Alpha Particle
One limit demo
All Energy boxes are limited to "1" only, affecting the speed of leveling up, the ONLY limit on the new demo!
How far can you get? --->
TINY BUG ZAPPING
TINY BUG ZAPPING
Fixed some minor bugs.
Thank you :)
Into the light update
The Hint System
Alpha Particle is a game about discovery, but not everyone has the same level of discovery juices. And so the brand new Hint System was created to remedy the imbalances. A system that will guide you but still leave you to discover things. With three time settings to fit your needs as well as the option to turn it off entirely.
The Objective menu
Alongside the hint system is it's brother, the objective menu. A new menu that automatically slides in and out during screen transitions to remind you of your main objective as well as some secondary objectives. Nice, easy and discreet.
Game balance
Various small changes were made but notably the biggest change was in the decrease of boost cost. In Alpha Particle your Hp is also your boost as well as your currency. Now with a reduced cost for boost this means longer boost at lower cost, and slower loss of life. It's a small change with a big impact.
Glitches
Yep glitches! They are always lurking and we are always finding them and eliminating them. And so we did for this release as well. Found some, zapped some!
Abilities are boss update
The Ability Scanner Upgrade
In our last update we decided to give Ability Scanner very early on in the game, and in this update we added to the functionality to the ability. It is now fitted with an Entity Marker. But what does it do? Well obviously for one to take advantage of this new feature you would have to acquire an Ability Scanner first. Once acquired, the Scanner will automatically scan for any nearby Entities and mark them with a marker. This will help you to see if more than one Entity is occupying the same space as well as reveal any entities that are Frozen, making sure they don't get a jump on you. Fantastic!
Additional updates
Apart from the super awesome Scanner update, we have some other worth mentioning updates
- Added Alpha Beam indicators on Alpha Station (The what in where? Right?)
- Completely redone the settings menu with additional settings (oooh!)
- Tutorial made available from the start of the game
- Shortened the intro cut scene
- Updated info and keys menu (F1) and added volume control
- Sped up restarting a level (again!)
Above all, as per usual we hunted and fixed more bugs (Where do they all come from!)
We hope you will be scanning your way to success!
The streamer and review feedback update
Welcome to 'The streamer and review feedback update'!
Since the launch of Alpha Particle we have joined forces with various streamers that played the game while we watch to gather clues on how to better the game. Additionally these streamers would sometimes give us valuable feedback as well. Many of these streamers came from ChasingXP, an Indie / Streamer initiative.
Various reviews and articles were written about Alpha Particle of which we corresponded with most of the reviewers. And you guessed it! They also gave us some more valuable information, and we acted on it. One such reviewer that did a fantastic job on the reviews as well as various recommendations and bug finds was CSH Picone (Steam curator).
That said, this update is dedicated to all of these people that was involved within the last few weeks.
Updates:
- Faster level restart
- Finding a hidden area now completes the level if all threats have been removed
- Entity information menu text replaced with a simpler font for better readability
- Scanner ability acquired early in game
- HUD flashes when energy low
- Low energy warning message on level start
- Travel cost reduced
Apart from these changes many other smaller changes were made.
This update also includes various small bug fixes.
We hope you enjoy this new update as much as we do!