Chicken Invaders Universe

***Chicken Invaders Universe*** is a spin-off in the *Chicken Invaders* franchise, released on December 15th, 2018 in an Early Access stage. It's an MMO, where you'll join the ranks of the United Hero Force as a recruit fresh out of the Heroes Academy to fight against the evil Henpire.

## Features

### Current features (Early Access)

* **Galaxy exploration** - explore numerous star systems, planets and other interstellar objects.
* **Regional stores** - buy supplies from the Galactic Store, or find a regional store with cheaper prices.
* **Competitions** - compete with other players in Squadrons, Daily Challenges, Activity leaderboards and more.
* **Randomly generated missions** - each mission in the galaxy is randomly generated, consisting of randomly picked waves and enemies.
* **Customizable fleet** - multiple Spacecraft types, as well as a plethora of customization options.

## Current development stage

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The game has been in Early Access for almost four years, currently at version 122, most recently updated on November 5th, 2022. Early Access will end in December 15th, at the game's fourth anniversary. However, this will only mean the removal of Early Access mentions and end of Early Access medals.

Currently the game is going through technical bug fixes and preparations for the Early Access phase to end.

All players who started playing during the Early Access phase will receive an "Early Access Participation" medal. After each update, players' suggestions are taken into consideration and two types of medals are awarded for approved suggestions: "Great Minds Think Alike" medal for an approved content idea and "Bug Exterminator" medal for a bug fix suggestion.

## Forums

You can visit the *Chicken Invaders Universe* forum to share your suggestions or report stuff. Plan updates are also regularly shared, giving info regarding how the developement is doing.

In case your idea does make it into the game (or something inspired by it), you will get certain rewards in-game, including a contributor reward, your name in the credits, and lots of Keys.

The remaining Editions for the latest *Chicken Invaders* episode (Easter and Thanksgiving) will not arrive until after this game gets released, if at all.

### Gallery

A teaser showing the galaxy exploration part of the game.A teaser showing the Master Squawker in the game.CIULogoEA.pngAn early version of the logo used until version 26. A different, non-moving galaxy render was used.CIULogoBETA.pngAn early version of the logo from Teaser 1. The galaxy spiral extends further, the "CHICKEN INVADERS" text doesn't have a purple reflection and the "UNIVERSE" text is bleaker.
## Trivia

* At one point of its developement, it was planned to be Episode 6, but then it was radically reworked so much that it became a spin-off. This however doesn't prohibit the main series from coming back later on.
* This game is the first one to break the usual edition release schedule, with *Cluck of the Dark Side*'s Easter and Thanksgiving editions likely coming after *Universe'*s release, if at all.

## Download

https://forum.chickeninvaders.com/t/download-early-access/761

### Windows

https://universe.chickeninvaders.com/files/ChickenInvadersUniverseInstaller122.exe

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