Endzone - A World Apart News

Survivors!
In appreciation of every single one of you, veteran and new alike, we have much to share today! So lean back, grab a hot or cold beverage of your choice and without further ado, let’s dive into our exciting news!


First off, this update comes alongside some greater news, so stay tuned for the announcement coming up shortly after!

We made Endzone compatible with Asus Aura hardware. This allows your Asus Aura peripherals to react in accordance to the game state, highlighting hotkeys, ongoing droughts, radiation and more.

Additionally, we have fixed some issues concerning the game when played on Steam Deck. This includes mostly UI fixes, especially with the expedition UI.

Last but not least, we added three new decorations for your settlement! While the game already includes a number of decorative elements, we wanted to add more greens and organic looping assets, servicing those who wish for more natural forms and to "green up" their settlement.

We are excited to see them in future screenshots of your settlements!

Please feel free having a look into our detailed full changelog (we even added some eye-candy): https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/933820/view/3701439593989564385



We know you have asked for this quite some time, and even though we cannot share all details right now, let’s start with an old saying “Every new beginning comes from other beginnings end”.

During the development of Endzone, we learned so much, in technical terms, but also creatively.

Therefore, we want to make use of all those ideas and learnings we have made, closing the chapter of Endzone and are more than thrilled to reveal that we are already knee-deep working on a new project!

You want to know more? Sure, you will, sooner than later, promise.

It is an amazing experience for us, and we are grateful to have such an excellent community!

For a small trip down to memory lane have a look at our recently released post to celebrate the 2 years anniversary of Endzone’s full release:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/933820/view/3700309254785757302

If you want to get some insights into our creation process, we want to encourage you to keep a close eye on our official channels, as we will definitely share some development insights as often as we can.

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/gentlymadgames/
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/gentlymadstudios/
• DISCORD – https://discord.com/invite/worldofendzone/

We’re super excited to join this year’s TactiCon here on Steam!
Endzone is featured among more than 100 games participating at TactiCon!.

From May 11 to May 15, discover all kinds of Base Building / Deckbuilding / Grand Strategy – 4 X/ Real time stratetgy / Tactical RPG / Turn based Tactics / Strategic Management games and more!

Discover and enjoy many outstanding strategy games, play free demos, get huge discounts, and much more during TactiCon 2023 here on Steam, launching later today. Stay tuned!
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/Tacticon2023



It took us some time, but we heard you and we told you, we will make it possible.
Now here we are - Get the iconic Endzone soundtrack as its own bundle on Steam now:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/14904/Endzone__A_World_Apart__Save_the_World_Edition/

Dear Survivors,

first off, this update comes alongside some greater news, so stay tuned for the announcement coming up shortly after!

We made Endzone compatible with Asus Aura hardware. This allows your Asus Aura peripherals to react in accordance to the game state, highlighting hotkeys, ongoing droughts, radiation and more.

Additionally, we have fixed some issues concerning the game when played on Steam Deck. This includes mostly UI fixes, especially with the expedition UI.

Last but not least, we added three new decorations for your settlement! While the game already includes a number of decorative elements, we wanted to add more greens and organic looping assets, servicing those who wish for more natural forms and to "green up" their settlement.

We are excited to see them in future screenshots of your settlements!


Important Notes
To activate Asus Aura, enter the "options" window and look under "game". Search for the checkbox titled Asus Aura and click on it. We recommend restarting the game.

• Buildings: Added 3 new decorative buildings
  
• System: Added support for Asus Aura
  

• Expeditions: Fixed output required of action points during expeditions on Steam Deck. Required action points were at some point always displayed as 0.
  
• Expeditions: Fixed an issue with Endzone on Steam deck concerning the action- and cancel-button in the inspector UI of the Expedition Post, which would lead to an error.
  
• Expeditions: Several fixes in Steam Deck Expedition Window
  
• UI: Some stability improvements in Steam Deck UI
  

Your Teams from Gentlymad & Assemble | 1.2.8529.18208

World Earth Day will be on April 22, but we already want to celebrate Earth, thanks to Mechanistry, Stray Fawn Studio, and Slug Disco who brought you this year’s ‘Earth Appreciation Festival’ here on Steam.

[h3]During the festival, discover over 100 games, already released and upcoming![/h3]
Check out all games here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/AppreciateEarth2023


During the Festival, we will plant a tree for each sold copy of Endzone – A World Apart, not just with every sold copy of the Save The World Edition.

[h3]One Tree Planted[/h3]
Since 2020, Assemble Entertainment has partnered with the non-profit organisation OneTreePlanted to launch a charitable campaign aimed at fighting a very real-life end-of-the-world scenario: climate change.

Together, we will plant a tree for every unit of Endzone – A World Apart sold during Steam’s Earth Appreciation Festival!

Join us and contribute your share to save the world!

Building a city is hard enough in and of itself. Now try doing it in a hostile post-apocalyptic world!
See for yourself in Endzone - A World Apart!

Thanks to our dear friends Red Art Games, ESRB-rated physical PS5 copies will come out on August 18 with VGP Video Games Plus taking pre-orders RIGHT NOW already!

Survivors!
We are still overwhelmed and grateful for the amazing experience: developing Endzone - A World Apart!

Can you believe it? 2 years since the full release? -Double-time! Some of you even accompanied us on our Endzone-journey for 4 years, since we have first revealed Endzone - A World Apart!

[h2]On top of that, Endzone - A World Apart has currently 1 million survivors, enjoying the game across many platforms! A huge "Thank You" for your support and trust in us and our game![/h2]

[h3]How did we get there, since reveal in 2019?[/h3]
Great question. The easiest way would be to take a trip down memory lane together.
So lean back and let’s have a look back on what we achieved in the past years:

• Since our announcement in late 2019 we started Endzone in beta in early 2020!
  
• April 21, 2020 – Endzone entered Early Access (it has begun!)
  
• Followed by 11 major content updates:
  
  • Expeditions Update (April 16, ‘20)
    
  • Side Missions Update (May 07, ‘20)
    
  • Scenarios Update (June 15, ‘20)
    
  • Technology Update (Jun 24, ‘20)
    
  • Radiation Update (Jul 28, ‘20)
    
  • New Civilizations Update (Aug 27, ‘20)
    
  • Leadership Update (Sep 29, ‘20)
    
  • Trade & Barter Update (Oct 29, ‘20)
    
  • Livestock Update (Nov 30, ‘20)
    
  • Research Equipment Update (Dec 15, ‘21)
    
  • Collect & Explore Update (Jan 28, ‘21)
• Supported by many hotfixes and improvements based on the community's feedback!

If you are an old veteran, or a new survivor, please check out our recap video, covering all the great milestones, we have achieved during the early days of Endzone:

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• Mar 18, 2021 - Endzone’s Full Release with an additional major update!
  
  • Supporting 9 languages, including 70 achievements, even offering items In the Steam Points Shop, and more!
• But, while being in the flow, 3 DLC releases followed
  
  • Prosperity DLC (Oct 21, ‘21)
    
  • Halloween DLC (Oct 28, ‘21)
    
  • Distant Places DLC (May 17, ‘22)
• May 19, 2022 - Release on consoles, with the Endzone Survivor Edition on PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S
  
• Aug 18, 2022 - Even an Alexa Skill is available “Expedition Endzone”
  
• Dec 12, 2022 - A dedicated Steam Deck version

As you can see, Endzone – A World Apart is and has become more than just a game thrown into the wild. It's a passion project for you and us alike.

[h2]We are not just celebrating the anniversary of our game, but every single Endzone player out there![/h2]

Therefore, we take the chance and throw once again a big “Thank You!” to all players, fans, and supporters of our Endzone – A World Apart from the bottom of our hearts!
It is an amazing experience for us, and we are grateful to have such an excellent community!




[h3]Please find below a small selection of rare screenshots, photos, concept art, and more, you might have not seen, yet! Enjoy! [/h3]
Where it all begins – The famous Endzone bus, shared in June 2020 via our official ArtStation acc (https://www.artstation.com/gentlymadstudios)

Fun fact: We even spotted the Endzone party bus irl

We even got Black Friday Sales in Endzone settlements, as can be seen!

How about an early screenshot, pre-Early Access, with an old UI

‘Get to the chop-paah!’ – Running as “legit chop”, for an unknown reason this animation never made it into the game.

Our Experience Lead & Studio Lead & Co-Founder Stephan ‘Trymops’, preparing for a livestream back in 2020 in our old offices.

Trymops even blamed Larry Laffer for this screenshot, he did after his stream!

Streaming Endzone is fun, especially if you are doing it more authentic, as necessary (Source: Gamevasion livestream 2020)

[h3]Finally, some amazing concept arts, you might have not seen![/h3]



-Your always grateful teams of Gentlymad Studios & Assemble Entertainment-