Hyper Light Breaker update adds a Medkit rework

Game studio Heart Machine recently introduced a substantial upgrade for their early access game, Hyper Light Breaker. This update focuses on overhauling the health restoration system.

Instead of needing to complete a full cycle of the roguelike action (which typically required at least four deaths) and collect specific items on each run to have a chance of starting with a medkit in your inventory, you now begin with one from the get-go. Previously, you’d also need to replenish this item at Shrines.

As you can see from the changes below, the community has spoken, and Heart Machine has listened:

  • Players now start with a Medkit.
  • The first Medkit upgrade available via Pherus Bit now improves Medkits.
  • Medkits now auto-refill on launch of run, up to max capacity (default 1, upgradeable to 2).
  • Medkit refills at Shrines are now paid for with Bright Blood, not Medigems.
  • Medigems still provide a small amount of health still when harvested, but are no longer used for Medikits or used in the end-of-cycle screen.

Essentially, you’ll now begin each game equipped with a medkit, making the gameplay experience much smoother.


 

Here’s some more of the changes in the latest update:

  • COMMUNITY SUGGESTION: Removed the tech croc brute and white dirks from the extraction spawn table.
  • COMMUNITY SUGGESTION: Increased time between waves of additional enemies in Crown fights.
  • Projectiles from weak enemies no longer hit-stun the player.
  • Flinch animations will play, but the player will have full control. Previously they played a hit impact that momentarily interrupted them.
  • Fixed an issue where damage trails would cause hit-stun on contact.
  • Enemy aggro distance reduced.
  • Removed some enemies from the Drop Down Lab spawns that weren’t supposed to be spawning there (or at all).

As a fellow gamer diving into this epic adventure, let me tell you, crafting Hyper Light Breaker has been our grandest endeavor yet – building an open-world roguelite game isn’t commonplace! We’re overjoyed to bring our vision for this extraordinary title to life alongside you during Early Access. Hyper Light Breaker was designed with Early Access in mind, meaning it’s meant to flourish and transform alongside our gaming community, and today’s update is a testament to that. Based on your valuable feedback, we’ve made significant adjustments, such as a revamp of the Medkits system.

Hyper Light Breaker is in early access on Steam, now.

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2025-01-27 13:46