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Alien Hominid Invasion Coming in 2023!

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Yes, you read that correctly! After spending the year diligently prepping for the invasion, the aliens plan to land on Earth in 2023. We are so excited to finally share our fifth game, Alien Hominid Invasion, with the world next year.

As the year comes to an end, our team is working hard to create exciting, memorable bosses that players can look forward to battling throughout the invasion. We can’t wait for you to test your skills!

But what about everything else we’ve added to the game this year? Here are some quick highlights:

Difficulty options – We added Permakeep and Permadeath options, adding another layer of difficulty for players! Also, difficulty level (Friendly, Normal, and INSANE!) can now be changed within each save file and player profile, so that everyone can have the perfect amount of challenge. Adjust this as you wish, so the game is not too hard, not too soft, but juuuuuust right.

New enemies and challenges – Along with checkpoint levels and shiny new (and sometimes spiky) hazards, we added new enemies like the Bounder, Inchworms, and Big Crabs to sprinkle a little variety into your invasion and keep the chaos rolling!

HUD redesign – The HUD has been completely overhauled since the beta, with the danger meter now visible on the bottom of the screen. Player details such as health and mutation level now follow the player and take up less space on the screen, leaving more room for extraterrestrial chaos!

Delightful interactions – The Mothership now knits you back to life after you fail a level. Cute, right? In true mom fashion, she’ll also send some passive-aggressive texts if you don’t upload your gathered intel fast enough. Best not to upset mom!

Aaaand that’s about it for our quick 2022 developer recap. We’re excited to see what 2023 (and the invasion!) has in store. Still searching for more intel? Check out our newly improved AHI website here, and stay tuned for our next dev stream coming early 2023!

New Intel From the Mothership – Alien Hominid Invasion Update

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Greetings earthlings! It’s been a while since we’ve sent an intel transmission down to Earth from the Mothership…

We’re here today to give you some secret deets straight from the aliens themselves! While we’re mostly working on creating epic boss battles to elevate your human gaming experience, we have a ton of smaller additions we’re ready to share with you.

Updates detailed in this post will include changes to enemy visuals, game difficulty, helper AI aliens, and weapon attacks. Now, what we’ve all been waiting for – juicy deets on the game updates!

1) Sweeper enemies are a lot more (visually) sweepery, and they can now swarm levels!

A swarm happens when a large amount of a single enemy type appears randomly in your level. Getting swarmed by Flybot Sweepers is a bit scary, as you’ll have to dodge (or jump over) a ton of green beams at once.

2) Shields from loot now show a rotating shield and provide lots of health!

Some alien heads have ‘shield’ modifiers on them, providing a much-needed buff to navigate the hazards that Alien Hominid Invasion brings. The shield only guards the part of the player it is facing, which makes dodging bullets more fun!

3) All aliens are now a bit squishier, making the game a tad more difficult.

*sad alien squish* Remember to dodge, jump, and dig your way around the enemy forces… and use your new fancy schmancy rotating shield to dodge bullets, of course!

4) Helper AI aliens will now stay on your shoulders and fire along with you!

Little AI aliens can spawn in to help you out; they come with their own weapons ready to crawl onto your shoulders and melt the enemy. You can also ride on their shoulders, only getting knocked off if you take damage from an enemy.

5) Danger level is now shown on the bottom of the invasion map and rises with every city block cleared.

This way, you can have a little more heads up as to what is waiting on the other side.

6) Last but certainly not least, some weapons have bigger, better, and STRONGER charge attacks!

We tweaked some of the charge shots and they look suuuuuuper cool and a lot more murdery. The Six Chambers gun (above) now has a ricochet charge shot that bounces off the edge of the screen!

The Sawed Off gun’s charge shot now has a bouncy shotgun shell.

The alien’s Photon gun now has a better charge shot that reaches farther and deals slightly more damage, but the projectile moves slower than before.

The Acid Shot gun now has a charge shot that has bouncing blobs of green goo!

That’s all for today’s development update! Looking for more intel? Have no fear — we actually have loads more updates to share with all of you humans, so be on the lookout for another dev stream coming early next year!

Do you have any thoughts you’d like to share about our upcoming game? If you have yet to join, be sure to check out our Discord server, where you can chat with our devs and other fans of The Behemoth’s games.

Until next time, earthlings!

Gobble Gobble! Autumn Sales Are Here!

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It’s almost time; the potatoes have been mashed, the pies crusted, the cranberries cranberried… and the Churkey is in the oven! Only thing left to do is to don your fanciest of clothes before you sit down for a holiday meal surrounded by family…

What better way to do that than in a shirt with a pooping deer on it? And before you accept any grief for your choice of attire, remind everybody that it’s a talking piece.

Absolutely everything in our merch store will be 30% off over the Holiday of the Turkey, November 25th to 28th. Load up on socks for the cold winter upon us, tuck yourself into a warm duck shark plush hat, or cuddle up under one of our throw blankets. If you have the sniffles from the weather, why not dress up your tissue box with Hatty Hattington? Boring, generic tissue box no more!

We have tons of trinkets and stocking stuffers to prep for that onslaught of gift wrapping madness near the end of the year. Or treat yourself, just because, since you earned it.

Go forth and peruse; if you still need a link to our store, click here!

Plus, to make the deal extra savory, we’re throwing you a (wish)bone and treating you to a FREE scarf with any purchase over $40! Use the discount code SCARFYYY in your cart to qualify and get that sweet, swaddling goodness.

As if that wasn’t already the spice to your pumpkin, the Autumn Steam Sale is HERE!

If you’ve partaken in the past, you’ll know that all of our games get a good slash to the price tag, and a couple bundles do as well.

– Castle Crashers is 80% off
– Battleblock Theater is 80% off
– Pit People is 56% off

And our two bundles got a price cut as well:
– Can’t Stop Laughing Bundle (Castle Crashers and Battleblock Theater) is 76% off
– And Ultra Baby’s Co-op Chaos (Two copies of Battleblock Theater for you and a friend) is also 76% off!

All these sweet Steam discounts are available now until November 29th.

Remember, our merch sale goes live November 25th, and the Steam sale is live now until November 29th!

Be safe over the holidays, and The Chicken will see you all after you’re finished with your turkey. Gobble-bawk!