ProjectFiles Update History · SteamPeaks

ProjectFiles Update History · SteamPeaks

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3 Aug 2026

14:34:22NewsUpdate on Ziggy - Chief Financial Officer———Community

Community · published 3 Aug 2026, 14:34:22 UTC

Update on Ziggy - Chief Financial Officer

It is with great sadness I need to inform this community that Ziggy, Chief Financial Officer of Ionized Games, passed away over the weekend. Unfortunately he had a steady decline in health since his diagnoses in May of Osteosarcoma which is very aggressive bone cancer. It's kind of weird posting this on a video game's "news" channel but a lot of people knew this dog through here so it felt even…

30 Oct 2022

16:01:50NewsSpooky Halloween Event———Esports

Esports · published 30 Oct 2022, 16:01:50 UTC

Spooky Halloween Event

This is totally random but, if you want to try something totally different check out our new game The Backrooms This wasn't exactly planned but when working on Episode II there were a number of new features we were trying to implement surrounding dozens of AI perceptions operating in a single environment And of course dynamic water A single player horror survival game that places you in a maze…

15 Sep 2022

15:00:13NewsAndroid Awakening———Major update

Major update · published 15 Sep 2022, 15:00:13 UTC

Android Awakening

This patch focuses on bringing some of the effects and systems like footprints, trails, volumetric effects and lighting, and IK kinematics used in CAT Interstellar: Episode II Shown here: Update 6.2.0: Androids The Androids have all been upgraded to be a little more... life-like... with a series of features like IK kinematics and better animations. · They've been optimized to allow for dozens o…

9 Aug 2022

19:45:15NewsCAT Update 6.1.0———Major update

Major update · published 9 Aug 2022, 19:45:15 UTC

CAT Update 6.1.0

This is the first major content update in a while. I've been primarily focusing on CAT Interstellar: Episode II but development has taken a little longer than I expected so I thought I would push some more content to the original in the mean time. So, UPDATE 6.1.0 (Win/Linux) THE CAT!!!! The Cat character in Chapter 5 has been totally revamped from the ground up. New meshes, new logic, and even…

4 Feb 2022

19:03:40NewsCAT Interstellar: Recast Release———Esports

Esports · published 4 Feb 2022, 19:03:40 UTC

CAT Interstellar: Recast Release

Purpose So, CAT Interstellar: Recast was an effort to explore and learn all the new features in Unreal Engine 5 in the hope of using it for Episode II ... I don't want to say this effort was a mistake (it wasn't) but: · It took a lot longer than expected due to bugs in the early access version of the engine · Ultimately doesn't offer as solid of a build even with increased system specs · Higher…

3 Sep 2021

14:55:41NewsLights, Camera, Screenshot Event!!!———Community

Community · published 3 Sep 2021, 14:55:41 UTC

Lights, Camera, Screenshot Event!!!

New DOG VII model We commissioned Ionut, the original designer of DOG, to make an ultra hi-poly version that leveraged Unreal Engine 5's nanite mesh Technology. The resulting model is about 500,000 polygons and is a huge improvement in terms of fidelity and detail. Screenshot tool We were able to implement PULSAR BYTES Cine Cam as a screenshot tool so players have a lot more control over their…

13 Aug 2021

14:16:40NewsCAT Interstellar: Recast Developer Live Stream———Esports

Esports · published 13 Aug 2021, 14:16:40 UTC

CAT Interstellar: Recast Developer Live Stream

We're going to be live streaming development of the upgraded CAT Interstellar. Working on the cave environment. We're gonna stream here for an hour then switch to RECAR

12 Aug 2021

17:33:42NewsCAT Interstellar: Recast Available NOW!———Community

Community · published 12 Aug 2021, 17:33:42 UTC

CAT Interstellar: Recast Available NOW!

CAT Interstellar: Recast is now available on the Steam store. Broadcast link We'll be doing broadcasts for most of the day so feel free to drop in even if it's just to tell us what we did wrong. Seriously, If you've followed this game for any amount of time you know that I genuinely appreciate your feedback even if it's bad and respond to everything.... You could also just say "Hi". I don't wan…

23 Jul 2021

18:53:54NewsCAT Interstellar: Remastered Announcement———Community

Community · published 23 Jul 2021, 18:53:54 UTC

CAT Interstellar: Remastered Announcement

So, you might have noticed we launched a Steam store for a Remastered version of CAT Interstellar using the Unreal Engine 5. I will now attempt to explain · Why we decided to remaster the original · Improvements made to the game · Why we made it a separate application · How owners of the original can get access before release This post goes out to GraVE . Feel free to comment on any of his thre…

1 May 2021

17:35:15NewsPrologue———Sale

Sale · published 1 May 2021, 17:35:15 UTC

Prologue

Encrypted Message from Colonel Alexander - Sergeant Gary Freeman, your leave request has been denied indefinitely. I’m sure you expected as much but I hate to be the one to officially decline it. I understand you have a son back on Earth but we require your immediate attention. We do not yet know all the details that led to the collapse of our Martian SkyLift network nor the likelihood of the c…

27 Apr 2021

23:26:13NewsCommunity Live Stream———Esports

Esports · published 27 Apr 2021, 23:26:13 UTC

Community Live Stream

I've never done one of these live streams before but we have to gin up support somehow so... Let's do a Face Reveal!?! Ionized Games face reveal for 1 million followers and a billion dollars!!! Ziggy, Our Chief Financial Officer might even make an appearance! We'll take an inside look at Episode II And even see how close I've gotten to porting the Episode I over to UE4.26! April 26, at 7:15 CST…

22 Apr 2021

20:24:48NewsCAT Interstellar: Episode II———Community

Community · published 22 Apr 2021, 20:24:48 UTC

CAT Interstellar: Episode II

Finally I am so flippin excited to announce what everyone probably already guessed: CAT Interstellar: Episode II That's right, we're officially developing the second installment of the CAT Interstellar series and it's gonna be nuts!!! We got Martian Rovers, Marines hunting Android 42, possibly the ability to fly this thing and best of all - some closure to the story arc ːDOGV4ːːDOGV4ːːDOGV4ːːDO…

17 Mar 2021

14:12:45News(Pre) Big Announcement———Community

Community · published 17 Mar 2021, 14:12:45 UTC

(Pre) Big Announcement

Price hike You read that correctly, against all conventional thinking I’m actually going to raise the price of this game to $9.99 USD . The one thing I want all the newcomers here to know is… we have no idea what we’re doing. Seriously, not a clue. BUT I’ve learned a little bit over the last 5 years releasing this game on Steam and the PlayStation Store and I can assure you I won't make an extr…

28 Feb 2021

23:37:36NewsTuring Canyon———Steam news

Steam news · published 28 Feb 2021, 23:37:36 UTC

Turing Canyon

Turing Canyon A favorite site among Martian Advertiser selling the idea of a terraformed Mars. Turing Canyon was formed from millions of gallons of defrosted water runoff caused by the initial nuclear bombardment stage of the planet. The storm pressure above the canyon raises the barometeric pressure to 9psi allowing for larger Earth origin fauna and flora to live without pressure suits. Rovers…

3 Feb 2021

00:33:23NewsIntercepted Communications———Community

Community · published 3 Feb 2021, 00:33:23 UTC

Intercepted Communications

11 Aug 2019

21:03:51NewsUpdate 5.1.0 (Pay-2-Win)———Game update

Game update · published 11 Aug 2019, 21:03:51 UTC

Update 5.1.0 (Pay-2-Win)

Ziggy , our junior programmer, has shown incredible potential in economic theory and so we’ve promoted him to Chief Financial Officer. His first act as CFO is to dramatically increase profits by making CAT Interstellar a Pay-To-Win… er… I mean, Free-To-Play game. It is worth noting that Kitty , the Treasurer at Ionized Games, has concerns that a single player game with no microtransactions, str…

6 Oct 2017

11:55:56NewsVersion 5.0.0 - Release———Game update

Game update · published 6 Oct 2017, 11:55:56 UTC

Version 5.0.0 - Release

Barring any major bugs discovered this will be the version used for the full release. Why do a Full Release? CAT Interstellar was always intended to be about an hour long and tell a very short story about an unfortunate event on Mars. I think it meets the requirements of the original design document. Regardless, doing a Full Release has a number of benefits, one of them being my psyche, with th…

11 Aug 2017

17:21:56NewsUpdate 4.0.1 (Story)———Game update

Game update · published 11 Aug 2017, 17:21:56 UTC

Update 4.0.1 (Story)

TL;DR this is the full story of CAT Interstellar with the subtitle system re-vamped. This build is worth another play-through from beginning to end. Content · Cave scene ending with all triggers and key events. · Signals full sequence of events. · Credits completed. · Added additional dialog sequences to “The Base” and “Credits”. Adjustments · Added a second Android type. · Adjusted mechanics o…

1 Jul 2017

15:12:26NewsUpdate 3.0.3 (Surface)———Game update

Game update · published 1 Jul 2017, 15:12:26 UTC

Update 3.0.3 (Surface)

TL;DR This update includes additional dialog, a remapped version of “The Surface”, numerous bug fixes, and Ansel support. This update probably doesn't warrant a fresh play-through if you've already been through once. First off, I want to welcome the massive influx of players during the Steam Summer sale. Thank you for giving this little game a shot and hopefully you stick around for the ending.…

25 Jun 2017

16:27:53NewsUpdate 3.0.1 (DOG-VI)———Game update

Game update · published 25 Jun 2017, 16:27:53 UTC

Update 3.0.1 (DOG-VI)

DOG-VI Introducing DOG-VI, the final update to the main character. DOG has been through a number of iterations from the original game jam submission, to the first public build, to a version that was actually textured :), and finally the current style... Epic Game Jam Submission First Public build DOG-V - Textured DOG-VI Final Version Animation Improvement There were a lot of limitations to the…

26 Apr 2017

18:39:54NewsOptimizations———Game update

Game update · published 26 Apr 2017, 18:39:54 UTC

Optimizations

This update deals exclusively with optimizations to the game. The three principal areas of optimization are draw calls , Texture memory , and dynamic lighting improvements . The benchmark goal I have kept with this game is a minimum of 30fps at 1080p on a gtx 750. With this latest patch I’ve been getting 60fps for most of the game. CPU Optimizations: One of the CPU bottlenecks I found was the n…

8 Apr 2017

14:43:05NewsUpdate 2.1.1 (Signals)———Game update

Game update · published 8 Apr 2017, 14:43:05 UTC

Update 2.1.1 (Signals)

The main purpose of this build is to get feedback on the new cat mechanics. I’ve purposefully left out the fate of DOG and Android 42 as well as the ending of Signals because I need to keep some suspense for the final release. Update/Fixes · The Signals level has been significantly expanded. There’s some story centric pieces missing (Like dialog) but the general layout is in place. · The contro…

15 Mar 2017

18:33:24NewsHot Fix 2.0.4 (3D Menu)———Game update

Game update · published 15 Mar 2017, 18:33:24 UTC

Hot Fix 2.0.4 (3D Menu)

VR Plugins Disabled Unfortunately in the last update I left the Oculus libraries and SteamVR API plugins enabled. I've been doing a lot of work with VR lately and forgot to disable them. Most users wouldn't have noticed but if you had Oculus Home or SteamVR installed it was most likely causing a headache so I wanted to patch it as quickly as possible. Community Screenshot Challenge This is also…

5 Mar 2017

16:12:57NewsUpdate 2.0.0 (Achievements)———Game update

Game update · published 5 Mar 2017, 16:12:57 UTC

Update 2.0.0 (Achievements)

Update Notes: · Voice Acting - You now how the option to switch between voice acting and subtitles at the main menu. Thank you to all the community members who submitted voice acting for the game. If you don’t see your submission in the game yet I’m still processing the audio files and it will be in the next update. · Destructible meshes - The rock animations for opening up new cave sections wa…

11 Jan 2017

20:41:54NewsUpdate 1.9.1 (IK Foot Placement, Voice Acting, Story)———Game update

Game update · published 11 Jan 2017, 20:41:54 UTC

Update 1.9.1 (IK Foot Placement, Voice Acting, Story)

Don’t be deceived by the title this is more of me trying to get your opinion than an update. I was hoping to get this out yesterday but Colorado has had some pretty crazy winds the last couple days (100+mph) and the internet has been in and out. I’ll go over the update notes, Community, and then a little bit about development. I’d love to get your input on any of it. Update Notes: · Android 42’…

30 Nov 2016

22:23:01NewsLinux Support (V1.9)———Game update

Game update · published 30 Nov 2016, 22:23:01 UTC

Linux Support (V1.9)

First As Always, thank you for all your support through this project. I’ll give the details about the current update, an update on development, and another community key give away. Update 1.9 Full Linux support* *until proven otherwise. I’ve traced down every build error and shader issue. The game currently runs as well on Linux as it does on Windows. All Linux testing was done on: Ubuntu 16.10…

22:22:33NewsAndroid’s Text Box Problem———Game update

Game update · published 30 Nov 2016, 22:22:33 UTC

Android’s Text Box Problem

15 Sep 2016

12:43:15NewsThere Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (Update 1.8.2)———Game update

Game update · published 15 Sep 2016, 12:43:15 UTC

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (Update 1.8.2)

Update 1.8.2 This is a smaller update dealing with the transition from the Mine to the Cave along with some generic bugs like the text box audio not being attenuated. If you’ve already played through the current build, there isn’t much new so I wouldn’t recommend playing through again until the next update. I’m going to hold off on pushing the rest of the cave system until the next update. It’s…

30 Jul 2016

13:48:55NewsWe copy your venting (Update 1.8.1)———Game update

Game update · published 30 Jul 2016, 13:48:55 UTC

We copy your venting (Update 1.8.1)

Update 1.8.1 This isn't a huge update but I want to get back in the routine of pushing what we have roughly every other week. There's a lot of little things like grammatical errors and objects in weird places that we fixed but most of the dev time was spent on events, VR, and Android 42's movement. Level Design The Surface level now requires you to complete the SkyLift mission before continuing…

22 Jul 2016

17:22:29NewsOkay, stand by, 13. We’re looking at it.———Game update

Game update · published 22 Jul 2016, 17:22:29 UTC

Okay, stand by, 13. We’re looking at it.

V1.8 Update Thank you for sticking with us while we fixed a few things. Here are the update Notes: Environments Levels The Base and Mine environments have been expanded into their own levels. The environments are one of the stronger aspects of CAT Interstellar and the Base and Mine just weren’t up to snuff. We also hated the idea of confining the player to long corridors of dialog. Now the game…