Jupiter Hell - FAQ!

[Epyon]

Is there a Website/Forum/Discord/Reddit for this game?

Website : https://jupiterhell.com/
Forum : https://forum.chaosforge.org/
Discord : https://discord.gg/jupiterhell
Reddit : https://www.reddit.com/r/JupiterHell/

Why have you removed diagonals?

First of all, diagonals were never a part of Jupiter Hell. The decision to only have cardinal movements was made years ago at project conception. The gameplay and graphics were designed with that in mind.

The decision was made to make gameplay smooth and quick. Only a minority of modern PC users have access to a numpad, and there is no solution for a gamepad that allows for quick pick up and play. No solution was found which would not require the player to adapt to some unintuitive control scheme. Hence, at design stage we decided to not have diagonals and design the game around it.

Any further discussion about this is pointless, because short of a full overhaul of the project (including all the level geometry assets and general scale of things, and full rebalance of all the systems) there's no way to sensibly put diagonals back in.

Why can't I unload weapon from the ground?

Jupiter Hell's major design principle is that there should be no case where an optimal way of gameplay requires a boring repetition or grind of a given task. If the optimal way of gameplay would be going to every weapon and manually unloading it, this would be a chore which doesn't add much to the gameplay. Circumventions like having weapons automatically unload on drop or picking up weapons that you already have instead unloading ammo have been considered, but each of those comes with further complications or UX issues.

That pricing?

The price of Jupiter Hell communicates that it's not a half-year development asset store based Unity game, but a labor of love, a development history spanning 7 years, and a lot of sleepless nights, an engine build from scratch for this particular game. It signifies an attention to detail and design, and to player feedback that is not present in more commercially oriented Indie games. It's a promise of treating players and their feedback seriously, both during the Early Access stage as well as with free updates after launch.

How do I rotate without moving?

You don't. Facing of both the player and the enemies has NO EFFECT on any gameplay system - it's just visual fluff.

Can I play with the mouse?

Yes, the game supports Mouse, Keyboard and Gamepad, and can be played solely using one of those controllers (including playing solely using the Mouse), or mix-match (i.e. Mouse + Keyboard). That said, the benefits of the adaptive animation system (move as fast as you input commands) come most into play when playing with Keyboard only or Gamepad only and that is what we recommend. Mouse support is opt-in in the Settings menu.

Can I save and exit anytime?

Yes, this is a proper roguelike game after all!

I want a turn-counter/timeline so I know when enemies move

While tactically it would make sense, and would allow for better planning of moves, this would however drastically slow down optimal gameplay. We want to keep the game fast paced. If one would need to analyze the order of enemy movement each turn to play optimally, this would drastically slow down the game.

We will be adding here more answers if the question start to appear often.

[Phoenix7786]

Thank you for taking the time to type this out!

[Mojo The Rising]

I think the different color elevators and what they mean should be in the FAQ, but I'm biased since I'm the one that asked about it in the forum, lol. But is it stated anywhere that I missed? I feel that might be important for people to know.

[Lunático]

"Only a minority of PC users have access to a numpad."
Really? sounds weird even when counting laptop users, though I don't have hard data on the issue.

There should probably be a section addressing modding support, I know that's coming after the game reaches a complete state but I imagine that's something that's going to be asked frequently.

Edit: nevermind, it's on the roadmap.

[Veddan]

Lots of gamers use TKL keyboards, including myself

[psyxypher]

"Only a minority of modern PC users have access to a numpad,"

I'm actually having trouble wrapping my head around this. Might be because of the fact that I've died way too much because I can't move diagonally...

[KOOLCOO]

Question: Is there option to turn without moving?

[Epyon]

Facing has no effect on the gameplay.

[Epyon]

Updated the FAQ with facing, mouse support and turn-counter.

[Mike McPhil]

Been a huge fan of folks for about 4 years now. I was late to DRL *shrugs*. Just picked this up for my birthday, and man. Beautiful. Simply cracking game already, I can't wait to see what the future holds for it.

[Fenix-Venix]

Can someone tell me, why only minority today has numpad?
I'm a bit shocked.

[Big Laugh]

i dont have a numpad cuz its useless to me and it takes up space on my desk. I use a compact keyboard that has no numpad and it therefore sits closer to my mouse and i like that better. i dont know why anyone would want a numpad unless they work in office programs all day

[Ander]

Originally posted by Fenix-Venix:

Can someone tell me, why only minority today has numpad?
I'm a bit shocked.

Not a minority, but a fair amount of people don't have one. Think anyone who's using a laptop for instance.

[ShaftZilla86]

Will/ can you guys release the sound track for this game? I have been watching it on twitch (CohhCarnage) and Roland Lagoy's [sic] music is amazing and would make for a great playlist.

[Epyon]

Soundtrack is coming :)

[Nighty]

is there any way to make the text a bit smaller?
it would be appreciated if i could turn off the crt-effect too.
are there camera-zoom controls?