The Hive 0.15 Released & Upcoming features

Hello everyone, today we are releasing update 0.15 for The Hive Our plan for this update was to increase performance and continue to integrate The Hive to new Unity 5 engine. We also worked hard to fix bugs caused by change of engine, for example how new physics work. We also wanted to talk about upcoming features we have planned for The Hive and community feedback.

Difficulty modes

Our plan has been to introduce Difficulty modes for those that have already completed The Hive and seek more challenge. Survival Difficulty that let's you keep all the units you have from one level to next and in the same time making the game world more dangerous. Each difficulty would have it's own save file that you choose from mainmenu

Normal difficulty (the current one)
Survival (Units, resources, dna, items and everything carry over to next mission, monsters are much harder and you resources are more scarce)
Hard difficulty (Unlocked after completing campaign on normal, increases monster difficulty)
Insanity difficulty (Unlocked after completing campaign on Hard, more monsters, more difficult, more boss abilities, damage greatly increased)

Steam Achievements

40 Unique Achievements total
Some Achievements are tied to boss battles, avoid X ability etc
Style is based on pixelart
Simple, clean, easy to read the picture and what it represents
We would like to design interesting achievements based on player feedback and suggestions

0.15 Bug fixes & Features:

Physics performance increased
More light optimizing, increased ammount of light spots
Game music and sound effects now always play on priority 1 (stops stuttering)
Physics collision improved, units now only hit correct layers
Shadow casters improved on all levels
Shaders updated for several objects and creatures
Boss ability timers and values tuned
Item drag bug fixed
Several colliders updated
Debug spam greatly reduced (developer console)
Unit "mass" updated for better collision
map02 treasury jewel now glows red so it's easier to spot
Smoke now uses right color
Building chimneys now have right particle effect
Wasp shader fixed
"Shadow" unit shaders fixed
"Bomb" guy now properly shows the target it's fixated on
Ara'desh and ???? ability colliders now work again
Map10 developer window is now hidden
Lightray flickering fixed

Please leave feedback on the new changes!

Best of wishes ~Sauli

[ 2016-05-13 17:54:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Game setting

The Hive is new story-driven fantasy game. Assume control as the Insectoid Hive mind. Captivating back-story and a beautiful visual design takes the player to a fantasy world, which offers new surprises and challenges as the game progresses.

Story

Through strong storytelling and a broad world, Hive offers the player a diverse exploration ground. Having many different endings and possibilities, the player can create their own unique route, strategy, and story.

The World

The barren and deserted surface of planet Eden hides springs full of life underground. Travel through ancient temple cities, sunken ruins, desert oasis, swamps, volcanoes and underground fountains, facing the dangers of the environment, floods and other species.

Visual Look

The calming serenity of the blooming springs, the aggressive heat of volcanoes and the ruins holding a story of a sad history make up the world of Hive. Filled with exotic animals, plants of varying sizes and little details like colorful fish swimming in the springs and hieroglyphs in the ruins, this game offers a wide and interesting visual look while combining many different styles of environments and eras.

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