Solace Inc. News

[p]Hey guys! Happy holidays! I've got an early christmas present for you all, a content update for Solace Inc.![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Devlog Video[/h3][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]I made a devlog to go along with this update, I go over the history and development of the game as well as going in depth into what's new in this update[/p][p](would appreciate it if you gave it a watch and maybe hitting that like & subscribe 👉👈)[/p][h3]New Characters[/h3][p]This update focuses primarily on adding new recruits, I've added in a ton of new ones which brings the total character count up to 306 as of right now, which is very close to the world record of most playable characters in a video game currently held by Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, which has 327.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]My plan was to keep adding in characters until I hit 330, but I ran out of steam and decided to stop at 300, although I may add in more characters in the future to surpass the world record.[/p][p]In addition to new characters, I've also made a few changes to some of the alternates as well as some balance changes to some of the "older" recruit to match the power creep a little. [/p][p][/p][h3]Elemental Types[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Recruits now have an element type assigned to them, which can be Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Metal, Light, Love, Cosmic, and Null. Elements have one or more weaknesses to other elements and will take extra damage from them.[/p][p][/p][h3]Battle Power[/h3][p][/p][p]I've reworked the difficulty a little, difficulty now scales with how many recruits you have unlocked instead of it increasing slightly each mission, so the game now gets harder with each recruit you have unlocked and for missions you haven't beaten yet it will cap out at certain values (ex. on week 1 if you have 50 recruits unlocked it'll only count as if you had 30 or so)[/p][p]Research for Strength and Vitality now scales with this as well, so you have more upgrades you can spend your money one[/p][p]I've also added a Battle Power stat, which is an overall representation of how powerful your recruits and enemies are, this stat will appear on the main menu and on the top left during missions, this is to give you a better idea of how powerful your recruits are [/p][p][/p][h3]Playable Enemies[/h3][p][/p][p]In addition to Chrono Corp receiving a few buffs such as increased max energy and all troops being playable, I've also added in the option to capture enemies with a Chrono Sphere to unlock them as troops, I've also added in a new Chrono Corp exclusive miniboss that utilizes this[/p][h3]Imposter Recruits[/h3][p][/p][p]I've also added in a new rare enemy which are Imposter Recruits, they will appear slightly off and if you upgrade their passive they will reveal themselves[/p][p][/p][p]As always if you have any bug reports or feedback, please DM me on discord (@aplove) and I'll try to respond when I can[/p][p][/p][p]Thank you for playing! Enjoy![/p][p][/p][p]v1.9 Update Changelog:[/p]

• [p]added a bunch of new recruits[/p]
• [p]added new fusions[/p]
• [p]added new synergies[/p]
• [p]added new enemies[/p]
  • [p] added imposter recruits, which appear as normal recruits but are slightly different and will transform into enemies if you upgrade their passive[/p]
• [p]added Element Types[/p]
  • [p] both recruits and enemies now have an element assigned to them, they will take more damage to elements they are weak to[/p]
  • [p] Fire Types take no damage from burning, and Water Types take no damage from poison[/p]
  • [p] Earth Types have reduced knockback[/p]
  • [p] Air Types have better control when mid-air[/p]
  • [p] Light Types are boosted longer and attack faster when boosted[/p]
  • [p] Metal Types have larger parry windows[/p]
  • [p] Love Types receive more healing from healing projectiles and regenerate faster[/p]
• [p]Added Battle Power & Reworked Difficulty[/p]
  • [p] Battle Power is calculated by a recruit's/enemy's max health and damage, representative of their overall combat effectiveness[/p]
  • [p] Average Recruit and Enemy Battle Power is now displayed on the top left during missions, and individual recruit battle power is shown on the pause menu [/p]
  • [p] mission battle power scales with how many recruits you have unlocked, it will be capped on missions you haven't beaten yet[/p]
  • [p] max level of damage, defense, and health research now scales with how many recruits you have unlocked[/p]
• [p]Added Chrono Spheres[/p]
  • [p] in Chrono Corp Mode, you can now unlock certain enemies as playable characters by throwing a Chrono Sphere at them[/p]
• [p]added in-mission recruit dialogue[/p]
  • [p] some recruits will now react to other recruits appearing (or will just say random stuff occasionally)[/p]
• [p]slight balance changes[/p]
  • [p] some of the newer recruits have a bit of scope creep, so i adjusted some of the older ones to make them a bit more useful[/p]
  • [p] reworked a few alternates[/p]
• [p]burning and poison damage now scales with the target's health/max health[/p]
• [p]buffed Chrono Corp mode mechanics[/p]
  • [p] energy bar now fills up much faster[/p]
  • [p] buffed some of the potions (i.e. health potion now heals 25% of max health per tick)[/p]
  • [p] all chrono corp troops are now playable[/p]
  • [p] chrono corp troop base levels now scale with rarity (i.e. legendaries start at lv. 7)[/p]
  • [p] increased max energy from 10 to 20[/p]
  • [p] chrono corp troops take reduced damage for every troop on the field[/p]
• [p]added a regeneration delay after taking damage[/p]
• [p]regeneration and healing effects from recruits now scale with max health[/p]
• [p]minibosses now spawn at a random angle instead of to the right[/p]
• [p]Subways Of Your Mind by FEX is now properly credited[/p]
• [p]employee and ultimate crate prices now scale with however much money you currently have[/p]
• [p]added more art and fanart to the art gallery mission[/p]
• [p]added new achievements[/p]

[p]Hey gang! Long time no see, just wanted to announce that not only is a new update for Solace Inc coming soon, but a pre-release version is now available for you to check out![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]This is a pretty sizable update, so I figured it would be best to put out a pre-release build prior to releasing it so that I can get some feedback, if you'd like to try it out head over to the game properties on Steam and go to Betas > Beta Participation > Prerelease and then verify game files to make sure it downloaded (it should say v1.9 on the title screen)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]I'll go into more detail when the update is out, here is the work in progress patch notes for v1.9:[/p]

• [p]added a bunch of new recruits[/p]
• [p]added new fusions[/p]
• [p]added new synergies[/p]
• [p]added new enemies[/p]
  • [p]added imposter recruits, which appear as normal recruits but are slightly different and will transform into enemies if you upgrade their passive[/p]
• [p]added Element Types[/p]
  • [p]both recruits and enemies now have an element assigned to them, they will take more damage to elements they are weak to[/p]
  • [p]Fire Types take no damage from burning, and Water Types take no damage from poison[/p]
  • [p]Earth Types have reduced knockback[/p]
  • [p]Air Types have better control when mid-air[/p]
  • [p]Light Types are boosted longer and attack faster when boosted[/p]
  • [p]Metal Types have larger parry windows[/p]
  • [p]Love Types receive more healing from healing projectiles and regenerate faster[/p]
• [p]Added Battle Power & Reworked Difficulty[/p]
  • [p]Battle Power is calculated by a recruit's/enemy's max health and damage, representative of their overall combat effectiveness[/p]
  • [p]Average Recruit and Enemy Battle Power is now displayed on the top left during missions, and individual recruit battle power is shown on the pause menu [/p]
  • [p]mission battle power scales with how many recruits you have unlocked, it will be capped on missions you haven't beaten yet[/p]
  • [p]max level of damage, defense, and health research now scales with how many recruits you have unlocked[/p]
• [p]Added Chrono Spheres[/p]
  • [p]in Chrono Corp Mode, you can now unlock certain enemies as playable characters by throwing a Chrono Sphere at them[/p]
• [p]added in-mission recruit dialogue[/p]
  • [p]some recruits will now react to other recruits appearing (or will just say random stuff occasionally)[/p]
• [p]slight balance changes[/p]
  • [p]some of the newer recruits have a bit of scope creep, so i adjusted some of the older ones to make them a bit more useful[/p]
• [p]burning and poison damage now scales with the target's health/max health[/p]
• [p]buffed Chrono Corp mode mechanics[/p]
  • [p] energy bar now fills up much faster[/p]
  • [p] buffed some of the potions (i.e. health potion now heals 25% of max health per tick)[/p]
  • [p] all chrono corp troops are now playable[/p]
  • [p] chrono corp troop base levels now scale with rarity (i.e. legendaries start at lv. 7)[/p]
  • [p] increased max energy from 10 to 20[/p]
  • [p] chrono corp troops take reduced damage for every troop on the field[/p]
• [p]added a regeneration delay after taking damage[/p]
• [p]regeneration and healing effects from recruits now scale with max health[/p]
• [p]minibosses now spawn at a random angle instead of to the right[/p]
• [p]Subways Of Your Mind by FEX is now properly credited[/p]
• [p]added more art and fanart to the art gallery mission[/p]
• [p]added new achievements[/p]

[p]If you run into any issues feel free to DM me on Discord (@aplove) and I'll try to get back to you asap, if you like bug hunting here's some thing I'm looking for:[/p]

• [p]how does the new difficulty/battle power system feel? do solace inc and chrono corp feel about even?[/p]
• [p]do the elemental weaknesses work properly? (on the damage numbers it should say "weak" above it)[/p]
• [p]can you unlock all of the recruits?[/p]
• [p]does the main menu music cut out randomly? (that occurred to me a few times, just want to make sure)[/p]

[p]Enjoy! Update will be out in a few days probably[/p]

Hey gamers! Haven't touched this game in a while, but I'm back with some more content for Solace Inc. 1!

I was originally going to put out an update for April Fool's called the Cutting Board Update, which made some... 'character design changes'



...but Emily held me at gunpoint and made me change it back



so, I had to pivot and added some other stuff that I wanted to add to the game a while back but was too busy working on Solace Inc. 2 to add, so I'm adding it now!

[h3]Boss Rush[/h3]



It's time to prove your worth in the Arena of Champions and fight against an onslaught of foes from the past!

As I've worked on this game I never really had an end goal in sight and didn't plan on there being a 'final' mission, so I've decided to add this in to be a semblance of that

[h3]Dissonances[/h3]



Anyone who's a lore enthusiast may have noticed that there's some characters in this game who canonically shouldn't be fighting alongside each other, so I've decided to fix that!

Dissonances are essentially Anti-Synergies, when certain characters are pair together they still start fighting each other instead of working together

[h3]Other stuff[/h3]

I've also added in the usual stuff that I usually add (new recruits, new dialogue, new synergies, yadda yadda yadda) as well as some balance changes and gameplay adjustments

A major thing I should note is that enemies will no longer parry attacks, as I was working on the Boss Rush mission having to deal with minibosses constantly parrying attacks was a little bit annoying so I decided to remove that entirely, and the achievement along with it

Recruits and minibosses will also sidestrafe when attacking things now, so hopefully that will make combat a little more interesting instead of everyone just standing still while you occasionally jump over bullets and whatnot

That's basically it, this update is sort of a mixture of a late April Fool's update and a Sequel Promo update, hope you enjoy! (I'm also going to be updating the Android version soon, haven't touched that in a while lol)

v1.8 changelog

• added new mission: Boss Rush
  
• added new recruits & fusions
  
• added new miniboss
  
• added Dissonances
  - Dissonances occur when two or more specific recruits are present
  - recruits involved in a Dissonance will battle each other and can perish
  
• added breakroom dialogue
  
• added synergies
  
• redesigned some recruits
  
• minor balance changes
  
• edited some recruit descriptions & info
  
• recruits and some minibosses will now 'strafe' side to side while attacking
  
• enemies can no longer parry
  
• added new achievements
  
• removed 2 achievements
  
• fixed reset save data not resetting save data
  
• slight visual changes
  
• other minor bug fixes and changes
  

[h3]Solace Inc 2 Demo[/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3458240/Solace_Inc_2_Demo/

The Solace Inc. 2 Demo is now live for Steam Next Fest! This demo contains everything that's been added up to this point, which includes a dozen playable characters, a handful of maps, and a bunch of weapons, hats, and skins to unlock and use!

If you have any feedback or run into any issues you can DM me on Discord (@aplove) or on Bluesky (aplovestudio.bsky.social) and I'll get to work as soon as possible

Thank you all for checking out the game, if you liked the demo please leave a review and wishlist the full game, it would help out a ton 🙏

(and thank you all for your patience, hopefully it was worth the wait)

Hey everyone! I'm back with a small update and a few announcements!

[h2]Solace Inc. OST[/h2]



The Solace Inc OST Album is out now! It's available on:

Steam Bandcamp and YouTube!

I meant to release this after the game came out and completely forgot about it (adhd moment), so it's now available to download and listen for yourself!

It doesn't include any of the boss stage themes, those were created by Frogrammer so they're not mine to profit off of (although I do believe he's put it on Spotify)

[h2]v1.7.2 Update[/h2]

I've also released a small update for the game, I've added some new recruits (as always) as well as an update to the Art Gallery mission which includes some new artwork!





Most of it is from Art Fight 2024, I wanted to include them because a bunch of talented artists made art of characters from the game and wanted everyone to see it!
(I've also added some art viewing controls like zooming + panning to make it easier to see certain parts of the pieces)

If you have any questions + issues with the update feel free to DM me on Discord (@aplove)

[h2]Solace Inc. 2[/h2]

Over the past few months or so I've been working on a sequel to Solace Inc, Solace Inc 2!



(It's not really a direct sequel per se, it's just a new game that uses the same settings & characters so I'm calling it one)

I've switched over the using Godot instead of GameMaker Studio 2 and have been teaching myself 3D modelling via Blender and have been enjoying it, I've been wanting to make a proper 3D game for a while now

I'm also planning on it being an online multiplayer game, originally was going to have it be PvP but after doing some research it seems like a lot of indie PvP games tend to die out after a week due to low player counts so I'm probably going to have it be a co-op PvE game instead

It's very barebones and I've only been working on it for a few months so I can't say what the future plans for it are, but I may(?) have a small demo out sometime soon

That's all I wanted to share, thank you all for continuing to support the game! Have fun and enjoy!