Developer posts and news about this game.
Hello! As you may notice, the time of the year is here. Knowing how good were you this year, I prepared little gifts for you! From 21st December , an in-game event will start. You will have the possibility to unlock special character items. To unlock them, you will need to find t
Hello, space escapers! After a bit of silence, I'm back with a status update and news about what will happen next with Area 86 ! Let's start with the "silence" period. Trus me, it was not silent at all. As you would notice, Area 86 is available on Steam for Win/OSX/Linux . And as
Hello! I'm happy to announce that Area 86 has made it to be part of Tiny Teams Festival ːsteamhappyː This also means that Area 86 will be on sale with 30% OFF from August 9 to August 15, 2020 . And if that is not awesome enough - I made a playable demo version that is available r
Hello! Time to take a look at what's happening at Area 86. Well, this time added new features to Area 86! As a gamer, I like the possibility to customize my character. Area 86 was missing this feature, but not any longer! So I added character customization with some basic items a
Hello! Long time nothing posted, so I thought of writing a status update! We all humans, and we need to recharge our powers! So I took time off from working on Area 86 and tried to relax. Now I'm returning and looking at what to do next! Have some changes in mind, like remove the
Let's talk about the last patch.ːsteamhappyː I transferred the whole project from Unity 2018.4 to Unity 2019.3 . As expected, things went south and received a decent amount of new bugs. Most of the bugs are fixed & the latest version should work better than the previous versi
A huge thanks to you who bought Area 86 & like what I have created! It means a lot! Thank you & I hope that more people will find Area 86 . So how did the release day go? Well, I was fixing last-minute bugs before launch & the last build was uploaded 3h before release
I hope you're doing well and staying safe! ːearthishː Development of Area 86 has slowed down a bit in March, but I'm back and pushing forward! The release day is coming closer and closer, uhh! Not sure if ready for release, panic! But I have promised to deliver on April 15th and
Let's start with the most exciting news! I decided to release Area 86 on April 15th ːsteamhappyː ( no matter what will happen ) The release version is still in heavy development, and no time should be wasted! ːcleanhourglassː Have a release todo list which looks like: Last level
Wait - 2020 - already? I think time goes too fast! Anyway - the last 2-3 weeks were very productive. Nope - Level 5 is still in development. Perhaps I created it too big again . Trust me, I tried to make it smaller compared to Level 4 and it is. But still larger than Level 1,2 &a
Hello! What a month November was! Spent more time preparing then developing Area 86 ː2018bestcoffeeː Don't get me wrong, it was for the best for Area 86 . Submitted Area 86 to Baltic Sea Games Award and got nominated for Best Game Design! I was super excited and thrilled for such
Happy Halloween! Area 86 did not release in this year's 2019 October, but still, I wanted to create a pumpkin and put it on our robot! With this said, character customization is official. ( For now, it's just a pumpkin on the head with a button in options to enable it ːsteamfacep
Good news! Planed to release Area 86 very soon. Like Mid-October , but perhaps it was too soon. One level is still missing - life happens! Will need to push my self harder. ːsteamfacepalmː As soon the first chapter gets completed will notify you all! For those who don't know - th
Let's start with the most important? Are you ready to escape from Area 86 ? You better be, because I added a deadline on my self for releasing Area 86! For now, all I can say - it's October 2019! ( A more accurate date will follow in the next blog post ːsteamhappyː ) Finally, Lev
Improvements, polishing, bug-squashing & feature implementation! It all brings a good game together. ːsteamhappyː As last time mentioned, I reworked the item pick/throw functional. Oh, that did take more time than planned. But now - I can say it's finished and every possible
Spent some quality time by implementing your requested features and improved gameplay with your suggestions! Let's start with the biggest trouble maker - item dropping! It's was so easy to drop an item and get mad Well - made an outstanding move! I reworked from scratch our contr
Yep - have set my goal to finish AREA 86 this year! From planed 6 levels in the 1st chapter , only 3 are completed and 4th is coming together. The functional part is completed, but the visual/audio part is way behind schedule. ( had planned to finish it till April, but will see h
Welcome back in the year 2019! January is already over and did not share any work progress about Area 86 Must say, that January was a pretty progressive month! Started creating a new level and added some interesting features. One of them is a flying drone !!! Be aware that this d
It's close! So close that this is your last chance to prepare gifts/surprises for your closest ones! Quick Math level did hit the latest update and it's time to develop to the next one. ( probably still will update it with some visual features but it's playable ) Made some visual
Finally finished integrating feature: saving other robots! Was fun - so many bugs and fixes went in such a "simple" feature ːsteamboredː But don't think that it will be so easy to get other robots trust! You will need to figure out how to gain the trust and build a team. More upd