Developer posts and news about this game.
Hey folks! This is a very small patch to the existing game to avoid conflicts with the upcoming playtest. As a reminder, we've re-built a lot of systems with the 1.0 version - bringing in almost two years of design and technical changes to make Drift become the game it's always b
Hey all! It's been way too long since our last update on Drift. What started as the Space Exploration update has evolved into something much bigger - the 1.0 update. As I mentioned before, some early design decisions (mainly the static ship in an infinite field) increasingly limi
In today's preview, I want to look closer at the improvements to crafting in the upcoming Space Exploration update. Crafting will be key to surviving the void of space and rebuilding your ship's system to escape the collapsing galaxy. Crafting is currently available at the three
This small update focuses on UI issues and small quality of life changes. Fixes the inventory unable to grab focus on Steam Deck after opening it twice Fix beacon icons missing from the configuration UI in some cases Add a new UI to the Long Range Scanning console to delete old r
As we continue to work toward a closed beta for the Space Exploration update, I'd like to dive a little deeper into the exploration changes coming in this new version. Updated Visuals With the addition of piloting both your large ship and the new smaller vehicles, we saw a great
It's time to check in on the highly anticipated Space Exploration update! In development since early January, this update is the largest ever for Drift . In many ways, it will make the game feel entirely new while retaining the same chill ship-building vibe that players have love
This update brings a few new building pieces requested by the community and fixes a handful of bugs and crashes. In addition, I back-ported a number of quality of life changes from the upcoming Space Exploration Update as we continue to work on wrapping that up. More to come on t
Thanks to the support by this community, I've been able to put my head down and work on the largest update to Drift yet. The Space Exploration update will improve every aspect of the game and open new ways to explore. Today, I'll take a look at two exciting new features coming wi
In what will be the biggest update yet, I've recently started sharing details about what I'm calling the Space Exploration update on the Drift Discord. There are still a lot of unknowns as this update will have cascade effects on the entire game - but I'm excited to say the ship
This update addresses a few minor issues with the latest Community Update. Fix a startup crash on macOS Fix some menu navigation using a controller Fix triangle walls not snapping correctly to other ship pieces Fix drills causing a crash when fully destroying an asteroid Thanks f
Community Update 2 is here! In addition to working on the next major update to Drift, I've been collecting quality of life updates, bug fixes, new ship pieces and a new visual style into a new massive update. I'm excited to finally have it in your hands and look forward to your f
Since the release of the Sand Update , I've been working on the next Community Update. Like most updates, I've let it get away from me and I've grabbed a few line items from future updates in addition to adding a few unplanned ones. But I'm excited to share with you what you can
Fixes a crash that could happen on game load or while exploring the field. Big thanks to everyone who reported and helped test - this was tough to track down and get right!
A quick follow up solving some crashes. Removes multiple ways you could crash when changing life support and power. Fixes a crash after dying and needing to respawn Thanks to everyone in the Discussion Boards and Discord for helping find these!
The last update introduced some edge cases I'm not happy with so this solves the same problems in a new way. In addition: Fix vertical movement when using boosters and looking up/down Fix asteroid anchors not attaching to rocks on load if in the nearest chunk Fix some strangeness
This update includes two fixes that I don't want to hold back until Community Update 2 due out later this month. Large Bases As we start to see larger builds, performance and life support have both dropped. This update includes fixes for both, though more improvements are planned
We're continuing our largest ever discount to officially celebrate our first major content update. Enjoy 30% off Drift for the next two weeks as we finish up the last pieces of the next Community Update. If you have any feedback you'd like to see addressed in this update, join us
This is a small patch to fix the crafting recipes for Crystal Processor and Crystal Circuits. This decrease the total crafting time of the crystal processor by about 40%. Fix wrong crafting times for crystal components Fix flashlight lens forever coloring an equipment slot The Us
With our first major update behind us, this felt like a great time to re-visit the roadmap and adapt it to what I learned during the last five months. You'll see the size of content updates has increased with smaller community quality of life updates planned between. Feel free to
Fixes saves very quickly expanding in size and causing auto-save issues.