Spark Five

Released: Nov 14, 2018
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 04:20 GMT

Updates & announcements

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30 Jan 2021Developer post
Minor Updates for Patch 2.0.4
Small Changes for Build 2.0.4 -Players playing for the first time will be redirected to the Tutorial from now on. -Default controls have been added ('WASD' for movement, 'Q' Primary/Replica, 'B' Secondary/Bombs, 'E' to toggle laser machines).
25 Oct 2020Developer post
Release Build 2.0.2
General Updates Teleportation talent (Time Dilation) works in the Nemesis Campaign. English is the only language of the game now. All the other 8 languages have been removed. Flame-Guard talent cooldown reduced from 80s to 50s. Cuirass of the Nemesis talent cooldown reduced from
General Updates

Teleportation talent (Time Dilation) works in the Nemesis Campaign.
English is the only language of the game now. All the other 8 languages have been removed.
Flame-Guard talent cooldown reduced from 80s to 50s.
Cuirass of the Nemesis talent cooldown reduced from 60s to 40s.
Flame-Guard and Cuirass of the Nemesis talents have their cooldowns shown on each Spark Campaign chapter.
Flame-Guard and Cuirass of the Nemesis talents, if active show orbs around your character representing shield points.
New option added: Persistent Bodies. If kept on while playing the bodies of patrolling guards will remain till the end of the chapter. This includes your own droid.
That is all for this update. The changes were small yet helpful for the user.
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16 Oct 2020Developer post
Major Update 2.0.0 Part 2
Hello friends, I am back with the second part of the Major Update 2.0.0. This one contains some interesting changes you all might like. There is also a small bad news for people who don't speak or understand English at all. General Updates Spark Campaign Act II: 5 new chapters Sp
16 Oct 2020Developer post
Major Update 2.0.0 Part 1
It has been a while since I have released any updates ːsteamhappyː. Here is something that is going to make the game a little more interesting yet less challenging to play. I have divided the update into two parts, just for fun. General Updates: New Menu The Menu has changed a bi
02 Jun 2020Developer post
Demo Release
A free playable version of Spark Five has been released on Steam. Now you can test the game beforehand and check out the game-play. The demo version of the game includes the tutorial and the first 3 levels of the Spark Campaign. The Nemesis Campaign and the Mercenarium mode is di
22 Dec 2019Developer post
Winter Holiday Sale 2019
Special Offer: Get Spark Five 60% discount. Hello everyone, welcome to Spark Five. Hope everyone is enjoying this festive season. We are celebrating the winter holiday season 2019 with an amazing offer where you can get the game 60% off for the next two weeks. Patch Release: Vers
Special Offer: Get Spark Five 60% discount. Hello everyone, welcome to Spark Five. Hope everyone is enjoying this festive season. We are celebrating the winter holiday season 2019 with an amazing offer where you can get the game 60% off for the next two weeks. Patch Release: Version 1.2.5 We have also released version 1.2.5 to celebrate a Merry Christmas with everybody.

Minor changes to post-processing.
Light count values increased for each graphics quality level (may affect performance).
Added a dropship effect that activates at the start of a level before the main character spawns.
Flamethrowers and turrets re-adjusted for certain levels.
Language related Documentation errors fixed.
Minor in-game bugs fixed.
Resolved a performance issue for macOS Catalina.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a very happy colorful new year. Good luck and have fun! Hurry! Offer ends 2 January.
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05 Nov 2019Developer post
Golden Week Offer
Special Offer: Get Spark Five 70% discount. Hello everyone, we are celebrating Spark Five's one year anniversary on Steam with a mega golden week offer, where you can save a massive 70% on the game. This is the biggest discount we've ever had, making this the best time to save hu
29 Oct 2019Developer post
A Fiery Halloween
Wishing everybody a very happy Halloween. Hope you are having fun. Version 1.2.4 is out and we have decided to make this Halloween a fiery one for you. Introducing a new game element: The Flamethrower. The Flamethrower It is a defensive asset that can be found mounted on pillars,
Wishing everybody a very happy Halloween. Hope you are having fun. Version 1.2.4 is out and we have decided to make this Halloween a fiery one for you. Introducing a new game element: The Flamethrower. The Flamethrower It is a defensive asset that can be found mounted on pillars, their sole purpose is to burn everyone to a crisp. They are installed at various locations around the map and are meant to guard specific objectives or important elements similar to a laser. There are no means to turn these off and are lethal to guards also (which means you can lure them to their demise). They are turned on every 4 seconds and remain active for 2 seconds. Evade them at all costs. Along with the addition of the Flamethrower game element this patch comes with a few more updates. Check them out. General Updates

Player movement speed increased by 12.5%.
Objective indicators modified: A yellow flare indicates a collectible objective item whereas a blue flare represents a destructible objective item. They will not be visible if the "Enable Indicators" option is disabled.
Movement speed of enemy guards increased by 0.1 (both run and walk speed).
Flamethrowers added to all levels (for all campaigns).
Slight changes made to the Evacuation point (Destination) model.
Ship model size increased, rotation rate decreased and has a glowing particle effect at base.
Minor changes to guard patrolling.
Minor changes to maps.
New store page screenshots and gameplay video added.
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04 Oct 2019Developer post
October Update
A general update for the month of October. Few more changes, additions and adjustments were made to enhance user experience. Check out the relevant updates for the patch. General Updates Multiple bugs related to a number of levels were fixed. Steam username, profile rank and prof
A general update for the month of October. Few more changes, additions and adjustments were made to enhance user experience. Check out the relevant updates for the patch. General Updates

Multiple bugs related to a number of levels were fixed.
Steam username, profile rank and profile picture of the player is now visible in the main menu along with a profile panel.
Game settings and achievements have been clumped together along with your stats in the profile panel.
"Loot Boxes Opened" stat added to the stats panel.
Mercenarium levels now grant achievement bonuses and stats (eg. guards killed, bombs placed, loot boxes opened).
8 new achievements added.
Few adjustments made to the starting number of replicas and bombs for certain levels.
Current system time, network status and battery status is shown in the main menu.
New particle effects added to the Teleportation portal and canisters.
Alert icon over guards has been updated.
Removed the fourth type of turret. There are now 3 variations of turrets.
Loot boxes probability to grant replicas and bombs re-adjusted. The random number is calculated at the start of the level instead of while opening the box.
Minor graphics and resolution adjustments.
Version 1.2.3 marks the end of a long line of updates and changes that were started on Sep 3, 2019. The game has finally reached a stable state with absolute no bugs and gameplay glitches. What to expect in the coming months? Coming months will be witness to more game elements, characters, items, abilities and of course, new maps. New arcs for both campaigns will be added along with 20 new extremely challenging Mercenarium levels. You can also expect the story to be updated. Thank you very much and have fun playing Spark Five.
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26 Sep 2019Developer post
Festive Season Update
Autumn has arrived and the festive season is in full bloom. Spark Five is now available in SteamOS + Linux platforms. Finally, after months of tweaking and adjusting Spark Five has reached a substantially stable release state. Version 1.2.2 is up on air on Steam, check out the re
Autumn has arrived and the festive season is in full bloom. Spark Five is now available in SteamOS + Linux platforms. Finally, after months of tweaking and adjusting Spark Five has reached a substantially stable release state. Version 1.2.2 is up on air on Steam, check out the relevant changes for this patch. General Updates

Perspective camera field of view further increased from 60 to 62.
Turrets stop firing if the player is more than equal to 30 units from it.
Added Frustum Culling. Frustum Culling disables the renderers for objects that are outside the camera's viewing area.
Shader saturation of all objects increased by 0.1.
Graphics Quality settings re-adjusted, now has a total of 6 options (Very Low, Low, Medium, High, Very High, Ultra) instead of 3 (Low, Medium, High).
Simple voices added to guards and the player (when detecting and dying).
HighScore system added to the Mercenarium custom scenarios. Your best score (time taken to complete the level) for each will be displayed below the objectives in the campaign panel. You will need to successfully complete the mission to get a score.
Minor map related bugs fixed.
Steam Cloud Integration completed. Please note that your progress up till now may have been reset (apologize for the inconvenience), due to a new system of saving and loading game data being implemented. Your steam achievements will not be affected.
Steam Username and profile pic are displayed in the menu scene. Hovering will show your current stats (guards killed, bombs planted, etc.).
So those were the most relevant changes that you need to look out for in this patch. Good luck and have fun playing Spark Five. I will soon start posting game-play videos (i.e. if I succeed in completing the level) and screenshots in the community.
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15 Sep 2019Developer post
Language Update
A new dawn, a new beginning, yet a long night awaits us all. 1.2.1 comes with an awesome night mode for all levels, a much needed new ability for the Nemesis Campaign and the game is now available in 8 new languages. Localization We are excited to announce that Spark Five is now
15 Sep 2019Developer post
Autumn Essence: Season Change
Celebrating the advent of Fall and the fall of the Summer season. Version 1.2.0 witnessed some huge changes to the game, featuring a total makeover of the graphics, shaders, interface and overall experience. Yet here we are with more fine adjustments and iterations. Aiming to mak
Celebrating the advent of Fall and the fall of the Summer season. Version 1.2.0 witnessed some huge changes to the game, featuring a total makeover of the graphics, shaders, interface and overall experience. Yet here we are with more fine adjustments and iterations. Aiming to make the game a little more fast-paced and interesting, we present you with the changes listed below. General

Added in-game documentation.
Minor changes to the tutorial.
Player stats now available in the Achievements section.
User Interface

Loading screen updated.
Menu panel inside all levels updated.
UI animations added to buttons and panels.
Clicking on ability buttons (bottom left corner) will activate the ability.
Time displayed after level ends has been re-adjusted.
Spark Campaign star achievements moved from level button to level description/briefing area.
Added icons to in-game elements in the tutorial. You can hover mouse cursor over to view object's name.
Game-play

Laser counter rotation speed reduced from 80 to 60 (both clockwise and anticlockwise).
Waiting time of guards in all levels reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.
Movement speed of guards increased by a flat value of 0.8 (both run and walk speed). Animations have been re-adjusted accordingly.
Fire rate of some turrets in the Nemesis Campaign levels has been reduced back to 1 second.
Circular laser defense system has a new particle effect.
Time required to drop replicas, plant bombs, place explosive charges and switch on/off lasers have been reduced.
Changed explosion of cargo box.
Guards now have an icon to indicate that they are alerted.
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03 Sep 2019Developer post
Post Saavan Update
Version 1.2.0 Update It has been a year since I started developing Spark Five. The game has received a major update. Whats new then? A lot has changed actually. Following are the major changes to the game. GENERAL Shader updated. General theme shading of the game has been changed
Version 1.2.0 Update
It has been a year since I started developing Spark Five. The game has received a major update. Whats new then? A lot has changed actually. Following are the major changes to the game. GENERAL

Shader updated.
General theme shading of the game has been changed from orange-yellow to blue-cyan. Game icon hue has been adjusted accordingly.
Post-Processing re-adjusted. Colored atmospheric ambience has been removed entirely.
Tutorial updated. Text-to-Speech functionality removed from all levels.
In-game achievement icons updated.
Steam store page updated. New trailer and screenshots added.
All game elements (models, particle effects, etc.) have been updated, excluding cargo boxes and loot boxes. The basic map arrangement, overall objectives, item pick-ups, turret positions and number of enemy guards for all levels remain the same.
AUDIO

Ambient music for all levels including main menu updated.
New explosion sounds added.
Footstep sound corresponds to walking on metal as opposed to walking on grass.
Added new sound effects associated with various actions in the game.
UI/UX

Main Menu updated. Settings panel is permanently visible. Option to enable/disable post-processing has been added to the settings panel.
UI elements like boxes, buttons, text, fonts, etc have been updated.
Minimap support removed entirely from the game.
Perspective camera field of view increased from 50 to 60.
Minor script adjustments made related to GUI.
GAME ELEMENTS

Character models re-worked (main player and guards). Animations remain the same.
Spark form updated. Spark form is no longer a ball of lightning, rather a transparent glowing specter of the original character.
Rooms have been updated with new models and textures.
4 types of turrets and associated bullets added. Type of turret has no impact on game-play.
Laser machine comes with a radar. A rotating radar indicates that the associated laser is on and vice-versa.
GAME MECHANICS

Movement speed of main player increased from 3.85 to 4.
You gain +30% bonus movement speed when in Spark form. The bonus is lost when you are reborn.
Enemy guards navigation agent radius reduced from 0.5 to 0.2.
Chase distance threshold of all enemy guards increased from 6 to 7, i.e. they will cease their pursuit if the distance between you and the guard is 7 units or more. (For reference, a room is 10 units X 10 units)
Re-adjusted detection boxes of enemy guards.
Time gained from picking up a Time Capsule increased from 23 seconds to 30 seconds.
Minimum fire rate of all turrets has been increased from 1 second to 2 seconds.
Turrets have limiters for bullets instead of time constraint. Bullets get de-spawned whenever they collide with the associated limiter or any other collider.
Speed of bullet varies randomly between 300 and 350 instead of a 300 flat value. Speed is calculated before bullet leaves the turret.
Spark Replicas can stop bullets.
All Nemesis Campaign levels have +60 seconds added to the starting timer and start with +1 bomb.
All Spark Campaign and Mercenarium levels start with +1 bombs and +1 replica.
Time required to achieve stars increased by 30 seconds for all Spark Campaign levels.
PARTICLES

New explosion effects added.
New effects corresponding to item pick-ups added.
Relevant objects colliding laser produces sparks.
New particle effect for circular laser defense system.
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20 Dec 2018Developer post
Christmas Update Version 1.0.1
What's New Mercenarium - A new fast-paced game mode has been added where you play 10 custom scenarios against the consortium as a hired mercenary. All the levels are directly playable (they aren't locked). This mode comes with plenty of loot boxes that can be opened in-game. Ever
What's New
Mercenarium - A new fast-paced game mode has been added where you play 10 custom scenarios against the consortium as a hired mercenary. All the levels are directly playable (they aren't locked). This mode comes with plenty of loot boxes that can be opened in-game. Every loot box contains either a replica or a bomb (50% chance), use them strategically to achieve the desired objective. Have fun and a Merry Christmas to you.
Major Updates

UI Changes - Added a basic in-game minimap which shows map elements within the player's immediate vicinity. Press 'M' to toggle minimap on/off.
Menu Updates - Minor UI changes to the main menu. Added a Credits panel and Controls Overview panel.
Models - Bomb model reworked. Added particle effects to Destination. Mercenarium mode opens up a new skin for the player (orange) and the guards (green).
UX Changes - Replicas and bombs can be placed by clicking on their respective buttons on the bottom-left corner of the screen. Pressing Escape opens and closes the in-game menu. Spark life extended from 20 seconds to 30 seconds.
Beta Controller Support - Game-Pad support has been added but is still in beta mode, and may have multiple bugs. It is therefore recommended to use a keyboard and a mouse to play seamlessly. Refer to the controls overview panel for more information. Visit this website for further help.
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06 Nov 2018Developer post
Minor Updates
Added in-game achievement notification. Replaced Biomass achievements with Time Capsule achievements. Time Capsule time gain increased from +20 seconds to +23 seconds. Added text notification for game-play events such as collecting biomass, dying, re-incarnating etc.
Added in-game achievement notification.
Replaced Biomass achievements with Time Capsule achievements.
Time Capsule time gain increased from +20 seconds to +23 seconds.
Added text notification for game-play events such as collecting biomass, dying, re-incarnating etc.
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Spark Five

Updates & announcements

Minor Updates for Patch 2.0.4

Release Build 2.0.2

General Updates

Major Update 2.0.0 Part 2

General Updates

Spark Campaign Act II: 5 new chapters

New Characters

Enhancements: Introducing the Bio-Tech Lab

Major Update 2.0.0 Part 1

General Updates:

New Menu

New UI for the Campaign Panels

New lighting for all chapter

Controls

Demo Release

Winter Holiday Sale 2019

Golden Week Offer

Special Offer: Get Spark Five 70% discount.

A Fiery Halloween

October Update

Festive Season Update

Language Update

Autumn Essence: Season Change

Post Saavan Update

Version 1.2.0 Update

Christmas Update Version 1.0.1

What's New

Major Updates

Minor Updates