Flight of the Athena News

This update has revamped the campaign map - instead of a static image, it now uses the node grid to draw the region, the route the player takes, the area mission being targeted, etc.

The demo has also been brought inline with V0.95 to get this campaign map update (as well as the other updates from interim versions since the last build).

Full release on 26th Oct is on, with V1.0 live most likely on the 25th!

The latest build for Flight of the Athena is now live - it brings a host of quality of life updates, as well as some additional content with the additional Onslaught and Airstrike events. Full changelog below:

Flight of the Athena V0.9EA changelog:
-New key event, Onslaught - survive a sustained ambush from Imperium forces
-New key event, Airstrike - destroy the Imperium ammo dumps
-Game selector update - The game select screen now displays the regional boss info, i.e. which is the current boss & act, which bosses have been previously eliminated
-Level length alteration - The average level time has had a small reduction across all acts
-Options -> Controls - A controls settings section has been added, listing controls and giving the option to turn off controller vibration
-Vulcan cannon - reduced the controller vibration amount when firing the vulcan cannon
-Updated graphic, Athena - updated the overhead Athena graphic.
-Updated character portrait, Mega - a small update to this.
-Large beam laser, enemy - reduced the strength of the large beam laser (used in phase 3 of the final boss currently).
-Various minor fixes and updates

Full release out of Early Access is on target, 26th Oct!

This release is a significant milestone for Flight of the Athena - final chapter + final boss content has been added, so the game is now playable all the way through! V0.8 brings:

-Final boss integration - The final boss and game completion has been integrated into the procedural engine. FotA is now playable from start to finish!
-Final Act content and cutscene - Level content for Act V and the game completion cut scene have been added.
-Speed -> Mobility - The terminology has been changed from speed to mobility, as this value encompasses not just top speed, but acceleration also.
-Various tweaks and fixes

The next updates will focus on readiness for V1.0 release on October 26th - polish, fixes and extra content as time allows!

The full release out of Early Access for Flight of the Athena now has a date - October 26th, 2021. The major remaining components to go in are the final Act and the final boss, but both are progressing nicely. The remaining dev time before launch will go to fixes and extra enemy waves / key events, time permitting.

A new version has been released to Early Access, version 0.7. These changes were going to be held for the next major release, but the boss and texture page updates are both good updates, so it seemed good to get them live:

Flight of the Athena V0.7 changelog:
-Boss, smoking fractures - Smoking fractures will open up on the bosses as they move through the damage phases. A useful visual indicator and effect, a heavily damaged boss is also at its most dangerous!
-Textures, prefetch - Texture prefetching has been setup, which should reduce if not eliminate in battle stutters whilst loading
-Game setup warnings - Additional warning flags have been added to the hardest game setup selectors (Brutal difficulty, Rogue game mode).