early access version of Höll Space 5D6 is now available

Hello and a good day to you all,

I‘m happy to announce that the early access version of Höll Space 5D6 is now available on steam. It includes most of the first episode, which will be improved upon alongside the implementation of the upcoming episodes. The game is currently by no means feature complete or finished; however, that is what the development in early access is about.

I am looking forward to sharing this creation with you and hope you find the game in its current state sufficiently entertaining and come along with me while I develop the game further, including the addition of more background stories and characters to the present and upcoming episodes. Feel free to join the communication with me over the community hub as well as the discord server. Please consider that the entirety of the game so far has been implemented by a single developer.

Hints regarding the game

• You can press “I” to open up the inventory

• you can use the “tab” key for infra-red vision

• you can trigger the flashlight with “F”

• trow a granate with “G“

• the mouse wheel is scrolling through the equipment that you can assign in the inventory

• the RPG window is accessible from the inventory and allows you to change the statistics of the character

• please have a look around in the start room; you should be able to find the following items in it, ammunition pack, pistol, melee weapon, key card to open the door.

• You can aim by pressing the right mouse button, and the enemies do go down quickly if you make headshots.

• If you run out of ammunition, look for ammunition in the world and inside your inventory for additional ammunition packs to use.

• Key cards, clothing, and weapons are not auto pickup; you have to use “E” while aiming at them to pick them up.

• Some doors in the world require Key cards to open; look around, you can find them.

• If you find a bug or like to comment on something in the game, you can send an email to dev-bugs@5d6games.com , if you want to take a more active part in improving the game, you can consider joining the discord using this invitation https://discord.gg/MnJhz8D5hs.

1.0.0 - Episode 01

Known issues

• Game not loading on low-end PC system unless settings are set to low

• Give the game about 10 seconds to stabilize FPS right when starting in the world.

• Melee attack under the “V” key is not animated but still working when close to an enemy

• Character animation when holding a weapon is turning just the camera without moving in an animation sequence the character along with it, rotates on a spot with animations.

• No fall damage (this is intentional)

• Save game only saves character progress (inventory and RPG values) but not the status of the world; character restarts in start room after death or reloads of a save file.

• If you somehow managed to get into the developer test maps, this could break your safe game.

• five doors in the world will not open since they connect to unfinished sections of the world. However, they are not hindering the playthrough or progression.

• The Hair look strange at low FPS

• you have completed the episode by getting to the escape pod behind the bridge

Test Build Infos

The version that is in the main default build branch is always the last stable version. It gets updated whenever the “wiptest“ development build branch becomes sufficiently stable to allow the full playthrough of the current development status. You can opt in to the “wiptest“ development build branch if you like to help with the testing and improvement. The beta password gets published in the discord, However, this version is not always stable and fully functional. So if you want to play the game, the default branch is the one you should use. If you decide to join the “wiptest“ development build branch, please also consider joining the game discord to report bugs and problems directly in the wiptest-bugs section. Höll Space 5D6 is in a “real” early access development state. Even if parts of the game look polished, most elements still need work and active development. This also extends to the optimization for lower-end hardware. The game will run on the min spec hardware; however, it is strongly recommended to have a more powerful PC close to the recommended spec to play the game.