BeyondHelix news & patch notes

Bugfixes:

• Fix autocomplete when switching terminals with the mouse

Quality Improvements:

• Improve the message when unlocking a new machine

• Improve task 5 description

• Only show hints after the player has seen the task description

• Make task solutions case-insensitive

Game Improvements:

• Added a description to the tasks terminal to make it clearer how to input tasks solutions.

• Changed the powerbot manual to make it clearer what are the maintenance inputs for the first task.

The Release Date for BeyondHelix is set!

The game will be released on July 24th, 2026 with a discount of 10% until August 7th, 2026.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed mouse scrolling. Depending on the selected terminal it wasn't possible to scroll with the mouse.

Quality Improvements:

• Improved the contrast between files and directories in the ls command.

• Improved support for changing terminals with the mouse, now clicking anywhere on the terminal switches to it.

• Added the "tasks" alias for the "list" command in the tasks terminal.

Quality Improvements:

• Added a hint command in the tasks terminal, as well as ghost text in certain situations to indicate the hint is available.

• Added a confirmation for the quit command, now to quit the command needs to be used twice.

• Improved the indication that solutions with spaces must be surrounded by double quotes.

• Changed the splash screen to indicate only configurations are saved in the demo.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed typos in some of the in-game emails.

Quality Improvements:

• Made the database search case-insensitive.

• Implemented a --help (or -h) switch for all commands that displays their help manual.

• Bug fixes and related improvements:

  • Fixed a bug where trying to solve a task over the limit of existing tasks caused the tasks terminal to freeze.

  • Fixed a bug where trying to input the changeVolume command in the main terminal causes it to freeze.

  • Included an error message and logging when an unexpected error happens during a command execution, avoiding terminal freeze.

  • Added tutorial command to main menu help.

  • Fixed autocomplete in the main menu.

  • Fixed the audio volume when fading in during machine connection.

• Quality improvements:

  • Added a placeholder text in the main menu to indicate the player must input a command.

  • Made autocomplete case-insensitive.

  • Added a welcome/tutorial message when first connecting to BeyondHelix.

  • Added missing keywords to the database search.

  • Updated the game icon.

  • Change the message at the end of the demo to make it clear there are no more available tasks.

  • Shortened the dev name in the main menu.