Steam News29 June 20250y ago

Progress report

It's finally summer, so the development has slowed down a bit as I expected. "Luckily" the summer in Finland has so far been very cold and rainy, so I have still made some progress.

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Events
Balance

changedTime for a quick progress report. After the last beta version, I've been focusing on highlighting the high score aspect of the game and trying to improve the player instructions in general.

addedThe score label at the top of the screen has been juiced up with animation and improved sounds. Last completed game run score and result is now visible in the main menu and notifications are now shown when new high score ranks are reached during the mission.

fixedScore calculation for kill streak and multiple kill events is now based on increasing multiplier instead of fixed score rewards. This is now also visualized with kill score indicators that show the kill streak progression and the final score at the location of the event.

changedThe change log is already quite long but I still have many improvements to do. I'm planning to release the next beta update with all these improvements near the end of October.

changedPhobos Down is participating in Finnish Games Week 2025 event and will be on sale for the duration of the event.

Time for a quick progress report. After the last beta version, I've been focusing on highlighting the high score aspect of the game and trying to improve the player instructions in general.

The score label at the top of the screen has been juiced up with animation and improved sounds. Last completed game run score and result is now visible in the main menu and notifications are now shown when new high score ranks are reached during the mission.

Score calculation for kill streak and multiple kill events is now based on increasing multiplier instead of fixed score rewards. This is now also visualized with kill score indicators that show the kill streak progression and the final score at the location of the event.

Last but not least, I have finally implemented achievements for the Steam version of the game! There are currently 11 of them.

The change log is already quite long but I still have many improvements to do. I'm planning to release the next beta update with all these improvements near the end of October.

Phobos Down is participating in Finnish Games Week 2025 event and will be on sale for the duration of the event.

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Steam News / 29 June 2025

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