It’s been almost eight years since we launched Astroneer into Recreation Preview on the Xbox platform. This week, we’re proud to present an early have a look at our first ever huge baddie, Lyn, to be featured in our upcoming Glitchwalkers Enlargement!
Glitchwalkers – Our First Enlargement
Astroneer has turn out to be larger than we ever may have imagined. We’ve had the chance to replace the sport dozens of instances with each group requested options and our personal creations. From Jetpacks and Pets, to Rails and Customized Modes, we’ve at all times tried to make the sport higher together with your assist, and this time isn’t any totally different.
Through the years, we’ve gotten numerous requests for brand new locations to discover… So, this enlargement is concentrated on a brand-new planet in a brand new photo voltaic system, Aeoluz! One other frequent request is to make Astroneer a bit more difficult. That‘s the place Lyn is available in.
Lyn Is In Management
Lyn is a disgruntled programs professional from the E.S.S. Elysium crew who’s created her personal actuality within the Astroneer universe. On this actuality, you’re at her mercy. A talented hacker, Lyn can manipulate the planet itself, altering its biomes and ambiance all the way down to the roots. Regardless of the planet’s rising instability, she’s continued to make it increasingly more hostile to verify nobody interferes together with her ploy. Alongside the planet itself, she’ll make use of a number of totally different viruses and reality-shaping instruments to repel potential interlopers.
Creating Lyn
We had a whole lot of enjoyable with this one! It’s been a brand new and distinctive expertise to create a personality who’s a part of the crew, whereas nonetheless setting them aside as a troublemaker. Following our regular course of, we began with a whole lot of fast sketches centered on shapes, silhouettes, and key options. As soon as we had a stable group, we picked totally different ins and outs that we appreciated and fused them collectively as extra refined 2D turnarounds. Trying on the ideas, Lyn’s ultimate design is a mixture of Possibility Ok and Possibility O proven within the picture under, incorporating a hood, however with Lyn’s bodily look wanting digitally hacked collectively — similar to the remainder of the planet.
Sticking to Our Roots
Let’s be clear: Even with some added problem, the sport and love remains to be there. Crafting, constructing, and exploring with mates are at core of Astoneer. And whereas the enlargement itself is chock full of latest content material, there may also be a free companion replace to the bottom recreation. Anybody can bounce proper in and expertise one thing new!
We are able to’t await you all to face off in opposition to Lyn and discover the brand new planet in Astroneer: Glitchwalkers. We’re working laborious in direction of our ultimate launch date, which is able to land on Xbox and Home windows 10 later in 2024. Wishlist at the moment!
ASTRONEER
System Period Softworks
$29.99
$23.99
Xbox One X Enhanced
PC Recreation Cross
Xbox Recreation Cross
Discover and reshape distant worlds! Astroneer is ready through the twenty fifth century Intergalactic Age of Discovery, the place Astroneers discover the frontiers of outer area, risking their lives in harsh environments to unearth uncommon discoveries and unlock the mysteries of the universe.
On this journey, gamers can work collectively to construct customized bases above or under floor, create autos to discover an enormous photo voltaic system, and use terrain to create something they will think about. A participant’s creativity and ingenuity are the important thing to in search of out and thriving whereas on thrilling planetary adventures! In Astroneer you may:
•Reshape the bottom beneath your toes as if it had been manufactured from clay.
•Survive on and discover rigorously crafted planets that may be fully deformed and traversed.
•Snap collectively elements and objects to construct bases and autos.
•Play with mates in 4 participant on-line drop-in/drop-out co-op.
•Uncover and uncover the mysteries of the photo voltaic system
•••Deform & form the whole lot round you•••
In Astroneer, gamers use their deform instrument to dig, gather, form and construct something they want. Use this means to dig to the middle of the planet, construct a ramp into the sky, or make megaliths simply through the use of terrain!
•••Discover a complete photo voltaic system•••
Our huge photo voltaic system contains 7 wondrous planets that gamers can journey between and discover each inch of, from your complete spherical floor, by means of treacherous layers of caves, all the way in which all the way down to mysterious the core. Every of these planets has distinctive and difficult floor and cave biomes that provide a mess of challenges for gamers on their journey.
•••Customise & construct on the fly•••
Gadgets that Astroneers craft and discover on the planet could be snapped and related collectively to create distinctive creations for any scenario. Customise and beautify your bases, autos, and Astroneer.
•••4 Participant co-op•••
Astroneer is best with mates. Group up with different gamers and work collectively to create huge industrial bases or to create enjoyable video games within the intensive artistic sandbox.
•••Survive & harness the ability of the planets•••
As soon as Astroneers are prepared, they might select to aim to grasp and presumably harness the ability behind mysterious buildings discovered on the planet.
Astroneer started as a Recreation Preview title and wouldn’t be right here at the moment if not to your help, suggestions, and concepts all through that course of. Now that we’ve got hit 1.0 we’ll preserve our pledge to proceed constructing on the inspiration that’s Astroneer with free, ongoing content material updates. When you’re curious in regards to the course we’re aiming for, you’ll want to go take a look at our roadmap, and our improvement vlogs to maintain up to date on what we’re engaged on!