Hello Everyone! We're back today with another update with some fixes and QoL features. Changes · Updated camera controls to use a free orbit cam · The player can now control the vertical tilt of the camera when rotating using the mouse · Scrolling moves the camera directly forwards or backwards along the camera view direction · The old zoom tilt logic has been completely removed · Furniture now…
Hey Prospectors, Today, we're proud to share our second and biggest update yet for Dawn Apart. Over the past five months, we've worked incredibly hard to add new features and systems that bring the game closer to our original vision: a challenging yet rewarding blend of colony and automation sim, built around deep, interconnected systems and set in a dynamic, increasingly hostile world. Buckle…
Hey Prospectors, Since our last content drop, The Trade Boom , we’ve kept busy and directly tackled the next update. While we’re still in the process of adding tons of new gameplay features, we wanted to let you know about one specific upcoming system that will add a new layer of depth to Dawn Apart: Loyalty . Loyalty is a key metric because it decides the fate of your mining operation. Wheneve…
Welcome to a new dawn of space commerce! Dawn Apart's first major update during Early Access is here: Build your own interstellar trade hub, score the best deals by completing missions for competing factions, and use C4-powered terraforming to blast more holes into the planet’s surface than a block of Swiss cheese. Enter the Trade Boom There are two new factions in town - the Saturn Fields Comp…
Hello Everyone! We saw a number of issues with the voxel colliders bringing the game to a halt. This was caused by items or debris getting stuck in some other geometry, like wood spawning inside the terrain. This would generate way more contacts than necessary every physics frame which also would never resolve itself. We added new logic that can find these rare situations and fix them before th…
Hey everyone, We're proud that Dawn Apart joins an incredible roster of indie games at Games Ground 25 - both on the showfloor in Berlin and as part of the adjacent Steam event ! If you happen to be in the Berlin-Brandenburg please stop by, say hi, play our latest experimental build or try out tons of great games. If not check them out on the festival page featuring a bunch of demos and discoun…
Hey Everyone! Today we've got a small update with some new stuff and a good number of fixes. This is the precursor to our first major update that is coming in a few weeks and we hope it addresses some of the worst breaking issues that players have been having. Changes · Fixed issue where agents would get stuck in a stock loop if the amount of a single craft was more than the required amount (pa…
Hey Prospectors, Today we want to share a broad update on what to expect in the months leading up to Dawn Apart’s 1.0 release. Since launching into Early Access three months ago, we’ve been focused on delivering a stability update , a major Quality of Life patch , and showcasing Dawn Apart at Gamescom and Tokyo Game Show. That left little time for content updates - until now. The first of a tot…
Hey Prospectors, We're thrilled that Dawn Apart has joined the Ada Lovelace Day Sale on Steam! Hosted by our friends from Luden.io and named in honor of Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), an English mathematician and writer widely regarded as the world’s first computer programmer, the sales page features games that are all about deep systems, coding, and automation. Make sure to check out a ton of aweso…
こんにちは Prospectors, Fresh off our massive Quality of Life Update , half of our team traveled to Japan to showcase Dawn Apart at Tokyo Game Show! If you happen to attend the expo, you can find our booth in the Indie Game Area in Sector E in Hall 11 (Booth 11-E85). Feel free to stop by, say hi and play the latest build! And to celebrate our trip to the home of ramen, dango, and okonomiyaki we slap…
Hey Prospectors, We're back with a big Quality of Life Update! That's right, between Gamescom and Tokyo Game Show (if you happen to be around, please stop by booth 11-E85 in the Indie Area and say hi!) we managed to squeeze in a nice UI overhaul to make the harsh colony life on Sirius B 3 a little more comfortable. The biggest addition in this update is the new Prospector modal. It now displays…
Hey Prospectors, While one half of our team was in Cologne for Gamescom showcasing Dawn Apart to potentially over 300,000 gamers from 128 countries (huge thanks to everyone who visited our booth!), our core devs were back at work focusing on performance and stability. We’ve heard your feedback on Discord and the Steam forum: expanding your factory, especially in the late game or on older machin…
Hey there, This is just a quick announcement that Dawn Apart is featured in this year's gamescom - both physically on the showfloor in Cologne, Germany and digitally as part of gamescom's Steam event! So if you're planning on attending the expo you can find us in the Home of Indies section in Hall 10.2 (Booths E010g–D011g) to play the latest build, or chat with us devs! If not make sure to chec…
Hey Everyone! We have another update today with lots of changes and fixes. We are still hard at work improving the game and addressing feedback. I think we'll most likely have another round of small updates next week and hopefully soon after that we are going to start working on new systems to put into the game! Changes · Added logic for agents to consider loose items for stock up actions (craf…
Hello Again Again Everyone! We got a report that a save was crashing on load every time. This isn't great for a player but is the best case for us to fix things pretty quickly. This is a good time to again say thank you everyone for making reports. It is absolutely massive in helping us to improve the game as fast as possible! It sends us your save so we can load it up in editor and find exactl…
Hey everyone! We're excited that Dawn Apart is featured in the Games Forged in Germany event on Steam , hosted by Games+ Germany. Germany may be famous for cars, mechanical engineering and its world class sense of humor:) - but this week, it's all about games. Check out an amazing lineup of titles, demos, and discounts - including your last chance to grab Dawn Apart at 10% off before the launch…
Hello Again Everyone! Tony (Poots N Doots) Here, During our Witchcraft Wednesday stream I implemented a cool feature where voxel objects would restore their voxels when an agent repairs them. The most basic version of this is where they hit 100% health and they are fully restored. In my hubris I claimed that this was less than a minute feature. It was one line to implement and after some testin…
Hey Everyone! We have another update today which contains more fixes and improvements straight from your reports and feedback. This includes more crash fixes, stuck prospectors, non-working feeders. Changes · Ingots take more time to produce, making one miner serve 2 furnaces · Lucrum progression trades in late game give more time and are less demanding · Default Mining Destroy Chance was Halve…
Hey Everyone! We ended up pushing an update that had an issue with blueprint connections which was causing crashes. It's a classic break more than you fix type situation, but this update is for real airtight! Fixes · Fixed built blueprints not properly getting cleaned up (Thanks Dirt, DD & pjirout2000) · Added safety check for invalid registered connections that could have been added in the las…
Hey Everyone! First off just want to say a huge thank you to everyone that is playing the game. It means the world to us to see so many players jumping into the world and building all this awesome stuff! We've also been getting some great feedback and reports. They have been beyond helpful for us to track down issues! We've been working on addressing some of the most pressing issues and taking…
Hey Everyone! We wanted to quickly address the feedback feedback. We originally added a form which opens when a player closes the game as a way to gather feedback during playtesting. As we are in Early Access it doesn't make sense anymore and really shouldn't have been in the release. It's removed now. Changes · Removed playtest logic of opening feedback form on exit · Added tooltip to feedback…
Dawn Apart has finally launched into early access! You can now grab it with a 10% launch discount and start building your colony on the alien world of Sirius B-3. Establish your intergalactic mining operation, automate production lines, and fulfill trade missions for your employer, the Kobayashi Schwarz Corporation! Since our announcement in 2022, we’ve built an incredible community on Discord…
Hey Everyone! Today's the day! We are finally releasing the game into Early Access! We've been working so hard to get here and we couldn't be more excited to be getting the game out there and have you all playing. For all the new players you can keep up to date with what we are working on through our discord, or by checking our patch notes for the updates. For this update we've been addressing…
Fixes · Fixed issue with cut wood not properly being tracked (Thanks Jets63) · Added safety logic to stat deserialization · Fixed Rocket Launcher being a trade requirement instead of offer Till next time! The best place to get in touch with us and see what we are working on is by joining our Discord server . So if you haven't yet, stop by and let us know your thoughts!
Fixes · Fixed Continue button not properly closing the Main Menu (Thanks Zagan97) · Fixed Mining and Cutting using an incorrect skill modifier when gaining experience Till next time! The best place to get in touch with us and see what we are working on is by joining our Discord server . So if you haven't yet, stop by and let us know your thoughts!
Hello Again Everyone! After yesterday's hotfix, we are back with a normal update with some pretty cool stuff! New Game Modal Rework & World Settings It's been planned for a long time to start adding settings to the game that give the player more freedom to play in ways that they enjoy. With this in mind we updated the new game modal to include various options. Want to skip the tutorial? Go for…
Hello Again, We had a slight issue with hauling into Space Ports which blocked some of the trades from being possible, so we cooked up a hotfix and here it is! Changes · Fixed Space Ports not accepting more than one stack of any item · Adjusted some German translations · Filled out the credits a bit more · Adjusted materials in certain voxel files (Space Port, Barrels) And that's everything. Ho…
Hey There Everyone! We are creeping closer and closer to our Early Access release date and with that we've been making some massive changes. We are super excited to get them in your hands and hear what you think about them: Optimization We spent a good amount of time optimizing the game. Both in terms of rendering and game logic. We reworked how our renderer handles voxel data to allow not only…
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