Classed as a rogue-like sci-fi strategy survival game, 'Halcyon 6 : Starbase Commander' for PC & Mac is the latest eye opening indie game to appear on Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight. Developed by Massive Damage, Inc; Halcyon 6 is set in the midst of a disastrous war where you and your ragtag group of Terran officers discover an ancient, derelict space station, and attempt to harness its mysterious power to turn the war's tides in a grand, desperate campaign to save the human race from extinction
Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
“We've got big plans for the finished version of Halcyon 6 and with your patience, support and feedback, we're aiming to finish all the content and features before the end of 2016.
During Early Access, we will be constantly releasing feature and content updates as we progress towards our full release.”
How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?
“The Early Access launch of Halcyon 6 is a fully playable Act 1 of the full game.
For the full release, we're planning to add the following:
Acts 2 to 3 storyline quests
full 6 alien factions and diplomacy system
more alien culture stories and encounters
more ship weapons and officer loadout options
full officer recruitment and progression system
more tech tree options
expanded base building with more module types and events
more exploration events and encounters
officer personality traits and events
As I noted above, during Early Access, we will be constantly releasing feature and content updates as we progress towards our full release.
There may be more added as we refine the game. And the development doesn't stop after the full release. We'll be adding additional post-release stretch goal features and content in accordance to our Kickstarter campaign.”
What is the current state of the Early Access version?
“The Early Access launch of Halcyon 6 is a fully playable Act 1 of the full game. The features included are as follows:
Act I storyline quests
5 alien factions
Base building with excavation encounters
Tech Research tree with unlockable base and ship upgrades
Tactical spaceship and ground combat with a large variety of weapons, combos and abilities
Officer specialization and progression
Galaxy exploration side quests and space monsters
High replayability due to randomized officers, galaxy, and events
Bought it.
I have played around an hour. It looks simple but is pretty complex. It has XCOM (the new one) base management, research of new technologies, some simple diplomacy eg. factions that you can ally with or fight against, resource management, space and ground combat. Your crew, not officers can get special perks that gives bonuses to the ships.
Of course I've fucked up at the beginning with bad decisions and will have to restart but so far it was fun and I got the feeling of being space station commander with all the choices that you have to make.
FREE Diplomatic Diversions DLC: introducing 25+ faction based missions and quests!
- Whole new landscape: Act 2 has 25+ new missions and quests for all factions
- You CAN'T catch them all: with multiple prompts, conditions, and outcomes, these will make each playthrough more diverse and surprising
- MOAR Lore: You've grown to love the denizens of Halcyon 6's universe, now you get to know even more! Who they hate, what they worship, who to trust, how they... smell?
This new diplomatic content will be available for new and current saves, once you've updated!
It was a long time since I was so disappointed in a game. It just reeks of bad game design.
At first it looked like an XCOMish game set in space but everything I was hot for: base building, research etc. is very basic and flat.
But the worst part is the game design, most time you will spend in the game will be fighting boring, almost identical battles in space. Like 90% of the time. In the mean time you might automate resource harvesting or send some one to rebuild a colony but that's it. The research tree will be unlocked when you get to a certain quest so no advancing forward at your own pace.
But the biggest issue is how the acts of the game are constructed. When you unlock another act you feel like you are send to a different game, first act is almost only fighting with the cronenberg space mutants than suddenly you unlock act two and you have to deal with quests, other factions and a little more management. First it's a shock because it feels like quite a different game but it all becomes very mundane fast and you are back to the fucking battles. Also I don't know why you couldn't have this features in the first couple of hours of the game?! And suddenly you unlock third act and when you are not prepared and you probably won't be you are fucked. You are suddenly playing against the clock and due to some decisions and changes in recent patches you can be set in instafail scenario.
Really nice pixel art but fuck that game design. Skip it, maybe if it's for a buck in a bundle.
Last edited by VonMisk on Thu, 16th Feb 2017 13:52; edited 2 times in total
We'd like to announce our upcoming release of Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition! We started working on H6:LE after v1.3.1 was released. By the time it is released in August, that will be almost 6 months of full time development on this new edition!
Of course, Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition will be FREE for all players who already own a copy of Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander.
We’re currently finishing up the revamped UI for H6:LE so we can get the trailer finished for the big announcement!
Hailing on all frequencies to strategy RPG fans! The widely praised Halcyon 6 has been reworked, enhanced, and pushed to its limits by Massive Damage Inc. to create Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition; releasing on August 10th! It'll be FREE for all H6 players.
Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition brings the best version of the Halcyon 6 base game forward, combines it with every improvement released since the original launch, and adds a galactic fleet’s worth of new content to explore.
Lightspeed Edition optimizations and features as follows:
Streamlined Campaign greatly speeds up progression and tightens the campaign to an action and adventure packed 12 hrs depending on your play style and pace
Streamlined All Systems for faster progression, including economy, starbase, resources, and officer levelling.
New Officer Progression System with 6 subclasses, 3 Prestige classes, new skill tree, and over 20+ new Prestige/Epic powers.
New Ship Loadout and Config screen will let you customize loadouts (and save them) for your ships just before entering combat
Enhanced Combat includes 25+ new alien faction space combat abilities, more combos for both players and enemies, increased faction weaknesses and resistances, and other balancing tweaks
New UI Overhaul designed for greater readability and usability. Many quality of life enhancements to all areas of the game, too many to list here.
New Difficulty Mode called Vice Admiral and slightly increased difficulty across the board
You want the good news or the bad news first? Good news: you closed a Chruul portal, congratulations, no more Chruul spawn ruining your day. Bad news: the damage has already been done. The weakened dimensional elasticity of your galaxy has allowed other strange creatures to somehow leak into this dimension. And some are big enough to swallow entire fleets. Good thing you found an ship schematic unlike anything you’ve seen before, hidden away in the depths of Halcyon 6’s data archives.
DLC FEATURES
CELESTIAL BEHEMOTHS
Hunt and eradicate 5 different species of Celestial Behemoths to obtain Precursor artifacts
Upgrade your Precursor ship using the collected artifacts
Hunt and eradicate 5 ancient Behemoth Elders for powerful trophies and lore
Boost the power of your fleet by equipping Elder trophies onto your ships
PRECURSOR STARSHIP
Start your battle against the Chruul on the right foot by adding the Precursor ship to your fleet
Upgrade your Precursor ship all the way to TIER 6!
Unique New Precursor powers can reduce enemy resistances to make combos easier
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Leaving early access tomorrow 
