Developer posts and news about this game.
For our first free weekend after release, we're putting up a new build! 1) Added in a new challenge mode. While at the moment there are only 6 challenges, we're planning up updating these over time and adding new ones! If you have a neato idea for a challenge, why don't you drop
Hello enterprising space capitalists! While out last update was quite some time ago, we haven't been sitting idle. Today the lst major content update for Zero Sum Future goes LIVE before our scheduled release of October 19. Here are some of the fixes and changes that we've made.
Fellow enterprising space capitalists! Zero Sum Future is getting a new, major update to celebrate what should hopefully be our last month before release. There's a ton of ground to cover and we're super excited about it, so here’s the meat of it: 1) We have totally overhauled ou
Hello everyone! It's the bi-monthly update time, and this is a big one. While mostly focusing on visual changes, there are balance elements also: 1) Procedural planet generation has been overhauled. Now, planets have much better surface noise, and have much more interesting geolo
Hello everyone! We've just finished a few new graphical additions: We now have some volumetric clouds for the planets, and an entirely reworked star. Oh, and a small bug with saving bloom options has been fixed.
Thanks to everyone who tried out Zero Sum Future over the free weekend and gave us feedback. Based on all the comments we got, we're pushing out a quick quality-of-life update: 1) The volume of the music in game has been reduced by 40%. 2) The in-game menu is now more descriptive
Hello all! I hope the free weekend has been enjoyable so far. We're pushing out 1 more hotfix, this time addressing a few crashes caused by our sound engine. Happy building!
Added Clouds. Added a new Shader to texture the surface of planets. Added flying burgers to the Burger Joint. Added flying hats to the Education Center. Added lightning particles to the Reactor. Added new visual effects for player powers. Added Fireworks to indicate a planet is c
We just tested and uploaded a quick hotfix that should resolve most of the client-side crashes during multiplayer games.
Starting Thursday, May 16 and ending Sunday, May 19, Zero Sum Future will be FREE to play on Steam! In addition, we’re running a 50% off sale, so this is the perfect time to get in on the space colony building, scheming, and double-crossing action. This weekend is a fantastic opp
NEW GAME MODE: Sandbox - in Sandbox Mode, you are free to build to your heart’s content, away from the constant competition and pressure found in the other game modes. UPDATE: Increased the difficulty of the AI. ADDED: Increased number of resolution options. FIXED: Particles will
ADDED: Audio options menu. UPDATE: Options Menu visual improvements. UPDATE: Lobbies are now highlighted when selected in Lobby Browser. BALANCE: Retirement facility now steals 25% of life savings, down from 50%. FIXED: Certain UI elements no longer flicker for clients. FIXED: Se
Made substantial improvements to the netcode. Moved certain computations from Host to Client. Fixed an issue where the Colony Vessel wouldn't spawn in tutorials. Fixed a crash associated with the Sound System. Fixed an issue where tutorials 4-7 did not have the reactor and the hy
A special thanks to Nookrium ( twitch.tv/nookriumtv ) for streaming ZSF and making us aware of these issues. When Zero Sum Future is first run, a popup will give guidance and direct players to the tutorial missions. Added more detailed information about UI elements to the first t