Today a small patch was released for the game. Included are fixes like
Fixed certain ending cutscene triggers that weren't working properly
Fixed the in-game timer to be a bit more accurate
Made it so that holding jump while swimming moves you upward even with the propeller upgrade
Implemented a red herring
Made the Class D Guardians more consistent in their behaviour
Other, smaller things
Thank you for playing the game! Hopefully it has been enjoyable.
The Research Outpost update
Well, it's out! You don't need to start a new game to see the content, the game should tell you pretty explicitly about where to go to get started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkfl-fwnHTw
Trailer for the Research Outpost update!
Here we go, a cool little teaser for the upcoming update!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkfl-fwnHTw
Steam Cloud support is here!
Better late than never - The game now supports the Steam Cloud (on Windows only at the moment, but I'll try to get it working on Mac as well ASAP)! If problems arise in some form, please inform me on the community board. Thanks! :)
A Special update coming 18th of October!
There'll be a brand-new update coming up later this month! It'll contain new content aimed for those who wish to delve even deeper into the station's mysteries, along with a set of bugfixes.
Official Soundtrack has been released!
The Official Soundtrack of the game has been released! It costs mere $2,99 and has all the tracks improved and refined for over 30 minutes of amazing game music! You can find it here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/384720
As an additional update, the lower-quality in-game musics now come bundled with the game itself for free. As a special bonus we've added a secret easter egg to the game; it contains a cool reward for those who manage to locate and access it! Happy searching B)
Soundtrack release at 8 PM EST!
Surprise! The Official Soundtrack by Roope Mäkinen will be released on Steam at 8 PM EST! It'll cost 2,99 $ and contain all the tracks as high quality LAME-encoded V0 MP3!
There'll be a game development stream starting at 6 PM leading up to the release at http://www.twitch.tv/hempuli !
The game will also get a new, secret room - we'll see who'll find it first!
The soundtrack will be released in the upcoming week!
Exactly as it says on the title - the game's full soundtrack will be available soon! Further details will be announced later.
Boss Rush update & Summer Sale!
Okay, a largeish update this time. The big thing is of course the boss rush, which lets you fight against all the game's bosses in a row. The boss rush can be accessed from the Volcanic Sector and requires that you have beaten all the bosses normally.
Other stuff:
Added boss names to the legacy map
Balanced some of the bosses a bit
Fixed the music in the ending not following the volume settings
Some typos fixed
Podcast with BigSushi.fm!
We had a nice discussion about Environmental Station Alpha and stuff related to it with the cool people at BigSushi.fm! Give it a listen! http://www.bigsushi.fm/ep-195-arvi-teikari-environment-station-alpha/
I also wrote a long article about the game's design; it was recently published at Gamasutra.com; do give it a read if you're interested!
http://gamasutra.com/blogs/ArviTeikari/20150526/244205/Environmental_Station_Alpha__postrelease_thoughts.php
