2 milestone (the new Passives are currently in progress, development-wise), it was decided that the remaining ship modifier slots should be filled out as well. We had the extra time, so we went back and reviewed the Ship Modifier list. Had new ones added in, and made changes with some of the old ones.

In addition, rejoice Steam Deck users, because PhaigeX now supports 16:10 resolution! Just change the resolution setting found in the Options.

Feel free to test these out in the Beta branch for now, this will be formally released after the new passives finished development and testing.

[h2]Gameplay Changes[/h2]

• [h3]Ship Modifier Changes[/h3]
  - Added new ship modifiers for all 3 categories, unlock these via the Transportal or through the endgame rewards
  - Moved [Support Barrier] to Support Modifier Category, no need to unlock this again if already obtained
  
• [h3]16:10 Resolution Support for Steam Deck users[/h3]
  - UI adjustments to fit the new resolution
  
• [h3]Demolition Mode Changes[/h3]
  - Incursion Level will not go below a certain value, depending on mission progress
  - This Minimum Incursion Level Cap increases based on the number of Energy Pylons destroyed
  

[h2]To access the Beta Branch[/h2]

1. Right-click PhaigeX at the Game Library list
   
2. Click on Properties
   
3. Click on Betas
   
4. Under Private Betas, enter the code: poweroverwhelming
5. Select your beta participation to betabranch and you're good to go!
   

Towards a brighter future,

The PhaigeX MegaCorp.

Load up your arsenal, PhaigeX employees!

Live testing, data gathering and revisions have been done to the Powerup Pack 2 weaponry, and now these are ready for combat. We are now including them into your arsenal in this update!

Again, to be able to use these new weapons, unlock them first by doing some specific achievements that you can find in the weapon database. Once unlocked, these will be available in the support shop (During your very run even!) to be bought.

The new weapons consist of:

• Shot Wave - rapid shots that fully pierces through enemies
  [h2][/h2]
  
• Junk Ball - magnetic ball that grows in size and damage as it absorbs drones
  [h2][/h2]
  
• Hull Burster - cannon shell that leaves wide area explosions on ships
  [h2][/h2]
  
• Rad Bomb - bomb that leaves intense heat zones that slows and damages over time
  [h2][/h2]
  
• Block Head - straight-moving missile equipped with directional shields
  [h2][/h2]
  
• Drill Seeker - homing missile that pierces and deals multiple hits
  [h2][/h2]
  
• Gatling Laser - low-powered beams fired in a rapid fashion
  [h2][/h2]
  
• Scatter Beam - rapid beams fired in fan-spread bursts
  [h2][/h2]
  
• EMP Stream - EMP slowing in beam form that can stun ships
  [h2][/h2]
  
• Platform Sentry - stationary turret drones
  [h2][/h2]
  
• Blitz Hunter - drones chasing after ships
  [h2][/h2]
  
• Spin Saucer - defensive saw blade drones
  [h2][/h2]
  
• Leech Slave - drones that drain energy from ships, then returns and repairs the player
  [h2][/h2]
  

...for a total of 13 new weapons! Have fun building and shooting!

[h2]Gameplay Changes[/h2]

• [h3]Review and Tag Adjustments for all Player Ship Weapons and Passives[/h3]
  - [Drone] Weapons with the [Projectile] tag had their [Projectile] tag removed, hence these will not be anymore influenced by equipment that increases Bullet Count (ex: Projectilizer and other ship modifiers)
  
• [h3]Demolition Mode Changes[/h3]
  - The player ship now warps in on a random location, rather than be always near on the Megalith itself
  
• [h3]Visual Updates and Stat Balancing for the New Weapons... and Issue Fixes[/h3]
  - The weapons should be looking better and paced better in terms of upgrade progression compared to their Beta versions, not to mention have most of their issues fixed
  - New weapon [Blitz Hunter] movement pattern changed to differentiate from homing missiles
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• UI HUD weapon cooldown bug for rapid-firing beam weapons
  
• Fixed Mirage's [Afterimage] bugs with equipped drone weapons
  
• Fixed Rave-N's [Rave Gamma Blaster] performance-hogging issue when used on ships
  
• Fixed Rave-N's [Diffraction Prism] AOE Wave attack not hitting drones
  
• Fixed Rave-N's [Diffraction Prism] Pulse Laser attack interaction with new beam weapons
  
• Fixed erratic behavior of beam weapons after selling or upgrading in the support shop
  
• Fixed Fleet Assault Mode issues with Oracle's converted ships leading to soft locks because converted ships do not count towards targets destroyed
  

We are still not finished with the Powerup Pack 2! Look forward to the new passives the people at Development are cooking up. Also, tell us your impressions about the newly-implemented weapons. As always, feedback and suggestions are welcome.

Towards a brighter future,

The PhaigeX MegaCorp.

Let us welcome Spring together with our PhaigeX employees!


The Steam Spring Sale is still ongoing! Get PhaigeX at 20% off!
Now is a good time to take the fight to them!

[h2]Gameplay Changes[/h2]

• [h3]Added Fuse Time to Some Weapon Shots[/h3]
  - some weapon shots are given a short time before these start dealing damage, to avoid getting on top of an enemy ship and unloading fire
  - applied to [Clusterforce Alter Skin's Energy Cluster Shot] and [Fortress Alter Skin's Full Burst Missiles]
  
• [h3][Singularity Bomb] Hazard Changes[/h3]
  - suction power of the vortex progressively gets weaker as the duration nears its end
  
• [h3][Arms Override] Support Action Changes[/h3]
  - the player ship gets a brief invincibility period after separating from the Support Craft
  
• [h3][Demolition Mode] Changes[/h3]
  - game mode starts with the Support Craft cooldown almost finished and ready to be called
  - adjustments to the System Boost event effect on structures
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Sprite Layer Order fixes for [Monarch] Alter Skin
  
• Corrected game events that stuns the player ship bypassing invincible states
  

[h2]A Test Drive of the Upcoming New Weapons[/h2]

Our roadmap schedule is still going as planned! For the current milestone of a new Power-Up Pack, Our team at development have managed to cook up new weapons to try out against the A.I. menace. Live testing and data collection is required, so these will be implemented in the game's Beta branch. As per usual protocol, earning the right to test these weapons means performing the necessary achievements to unlock them. Just look at the updated database to learn their unlock requirements. Happy building and shooting!

Here's a preview for some of them:

Blitz Hunter - Enemy ship-targetting drones that attacks for you


Rad Bomb - Bomb projectile that leaves intense heat zones that damages and slows enemies


Junk Ball - Magnetic ball that grows in size and damage as it absorbs drones


[h2]To access the Beta Branch[/h2]

1. Right-click PhaigeX at the Game Library list
   
2. Click on Properties
   
3. Click on Betas
   
4. Under Private Betas, enter the code: poweroverwhelming
5. Select your beta participation to betabranch and you're good to go!
   

Towards a brighter future,

The PhaigeX MegaCorp.