Today we have an exciting, yet terrifying announcement to make! For some reason we have found out that the aliens are not satisfied with all the brains they have harvested so far. That is why they have decided to invade more locations on the planet.
Weekly update
Our awesome intelligence office has concluded that they will invade a new location every week for an unknown amount of time!
The first location that the aliens will invade is Block Navy! The aliens have attacked a cargo ship that is docked in the harbor in hope to harvest some more brains. Prepare your guns, bring some friends and die like a badass once more!
Block Harbor will be available for all players this Friday! (April 3, 2015)
Some of the updates will also contain new features and bug fixes, but we will announce those separate patch notes!
Patch 1.0.1. - Multiplayer has been fixed!
Hey community!
We just released a new patch that addresses a lot of multiplayer issues. Besides improving the multiplayer experience we have also fixed/balanced some other stuff in the game. Here is the full list:
Multiplayer
We improved the network handling for the multiplayer mode. This allows players to host more stable servers and also allows players to connect to them faster and better. A lot of technical stuff has been done by the developers to make this happen, I got a headache when they explained everything to me. That is why I will just summarize everything into one sentence: Less port forwarding, more alien slaying!
Fixes
- Particle optimization.
- We have updated the spawn indicators, they now have a new visual effect.
- Fixed the S.W.A.T. drone path in Block City. It sometimes dropped items on objects.
- [Singleplayer] If the player closes the upgrade menu and dies straight after, sometimes the game would get stuck. This has been fixed.
- Fixed the bridges on the map: Block Countryside. You could get onto the water and aliens were unable to get to you.
Next week (Monday or Tuesday) we will also announce our plans for new free content, so stay tuned!
Please consider leaving us a review on our store page, we would appreciate that!
The aliens have invaded Steam!
Emergency Alert:
The following message is for everyone who is able to fight! Aliens from outer space have just invaded our planet. The invaders appear to harvest and eat brains from any humans that are still alive! If you are able to fight, don't waste any more time. Go set a high score and die like a bad-ass!
Yes, that's right! The game is now officially released on Steam! What are you waiting for? Go find other survivors and take up arms against the invaders!
It came from space, and ate our brains features the following: - Different weapons, that can all be upgraded multiple times.
- Stand your ground in different maps and areas.
- Slay different type of aliens that want to eat your brain.
- Multiplayer madness! You don't have to die alone!
- Various difficulty levels for beginners and seasoned survivors.
- Scavenge the maps for additional supplies dropped by a drone.
- Leaderboards! Who is the most bad ass among your friends and the world?
Starting from 13:00PM (GMT+1) there will be a Twitch channel online, which can be viewed here: It came from space, and ate our brains Twitch. Ask questions, or join the developers for a round of chaos and try to survive as long as possible!
The game is now available for PC & Mac. You can either purchase a single copy for $9,99 or a 4-pack for $29,99. (1 copy free)
This patch contains the final fixes and updates in order to ensure everyone has a smooth experience while playing the game. The patch is only available for Closed BETA-testers right now until we launch the game on 19-03-2015, which is tomorrow! Tomorrow this version will also go live for everyone.
You can read the patch notes below:
Patch Notes
Features - Added respawn timers for everyone to see;
- Added a death icon;
- Waves now start after everyone is finished loading their screens;
- Updated controller behavior.
Weapons - The rocket launcher can no longer shoot through the wall of the farmers house;
- Tweaked 'pistol' prices;
- Tweaked 'laser' fire power for base weapon and first upgrade.
Maps - Minor particle tweaks on the Map: Block Planet;
- Fixed missing particles on Map: Block Planet;
- Created mist in Map: Block Country Side;
- Fixed various holes in maps, where the player would fall down the map;
- Adjusted Fire particles;
- Added smoke to various maps;
- Tweaked the amount of Tanks that spawn during wave 1 in Map: Block Crash Site;
- Overall performance fixes on all maps.
General Fixes - Tweaked the alien moving speed when playing on the difficulty 'Insane';
- Tweaks in all levels with SFX;
- Various performance fixes and tweaks;
- Enabled sub emitters;
- Removing some unnecessary debug messages;
- Fixed settings screen;
- Quitting a singleplayer game now brings you back to the map menu instead of the main menu;
- Cursor no longer disappears when a game is finished;
- Fixed an issue where the HUD camera had a collision box;
- Minor Collision tweaks throughout the entire game;
- Minor particle tweaks in the main menu of the game;
- Transparency around aliens mouths has been fixed;
- Replaced wrong collision material with the right material;
- Fixed issue where aliens would sometimes spawn and not move;
- Fixing a null reference exception for spawn indicators.
Achievements - The achievements that have been added to the game are now obtainable;
- The achievements regarding difficulty now use proper numbers;
- The amount of coins that need to be collected for the achievement 'Scrooge' has been reduced from 100.000.000 to 25.000.000.
More achievements have been added!
Hello community,
Today we have added some new achievements to the game. With the feedback of our BETA-testers we have also edited various achievements criteria. Here is a list with achievements that have been edited:
Achievements that have been edited
- Lost my Mind: the amounts of times you need to die has been reduced from 1000 to 123.
- The difficulty achievements now display 0/6 instead of all individual waves: 0/63. It is more clear how far your progress is.
New achievements
- Because 1337 is too mainstream (Kill 1338 crawlers)
- Randomized (Shoot 95471 times)
- Scrooge (Make 1000000000 amount of Coins in total)
- Not giving in (Finish 1 map on insane without dying)
- Semi-pro alienator (Finish 3 maps on insane without dying)
- Brainfest has been cancelled (Finish 6 maps on insane without dying)
- Most Valuable Player (Finish with the highest score in a multiplayer game)
- Unmissable (Finish with the highest score in a multiplayer game 10 times)
- Hoarder (Pick up 100 upgrades dropped by the S.W.A.T. Drone)
- Go Go Gadget (Pick up 50 weapon upgrades dropped by the S.W.A.T. Drone)
We have added these achievements to promote multiplayer and to make sure that people stay on the move in maps to pick up the packages that are being dropped by the S.W.A.T. Drone. This brings the total to 38 Steam achievements.
Please let us know what you think!
The release date has been set!
The release date of the official release of 'It came from space, and ate our brains' has been set. The game will be released on 19 March 2015 on Steam. Make sure to add the game to your wishlist and follow our community hub! Besides announcing the official release date of the game, we also released a new (beta) patch, details are listed below.
With all the feedback/suggestions gathered from our testers we were able to release a new patch. This patch contains several fixes and includes also some new features. Here is a list of the fixes:
Features
- The leaderboards are now loading correctly;
- Notification when you are able to upgrade your active weapon is now displayed correctly;
- Controller support has been extended further;
- The camera for walking down has been tweaked;
- Not only the host hears impact sounds on aliens anymore, but everyone does.
Maps
- Block Countryside: The water now 'streams';
- Block Countryside: There is now some mist in the map near the farms';
- Block Highway: It is now raining in this map;
- Block Highway: The map now contains lightning strikes;
- Block Hospital: The lightning around the fountain the middle has been increased;
- Black Crash Site: The lightning around the UFO has been increased;
- Block City: There are now small burning papers flying around the map;
- Block Planet: More floating objects in the map;
- All maps now contain a bit more fire and smoke particles.
Enemies
- Dodgers don't get stuck in walls anymore;
- Forcers don't get stuck in walls anymore.
Weapons
- Particles left-overs from weapons are not displayed anymore.
