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WHAT TO EXPECT the current state of Genome Guardian 2 as of its Early Access launch 100h+ of Polished, Playtested Content There's so much to sink your teeth into already. 14 Guardians, 12 Hulls, 11 Platforms, 12 Barrels, 11 Brackets, 11 Cores, 12 Motherboards, 81 Mods, 12 Gadgets
DEMO INFO Any progress you make carries over to the full game There's a number of cool parts you can unlock & try now (check out the Boombox Guardian's unlock condition...) Get a taste of Zap , Flak , Split , Freeze Face Enraged , Armoured & Shielded microbes If you have
GENOME GUARDIAN 2 EARLY ACCESS STARTS 5 MARCH @ 1:00PM EST Literal hundreds of hours of content will be available right from the get-go Already fully translated in 10 languages All 100 Steam Achievements ready to go Story content & various other features , modes & content
WISHLIST GENOME GUARDIAN 2 I've been busy ...making the best-possible (true) sequel to Genome Guardian, with... In-depth nanobot building with loadout save/load & paint/pattern customization Pausing & resuming unfinished runs Expanded Endless Mode , side objectives , and
⚖ BALANCE Microbe spawn rate -5%. 🔄 CHANGES Intro: Minor tweaks to what weapon & turret mods can appear during the "Intro" run. It's now clear on the main menu that Cell Command is, in fact, released . 🔨 FIXES (Mode) Abyss: Its health bar would sometimes persist if you were
TURN-BASED TACTICS meets SNAKE in Cell Command : A new roguelike in the Genome Guardian universe. Combine ːadnaːːcdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː to create 70 unicellular warriors A multitude of commanders , gadgets , perks & modes Brand new 80-song soundtrack Take on the Abyss virus once m
EDIT: Update 7.0.4 is live, which just fixes a softlock related to perks / perk slots for new players. Genome Guardian is finally Steam Deck verified! Only reason it shows as just "Playable" is because some text in Checklist / Records / Credits is kinda small. ⚖ BALANCE (Mutation
🔒 UNLOCK CONDITION CHANGES Everything below that's become harder to unlock is stuff new players often struggle with and genuinely shouldn't have access to until later: (turret) Diesel: overheat 300 → 500 times. This turret becomes a lot easier to use after you have more perks. (
⚖ BALANCE (Mode) Brood: won't go into specifics but it's "generally a bit easier", (Mode) Gameshow: won't go into specifics but it's "generally a bit easier". (Turret) Scorch: Firerate scales with Heat up to +200% → +300%. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 (Turret) Helios: removed "-1 Health each time
I fixed a typo.
So much has been added & fixed since release thanks to your feedback & discussions in the Discord - Lots of QoL and turrets/perks are because players requested them. It's still crazy to me how many players enjoy it (and how many have 100%'d it ), I really love you guys. I
⚖ BALANCE (mutation) Microbe Weight -60%, Microbe Speed +40%: Weight -60% → -70%, Speed +40% → +30%. (mutation) Speed +40% to microbes with A DNA: Speed +40% → +30%. (turret trial) Ramjet: Health Max -50% → Range -50%. (given how this turret trial is intended to be played, this m
Not a super eventful patch, but had to fix Heatwave Repeater as soon as I found out about it! 🔨 FIXES (weapon) ːadnaːːadnaːːgdnaːːgdnaː Heatwave Repeater: It wasn't dealing Damage, Knockback or Burn - fixed. (I broke it while fixing hitboxes for projectiles in the last update) (
CELL COMMAND DEMO IS LIVE! check it out (trailer is done too) taking a few weeks off from dev finally (been busy making Cell Command and I haven't had a day off since November 20 2024), but was able to get some Genome Guardian update stuff done. Still have other stuff planned. ːg
I do still have update plans for Genome Guardian. Just been 100% focused on Cell Command for a while now - grinding to have a playable public demo ready for 24 Feb Steam Next Fest , which I guess I haven't publicly stated until now. I am going to be meeting that demo deadline and
→ Nova Drift x Genome Guardian Bundle ← I'm sure Nova Drift needs no introduction. In fact, you probably already own it due to your amazing taste. Regardless - If you like one of these games, you're bound to love the other! Cell Command Progress Update Making great headway - Stea
Don't forget to check out (and wishlist if interested) Cell Command ! 🔄 CHANGES Added thing for Cell Command to main menu. 🔨 FIXES (turret) Jester: For some reason, it became really blurry using Jester with High Quality on in SETTINGS. Fixed some silly typos. Daily Dive day # w
Cell Command is a turn-based tactics roguelite with a twist that exists in the Genome Guardian universe , borrowing many of its mechanics (including combining DNA to create new units ). Check out the Cell Command Steam page for details. Unit health = length, moving makes you long
I've been cooking something new for the last little while that I'll be revealing soon (those in the Discord know what I'm talking about). In the meantime though, have this: ⚖ BALANCE (perk) Cosmo: Critical Damage +100% → +200%, Damage -15% → -25%. (perk) Radar, (turret) Spyglass:
Adding a much-requested feature for gamepad & Steam Deck users: Proper menu navigation! Analog sticks will still move the cursor, but DPads will now snap the cursor to buttons. It's not PERFECT yet (there's cases where the next button it snaps to isn't what you expect) but fo