ITER-8 News

// Begin Transmission

Operators, we have some exciting news!

The wait is almost over - your courageous duties of mining the pillar and defending our homeland are approaching...

[h3]ITER-8 will be launching on Steam March 9th![/h3]



If you'd like to get some practice in beforehand at gathering materials, blasting enemies, and trying not to die, you can check out our demo. Which leads us nicely to our next point...

[h3]The ITER-8 demo has had an upgrade! [/h3]

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We'll be part of Steam Next Fest, and we've been working hard behind the scenes at polishing our demo so it's even more satisfying. There's been some UI and game performance improvements, and you can read the full list below:

Secondary weapon changes:
Old version: rocket launcher and artillery.
New version: tesla coil

Device changes:
Old version: Improved path and Emp.
New version: Improved path and Drones factory

Localised into:
English
French
German
Spanish - Spain
Japanese
Polish
Portuguese - Brazil
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Ukrainian


Thanks for all your support, and we'll see you at the surface very soon!

//End Transmission

I'm just a tiny mining droid trying to carve an upward path through the brutalist monolith that dominates the skyline. Not hurting anyone, am I? Yet, I'd be making much better progress if it weren't for the pesky red-eyed monsters that keep attacking my base. They're just afraid of change – NIMBYs the lot of them.

Every few floors I climb, I have to race home to blast the incoming creeps with my base's gun turret. But then that's the ever-present challenge of Iter-8, the latest half-mining game, half tower defence game to have stolen my attention.

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Attention, Operator!

Your job just got safer a little easier. We've listened to your feedback and made some necessary tweaks and changes to the demo, making your mission to the surface even more streamlined (but unfortunately for you, still just as dangerous).

Play the demo here.

[h3]Today's improvements:[/h3]

Balancing:
- Voxels on lower floors made weaker to increase the initial run speed.
- Voxels in 3D locations are now weaker.
- Brightness increased in 3D locations.
- Defence structure node now moves much faster.
- Weather events trigger less often
- AA turret now rotates much faster.
- All defence structures have 20% more damage.
- Various other balancing changes.
- Numerous bugs fixed.

Settings and accessibility:
- Gamepad is now fully supported
- New graphic and performance settings added in the main menu

Improvements:
- New visuals and audio for fast travel combos
- Various improvements to the tutorial and onboarding

We hope you enjoy these adjustments to your workplace. Thank you for your continued service!

(Please note this new update to the demo will override previous progress!)

[p]Congratulations, Operator!
You’ve been reassigned to the Convergence Showcase.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The ITER Corporation is thrilled to announce that ITER-8 is officially part of Convergence, putting our expendable workforce right where it belongs (under the spotlight).[/p][p][/p][p]If you haven’t already, now’s the perfect time to jump into the free demo and experience what makes ITER-8 tick:[/p]

• [p]Drill into massive Pillars to extract vital resources[/p]
• [p]Defend your base with turrets and firepower[/p]
• [p]Unlock upgrades and abilities to dig deeper and last longer[/p]
• [p]Embrace failure, every worker is expendable, every iteration pushes the mission forward[/p]

[p]The Convergence showcase starts on the 18th of September at 7:30pm BST https://www.convergenceshowcase.com/[/p][p][/p][p]Your mission is simple:
Mine. Defend. Upgrade. Die. Repeat.[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

//Begin Transmission

Attention, operators!

There's two pieces of big news from Corporate that we'd like to relay:

1) ITER is now ITER-8. They think it sounds cool. Moving on.

2) The ITER-8 playtest is now live on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2832310/ITER8/
[h3]Suit up and make your way to the Drill Ship![/h3]



This playtest will give you access to the perfectly safe winter biome and ITER-8's first boss. You'll be able to try your hand at mining, upgrading your weapons, and most importantly, defending company property from enemy attacks.

If you enjoy the playtest, wonderful! Welcome to the team. If you don't enjoy the playtest, tough.* Your service is non-negotiable.

Best of luck out there, operators! We'll see you (hopefully) on your (uncertain) return.

//End Transmission



*We are of course actively gathering feedback as we continue development, and your thoughts are super important to us! Please do let us know how you get on with the playtest. (HR states that legally we have to say "we greatly value your feedback" - but this time, we actually mean it.)