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Demo Post-Mortem & The Future of The Great Beyond
Firstly, I would like to thank everyone involved with the early prototypes and the demo for giving feedback. It has been extremely helpful and the game has come a long way since the first time I sent it out to the first…
Patch notes5 changesUI/audioGameplay - The Great Beyond
Demo 1.1
Thankyou to everyone who has tried the game so far and left feedback! As always, I'll continue to listen to it and I'm doing my best to improve the game. Adjustments User Interface panels are more opaque, making things…
Patch notes4 changesUI/audioGameplay - The Great Beyond
DEMO 1 LAUNCH!
Welcome, Commander! I can now confirm that this is going to be the final patch of the game before the demo launches later today! I have been able to fix many issues over the past few weeks, thanks to all of my beta test…
Patch notes3 changesCompatibilityGameplay - The Great Beyond
Hotfix Demo Beta 1.32
Another small patch with some tweaks! Click on an elevator to expand it up or down. Tweak the Battle Engineer's AI to prioritise delivering ammo a bit better. Game now pauses when a popup is open. Pressing escape on a p…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - The Great Beyond
HOT FIX Demo Beta 1.31
Hot Fixes Fix hovering issues on a number of objects. Fix UI overlap on worker popup. Fix the top left status bar not showing resource names on hover.
Patch notes1 changeUI/audio - The Great Beyond
Demo Beta 1.3
Features The tutorial objectives have been completely removed and replaced with a starting guide. Your workers now arrive via a ship on a landing platform. You'll need to wait every few hours for new ones to arrive! Whe…
Patch notes11 changesGameplayBalance - The Great Beyond
Demo Beta 2.1
Features When workers die due to no health, their quarters is "abandoned" and needs rebuilding before a replacement arrives. Workers get even sleepier when their health is low. Workers get a bit sadder if the room they…
Patch notes7 changesBalanceGameplay - The Great Beyond
Demo Beta v2
Another day, another patch! Features Lights turn into red emergency mode during battles! All build menu buttons have had icons added! Hopefully this helps with making the locations of buttons more memorable and easier t…
Patch notes4 changesGameplayUI/audio - The Great Beyond
Demo Beta V1.9
Hi everyone! Another patch for you all. Features I have vastly simplified the tutorial and the starting map, giving you a lot more control over how you design your base and complete the mission. As part of this, I have…
Patch notes1 changeMaps - The Great Beyond
Demo Beta 1.8
Thankyou to everyone who has helped test the game! I have received lots of very useful feedback, and I have been busy making changes to improve the game experience. Features The layout of the tutorial map has been modif…
Store16 changesMapsBalance - The Great Beyond
Demo Version 1.7: Teamwork
Features Teamworking Your construction workers will now work as a team! Up to three workers can work on the same digging tile or building project at the same time! This is particularly noticeable when you mark a job as…
Patch notes4 changesUI/audioGameplay - The Great Beyond
Bug Hotfixes! Version 1.61
Changes Improve the way doctors look idle in the hospital by giving them a chair to sit on! Fix patients forever queueing outside of the hospital instead of going in. Fix missing translation when patients are heading to…
Patch notes - The Great Beyond
Update: Demo 1.6
Hello everybody! It's time to get another update out to prepare for the upcoming demo. Thanks to everyone who has been helping me by playtesting the game. Big Features Hospitals and doctors have been added back into the…
Patch notes10 changesGameplayBalance - The Great Beyond
Demo-Beta Version 1.5
Features I have done further tweaks to some of the tutorial tasks and descriptions. Reduced food and water costs of expeditions. Player is reminded that they can keep their research when the lose message is displayed. P…
Patch notes2 changesGameplay - The Great Beyond
More Bug Fixes!
I've been very busy to get this demo ready for content creators before the big demo release on May 21st! Enjoy some more fixes! You'll need to delete your profile and save file, and then start over! Don't expect saves t…
Store8 changesFixGameplay - The Great Beyond
Many Bug Fixes!
Hello! It has been an absolutely crazy week for me fixing issues! Thankyou to everyone who has provided valuable feedback! Warning: I don't recommend replaying yet as you'll need to delete your profile and save file, an…
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