BEACON

Devlog

• Beacon: The Vault
  November 21, 2024 by monothetic

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  As we've been shutting down the operations of Monothetic, we've collected a selection of past versions of Beacon that we've uploaded to Archive.org for anyone who's interested in exploring past versio... Continue reading

  
• Final Transmission
  August 30, 2024 by monothetic

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  After a long journey unfortunately it's time for Monothetic to disband. Beacon will be removed from sale in the coming weeks on all storefronts as we prepare to shut down. Players who already own the... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 3.21
  June 01, 2023 by monothetic

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  Patch 3.21 is released, adjusting the spawn rate of Elite Enemies and adding many Beacon Patch 3.21 Balance Removed Trench Droid spawners at start of levels Increased chance of Elite Enemies spawning... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 3.2 - Wrecking Zone
  March 16, 2023 by monothetic

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  After a few delays, our 22nd content patch Wrecking Zone is finally ready for release! Thanks to everyone in the community for their patience while we chipped away at the content for this update. Wrec... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 3.11
  June 23, 2022 by monothetic

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  Patch 3.11 is out, including some minor balance tweaks and dozens of fixes! The most important fix in the patch is a change to the Remove Mutation DNA mod, changing it to Clear Slot. The issue that ca... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 3.1 - Ruined Prospects
  April 30, 2022 by monothetic

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  The first post-release content patch for Beacon is finally here! As Freja's presence on Kovus continues to disrupt Prism's operations, the Uncharted and Native factions have begun to take over more te... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2022 Roadmap
  March 12, 2022 by monothetic

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  Hello everyone! Since we've been quiet for a bit while planning what the future of Beacon is, we wanted to post an update for the community! Here's our upcoming roadmap for the rest of the year, focus... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 3.04
  January 28, 2022 by monothetic

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  Patch 3.04 is now released adding Save and Quit after Mutation Rolls, Difficulty Select on New Game, longer timers for Timed loot, and many other tweaks and fixes! Timed loot and secrets should be a b... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 3.03
  January 15, 2022 by monothetic

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  Patch 3.03 is released including dozens of balance tweaks and fixes! Some of the notable changes this patch are increases in difficulty, balance tweaks to many enemies and bosses, and new backtrack bo... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 3.02
  December 31, 2021 by monothetic

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  Patch 3.02 includes more tweaks suggested by the community along with some balance tweaks! Multiple of the Onyx traps have been adjusted to be less annoying to encounter including the Level 5 and 6 St... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 3.01
  December 21, 2021 by monothetic

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  Thank you to everyone's messages and feedback following the release! We're happy to see the majority of opinions on the release and Patch 3.0 have been positive so far and appreciate all the new revie... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Release Patch
  December 15, 2021 by monothetic

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  Hello everyone! The day has finally arrived for Beacon to leave Early Access! Patch 3.0 is now released, including the new Scrap Currency system, Boss Mutations, Minibosses, new Act 2 Bosses, multiple... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Release Announcement
  November 22, 2021 by monothetic

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  Hello everyone, After our extended development of Patch 3.0 we're finally able to announce the release date! Beacon will be releasing out of Early Access on December 15th, 2021 . We've still got some... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 3.0 Pre-Release Blog
  September 17, 2021 by monothetic

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  Hello everyone! We wanted to post an update on Beacon since it's been quiet for a few months while we are finishing up the big 3.0 patch. Things have taken a bit longer than planned as usual, but we'r... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.93A
  April 09, 2021 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.93 is out including another big chunk of fixes and balance tweaks! A big focus of the balance tweaks this patch was to balance Pickup items that use charges to make them more desirable to pick... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.92
  March 19, 2021 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.92 is released, bringing Beacon closer to the final 3.0 release! This update includes major Act 1 Level improvements, a big chunk of balance tweaks, and dozens of fixes. Over 20 of the Level 1... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.91
  January 19, 2021 by monothetic

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  Beacon Patch 2.91 is released including improved End Game progression, a new Accuracy Bonus for the first 25% of your clip, and many other fixes! Patch 2.92 should release in a few weeks with more le... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.9 - Last Vestiges
  December 29, 2020 by monothetic

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  Beacon's final major Early Access patch is here including Freja’s final batch of mutations, dozens of arena and enemy improvements, and various UI and gameplay tweaks! The new mutations added fill o... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.81
  October 28, 2020 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.81 includes a handful of fixes and tweaks following feedback from the latest content patch, as well as dozens of particle effect improvements! The big focus of this update was improving the e... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.8 - Silent Sanctum
  October 14, 2020 by monothetic

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  Beacon Patch 2.8 is ready for release adding the long awaited Level 6, the Prism Mainframe Act 2 Boss, and the first Ending! Descend through a hollow chasm down a series of randomized catwalks and loa... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.72
  August 03, 2020 by monothetic

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  Beacon Patch 2.72 is uploaded making some tweaks and fixes to Challenges, as well as fixing issues with the Flauros Teleport Pads. Challenges Added items from Patch 2.2-2.7 into challenges Added more... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.71
  July 30, 2020 by monothetic

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  Beacon Patch 2.71 is released adding new Audio sliders, fixing the Map keybind, and improving fall damage not registering often! Unless any other major bugs appear, 2.71 will likely be the last patch... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.7 - Tinker Tailor Soldier Clone
  July 23, 2020 by monothetic

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  Beacon Patch 2.7 is here adding the final 14 Tinkered Weapons along with Item Notifiers, Recycling Balance, and many other fixes and balance tweaks! In the new patch Recycling Weapons now has a failu... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.63
  July 06, 2020 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.63 is out including a new Codex screen on the Main Menu and Boss Bestiary logs! As usual another chunk of fixes and balance tweaks have been added as well. Thanks to everyone for their continu... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.62
  June 25, 2020 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.62 includes dozens of balance tweaks, fixes, and a new Input system that should fix problems with controllers not registering for some users! This is the first minor patch responding to the fe... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.61
  June 12, 2020 by monothetic

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  Beacon patch 2.61 is uploaded, making a few tweaks and fixes from feedback on the latest patch as well as adding a Minimap! Miscellaneous Added Minimap to top right corner of the screen Added option t... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.6 - Kovus Salvage
  June 09, 2020 by monothetic

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  Beacon patch 2.6 is released adding the new Item Recycling feature, a handful of new Ammo Mod Passive Items, and a 30% average performance boost! Item Recycling allows you to recycle leftover Weapons... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.51
  March 25, 2020 by monothetic

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  Beacon patch 2.51 is out introducing a major update to the Controller Scheme, a new Notifier System, and Damage Numbers! Notifiers are one of the largest UI improvements added to the game to date, giv... Continue reading

  
• Beacon 2.5 - Pathfinder
  January 23, 2020 by monothetic

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  Beacon patch 2.5 is released adding new Level 5 Landmark zones, UI improvements, and an overhaul to Pickup items! Patch 2.5 will be our last major content patch in Early Access. Over the next few mont... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.4
  November 27, 2019 by monothetic

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  Beacon patch 2.4 has arrived adding new Act 1 bosses, DNA features, and dozens of level edits and balance tweaks that bring the game one step closer to completion. Some of the most important addition... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.32
  September 14, 2019 by monothetic

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  Beacon patch 2.32 is released, including new Level 3 Shipwrecked Reactor variants and a performance boost! Levels Added new Shipwrecked Reactor variants to all level 3 landmarks Updated Level 3 Landm... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.31
  September 02, 2019 by monothetic

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  Beacon patch 2.31 is released, making some balance tweaks to armor and debuffs as well as fixing the Continue item loading bug! Balance Armor: Reduced base player armor value and balanced item/mutati... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.3
  August 19, 2019 by monothetic

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  Beacon patch 2.3 is ready, providing new tools and evoking old memories. Explore crashed pods from Freja’s ship The Ouroboros and collect new items including a new set of Energy weapons! This patch... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.22
  July 18, 2019 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.22 is here, making many various balance tweaks and fixes. Thanks to everyone for trying out the first few challenge runs and giving feedback in our Discord server! After tweaks to some of the... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.21
  July 02, 2019 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.21 is released, making some important tweaks to the Challenge Run scoring systems and improving many Act 1 Hydro zones! Challenge Updates Added Research Bonus Cap (2500 Points) Added score pa... Continue reading

  
• Blighted Stars Patch 2.2
  June 25, 2019 by monothetic

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  Beacon patch 2.2 is finally here! As usual the patch took a bit longer to finish than we hoped, but is full of more features, content, and tweaks than any previous patch. New enemies, weapons, items,... Continue reading

  
• June Development Update
  June 12, 2019 by monothetic

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  Hello everyone, We wanted to post a quick development update since it’s been a while since a patch has been released. We’re still hard at work on the game, but the addition of a few new features t... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.12
  May 03, 2019 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.12 adjusts the cooldowns and balance of most Auxiliary items, making them more useful as consistent attacks. Further tweaks will be made if necessary to make Aux items more exciting to find an... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.11
  April 26, 2019 by monothetic

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  2.11 fixes some issues from build 2.1 and fixes an issue with Accuracy since a statistics update in a previous patch. We've started tweaking the player's gravity a bit more as well to make using boost... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.10 Undying Brood
  April 19, 2019 by monothetic

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  Undying Brood is released, the first major content patch for Beacon (in Early Access)! The planet’s autochthonous inhabitants take drastic action to ensure their survival. Along with new enemies, mu... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.05
  April 01, 2019 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.05 is out, adding one final set of optimizations before we switch focus to finishing patch 2.1. Hopefully the game will run much more smoothly for the majority of players after the last few pa... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.04
  March 29, 2019 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.04 is released, adding more optimizations and a few balance tweaks! This build should have a noticeable increase in performance for most players of 20-40 FPS in many areas. Balance Reduced Blo... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.03
  March 27, 2019 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.03 is out, adding some performance improvements, new sounds for the Icosatron enemy (laser soccer ball), and other fixes! This will likely be the last minor patch coming out before 2.1 in a co... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.02
  March 19, 2019 by monothetic

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  Beacon 2.02 is released! Patch 2.02 contains our first set of improvements for controllers and handful of other tweaks and fixes. The main additions include an Aim Lock that holds the cursor on an ene... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.01A
  March 04, 2019 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.01A is released, fixing the Continue freeze many players had and adding some new Reconstitution sound effects! If you end up encountering the Continue freeze bug again please let us know on ou... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 2.0 Depth Charge
  February 27, 2019 by monothetic

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  Patch 2.0 is here! Make your way into the cryptic Prism Vault where your beacon locator has been pointing you, face off against new Uncharted enemies, and when you eventually die recycle all that unus... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Steam Redeem Keys Now Available
  February 26, 2019 by monothetic

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  With our impending launch onto Steam early access we have enabled Steam keys to be redeemed from itch purchases. To redeem your Steam key go to your My Purchases page, find Beacon, click Download, and... Continue reading
• Beacon 2019 Development Roadmap
  February 19, 2019 by monothetic

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  Beacon 2019 Roadmap Leading up to our Early Access launch we wanted to give everyone a closer look into our plans for the rest of Beacon’s development. The above image lists our current set of patch... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.9.1A
  January 30, 2019 by monothetic

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  Patch 1.9.1A is released with a few fixes and new UI Tooltips that appear the first time you go through the Reconstitution process! Game Updates UI Added new tooltips that appear the first time you g... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.9A
  January 24, 2019 by monothetic

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  Patch 1.9A is released, adding long awaited improvements to the Continue/Save system, an update to the Tutorial introduction screen, and a handful of new items! Game Updates New Items Grenade: Globule... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.8A Deadly Ecology
  December 25, 2018 by monothetic

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  Beacon 1.8A is released, Deadly Ecology! The Solus faction fights back against the droid interlopers with a new enemy type and champion mod, new items and mutations have been added, and a new Eclipse... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.7.1A
  December 11, 2018 by monothetic

  Added a new Prism Proximity Mine Pickup item and a few fixes to 1.7 content. New Items Pickup: Proximity Mine - The PRISM Proximity Mine forms part of your standard-issue kit for ground combatants... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.7A Cascading Protocols
  December 05, 2018 by monothetic

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  Beacon content patch 1.7A is released, adding 3 new large tier Prism enemies, fresh Level 4 content, and new DNA Skill Mods. Cascading Protocols Content New Enemies Tesla MK3 Droid - The top of the l... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.6.1A
  November 03, 2018 by monothetic

  Patch 1.6.1A is released, adding more ways to get DNA mods, new secret caverns, and performance optimizations! Patch Notes Levels Added 3 new secret cavern variants Balance DNA Caches now have a chan... Continue reading
• Beacon Patch 1.6A Point of No Return
  October 26, 2018 by monothetic

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  Beacon's 1.6A content expansion is here, marking the end of our Act 1 Roadmap! Along with new boss fights and ammunition mods, a new DNA mod feature has been added allowing you to alter your genome ev... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.5.2A
  October 01, 2018 by monothetic

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  Beacon 1.5.2A is released, adding polish to many effects, improvements to the tab screen Codex, and the Level 4 Excavation Headquarters landmark tile. Particle Effects Updated Plasma Shot effects (Ka... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.5.1A
  September 25, 2018 by monothetic

  Beacon patch 1.5.1A is released! Updates to the UI and audio system have been made, as well as a new Solar Flare weather event for the Sunset weather variant! Check out the full notes below. Audio Up... Continue reading
• Beacon Patch 1.5A Mechanical Demise
  September 07, 2018 by monothetic

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  Patch 1.5A is released, Mechanical Demise! Prism's synthetic security teams initiate severe countermeasures against the escaped specimens, and the planet's population at large. Mechanical Demise Cont... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.4A Lethal Infestation
  August 21, 2018 by monothetic

  Beacon First Access patch 1.4A is released! The insectoid Solus continue to expand their ever-growing domain on Kovus, intent on reclaiming land previously lost to foreign intruders. Lethal Infestati... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.3A Fighting Chance
  August 03, 2018 by monothetic

  Beacon 1.3A is released, adding a handful of new weapons, items, and traps to help give Freja the edge in survival! Fighting Chance Content New Items SMG Weapon ”Triple Threat” SMG Weapon Variant... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.2.2A
  July 27, 2018 by monothetic

  Patch 1.2.2A is released, tweaking the Excavation Spider boss and adding a few more UI improvements! Read the full notes below. UI Added shield indicator to HUD (Appears when a Shoretaiku shield is a... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.2.1A
  July 18, 2018 by monothetic

  Beacon patch 1.2.1A is released with an important fix that could cause the player to be deleted and a few particle optimizations! Let us know if the game performance has improved this build at all. F... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.2A Containment Breach
  July 17, 2018 by monothetic

  Our second content expansion is here, Containment Breach! All manner of violent and dangerous organisms break free from Prism's security systems, exacting revenge upon anything in their paths. Contain... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.1.3A
  June 25, 2018 by monothetic

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  Beacon 1.1.3A is released, adding some important fixes, balance tweaks to enemy spawns, and a tweak to the Hailshard weather event! Gameplay and Tweaks -Prism Containment Droid and Solus Prime enemies... Continue reading
• Beacon Patch 1.1.2A
  June 19, 2018 by monothetic

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  Patch 1.1.2 is released, adding titles and a few minor fixes! Beacon is also on sale for 20% off for the next week as part of the Itch summer sale! Gameplay and Tweaks -Added Titles to landmark areas... Continue reading
• Beacon Patch 1.1.1A
  June 13, 2018 by monothetic

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  Beacon 1.1.1A is released! Grab the patch to get the new diary tutorial system, statistics tooltips, and all of the latest fixes. Below are the full patch notes. Gameplay and Tweaks -Added stat toolt... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.1A Feral Fury
  June 01, 2018 by monothetic

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  Our first content expansion is released, Feral Fury! The indigenous fauna of the planet Kovus-18 fights back against its unwelcome interlopers. Feral Fury Content -Rattleslug Native enemy added: If l... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.0.4A
  May 16, 2018 by monothetic

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  Patch 1.0.4A is out! DNA persistence has been added (saves when Clone Bay opens in Level 1), the Beacon exe file has been certified, and a few other minor fixes/tweaks were made. Gameplay and Tweaks... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.0.3A
  May 11, 2018 by monothetic

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  Beacon 1.0.3A is here! Thanks to everyone for providing feedback and playing the game longer than a day. Along with a large set of balance changes to weapons and mutations, weapons and items now show... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Summer Development Roadmap
  May 07, 2018 by monothetic

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  #Roadmap

  We've released a Summer roadmap detailing some of the content you can expect over the first half of our First Access development! Look out for the Feral Fury expansion in the next few weeks... Continue reading

  
• Beacon Patch 1.0.2A
  May 04, 2018 by monothetic

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  V1.0.2A of Beacon is out! Outside of a handful of fixes the biggest additions are a new Reload reticule timer and and a quick couple of optimizations. Thanks to everyone who has been testing and givin... Continue reading
• Beacon Patch 1.0.1A
  May 02, 2018 by monothetic

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  Beacon V1.0.1A is out! We've got a handful of fixes, some balance tweaks, and a few suggestions implemented from our Discord community! Check the patch notes below. FIXES - Fixed Options breaking on... Continue reading
• Beacon First Access Release
  April 30, 2018 by monothetic

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  It's here. The time has finally come. We're extremely excited to be able to say that Beacon First Access is now available to purchase from Itch.io for $19.99. We talked a bit more about what all this... Continue reading