tamaster92
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Loving the game so far, the way the systems interact is near perfect
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Heat Signature |OT| In space, no one can hear you pause
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Duebrithil
Member
Seems like it's cheaper on the Humble Store than on Steam, fyi
TheGreenArrow
Member
Yeah this game is fantastic.
Almost skipped the gym to play more.
Almost skipped the gym to play more.
More_Badass
Member
Thanks for the heads up, the launch trailer had only advertised Steam. Added the link to the OT
Messofanego
Banned
A tip, not a good idea to do an assassination mission when you're playing as a character who has non-lethal weapons 
I had a wrench but couldn't find a way to kill a knocked out target?
I had a wrench but couldn't find a way to kill a knocked out target?
A tip, not a good idea to do an assassination mission when you're playing as a character who has non-lethal weapons
I had a wrench but couldn't find a way to kill a knocked out target?
Throw em out a window.
More_Badass
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Dump him in a room with a window, smash the window with the wrenchA tip, not a good idea to do an assassination mission when you're playing as a character who has non-lethal weapons
I had a wrench but couldn't find a way to kill a knocked out target?
There's a pause menu that lets you pick up kill etc a unconscious enemyA tip, not a good idea to do an assassination mission when you're playing as a character who has non-lethal weapons
I had a wrench but couldn't find a way to kill a knocked out target?
Messofanego
Banned
Sadly, was in a ship with no windows lol
Yeah, just found this out in the Giant Bomb quick look where you can walk over the body and there's a kill prompt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYCLn6Ev8_0#t=3m59s
More_Badass
Member
Yep, it even ejects you in the direction of your cursor. I haven't tried shooting myself into glass from the outside yet.
Is there any benefit to capturing a ship, bringing the assassination target alive, knocking out the whole crew, etc., when the mission parameters don't call for it?
Messofanego
Banned
Is the Ghost Clause if you do a mission without harming anyone?
You get the Conflicted Hitman achievement. The home will kill off the target for you
Snakethesniper
Member
How does the pause option works? I can't understand if you can play it like Ronin
More_Badass
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You can pause at anytime to use gadgets, aim and shoot guns, equip different tools, and spend as much time as you need to plan your next step. Pulling off complex tactics pretty much requires pause, like swapping places with an enemy so their own bullet kills them
Yeah I got that, just wondering if the bonuses gave any extra rewards or anything. Doesn't appear so as I've cleared out and brought back a couple ships now.Is the Ghost Clause if you do a mission without harming anyone?
You get the Conflicted Hitman achievement. The home will kill off the target for you
(If so that's a good thing imo so you aren't always incentivized towards clearing out ships and playing non-lethal, just how you want.)
Messofanego
Banned
It's embarrassing seeing your dude get shot, knocked out unconscious, have the long walk of being dragged by the enemy and thrown off into space but hilarious when you use your pod to catch your dude and then go back to the same ship to complete the mission XD
More_Badass
Member
Dropping a Visitor before you get knocked out and then getting zapped back to the room fully awake is always fun
Weltall Zero
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Saved to my Humble Bundle and Steam wishlists.
I wish I wasn't poor right now, not so much so that I could play the game now (I don't mind waiting at all), but so that I could support devs at the price they deserve. Because frankly, it's already cheaper than they deserve. :/
I wish I wasn't poor right now, not so much so that I could play the game now (I don't mind waiting at all), but so that I could support devs at the price they deserve. Because frankly, it's already cheaper than they deserve. :/
Messofanego
Banned
Doing well on Steam so far.
CertifiedFP
Member
Only an hour in, and Everything Gun GET. Found the Gold Strobing ship on my way back from an Assassination mission by serendipity and jumped aboard. Lot of guards with good equipment onboard watching the major chokes on the path to the Cargo Bay - But I was able to bide my time and pick them off one by one as they went to check up on ship instruments or slack off. Got the gun, looted everything, and left a corpse-filled derelict behind me as I headed back to the bar.
Man this game is something else. From this and Gunpoint (and Morphblade, but that wasn't an entirely original idea) it's absolutely clear that Tom Francis is a game-design genius. Wonder if I'll find any equipment out there that does anything similar to Gunpoint's hacking tool.
Man this game is something else. From this and Gunpoint (and Morphblade, but that wasn't an entirely original idea) it's absolutely clear that Tom Francis is a game-design genius. Wonder if I'll find any equipment out there that does anything similar to Gunpoint's hacking tool.
More_Badass
Member
You ever watch his Youtube channel? His discussions on game development and game design are all really candid and interesting.
Messofanego
Banned
Plus, his developer commentary and discussing from prototype to final build are excellent (70 min). You get to play his prototypes. Worth the extra price, just like it was for Gunpoint.
CertifiedFP
Member
Yeah I did - His GameMaker Studio tutorials were a big help in getting me to understand the fundamentals of the engine and developing with it.
I've got a bit of a project I've been working on that wouldn't be where it is right now if I never spent time to watch them and his other videos on game development.
But anyway, looks like I've finally got some really good gear from raiding the Everything Gun ship. Might take my chances on a Hard mission now. Already got a bunch of scenarios down in my head for some of the crap I can pull off with the EG and this Visitor Teleporter I found.
My attempts to play all three of today's purchases at the same time haven't been entirely successful:
Seriously, though, I'm really enjoying Heat Signature. Things were going very well with my first character (or at least I thought they were), until I got to the story mission, where he met a very grizzly end. Those story missions are tough, folks.
My second character started to really take off once I got my hands on a rechargeable slipstream (with three charges per mission). Give me a slipstream and a wrench and I can tear through some pretty heavily fortified ships.
Seriously, though, I'm really enjoying Heat Signature. Things were going very well with my first character (or at least I thought they were), until I got to the story mission, where he met a very grizzly end. Those story missions are tough, folks.
My second character started to really take off once I got my hands on a rechargeable slipstream (with three charges per mission). Give me a slipstream and a wrench and I can tear through some pretty heavily fortified ships.
Yeah, it's the first thing I checked for. In general the UI and options needs some work. Otherwise I'm really liking it.This needs UI scaling
It's playable at 1440p but text and icons are too small.
Pro tip: You can teleswap with the pilot and that will end the alarm.
Just played way more than I meant to.
Got very bold with my third character, Asli Fiasco, whose mission was to save an earlier character. Did a lot of bloodless missions, both medium and hard, with ease (thanks to a quiet quickfire concussive gun in particular), and decided to close things out with an audacious one.
I should have cut my losses when I got thrown out but I thought I could quickly warp around, clone a key, and get to the pilot. Things... didn't work, and they got captured, and I don't think I've ever felt as bad about losing a character in a roguelike. If I'd just not taken that mission, or left when I had the chance...
They got designated as a Steam friend character but no one I know owns this so I'm not sure if that means they've vanished forever even if someone buys it later? In any case they end up with them and it me, but... I just hope if someone saves them, they keep them nonlethal.
Got very bold with my third character, Asli Fiasco, whose mission was to save an earlier character. Did a lot of bloodless missions, both medium and hard, with ease (thanks to a quiet quickfire concussive gun in particular), and decided to close things out with an audacious one.
I should have cut my losses when I got thrown out but I thought I could quickly warp around, clone a key, and get to the pilot. Things... didn't work, and they got captured, and I don't think I've ever felt as bad about losing a character in a roguelike. If I'd just not taken that mission, or left when I had the chance...
They got designated as a Steam friend character but no one I know owns this so I'm not sure if that means they've vanished forever even if someone buys it later? In any case they end up with them and it me, but... I just hope if someone saves them, they keep them nonlethal.
What are the two currencies/numbers next to the main currency? They have a little orange box and a blue box next to them.
I finished my first character's mission and I'm ready to retire him I guess. I'm also unsure what the defectors are, I'm guessing they are extra characters that cycle into the bar with higher starting money once you start retiring/losing people.
I finished my first character's mission and I'm ready to retire him I guess. I'm also unsure what the defectors are, I'm guessing they are extra characters that cycle into the bar with higher starting money once you start retiring/losing people.
I think the blue box is piercing ammo, right?
My first defector seemed to immediately automatically retire? The mission I did for them was cool though.
I'm guessing the one that's "x money and every future character starts with y extra" just gives it to your current character?
Those are the liberation effects, not the defectors. If you do a challenge/defector mission, it'll usually say you get 100 something currency but it's not applied to your current character. Hence why I thought the defectors are ones you can play later and they start with that amount, but maybe not.
Gotta say, I think the rechargeable stealth shield is a little too OP, and two of my characters started with it. I think at least turrets should be able to see through it as well as enemies with heat detectors, and you probably shouldn't be able to use it in front of enemies/mid-combat. Or keep it strong but just make it so the version your characters can start with only has one charge instead of 5, because that's nuts.
Weltall Zero
Member
Doing well on Steam so far.
This is great news. Love it when a well-designed indie game does well.
Duebrithil
Member
Only had time to complete the tutorial yesterday night, but that was a neat way to introduce the game's base mechanics. I like how each character has its own motivation for doing the missions you get to choose as a player, and find it is an interesting way of distinguishing playthroughs rather than giving you an identical clone of the character that just died.
Here I am at work counting down the hours so I can get back to it. Definitely glad that it is doing well on Steam
Here I am at work counting down the hours so I can get back to it. Definitely glad that it is doing well on Steam
You know if you kill (or KO) everyone you can steal the ship? If you take it back to the station, you get paid for it.
Snakethesniper
Member
Well I guess I'll buy it, seems pretty fun.
Is there an "end" or is it limitless?
Is there an "end" or is it limitless?
DouglasteR
Member
Being playing all night. It's really special.
The music, the ambient, all top notch.
The music, the ambient, all top notch.
Cannon Goose
Member
This game is incredible.
I used a Visitor to teleport myself right behind my target and then shanked them, but the Visitor's time limit was too long and I got shot. Thankfully the Visitor then teleported my unconscious body safely out of harm's way and I was able to make my escape.
I used a Visitor to teleport myself right behind my target and then shanked them, but the Visitor's time limit was too long and I got shot. Thankfully the Visitor then teleported my unconscious body safely out of harm's way and I was able to make my escape.
More_Badass
Member
- Embarks on a rescue mission
- Stealthily infiltrating ship
- Pilot is killed, everything is going great
- Oh crap, missiles
- Races towards the room with the prisoner
- Missile blows up room just before I reach it
Well, that mission went well
I like how the missions dont really penalize you failing them. Its very much a shit happens in this line of work, get over it and get ready for the next job approach
- Stealthily infiltrating ship
- Pilot is killed, everything is going great
- Oh crap, missiles
- Races towards the room with the prisoner
- Missile blows up room just before I reach it
Well, that mission went well
I like how the missions dont really penalize you failing them. Its very much a shit happens in this line of work, get over it and get ready for the next job approach
Baron_Calamity
Member
Could someone give me a quick summary of the controls in the game? I'm disabled and since game pads aren't supported, knowing the controls will help me decide if I can play this game or not.
It's wasd to move, space to pause, and left and right mouse click to use items - I can't remember if they're customisable though.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Is pausing a switch or is it a hold to pause?
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