The Hive News

Hello everyone,

I wanted to make this thread to answer some of the basic questions that the community has had. If you want some additional information, feel free to ask :)



Story of The Hive is inspired by novel "The Descent" released in 1999. In the novel humans discover caverns of hell beneath pacific ocean and send expedition to explore them.

Gameplay is inspired by Homeworld and Dawn of War series. Level names like "Gehenna" or "Great Wastelands" are homage to Homeworld. There is also Kadesh eye symbol painted on the Chala'toi helmets.

Homeworld is my personal favorite game of all time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descent_(novel)



Design of the Insectoid race is based on Crustacean and Arachnid creatures. We did not want to make the insectoids disgusting for players and went after "cool" factor instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustacean

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid

In the original script, first of the Insectoid race is born as you start the game. The waters in planet Eden have special property, that speed up evolution of new primordial creatures significantly.

Insectoids were going to be amphibian race, that adapted to the dangers of the new world.





Q: Intro is confusing, what do the humans have to do with the game?
A: Intro is prelude to explain how the humans arrive on planet Eden. Player is going to encounter them later in the story.

When the game starts, first of the Insectoids is spawned in the underground world of Eden. The human faction is currently on the planet orbit and surface.

Q: Derelict ship is millions of years old, are they the humans?
A: Derelict ship had crashed on Eden millions of years before the events of the game. They are not human faction but something entirely different.

It's not the only ship.. there are many more burried on the surface..
Human campaign is going to shed more light, on what caused them to crash on the planet.



Q: How is the story going to continue after Insectoid campaign?
A: Story would continue with human campaign. Starting from the events happening after arrival on Eden. Human campaign gameplay would be turn based instead of real-time. We had great ideas, that we could not do with the current real-time mechanics.

Q: What is going to be in the next update?
A: We are currently working on "save where you want" feature and making the gameplay feel smoother.

Q: How big is the development team?
A: We are small Finnish game studio with core 3 people.

Q: What other games have you worked on before?
A: My first personal game "Joutomaa" was released on Moddb back in 2010.
It's currently scheduled for Steam release.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=372020592
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http://steamcommunity.com/app/325730/discussions/0/305510202675378444/

All the best
~Sauli

Hello everyone,

After two years of Early Access The Hive is now officially released!

The Hive 1.01 is what we envisioned, when development of the game started in 2014. We set out to make game that combines RTS & RPG elements, with puzzles and compelling story.







Early Access adopters have provided us with great feedback, brilliant suggestions, and dedicated game testing reports.



We hope you will enjoy The Hive as much as we enjoyed making it.

The Drowned God lies dreaming

All the best
~Sauli

Hello everyone,

After two years of Early Access The Hive is now officially released!

The Hive 1.01 is what we envisioned, when development of the game started in 2014. We set out to make game that combines RTS & RPG elements, with puzzles and compelling story.







Early Access adopters have provided us with great feedback, brilliant suggestions, and dedicated game testing reports.



We hope you will enjoy The Hive as much as we enjoyed making it.

The Drowned God lies dreaming

All the best
~Sauli

Hello everyone,

We have been working on The Hive for two years on Early Access, we are happy to announce that it's now ready for full release on Steam.

Steam release date has been set to August 25th 2016





Idea for The Hive was born ten years ago, I was reading a novel about humans who discover caverns of hell beneath pasific ocean and send expedition to research them.

Gameplay wise games like Homeworld and Dawn of War series have been huge inspiration to us.





With Community support we would also love to continue the series with Human Campaign

We have also been working on two other games alongside The Hive.

First is Half-life 2 modification called "Joutomaa"

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=372020592
Second one is 2D To-Be-Announced digging game that has randomly generated levels





We also want to thank the support from our Early Access adopters who've provided us with great feedback, brilliant suggestions, and dedicated game testing reports.

It warms my heart to see people that tried 0.01 version two years ago (our Early Access launch) are still playing The Hive today and providing feedback on new content.



All the best
~Sauli

Hello everyone,

We have been working on The Hive for two years on Early Access, we are happy to announce that it's now ready for full release on Steam.

Steam release date has been set to August 25th 2016





Idea for The Hive was born ten years ago, I was reading a novel about humans who discover caverns of hell beneath pasific ocean and send expedition to research them.

Gameplay wise games like Homeworld and Dawn of War series have been huge inspiration to us.





With Community support we would also love to continue the series with Human Campaign

We have also been working on two other games alongside The Hive.

First is Half-life 2 modification called "Joutomaa"

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=372020592
Second one is 2D To-Be-Announced digging game that has randomly generated levels





We also want to thank the support from our Early Access adopters who've provided us with great feedback, brilliant suggestions, and dedicated game testing reports.

It warms my heart to see people that tried 0.01 version two years ago (our Early Access launch) are still playing The Hive today and providing feedback on new content.



All the best
~Sauli