BIONITE: Origins™ is a futuristic first-person shooter & real-time strategy hybrid. The core gameplay consists of piloting hovertanks in first-person, destroying other tanks or structures, commanding your squad to attack/defend certain targets, and a full strategy mode with base-building in the Strat game-mode.
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We have a new teaser video for the upcoming release of the Singleplayer Missions. The missions begin on Venus and progress through the solar system, to various moons and planets.
Bionite: Origins Release Beta
News 1 commentAfter 10 years in development, we finally made it to Full Release on Steam with a Beta! We converted the game into a Tactical FPS based on the old school...
Development Update
News 2 commentsBionite: Origins is moving to full release on steam, 3rd Quarter, 2018. Preview of Mars Missions.
Rev PSB-2081-N is posted (updated JULY 18th, 2016)
News 1 commentNew revision posted to Steam with many bug fixes, new content, and features. Build Notes for this Revision.
New In-Game Videos
NewsWe have two new Game Play videos using ShadowPlay: Hadley's Hope mission on the Moon, and the BIODOME24 mission on Mars.
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Hello my friend. Congratulations, your game looks amazing, I will for sure try it! I am also a UDK developer (@udkultimate), and I want to invite you to take a look at my new upcoming game, made in UDK (a modified version which exports the game for PC, PS3 and Xbox360):
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I added a new video check it out
Update #1 is posted to Steam!
We finally got our first Update posted to Steam. We fixes some bugs and added new features based on the comments we recieved on our Steam Discussion Page, our youtube page, and our Facebook page. We really appreciate the feedback and comments from the community. Bionite is an extremely complex game and we need help from you guys to make the game better. I am working on the build notes and will have them posted shortly but here are a few of the fixes:
- Added the TRAINER level. Now you can create a singleplayer game and set the difficulty level to "trainer" and the enemy wont attack. This will give everyone an opportunity to use the command system without having to worry about the sharks attacking the recycler.
- Added the team colors. Now the enemy is red and your team is blue. This will make it much easier to find the enemy.
- Modified the Constructor so it will build faster. You still need to place your location beacon first, then select the Constructor in the menu to tell it what to build.
- Fixed the commands for the Lynx Tank, the Diamond Back Turret, the Archer (mortar Bike), the Spyder Turret, and the Repair Drone.
- Fixed the weapon switching so now you can build a gun and add it to your loadout. Build an extra gun using the Armory.
- Hooked up the Thump Weapon in the Kodiak.
- Moved all the tanks and turret squads into their own F key. Now there are 14 squads that can be selected using the F key and the Left Shift F Key. Each Vehicle type will default to a squad. Were working on adding a custom squad system so you can select and move individual vehicles into a custom squad. CHECK the new Wing Card for the new key maps.
Hi!
I am just letting you know that we are working on an update.
We are almost ready to post the update. I have added as many of the suggestions from the community as I could for this release. We have resolved the "reinstall issue" we are having with Steam, so the game will not reinstall each time the game is played. We are going to be working on this update until this Sunday, then uploading to Steam on Monday. Then all day Tuesday we will be testing to make sure the game installs smoothly. If all goes well, on Wednesday next week the new release will be ready for download.
Thanks for the patients while we get through these issues and make the game better based on your recommendations.
Hi, I did buy the game on Steam.
Bionite: Origins is now on Steam Early Access
I cant install it ? Is it a bug or did I buy too early ?
I would like to support this Project anyway.
Please try this fix for the missing exe error:
Steamcommunity.com
the missing exe issue is resolved, it was a problem on the back-end of Steam
Hi LtF,
Battlezone was one of my childhood favourite games, I still have it installed on my old notebook.
I'm really looking forward to Bionite since the very first day I discovered it.
As a modder myself, I am the creator of one of the major mods for STALKER game series. I exactly know what does it mean to work on such big projects without having the necessary studio, people, funds and time to compete with mainstream games.
However BZ has always been an underrated and unmarked game, I'm quite surprised that your project has drawn very little attention on ModDB.
I would like to give you some feedback. I checked the status of Bionite on a couple of different sites many times, but I've always left confused about the progress. I still don't understand when will the final version be released, what will be the singleplayer campaign story, etc.
Although I only released non-commercial mods, I always put a lot of effort into teasing my followers, make them waiting for the release even more.
I'm not saying you don't put effort into your followers, don't get me wrong, but I think you should make it a bit more clear what you are doing and when... just my 2 cents.
But anyway, I wish you the best with the development, I'm really looking forward to it.
PS: Will it be possible to play it with the original BZ soundtracks?
AWESOME!!!!!!!
That is great to hear Kanyhalos!
We are complete BZ fanatics and spent the last 5 years brining Bionite to life. We really like to hear from other developers that have played BZ. I do apologize for the confusion about the release, this game is just so crazy complex, we just didnt know when it would be done. Were also using the UE3 engine (UDK) and damn if it aint buggy as hell. (we should have used Unity to avoid the bugs and lack of support from the developer EPIC). I had to learn how to program, model, use flash, surface, just about everything to make this game. I do greatly appreciate your two cents! we really want to hear from people in the community to get their opinions about the game. :) Unfortunatly we cant include and IP from the original games, but we have a really good composer (Driving Park) that will do a great job emulating the original sound experience. We are just about to launch on Steam, everyting is set to publish we just need to finish this and get it sent. I will post a announcement on our Moddb page, our website, our Greenlit page and on our FB page when its on Early Access. We really appreciate your support and the suppor of the community, we in the home stretch to making a great game that we hope people will have fun playing. ~LtF
Thanks for your answer. I'm mainly interested in singleplayer. Will it have campaigns like BZ had? What would be the story?
As for the music, I know it's not allowed to use BZ content but I meant that if it's possible to mod Bionite further, put BZ music into it for myself, or play it from the original soundtrack cd/iso.
This was my all-time favourite BZ music:
I wish I could help you with programming, but I quit making games due to the lack of time.
I released a lot of content for STALKER between 2007-2015 and been through appreciation and despair.
I had my mod topped the ModDB 100 list and had also the mod site deactivated because of trolls... the 3.0 version of my mod had a hidden serious bug and the whole community were screaming at me and rated my mod to 7.2 ... It took sleepless nights and a lot of annoyance to fix the bugs for 3.1, and it reached 8.5 rating after a couple of months.
Thank God it wasn't a commercial project...
What will the Early Acess contain? I'd note that if the Early Access version will be bugged, people will seriously complain (as they always do, even if it's not bugged), give it a very low rating, and the interest on the final release will be much less.
Noone cares about the explanation like "but it's Early Access"... they are expecting perfect games all the time. They just don't know how much work is really involved.
I always overcame these issues by hiring people from forums (who seemed to be trustworthy and wouldn't leak it), and they tested it before the release. But we can't be careful enough.
I hope this helps. Good luck!
Sorry about the delay getting back to you Kanyhalos, but we were in crunch time last week. For the initial singleplayer release, we are focused on One VS One against the computer, with the mission goals being to destroy the enemy base. We do have a story line we are following (check our website under 'backstory' for the introduction www.bionitegame.com).
I really like that music track also, it was awesome work, thanks for sharing that, its been a while since i heard it :)
Trolls absolutely suck, We had the same problem. I hear you - about the trials and tribulations, making a game is alot like trench warfare and sometimes its just attrition that kills many projects.
I have seen your modDb page and I really liked what you had done so far, its a bummer to hear you had to put it on hold. I completely understand about having to pay the bills (that is probably the one major project killer). I have been through absolute hell on earth to get this far.
I am very glad you made that last post. Once i read it I decided your advice was pure gold and delayed the Steam release until we were positive it was bug free. That two cents you gave me i think is worth alot alot more. THANKS FOR THAT!!! :)
I wish we could hire people from the forums but honestly, i have been seriously burned by people that think they can make games....95% of them quit and half of them rage-quit. That was a huge learning experience for me and i will never do that again.
We just send the game to Steam this morning and it is currently in the review que. Our goal was to have 90% of the game elements in the Early Access release and then add the remaining 10% (including the MP) once we are in the main store. Since we modeled the game after the original BZ, almost all of the elements that are in that game are in Bionite. (plus a few unique aspects like 'Fly in Formation' or FIF). The only game elements that still need to be added are all pilot releated, the pilot mesh, the siper rifle and the jet pack. We are working on adding those elements right now.
I would super appreciate your feedback on the game when it is released on Steam (should be this wednesday), I have seen your work on Stalker and you did an amazing job, IMO. Please keep in touch with me and maybe in the future we can get you a well paid position at Platoon Studios. SUPER THANKS! ~LtF
Thank you LtF, I appreciate your words. The singleplayer 1v1 sounds cool, like a skirmish match in RTS games. I read the backstory and I really like it. However it is still unclear when will the game contain a singleplayer campaign like in the original BZ.
I'm very happy to learn that I could help you with some hints. The first impressions on the game will determine if people shall buy it or not and no Patch/DLC will change that. I don't see the Early Acess on Steam anyway, I guess it's still waiting for approval. Yesterday I started my long X-mas holiday so I would have some time to play it.
I've got another questions. How many SP 1v1 maps/missions shall the EA contain? I hope there will be a lot of variety.
The Europa screenshots look interesting, but why are they greyscale? The original Europa was icy blue. It would be nice to see an ice planet.
A couple of years ago the GSC Gameworld forums were very active. I've met a lot of talented people there and we helped each other and used the code of each other to put together the best features. It was really easy to find trustworthy people for testing that time. But today is really hard. It may be possible to get 1-2 people for short term.
I keep my eyes on this game:)
That is a perfect characterization of the first strat release, "skirmish". We felt that since the game has a steep learning curve, people will need some time to learn how to play. In the mean time we will be working on turn based missions. Just getting to this point has been over-the-top-difficult and we didnt want to make it any more difficult to finish before we could release on Early Access. We are going to be working on the full campaigns during our time on Early Access, as well as adding more content, elements and Multiplayer.
We just got some feedback from Steam and had to make some minor changes (to the trading cards, badges, and backgrounds) before we could drop. If we hear back from Steam tonight and they can just remove them (becuase i couldnt and got stuck having to create generic ones to get the game into review) then the game will be up tomorrow!
we currently have 3 maps for Skirmish Mode, EMZE MINE (venus), BIODOME24 (mars), and HADLEYS HOPE (moon). We had a hella hard time getting the game to cook using the UDK front end because our game is so complex. In fact it took me MONTHS to figure out how to get the game to cook and pack, I had to bypass the Front End cooker to get it to work. Unfortunatly EPIC provides almost no trouble shooting for UDK and basically its like doing brain surgery without a map of the brain!
The Europa map is still at the landscapers (hotshot) and those images are just what he does in World Machine and Substance. He creates basic unlit maps in UDK for testing and scaling, so the images your seeing are the roughs (unlit). I agree with you about the atmosphere needs a cold blue feel to it. Were also working on part systems for falling snow and ice-geysers. Were thinking about having an H2O mine on Europa that ships water, hydrogen, and oxygen to various bases throughout the solar system.
I have never been to the GSC Gameworld forums, sounds interesting. I will check it out but once we get rolling on Steam, were going to hire several PT or FT testers to work inhouse (thus avoiding the rage quitting and asset snakes).
Once you get a copy of the game, please post your feedback on our Steam page or on our forums (were setting up the forums now). Thanks for the input, I super appreciate it!
~John
I finally see it on steam right now, but I've got restricted internet access regarding download. I can only download it somewhere else, copy the installer to usb drive and bring it home. Is this possible? If I must install it through steam to the computer where I can play, then it's a no-go for me:(
hmmm. i think that steam is pretty strict about that type of stuff, you can try it, it might work. Let me know if it what happens, if it doesnt work i can get you a copy. ~LtF