Steam News17 March 20206y ago

Content Update #2 Released---60% Discount

Content Update #2 is Here! A new Content Update has arrived! The update includes 2 new ships to buy using in-game points, 3rd-person view, removal of online DRM, special attachments to equip to your ship, a new Instant

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addedContent Update #2 is Here!A new Content Update has arrived! The update includes 2 new ships to buy using in-game points, 3rd-person view, removal of online DRM, special attachments to equip to your ship, a new Instant Action location, and several other enhancements and improvements. As always, most of these new features came from player requests.

added3rd-Person ViewAnother highly-requested feature. You can now toggle between 1st-person and 3rd-person flight.

addedRemoval of Online DRMThank you to the gaming community for bringing this important issue to my attention. I don't want to punish players for having poor Internet connections! Hypergate can now be played online or offline.

addedAttachmentsHypergate's Upgrade Hangar now includes 6 new components called attachments . These are different from regular ship equipment, and can be upgraded four times each to boost a chosen performance characteristic of your fighter.

addedOther Enhancements and FixesThe menu system look-and-feel has been enhanced. Quite a few in-game effects have been improved. Optional film grain and chromatic aberration effects have been added. Several bugs have been squashed, including some that caused the game to crash while loading a mission.

addedWant to Keep Up To Date?Please consider joining the Hypergate Discord server using this link here .

Content Update #2 is Here!

A new Content Update has arrived! The update includes 2 new ships to buy using in-game points, 3rd-person view, removal of online DRM, special attachments to equip to your ship, a new Instant Action location, and several other enhancements and improvements. As always, most of these new features came from player requests.

To celebrate Content Update #2, Hypergate is 60% off until March 31st.

2 New Ships

This was one of the most highly-requested features. Fly with the default Nova SF-250/R, or buy the Validor AF-4/RE (40,000 credits) or the Nausica DF-8/PX (50,000 credits).

3rd-Person View

Another highly-requested feature. You can now toggle between 1st-person and 3rd-person flight.

Removal of Online DRM

Thank you to the gaming community for bringing this important issue to my attention. I don't want to punish players for having poor Internet connections! Hypergate can now be played online or offline.

Attachments

Hypergate's Upgrade Hangar now includes 6 new components called attachments. These are different from regular ship equipment, and can be upgraded four times each to boost a chosen performance characteristic of your fighter.

Other Enhancements and Fixes

The menu system look-and-feel has been enhanced. Quite a few in-game effects have been improved. Optional film grain and chromatic aberration effects have been added. Several bugs have been squashed, including some that caused the game to crash while loading a mission.

Want to Keep Up To Date?

I release updates to Hypergate regularly. Big updates come at least once a year, and smaller updates are released as required (bugs, minor tweaks, etc.). Interested in learning more? There's lots of ways to get in touch.

I post progress update GIFs on my Twitter page every few days.
I also maintain a development blog that discusses Hypergate's development and my game development philosophy.
Please consider joining the Hypergate Discord server using this link here.
As always, please feel free to post to the Hypergate forums.

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Steam News / 17 March 2020

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