Phobos Down

Starting from October 1st, Phobos Down will be 100% free on all supported platforms!If you would still like to support my game development work, you can buy the game at 75% discount right now or you can wait until October and get it completely free.The main re…

Phobos Down is readyThe game has been in slow development for four years since the first prototype. Most of that time, there has a been playable alpha or beta version available, first on Itch.io only, later on Steam Early Access as well. I did not get as much …

This update focuses mostly on improving in-game instructions and guides, especially regarding high scores.Score calculation from kill events (multiple termination, termination streaks) has been changed. Now each additional kill will always increase the score b…

Time for a quick progress report. After the last beta version, I've been focusing on highlighting the high score aspect of the game and trying to improve the player instructions in general.The score label at the top of the screen has been juiced up with animat…

First of all, this update includes all the improvements shown in the last progress report like movable devices and these new spiky explosive plants:There are many small visual improvements like added variation for the vegetation, lightning arcs for stun effect…

It's finally summer, so the development has slowed down a bit as I expected. "Luckily" the summer in Finland has so far been very cold and rainy, so I have still made some progress.A small change that has a big impact on the gameplay is the ability to push dev…

The input handling and weapon UI implementations have gone through major refactoring. This should not cause many visible changes but makes further development easier and enables touch input for a mobile version. The weapon wheel UI now uses more traditional po…

It has been silent here but Phobos Down project is still very much alive. I have done a major input system and weapon UI refactoring. This should not cause many visible changes but makes further development easier and enables touch input for a mobile version. …

This time the change log is a little shorter than usual but I wanted to get this update out sooner to fix some minor issues found in Steam review. There is a good amount of other improvements and additions too. Two new weapon modifiers have been added. Gliding…

The time has come. Phobos Down is now available on Steam Early Access. Phobos Down has been in development for about three years and now has all major gameplay mechanics implemented. I have already done a lot of fixes and improvements based on player feedback …