Developer posts and news about this game.
We disintegrated some space junk and Element v2.3 'Lunar' is available now! This update removes some obsolete cold-war era 32bit tech and adds a couple of shiny modern privacy controls. The Mac version now supports macOS 10.15 Catalina with a hardened runtime and fancy notarisati
Our advanced tech supplies have landed and Element v2.2 'Blazar' is available now! The coolest new feature in this update is the addition of a 'Super Missile Supply Crate'. This advanced supply crate can be picked up using a supply drone, just like a regular supply crate. After y
Our transmissions are tuned and Element v2.1 'Quasar' is available now! This update adds some highly requested features: menu music, in-game dynamic music, and a quick way to return to your base during the game. We added some more awesome music by our longtime collaborator Jeremy
After four years in development, we are happy to announce the full release of Element v2.0 "Lagrange" today for Windows, Mac and Linux. It has been quite a long journey for us and the game through Early Access. We have exhibited Element at PAX Australia and GDC, entered quite a f
We are extremely happy to say that Element will be kicked out of the Early Access airlock and released for Windows, Mac and Linux on Steam this week! Element v2.0 should be available on Friday 27 July, 2018. There are months of updates included - new stuff, fixed stuff, tweaks, b
Our labs have torn down and rebuilt a bunch of junk and Element v1.5.1 'Pulsar' is available now. Nearly all of the changes are under the hood, with some big refactorings of our plumbing and difficulty systems to prepare for future v1.6 updates. On the surface everything should p
Our labs have torn down and rebuilt a bunch of junk and Element v1.5.1 'Pulsar' is available now. Nearly all of the changes are under the hood, with some big refactorings of our plumbing and difficulty systems to prepare for future v1.6 updates. On the surface everything should p
Our labs have completed their latest research and Element v1.5 'Pulsar' is available now! This update includes a new Supply Drone that can be used to fetch bonus Supply Crates appearing on the surface and in orbit. To accommodate the Supply Drone, the 'Repair' menu has now become
Our labs have completed their latest research and Element v1.5 'Pulsar' is available now! This update includes a new Supply Drone that can be used to fetch bonus Supply Crates appearing on the surface and in orbit. To accommodate the Supply Drone, the 'Repair' menu has now become
We have verified some internal telemetry and Element v1.4.2 'Nebula' is available now. This update includes a completely replaced text renderer to prepare for future localisation, updated UI layouts and copy edits for the updated text renderer, and an updated input library. Every
We have verified some internal telemetry and Element v1.4.2 'Nebula' is available now. This update includes a completely replaced text renderer to prepare for future localisation, updated UI layouts and copy edits for the updated text renderer, and an updated input library. Every
After a short break to realign orbits Element v1.4.1 'Nebula' is available now. This is a systems update for Steam, input and sound libraries, and Unity. We have also made some rendering optimisations using gpu instancing and updated shaders, optimised some of our model data, and
After a short break to realign orbits Element v1.4.1 'Nebula' is available now. This is a systems update for Steam, input and sound libraries, and Unity. We have also made some rendering optimisations using gpu instancing and updated shaders, optimised some of our model data, and
We have finished observing space dust and are happy to announce that Element v1.4 'Nebula' is available now in time for PAX Australia! This update includes a brand new tutorial, a redesigned and refined game UI, a bunch of visual changes, new narration and in-game dialog, improve
We have finished observing space dust and are happy to announce that Element v1.4 'Nebula' is available now in time for PAX Australia! This update includes a brand new tutorial, a redesigned and refined game UI, a bunch of visual changes, new narration and in-game dialog, improve
We have finished harvesting asteroids and are happy to announce that Element v1.3 'Kuiper' is available now! As always, thanks for all of your feedback and support. This update includes some new content, a few UI and visual changes, improved native input, and updates to sound, ef
We have finished harvesting asteroids and are happy to announce that Element v1.3 'Kuiper' is available now! As always, thanks for all of your feedback and support. This update includes some new content, a few UI and visual changes, improved native input, and updates to sound, ef
After a few months of hard work in the mines, Element v1.2 'Corona' is available now! Thanks once again for all of your feedback and support. This update includes a whole lot of visual changes, a new native input system, and updates to sound, Unity, Steam, and various bits of plu
After a few months of hard work in the mines, Element v1.2 'Corona' is available now! Thanks once again for all of your feedback and support. This update includes a whole lot of visual changes, a new native input system, and updates to sound, Unity, Steam, and various bits of plu
We are happy to announce that Element v1.1 'Aurora' is available now! Thanks for all of your feedback and support. This is a big update and we have been working hard to refine the UI and gameplay, update the content and tech, and streamline the overall experience as we prepare to