Attack of the Earthlings news & patch notes

Great news! Attack of the Earthlings has been shortlisted for the “Best Strategy Game 2018” by TIGA! First things first, don’t forget to vote Attack of the Earthlings for the TIGA 2018 awards here! Be sure to get your vote in by the deadline October 19th as winners will be announced on November 1st. As a thank you, we’re releasing the soundtrack by the amazing composer, Mikolai Stroinski, to everyone who currently owns the game for free for a limited time! Grab it while you can as it will be up at $4.99 from December onwards! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28988736/bf8a236bd973f47e6dd42569ecaa6904918ab3db.png The Attack of the Earthlings full track list includes: 1. The Hu-man Cometh 2. Remember Where We Parked 3. Eyes Without Ears 4. Entry Level Position 5. Drills, Thrills & Kills 6. Party Crasher 7. An Experimental Phase 8. Severing Ties 9. Human Season 10. Making a Killing 11. Office Politics 12. Chairman of the Board 13. Hostile Takeover 14. Under New Management 15. Let's Harvest (Victory Fanfare) We will be reducing the price of the base game from $24.99 to $19.99 USD on PC starting October 4th 2018. Now is the time to grab it if you haven’t done so already! Stay tuned for further exciting news and updates by signing up to our mailing list here! Thanks for all your support and happy human hunting!

Hello everyone! We're excited to announce that Attack of the Earthlings now has full controller support for X360, XOne & DS4 controllers. Linux Users please note that: - The Xbox 360 controller (via USB) should work without issue - The Xbox One controller (via USB) is supported with xpad 0.4 installed, please take a look at the following for more information: https://askubuntu.com/questions/783587/how-do-i-get-an-xbox-one-controller-to-work-with-16-04-not-steam - The DS4 (via USB) will work properly when enabled/configured in Steam Big Picture Bug Fixes - You can no longer bind the same key to multiple actions in the keybinding menu Cheers, Team Junkfish

Hello everyone! We are super happy to announce that we have finally implemented full keybinding support and added French to our list of languages!! ːsteamhappyː This is a big update - we can only apologise it has taken us this long to get in, and we are very grateful for all your support and understanding. We hope to include controller support in our next update and have already started working on it, so please expect that soon!! Cheers, Team Junkfish

Hi everybody! We hope you’ve been enjoying Attack of the Earthlings in its current form over the last month or so. We’re now looking to the future and deciding on post-release content, but we need your help. Please take a moment to answer our post-launch content questionnaire: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqQFAB1Pl0c4yCEwKd2iBZrZDrGlJy9pcHr_lmpYU2ODgSpA/viewform?usp=sf_link It’s a single question, and should take only seconds but it will really help us understand exactly what the community wants and where we should be focusing our efforts. And remember, as Dickinham would say: “Join the Junkfish family, help increase pro… ehh, customer satisfaction” All the best, Team Junkfish

Hi everybody! We hope you’ve been enjoying Attack of the Earthlings in its current form over the last month or so. We’re now looking to the future and deciding on post-release content, but we need your help. Please take a moment to answer our post-launch content questionnaire: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqQFAB1Pl0c4yCEwKd2iBZrZDrGlJy9pcHr_lmpYU2ODgSpA/viewform?usp=sf_link It’s a single question, and should take only seconds but it will really help us understand exactly what the community wants and where we should be focusing our efforts. And remember, as Dickinham would say: “Join the Junkfish family, help increase pro… ehh, customer satisfaction” All the best, Team Junkfish

Hello everyone! Things have been non-stop here at Junkfish HQ! We have moved into a new office right by the sea - fitting for us! With the move, things have taken a while to get up and running but we managed to assemble a patch and fix some more issues: -Bug Fixes- -High- - Fixed an issue where PA man would get stuck underground if the player skipped a cutscene in mission 7 - Fixed an issue where playing/not playing the tutorial level could affect the player's total mutagen - Fixed an issue where Swarmer units were not able to move after a Blitzit's attack - Addressed a bug that could cause High Turnover and/or the Buffet achievements to reset their totals -Medium- - Fixed an issue where the Matriarch would not appear in a cutscene if she was in a hiding spot beforehand - Fixed a quit confirmation screen that was not localized - Fixed an issue where loading an autosave into the campaign menu would result in no music being played If the game is crashing for you, even after verifying your game's cache, please try running the game in DX9 by choosing the DirectX 9 start-up option. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these devs from the swift completion of their tasks! Cheers, Team Junkish

Hello everyone! Things have been non-stop here at Junkfish HQ! We have moved into a new office right by the sea - fitting for us! With the move, things have taken a while to get up and running but we managed to assemble a patch and fix some more issues: -Bug Fixes- -High- - Fixed an issue where PA man would get stuck underground if the player skipped a cutscene in mission 7 - Fixed an issue where playing/not playing the tutorial level could affect the player's total mutagen - Fixed an issue where Swarmer units were not able to move after a Blitzit's attack - Addressed a bug that could cause High Turnover and/or the Buffet achievements to reset their totals -Medium- - Fixed an issue where the Matriarch would not appear in a cutscene if she was in a hiding spot beforehand - Fixed a quit confirmation screen that was not localized - Fixed an issue where loading an autosave into the campaign menu would result in no music being played If the game is crashing for you, even after verifying your game's cache, please try running the game in DX9 by choosing the DirectX 9 start-up option. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these devs from the swift completion of their tasks! Cheers, Team Junkish

Hello everyone! Thank you all for the feedback and bug reporting; it has helped us a lot to track down those pesky bugs in our first week! Hot-Fix for controls until we get full keybinding support: - You can now zoom by pressing '-/_' & '=/+' as well as using a scroll wheel - You can now move the camera around by using the arrow keys'←''→''↑''↓' as well as WASD We are hoping to add full keybinding support soon! :) -Bug Fixes- High: - Fixed a shader that rendered bright pink everywhere in DX9 - Fixed an issue with high aspect ratios not displaying the continue/restart button on the score menu - Matriatch should now teleport to the correct position if in overwatch when mission 3 trap cutscene is triggered - Pressing ESC during the mission 4 intro cutscene should now display the correct pause overlay -PA announcer & Trevor should no longer be able to appear in the same spot during mission 7 Medium: - Galactoil drift achievement will now always be awarded if a player takes exactly 21 turns to complete mission 5 - Added a blocker so units cannot be spawned inside the "time since last incident" model in M1 - Party music should not double play if the party cutscene is skipped by player - Exit doors should not show the 'use door' icon when the player mouses over them - Doors that were unlocked in Mission 4 when the Matriarch was released should no longer show the locked tooltip - The correct music now plays after loading a save in M2 after the Overseer has become visible - Drones killed when a new Drone is created should play their death animation as they dissolve - Motivatios should not play new messages before their current message has finished If the game is crashing for you, even after verifying your game's cache, please try running the game in DX9 by choosing the DirectX 9 startup option. Thank you for such a great launch! Team Junkish

Hello everyone! Thank you all for the feedback and bug reporting; it has helped us a lot to track down those pesky bugs in our first week! Hot-Fix for controls until we get full keybinding support: - You can now zoom by pressing '-/_' & '=/+' as well as using a scroll wheel - You can now move the camera around by using the arrow keys'←''→''↑''↓' as well as WASD We are hoping to add full keybinding support soon! :) -Bug Fixes- High: - Fixed a shader that rendered bright pink everywhere in DX9 - Fixed an issue with high aspect ratios not displaying the continue/restart button on the score menu - Matriatch should now teleport to the correct position if in overwatch when mission 3 trap cutscene is triggered - Pressing ESC during the mission 4 intro cutscene should now display the correct pause overlay -PA announcer & Trevor should no longer be able to appear in the same spot during mission 7 Medium: - Galactoil drift achievement will now always be awarded if a player takes exactly 21 turns to complete mission 5 - Added a blocker so units cannot be spawned inside the "time since last incident" model in M1 - Party music should not double play if the party cutscene is skipped by player - Exit doors should not show the 'use door' icon when the player mouses over them - Doors that were unlocked in Mission 4 when the Matriarch was released should no longer show the locked tooltip - The correct music now plays after loading a save in M2 after the Overseer has become visible - Drones killed when a new Drone is created should play their death animation as they dissolve - Motivatios should not play new messages before their current message has finished If the game is crashing for you, even after verifying your game's cache, please try running the game in DX9 by choosing the DirectX 9 startup option. Thank you for such a great launch! Team Junkish

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28988736/e2d0e47cdf5f27a3e179b05c63a1d2dee77342c8.png Hello Earthlings! That's right! It's landed. Head on over to the store page to pick up the game plus you'll get a special launch discount of 10% OFF to thank you for supporting us. Beta testers please keep an eye on your emails for a little gift. Watch our out-of-this-world launch trailer below and you can see a bunch of YouTubers playing the game in our official playlist here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9gzcVb3nBc Happy human hunting and please, leave a review if you pick up AOTE and enjoy it. It really helps us a lot. - Team Junkfish

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28988736/e2d0e47cdf5f27a3e179b05c63a1d2dee77342c8.png Hello Earthlings! That's right! It's landed. Head on over to the store page to pick up the game plus you'll get a special launch discount of 10% OFF to thank you for supporting us. Beta testers please keep an eye on your emails for a little gift. Watch our out-of-this-world launch trailer below and you can see a bunch of YouTubers playing the game in our official playlist here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9gzcVb3nBc Happy human hunting and please, leave a review if you pick up AOTE and enjoy it. It really helps us a lot. - Team Junkfish

The fine folks at Indie-Credible recently spoke to Simon, our Managing Director/Producer/Email King at Team Junkfish about the team's inspirations and motivations behind Attack of the Earthlings. Hear the full interview in their latest podcast here: https://youtu.be/yXWu9dCGq4c?t=2788 You'll also notice that we've added some new images and videos to the Store page! Take a look! - Team Junkfish

The fine folks at Indie-Credible recently spoke to Simon, our Managing Director/Producer/Email King at Team Junkfish about the team's inspirations and motivations behind Attack of the Earthlings. Hear the full interview in their latest podcast here: https://youtu.be/yXWu9dCGq4c?t=2788 You'll also notice that we've added some new images and videos to the Store page! Take a look! - Team Junkfish

Wow! Its only 3 weeks until launch so yesterday we shared our opening cinematic for Attack of the Earthlings! Take a look at the natural habitat of the Swarmers. As you can see, parking options are limited... https://youtu.be/zH2p-2N30i4 The beautiful artwork was created by Martin KirbyMartin Kirby and brought to life with animation by Seb Ford. The final injection of atmosphere was given by Mikolai Stroinski’s music and our audio-design partner Euphonious. Please add us to your Wishlist if you haven't already and you can follow us for more updates over on Twitter and Facebook. Enjoy! - Team Junkfish

Wow! Its only 3 weeks until launch so yesterday we shared our opening cinematic for Attack of the Earthlings! Take a look at the natural habitat of the Swarmers. As you can see, parking options are limited... https://youtu.be/zH2p-2N30i4 The beautiful artwork was created by Martin KirbyMartin Kirby and brought to life with animation by Seb Ford. The final injection of atmosphere was given by Mikolai Stroinski’s music and our audio-design partner Euphonious. Please add us to your Wishlist if you haven't already and you can follow us for more updates over on Twitter and Facebook. Enjoy! - Team Junkfish

With the closed beta going swarmingly, we’re now ready to confirm our release date with you!

Attack of the Earthlings will be out on February 8th

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28988736/81b37ffd8ff31f01edb73359945671f562a5f847.png Not only only can we share this exciting news with you, but we can also reveal some of the excellent talent working with us on this exciting project: Voice actor and Vine extraordinaire, SungWon Cho (A Hat in Time, Paradigm), lends his brilliant voice to X13 mining operation Regional Manager Dennis Dickinham; a man both massively unqualified and massively overpaid. A gregarious fellow who finds joy in everything, be it catching a few rounds of golf with the boys or rerouting power from sickbay to the massage chairs in the boardroom, Dickinham's a delight to be around! Just never, NEVER utter the phrase "bad idea" in his presence. The game also features an original soundtrack by composer Mikolai Stroinski (Vanishing of Ethan Carter, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Blood & Wine). Both of whom you can hear in this brand new sneak peek video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTmNIbTnct4&feature=youtu.be Join us in protecting Planet X13 and evolve to eradicate Galactoil! Feel free to grab a snack on the way. Happy Swarming!

- Team Junkfish

P.S. Don't forget to add Attack of the Earthlings to your wishlists and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news and updates!

With the closed beta going swarmingly, we’re now ready to confirm our release date with you!

Attack of the Earthlings will be out on February 8th

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28988736/81b37ffd8ff31f01edb73359945671f562a5f847.png Not only only can we share this exciting news with you, but we can also reveal some of the excellent talent working with us on this exciting project: Voice actor and Vine extraordinaire, SungWon Cho (A Hat in Time, Paradigm), lends his brilliant voice to X13 mining operation Regional Manager Dennis Dickinham; a man both massively unqualified and massively overpaid. A gregarious fellow who finds joy in everything, be it catching a few rounds of golf with the boys or rerouting power from sickbay to the massage chairs in the boardroom, Dickinham's a delight to be around! Just never, NEVER utter the phrase "bad idea" in his presence. The game also features an original soundtrack by composer Mikolai Stroinski (Vanishing of Ethan Carter, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Blood & Wine). Both of whom you can hear in this brand new sneak peek video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTmNIbTnct4&feature=youtu.be Join us in protecting Planet X13 and evolve to eradicate Galactoil! Feel free to grab a snack on the way. Happy Swarming!

- Team Junkfish

P.S. Don't forget to add Attack of the Earthlings to your wishlists and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news and updates!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28988736/73bf697b2e36df5f90272cea2928d635b1e37724.jpg

Planet X13 needs you! Yes, you!

Are you prepared to do whatever it takes for your Matriarch? If the answer is yes, or even sorta maybe, then we encourage you to sign up for the Attack of the Earthlings closed beta! For 4 weeks we will be sending a very select number of closed beta players missions and sections of Attack of the Earthlings so we can gather player feedback on gameplay and ensure that humans are 100% edible with no nasty side effects. Taking part will also get you a mention in the credits! Spaces are very limited so please fill out the form HERE before 6pm GMT on Monday 13th November to apply. Successful applicants will be contacted after that date and the beta is due to begin on Wednesday November 15th. Galactoil employees need not apply. Happy Swarming!

- Team Junkfish

P.S. Don't forget to add Attack of the Earthlings to your wishlists and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news and updates!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28988736/73bf697b2e36df5f90272cea2928d635b1e37724.jpg

Planet X13 needs you! Yes, you!

Are you prepared to do whatever it takes for your Matriarch? If the answer is yes, or even sorta maybe, then we encourage you to sign up for the Attack of the Earthlings closed beta! For 4 weeks we will be sending a very select number of closed beta players missions and sections of Attack of the Earthlings so we can gather player feedback on gameplay and ensure that humans are 100% edible with no nasty side effects. Taking part will also get you a mention in the credits! Spaces are very limited so please fill out the form HERE before 6pm GMT on Monday 13th November to apply. Successful applicants will be contacted after that date and the beta is due to begin on Wednesday November 15th. Galactoil employees need not apply. Happy Swarming!

- Team Junkfish

P.S. Don't forget to add Attack of the Earthlings to your wishlists and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news and updates!

Hello everyone! As the development on Attack of the Earthling progressed, it became clear that our ambitions for the game was out of step with the timeframe we had set. Therefore, it is with a heavy heart that we have decided to delay the release of Attack of the Earthlings until early 2018. One of the key reasons for this later date is that we set out with the goal of wanting to make Attack of the Earthlings more accessible for players around the world. Hence we are planning to localise Attack of the Earthlings into a number of languages. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28988736/64d82bce2179c55c3d0d6172ec7c0f34c42ebf25.png We have also been improving the overall graphics and audio for the game as well as hoping to provide support for Mac and Linux users. Attack of the Earthlings will be playable at Eurogamer Expo this month and we hope to get some valuable feedback from players that we will now have time to implement before launch. If you’re in the UK and attending the show - come say hello and give us your thoughts! :) Thank you all for your support, especially to those of you who have added Attack of the Earthlings to your wishlist! It’s massively appreciated. We hope to update you all with how development is progressing soon. Thanks again,

- Team Junkfish

P.S. Don't forget to add us to your wishlists and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news and updates!

Hello everyone! As the development on Attack of the Earthling progressed, it became clear that our ambitions for the game was out of step with the timeframe we had set. Therefore, it is with a heavy heart that we have decided to delay the release of Attack of the Earthlings until early 2018. One of the key reasons for this later date is that we set out with the goal of wanting to make Attack of the Earthlings more accessible for players around the world. Hence we are planning to localise Attack of the Earthlings into a number of languages. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28988736/64d82bce2179c55c3d0d6172ec7c0f34c42ebf25.png We have also been improving the overall graphics and audio for the game as well as hoping to provide support for Mac and Linux users. Attack of the Earthlings will be playable at Eurogamer Expo this month and we hope to get some valuable feedback from players that we will now have time to implement before launch. If you’re in the UK and attending the show - come say hello and give us your thoughts! :) Thank you all for your support, especially to those of you who have added Attack of the Earthlings to your wishlist! It’s massively appreciated. We hope to update you all with how development is progressing soon. Thanks again,

- Team Junkfish

P.S. Don't forget to add us to your wishlists and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news and updates!

Today we at team Junkfish are over-the-moon to be announcing Attack of the Earthlings! https://media.giphy.com/media/3og0IC1B8XOqrqMXAs/giphy.gif As our second game release as a studio - our first being the much-loved and terrifying horror game Monstrum - Attack of the Earthlings is a comedic turn-based strategy game inspired by the strategic gameplay of XCOM, and the humour and silliness of the IT Crowd. Please add us to your wishlists and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news and updates. We look forward to sharing more with you soon! - Team Junkfish Check out the new trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWwDCjw1Y4

Today we at team Junkfish are over-the-moon to be announcing Attack of the Earthlings! https://media.giphy.com/media/3og0IC1B8XOqrqMXAs/giphy.gif As our second game release as a studio - our first being the much-loved and terrifying horror game Monstrum - Attack of the Earthlings is a comedic turn-based strategy game inspired by the strategic gameplay of XCOM, and the humour and silliness of the IT Crowd. Please add us to your wishlists and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news and updates. We look forward to sharing more with you soon! - Team Junkfish Check out the new trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWwDCjw1Y4