1.5.4 Small Update
Just a small update to add an instructional tip to explain the station view. The station view allows the player to analyze the station and its surroundings from a more strategic point of view.
Above Earth News
1.5.3 Small Update
Just a small update to add an instructional tip to explain EVA Drifting. This is a mechanic that allows the player to advance time when traveling large distances in open space.
1.5.2 Small Update
Just a small update to add vertical look inversion in the gameplay options:
Also increased the size of the "Needs Restart" message in the options menu when reverting key bindings to default values. This is to make sure people can see it OK.
Also increased the size of the "Needs Restart" message in the options menu when reverting key bindings to default values. This is to make sure people can see it OK.
1.5.1 Hotfix
Just a quick hotfix for a misplaced asset on the deep space scenario that was blocking the hatch entrance of the centrifuge module.
1.5.0 Is Now Live
This update represents about three years of development. In many ways it is a new game.
If you want to ignore the rest of this announcement and watch the new trailer, then you will get a pretty good idea of what's new just by watching it.
https://youtu.be/XOWHIl1kqwA
[h2]Here is a quick summary of what's new:[/h2] [h3]New Space Stations, Moon Bases, Mars Bases:[/h3]These are completely new to the game.
[h3]New Environments Are Now Available:[/h3]Both the surface of the Moon and the surface of Mars now have playable scenarios. There are also some more environments for space stations: Lunar, Martian, Jovian and Saturnian.
[h3]Unreal Engine 5:[/h3]The engine the game is based on has been upgraded from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5 and is using many its newest rendering features.
[h3]Too many other things to mention here:[/h3]Lots of polishing, playtesting, UI design, sound design, some tutorialization, new gameplay elements, a jetpack, etc. etc. etc.
If you'd rather get some more specifics about this update, the previous Steam announcements related to the experimental and test builds of the game provide detailed descriptions of new content, features and improvements.
[h2]Some Other News:[/h2]Above Earth development continues. The next priority is going to be full gamepad support.
The Trello board is updated:
https://trello.com/b/ewpYkK9i/above-earth-development
The list of things on the Trello board is getting pretty small. There may be some new things added eventually or the list may just maintain the current goals. It is not clear at this point but should become clear in the next few months.
If you changed your Steam properties to the "Experimental" or "Test" builds of the game make sure you switch it back to the public build. Otherwise you'll be playing an outdated version of the game.
Thank you for your support.
If you want to ignore the rest of this announcement and watch the new trailer, then you will get a pretty good idea of what's new just by watching it.
https://youtu.be/XOWHIl1kqwA
[h2]Here is a quick summary of what's new:[/h2] [h3]New Space Stations, Moon Bases, Mars Bases:[/h3]These are completely new to the game.
[h3]New Environments Are Now Available:[/h3]Both the surface of the Moon and the surface of Mars now have playable scenarios. There are also some more environments for space stations: Lunar, Martian, Jovian and Saturnian.
[h3]Unreal Engine 5:[/h3]The engine the game is based on has been upgraded from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5 and is using many its newest rendering features.
[h3]Too many other things to mention here:[/h3]Lots of polishing, playtesting, UI design, sound design, some tutorialization, new gameplay elements, a jetpack, etc. etc. etc.
If you'd rather get some more specifics about this update, the previous Steam announcements related to the experimental and test builds of the game provide detailed descriptions of new content, features and improvements.
[h2]Some Other News:[/h2]Above Earth development continues. The next priority is going to be full gamepad support.
The Trello board is updated:
https://trello.com/b/ewpYkK9i/above-earth-development
The list of things on the Trello board is getting pretty small. There may be some new things added eventually or the list may just maintain the current goals. It is not clear at this point but should become clear in the next few months.
If you changed your Steam properties to the "Experimental" or "Test" builds of the game make sure you switch it back to the public build. Otherwise you'll be playing an outdated version of the game.
Thank you for your support.