It's been almost a month since we've launched Halcyon 6 in Early Access and while we were going to end the Early Bird pricing tomorrow the 21st (exactly 1 month), we've decided to extend it a few more days to the 24th!
So tell your friends, this will give them a chance to grab a copy at our current Early Bird pricing just before our Officers Unleashed update comes out!
And here's some more details on Officers Unleashed:
- officers have personality traits that can be beneficial or harmful in random events and away missions.
- more officers unlocked earlier
- officers can do research and training tasks in various starbase facilities to unlock benefits
- some research can lead to events which will need your officer’s wit and traits to resolve
- streamlined tech tree (some stuff has been moved to research tasks)
- skill point system will allow better customization of officers as they level up
- streamlined combat animations (we went through all of them and removed weird delays and tightened up most animations)
- some early away missions are in, better make sure your ground combat skills are up to snuff!
- and last but not least, we'll have more balance tweaks, bug fixes and polish
Here's an example screenshot of training tasks available in the Cadet Barracks (different station facilities can have different tasks available):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=687110718
And here's an interesting situation that has arisen while Officer Corbain Lau was training some cadets. It appears his 'cocky' trait has given you a unique way to handle this situation ːsteammockingː
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=687111471
And don't forget, due to all the changes to major systems, Officers Unleashed update will not support old saves. You will have to start a new game.
If for some reason, you want to keep your old save for a little longer (and miss out on Officers Unleashed and further updates), you can turn AutoUpdate OFF. We don't recommend this as this game is in Early Access and you will want all the updates.. there's quite a few more planned, including Act 2 and Act 3 of course.
We can't wait to get this update out, we're furiously internally testing it right now. Keep your eyes on this space :)
Cheers!
Halcyon 6 Team