Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. I like doing these HYPs. Not just as a break from guides writing, but because it forces me to look at the games gathering dust in my Steam library. It prompts me to load up o
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.
I like doing these HYPs. Not just as a break from guides writing, but because it forces me to look at the games gathering dust in my Steam library. It prompts me to load up one of those games again for the first time in perhaps years, and to rediscover the joy of – for example – stomping across Southern England in my gargantuan but badly designed Steampunk mech, blasting slightly worse-designed French mechs with my laser cannons and cackling with wild abandon at their flaming twisted scrapheap corpses.
Hey everyone! Tomorrow (Friday 15th July) we are taking part in the One Special Day charity drive to raise money for the gamers charity Special Effect . We will be donating the profits from every single game that we sell tomorrow to Special Effect to support the amazing work they
Hey everyone!
Tomorrow (Friday 15th July) we are taking part in the One Special Day charity drive to raise money for the gamers charity Special Effect . We will be donating the profits from every single game that we sell tomorrow to Special Effect to support the amazing work they do to make games accessible to everyone. This includes all our games on Steam and also our console and mobile games.
If you would like to support Special Effect, this is a really easy way to do so whilst bagging a new game at the same time.
We are also hosting a 6 hour One Special Day Twitch stream tomorrow, from 11am - 5pm (UK time). Hollie, Mike and Michelle will be playing through the Ripstone catalogue throughout the day, with code giveaways, competitions, developer chats and much more. We would love to see some of you in the chat on Friday to show your support for Special Effect!
One Special Day Twitch Stream
You can also bid on a one-of-a-kind steampunk jet-pack that was commissioned for Ironcast as part of One Special Day using the link below!
Hey everyone! Tomorrow (Friday 15th July) we are taking part in the One Special Day charity drive to raise money for the gamers charity Special Effect . We will be donating the profits from every single game that we sell tomorrow to Special Effect to support the amazing work they
Hey everyone!
Tomorrow (Friday 15th July) we are taking part in the One Special Day charity drive to raise money for the gamers charity Special Effect . We will be donating the profits from every single game that we sell tomorrow to Special Effect to support the amazing work they do to make games accessible to everyone. This includes all our games on Steam and also our console and mobile games.
If you would like to support Special Effect, this is a really easy way to do so whilst bagging a new game at the same time.
We are also hosting a 6 hour One Special Day Twitch stream tomorrow, from 11am - 5pm (UK time). Hollie, Mike and Michelle will be playing through the Ripstone catalogue throughout the day, with code giveaways, competitions, developer chats and much more. We would love to see some of you in the chat on Friday to show your support for Special Effect!
One Special Day Twitch Stream
You can also bid on a one-of-a-kind steampunk jet-pack that was commissioned for Ironcast as part of One Special Day using the link below!
As the title states, following on from our announcement earlier this week - there are now two new Commanders and two new Ironcasts available to help you in your mission. Each pack is priced at £2.99 / €3.99 / $3.99 & includes an Ironcast & a Commander. The Stirling Pack w
As the title states, following on from our announcement earlier this week - there are now two new Commanders and two new Ironcasts available to help you in your mission.
Each pack is priced at £2.99 / €3.99 / $3.99 & includes an Ironcast & a Commander.
The Stirling Pack which includes a brand new Ironcast named ‘The Stirling’; as well as a new Commander. The Stirling utilises a magnetic limpet cannon to blast an enemy target with electrical energy. Commander Katherine Chapman’s signature augmentation has a chance to reward players who match long chains of nodes with additional resources of every type. In addition, she has double the chance to locate rare blueprints on fallen enemies. http://store.steampowered.com/app/407450/
The Windsor Pack includes ‘The Windsor’ Ironcast which uses a unique device to steal a layer of shield defences from its opponent, weakening them whilst improving its own defences. It also includes a new Commander Henry Brent whose signature augmentation rewards players who match long chains of nodes with a temporary shield boost. In addition, his Ironcast always begins the game with an active shield layer. http://store.steampowered.com/app/407451/
Be sure to share your screenshots of the new Commanders & Ironcasts in action!
As the title states, following on from our announcement earlier this week - there are now two new Commanders and two new Ironcasts available to help you in your mission. Each pack is priced at £2.99 / €3.99 / $3.99 & includes an Ironcast & a Commander. The Stirling Pack w
As the title states, following on from our announcement earlier this week - there are now two new Commanders and two new Ironcasts available to help you in your mission.
Each pack is priced at £2.99 / €3.99 / $3.99 & includes an Ironcast & a Commander.
The Stirling Pack which includes a brand new Ironcast named ‘The Stirling’; as well as a new Commander. The Stirling utilises a magnetic limpet cannon to blast an enemy target with electrical energy. Commander Katherine Chapman’s signature augmentation has a chance to reward players who match long chains of nodes with additional resources of every type. In addition, she has double the chance to locate rare blueprints on fallen enemies. http://store.steampowered.com/app/407450/
The Windsor Pack includes ‘The Windsor’ Ironcast which uses a unique device to steal a layer of shield defences from its opponent, weakening them whilst improving its own defences. It also includes a new Commander Henry Brent whose signature augmentation rewards players who match long chains of nodes with a temporary shield boost. In addition, his Ironcast always begins the game with an active shield layer. http://store.steampowered.com/app/407451/
Be sure to share your screenshots of the new Commanders & Ironcasts in action!
Good day, Commanders! We have exciting news; there will be two new Commanders and two new Ironcasts available to help with our mission later this week. We are launching two new DLC packs: The Stirling Pack which includes a brand new Ironcast named ‘The Stirling’; as well as a new
Good day, Commanders!
We have exciting news; there will be two new Commanders and two new Ironcasts available to help with our mission later this week.
We are launching two new DLC packs: The Stirling Pack which includes a brand new Ironcast named ‘The Stirling’; as well as a new Commander. The Stirling utilises a magnetic limpet cannon to blast an enemy target with electrical energy. Commander Katherine Chapman’s signature augmentation has a chance to reward players who match long chains of nodes with additional resources of every type. In addition, she has double the chance to locate rare blueprints on fallen enemies.
The Windsor Pack includes ‘The Windsor’ Ironcast which uses a unique device to steal a layer of shield defences from its opponent, weakening them whilst improving its own defences. It also includes a new Commander Henry Brent whose signature augmentation rewards players who match long chains of nodes with a temporary shield boost. In addition, his Ironcast always begins the game with an active shield layer.
Each pack will be priced at £2.99 / €3.99 / $3.99 & will be available on Friday 13th November.
Good day, Commanders! We have exciting news; there will be two new Commanders and two new Ironcasts available to help with our mission later this week. We are launching two new DLC packs: The Stirling Pack which includes a brand new Ironcast named ‘The Stirling’; as well as a new
Good day, Commanders!
We have exciting news; there will be two new Commanders and two new Ironcasts available to help with our mission later this week.
We are launching two new DLC packs: The Stirling Pack which includes a brand new Ironcast named ‘The Stirling’; as well as a new Commander. The Stirling utilises a magnetic limpet cannon to blast an enemy target with electrical energy. Commander Katherine Chapman’s signature augmentation has a chance to reward players who match long chains of nodes with additional resources of every type. In addition, she has double the chance to locate rare blueprints on fallen enemies.
The Windsor Pack includes ‘The Windsor’ Ironcast which uses a unique device to steal a layer of shield defences from its opponent, weakening them whilst improving its own defences. It also includes a new Commander Henry Brent whose signature augmentation rewards players who match long chains of nodes with a temporary shield boost. In addition, his Ironcast always begins the game with an active shield layer.
Each pack will be priced at £2.99 / €3.99 / $3.99 & will be available on Friday 13th November.
Good day, Commanders! We have a small update for Ironcast today. Let's get into it! Removed Scrap nodes from the boss encounters. Fixed an issue where starting a new game after completing the campaign would not create a completely fresh game save. Fixed a small error on the Globa
Good day, Commanders!
We have a small update for Ironcast today. Let's get into it!
Removed Scrap nodes from the boss encounters.
Fixed an issue where starting a new game after completing the campaign would not create a completely fresh game save.
Fixed a small error on the Global Reward screen, where XP and Scrap boosters showed the incorrect % amount (but were still awarding the correct % amount).
That's all for now! Grab the latest patch and let us know how you guys get on.
Thank you all for your continued feedback and support.
Good day, Commanders! We have a small update for Ironcast today. Let's get into it! Removed Scrap nodes from the boss encounters. Fixed an issue where starting a new game after completing the campaign would not create a completely fresh game save. Fixed a small error on the Globa
Good day, Commanders!
We have a small update for Ironcast today. Let's get into it!
Removed Scrap nodes from the boss encounters.
Fixed an issue where starting a new game after completing the campaign would not create a completely fresh game save.
Fixed a small error on the Global Reward screen, where XP and Scrap boosters showed the incorrect % amount (but were still awarding the correct % amount).
That's all for now! Grab the latest patch and let us know how you guys get on.
Thank you all for your continued feedback and support.
Good day, Commanders! The Ironcast 1.1 update is finally here. We've got loads of new features, balance tweaks and usability improvements for you. I won't say much more as the notes speak for themselves! A big thanks goes out to all of you who sent us bug reports and feedback ove
Good day, Commanders!
The Ironcast 1.1 update is finally here. We've got loads of new features, balance tweaks and usability improvements for you. I won't say much more as the notes speak for themselves!
A big thanks goes out to all of you who sent us bug reports and feedback over the last few months. We couldn't have created this update without your support.
Ironcast 1.1 Update
Improvements:
Fixed game hang when activating the Steam overlay while the loading screen is open.
Fixed issue when Steam overlay is activated while on the settings screen in mission.
Missing Localisation on weapon tooltip now fixed.
Fixed error in dialogue of mission "Pursuit of glory".
The missions presented on the mission map are now correctly saved when quitting the game.
Scrap nodes now correctly spawn in boss battles (not being included actually broke the balance of these battles as long chains became far too common).
Fixed an issue that could cause your Ironcast to not start with full coolant at the start of a mission.
Fixed the "Remaining Turns" Objective in the mission "Search and Secure".
Fixed the mission "Godspeed", which was giving out Shields on completion instead of Drives.
Fixed minor spelling and grammar mistakes.
Fixed an error in the mission "The Spoils of war" that would cause a gameover instead of a mission fail on loss.
Fixed an error with the mission "Half-Cocked" which did not correctly repair your Ironcast on completion.
The achievements "Untouchable", "Reckless Victory" and "Against all odds" will now trigger correctly if earned in a boss battle.
New Features:
The weapon comparison tooltip now shows your weapon A and weapon B side by side.
Campaign saving has been improved. Campaign save will now only be deleted once the mission is in progress, and re-saved as soon as the mission ends.
The "Quit to title" option has been changed to "End Campaign", allowing you to forfeit the rest of your current campaign and claim global XP for your progress.
Hovering over the resource bars in battle will now showing a new tooltip, show the current and max amount of each resource.
The max amount of each resource is now showing in both the Hangar and the "Ironcast Upgrades" section of the Workshop.
If there is a campaign to load, the "Continue" button will be highlighted instead of "New Game".
A Bonus has been added for completing missions quickly. For each turn remaining when a mission is completed, 10 war assets will be rewarded.
Abilities and Augmentations:
Active abilities and Passive Augmentations can now be unequipped.
The family of abilities that gather nodes (e.g. Gather Repair) will no longer trigger abilities that require matching a certain number of nodes.
Additional Shot - cooldown increased from 5 turns to 6.
Node swap abilities - turn cooldown increased from 6 to 10.
The ability "Accuracy Booster" now correctly gives a 5% boost to weapon accuracy.
The active ability "Crippling Signal" has been changed to now half the enemy’s evasion for 2 turns.
The Passive Augmentation "Combination Master" has been changed to now give a 25% chance of spawning a Link node after a match of 10+ nodes.
The passive augmentation "Overdrive Oracle" has been changed to now give a 25% chance of spawning an Overdrive node after a match of 10+ nodes.
The cooldown of the active ability "Leech life" has been increased to 5 turns.
The cooldown of the active ability "Repair Hull" has been increased to 4 turns.
Enemy Ironcast:
All enemies have access to MK4 and MK5 systems 1-2 missions earlier. MK5 systems are now more commonly used by end-game enemies.
Titan Ironcast and Juggernaut Steamtanks have had their health significantly increased.
Lightly armoured Ironcast have had their health reduced.
Both bosses have had their shields tweaked. They now have stronger protection at lower stacks but maximum defence value is unchanged.
Both bosses have received changes to their "rapid fire" weapons. Players would often destroy their "heavy hitter" weapon before completely ignoring the rapid fire weapon. We've reduced the number of shots and upped the damage per shot of each weapon to offer an additional threat.
Bosses have had their health slightly increased, to compensate for the new War Asset rewards for completing a mission with turns remaining.
Weapons and systems:
Shotcannon damage reduced to compensate for such a boost from Overdrive.
Heavy cannon damage reduced to make it more of the Jack of all trades that it was meant to be.
Rare weapons now cost 2 coolant to fire, up from 1.
Dense shields have had around a 20% protection decrease at all levels (for both friendly and enemy Ironcast).
Good day, Commanders! The Ironcast 1.1 update is finally here. We've got loads of new features, balance tweaks and usability improvements for you. I won't say much more as the notes speak for themselves! A big thanks goes out to all of you who sent us bug reports and feedback ove
Good day, Commanders!
The Ironcast 1.1 update is finally here. We've got loads of new features, balance tweaks and usability improvements for you. I won't say much more as the notes speak for themselves!
A big thanks goes out to all of you who sent us bug reports and feedback over the last few months. We couldn't have created this update without your support.
Ironcast 1.1 Update
Improvements:
Fixed game hang when activating the Steam overlay while the loading screen is open.
Fixed issue when Steam overlay is activated while on the settings screen in mission.
Missing Localisation on weapon tooltip now fixed.
Fixed error in dialogue of mission "Pursuit of glory".
The missions presented on the mission map are now correctly saved when quitting the game.
Scrap nodes now correctly spawn in boss battles (not being included actually broke the balance of these battles as long chains became far too common).
Fixed an issue that could cause your Ironcast to not start with full coolant at the start of a mission.
Fixed the "Remaining Turns" Objective in the mission "Search and Secure".
Fixed the mission "Godspeed", which was giving out Shields on completion instead of Drives.
Fixed minor spelling and grammar mistakes.
Fixed an error in the mission "The Spoils of war" that would cause a gameover instead of a mission fail on loss.
Fixed an error with the mission "Half-Cocked" which did not correctly repair your Ironcast on completion.
The achievements "Untouchable", "Reckless Victory" and "Against all odds" will now trigger correctly if earned in a boss battle.
New Features:
The weapon comparison tooltip now shows your weapon A and weapon B side by side.
Campaign saving has been improved. Campaign save will now only be deleted once the mission is in progress, and re-saved as soon as the mission ends.
The "Quit to title" option has been changed to "End Campaign", allowing you to forfeit the rest of your current campaign and claim global XP for your progress.
Hovering over the resource bars in battle will now showing a new tooltip, show the current and max amount of each resource.
The max amount of each resource is now showing in both the Hangar and the "Ironcast Upgrades" section of the Workshop.
If there is a campaign to load, the "Continue" button will be highlighted instead of "New Game".
A Bonus has been added for completing missions quickly. For each turn remaining when a mission is completed, 10 war assets will be rewarded.
Abilities and Augmentations:
Active abilities and Passive Augmentations can now be unequipped.
The family of abilities that gather nodes (e.g. Gather Repair) will no longer trigger abilities that require matching a certain number of nodes.
Additional Shot - cooldown increased from 5 turns to 6.
Node swap abilities - turn cooldown increased from 6 to 10.
The ability "Accuracy Booster" now correctly gives a 5% boost to weapon accuracy.
The active ability "Crippling Signal" has been changed to now half the enemy’s evasion for 2 turns.
The Passive Augmentation "Combination Master" has been changed to now give a 25% chance of spawning a Link node after a match of 10+ nodes.
The passive augmentation "Overdrive Oracle" has been changed to now give a 25% chance of spawning an Overdrive node after a match of 10+ nodes.
The cooldown of the active ability "Leech life" has been increased to 5 turns.
The cooldown of the active ability "Repair Hull" has been increased to 4 turns.
Enemy Ironcast:
All enemies have access to MK4 and MK5 systems 1-2 missions earlier. MK5 systems are now more commonly used by end-game enemies.
Titan Ironcast and Juggernaut Steamtanks have had their health significantly increased.
Lightly armoured Ironcast have had their health reduced.
Both bosses have had their shields tweaked. They now have stronger protection at lower stacks but maximum defence value is unchanged.
Both bosses have received changes to their "rapid fire" weapons. Players would often destroy their "heavy hitter" weapon before completely ignoring the rapid fire weapon. We've reduced the number of shots and upped the damage per shot of each weapon to offer an additional threat.
Bosses have had their health slightly increased, to compensate for the new War Asset rewards for completing a mission with turns remaining.
Weapons and systems:
Shotcannon damage reduced to compensate for such a boost from Overdrive.
Heavy cannon damage reduced to make it more of the Jack of all trades that it was meant to be.
Rare weapons now cost 2 coolant to fire, up from 1.
Dense shields have had around a 20% protection decrease at all levels (for both friendly and enemy Ironcast).
Good day, Commanders! Due to popular demand, I am pleased to announce that the official Ironcast soundtrack has now been made available for download on Steam. Created by the awesome Ed Hargrave, the Ironcast OST featured all 8 music tracks found in the game. Go grab it now. :) Ir
Good day, Commanders!
Due to popular demand, I am pleased to announce that the official Ironcast soundtrack has now been made available for download on Steam. Created by the awesome Ed Hargrave, the Ironcast OST featured all 8 music tracks found in the game.
Go grab it now. :)
Ironcast OST
We've got some more exciting announcements to make in the coming weeks, so don't go too far!
Good day, Commanders! Due to popular demand, I am pleased to announce that the official Ironcast soundtrack has now been made available for download on Steam. Created by the awesome Ed Hargrave, the Ironcast OST featured all 8 music tracks found in the game. Go grab it now. :) Ir
Good day, Commanders!
Due to popular demand, I am pleased to announce that the official Ironcast soundtrack has now been made available for download on Steam. Created by the awesome Ed Hargrave, the Ironcast OST featured all 8 music tracks found in the game.
Go grab it now. :)
Ironcast OST
We've got some more exciting announcements to make in the coming weeks, so don't go too far!
Good evening Ironcast fans! Ironcast is released tomorrow, 26th of March at a regular price of £9.99/$14.99. However, I'm pleased to announce that early adopters can enjoy a 30% launch discount! This discount will not last for long, so get in there fast, people. You guys can join
Good evening Ironcast fans!
Ironcast is released tomorrow, 26th of March at a regular price of £9.99/$14.99. However, I'm pleased to announce that early adopters can enjoy a 30% launch discount! This discount will not last for long, so get in there fast, people.
You guys can join the discussion in our Steam community hub and follow the developers here on Twitter @DreadbitGames.
That's all for now. Perhaps we'll see some of you on the battlefield tomorrow for the worldwide release of Ironcast!
Good evening Ironcast fans! Ironcast is released tomorrow, 26th of March at a regular price of £9.99/$14.99. However, I'm pleased to announce that early adopters can enjoy a 30% launch discount! This discount will not last for long, so get in there fast, people. You guys can join
Good evening Ironcast fans!
Ironcast is released tomorrow, 26th of March at a regular price of £9.99/$14.99. However, I'm pleased to announce that early adopters can enjoy a 30% launch discount! This discount will not last for long, so get in there fast, people.
You guys can join the discussion in our Steam community hub and follow the developers here on Twitter @DreadbitGames.
That's all for now. Perhaps we'll see some of you on the battlefield tomorrow for the worldwide release of Ironcast!
Hello backers! This is it. Version 1.0. Ironcast is set for general release on 26th March 2015. Not long now! On with the update notes: Prologue and epilogue now play correct music. Fixed issue with the in-game camera jittering while Ironcast and Steamtanks are moving Fixed bug i
Hello backers!
This is it. Version 1.0. Ironcast is set for general release on 26th March 2015. Not long now!
On with the update notes:
Prologue and epilogue now play correct music.
Fixed issue with the in-game camera jittering while Ironcast and Steamtanks are moving
Fixed bug in matching tooltip that was showing the number of mission resources to be earned this match as XP earned instead
Fixed crash bug caused by loading a campaign while having new blueprints still to view
Miscellaneous localisation fixes
Fixed missing screenshake of certain death animations
Fixed a bug where rare quality systems would drop far more often than they should (the drop rate is now correctly set to 3-5%)
Hello backers! This is it. Version 1.0. Ironcast is set for general release on 26th March 2015. Not long now! On with the update notes: Prologue and epilogue now play correct music. Fixed issue with the in-game camera jittering while Ironcast and Steamtanks are moving Fixed bug i
Hello backers!
This is it. Version 1.0. Ironcast is set for general release on 26th March 2015. Not long now!
On with the update notes:
Prologue and epilogue now play correct music.
Fixed issue with the in-game camera jittering while Ironcast and Steamtanks are moving
Fixed bug in matching tooltip that was showing the number of mission resources to be earned this match as XP earned instead
Fixed crash bug caused by loading a campaign while having new blueprints still to view
Miscellaneous localisation fixes
Fixed missing screenshake of certain death animations
Fixed a bug where rare quality systems would drop far more often than they should (the drop rate is now correctly set to 3-5%)
Hello Ironcast beta testers! Welcome to our final beta build release before the official launch of the game. There's an absolute tonne of bug fixes, difficulty tweaks and polish in this build. Barring any horrible bugs you guys may find in the next few days, this could be our fin
Hello Ironcast beta testers!
Welcome to our final beta build release before the official launch of the game. There's an absolute tonne of bug fixes, difficulty tweaks and polish in this build. Barring any horrible bugs you guys may find in the next few days, this could be our final Ironcast launch build!
On with the patch notes!
Localisation added for German, French, Spanish and Italian. Language can be changed from the settings menu on the start screen
Various UI tweaks and fixes to accommodate other languages
Removed the turn timer. Players now have as long as they want to make matches!
New 2 Part tutorial. Better introduction of basic mechanics with optional "Advanced" tactics tutorial if players wish to learn more
Minor art clean-up
Fixed UI Particles sometimes either displaying at an incorrect size or displaying on top of other UI when they shouldn't
Steam Achievements added
Changes to how the initial grid is set up. Initial grid spawns coolant and scrap at 25% of normal rate to give the player more useful nodes to start with
Scrap nodes no longer spawn in boss battles
Fixed various timing issues that could cause game hangs
Improved AI is now smarter at choosing which weapons to attack with
Health bars now have a slowly depleting yellow segment to more clearly show health loss
Fixed issue with AI overheating and destroying itself, causing a game hang
Added a "Grid Refresh" mechanic that will generate a new grid should the grid end up in an unmatchable state
Enemies can no longer overheat and damage themselves during Salvage missions
Added sound effects for Ironcast abilities, along with other minor sound and music tweaks
Fixed bugs with UI panels with scroll-bars sometimes scrolling incorrectly
If player has a save game, a confirmation dialog will appear when starting a new game warning the player on potential progress loss
Fixed bug on Windows where setting the game to be in windowed mode on dual monitor setups would sometimes cause the game move and position between the two monitors
Added damask borders to prevent the game assets breaking should a wider aspect ratio than 16:9 be used
Fixed a few passive augmentations that did not function correctly
Clicking the map in the hanger bay will now close the mission info window if open
Fixed an issue where the in-game UI would not fade out correctly
Improved the "Drag and Drop" equipping process in the Hanger bay.
Damage pop ups are now sorted correctly with the UI.
Progress made in the tutorial now no longer counts towards Steam Achievements
Various Performance tweaks and optimisations
Various minor gameplay balancing tweaks
Various minor fixes to missions such as some missions not rewarding the player correctly
Various other minor bug fixes
Go grab the latest build and let us know what you think in the Ironcast Discussion area!
Thanks once again and good luck out there, Commanders.
Hello Ironcast beta testers! Welcome to our final beta build release before the official launch of the game. There's an absolute tonne of bug fixes, difficulty tweaks and polish in this build. Barring any horrible bugs you guys may find in the next few days, this could be our fin
Hello Ironcast beta testers!
Welcome to our final beta build release before the official launch of the game. There's an absolute tonne of bug fixes, difficulty tweaks and polish in this build. Barring any horrible bugs you guys may find in the next few days, this could be our final Ironcast launch build!
On with the patch notes!
Localisation added for German, French, Spanish and Italian. Language can be changed from the settings menu on the start screen
Various UI tweaks and fixes to accommodate other languages
Removed the turn timer. Players now have as long as they want to make matches!
New 2 Part tutorial. Better introduction of basic mechanics with optional "Advanced" tactics tutorial if players wish to learn more
Minor art clean-up
Fixed UI Particles sometimes either displaying at an incorrect size or displaying on top of other UI when they shouldn't
Steam Achievements added
Changes to how the initial grid is set up. Initial grid spawns coolant and scrap at 25% of normal rate to give the player more useful nodes to start with
Scrap nodes no longer spawn in boss battles
Fixed various timing issues that could cause game hangs
Improved AI is now smarter at choosing which weapons to attack with
Health bars now have a slowly depleting yellow segment to more clearly show health loss
Fixed issue with AI overheating and destroying itself, causing a game hang
Added a "Grid Refresh" mechanic that will generate a new grid should the grid end up in an unmatchable state
Enemies can no longer overheat and damage themselves during Salvage missions
Added sound effects for Ironcast abilities, along with other minor sound and music tweaks
Fixed bugs with UI panels with scroll-bars sometimes scrolling incorrectly
If player has a save game, a confirmation dialog will appear when starting a new game warning the player on potential progress loss
Fixed bug on Windows where setting the game to be in windowed mode on dual monitor setups would sometimes cause the game move and position between the two monitors
Added damask borders to prevent the game assets breaking should a wider aspect ratio than 16:9 be used
Fixed a few passive augmentations that did not function correctly
Clicking the map in the hanger bay will now close the mission info window if open
Fixed an issue where the in-game UI would not fade out correctly
Improved the "Drag and Drop" equipping process in the Hanger bay.
Damage pop ups are now sorted correctly with the UI.
Progress made in the tutorial now no longer counts towards Steam Achievements
Various Performance tweaks and optimisations
Various minor gameplay balancing tweaks
Various minor fixes to missions such as some missions not rewarding the player correctly
Various other minor bug fixes
Go grab the latest build and let us know what you think in the Ironcast Discussion area!
Thanks once again and good luck out there, Commanders.
Good day, and Happy Holidays to you all! We've got quite a decent number of changes in today's update, fixing some of the issues and addressing the feedback we've received so far during the beta. Thank you for your continued support; some of the following would not have been done
Good day, and Happy Holidays to you all!
We've got quite a decent number of changes in today's update, fixing some of the issues and addressing the feedback we've received so far during the beta. Thank you for your continued support; some of the following would not have been done if it weren't for the emails and in-game bug submissions from you guys.
Objective Panel now shows mission name
Clicking on "next" while dialogue is typing out will cause it to appear all at once (clicking next again will move to next item)
Fixed spacing in large title font
Signature abilities/passives now appear as such in their tooltips
When maxed out global unlocks, XP left no longer appears as "0/0"
Various fixes to broken active abilities and passive boosters (including the ones associated with Ares Powell and Walter H Kylock)
Workshop no longer shows blueprints that have been built
Selecting a target in the target subsystem panel now closes the panel
Enemy coolant bar particle effect no longer triggers on player coolant use
Fixed some sprite flickering on the first Boss' Ironcast
ESC now hides dialogues and activates sensible actions (pause/back/quit) in game screens
Boss 2 is now offset slightly to the right
Fixed bug with first boss nearly always dropping Drives
Added Dialogue skip button
Player gains HP the moment of level up, not after level up ability selected
Repair button in hanger plays correct sound
Fixed dialogue missing commander names on first piece of dialogue in mission
Fixed AI overheating on salvage missions and causing player to fail the mission
Repair button now plays a purchase sound
Reduced the turn limit on the first Boss from 50 turns to 20 turns. This limit is displayed on the objectives panel.
