- Steam App
- Hexiv (2485820)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 24 April 2026 - 14:35:38 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
Thanks everyone who has been playing the Hexiv Demo!This patch is focused on improving new player onboarding with new contextual information widgets. In addition, I added 3 new artifacts, and simplified the Heat mechanic! I've gotten a lot of feedback from demo players that they didn't understand certain mechanics and I noticed many first runs ending in failure in years 1-2 or around 20-30 minutes, indicating a failure to grok some of the core mechanics. Consistently missed early on is the idea that crew must be present on tiles to work them. I'm optimistic that these changes will help new players get through the early confusion faster and with less head scratching!I also now force first time players to select a good spot to land with their first Lander. I have distaste generally for scripted tutorials, but where you land makes such a huge impact on your first time playing I don't want n...