New updates are now live, including: - Competitive Ranked Matches up to 4v4 - New single-player AI system & characters to play against - UI updates - Bug fixes
We're only 2 days from Havendock's Early Access launch š
šļø But what's the reason behind the Early Access release?
Despite Havendock being playable from start to finish, I think Early Access is the best way to expand it! I want Havendock Early Access to be a lively time inspired by your experience and feedback. There are plenty of ways to expand and fun directions for us to explore in the game. I try to update it often and keep adding new ideas. Your experience with Havendock lets me know what you like, what you want to see more of, and how to improve. This wouldn't be possible without Early Access! Hopefully Havendock will come out of Early Access in 2024 ā but time will tell when weāve all run out of ideas. I want to create much more fun content inspired by Early Access for the full version.
š What can you expect from Havendock's Early Access?
Havendock is a fully playable single-player with highly experimental online co-op for up to 16 players. You can build your town on the ocean, recruit new settlers, keep them happy and healthy, research new technology, farm, fish, cook, disco, build infrastructure, and explore islands and the ocean floor for new resources to scale up your base and increase production. There is more polish, balancing, and content for me to create and fully round out the experience.
āµ The community is crucial to the development process!
The Havendock community is a big part of what I do, and I spend a lot of time sharing what I'm working on, listening to feedback, and making improvements. If you want to become a part of it, join me on Discord, QQ (487831527), and the Steam forums! You can also see what I'm up to on my Notion page.
Thank you for reading! See you on April 20th in Havendock!
I am excited to announce that Hot Heat Reset: Chapter 1 is now available in 6 new languages:
- Spanish / EspaƱol - Brazilian Portuguese / PortuguĆŖs Brasileiro - Russian / Š ŃŃŃŠŗŠøŠ¹ - Simplified Chinese / ē®ä½äøę - Japanese / ę„ę¬čŖ - Korean / ķźµģ“
Additionally, I have introduced some new visual features and fixed a few minor bugs: - Added Shockwave Effect on the final block explosions - Improved UI - Improved Controller Support - Fixed Level 2's fly-off bug
Hey everyone! It's Bruce, from Pixel Sprout Studios.
Today weāve got an update on the progress for Patch 1.1!
The team has currently released Patch 1.1 to the Public Beta Environment, and is making great progress on finalizing the patch for release this Friday, April 21st!
Its time to put an end to Dynusā Darkness once and for all!
Epilogue:
Every epic story deserves an equally epic ending, and thatās just what weāve got for you all! Once youāve handled the ever-spreading darkness from Dynus, Sun Haven can finally celebrate in peace. With the help of some old friends, you might just be able to make things right with the Elven Village and Monster City.
Translations:
Thanks to the additional help from our Sun Haven Discord community, weāre almost ready to introduce language translations to Sun Haven! Players will be able to change their language in the settings menu to the following languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, and Traditional Chinese!
A long requested wig is coming in Patch 1.1- in a lot of colors!
Character Customization:
In the 1.0 patch, we introduced tons of new customization options for all races. To expand our customization further in Patch 1.1, weāve added new customization options for the Elf, Naga, Amari, and Elemental races that didnāt get as many new cosmetic updates in the last patch. There are tons of new clothes and fashion items to buy across the 3 different clothing stores, and weāve also added a lot of new pets and mounts to the Sun Haven, NelāVari, and Withergate Pet Stores!
New race customization, outfits, and pets. Wow!
Miscellaneous Updates:
- Updated controller support. We heard your suggestions to make improvements, and we worked to implement a lot of features to make controller support even better.
- Updated Withergate and NelāVari maps. We wanted the maps to be a little easier to understand and more functional for regular use.
- Updated Fishing Skill tree. Weāve removed quality fish and updated some of the Fishing Skill tree options to better reflect fishing skill upgrades.
- Various bug fixes. Slime Boss will no longer torment your journey to the Combat Dungeon, the Museum Summer Bundle no longer includes a fall crop, the nighttime Barracks map is no longer so bright that it hurts your eyes, and more!
(Full Patch Notes to come on Friday)
For folks who would like to get an early look at what Patch 1.1 has to offer, you can join the Public Beta Environment (PBE) and help us test this patch out before release! Join our Discord and check out #pbe-info for more information on how to opt in! We welcome anyone to test the patch on the PBE and report any bugs that get found. Thank you so much to everyone who's helped out so far!
Thank you all again for your patience as we work hard on making Sun Haven even better!
The Speedrunning beta is accessible through "Paradox Vector > Properties > Betas > Speedrun" which will install version 1.1.6a on your system. This version is the same game but it has an added function that allows the game to communicate with LiveSplit, a speedrun timing software thingy.
Meet the Heroes of Redfall: Remi De La Rosa. A brilliant combat engineer who has spent her life on the frontlines. With the help of her robot cohort, BribĆ³n, sheās determined to help rescue Redfallās survivors.
Redfall arrives on PC on May 2, 2023. Pre-order now or play with Game Pass for exclusive content - visit http://Redfall.com to check it out.
April is here, and so are 2 New Legendary BattleMechs, the Shadow Hawk "Scattershot" and the Marauder IIC "Dreadnought", Map Adjustments to Terra Therma Crucible and Free Worlds Colosseum, more 'Mech Quirk Adjustments, some Equipment Adjustments, and Bug Fixes.
As the year progresses, the MWO team continues to work on the next brand new map, update current maps, investigate potential Matchmaker solutions that may improve the overall gameplay experience, investigate Faction Play, New Weapons, look at bringing Drop Decks to Quick Play, bring new 'Mechs into the game, look into overall gameplay balance and player feedback (for example we're currently investigating potential Long Range vs Short Range balance issues), and more. Speaking of the MWO team, we hired a new 3D artist. More on that in May.
Enjoy the upcoming Patch, look out for a post-Patch Science Sale, and jump into some Inner Sphere Heavy 'Mech Solaris Event Queue action this weekend in the meantime!
Updates are subject to further balance changes in the future, so get out there and do the science, and get us your feedback for future iterations.
And now, we really hope you enjoy the patch! -The MechWarrior Online Team
