Community5 Oct 2026Devlog: Redundancy in SpaceThe Problem There’s one piece of advice you get all the time as a fledgling indie studio; “ Playtesting is really really really important. ” Though it’s tempting to hide early builds out of shame because “ It’s not done yet! ”, doing so leaves you with something only you understand. If you want it to be good, you have to send your monster out into the world. With Contact Protocol, that meant li…
Patch Notes Just a small update about the demo after that HUGE announcement the other day of our signing with Kinetic Publishing (video at the bottom for anyone who missed it!). Splash Art · There's some new parallax scenes (the thing where the background moves separately to the character so it looks a little bit 3D). Thanks Peter! UI · We've changed the 'Archive' button to 'View Archive'. Some…
FINALLY This news has been brewing for a while now, and we've been itching to tell you all - Contact Protocol is being published by Kinetic Publishing ! We're so excited to not only be part of the Kinetic Publishing family, but to be the first game released in their starting lineup. Together, we'll make Contact Protocol the best game it can be. A huge thank you to all the fans, playtesters and…
Festivals! Hello dear employees. We're taking part in 2x festivals this week and we couldn't be more excited! Yogscast Tiny Teams Festival First is the Yogscast Tiny Teams festival starting right now over on their channels! They're streaming Contact Protocol literally as we speak so go check it out :D 📅 Date : The festival runs from August 6th - 13th Exclusively featuring games from solo devs…
Patch Notes Music · Crank up that volume slider because we've just added adaptive music to ship encounters! There's some tweaking to do before it's absolutely perfect but for now, there's a whole new layer of stress for all you dedicated employees. Visuals · Added new splash screens for conversations with Nigel, Ms Jones, Harriet. · Cool new effect on scrolling text. · Animations changed to 12f…
SCORCHED-EARTH Our incredibly talented fans have created the first Contact Protocol fan comic! Community legend Roose has adapted a specific encounter from our demo, with an original take on our faceless protagonist. > Contact Protocol: SCORCHED-EARTH is available to read for free! Link below... - READ IT HERE (Bluesky) - READ IT HERE (Instagram) Credits Story - Roose Art and letters - Liv Nimb…
Checking In Hello dear employees! We just wanted to check in and let you know that development is going great and we've got lots of exciting things in place for the full release. And since seeing is believing, here's a look at some of what we've been up to... Visuals · We've really been storming ahead on new splash screens for unique situations and conversations you'll have with the PALE-HORSE…
Patch Notes Visuals · We've added some fancy new animations to the interstitial screens, so you can see where you are on your journey. Think of it like the seat-back map on a long haul flight. Except this flight lasts for months, and people are shooting at you. Accessibility · This week we had a suggestion that adjustable font size on the comms console would be useful, so we implemented it! · Y…
Patch Notes Mechanics · Difficulty can now be changed in options. Right now this just adjusts ship speed, but we're open to other difficulty settings! Drop in on the Discord if you've got ideas. Visuals · We have new buttons on the dashboard for the power and fire control switches. There's also a mystery third switch. If you'd like to get your hands on the system it controls, join the playtest…
Hello! First off, thanks to all the GalCo employees who've played the demo so far! We've loved having you aboard and can't wait to see just how many of you we end up recruiting. Corporate just wanted me to let you know that the free demo build has been updated. We're also going to post our patch notes here (rather than on the Discord) from now on. Here's everything we changed since the demo lau…
THANK YOU! 5000 wishlists is nothing to sneeze at. Everyone here at Cold Zephyr Games is forever grateful to everyone who's played the demo and showed interest in our game by throwing a wishlist our way :D We're very busy with getting Contact Protocol done in time to reach our Q4 2026 goal but in the meantime, here's a lovely crew photo of everyone to tide you over: What a happy bunch... Here's…
Greetings to all of our new employees! You didn't see anything. This demo came out on time , as planned. Without any unexpected delays or hiccups. Any mention of the contrary will result in an immediate termination of your employee contract. I'm glad we straightened that out.... now feel free to play the demo! It's out and will be updated with little bug fixes and adjustments in the next week.…
Greetings to all of our ( soon to be ) loyal employees! After months of hard work, our demo is ready. You will be able to play the latest build of Contact Protocol THIS THURSDAY . That's Feb 26th, sometime in the day (GMT). Here's a sneak peek for what's in store... Visuals Most of the game has been lightly breathed on and scrubbed shiny with a microfibre cloth. We're really happy with how ConP…
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Steam Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. There's lots of slots where streams of our game will be featured so you may see a few announcements like this! The next stream will be at 19:00 on Wednesday 3rd December . While the Contact Protocol demo won't be released until the upcoming Steam Next Fest in early 2026, you can watch a pre-alpha playthrough here!…
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Steam Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. There's lots of slots where streams of our game will be featured so you may see a few announcements like this! The next stream will be at 19:00 on Monday 1st December . While the Contact Protocol demo won't be released until the upcoming Steam Next Fest in early 2026, you can watch a pre-alpha playthrough here! Tw…
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Steam Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. There's lots of slots where streams of our game will be featured so you may see a few announcements like this! The next stream will be at 19:00 on Sunday 30th November . While the Contact Protocol demo won't be released until the upcoming Steam Next Fest in early 2026, you can watch a pre-alpha playthrough here! T…
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Steam Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. There's lots of slots where streams of our game will be featured so you may see a few announcements like this! The next stream will be at 15:00 on Saturday 29th November . While the Contact Protocol demo won't be released until the upcoming Steam Next Fest in early 2026, you can watch a pre-alpha playthrough here!…
Hello, loyal employees. We got some great stuff to share with you...! Mechanics Viruses Since the earliest Contact Protocol social media posts, people have been wondering if computer viruses can hide in the numerous data bursts that you accept from other ships. I just want to say… we were waaaaay ahead of you. We’ve now implemented the feature and will build on it by adding multiple ways to cur…
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Steam Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. There's lots of slots where streams of our game will be featured so you may see a few announcements like this! The next stream will be at 19:00 on Thursday 27th November . While the Contact Protocol demo won't be released until the upcoming Steam Next Fest in early 2026, you can watch a pre-alpha playthrough here!…
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Steam Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. There's lots of slots where streams of our game will be featured so you may see a few announcements like this! The next stream will be at 19:00 on Wednesday 26th November . While the Contact Protocol demo won't be released until the upcoming Steam Next Fest in early 2026, you can watch a pre-alpha playthrough here…
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Steam Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. There's lots of slots where streams of our game will be featured so you may see a few announcements like this! The next stream will be at 19:00 on Tuesday 25th November . While the Contact Protocol demo won't be released until the upcoming Steam Next Fest in early 2026, you can watch a pre-alpha playthrough here!…
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Steam Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. There's lots of slots where streams of our game will be featured so you may see a few announcements like this! The next stream will be at 19:00 on Monday 24th November . While the Contact Protocol demo won't be released until the upcoming Steam Next Fest in early 2026, you can watch a pre-alpha playthrough here! T…
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Steam Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. There's lots of slots where streams of our game will be featured so you may see a few announcements like this! The next stream will be at 19:00 on Sunday 23rd November . While the Contact Protocol demo won't be released until the upcoming Steam Next Fest in early 2026, you can watch a pre-alpha playthrough here! T…
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Steam Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. There's lots of slots where streams of our game will be featured so you may see a few announcements like this! The next stream will be at 20:00 on Saturday 22nd November . While the Contact Protocol demo won't be released until the upcoming Steam Next Fest in early 2026, you can watch a pre-alpha playthrough here!…
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Steam Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. There's lots of slots where streams of our game will be featured so you may see a few announcements like this! The next stream will be at 19:00 tonight . While the Contact Protocol demo won't be released until the upcoming Steam Next Fest in early 2026, you can watch a pre-alpha playthrough here! Twitch streamer,…
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Steam Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. There's lots of slots where streams of our game will be featured so you may see a few announcements like this! The next stream will be at 19:00 tonight . While the Contact Protocol demo won't be released until the upcoming Steam Next Fest in early 2026, you can watch a pre-alpha playthrough here! Twitch streamer,…
Hi everyone! Welcome to the first Contact Protocol (or ConPro as we've started calling it) Dev Diary. We're working hard on fleshing out the world, refining core gameplay mechanics and getting feedback from some very early playtests. Our pre-alpha stage is ending soon though and with that, comes opportunity. We definitely want to put out a public demo on Steam in the next few months to drum up…
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