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Genre: Indie

Schar: Blue Shield Alliance

Price Drop!
We've dropped the price of SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance! Now you can get the game for just $3.99. That's four ships, dozens of levels, dynamic music, and glorious couch co-op against thousands of alien baddies for the price of a cup of coffee (at StarBucks anyway).

Thank you everyone for your support since we've release. And please, if you enjoy the game we'd love to hear what you think (hint - write a review, it helps!)

BSA v1.51 - Just a Small Patch
We just pushed a small patch with a few optimizations and a fix for Steam users that may use non standard characters in their name causing the game to crash.

First Content Update Is Live! BSA Version 1.5
Our first big content update is live. With it comes a host of new features, tweaks, balances, and more. All of our content updates will be free and we still have a few more planned for the game. Retro mode is the biggest addition with more enhancements coming to it soon, you can see screenshots of it in the store page.

Here's the full list of changes.

Additions

  • Added Retro Mode to game
  • Two brand new levels within the campaign
  • Enhanced Leaderboard functionality
  • Added Pilot names (contest winners added)
  • Generator beam fade in/out

Fixes

  • Minor ship re-balancing
  • Fixed duplicate generator names
  • Fixed bug with high score not showing properly in some cases
  • Fixed bug with incorrect wave number showing on survival levels
  • Fixed double kill count from missiles
  • Fixed stuck combo counter
  • General fixes, performance improvements, asset cleanup

Get Your Name in the Game!
We're currently working on a free content update and need some names to fill in for some characters.

So with that we're opening up a quick contest to everyone. If you'd like your name in the game simply post a screenshot of SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance in action to the community hub and caption it "#SCHARNAME" with the name you'd like to see for the character.

We reserve the right to deny any names that are offensive, copyrighted, etc. This contest ends on March 29th, 2015. EVERY person that participates in our contest will get their name in the game, though entries are limited to 1 name per person.

Thanks!
BrainShape Games

SCHAR: BSA Steam Version 1.30 Released
We've just pushed a brand new update for BSA which brings a few tweaks and fixes based on feedback.


  • New ship balancing and progression should make ships upgrades more noticeable in early game.
  • Enhanced ship descriptions and class designations
  • Enhanced Waypoint Markers with Clearer Goals
  • Mission "Battle Damage" Fixed for possible unbeatable situation
  • Mission "A Herculean Task" Fixed for possible crash
  • Several Leaderboard Tweaks and Fixes
  • Jupiter Survival Mission Wave Count Fixed


We're going to continue to and aim for bi-weekly fixes and content updates. We hope our next update will include our first new free mission!

SCHAR: BSA Steam Version 1.25 Released
Our initial release version is now ready. With it comes several improvements and finalizations for our Steam version.


  • Finalized all achievements
  • Improved animations for lasers
  • Improved Mouse and Keyboard Support within the UI
  • Leaderboard Browser Supports all game modes
  • UI Improvements, Steam Overlay Top Left to prevent blocking of elements
  • Misc Bug Fixes, Level Balances


Thank you for trying SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance. Please leave any feedback or report any issues in the Steam Community Forums.

SCHAR: BSA Steam Beta Version 1.20 Released
<*>Steamworks Fixes for Leaderboards
<*>Misc Achievement Fixes
<*>Resolution Fixes allows supporting all screen ratios
<*>Added Content and Balance
<*>New Shield Generator Beam Animations
<*>Handle fringe case crashes gracefully
<*>Small Intro Sequence and VO

SCHAR: BSA Steam Beta Version 1.15 Released
We just pushed a new version with various fixes for our Steam beta.


  • Changes to resolution support and adjustment
  • New death animation system
  • Leaderboard fixes
  • Balance fixes
  • Further achievment implementation