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| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
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| Community | A Modding Update Good News! The Evolution Survival Mod Kit will release in December! This should give creators around 6 months to create mods and maps for the game. The mod kit will include an installed engine and the installers for the correct Visual Studio versions I will answer any questions I can, you can leave them commented on this post. -Drierwhisper729 | — | |
| Community | Some Visual Improvements! A new implementation of ambient occlusion allows for denser feeling forest undergrowth and properly lit shadows. Much more to come as I finalize the first map that the game will ship with. | — | |
| Community | 1st Round Playtest open signups have closed Those who already have the playtest will keep it and still be able to play it, but new sign ups will be placed on a waiting list. | — | |
| In-game event | Update V0.52 V0.52PT Build 169 Added: -Better Effects for Axe and Pickaxe -Random hit points for trees Changed: -Purified Water Thirst quench 7->12 | — | |
| Game update | Update V0.511 Multiplayer Client Jitter Fix Attempt: 1 | — | |
| Game update | Update V0.51 Added: -Player drops a body instead of all of his items -In order to pick up structures you must Hold 'E' -Save support for forges -One new Playtest only cosmetic (not yet functional) Fixed: -Host inventory locking when interacting with a forge -Forge not giving the forge back on pickup | — | |
| Game update | Patch V0.501 (Playtest) Fixed: -Some main menu bugs | — | |
| Steam news | THE EVOLUTION SURVIVAL PLAYTEST IS RELEASING NOW! Go download it! | — | |
| Major update | Evolution Survival V0.5 "Playtest" Major Update! This includes Builds 137-163/V0.5A-0.5Z THIS IS THE PLAYTEST UPDATE Added: -AnimalMinds (Modular Animal AI system) -Better "Feel" for hand weapons -Ricochets on larger caliber weapons -Oil systems now save -Crude Oil can be refined into Lubrication Oil -Proper Water Caustics -More Dedicated Server Mod Support -Falling Trees -Animal Corpses -Animal Skin Item -Sidemap_20 Construction has begun (P… | — | |
| Community | The Playtest is releasing November 22nd That’s right. On November 22nd at 12:00 am eastern time the playtest will open to everyone. Those of you who have already signed up will gain instant access. See you there, -Drierwhisper729 | — | |
| In-game event | Graphical Improvements! In Preparation for the playtest I've done some major foliage and landscape texture improvements! Sidemap_20: Sidemap_19: The playtest will be released in 1-2 weeks, so keep an eye out for the official open test! Thanks for reading, DrierWhisper729 | — | |
| Community | The Playtest will be out SOON Soon, the playtest will be released for those who have signed up to try out. Details: -The playtest is obviously not a complete version of the game, however, most of the features will be present in some amount -It will feature unique cosmetics only obtainable during the playtest -Full multiplayer and dedicated server support will come with the playtest -There will be limited mod support for the… | — | |
| Community | Demo Deactivated The Demo Has been Deactivated in Preparation of the Playtest coming soon. If you wish to play the game please sign up for the Playtest (Most likely all players will be granted access) | — | |
| Major update | Update V0.4 "Modding and Enviornment" This Includes V0.36-V0.4 Builds 86-128 Added: -Titles and NameTags in-game, by completing certain tasks you can unlock a title that will display under your name. NameTags appear within 5 meters of another player -New Grass -New Cloud System -Sidemap_19 (First Properly sized map (This will be the official 'Small' Map) -New Cliff Rocks -Backend Animal Manager (Increases performance) -Crafting can… | — | |
| Community | Workshop Released! FULL MOD SUPPORT INCOMING! In preparation to the Evolution Survival play test I have been working on a full mod kit for the game This mod kit will not be available until the full release of the game, however, I have used it to make some test mods that will be tested during the play test If this interests you I may release the mod kit early to give modders a chance to make mods for day one release. Let me know! This is go… | — | |
| Steam news | Evolution Survival PLAYTEST! That's Right! If you go to the store page RIGHT NOW you can sign up for future access to the game's playtest This will be leagues better than the demo and offer a more complete game for a limited time. | — | |
| Community | Where We're Headed! We've got some exciting new stuff coming like finally finishing the end game and bio domes as well as armors being added. Unfortunately just because of how things played out I won't be able to finish the game in July of 2025, so it has been delayed to July of 2026 which gives me a great amount of time to make this game the best it can possibly be. Continuing with new things we just implemented… | — | |
| Major update | Major Update V0.35 "Large Worlds" Major Update (Includes V0.35A - *V0.35J*) -Added: -Sidemap_16 (Open world map) -Group System -Icon for MMF Launcher (Missile Minefield) -Icon for MMF-1A -Evolution Survival Encyclopedia (Available in the pause menu) -Fertilizer -Icon For CrudeOilBarrel -Model For CrudeOilBarrel -Industrial Workbench -Oil Power Generator -Rocket Launch Site -Rocket -Satellites -Animals that are being ridden can… | — | |
| Community | Game News Hey Everybody! As you can probably expect the game will be delayed. We are not going to hit the deadline of December and make a good game at the same time. There is good news though! Most of the systems needed in the game are already done, what's left is making sure they are more flushed out and adding in more stuff to use these systems. More items More animal "parts" Better graphics (Better mo… | — | |
| Community | BIG WORLDS INCOMING!!!! That's right! We are currently reworking our evolution system to tie in with Unreal's built in foliage system. This will allow us to make worlds as big as we want! So yeah! Pretty cool. That's where I've been if your wondering where the updates were. Originally each piece of foliage was its own object (This is slow because nothing is instanced on the GPU) by putting all of one type of tree toge… | — | |
| In-game event | Update V0.31 Fixed: -Raft not correctly rotation on waves (Singleplayer only) Added: -TechTree and primitive leveling system (Will be expanded in the future) | — | |
| Major update | Major Update V0.3 "Wind and Waves" Fixed: -Rocks not saving properly Added: -Wind/air pressure systems -Supercells -Tornadoes (Just for looks right now) -Raft (Makes use of the systems above because it has a sail) -Handle shake for tools when walking -New Stone Boulders Changes: -The Central Island Map (Sidemap_5) has received deeper water areas -Gave StoneAxe new textures THIS WILL NOT BE ON THE DEMO BRANCH | — | |
| Game update | Patch V0.292 PLEASE VERIFY GAME FILES Fixed: -More permanent fix for yesterday's bandage patch THIS WILL APPLY TO DEMO BRANCH | — | |
| Game update | Patch V0.291 IT IS RECOMMENDED TO VERIFY GAME FILES AS THIS UPDATE CHANGES SAVING SYSTEM Added: -Settings option to toggle low quality main menu (On by default) Fixed: -Shadow performance issues THIS UPDATE DOES APPLY TO DEMO | — | |
| Major update | DEMO RELEASING NOW!!!!!! (Update V0.29) Added: -More parts of the Tutorial -Item Pickup indicator (thing that pops up telling you what you picked up) -Sounds for: Fire/Cooking, Sprinting, Damage Fixed: -HotBar not resetting after death -Temperature Sync issue (Multiplayer) DEMO FEATURE LISTS: Demo Features: -Crafting -Building -Animal Taming (Very Crude) -Animal Riding (Very Crude) -Star Simulation -3 Weather conditions (Cloudless, P… | — | |
| Announcement | THE DEMO IS RELEASING TOMORROW! Good Afternoon fellow steamers, The Evolution Survival Demo will ship tomorrow at some point. DEMO FEATURE LISTS: Demo Features: -Crafting -Building -Animal Taming (Very Crude) -Animal Riding (Very Crude) -Star Simulation -3 Weather conditions (Cloudless, Partly Cloudy, and Fog) -Save game (only player and their items, not the plants, animals, or star) -A Demo gameplay loop (Accelerated loop to… | — | |
| In-game event | Update V0.28 Added: -StarShells(Mortar) -Revamped Main Menu -Mortar Incoming whistle (It's terrifying) -Tutorial Level -Revamped Time crate icons Fixed: -Fixed tool being incorrectly put away on save | — |
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