ZED News

Dear ZED Community,

We wanted to share an important update about ZED’s future.

Our studio, From Away Games, recently acquired the rights to ZED. This was a meaningful step for us, as we remain deeply inspired by the game’s emotional story, its beautiful world, and the vision of our cofounder Chuck Carter, the original creator. We also have a future vision for where we hope to take the story from here.

However, we are a small independent team without the resources to maintain or update the version of ZED last updated in 2019. After careful consideration, we’ve made the difficult decision to sunset ZED in its current form.

As part of this process, ZED has been removed from sale on digital storefronts, which will soon include Steam. Existing owners will continue to have full access to download and play the game.

We sincerely thank everyone who has supported ZED over the years. It is a work that touched many people, and we are honored to help preserve its legacy.

If you have any questions or encounter any issues accessing your copy of ZED, please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected].

Thank you again for being part of the original ZED journey.

We look forward to sharing what’s next when the time comes.

— The From Away Games Team

Great news, Mac users - ZED is now available for Mac!

ZED is a unique and compelling narrative experience on Desktop PC or VR. Journey through surreal landscapes spanning one man’s life and career, as you learn about his desperate quest to reconnect fading memories and create a final work for a special person. Poignant, touching and impactful, ZED lingers with you long after you finish the story.




A message from Chuck Carter:

I'd like to announce the Mac version of ZED. Being a very long-time user of Apple computers (1985), I wanted to say that this version is very special to me. In fact a lot of ZED was modeled on my Mac Pro and built in part with Unreal Macintosh. Being able to let our Mac audience play the game on their Apple computers was one of the things I felt was very important during the development of the game. So I hope you enjoy it, and if you like it - please leave us a review. (but only if you like it! ;0) ). Thank you for playing ZED and for playing it on your Macs!


Please make note of the ZED Mac OS X specs below:

MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Sierra 10.12.4
Processor: Core i5 or higher
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Iris 5000 & 6000 family w/1 GB VRAM or better. Most Macs from 2012 on.
Storage: 20 GB available space
Additional Notes: MacOS 10.12.4 (or later) is required to play ZED. Any MacOS versions prior to this may result in random crashes.

RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Sierra 10.12.4
Processor: Core i5 or higher
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia GT 600M, 700M family / AMD R9 M family or better
Storage: 20 GB available space
Additional Notes: MacOS 10.12.4 (or later) is required to play ZED. Any MacOS versions prior to this may result in random crashes.

Hello Everyone,

We have pushed out another small update today with various fixes and improvements to help improve the ZED experience.

Thanks again to all of our players for the feedback and support!

-The ZED Team


Fixes and Improvements:

• Added inverted look option
  
• Fix for the End of the Line Achievement
  
• Performance optimizations in the Neighborhood
  
• Multiple updates to the end credits
  
• Minor art improvements in Sewer
  
• Minor art improvements in Cave Tunnel
  
• Minor art improvements in Memory Hall
  
• Root Cellar light switch fix
  
• Fixed collision issues in late game areas
  

This minor update fixes a few graphic related issues that were introduced when VR improvements were made for the last update.

Thank you again for your feedback everyone!

The ZED Team

Fixes and improvements:

• Fixed misbehaving decals
  
• Lighting issues in affected levels fixed
  
• Kid House lighting fixed
  
• Sewer lighting fixed
  
• Fragment highlight modified
  
• VR: Improved graphics in Alice Hall
  
• VR: Fragment sticking to hand when journal is open fixed
  

Known issues:

• End of credits roll is still a bit abrupt
  
• Light switch in Root Cellar does not work
  
• VR: Pushing fragment objects directly into the players own face may trigger the "You are in wall" warning
  
• VR: Occasionally game loses focus when at the main menu using the Oculus Rift. Can alt+tab back to the game.