Hello Abyssonauts!

Here's the two most recent updates to the Experimental Branch on Steam. For more info on that visit this thread: https://steamcommunity.com/games/788100/announcements/detail/2753339286193349786

• Fix auto-save seed consistency
  
• Reduce HP amount of bosses on harder difficulties and later levels

• Fixed issue of low HP amount of bosses on harder difficulties and late levels
  
• Optimised flying control
  
• Mines do not explode on contact with stone/barrels/walls etc.
  
• Weapon balance
  
• Fixed freeze issue of the doll machine room
  
• Fixed God of Pill from glitching out of the room

We'll see you all in the next update!

Abyssonauts!

We continue to listen to your feedback on the game and have made a bunch of changes which we've added to the the Steam Experimental Branch!

Notice: This update will reset your unlock tree and your key bindings. You will be refunded all of the faith gems you have spent so far.

If you want to try the Experimental Branch for yourselves, read this article:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/788100/announcements/detail/2753339286193349786


Major changes:

• New Boss: God of Gambling
  
• New Challenge room: Put your skill to the test! You will get the reward based on how you perform, try not to get hit.
  
• New unlock tree: Revamped for more flexibility in picking the path of your progress, it's cheaper to progress too!
  
• You can now reset your unlock tree (will cost faith gems).
  
• Added the EGG COUNTER
  
• Added level numbers.

Balance Tweaks:

• Weapon damage balance ( still under work)
  
• Optimised enemy bullets, which are more visible.
  
• Zen room: Tweaked difficulty, it now costs your hearts to play.
  
• Coin Bomb change: You get triple the coins, but coins will explode after 3 seconds if you haven't picked it up.
  
• Remove the pet NOD-8
  
• R-6 picking up items that increase heart containers can increase shields.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed Big Daddy that sometimes does not prevent explosion damage.
  
• Fixed Blink which should not be able to get past special doors.
  
• Fixed wrong amount of Gems dropped by the final boss of each run.
  
• Fixed Egg count related items that count the eggs wrong.

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Abyssonauts!

Our first patch is here in the form of a hotfix! Thank you to everyone who has submitted reports and feedback so far! This hotfix is PC specific and is on GoG but will come to PC Gamepass later. We're also working on console fixes for the black screen issue, and Nintendo Switch performance issues which we'll keep everyone updated on through our socials!

We also have a whole heap of changes to the experimental branch, including optional items, pick-up pets pause before they grab, auto-save (so you can leave the game mid run and pick it back up!) and much more further down in this news post!

• Cursor not confined to fullscreen fix.
  
• French keyboard compatibility .
  
• Remove Vibrant Ball, Peter and Jack (until a full update with reworked pet mechanics - see experimental notes.)
  
• Saya animation bug fix.
  
• Fix for credits not scrolling.

We also have a whole bunch of changes to the experimental branch for you all to try and give us your thoughts on! To access this branch and for more on it, check out this post: https://steamcommunity.com/games/788100/announcements/detail/2753339286193349786

Major changes:

• Removed the Naughty-egg, all pets are back (except the Vibrant ball), also added a new set of pets
  
• You can now ban items/pets/weapons in the gallery (Achievement will not be available after a certain number of bans).
  
• Boss badge for every character (different difficulty will result in a different boss badge).
  
• Auto-save for every level, you can now continue your runs.
  
• Monsters will no longer pop out of thin air without warning, a portal will appear before the monster spawns.
  
• A new button is now set for the character's passive ability instead of the interact key.
  
• The inventory screen can now show more than three rows of items.

Balance Tweaks:

• Max Hearts and shield containers now reduced from 10 to 8.
  
• Removed the “Hit-recover" time for the player (you stay in place and flash rather than being pushed back.)
  
• Pets now no longer shoot on their own, they will only shoot if you shoot (hopefully reducing things like instant crystal turns to violent crystals.)
  
• The Grabber, Peter and Dr Blue now pause before going to collect items.
  
• Tweaked item drop rates.
  
• Tweaked level setup, the musical monster will not appear on early levels.
  
• Tweaked damage model, balanced weapon damages, you will no longer three-hit bosses, or dealing no damage to bosses.
  
• Tweaked biter monsters' behaviors.
  
• Tweaked rewards from rooms.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed issue where player/monsters may glitch out of the room.
  
• Fixed Saya revive bug with melee mode.
  
• Fixed roulette machine.

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Hey Abyssonauts!

We now have a fix on the experimental branch for the AZERTY issues, which should address rebinding issues and give full support to this keyboard type! More info on how you can try this update early a long with lots more changes and fixes most requested by the community here!

We are working as hard as we can on testing a hotfix for the live PC versions of the game and will let you all know as soon as we are ready to move this and some other major fixes already on the experimental to the live version.

Thank you all again for all your reports and feedback so far!

Hey Abyssonauts!

It’s been incredible to see everyone dive into the full version of Neon Abyss and we’re overwhelmed by all the support so far! We would also like to thank everyone who has given us so much useful feedback on social media and here on Steam! We want to reassure everyone that we’re listening and taking on board all your suggestions!


An optional build of the game with some of the changes and fixes we have already begun working on from community feedback is now live! This branch will be updated regularly and will eventually see some of its changes moved to the live version with hotfixes and future updates.

Note: This branch has not been fully tested and may contain unforeseen bugs and issues.

Here is the list of changes and fixes that is currently in this build:

Changes

• [Removed] Vibrant Ball whilst we redesign it
  
• Normal eggs will not hatch into controversial pets (Grabber, Dr. Blue, Jack, Peter)
  
• A new kind of egg (naughty egg), it will not fail to hatch, but includes the controversial pets, you need to manually press interact button to pick this egg up.
  
• Grenade projectile preview (not available in hard mode.)
  
• Upgrade tree tweaked to be less grindy.
  
• Extra gem drop for fixed bosses, each time you beat the last boss, you will be awarded extra gems based on your difficulty levels (max 21 extra on abyssa.l)
  
• Wisdom progress will not be reset when violence path is triggered, it halves your current wisdom progress.
  
• The first level shop will now be on 50% sale, also shop now displays item names.
  
• You will now unlock more monsters by defeating managers, (previously, you have to unlock them on the unlock tree.)
  
• Enemy bullets will now be displayed in front of player bullets.
  
• Increase the duration of the item banner display.
  
• Nerfed the movement speed for the second stage of McFamily bosses.
  
• Slot machine door will open after self destruct.
  
• Supports for more aspect ratios.

Bug Fixes

• Potential fix for upgrade tree can not interactable bug
  
• Fixed stats for certain monster and bosses so they will not be invincible to certain weapons
  
• Fixed issue where stacked explosions might propel player/monster/boss out of the room on performance hitch
  
• Fixed tracking weapons not able to lock on to Athena and Zeus
  
• Fixed Saya's animation being stuck when in the air
  
• Fixed being unable to show map and teleport bug with Heart of Fire
  
• Fullscreen mode now locks cursor.

Please also bare in mind that not every change will make it to the live version, and we’ll be listening to your thoughts on what does and doesn’t work. Your save should carry over between this version and live but we also cannot guarantee your save data!


**We highly recommend that you use a new save slot on the experimental branch, which is the safest way. Do not use the old save data, which may cause some unknown issues.**

First right click the game in your Steam Library and select Properties.



Then select the ‘Betas’ tab



From here select Experimental from the dropdown.



Your game should now automatically download the experimental branch when you next play Neon Abyss!


Let us know all your thoughts and feedback in the ‘Experimental Branch Feedback’ section on the Steam forums and feel free to report any issues in the ‘Report Experimental Branch Problems’ area.

We are also working hard to get a hotfix out to the live version that will resolve some of the most reported issues and troublesome pets like the Vibrant Ball!

Thanks again for all your support and feedback so far, we can’t wait for everyone to try out all of our new changes!

Abyssonauts!

It's time to join Hades 'Grim Squad' and dive into the Abyss! Neon Abyss is now available here on Steam alongside Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PlayStation 4!

Nod a long to the launch trailer here:


If you've not heard of Neon Abyss before it is a roguelite shooter that lets you blast your way through evolving dungeons, take on tough bosses, hatch eggs for pets, take on mini-games and even dance! Death is not the end, unlock new items, rooms, mini-games and even new bosses!




For those of you that purchase the game early you'll be rewarded with the 'Lovable Rogues' character DLC for free as long as you purchase within 1 week of launch. Unlock both the sword wielder Saya and Amir who harnesses the power of their mind.




Battle a bunch of challenging bosses in the dungeons, plus take on tough managers who guard the path to progress further through the Neon Abyss. Each boss's defeat will give you items for your current run but also currency to spend for future runs!




Enter the bar to choose how you want to change your dungeon runs, unlock new characters, items, mini-games and even bosses!




Gain some company in the abyss by collecting eggs to hatch and evolve pets into powerful companions. These floating friends will give you extra firepower, block bullets and much more!




Random item drops are key in helping you blast your way though the abyss. Each has its own passive abilities that can stack and combine with other effects to create powerful synergies.




Take a break from the dungeon running and play a slew of unlockable mini-games that could appear in your run like playing a giant piano to unlock some juicy item drops.



Play now:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/788100/Neon_Abyss/

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Abyssonauts!

The 'Lovable Rogues' DLC adds two bonus characters to give you some needed backup in the Abyss! They will join the eight other playable and unlockable characters to bring the total in the Grim Squad to ten!



Purchase Neon Abyss within a week from launch commencing July 14th and get the Lovable Rogues character DLC for free! After that, it will be purchasable.

Experiments of the Titan Corps, come defectors to Hades cause, these characters each bring their own unique abilities.


Saya brings a few more splashes of color to the abyss and not just with her hair! She is a master sword wielder and will paint the dungeons red with powerful sword strikes. Switch between her katana and your ranged weapon in the dungeon to destroy any foe at any distance!




Subjected to awful mental experiments, Amir can muster the power of his mind to his advantage. They are able to ascertain the exact effect of items before picking them up.

Each run Amir starts with 6 heart containers but lose one after each level, once hitting zero they are able to levitate! Be careful, Amir's only hope of survival is to collect shields!



Try out the free Steam demo and wishlist now here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/788100/Neon_Abyss/

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Hey Abyssonauts,

Check out the Q&A livestream we ran during the Steam Summer Festival, answering some of your questions and also showing off an updated but not final version of the game!



Until next time!

Hey Abyssonauts,



We'll be live streaming and answering your questions from the Neon Abyss store page at 1PM BST!

We'll also be showing off an updated build from the demo, so lots of things to see! Don't miss it:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/788100/Neon_Abyss/

Hey Abyssonauts!



We're currently in the Steam Summer Festival alongside some other great Team17 games and other indie titles!

If you're new to Neon Abyss take a dive into the demo with a challenging timed mode with harder foes, or a relaxed demo mode you can take on at your own pace!

Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/gamefestival

Be sure to wishlist to dive into the Abyss on July 14th:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/788100/Neon_Abyss/