Wow, 10 years ago today, four buddies in a dining room shipped the 42nd game on Steam. It’s been a while and we want to do something special for ThreadSpace. We’ve learned a lot about making games since those humble beginnings and want to revisit our old game and update several things. After chatting about it with the old gang, we have a plan in place to work on… a lot of things.

We’re internally calling it ThreadSpace HD+. We’ll need some help coming up with a better name for it. Here’s what we’re planning on doing for it so far:

• Gameplay redesigned
  • Ship classes themed towards certain play styles (Tank, Support, Assassin)
    
  • Ships limited to using about 4 projectile types (based on the ship)
    
  • Streamlined ship movement
    
  • Aiming redone for simpler controls
    
  • Deployable projectile complexity reduced
    
  • Ship Forms built into the ship class
    
  • Overhauled meta game (leveling, credits, upgrades)
• Some new maps
  
• Updated graphics
  
• Steam Workshop support
  
• Steam achievements and trading cards

No release date set for it since the team will be working on it in our spare time (we all have day-jobs now). Anyone that owns Hyperbol will get a coupon code (either for a huge discount or a free copy. not sure yet). We’ll have a beta test and possibly put this through Early Access to help us get some visibility and more testers. Since this game will have several features redesigned, it won’t be compatible with Hyperbol. We’ll still keep Hyperbol around, but probably won’t be updating it.

To stay up with the latest news, you can follow our ThreadSpace twitter here: https://twitter.com/threadspace

And if you'd ever like to chat with the devs, we're active on our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/xX2XjH4

- Jason (KungFuMonkey)

The devs are getting back into Hyperbol development and need your help! They need to record some footage of people playing Hyperbol to prep for a future trailer/presentation. More details are here: http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/2720/discussions/0/357286119100943861/

If you miss this game and want to see more updates, stop by for a few rounds on their official server (it will be obvious which server it is)

Event Date/Time: Sunday, May 29 from 12pm PST to 2pm PST

Interested in Hyperbol getting more updates and are able to play a few rounds? Check out the thread below for info:

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/2720/discussions/0/357286119100943861/

To celebrate Steam Bandits: Outpost entering beta, we are having a discount on Hyperbol all week long! Once we've wrapped that project up, we'll be releasing more patches for Hyperbol and adding some new features :-)

We just added a 4-pack option for the game (a 25% discount), and to help those on the fence, there is ALSO a 75% discount this weekend. Grab a few copies and play with some friends!

Vote in this poll[forums.iocainestudios.com] to let us know what features you'd like in the next patch! We'll decide based on the results at the end of the month.