Developer posts and news about this game.
Hello everyone, soon I will be uploading a balancing patch, intended to target some of the less popular ships and provide them with opportunities for buildcrafting and specialization. Smaller ships and those with a single weapon slot in particular are difficult to gain significan
Hey, while today's update is largely bugfixing-focused I want to call out some small additional changes and content additions that are coming with it: A new Black Hole Skybox element can spawn rarely in all sectors, similar to how planets are currently spawned. This is (mostly) j
Hello everyone, today I am releasing the latest update to the game titled The Cycle . This patch brings the first localization, a new gamemode as well as numerous bugfixes and small changes. Localization With this update, Catharage receives its first translated version - German !
Hey everyone, last announcement I teased that work was being done on a new feature - now it's here: Online Coop is coming to Catharage with the Covenant update! This has been a long-requested feature that I had initially considered out of scope, owing to the massive amount of kno
Hey there! I've just uploaded a new build containing UI features that have been in internal testing for a while, all regarding the behaviour of targeting icons on the HUD. The new menu, titled " tgt icon options ", contains the following items: Enable/disable target icon bloom wi
Hello! After some delay I am very happy to finally release this major update, Catharage: Angelwatch . Before I get into the details I want to thank the new and returning contributors as well as community testers, all of whom helped make this the largest and best update to the gam
Hey there, first of all I want to welcome all the new players, followers and others who have found the game over the past few days. Most of you will likely come from Splattercat, who did a fantastic showcase of the game: The outpour of support, feedback and engagement has been wo
Hello, in today's update I want to recap the changes of the last couple of days, announce the upcoming new demo and give more details on the Angelwatch content update. If you've kept up with the changelogs on Steam or the Discord you'll already know that I've made some minor chan
Hello! It has been nearly two weeks since the launch of the game, and I want to give a little update on how it went and where we're going. First of all I want to thank everyone who bought, played and streamed the game, as well as everyone who wrote on the discussion forums and jo
Hello! in this Devlog I will cover what's been happening in November and talk in depth about the upcoming release version of the game. I've spent the last month making the remaining content, fixing bugs and finalizing Catharage for release. For about two weeks now, a public playt
Hello everyone, with NextFest coming to a close, I'm very excited to share that the game has surpassed 1000 Wishlists! This past week has been quite eventful, with a couple of updates, plenty of new players and some coverage on Youtube and Twitch. NextFest has been a huge boon to
Hey everyone! Today I'm uploading the second mid-NextFest update, again focused on feedback points collected over the last few days. Tractor mode has been added. This new button to the left of the stat bar enables you to view surrounding loot in a similar way to sensor contacts.
Hello! In what is likely the last major update before NextFest, I have some significant changes to both UI and controls! Controls are in a lot of flux right now, this is because I'm getting a lot of input from testers, and the quest to make the game more accessible is everlasting
Hello! I've got the first October update coming and there are some notable changes: Unity version has been updated to fix the recently discovered engine vulnerability before it can be exploited. This was a rather small update for me and has not created any issues on the developme
Hey there! I've uploaded an update with the following changes: Overview Text has been improved to properly match camera rotation in all modes, significantly improving the usability of ship-aligned camera mode (formerly "fighter mode"). Indirect control has been expanded with a ne
Hello! I've uploaded an update containing the following changes: Item comparison is now implemented. Colored + and - icons will show next to attributes like range, damage or ship stats like armor and shield when viewing both weapons and modules. These icons show whether a stat is
Hello! I just pushed an update with the following changes: A weapon and module selection menu has been added after embarkation. This menu allows players to pick a weapon type for the first slot as well as spend credits (250 per) to start with a module in each slot. In addition, p
Hello! I've pushed a new build that includes the following new features and changes: Photo Mode (returns) : You can now enable a photo mode from the pause menu. In this mode you can move the camera freely using your controls for Pitch/Roll, Yaw, Throttle, View and Zoom. When acti
Hey everyone! I just pushed an update containing a number of QOL and polish features: Free floating scrap and credit chests now track to the player like materials do. Scrapping loot now shows a preview of the potential scrap value gained. This value is now influenced by rarity, a
Hello! In this first devlog-style post I want to lay out the structure of the release version in more detail, going over how warping, objectives and unlocks will work as well as expanding on the "sectors" concept I mentioned in the demo announcement. The Starmap I'm currently wor