Sword of the Stars - The Pit [PC]

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What is The Pit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCbUkUdo6TQ

Sword of the Stars: The Pit is an action RPG Rogue-alike set in the sci-fi universe of the Sword of the Stars 4X games. Players must make their way through the Pit - a vast facility built by the god-like alien monster, the Bloodweaver. The goal - get to the bottom and find the cure for a deadly space plague that's killing your home colony. The Pit is filled with hostile aliens from all over the galaxy and an army of insane robots, all of whom want to see you dead. You must level up and improve your character's survival and combat skills to find a way to reach the bottom.



The Pit is also Kerberos Productions first indie title, step one in our long term goal to become fully independent game developers.

The Pit is available now from Gamersgate and Steam!

You can also try the demo out here.

Overview

-Choose from 3 Character classes - Marine, Scout, and Engineer, each with different advantages.
-Go up levels and improve your skills by fighting monsters, salvaging technology, and crafting equipment and weapons.
-Fight dozens of enemies from the Sword of the Stars universe.
-Use over 30 weapons and armor-types including laser guns, flame-throwers, plasma cannons, powered Brawler armor and lightning blades.
-Use randomized augmentation items to modify your weaponry and armor. They're different every play-through - you won't know what they do until you use them.
-Find and craft special equipment from scavenged supplies and items. Locate and decode hidden messages to uncover crafting recipes.
-Dozens of room types filled with traps, treasure, and technology.
-30 levels, randomized with each play-through and growing in size the deeper you go.
-You'll die. A lot. But each play-through will add info to your SOTSDEX - a record of all items, monsters, recipes, and messages you've found that spans every game you play. Each death will only make you stronger...
-4 difficulty settings - Easy, Medium, Hard, and Insane! The higher the difficulty, the greater the variety of items you can find.

Here's some Links of Interest

Visit the official Sword of the Stars: The Pit website
You'll find all the info here you could want for the Pit and everything related to its roots as a crowd-funded campaign. Check out the Reviews section to hear what people think of the Pit.

Visit KP's official forums
Come talk to us about the Pit, and our other games too if you want.

View The Pit on indiegogo.com
The indiegogo campaign we ran for The Pit has been over for a while, but you can still check out the perks we offered. If you see something you'd like, keep an eye out for future campaigns from Kerberos - you never know when an item might be offered again.

Screenshots

Golden Yak

Hey all. Kerberos artist here, snaggin' this first post for future updates and what have you.

The Pit - Gold Edition Out Now!



The Pit - Gold Edition includes the original game and the Mind Games DLC pack, as well as all-new Gold content.

The Pit Gold is now for sale at Steam , Gamers Gate, and other fine online retailers.

Pit players who have already purchased the original game and the Mind Games DLC can upgrade with the Gold DLC pack, which includes all the new Gold content. The Gold DLC pack is also available from Steam ,Gamer's Gate, and elsewhere.


Sword of the Stars - Gold Edition features the following:

• 8 Characters from 5 different Sword of the Stars races to play as... Marine, Scout, Engineer, Psion, Ranger, Warrior, Seeker, and Striker!
• 40 Levels of ancient evil science between you and the cure, not to mention unique side areas, known as biomes!
• Improve your character and increase your skills as you try and find a way to survive the depths.
• Over 160 enemies drawn from the Sword of the Stars universe!
• Over 110 weapons and over 45 armors with a variety of special effects including flamethrowers, rocket launchers, plasma cannons and powered Brawler armor!
• Over 250 items, devices, and ingredients to find, ranging from the familiar to ancient exotic tech. Use stuff found around each level or on your enemies to craft together more than 100 new items!
• Randomized augmentation effects (for your equipment... and for you!) make each game unique.
• Develop 28 unique Psionic powers to better hold off opponents.
• 5 levels of difficulty, from Easy to Seriously? and three special modes; Infinite, where there is no end, Quick, which reduces the number of rooms per floor, and Fast, which skips every second floor!
• Dozens of room types containing a host of exotic devices to help - or maybe hinder - your progress.
• Discover and decipher hundreds of hidden messages, crafting recipes, and pieces of Sword of the Stars lore!
• Many fiendish ways to die including poisoning, disease, traps, disintegration, radiation, dehydration, starvation and of course... MONSTERS.
• Plus 1 hidden character, which you can unlock to help you out when things get tough!
• Special features include full controller support, Big Screen compatibility, Steam Cloud, and even Steam trading cards!
• ESRB ™ Rated T for Teens, blood, violence.

The Gold DLC Content Pack adds the following to Sword of the Stars: the Pit and Mind Games

The Gold Edition Features List:
• Three new Character classes, each from a different previously unplayable alien race.
• Over 65 new items
• Over 35 new monsters
• Over 50 new messages which means lots of all new hidden recipes
• 30 new weapons, including new alien weapons
• 2 new Biome levels - Snow and Desert
• 2 new play modes; Quick, which reduces the number of rooms per floor and Fast, which skips every second floor!
• Plus 1 hidden character, which you can unlock to help you out when things get tough!

The Pit: MindGames - v.1.1.9

- Key and Controller bindings are now saved automatically when exiting the options screen.
- Fixed bug: Once all messages have been decrypted, old messages could be unlocked, but still not decrypted.
- Fixed bug: SotSdex message viewer now clears its contents when the selected message is deleted.
- Added option to mute sounds when game is in background.
- ADDED EXTRA SHORTCUT SLOTS (Hold ALT to access them).
- Reduced damage from fire versus mecha/cyborg.
- Increased damage from acid versus mecha/cyborg.
- Characters with Fear cannot set or disarm traps.
- Added skill to recipe details in SotSdex.
- Hold CTRL to drag a 1 item from a stack (10 items if stack has 20 or more) with the mouse.
- Added new monster, weapon, recipe, and messages!

The Pit: MindGames - v.1.1.8

- Fixed crash when clicking or dropping items onto the shortcut bar.
- 2 new enemies
- 1 new weapon
- 1 new item

The Pit: MindGames - v.1.1.7

Crashes
-Game crashed if player opened the Stats screen to level up after they had
died. Player can no longer open stat screen after death.

Fixes
-Psionics can no longer be activated while using Meditation Chamber.
-Metabolic control now reduces hunger.
-BioSlug now destroys the BioMod it removes.
-Successfully disabled traps can now be reused.
-Items in Tesseract well can no longer be added to player's shortcut bar.
-Psi Shield effect not playing while activated.
-Multiple traps can no longer be deployed on the same tile.

Additions and Changes
-Tarkan Field Surgery is now easier to use for Tarka characters.
-Mecha and Cyborgs are no longer fooled by Glamour.
-Auto Launcher now requires 3 rocket rounds to fully reload.
-Added green expiration counter to abilities in Psionics screen. (Moved blue recharge
counter to center of icon.)
-Ingredients now list what recipes they are used in.
-Various tweaks to NPC behaviour.
-Can now add Tailswipe and Fists to shortcut bar by right-clicking on a shortcut slot
in the inventory screen.
-Improved animation for TK Fist.
-NPC show "Healed" when health is increased.
-Psionic effects are now drawn behind character while activated.
-New monsters! New weapons!

The Pit: MindGames - v.1.1.6

Fixed Bugs
- No longer able to view controlled characters inventory if player's inventory was open
when control switched.
- Dragging a BioMod from Tesseract Well onto a weapon/armor now consumes
the BioMod.
- Glamour would occasionally not turn off. Fixed. (no, really. fixed)
- Various sound fixes.

Changed
- Updated tutorial and Game HUD text for controllers. Big Picture Compliant!

Additions
- Added resolution settings so players can specify fullscreen resolution other than
their current desktop resolution. NOTE: These resolution settings are only for
fullscreen. In windowed mode, the user can resize the window as before.

The Pit: MindGames - v.1.1.5

- Partial Big Picture compatibility! (screen text still refers to keyboard).
- Added controller support (Xbox 360 clones).
- Added border support for TVs (in options).

Fixes
- Can no longer use Duplication ability on Bio-Mods.
- Increased max-health regeneration amount while resting.
- Hologram for Glamour/Image Inducer no longer gets stuck on after reloading.
- Can no longer remove items from Starting Rooms (purple rooms) lockers unless starting there.
- Various AI tweaks.

Other Changes
- Psion and Ranger now available in Easy by default.
- Added slider to XP donater in Starting Rooms.
- Donated XP now worth more.
- All skills when beginning in Starting Rooms only cost 1 point to increase, but have a maximum cap.
- New monsters!
- New weapons!
- New recipes!


Default Controller Scheme

Basics:

LStick: - Move / windows Select (eg highlighting Lockpick Kit when interacting with Door)
A: - Interact / windows Select confirm (eg confirming use of Lockpick Kit)
LStick: - Next Tab/Panel/Section in UI (eg moving active area from inventory to cooker when in Crafting UI)
RTrigger: - Attack
RStick: - Target
X: - Reload
Y: - Pickup item
B: - Cancel / Menu


Advanced:

LTrigger: - Modifier (see "Modified:" below)

Guide: - Open Steam Community interface

RShoulder: - Modified: Next weapon
RStick: - Pressed: Skip Turn
- Pressed, Modified: Rest
LStick: - Modified: Facing (turn in place)
- Pressed: Zoom Out
- Pressed, Modified: Zoom In
Y: - Modified: Pickup multiple items
DPad: - Weapon Shortcut 1,2,3,4 (clockwise from top)
- Modified: Psionic Shortcut 5,6,7,8 (clockwise from top)

SotSdex
Start: - Open SotsDex
X: - Delete messages in SotsDex => Messages

Psionics
Back: - Open Psionics

Character Stats
LShoulder: - Open Stats

Inventory
RShoulder: - Open Inventory
LStick: - Modified: Move inventory item

Map
To view map, press B (exit/cancel) and select Map from menu.

NOTES
To select inventory filters, hold down LeftTrigger (modifier) and press LeftShoulder/RightShoulder (prev/next page)
Other examples include:
shortcuts when inventory is open
shortcuts when psionics are open
save/reload/reset for key bindings page

The Pit: MindGames - v.1.1.4

- Lightning Spear now takes wear and tear damage.
- Player character no longer responds to NPC Psi attacks not directed at them.
- Herbert can no longer be killed during tutorial. Now the most dangerous man alive.
- Fixed Ally ammo issue.
- Various tweaks and fixes to Psi abilities.
- Exo-Armor must now be equipped before it can be used as a tool in certain tasks.
- Various UI fixes and tweaks made.
- A couple of un-triggerable achievements now work as intended.
- Cryoid now has proper "cold" effect.
- Gloves now take corrosive damage. Will properly flash when they've taken too much damage.
- Bio-mods can no longer be stashed (due to their randomized effects per game).
- Armor damage no longer binary - lower end armors now more durable and higher end armors now less invulnerable.
- Disintegration Bay now deactivates after being booby-trapped.
- Duplication success odds tweaked.
- Added Message of the Day

The Pit: MindGames - v.1.1.3

- Expanded tutorial.
- Various corrections to final level.
- 3 new monsters!
- Various Psionic ability adjustments.
- Notification of unlocked Psi abilities added.
- Fixed Cybergiganto not being marked a Cyborg.
- Fixed Lightning Spear.
- Fixed Tarka Warhammer.
- Fixed Pulsar Pistol using incorrect amount of energy cells.
- Corrected Infinite Mode issues.
- Meditation Chamber effects no longer persist indefinitely outside of chamber.
- Added auto-learning for using psi skills.
- Fixed some text errors.

The Pit: MindGames - v.1.1.2

Critical Fixes
- Fixed crash when starting Infinite Mode.
- Fixed crash when abilities targeted at empty space.
- Fixed cone fire weapons getting stuck in infinite loop.
- Interrogation Pods no longer booby-trapped indefinitely.

Other Fixes
- Mechasense animation now displaying properly.
- Chance to resist Paralyze optimized
- Duration of Psi Power Paralyze optimized
- Poison effects optimized.
- Split Biome levels into 3 floors.
- Fixed bug where wrong floor would sometimes load.
- Fixed bug with level up sound playing out-of-place after banking experience.
- MechaSense now displays at same time as LifeSense if used at same time.
- Manipulation now working properly on closed doors.
- Psi regen properly displays rest & normal regen.
- Fixed issues with Starlance.
- Temporal Ejector is now destroyed after use.
- Immunojolt now properly consumed after use.
- Fixed game effects for new traps not working all the time.
- Various UI tweaks

The Pit: MindGames - v.1.1.1s

Fixes
- Biome levels optimized, monster spawning correct.
- All ally issues have been addressed. In theory. Smiley face.
- Imaginary grenades from imaginary crazy humans no longer do real damage.
- Psi-boosters are now consumed when used.
- Psi-war armour now increases Psi power regeneration.
- Use of Psi powers now increases hunger.
- Sound data corrected.
- Range issue with psionic attacks has been corrected.
- Issue with Psi attacks being automatically successful has been corrected.
- Ranger corrected, no longer able to equip heavy armour.
- Fixed floor transition issues.
- Bank locker issues addressed.
- Creature tooltip no longer showing when they are invisible.
- Lifesense reveal of invisible creatures fixed.

Other Changes and Additions
- Psionic Skills no longer receive bonus from power attribute HOWEVER all psionic skills are now only one point to increase at all times.
- Bonus recipes!
- Bonus Canada Day/Independence Day Long Weekend Armour/Armor)!

Mind Games Features

Mind over monsters! There's more to “The Pit” than you first thought!

The Pit: MindGames expands the fun, fast, light-hearted roguelike RPG of Sword of the Stars: The Pit with new playable characters, new monsters, new levels, new weapons and items, and – best of all – psionic powers for you to unleash as you dive ever deeper into The Pit. Incorporating even more of the popular Sword of the Stars universe, the game offers a rich science fiction backdrop and sharp modern gameplay with a playful art style and accessible gameplay that are suitable to a wide audience.

FEATURES

· 2 New playable characters; the Human Psion and the Tarka Ranger – the first playable alien character!

· 10 New floors of ancient, evil science add to the challenge!

· New room types, including wide, multi-level biospheres!

· New traps, new weapons, new items, and new recipes!

· New game mechanics, including 28 Psionic Powers!

· New Psionic enemies to fight, drawn from the Sword of the Stars universe!

· 2 New Play Modes; “Infinite Mode” as well as “Seriously? Mode”, for those players that find “Insane Mode” isn’t insane enough!

· Expanded meta-game aspects, including the ability to “bank” XP and spare items from one session and start the next run of the game on a deeper level, using your “banked” equipment.

Mind Games Announced

Big news!

Kerberos will be releasing an expansion for Sword of the Stars: The Pit - Mind Games!

Read our press release here.

Features

-2 New Playable Characters to choose from! In addition to the original game’s Marine, Scout and Engineer characters, a new Human Psion is added and the first playable alien — the Tarka Ranger.

-10 New Floors of ancient, evil science to beat — in addition to the original 30.

-New Room Types, including Open Artificial Areas.

-New traps, new weapons, new items, and new recipes.

-New game mechanics, including Psionic Powers.

-New Psionic monsters and enemies drawn from the Sword of the Stars universe.

-2 New Play Modes, “Infinite” Mode and “Seriously?” Mode — a Level of Difficulty Beyond Insane.

-Expanded Meta-Game aspects, including the Ability to “Bank” XP and spare items during one session and start the next run of the game on a deeper level, with your “Banked” starting equipment.

Update 1.0.4.0 changes are here:

Critical fixes:
- Fixed rare keyboard crash a couple players reported.

Other fixes:
- Fixed (finally) bug: Burst-fire sometimes misfiring when poisoned/choked.
- Fixed bug: Level up sound playing when earning first experience in new game.
- Fixed attack animations holding last frame while shot travels to target.
- Fixed bug: Charge Hub infinite XP exploit.
- Fixed bug: Selection color in recipe list for crafting.
- Fixed bug: Enemies occupying the same square.
- Fixed visual issues with attack animations.
- Fixed bug: Interacting with devices while blind causing Outline to disappear.
- Fixed bug: Skill/Stat modifiers not showing descriptions when loading save game.
- Fixed bug: Extra ammo/items being discarded when picking up loot with full inventory.

Additions and changes:
- Enviromentally sealed armors now protect against gas attacks.
- Added notification if player equips a weapon they don't meet the requirements for.
- Added HUD toggle.
- Quantum Scan Helmet now reveals props.
- Adjusted monster variety on Floor 30 on Hard/Insane difficulty.
- Added dragging item onto another of the same size to swap positions in inventory.
- Added more info to SotsDex entries for weapons/armor/characters.
- Added moves remaining to HUD.
- Added grouping similar items when auto-sorting inventory.
- Added log entries in SotSDex for experience earned.
- Added context menu for shortcut items in Inventory.
- Auto-targeting will track last target.
- Skills now show stat contribution.
- Biomods/Keys grouped together in SotsDex, including post-identification.
- Energy Drink reduced speed increase from 2 to 1
- Changed recipe failure dialog colors. Green for success, yellow for valid but failed recipe, red for invalid recipe.
- New recipes and monsters.

Update 1.0.3.0 changes are here:

Fixes:
- Changed anti-venom to have immediate effect (reduce poison 1 level.)
- Game now breaks grab if grabbing enemy is not within 1 square of target.
- Fixed some tools were not being used when crafting recipes.
- Fixed saved game exploits and bugs.
- Fixed no sounds for floors 11,16,21.
- Fixed some grenade issues.
- Fixed a grabbed character no longer moves when confused.
- Fixed tooltips showing for hidden traps when using quantum scan helmet.
- Fixed super Image Inducer bug.
- Fixed Knife/Blade/Spear skills are now based on Finesse (instead of Might.)
- Fixed enemy weapons not firing because they are too close to a wall.
- Fixed can now upgrade skill/stat, even if boosted over 100.
- Fixed AI sometimes appearing to teleport through objects.
- Fixed splash damage from shotguns would bypass armor for secondary targets. (sorry, gang)
- Fixed grenades were being destroyed by explosive damage frequently. They are now treated as items, not weapons.
- Fixed cyber scrambler would make organic enemies go berserk as well.
- Fixed lab station could be reused over and over by damaging it and repairing it.

Other changes and additions:
- Added "Auto Sort" to inventory.
- Added "Drop All" button to inventory.
- Added "Destoy" to context menu for inventory items.
- Added confirmation to "Destroy" and "Unload and Destroy" actions.
- Added warning when poison/radiation reduces stats below 5.
- Added recipe details to SotSDex.
- Task Dialog now selects tools which are "free" to use by default.
- Player gets credit for monsters killed by traps.
- charging hubs and repair stations made more efficient.
-Improved usability of large inventories by adjusting the grid to use more vertical space.
- Added "Equip Time" for armor to info displays.
- Added "Reload Time" for weapons to info displays.
- Sort SotsDex entries alphabetically.
- Added method to display custom stats for items (eg repair factor for repair tools.)
- Temporarily Removed GAMEPAD from build configuration until final compatibility is complete.
- Added recipe info for messages that unlock recipes.
- Augmentation hubs now use Decipher skill.
- If mimicked player attacks enemy, enemy will attack back.
- Added fully translated messages are Green in the SotsDex.
- Added more details to repair dialog.
- 7 new achievements.
- 3 new weapons.
- 2 new monsters.
- Basket-load of new Easter items.
- New recipes and messages.

Update 1.0.2.0 changes are here:

1.0.2.0
New Additions
- Two new monsters
- Five new recipes
- Four new items
- Two new weapons
Critical Fixes
- Fixed Shrinking Inventory / Dropped Item crash
- Fixed Projectile crash
- Fixed equipping/dropped armor crash
Other Fixes
- Fixed various outlying issues
- Greek letters on key-card doors no longer display when door destroyed
- Characters wearing self-contained armor or who are immune to radiation no longer affected when in an irradiated room
- Play Again remembers Difficulty setting
- Fixed Hero Sotswich achievement unlocking prematurely
Other changes
- Added reload value to weapon stats
- Irradiated rooms now show effect for visual warning
- Tweaks to auto-save to make it more robust
- Three auto-save slots, one for each character class (meaning you can now have three different games on the go , one for each character)
- Added mouse targeting for weapons
- Increased force field belt duration
- Added access to SotSDex in main menu
- Decrypted recipes messages now unlock recipes in SotSDex automatically

Sokpuppet

Likin' it.

Combat has some elements of Doom RL, character development is a bit Deus-Ex-ish, and there's some Mystery Dungeon elements in there too. Love the music and art.

Also it's hard.

Needs a Food Dungeon.

hjparcins

OK why isn't this game getting more exposure?

I just played for an hour and it is seriously one of the best indie games I've played. Think FTL quality.

All the little lore snippets, monster codex, hacking and deciphering and lockpicking and crafting...WOW. This is a rogue-like that has it ALL. More people need to pick this up ASAP. So great!!!!

Golden Yak

Kerberos has received a lot of feedback about the Pit, and the buzz is largely positive. There's a news thread on the forums where you can check out reviews.

Response to the Pit has been very encouraging all around. And there'll be more to come soon.

BradicusMaximus

Love the game. I feel a bit biased as I can never turn down a rogue-like but still, great game. The only major issue I've found with the game so far is when you're hit with blindness for 30+ rounds or so. There are times where when damage numbers appear of a creatures head they'll follow the creature to the next tile, making it rather easy to track their movement even while blind. I'm sure you guys knew that but I felt like this post needed more substance :P

Golden Yak

Just think of it as your other senses heightening to compensate!

BradicusMaximus

But I can't! I need the game to punish me for walking through a blind trap without paying attention! Rogue-like masochism!

Also, it brings me joy to see that an update adding new monsters and items is already out. Keep up the awesome work.

MegaMek

I love rogue-likes, I love Sword of the Stars, I dig the art style I'm seeing here...

Guess I'm buying this when I get home.

Golden Yak

BradicusMaximus wrote: »

Also, it brings me joy to see that an update adding new monsters and items is already out. Keep up the awesome work.

Will do. We like to add extra stuff to updates whenever possible.

In fact, keep your eyes open this Easter...

Wyvern

Tube wrote: »

Sword of the Stars: The Pit is an action RPG Rogue-alike set in the sci-fi universe of the Sword of the Stars 4X games.

Wait, is THAT what this is? I saw it on Steam's new releases a while back and assumed it was a Sword of the Stars 2 expansion of some description. Apparently I should have been paying more attention to it, because I'm a sucker for anything even tangentially related to roguelikes these days.

Tofystedeth

A Sci-Fi rogue-alike available on Steam! oh nooooo my wallet!

HuntingNoob

This game is fantastic. I think I'll be spending a lot of time playing this. Completing the game is going to take a while because of the difficulty and figuring out the recipes is going to add a lot of game time. Very fun and addictive game.

Golden Yak

Easter Update is now live on Steam. Enjoy new monsters, weapons, and recipes (including new craftable ranged weapons), some UI sex-ifying, and some bug fixes. See here or our forums for full notes.

Wyvern wrote: »

Wait, is THAT what this is?

Indeed!

Tofystedeth wrote: »

A Sci-Fi rogue-alike available on Steam! oh nooooo my wallet!

Thankfully, it's a very wallet-friendly price.

HuntingNoob wrote: »

This game is fantastic. I think I'll be spending a lot of time playing this. Completing the game is going to take a while because of the difficulty and figuring out the recipes is going to add a lot of game time. Very fun and addictive game.

Especially since we keep adding more. But there's actually a recipe that makes it easier to get recipes, so there's that.

KingofMadCows

Might seems to be much more useful than the other two stats since it increases inventory space and max hunger meter.

Also, Von Neumann Probes are the devil.

MegaMek

KingofMadCows wrote: »

Also, Von Neumann Probes are the devil.

Pretty consistent with the other games, naturally.

MordaRazgrom

This game, has reaffirmed my belief that we can have roguelikes on Steam! Awesome roguelikes, the kind that punch you in the teeth and you want more!

My second playthrough I made it to floor 11 or 12 because I had a crazy-OP belt. Died because I didn't realize that a gigantic abomination is capable of squishing me like a bug

Golden Yak

Update 1.0.4.0 is now live! Changes can be read here or on our forums here. Some UI tweaks, new recipes and monsters, and new messages you'll want to keep an eye out for.

KingofMadCows wrote: »

Might seems to be much more useful than the other two stats since it increases inventory space and max hunger meter.

Can depend on what kind of game you're having. If you neglect finesse your combat capability will suffer, and without brains you'll have a harder time getting through traps and using equipment. Shutting down all the security bots on a floor can be more useful than all the sandwiches you can carry. There are items and craftables that can offset not having a lot of might, so it can be worthwhile to focus on another stat if you can get ahold of them.

ANTVGM64

I imagine you've probably gotten this a billion times before, but you couldn't take my money fast enough if this were on IOS.

KingofMadCows

Golden Yak wrote: »

KingofMadCows wrote: »

Might seems to be much more useful than the other two stats since it increases inventory space and max hunger meter.

Can depend on what kind of game you're having. If you neglect finesse your combat capability will suffer, and without brains you'll have a harder time getting through traps and using equipment. Shutting down all the security bots on a floor can be more useful than all the sandwiches you can carry. There are items and craftables that can offset not having a lot of might, so it can be worthwhile to focus on another stat if you can get ahold of them.

But the other two stats are really only useful for the Marine. The Engineer starts with more than enough brain and reasonably good finesse and the scout only gets 1 stat point per level. Plus might increases mechanical, melee, and sword skills.

MordaRazgrom

Insane difficulty, man you developers are just plain MEAN! I love it! Can't even bothe to switch to lower difficulty, cause insane is so much fun. Had one run where I literally took one step and died...delicious. I celebrate if I can make it to floor four. I'm glad that developer supped item drop rates, cause in insane difficulty, having plenty of food and ammunition is the one thing you don't have to sweat! This is "hard" mode done right!

Golden Yak

Big News!

Kerberos will be releasing an expansion for Sword of the Stars: The Pit - Mind Games!



Read our press release here.

The Mind Games expansion for Sword of the Stars: The Pit will be released as a paid Beta in June of 2013, to allow the developers to incorporate player feedback. The finished product will be released to a general audience in July of 2013.

Features

-2 New Playable Characters to choose from! In addition to the original game’s Marine, Scout and Engineer characters, a new Human Psion is added and the first playable alien — the Tarka Ranger.

-10 New Floors of ancient, evil science to beat — in addition to the original 30.

-New Room Types, including Open Artificial Areas.

-New traps, new weapons, new items, and new recipes.

-New game mechanics, including Psionic Powers.

-New Psionic monsters and enemies drawn from the Sword of the Stars universe.

-2 New Play Modes, “Infinite” Mode and “Seriously?” Mode — a Level of Difficulty Beyond Insane.

-Expanded Meta-Game aspects, including the Ability to “Bank” XP and spare items during one session and start the next run of the game on a deeper level, with your “Banked” starting equipment.

This july, keep an open mind. Har har... sorry.

*******

ANTVGM64 wrote: »

I imagine you've probably gotten this a billion times before, but you couldn't take my money fast enough if this were on IOS.

Indeed, we've received many such comments. Making it on iOS was part of the original game plan, and still something we plan to do in the future. With the Pit and other projects we're working on.

KingofMadCows wrote: »

But the other two stats are really only useful for the Marine. The Engineer starts with more than enough brain and reasonably good finesse and the scout only gets 1 stat point per level. Plus might increases mechanical, melee, and sword skills.

Some classes will get more out of a skill than others. Again, it depends on the game you're having. In future it might be more critical for different classes.

MordaRazgrom wrote: »

Insane difficulty, man you developers are just plain MEAN! I love it! Can't even bothe to switch to lower difficulty, cause insane is so much fun. Had one run where I literally took one step and died...delicious. I celebrate if I can make it to floor four. I'm glad that developer supped item drop rates, cause in insane difficulty, having plenty of food and ammunition is the one thing you don't have to sweat! This is "hard" mode done right!

Hope you enjoy the next difficulty level then!

Golden Yak

Whoa, the Pit is on sale, 50% off! Buy it!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/233700

MegaMek

Oh man, that expansion sounds totally sweet. Can't wait to play as the Tarka! Are there plans to add other playable alien characters? I was really surprised that the player characters were all human to begin with, given how awesome the other races are in SotS.

Golden Yak

MegaMek wrote: »

Oh man, that expansion sounds totally sweet. Can't wait to play as the Tarka! Are there plans to add other playable alien characters? I was really surprised that the player characters were all human to begin with, given how awesome the other races are in SotS.

The Pit facility that the game takes place in is located on a world in human space, so the humans had dibs. As word of the Pit's existence leaks out, other races will be drawn to explore it. The tarka are just the first.

KafkaAU

Golden Yak wrote: »

MegaMek wrote: »

Oh man, that expansion sounds totally sweet. Can't wait to play as the Tarka! Are there plans to add other playable alien characters? I was really surprised that the player characters were all human to begin with, given how awesome the other races are in SotS.

The Pit facility that the game takes place in is located on a world in human space, so the humans had dibs. As word of the Pit's existence leaks out, other races will be drawn to explore it. The tarka are just the first.

A great premise. Asuming I can actually get past level 9. Seriously though, a great game. I think my downfall is determining the recipes.

Golden Yak

Sword of the Stars: The Pit - Mind Games goes on sale in July! Have a peek!

http://www.vg247.com/2013/06/24/sword-of-the-stars-the-pit-expansion-due-next-month/

HuntingNoob

Golden Yak wrote: »

Sword of the Stars: The Pit - Mind Games goes on sale in July! Have a peek!

http://www.vg247.com/2013/06/24/sword-of-the-stars-the-pit-expansion-due-next-month/

Awww yeah! What will be the price? Does it add 10 floors to the existing one or this expansion separate floors?

Golden Yak

HuntingNoob wrote: »

Awww yeah! What will be the price? Does it add 10 floors to the existing one or this expansion separate floors?

Mind Games goes on sale tomorrow for $4.99. It will require the original Pit to play.

It will add ten floors to the existing 30, so you'll need to make it to and escape floor 40 in order to successfully complete the game. There will be a few things that will make the trip from floor to floor a little shorter to account for the extended overall length ... if you're lucky enough to find them!

KafkaAU

Will you be able to disable the DLC if you haven't finished the based game first?

Golden Yak

KafkaAU wrote: »

Will you be able to disable the DLC if you haven't finished the based game first?

You will not - Mind Games will merge with the original game so you can retain all your recipes, SOTSDEX entries, and other information.

Golden Yak

Mind Games on sale now!



Mind Games is now on sale at Steam , Good Old Games, and Gamers Gate!

Mind over monsters! There's more to “The Pit” than you first thought!

The Pit: MindGames expands the fun, fast, light-hearted roguelike RPG of Sword of the Stars: The Pit with new playable characters, new monsters, new levels, new weapons and items, and – best of all – psionic powers for you to unleash as you dive ever deeper into The Pit. Incorporating even more of the popular Sword of the Stars universe, the game offers a rich science fiction backdrop and sharp modern gameplay with a playful art style and accessible gameplay that are suitable to a wide audience.

FEATURES

· 2 New playable characters; the Human Psion and the Tarka Ranger – the first playable alien character!

· 10 New floors of ancient, evil science add to the challenge!

· New room types, including wide, multi-level biospheres!

· New traps, new weapons, new items, and new recipes!

· New game mechanics, including 28 Psionic Powers!

· New Psionic enemies to fight, drawn from the Sword of the Stars universe!

· 2 New Play Modes; “Infinite Mode” as well as “Seriously? Mode”, for those players that find “Insane Mode” isn’t insane enough!

· Expanded meta-game aspects, including the ability to “bank” XP and spare items from one session and start the next run of the game on a deeper level, using your “banked” equipment.

Golden Yak

Update 1.1.1s is now live! Changes can be read here or on our forums here. Have a good long weekend!

Tube

Looks like it's on sale today http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/gb/en/pc/games/strategy/sword-stars-pit/

stopgap

For those who are wondering, I am seriously loving the game. got it during the summer sale. the turn based aspect is nice, allowing for flexible play.

Constrictor

Picked this up yesterday with the expansion. I was almost late to work this morning. Great game, I love roguelikes, and this one appears to have quite a bit of depth.

KingofMadCows

The Psion seems to be way better than the other classes. I've had a much easier time with the Psion than with the Scout, Engineer, and Marine. I haven't really tried the Ranger yet.

Constrictor

I couldn't handle normal difficulty so I started an easy engineer game and am doing quite well. I'm on level 31 of the pit so far. My only complaint is that it's extremely time consuming...performing tasks and fighting should be more snappy IMO.

KafkaAU

Maybe I need to switch down to easy. I've played normal a bit and the lowest I've ever gotten was 11 or 12 or something.

KingofMadCows

Maybe you've just been unlucky. Getting good equipment early on can really help your chances. Also, you can increase your skills to 45 by using them so you can save a lot of skill points if you wait.

Constrictor

Currently on level 36 or so. Most creatures get 3-6 attacks per round. Not sure why they don't just give them one attack with more damage? Fighting a room of 3-4 ranged creatures each attacking 5 times just takes way too long.