Attention NanoHive Operators, the first Operator of the Week has been chosen and a new software update for the Operator Control Panel was released. The Operator of the Week is none other than one of the Founders, tomi.

It seems like nobody was able to beat the Founder challenge, but worry not, there is still time. As the name suggests, a new Operator of the Week will be chosen every Monday. And the first non Founder to claim the title will become a part of the game credits for all to see.

As for the software update. Now you can see all leaderboard entries both in the menu and after completing a decontamination procedure. The new layout also includes the ranking. Furthermore, after the procedure is complete the leaderboard will highlight your placement. Thank you all for your efforts, more updates coming soon. If you are interested in joining our community on the Discord server you can click this link or press the Discord button in the main menu. Discord

We want to thank everybody new NanoHive Operator for their support in delivering a fast decontamination procedure and curing the brain Cancer of their patients.

We want further to incentivise the competition between Operators on the global leaderboard and in order to do that we are introducing the Operator of the Week Programme.

Every week on Monday the best Operator in at least four out of the seven different areas on the global leaderboard will be shown on all pages of the leaderboard to the other Operators. They will also receive a unique role in the Discord server if they are part of it. Currently, the first rank in all areas is held by the Founders (tomi, Radu, You know... or Yes) so we would like to challenge all Operators to take those top spots away from us. In addition to this new Programme and Challenge, we also want to let you all know that there have been some software fixes to the NanoBots and to the Operator Control Panel, specifically you can now see what rank you would have after submitting your disinfection time or wave (unless you already have submitted a better one). We were let know by the Operators in our Discord server that there are some mistakes that need changing. There has also been a change inside the Lungs, it seems that the parasites have been replaced by viruses (we wonder if this has to do with anything). Thank you all again for your support and we can't wait to see who will take over the role of Operator of the Week.       

If you are interested in joining our community on the Discord server you can click this link Discord server or press the Discord button in the main menu.

You can play it for free on Steam or Itch.io.

We are back with a spicy NanoHive update. This update will conclude the campaign mode of NanoHive. Explore the new worlds of the Lungs and Brain and save them from microbes. Enjoy the new beats from David Kolt, the new music guy! This update will also be released on steam. We hope you enjoy it!

You can play it for free on Steam or Itch.io.

New Features:

• Added the following enemies:

1. Snake which divides into sections when shot becomes multiple enemies.
2. Snail which carries around a Void Hole.
3. Acid enemy, which leaves around a temporary trail of acid.
4. Small cancers.
5. Cancer spawner.

• Added a Final Boss.
• Added a new Arena game mode.

1. Survive endless waves of enemies.

• Added milliseconds to leaderboards.
• Added UI for the current Hive size.
• Added credits button in the main menu.
• Post-processing can now be disabled in Options.
• Added more options at the end of the level screen.

Changes:

• Increased the size of Void Holes.
• Increased the pull force of Void Holes.
• Increased the dissolution speed of enemies.
• Increased the range of Viruses.
• Increased the speed of returning Nanobots.
• Changed the parallax.
• Changed the lights of Nanobots.
• Lowered the transparency of exploding particles.
• Nanobot snapping is now easier to land.
• Changed the positions of minimaps to fixed ones.
• Changed the enemy icons on minimaps.
• Pixelart is no longer compressed for downloadable versions.
• Clicking on the music and sound labels now mutes them.
• Lowered the transition times for some animations.
• The minimap mode is saved for the next level.
• Changed the tutorial music.
• Reworked the tutorial level.

Achievements:

• Achievements are available only if the game is downloaded from Steam.
• Added the following achievements:

1. Rough Start
2. Die 13 times on the tutorial map.
3. They're Called Patients for a Reason
4. Spend more than 15 minutes on a level.
5. Placebo?
6. Clear a level without infecting bacteria.
7. NanoHive™ 2.0
8. Beat a personal best time.
9. Complete Remission
10. Defeat brain cancer.
11. The OPerator
12. Reach 100 waves in arena mode.
13. Precision Medicine
14. Hit every enemy without missing a level.
15. Rapid Response
16. Boost 164 times.
17. Maximum Efficacy
18. Grow your hive to the maximum size.
19. Maximum Efficiency
20. Clear a level while having 9 or fewer nanobots.

• Added 4 Hidden Achievements.

Fixed bugs:

• Fixed a bug where the game wouldn't render properly on some monitors for WebGL.
• Fixed a Nanobot scaling bug around Void Holes.

If you encounter any bugs and want to report them to want to be part of our community you can join our Discord server.

Thank you for playing

We are back with a spicy NanoHive update. This update will conclude the campaign mode of NanoHive.  The game is now finally released!

NanoHive is a fast-paced top-down shooter playing out inside of a human body. You are the Operator of a high-tech hive of nanobots with only one goal in mind, eradicating all the pesky bacteria and viruses as fast as possible.

Explore and disinfect the different organs.


Your tool is also your most important resource. Nanobots act as your health, ammunition and fuel. Manage them carefully.


Nanobots are designed to absorb the organic matter present in bacteria so that they can multiply themselves.


You need to be as fast as possible when lives are on the line. Being faster than the other Operators on the leaderboard doesn't hurt either.

If you encounter any bugs and want to report them to want to be part of our community you can join our Discord server.

You can play it for free on Steam or Itch.io.

NanoHive Update 3 https://empty-box.itch.io/nanohive

Third update has arrived. First of all, thank you to everyone who played, and participated in Viborg Game Exposition, and Itch.io. This update we heavily focused on the overhaul of the menus, optimization and new mechanics. We hope you will like them!

New features:

• Added a snapping mechanic when Nanobots are shot next to enemies.
• Added a new shooting mechanic which splits aiming from moving.
  
  • Shoot Nanobots without changing the direction of the Hive by holding the Right-Click mouse button.
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• Added some small shake-screen when shooting a Nanobot.
  
• Added an animation of the Hive leaving the syringe needle.
• Added a tutorial map.
• Added a new main menu.

• Added a better level selector.
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• Added options in the main menu.
  
  • Adjust the music, sounds and the resolution of the game.
• Added new custom backgrounds for each level (except tutorial).
  • Each background is dedicated to one organ in the human body.
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• Added background parallax.
  
• Added new health indicators for bacteria.
• Added 3 keyboard controls.
  • Press R to restart the map.
  • Press P to pause the game.
  • Press TAB to toggle the minimap.
• Added the following particles:
  • Blood cells.
  • Nanobot dying explosion.
  • Hive dying explosion.
  • Enemies getting hit.
• Added the following sounds:
  • Hospital ambience.
  • Slow breathing ambience.
  • Heart beat.
  • Nanobot reloading.
  • Nanobots dying in Acid.
  • Nanobots on Flowing Blood.

Changes:

• Reworked Map 1 and Map 3.
  • Made them way smaller.
• Increased Hives movement speed by 33%.
• Increased Hives booster speed by 50%.
  
• Increased Nanobot return speed by 50%.
• Increased Nanobot reload speed by 33%.
• Nanobots that are returning to the Hive don't have a collider anymore.
• Increased Bacteria death speed by !00%.
• Dead Bacteria and Viruses are now transparent.
• Bacteria now dissolve with each hit the take.
• Bacteria collider is now disabled when it's dead.
  
• Small and medium Bacteria will now try to kill the Hive regardless of its size.
• Removed the mailing list from the main menu.
• Changed the UI of the following menus:
  • Pause menu.
  • Winning menu.
  • Losing menu.
• Changed the font of the game.
• Changed the mouse cursor.
• Camera doesn't zoom in anymore when shooting at an enemy.
• Changed the zoomed in minimap as the default option.
• Changed the entrance of all levels to look more like a syringe.
• Changed the texture of all tiles to look more like cell formations.
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• Music now loops better.
  
• Changed the following sounds:
  • Bacteria getting hit.
  • Bacteria and Virus dying.
  • Nanobot boosting.
  • Nanobot shooting.
  • Nanobot returning.
  • Nanobot dying.
  • Void Hole attraction.

Optimization:

• WebGL build runs smoother than before.
  • For the best experience, we still recommend the downloadable versions.
• Bacteria don't move anymore when you don't see them.
• Pixelart looks cleaner.

Leaderboard:

• Reseted the scores for all maps.

Fixed bugs:

• Fixed a bug where boosted Nanobots wouldn't disappear.
• Fixed a bug where the Hive would be permanently boosted.
• Fixed a bug where Nanobots would go into reload mode if no enemies were hit.
• Fixed a bug where returning Nanobots wouldn't change their size if they escaped the Void Hole.
• Fixed a bug where reloading and returning Nanobots wouldn't get caught by the Void Hole.
• Fixed a bug where the camera would sometimes shake if the Hive would stand still.
• Fixed gaps appearing between tiles.

If you encounter any bugs, feel free to let us know in the Itch comments or on our Discord server.

We hope you enjoy the new features and changes of NanoHive! We have big plans for future updates, such as a cancer boss fight, more levels, and a level creation tool!

You are welcome to join our Discord server. All information can be found at the EmptyBox website.

Thank you for playing!

https://empty-box.itch.io/nanohive

We are sorry that our main new feature, the leaderboard was not working when we released update 2, but we were fast to catch that mistake and have fixed the problem.

Now you can compete with all other players to be the fastest no matter what platform you're playing on, especially on the browser (which seems to be the most popular one.

If you like what we do, you are welcome to join our Discord server. All information can be found at the EmptyBox website.

NanoHive Update 2 https://empty-box.itch.io/nanohive

The second update of NanoHive is here! Below there will be detailed lists of the features and changes we have made for this update. We hope you like them.

New features:

• Added a new map, with new types of bacteria and viruses.
• The Hive can gain a speed boost from sacrificing Nanorobots.
  • Sometimes The Hive can feel a bit slow, especially when you have a lot of Nanorobots. We are giving you more mobility at the cost of Nanorobots.
  • Right-click to boost. You can keep boosting to gain more speed.

• Added Flowing Blood, which speeds up The Hive in one direction.
  • This environmental element adds more mobility to the game and can open up more interesting scenarios.
  • Flowing Blood will be added in Map 3.

• Added Void Hole, a hole that attracts everything towards it, including enemies, killing them once they reach the center.
  • Yet another environmental element that adds more challenge to the game.
  • Void Holes will be added in Map 2 and Map 3.

• Nanorobots that are too far away from The Hive are now killed.
• Bacteria, Viruses, Nanorobots and Acids now use NormalMaps.
  • Before:

• After:

• Added Minimaps.
  • In case you missed a Bacteria or a Virus, you can now double check the Minimap to locate them immediately.
  • Press TAB or MB2 (mouse button 2) to enable, and zoom in the minimap.

• Added Pause screen.
• Added Discord button in the Main Menu for our server.
  • Feel free to join.
• Added Mailing list in the Main Menu.
  • Submit your email to subscribe to the EmptyBox newsletter.
• Added sounds for Menu buttons.
• Added new music for all levels.
• Added end of level stats.
  • Level completion time.
  • Number of Nanorobots when completing the level.
  • Number of maximum Nanorobots you had in the level.
• Added leaderboards for all levels.
  • Submit your name at the end of the level to be part of an online leaderboard.
• Added epilepsy warning.

Changes:

• Yellow Bacteria have new animations.
• Changed and added new shapes of the Acid tiles.

We didn’t have a lot of creative options with the old Acid shapes, and they were placed just randomly around the maps. Now they are placed in a way which makes a bit more sense, which makes evading them a bit more difficult.

• Made the floor of Map 2 darker for better bacteria visibility.
• Reworked Map 2 Acid spots and added Void Holes.

• Reworked Map 1 Acid spots.

• Lowered music volume.
  • We will soon be making a volume slider for FX and music.
• Rebalanced Map 1.
• Rebalanced Map 2.
• Decreased the brightness of The Hive.
• Changed the light emitted by The Hive from purple to white.
• Made a shield sprite for the Nanorobots when they are leaving and returning to The Hive.

Fixed bugs:

• The cursor is no longer below the UI.
• The cursor is smoother.
• Fixed a bug where the number would rotate with the Yellow Bacteria.
• Fixed the camera zoom not working properly.
• Floor tiles no longer have a border.
  • Before:

• After: 

If you encounter any bugs, make sure to let us know in the Itch comments or on our Discord server.

We hope you enjoy the new additions to NanoHive. We will continue to work on another update that will feature a final boss with new maps, secret rooms, new sounds, improved bacteria behaviour and more! Thank you for playing!

If you like what we do, you are welcome to join our Discord server. All information can be found at the EmptyBox website.