HYVE: A roll-and-color beehive simulator.

Great Ideas Inspired from our Backers! And a new Add-On tier that comes included in Collector's Edition!
5 months ago – Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 10:13:37 AM

Great Ideas Inspired from our Backers!

We asked for your ideas, and we got them! Thanks to the great questions and ideas offered by our backers, the campaign is getting some upgrades!

New Dice Add-On Now Available! (Now included with Collector’s Edition.)

Each of these sets comes with 10 honey-toned “Bee dice” as well as an extra HP die. This means that you can support an additional player if you’re playing Legacy, and just gives you some extra dice in case you’re worried about losing any.

If you backed Collector's Edition, you will receive this upgrade added to your pledge in BackerKit once we open the Pledge Manager!  No need to add it!

Alternate Modes for Legacy and Multiplayer

(Note that these “alt-modes” of play don’t change the core experience at all, they are just a new way to play through the game depending on your additional player capacity and want to do so.)

For Legacy, we are adding an alt-mode that allows the game to be played with up to 2 players using a single copy of the game. The second player would need to BYOD (Bring Your Own Dice) and BYOCP (Bring Your Own Colored Pencils), but aside from that, the game (now) fully supports them.

The way it works is simple: one player takes the first Legacy, and the second player takes the second Legacy. From there, both players progress through different Legacies at the same time, rather than playing through the same Legacy together under the original multiplayer-style Legacy rules.

This creates a different experience, as players will encounter different scenarios at different times. More importantly, one player’s path will naturally be more difficult than the other’s. Since all 11 Legacies in Legacy Edition gradually scale in difficulty, one player will often be tackling a tougher challenge as the game progresses.

That said, you’re not on your own. Players can support each other by visiting one another’s Honey Shop to pick up upgrades or by sending resources through the Gift action.

Solo Play in Multiplayer now (Partially) Supported

Not every Multiplayer Scenario supports solo play, but those that do are now receiving a solo addendum, allowing you to experience them on your own if you’d like.

As with the Legacy alt-mode, this doesn’t change the original version or intent of the game—it simply offers another way to engage with it if you choose.

Thanks again!

Thanks again to all our backers, the campaign is doing better than we could have hoped.  Appreciate all of you, we'll talk again soon!

--Matthew, Aerobellum Games

Casual Edition Listing Mishap
5 months ago – Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 02:21:08 PM

Hiya Casual Edition backers!

We had a bit of a mishap with the reward listing—the “Casual Edition” tier was accidentally set up with the “Coloring Edition” reward instead of the correct (Casual Edition) one. Big apologies for that!

We’ve since fixed the issue and created a corrected Casual Edition tier. However, since Kickstarter doesn’t allow us to modify or move existing pledges once they’re made, we’ll need a quick assist from those of you that backed the Casual Edition tier.

If you could, please head into your pledge and switch to the corrected Casual Edition tier—that’ll get everything sorted on your end.

If it doesn’t get updated on Kickstarter, we can fix it later in BackerKit once the pledge manager opens—but it’s much smoother if we can take care of it here. =)

PS If you added Casual Edition as an Add-On to any pledge tier, that was and is working as expected, no action is required on your behalf unless you backed the original Casual Edition tier.  

Let me know if you have any questions!

—Matthew, Aerobellum Games

All Editions now Available as "Add-Ons" & Player Support for Legacy and Multiplayer
5 months ago – Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 08:10:41 AM

All Editions now Purchasable as Add-Ons
 

Sorry folks, we forgot to enable all the Editions to be purchasable as "Add-Ons" as well, but now that's fixed!  So if you wanted 2 Editions but didn't want to go all the way into the Compendium you can now add a 2nd Edition!

Legacy 2-Player & Multiplayer Player Support

Legacy supports 1 player by default, and can be played 2 player by adding another copy.  Like with Multiplayer, it's simultaneous play so the gameplay glides along at a decent clip.  Multiplayer Edition comes with native 2 player support, or add another Multiplayer Edition to support up to 4 players.  We'll update the page and FAQ to reflect this.  

Thanks for the great questions!