Endzone - A World Apart News

Survivors pay attention!

For your immense interest and participation in the development of Endzone - A World Apart we want to thank you with a "How-To-Play"-Trailer.
The trailer features the very basic and elemental steps to grow your small settlement in the beginning and talks about various features, threats and other gameplay elements.
This is also the very first time, you can inspect the overhauled UI with short explanations on how to use it.

We wish you happy holidays and want to hear your feedback!

https://youtu.be/NV1Snd7seUI

Join the official Endzone - A World Apart Discord Server here: https://discord.gg/wC6fS7r

- Your team from gentlymad and Assemble Entertainment

Endzone - A World Apart places great emphasis on realistically simulating nature and the environment. Weather effects and radioactive radiation are not only visually present for the atmosphere, but are actually simulated.
Radiation is calculated at the beginning of a map and distributed as a weak threat.
Weather conditions are primarily expressed by the humidity of the soil, but cloud formation and possible rainy areas are also marked.




To give the player control, the environment maps can be toggled with two buttons in the UI. The Water Heatmap colors the complete map into humid and arid areas. Cloud formation is also simulated in realtime and can be followed and observed.
It is relevant for the player to check how dry or humid an area is.
Dry areas reduce the growth rate of fields and can bring them to a complete standstill. When completely dry, the crop withers and the fields are destroyed. Manual irrigation is essential and can determine whether or not a drought can be survived.
The environment adapts visually to the humidity and expresses itself by dry or even missing grass up to dry soil and desert-like landscape.



Humid and arid landscape in comparison



Pro Tipp: cloud formation in most cases leads to rain, which in turn irrigates an area naturally. But beware: it can also be radioactive rain.


Radiation is the biggest threat in the Endzone. In the long run, radiation affects the health of settlers and can spread rapidly. Contaminated lakes pose a threat to the nutrition of the inhabitants, as the water is both drunk and used to irrigate the harvest. Radioactive rain can affect the fields and contaminate the food: a protective plastic roof is essential.
Before a new area is developed, settlers remove the soil and the radiation. Without adequate protective clothing, this quickly becomes a disaster.
The Radiation Heatmap can be used to check whether and to what extent an area is contaminated. Alternatively, the environment offers an indicator through a bluish glitching effect at the edge of the screen.



Non contaminated and radioactive are in comparison



Pro Tipp: a large number of flowers grow in particularly contaminated areas.



It is not always directly clear which color stands for which circumstance. For this purpose, players always find a current map key for the respective maps and can orient themselves on it. Be aware that the map key might change in the future and will be a constant WIP as the game develops.






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We are leaving the Endzone.. with you!



Today we open the gates of the Endzone; not to let people out, but to welcome them in.
Under this link you will find our official Discord Server, where you can exchange ideas, give feedback to the developers and express your wishes.

We will:

• Frequently update you about new things we work on and want to share with you
  
• Be reachable for anyone who was a question or feedback to share
  
• Grow the server and make it THE place to be as a survivor from the Endzone
  

You will be:

• Sitting at the source of information and therefore be (mostly) the very first ones to be informed about changes and updates
  
• Sooner or later be able to assign your own roles and participate in the development of Endzone - A World Apart
  
• Helping to grow the server and make it THE place to be as a survivor from the Endzone
  

"𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯."

We are awaiting you, survivors!