Watch the Announcement Trailer / Dev Vlog here:
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Video Summary
This contains spoilers for the video
[spoiler]- New DLC coming to Hydroneer
- Video covers a few features coming in the DLC
- 6x the map size
- $10
- Releasing April 5th
- Separate island with its own progression: Cannot take items/vehicles from main game island.
Lava Powered Machines
- Water has to be produced from Ice
- Ice appears towards the top of a claim, so strategy is involved to keep belts moving
- No more tiered drills, tiered stores instead
New Glade
- Large new town covered by a blue dome
- Assist the museum
- Rebuild stores to buy better tools
- Stores act as the main progression
Vehicles
- Vehicles are purchased from Mots Island
- Requires a ticket from the player-built ticket store to access
- Huge Hauler vehicle with a crane
- Picks up heavy items that players can't carry: Machines / Vehicles / Buff Stones
Buff Stones
- Currently un-named, looking for suggestions!
- Refined down to produce a stone for masterwork forging
- Applies random buffs to tools/machines (Pickaxe dig size/speed, Drill output size/speed)
- buffs can also be damaging
Changes to Base Game:
- Better build snapping
- Better visibility at night/in caves
- Game file size reduced
- And more!
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Closed Beta
We host our all betas exclusively on Discord. This is due to it being a good platform to receive feedback, report bugs, show bugs to developers via screensharing / video posting / images. These betas are generally full of game-breaking bugs, so if you're not invited to participate, don't worry, you're not missing much! If you'd like to help us squash these bugs, you can join discord here.
