It’s Gamescom week, Parasites, and this week’s update is the largest one to date. We’ve got a ton of stuff to get through including new content (did we mention Act 4 is now complete?), what’s happening at Gamescom, release date news and much more. Shall we begin?
What’s NEW in 0.1908.1
Completed Act 4: The Desert.
Completed The Desert level.
Added new themed rooms to The Desert.
Added new secrets to The Desert.
Added Area 81 sublevel with new character classes, themed rooms, traps, secrets etc.
Added a brand new character class (as playable and AI character): the Alien Creature.
Added a brand new character class (as playable and AI character): the Researcher.
Updated & added character descriptions in the Almanac.
FIXED
Fixed quicksand traps.
Fixed Space Huntress’ primary attack.
Fixed Space Huntress’ special attack.
Fixed Pyromaniac’s special attack.
Fixed characters’ GUI.
Fixed Werewolf Pre Attack (as miniboss).
Fixed miniboss rooms unlocking behavior.
Fixed some Old Sewers rooms.
Fixed Third Boss shop room.
Fixed Fourth Boss shop room.
NEW TRAILER ALERT FOR ACT 4! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhh7Fcds_B4&feature=youtu.be
Gamescom 2019
We’re here! We made it to Gamescom and Saverio (the boss Parasite here at Troglobytes HQ) is on hand with this brand new build of HyperParasite. Everything above is ready and waiting. We can’t wait to show press, influencers and visitors what we have been working on implementing. Come and visit us in Hall 10.1 in the Entertainment Area of the Spanish Pavilion.
Release Date Update + New Price
Since we released HyperParasite on Steam Early Access, the game has received weekly updates including two complete brand new acts, developer and community gameplay streams, a shit ton of new characters, levels, mini-bosses, BIG bosses, gameplay mechanics and quality of life features. As we continue to add more and more to the game, we feel it’s now the right time to increase the price from $10.99 to $12.99. Boss Parasite Saverio released the following statement to the video game press earlier today;
“With the implementation of Act 4, we feel it’s the right time to increase the price from $10.99 to $12.99, which we feel still offers incredible value for money. If you’re at Gamescom, we’d love to show you how far our game has come along in development since our initial Early Access release!”
In addition to the pricing update, we’re also announcing that our planned full, and final, release for HyperParasite will now be Q1 2020. This gives our team the time required to complete not just the Steam build, but the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch build too. We’ll continue to keep you updated here via the Steam store page and here on Twitter.
It’s Gamescom week, so things are MAD busy here. We’ll be doing our best to do some live streaming here on Steam, so keep an eye on our Twitter account for live updates.
If you’re a streamer on Mixer, and want to be hosted by Hound Picked’s new channel, whilst getting hands on with HyperParasite, then let us know hyperparasite@houndpicked.com.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Don’t forget about the brand new HyperParasite Wiki, which went live last week, thanks to our friends over at GamePedia. Since launch, it’s been updated with all the character descriptions and weapon info, with more to come in the following weeks.
Are you following us on social media? If not, don’t forget you can find the HyperParasite invading host bodies on…
Make sure you get this looked at over on Discord, and become a part of the outbreak on the ground floor.
HyperParasite Update #15 - Guarding the Desert, Gamescom 2019 & Official Wiki
Hey, Parasite fans - surprise! Troglobytes are back, with new updates, bug fixes, news on Gamescom 2019, a Wiki and a ton more. So, sit back and strap yourselves in, we’re about to get started!
What’s NEW in 0.1908.0
Watch out for the Guards Towers
Added brand new rooms on the Desert level including the Guard Towers.
Added the QOL Save and Quit mechanic. Now after defeating a boss you can decide to temporarily interrupt your run, save and then play it again whenever you want!
Added the highly requested support for Steam Cloud.
Added a brand new Desert mini-boss class (as AI and playable character): the Clerk Guy.
Only wimps… or the very smart Parasite… use Save & Quit
FIXED
Fixed Geisha’s Secondary Attack.
Fixed Alien Hunter’s Primary Attack.
Fixed Karateka Master’s clones’ behaviour.
Fixed Mad Scientist’s clones’ behaviour.
Fixed Space Huntress’ Primary Attack.
Fixed Combo’s mechanic.
Fixed some Desert room’s behaviour.
New Desert Mini Boss Clerk Guy
WHAT'S COMING NEXT IN EA
Complete The Desert level with new themed rooms, traps, secrets and more.
Add Area 81 sublevel with new character classes, themed rooms, traps, secrets and more.
Gamescom 2019
Troglobytes Games going to be exhibiting at Gamescom 2019 and they can’t wait to show press, influencers and visitors what they have been working on these last four weeks. Are you going to Gamescom? If so, make sure to swing by and visit them in Hall 10.1 in the Entertainment Area of the Spanish Pavilion to get hands-on with the HyperParasite.
As well as exhibiting at Gamescom, we’re going to be announcing some big news at the same time. So if you haven’t already, don’t forget to Wishlist HyperParasite here on Steam and follow us on Twitter.
Join the Troglobytes team tonight LIVE here on Steam as Mr Kittemurt takes you through what is new in 0.1908.0 and answers your questions live on the stream. It all kicks off at 9 PM CEST. You can check our handy timezone checker right here.
If you’re a streamer on Mixer and want to be hosted by Hound Pickeds new channel whilst getting hands-on with HyperParasite, then let us know hyperparasite@houndpicked.com.
COMMUNITY NEWS
We’ve only gone and set up a brand new HyperParasite Wiki thanks to our friends over at GamePedia.
The Wiki is constantly being updated by players, as well as the Troglobytes team and already contains information on available characters, enemies, levels and gameplay. Feel free to get stuck in and update anything you spot. More will be added over time and we’d recommend keeping an eye on things.
Are you following us on social media? If not, don’t forget you can find the HyperParasite invading host bodies on…
Make sure you get this looked at over on Discord and become a part of the outbreak on the ground floor.
Weekly Update #10 - New characters, bosses and 25% off!
Hey Parasites, old and new, welcome to this killer Early Access update. We’ve got a ton to get through, including of course the fact that HyperParasite is 25% off right now as part of the Steam Summer Sale. It’s never been a better time than now to take the plunge and seek out world destruction, or if you’re feeling generous, gift HyperParasite to a friend!
On top of that, we may have only just gone and added 1x new main level, 5x brand new characters, 2x new mini-bosses and 1x new main boss. I mean, holy s**t! That's a lot of content to get stuck into.
So, shall we begin?
What’s changed in 0.1906.3
Added Act 4 main level: The Desert
Added Act 4 character: the Adventurer
Added Act 4 character: the Diesel Punk
Added Act 4 character: the Android Hunter
Added Act 4 character: the Mercenary
Added Act 4 character: the Nam Veteran
Added Act 4 mini boss: the Alien Hunter
Added Act 4 mini boss: the Space Huntress
Added Act 4 boss: Sandsneaks
FIXED
Fixed a crash involving the Helicopter’s bombs
Stopped train’s sound when interacting with the train’s lever
Faded to exploration soundtrack when the Helicopter is defeated
Fixed a crash involving gamepads’ support
Fixed a crash involving Karateka’ primary attack
Fixed a crash involving Kickboxer’s primary attack
Fixed Pause Menu showing using ESC key
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4lrKbul1ks
WHAT'S COMING NEXT IN EA
Complete The Desert level incl. New themed rooms, traps and secrets
WEEKLY STREAM
Join us LIVE on the Steam store page as we showcase all of this week’s updates, discuss what's coming next in Early Access and, as always, attempt to destroy the world one host body at a time. We’re going live at 9PM CEST - Don’t miss it!
Our friends at Hound Picked Games will also soon be streaming HyperParasite action on a weekly basis. Hound Picked Games are our Co-Publisher and you’ll be able to keep up with their streams over on Mixer.
If you’re a streamer on Mixer, and want to be hosted by Hound Pickeds new channel whilst getting hands on with HyperParasite, then let us know hyperparasite@houndpicked.com.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Are you following us on social media? If not, don’t forget you can find the HyperParasite invading host bodies on…
We’re also providing a quick recap of the acts over on IMGUR, so make sure you check that out. There’s also new and exciting developments to follow in the Discord community, as we’ll be featuring more parasite themed fun, with a chance to show off your eighties knowledge and possibly win something in return.
Not only is HyperParasite on sale, but so are these other awesome indie games from Hound Picked Games.
The summer 🌞 is finally here and with it some incredible discounts up to 55% OFF across all the Hound Picked Games co-published titles. Check them out below! ⬇️
All New Super Deluxe Rad Mode With Added Rad Bonuses!
We've listened to your feedback, heard your cries for more, and more. This is what you'll get!
More options!
More features!
More everything!
Now with a highlighted map in story mode, there's a Quest Log to aid you on your journey. We’ve even added teleporting you to the nearest rune stone alongside these new features in the pause menu. With a new hint system too, the game is far smoother and sleeker to play, not to mention the added language selection, rumble option and volume sliders, bringing it to a whole dynamic new level.
The original layout of the game was a little tricky for some, so we've adapted to your feedback here too, making the story mode terrain far easier to navigate. Included are features such as a well to help you find your way to the Spider's Lair (instead of just dropping down blindly) and a clearer route to the Sunken Pathway through The Witches’ Cave. We feel this adds direction and we hope you find the game a far more streamlined playing experience.
What we've got in store for you:
King Daddy Mode!
Step into the boots of Madelyn’s father, King Daddy!
You have King Daddy’s Sword, aka Insanity’s Blade. You will battle through hordes of the undead. You are given zero projectiles aside from Fritzy’s power ups. You are going to find this extremely difficult!
There's a surprise at the end for King Daddy, so stick around!
Boss Rush Mode!
Simple! Grab your favorite weapon and fight the bosses back-to-back.
So what are you waiting for? Get out there and bash some ghosts!.
The update is ready and waiting for you in your Steam library, so what are you waiting for?
But wait... that is not all! If you've still not brought Battle Princess Madelyn then now is the time with 20% off through to Monday 25th February!
Out Now: Battle Princess Madelyn the Soundtrack
Both teams at Hound Picked and Causal Bit would like to say a big thank you to everyone who's purchased Battle Princess Madelyn and the love, support and feedback we've received has been incredible.
As you know, we're been incredibly busy over the last month or so patching bugs, implementing tweaks to gameplay and general QOL additions post launch.
We've launched the OST of Battle Princess Madelyn, composed by the awesome Gryzor87 and both the PCM/FM and orchestral versions of the music are included.
In the meantime, if you are not already following Causal Bit Games on social media, here is a reminder of their profile links and we look forward to hearing from you!
We hope you had a great holiday season and are now keeping warm from the cold.
The most recent update is now live and includes the following:
Armor and weapon shards play a sound on pickup now
Coins slide slower and live longer after falling flat
Loot rate in arcade increased so skeletons are more likely to have weapons and armor for you
Level 3 art changed to match inventory image
SP text now fits to text boxes in some cutscenes
Swimming fish in the water ruins no longer behave oddly between left and right side, meaning they will be passive when water raises and lowers or aggressive and killable when water is raised
Sea sponge shooters fixed in water ruins
Framerate improved in a few levels
Lost children quests should now always spawn enemies to kill at a decent rate
Keyring HUD fixed to not stay stuck on glowing when far from doors you can open
Music added to Germany town
Additional keyring removed from inventory
Several fixes to text
Moved Bills book to lower half of Cliffs of sorrow
Added flipping spike platforms to lower half of Cliffs of Sorrow
Changed collider animation for toy soldiers in Toy Tower of Pisa
Added Trigger sounds to sunken ruins area of Cliffs of Sorrow
Added Trigger sounds to puzzle in the Witches Cave
Fixed Man Eating Plants in 10a and 10b (Final Story Level)
Level 4 vanishing weapons fixed
Level 4 invisible wall fixed during child rescue
As always, thank you so much for continuously feeding back to us here on the Steam forum and via our Discord server.
More updates coming soon!
KrisWB
Battle Princess Madelyn launches on Switch & PS4 in NA
"Grampy can only show you part of the way, Madelyn - but Fritzy will always be by your side." 🐶
Hey everyone, we're super excited to share the news that Battle Princess Madelyn is out now on Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4 in North America 🇺🇸
🎮 Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/battle-princess-madelyn-switch
🎮 Playstation 4: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/battle-princess-madelyn-ps4/
Once again, from everyone at Causal Bit Games Inc. and the team here at Hound Picked Games, thank you for all your support!
KrisWB
Hound Picked Games
💬 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/QKuHZj3
Updates (18/12/2018)
Hey everyone,
We said there were more updates coming, and here they are! ːsteamhappyː
Hints now enabled in non-ENG languages.
Boss deaths now correctly give achievements, notably the tree boss should give an achievement for anyone who has beaten it before.
Warp screen scrolling increased.
Talking to people who give weapons or keys will make sure you have them after talking, rather than waiting for a spawned item to touch you.
Decreased the difficulty of earlier parts in story mode.
More directional hints in arcade and story areas where players often got lost.
As always, thank you so much for continuously feeding back to us here on the Steam forum and via our Discord server.
More updates coming soon!
KrisWB
Updates (17/12/2018)
Hey everyone,
You probably noticed that over the weekend, there was an update to Battle Princess Madelyn. Here's a run down of what was fixed and tweaked:
Tweaked the weapon pickups to fix an issue in arcade mode where dropped loot will fall through floors or incorrect sprites.
Fixed Bill's Book as it sometimes did not show up with random spawn. It now appears at a fixed location in the Cliffs of Sorrow
Fixed a mid-level boss in the final stage of story mode not closing the door
Fixed a crash where going to the hidden stage from title screen could freeze the game
Fixed the hidden stage cutscene ending before pressing a button
Faster loading to title screen
Beating witches takes you straight to castle courtyard
Fixed a bug that could cause save file corruption at doors and NPC's
As always, thank you so much for continuously feeding back to us here on the Steam forum and via our Discord server.
