Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander news & patch notes

We're excited to announce we're working on a new game called Star Renegades! Watch the teaser trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaBeEKxFA3s WISHLIST Star Renegades here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/651670/Star_Renegades/ and please help spread the news: https://twitter.com/Massive_Damage/status/973560841739145216 Thanks again for your support, without our community and players, we wouldn't be able to continue making cool games! Love, The Massive Damage Team

We're excited to announce we're working on a new game called Star Renegades! Watch the teaser trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaBeEKxFA3s WISHLIST Star Renegades here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/651670/Star_Renegades/ and please help spread the news: https://twitter.com/Massive_Damage/status/973560841739145216 Thanks again for your support, without our community and players, we wouldn't be able to continue making cool games! Love, The Massive Damage Team

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/1aac05779a859c633bdd92691cb64d0d16b36416.jpg In case you've wishlisted Halcyon 6 but haven't picked it up yet, we're having a HUGE first SALE for Lightspeed Edition at 35% OFF! You can grab your copy over here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/651660/Halcyon_6_Starbase_Commander_LIGHTSPEED_EDITION/ Psst, if you check out our Twitter, you'll see we have the mobile version of our game coming out on Oct 19th: https://twitter.com/Halcyon6Game We're working on more awesome stuff for Halcyon 6, so stick around ;)

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/1aac05779a859c633bdd92691cb64d0d16b36416.jpg In case you've wishlisted Halcyon 6 but haven't picked it up yet, we're having a HUGE first SALE for Lightspeed Edition at 35% OFF! You can grab your copy over here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/651660/Halcyon_6_Starbase_Commander_LIGHTSPEED_EDITION/ Psst, if you check out our Twitter, you'll see we have the mobile version of our game coming out on Oct 19th: https://twitter.com/Halcyon6Game We're working on more awesome stuff for Halcyon 6, so stick around ;)

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29838001/b56954ca75b44e958318c0729ab2c4f74f06363a.png Greetings Commanders! We're back from Gamescom and have some awesome news this week in terms of content for you all! I’ll start first with this one... We have added a NEW difficulty for you guys - WARNING: not for the faint of heart! Ur-Admirax is the new difficulty level above Grand Admiral! Can you handle the heat? Or will it be the end of your fleet?! We have also rebalanced ground combat encounters to be tougher further into the campaign - so say a prayer for your fellow green shirts! Pixel art has always been something our entire team has been passionate about, and we are so excited to share with you the art behind Halcyon 6 from its early stages of pre-production to our now in-game final art! Our artbook contains 49 pages of pixelated goodness designed for you by our artists and content designers. This art book was a previously timed exclusive just for Kickstarter backers, but now made available for purchase to further support our dev work on Halcyon 6! The Art of Halcyon 6 can be purchased here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/706910/Halcyon_6_Lightspeed_Edition__Artbook/

LIGHTSPEED EDITION BUG FIXES:

• Fixed bug where difficulty levels were not affecting difficulty of ground combat encounters
• Ghost Pepper Bomb no longer removes Blinded status effect
• Delayed Recovery now has limited uses
• Fixed bug with some space monsters having the wrong class type
• Fixed various typos in scripts and tutorial
• Fixed bug with XP upgrades for new officers

If you haven't tried Lightspeed Edition yet, you can find it already in your Library (if you were an original owner of Halcyon 6) or here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/651660/Halcyon_6_Lightspeed_Edition/ Last but not least.. We’d like to thank you all for your support of Halcyon 6 and hope that you love Ur-Admirax as much as we do! Feel free to share some action-packed Ur-Admirax screenshots and videos on social media and tag us with the hashtag #halcyon6game #uradmirax so we can retweet you :) <3 H6 Team

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29838001/b56954ca75b44e958318c0729ab2c4f74f06363a.png Greetings Commanders! We're back from Gamescom and have some awesome news this week in terms of content for you all! I’ll start first with this one... We have added a NEW difficulty for you guys - WARNING: not for the faint of heart! Ur-Admirax is the new difficulty level above Grand Admiral! Can you handle the heat? Or will it be the end of your fleet?! We have also rebalanced ground combat encounters to be tougher further into the campaign - so say a prayer for your fellow green shirts! Pixel art has always been something our entire team has been passionate about, and we are so excited to share with you the art behind Halcyon 6 from its early stages of pre-production to our now in-game final art! Our artbook contains 49 pages of pixelated goodness designed for you by our artists and content designers. This art book was a previously timed exclusive just for Kickstarter backers, but now made available for purchase to further support our dev work on Halcyon 6! The Art of Halcyon 6 can be purchased here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/706910/Halcyon_6_Lightspeed_Edition__Artbook/

LIGHTSPEED EDITION BUG FIXES:

• Fixed bug where difficulty levels were not affecting difficulty of ground combat encounters
• Ghost Pepper Bomb no longer removes Blinded status effect
• Delayed Recovery now has limited uses
• Fixed bug with some space monsters having the wrong class type
• Fixed various typos in scripts and tutorial
• Fixed bug with XP upgrades for new officers

If you haven't tried Lightspeed Edition yet, you can find it already in your Library (if you were an original owner of Halcyon 6) or here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/651660/Halcyon_6_Lightspeed_Edition/ Last but not least.. We’d like to thank you all for your support of Halcyon 6 and hope that you love Ur-Admirax as much as we do! Feel free to share some action-packed Ur-Admirax screenshots and videos on social media and tag us with the hashtag #halcyon6game #uradmirax so we can retweet you :) <3 H6 Team

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29838001/e423b9584050986163e9d1507992eb2c52702625.jpg We're showcasing Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition at the Indie Arena Booth. We're giving away Halcyon 6 pins and you can buy H6 at a special discount. Come visit us in the Indie Arena Booth area in Hall 10.1 if you're at Gamescom! Also, please accept our apologies for slow responses on the Steam forums and emails this week as we're doing 12hr booth days at Gamescom until we're back home next Monday. <3 - Halcyon 6 Team

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29838001/e423b9584050986163e9d1507992eb2c52702625.jpg We're showcasing Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition at the Indie Arena Booth. We're giving away Halcyon 6 pins and you can buy H6 at a special discount. Come visit us in the Indie Arena Booth area in Hall 10.1 if you're at Gamescom! Also, please accept our apologies for slow responses on the Steam forums and emails this week as we're doing 12hr booth days at Gamescom until we're back home next Monday. <3 - Halcyon 6 Team

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/8ce1f10ba1b4f31f64ac5598b03feecad855205c.png Welcome everyone to the launch of Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition!

First off, a big THANK YOU to our Kickstarter backers and our player community for being amazing and providing great feedback on our game. We wouldn’t be here without you and this Lightspeed Edition is the result of your support!

Steam store link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/651660/Halcyon_6_Lightspeed_Edition/ *Note: everyone who buys Lightspeed Edition will receive Halcyon 6 Classic for free as well (tell your friends!) If you're a returning Halcyon 6 player, you'll find we put a copy of Lightspeed Edition in your LIBRARY all stealthy like a day or two ago ;) For the detail oriented types, this post outlining the changes to Lightspeed Edition will be right up your alley: http://steamcommunity.com/app/651660/discussions/0/1471967615865750572/ We look forward to everyone's feedback, it's with our Kickstarter backers and our player community that helped us get to this point! If you're the social media inclined and want to boost our launch, here's our announcement tweet, if you could kindly give us a LIKE or RETWEET, we'd love you forever :D https://twitter.com/Halcyon6Game/status/895632624131035141 Have fun and don't let the Yabblings rip you off! Love, The Halcyon 6 Team p.s. after you've played our game and have a moment, be sure to leave us a review, thank you!

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/8ce1f10ba1b4f31f64ac5598b03feecad855205c.png Welcome everyone to the launch of Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition!

First off, a big THANK YOU to our Kickstarter backers and our player community for being amazing and providing great feedback on our game. We wouldn’t be here without you and this Lightspeed Edition is the result of your support!

Steam store link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/651660/Halcyon_6_Lightspeed_Edition/ *Note: everyone who buys Lightspeed Edition will receive Halcyon 6 Classic for free as well (tell your friends!) If you're a returning Halcyon 6 player, you'll find we put a copy of Lightspeed Edition in your LIBRARY all stealthy like a day or two ago ;) For the detail oriented types, this post outlining the changes to Lightspeed Edition will be right up your alley: http://steamcommunity.com/app/651660/discussions/0/1471967615865750572/ We look forward to everyone's feedback, it's with our Kickstarter backers and our player community that helped us get to this point! If you're the social media inclined and want to boost our launch, here's our announcement tweet, if you could kindly give us a LIKE or RETWEET, we'd love you forever :D https://twitter.com/Halcyon6Game/status/895632624131035141 Have fun and don't let the Yabblings rip you off! Love, The Halcyon 6 Team p.s. after you've played our game and have a moment, be sure to leave us a review, thank you!

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/2dbca4f3a8ceabf881e527f8c9d79241d978cb48.png Hello Commanders! Some of you may have noticed this already but if you check your Steam Library, you'll notice that we've added a copy of Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition to all owners of Halcyon 6 (H6:LE will be playable on Aug 10th!). Also, for anyone new that buys Lightspeed Edition from Aug 10th onwards, they will get a copy of Halcyon 6: Classic as well (tell your friends ːsteamhappyː) That's it for this quick note, see you on launch day on Thursday, August 10th! Love, Halcyon 6 Team

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/2dbca4f3a8ceabf881e527f8c9d79241d978cb48.png Hello Commanders! Some of you may have noticed this already but if you check your Steam Library, you'll notice that we've added a copy of Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition to all owners of Halcyon 6 (H6:LE will be playable on Aug 10th!). Also, for anyone new that buys Lightspeed Edition from Aug 10th onwards, they will get a copy of Halcyon 6: Classic as well (tell your friends ːsteamhappyː) That's it for this quick note, see you on launch day on Thursday, August 10th! Love, Halcyon 6 Team

Hi Commanders, With August just around the corner, we are sooo close to v1.4 Lightspeed Edition! This will be the last time Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander will ever be on sale, so grab a copy if you haven’t done so yet- OR be that awesome friend and grab one for your pal as well If you’re curious about more details regarding some of the major changes for Lightspeed Edition, we will be putting out short mini clips on our Twitter account @halcyon6game throughout the week, so keep an eye out for them! We’ll also be releasing a FAQ post later on today on the discussion board that addresses some valid questions that we’ve received over the week for Lightspeed Edition! Hotfix List:

Fixed bug with Korzan Pillars mission and missions that can't be completed after returning to the starbase mid-mission

Fixed bug with travel events not completing properly And thaaaaaat’s all for this week folks! The H6 Team Edit: The FAQ has been posted on our site

Hi Commanders, With August just around the corner, we are sooo close to v1.4 Lightspeed Edition! This will be the last time Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander will ever be on sale, so grab a copy if you haven’t done so yet- OR be that awesome friend and grab one for your pal as well If you’re curious about more details regarding some of the major changes for Lightspeed Edition, we will be putting out short mini clips on our Twitter account @halcyon6game throughout the week, so keep an eye out for them! We’ll also be releasing a FAQ post later on today on the discussion board that addresses some valid questions that we’ve received over the week for Lightspeed Edition! Hotfix List:

Fixed bug with Korzan Pillars mission and missions that can't be completed after returning to the starbase mid-mission

Fixed bug with travel events not completing properly And thaaaaaat’s all for this week folks! The H6 Team Edit: The FAQ has been posted on our site

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/8ce1f10ba1b4f31f64ac5598b03feecad855205c.png Hey Commanders, We're please to announce Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition! A community-driven, reworked, rebalanced take on the original game along with new features and content, optimized for faster progression for an action packed adventure on board your favourite starbase. Out on August 10th, this one’s FREE for all our existing players of course. A big thanks to you, our player community for making the galaxy a better place ;) Here's the official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tQ52bRgK_Y And the Steam page for Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition: http://store.steampowered.com/app/651660/Halcyon_6_Lightspeed_Edition/

Final 50% off Sale for Halcyon 6 Classic

Tell your friends! We're 50% OFF while we finish up Lightspeed Edition.

And last but not least, here's the latest batch of hot fixes in this update:

• Fixed bug with Sweet Nectar of the Yab not completing properly
• Fixed bug with spires sometimes appearing in Act 2
• Fixed bug with Xiao quest markers reappearing
• Fixed bug with Chimera sometimes appearing twice
• Fixed bug with Chruul Seeder mission not continuing

That's it for now, see you next time and thanks again for all your support! The Halcyon 6 Team

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/8ce1f10ba1b4f31f64ac5598b03feecad855205c.png Hey Commanders, We're please to announce Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition! A community-driven, reworked, rebalanced take on the original game along with new features and content, optimized for faster progression for an action packed adventure on board your favourite starbase. Out on August 10th, this one’s FREE for all our existing players of course. A big thanks to you, our player community for making the galaxy a better place ;) Here's the official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tQ52bRgK_Y And the Steam page for Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition: http://store.steampowered.com/app/651660/Halcyon_6_Lightspeed_Edition/

Final 50% off Sale for Halcyon 6 Classic

Tell your friends! We're 50% OFF while we finish up Lightspeed Edition.

And last but not least, here's the latest batch of hot fixes in this update:

• Fixed bug with Sweet Nectar of the Yab not completing properly
• Fixed bug with spires sometimes appearing in Act 2
• Fixed bug with Xiao quest markers reappearing
• Fixed bug with Chimera sometimes appearing twice
• Fixed bug with Chruul Seeder mission not continuing

That's it for now, see you next time and thanks again for all your support! The Halcyon 6 Team

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/bcbe1cf469007590ccd4e805b72f322d1333aa94.jpg Hello Commanders! First off, a big hearty welcome to all our new community members coming in from our 50% off Steam Sale (one more day left, tell your friends ːsteamhappyː ) !! Without further ado, here's the list of today's hotfix notes:

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

• Fixed bug with to hit % not being calculated properly
• FPS lock now switches from 30 to 60 FPS, no more unlimited option
• Fixed bug for Build Chruul Lab mission coming back
• Reduced Morale drop from starbase raids by 80%
• Fixed bug with officer deaths not registering popup dialog
• Fixed bug with +25% morale boost when building Counselor’s Room
• Fixed bug with taunting Chruul Lts not granting morale boost and accelerating the next Lt as well
• Fixed some typos in morale events

That's it for this hot fix, thanks so much to everyone who's left us good reviews and feedback! Stay tuned for big news in the coming weeks ahead! ːsteamhappyː - Halcyon 6 Team

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/bcbe1cf469007590ccd4e805b72f322d1333aa94.jpg Hello Commanders! First off, a big hearty welcome to all our new community members coming in from our 50% off Steam Sale (one more day left, tell your friends ːsteamhappyː ) !! Without further ado, here's the list of today's hotfix notes:

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

• Fixed bug with to hit % not being calculated properly
• FPS lock now switches from 30 to 60 FPS, no more unlimited option
• Fixed bug for Build Chruul Lab mission coming back
• Reduced Morale drop from starbase raids by 80%
• Fixed bug with officer deaths not registering popup dialog
• Fixed bug with +25% morale boost when building Counselor’s Room
• Fixed bug with taunting Chruul Lts not granting morale boost and accelerating the next Lt as well
• Fixed some typos in morale events

That's it for this hot fix, thanks so much to everyone who's left us good reviews and feedback! Stay tuned for big news in the coming weeks ahead! ːsteamhappyː - Halcyon 6 Team

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/0d41f6446b50e17c83d9fb550ab88de81acffbb4.png Hi Commanders! Today’s hotfix will be a small one.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug where player does not receive 20 fuel for the Upgrading
• Refinery Quest at Ghost Head
• Save game patch for players stuck on the Chruul Seeder mission
• Fixed bug with O'Brien's second event firing before the first happens
• Various minor bug fixes, UI tweaks, and game engine optimizations

Annnnd that’s all folks!

Update on the big update…

Now onto bigger news! First off, we’d like to thank all our fans for being so supportive of us devs from Day 1. Your feedback on Halcyon 6 has been so helpful to improving the game over the year. Creating fun game content and mechanics for you has always been our sole priority. We'd like to announce our upcoming release of Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition! We started working on H6:LE after v1.3.1 was released. By the time it is released in August, that will be almost 6 months of full time development on this new edition! Of course, Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition will be FREE for all players who already own a copy of Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander. We’re currently finishing up the revamped UI for H6:LE so we can get the trailer finished for the big announcement next month!

Aaand one more thing…

We’re doing a huge 50% discount for the Steam Summer Sale! Please tell your friends or even better, buy them a copy :D Thanks again for all your support - keep on conquering the universe! The H6 Team

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/0d41f6446b50e17c83d9fb550ab88de81acffbb4.png Hi Commanders! Today’s hotfix will be a small one.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug where player does not receive 20 fuel for the Upgrading
• Refinery Quest at Ghost Head
• Save game patch for players stuck on the Chruul Seeder mission
• Fixed bug with O'Brien's second event firing before the first happens
• Various minor bug fixes, UI tweaks, and game engine optimizations

Annnnd that’s all folks!

Update on the big update…

Now onto bigger news! First off, we’d like to thank all our fans for being so supportive of us devs from Day 1. Your feedback on Halcyon 6 has been so helpful to improving the game over the year. Creating fun game content and mechanics for you has always been our sole priority. We'd like to announce our upcoming release of Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition! We started working on H6:LE after v1.3.1 was released. By the time it is released in August, that will be almost 6 months of full time development on this new edition! Of course, Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition will be FREE for all players who already own a copy of Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander. We’re currently finishing up the revamped UI for H6:LE so we can get the trailer finished for the big announcement next month!

Aaand one more thing…

We’re doing a huge 50% discount for the Steam Summer Sale! Please tell your friends or even better, buy them a copy :D Thanks again for all your support - keep on conquering the universe! The H6 Team

Hey Commanders, Today's hotfix is a quick one to address some bugs that were identified thanks to our awesome community!

Bug Fixes & Enhancements

• Added keyboard scrolling to Tech Research screen
• Fixed bug with ending cinematic sometimes getting cut off
• Fixed bug with diplomacy being affected after destroying a possessed raider fleet

That's it for today! As for our HUGE update.. it's so big, we've decided we're going to call it the Enhanced Edition. It'll be a free update for all players of course. We're working on a trailer for it so details will be announced at the trailer launch. Thanks again for all your support! H6 Team at Massive Damage

Hey Commanders, Today's hotfix is a quick one to address some bugs that were identified thanks to our awesome community!

Bug Fixes & Enhancements

• Added keyboard scrolling to Tech Research screen
• Fixed bug with ending cinematic sometimes getting cut off
• Fixed bug with diplomacy being affected after destroying a possessed raider fleet

That's it for today! As for our HUGE update.. it's so big, we've decided we're going to call it the Enhanced Edition. It'll be a free update for all players of course. We're working on a trailer for it so details will be announced at the trailer launch. Thanks again for all your support! H6 Team at Massive Damage

Hey Commanders, We're still working away on that HUGE update and I'll spill the beans on that very soon! In the meantime, we've been fixing some issues that have popped up, thanks to all our forum posters on following up on bug reports with save games and error logs, they have been VERY HELPFUL!!

Bug Fixes & Enhancements

• Grand Admiral achievement added to Steam Achievements
• Fixed bug with granting achievements for lower difficulty levels when a higher level was completed
• Fixed bug with no greenshirts being available for certain morale events
• Fixed bug with too many notifications preventing the ability to save game, including autosaves
• Fixed bug with Korzan mission, Psychic Surgery not returning Officer back to ship after completion
• Fixed bug with Xlar mission, I Like It Extra Splicey not returning Officer back to ship after completion

That's it for this one! Keep your eyes peeled, I'll be posting about the big update as soon as we lock down on everything that's for sure to be finished and tested by our mid-July target. Thanks again for all your support! The H6 Team at Massive Damage, Inc.

Hey Commanders, We're still working away on that HUGE update and I'll spill the beans on that very soon! In the meantime, we've been fixing some issues that have popped up, thanks to all our forum posters on following up on bug reports with save games and error logs, they have been VERY HELPFUL!!

Bug Fixes & Enhancements

• Grand Admiral achievement added to Steam Achievements
• Fixed bug with granting achievements for lower difficulty levels when a higher level was completed
• Fixed bug with no greenshirts being available for certain morale events
• Fixed bug with too many notifications preventing the ability to save game, including autosaves
• Fixed bug with Korzan mission, Psychic Surgery not returning Officer back to ship after completion
• Fixed bug with Xlar mission, I Like It Extra Splicey not returning Officer back to ship after completion

That's it for this one! Keep your eyes peeled, I'll be posting about the big update as soon as we lock down on everything that's for sure to be finished and tested by our mid-July target. Thanks again for all your support! The H6 Team at Massive Damage, Inc.

Hey Commanders, We're back from our brainstorming cottage retreat (some of you might've seen some cool pics on our social media thingamabobs) fresh with ideas for Halcyon 6 and beyond! This update is a quick patch to fix up a few things with morale and other little bits. There is a much bigger update we're working on but we'll announce that in a bit. Here's today's patch notes:

What's New + Important Changes

• slowed the morale attrition rate by 33% (1 every 10 days instead of 7.5 days)
• Counselor Room tasks to increase Morale are now repeatable but are more costly and difficult every time you complete one, so pace them out accordingly!

Bug Fixes + Enhancements

• Fixed a bug with New Terra mission not triggering on arrival
• Fixed bug where morale was increasing every day instead of every other day as stated in the task description
• Doubled the duration length of the morale tasks

That's it for today! Stay tuned for a some big news for Halcyon 6 coming soon :) love, The Halcyon 6 Team

Hey Commanders, We're back from our brainstorming cottage retreat (some of you might've seen some cool pics on our social media thingamabobs) fresh with ideas for Halcyon 6 and beyond! This update is a quick patch to fix up a few things with morale and other little bits. There is a much bigger update we're working on but we'll announce that in a bit. Here's today's patch notes:

What's New + Important Changes

• slowed the morale attrition rate by 33% (1 every 10 days instead of 7.5 days)
• Counselor Room tasks to increase Morale are now repeatable but are more costly and difficult every time you complete one, so pace them out accordingly!

Bug Fixes + Enhancements

• Fixed a bug with New Terra mission not triggering on arrival
• Fixed bug where morale was increasing every day instead of every other day as stated in the task description
• Doubled the duration length of the morale tasks

That's it for today! Stay tuned for a some big news for Halcyon 6 coming soon :) love, The Halcyon 6 Team

Hello explorers! So, cool story: did you know The Morale Booster update (aka v1.3.1.0) is out right now? http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/01b93076b634eba310205ee7ee073951f7e75900.png We're back with another milestone update for Halcyon 6 that includes a brand new Crew Morale mechanic! Affected by your decisions in quests, events, and diplomatic actions, Crew Morale levels provides bonuses - or incurs penalties - as you explore. Onto the details... and there are a lot! This is a big one, folks.

What's New + Important Changes

- New Crew Morale mechanic, receive bonuses (or penalties) depending on current crew's morale. Morale naturally decreases over time but is also increased or decreased based on your actions in events, quests, and diplomatic interactions. - More (20+) random events affecting Morale and even more random travelling events! - Suddenly, greenshirts don't feel quite so 'disposable'... - New Grand Admiral difficulty level! - Even though they are totally awesome and our animator spent weeks and weeks on them, you can now turn off combat animations in the Options menu ːsteamsadː In efforts to reduce some of the grind and give players more choice as to how the game progresses, we've made some changes: - greatly reduced the officer XP requirements for later levels - reduced the resource costs for higher tier Ship Hangar Tech research - doubled officer XP gains for most starbase activities - The Chruul Lts arrive a bit earlier and can also be taunted to arrive immediately via the Chruul Lab - The Chruul Mothership now only appears after you combine all 4 Precursor Artifacts in the Chruul Lab to summon her

Bug Fixes + Enhancements

- You can now build all equipment in the Foundry, after you've discovered it (with the exception of organic Chruul equipment) - Increased the chances of getting equipment other than Omega Drones - Original launch difficulty preferences have been restored - Fixed a bug where the ordering of activities in starbase rooms would get shuffled around - Slightly increased the enemy ship damage across all difficulty levels, to counter the advantages gained from morale bonuses and ship equipment - Resource generation tasks (Materials, Dark Matter, Crew) now automatically repeat until you decide to cancel - Events that give drone rewards no longer trigger until the drone room is built - Added equipment slots to Act3 alien gift ships - Fixed issue with When In Xlar activity (officers can now be assigned to it) - Added a block to officer power distribution to prevent issue where they'd occasionally be added twice - Fixed a bug where the Mothership Hull Leech attack effects were reversed"

Animation + UI

- Improved UI for Ship Equipment screen (including stacking of equipment and a Scrap All option) - Scrapping ships will now return slotted equipment back into the equipment inventory - Cost of emergency station repairs in the Repair Bay have been slightly reduced - Fixed bug with red alert turning off when it shouldn't - You can no longer 'research' ship upgrades via Tech Research - Fixed bug with Cadet Aiming Training 3 not appearing - Fixed bug with invisible pirate ships - Fixed bug with mis-classed Xlar tactical ships - Fixed a bug where new travel events may not trigger for new games - Pirate raids no longer fire in Act 2 if the pirates were wiped out in Act 1 - Removed duplicate Willa from Willa's Wraithers fight - Added expiration timers to pirate away missions - Fixed buff being applied to the wrong army in Marauder fight - Fixed typo in Xlar culinary mission - Fixed typo in New Terran Asteroid description - When you have 2 fleets in a sector enter combat, the stronger of the two fleets will enter combat first - Overkill text has been moved to the left to be more visible - Fixed bug where long save file names would make the UI jump around - After assigning an officer to a resource multiplier activitiy, you will no longer receive a pop-up for completion. Instead, you will receive a notification and the officer will continue the task until you decide to cancel it - When selecting an officer for an activity, all officers at the location (including officers already in a task) will appear on the available officers list. This will allow you to easily switch the officer activity without having to cancel their activity first

Quest + Economy

- Overkill is now slightly easier against higher tiered enemies Remember Commanders: the firings will continue until morale improves! Get out there and have fun already! PS: v1.3.1.1 is now available! This hotfix addresses a problem with some older saves and the mission to New Terra.

Hello explorers! So, cool story: did you know The Morale Booster update (aka v1.3.1.0) is out right now? http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/01b93076b634eba310205ee7ee073951f7e75900.png We're back with another milestone update for Halcyon 6 that includes a brand new Crew Morale mechanic! Affected by your decisions in quests, events, and diplomatic actions, Crew Morale levels provides bonuses - or incurs penalties - as you explore. Onto the details... and there are a lot! This is a big one, folks.

What's New + Important Changes

- New Crew Morale mechanic, receive bonuses (or penalties) depending on current crew's morale. Morale naturally decreases over time but is also increased or decreased based on your actions in events, quests, and diplomatic interactions. - More (20+) random events affecting Morale and even more random travelling events! - Suddenly, greenshirts don't feel quite so 'disposable'... - New Grand Admiral difficulty level! - Even though they are totally awesome and our animator spent weeks and weeks on them, you can now turn off combat animations in the Options menu ːsteamsadː In efforts to reduce some of the grind and give players more choice as to how the game progresses, we've made some changes: - greatly reduced the officer XP requirements for later levels - reduced the resource costs for higher tier Ship Hangar Tech research - doubled officer XP gains for most starbase activities - The Chruul Lts arrive a bit earlier and can also be taunted to arrive immediately via the Chruul Lab - The Chruul Mothership now only appears after you combine all 4 Precursor Artifacts in the Chruul Lab to summon her

Bug Fixes + Enhancements

- You can now build all equipment in the Foundry, after you've discovered it (with the exception of organic Chruul equipment) - Increased the chances of getting equipment other than Omega Drones - Original launch difficulty preferences have been restored - Fixed a bug where the ordering of activities in starbase rooms would get shuffled around - Slightly increased the enemy ship damage across all difficulty levels, to counter the advantages gained from morale bonuses and ship equipment - Resource generation tasks (Materials, Dark Matter, Crew) now automatically repeat until you decide to cancel - Events that give drone rewards no longer trigger until the drone room is built - Added equipment slots to Act3 alien gift ships - Fixed issue with When In Xlar activity (officers can now be assigned to it) - Added a block to officer power distribution to prevent issue where they'd occasionally be added twice - Fixed a bug where the Mothership Hull Leech attack effects were reversed"

Animation + UI

- Improved UI for Ship Equipment screen (including stacking of equipment and a Scrap All option) - Scrapping ships will now return slotted equipment back into the equipment inventory - Cost of emergency station repairs in the Repair Bay have been slightly reduced - Fixed bug with red alert turning off when it shouldn't - You can no longer 'research' ship upgrades via Tech Research - Fixed bug with Cadet Aiming Training 3 not appearing - Fixed bug with invisible pirate ships - Fixed bug with mis-classed Xlar tactical ships - Fixed a bug where new travel events may not trigger for new games - Pirate raids no longer fire in Act 2 if the pirates were wiped out in Act 1 - Removed duplicate Willa from Willa's Wraithers fight - Added expiration timers to pirate away missions - Fixed buff being applied to the wrong army in Marauder fight - Fixed typo in Xlar culinary mission - Fixed typo in New Terran Asteroid description - When you have 2 fleets in a sector enter combat, the stronger of the two fleets will enter combat first - Overkill text has been moved to the left to be more visible - Fixed bug where long save file names would make the UI jump around - After assigning an officer to a resource multiplier activitiy, you will no longer receive a pop-up for completion. Instead, you will receive a notification and the officer will continue the task until you decide to cancel it - When selecting an officer for an activity, all officers at the location (including officers already in a task) will appear on the available officers list. This will allow you to easily switch the officer activity without having to cancel their activity first

Quest + Economy

- Overkill is now slightly easier against higher tiered enemies Remember Commanders: the firings will continue until morale improves! Get out there and have fun already! PS: v1.3.1.1 is now available! This hotfix addresses a problem with some older saves and the mission to New Terra.

Hello space travellers! It's update day for our favourite pixel galaxy and this time... there's loot. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11555913/67d83f3168f3c3dd534af2064b883d050eb5f780.png v1.3.0.0, hot off the proverbial presses introduces an Equipment System! These consumable and non-consumable items can be found in various ways and allow for some pre-mission emergency preparation for your Starships. Micromanagers, planners, and collectors - rejoice! Let's dig in, shall we?

What's New + Important Changes

- Starships now can be outfitted with Equipment! Some equipment can be built in the new starbase room, the Foundry and some can be found while adventuring - Station Health replaces Crew Death upon bombardment; Station is destroyed when Station Health (no longer Crew count) reaches 0; Station Health can be repaired in the Repair Bay; - Overkills can be executed in combat by doing excessive damage on the killing blow, which could result in an Equipment reward

Bug Fixes + Enhancements

- Fixed bug with homeworld artifact retrieval after the Chruul Lt. has been killed - Fix for crash after ship combat when the officer is not on board - Fixed a bug with factions not being destroyed probably after becoming extinct - Fixed a bug with the red alert not turning off after a bombardment has been dealt with - Fixed a bug with the Admirax quest not working properly - Sectors now have details which display whether a colony is automated or has been upgraded - New and improved random events while exploring the Halcyon sector - Fixed a couple typos - Fixed a single off pixel in the male officer avatar model that was causing a small blip

Art + Animation

- Improved Fleet Launch and Ship Management screens to accommodate equipment additions - Fleet travel lines have been made more efficient, travelling from the selected fleet to its destination, rather than its point of origin to destination - New Overkill animation for space combat

Mission/Quest + Economy

- Trilithium and Zirordiax Reactors now require the previous reactor tech to be unlocked - An untold number of new random and zany travel events! And as always, thanks for your feedback and reports, explorers. We love hearing from you! Now get out there and save humanity! Much <3 - the Halcyon 6 team.