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A rogue-like sci-fi strategy survival game with base building, tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander

A retro sci-fi strategy survival game with base building, tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.
A retro sci-fi strategy survival game with base building, tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.
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Massive Damage, Inc.
Massive Damage, Inc.
6,396 backers pledged $187,706 to help bring this project to life.
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Halcyon 6 Dev Update: Road to Launch!

Hello backers! 

Here's a super quick update on our launch plans:

We're leaving Early Access and launching Halcyon 6 on August 26th! 

About a week before that, we'll have an... Read more

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UI Overhaul Update and Roadmap to Release!

 Hello Halcyon 6 Backers! 

We just released a huge UI update yesterday on Steam. This update is all about UI and gameplay tweaks. And there’s a TON of them. Instead of... Read more

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Halcyon 6's next update, Officers Unleashed, arrives Thursday, June 9th!

Hey Halcyon 6 Backers, 

Please accept our apologies for the lack of updates.. we've been working like crazy on our new Officers Unleashed update over the last month. 

This is... Read more

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Post-Launch Report and Upcoming Update: Officers Unleashed!

Hello backers and Early Access players!

It's been an exciting few weeks since PAX East and our Early Access launch! How did the launch go? Well read on, fair backers,... Read more

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PAX East Launch Update - Alpha & Beta Backers, we need your help!

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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander LAUNCHED!

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Two days til Halcyon 6 Early Access Launch!

First off, THANK YOU backers! We wouldn't be here without you!

Early Access Releases and Your Steam Keys

For those of you who backed at ENSIGN level or above, you... Read more

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BETA Keys have been sent out!

Welcome to the Halcyon 6 BETA!

Hey backers!

Good news! We just shipped out Halcyon 6 BETA Keys to everybody who pledged at the Ensign, Lieutenant 1st Class and Lieutenant... Read more

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Ground Combat PRE-ALPHA Video!

Hello backers!

Without further ado, here's a quick preview of the working (Pre-Alpha) ground combat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSnhMnfnOvo

It's still rough but we've been making very rapid progress on the tweaks, polish... Read more

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Super quick update.. two words: Ground Combat

Hey esteemed Halcyon 6 Backers!

We're all hunkered down working on the last big feature of Halcyon 6... 

GROUND COMBAT!!

For those of you in the PRE-ALPHA, we're holding off... Read more

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Pre-Alpha STEAM Keys sent out and Backerkit issues

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Alpha UPDATE: slight delay to March 3rd (sorry!)

Hello esteemed Backers,

We're really sorry but the Alpha date had to be pushed back to March 3rd. Simply put, we need a couple of more days to iron out... Read more

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ALPHA release date revealed!

Halcyon 6 ALPHA is set for March 1st, 2016!

Hey future Starbase Commanders, we're super sorry for all the delays to Alphabut we're happy we can finally announce a... Read more

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The Road to Alpha, Officer Progression and more!

ALPHA almost here… but not quite yet! 

So, where's that alpha access email, amirite? It's coming, we promise (thanks for your patience!)! 

For those of you that have contacted our... Read more

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Halcyon 6 Pre-Orders Explained

Hey backers!

I just wanted to drop a note and let you know we've opened up our pre-orders so that anyone who missed our Kickstarter can still help fund development ... Read more

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Happy New Year!

We’ll get right to the good stuff, people - who’s ready to actually play the game?!!?1??

We’re expecting to have our first closed-alpha builds available shortly! We’re right in the... Read more

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Christmas Eve Post!

Happy Holidays!

Hopefully you're all enjoying the season (like we totally are) and you aren't rushing around finishing last minute shopping (like we totally are) and you are, maybe, partaking... Read more

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CVA FanFest + New Officer Menu + Combat Loop!

Yet again, it's been a busy couple of weeks in Halcyon 6-Land!

As we get closer to having the underpinnings of the systems nailed down, we're working more and more... Read more

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Progress Update + Unit Class Types W/ Video + Shout Out

So…

There comes a time in every game studio’s life where things are going really well: the game they’re working on is fun, the designers are charged-up, the art’s looking... Read more

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Another Update! + Health! + Oh The Humanity!

What?? It’s an ‘Other Thursday” again?? OHMyGOdINeedTOSLamMyFIngErsOntothEKEyboardAbunchAaghah#+~~~ASDFG!

But seriously, folks, hello!

We’re gearing up for some big reveals in the coming weeks, but we’re not quite there yet! So instead,... Read more

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Dev Blog: Game Balance!

We’ve got a special treat this week, with Felicity giving you a run-down on some of the balancing design that’s been going on! Along with that, she’ll also give an... Read more

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Quick Update

Helloooooo backers!

Thursday Update!

It's once again time for the Thursday update! (As in... it's... Thursday?)

As always, we're all heads down and hammering away at making H6 super awesome.... Read more

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UPDATE + STARMAP ITERATION + SHOUT OUTS

Greeeeetings, Halcyon 6 Backers!

Things are humming away here. Ever since setting up the lua-integrated architecture, we’ve been able to add tons of stuff on the fly.

We’re very excited... Read more

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New Forums + Alpha Update + Shout Outs!

HELLO, HALCYON 6 BACKERRRRRRS! 

 First off, thank you very much for all the kind words about the posts, art images, music, and all the well-wishing and supportive comments! We’re consistently... Read more

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New Tracks + Jack Visits!

Hello again, friends!

We’ve got an extra special update this week, where we get to talk about one of our favourite things to happen this summer!  

Music Update!

First,... Read more

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Event System Built + Big Content Push + New Team Member!

Hello friends! 

 With another productive Halcyon 6 fortnight having come and gone, we’re happy to announce we’ve passed another milestone:

JEFF FINISHED THE EVENT ARCHITECTURE!

This may not sound like... Read more

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Progress Report + Announcement + Ridiculousness

Hello Halcyon 6 Backers! 

Welcome to another edition of Update Thursday!

Progress report!

Things are moving and shaking over here, future galaxy explorers, and we're excited about the progress... Read more

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Throwback Thursday! (At Least I Think This Is What It Means!)

Hello!

Things are humming along nicely here! We’ve got Lucky and Linda working together on some really nice upgrades for the starmap, which should make fleet management super intuitive. Which... Read more

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New Dev!

Hello Kickstarter Backers!

Remember way back when we met our stretch goal of "Hire a dev for the team to help make Halcyon 6 super awesome"? Spoiler alert, you guys:... Read more

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Back On Track! + H6 Website

Greetings all Halcyon 6 Backers!

The long hours are paying off, and everything's set for a super productive summer. But for now, a quick update!

Space Combat! 

The Lua scripts... Read more

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Dev Blog: Art! + Slight Delay

Happy Thursday, Halcyon 6 Backers!

Architecture Detour!

tl;dr - The Lua interpreter we were using has proven to be a bit too unstable for our tastes, so we need to... Read more

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Backerkit Questions!

Hi everyone!

We hope that our American friends had a nice memorial day weekend, and that the rest of our fellow Commonwealthers enjoyed celebrating the birthday of England’s all-time 2nd... Read more

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Backerkit Launched! Please sign up!

Hello again!

We released the backerkit emails last night!

A quick recap: backerkit helps crowdfunding campaigns manage logistics and track all information relevant to backers, so that things like contact... Read more

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The Funds Have Arrived!

Hello, friends!

It’s the second Thursday of the month, so that means it’s Halcyon 6 update time. Huzzah!

First, you should know that, after weeks of nail-biting and breath-bating, our... Read more

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Off To The Races!

Hi everyone, what’s up?

BackerKit Update

So we were hoping to get the BackerKit surveys sent out by now, but unfortunately there was a mix-up with our Kickstarter account payment... Read more

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Paypal Campaign Launched + Update

We're Back!

Hello Halcyon 6 backers!

It's been almost one week since our campaign ended, and we thought we'd give you a quick update on what we've been up to... Read more

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Halcyon 6 Funded!

To everyone who pledged, tweeted, posted, or evangelized for us, thank you. We're overwhelmed by the support, well-wishes, suggestions and enthusiasm you've given us. For such an amazing group of... Read more

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Successfully raised $187,706 with 6,396 backers

Final Campaign Update! + Stretch Goal Reveals + Shout Outs + Thanks!

Hello all H6 backers!!

We just wanted to send one final update before the campaign ends! Thank you all for hard work in spreading the word. Every tweet, post, like,... Read more

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Final 48 Hours! + Gameplay Vid #2 + Stretch Goal + Shout Outs!

FIRST, A HUGE THANK YOU TO EACH OF OUR OVER 5100 BACKERS!!

We're eternally grateful for all the awesome support you guys have given us! 

We hope everyone had an... Read more

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MUSIC/SFX UPDATE!

Greetings from the Halcyon 6 team!

Amazingly, we only have 6 days left in our campaign - it feels like we just launched yesterday!

We can’t thank you enough for... Read more

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ADD-ON UPDATES + INFLUENCES + SHOUT OUT

Hello friends! 

First off, some add-on news! We’ve gotten some awesome feedback from backers as to what kinds of add-on rewards we should consider. Keep them coming! 

But in the... Read more

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MAJOR STRETCH GOAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

Hello friends!!

First, we want to give you another sincere THANK YOU for bringing us this far. We're incredibly excited and grateful that our game has been discovered by such... Read more

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$100K funding! HUGE milestone reached, all thanks to you!!

Thanks again for all your support and backing!

We're working on a proper update with the next big stretch goals for Monday.

In the meantime, please keep spreading the word,... Read more

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STEAM GREENLIGHT! + EXPLORATION + STRETCH GOAL UPDATE!

GREETINGS, STARBASE COMMANDERS! Thank you again for your amazing support!!!

We've got another big update for you all, with lots of gameplay, stretch goal announcements and, of course, shout outs!... Read more

5 Comments 32 likes

200% FUNDING + Developer Log #1 - Ship Combat! + NEW STRETCH GOALS!

We hit 3 more stretch goals, as well as our 200% funding mark!!! Thank you so much, everyone!! 

Again, we’re overwhelmed by your support, and the whole office is buzzing... Read more

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$65K ACHIEVED! HOLOROOM, ALIENS pt.2 AND COUNSELOR UNLOCKED!

 Thanks again to all of our backers and supporters for keeping this Kickstarter freight train going at max speed!!

We wanted to give you a quick update on how... Read more

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FIRST 2 STRETCH GOALS ACHIEVED! THE HOLOROOM UNVEILED!

Incoming transmissions from The Collective and the Xlar-Yanthu... 

Thank you everyone for helping us smash those two early stretch goals!! 

We’re going to let you in on a little secret:... Read more

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$40K ACHIEVED!! THANKS TO ALL OUR AWESOME SUPPORTERS!

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!

When launching, we really had no expectations we’d receive this level of support. While we loved our game and its huge potential (and of course our awesome art!),... Read more

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Halcyon 6 is 69% funded, we're almost there! First look at Galaxy Map!

Good afternoon everyone,

We still can't believe this overwhelming support! Thank you so much for believing in us and backing Halcyon 6!

We just added a Platformssection to our... Read more

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You people are AMAZING! We've hit 20% FUNDED in less than a day!

Thank you all so much! We're just blown away by the support and the feedback.

We're working on getting our Add Ons list done so existing backers can opt to... Read more

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Thank you so much!! We just hit 10% funded!

Whoa! I can't believe we hit 10% already! 

First, we would like to thank all of our early backers. Thank you, you folks are amazing!!

I wanted to let you... Read more

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