Well the time has now come as we leave early access and release as full game. I have been working on building up the little story along the way through each level to help give the world some life. With thanks to George Turrell who voiced NF-01 and the pickup files along the way, I hope it added that something extra?
Fused isn't a big game, I understand that, but I wanted to explore a cyberworld that wasn't meant to be too challenging, but more of a wonder journey with stunning Tron like visuals to bring some retro into modern games.
Working on this alone has been a challenge and I would like to give a warm hearted thanks to all who have helped me along this journey to release my first game under Ironsmith Studios, and I look forward to taking Skystar Systems further with the next project, Skystar Worlds. Please keep an eye out on Twitter, Facebook and the website for more details to come, needless to say it will be a much much bigger game.
The recent update to bring the game to 1.0 includes:
- The final level!
- Fixes to level 01 fuses that wouldn't delete after activating the fusebox.
- Added atmospheric fog to the outside areas which helps bring a much deeper atmosphere to the surrounding world.
- Updated the pause menu as a bug would cause the menu to disappear but keep the game paused. Now the game won't pause in the background and the UI should work fine (if the UI closes, just press pause again - its a weird one again lol)
- Level 4 end traps seem to spawn the player at the wrong checkpoint which is very strange as its set to go to individual locations. As a precaution, i have set each checkpoint at the end of level 04 to not spawn a barrier, just in case you need to run back.
I will continue to look into these smaller bugs and get them fixed asap.
Full release will go live on Friday 8th March, where the price will also increase so now is the time to grab it before it does. To all who already have, thank you for supporting me with early access. I understand the stigma with Steam Early Access and it means a lot for you to help me through it. Please can you do just that little extra thing? Tell your friends about Fused (it's ideal for kids to kick back and enjoy) Plus leave a comment on the store page as this really would help.
If you have difficulty with any issues in the game, any bugs you may find, please email them to me [email protected] or leave them in the review sections and I will get on it asap.
In the words of James Halliday,
"Take care and thanks, thanks for playing my game"