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Our transmissions are tuned and Element v2.1 'Quasar' is available now! This update adds some highly requested features: menu music, in-game dynamic music, and a quick way to return to your base during the game. We added some more awesome music by our longtime collaborator Jeremy Cullen. There are a couple of tracks used in the menu and all of them are used dynamically in-game. There is an ambient first part and later a second part kicks into gear based on events as the game progresses. Music volume can be adjusted or turned off using the in-game menu. The volume preference is saved and respected in the menu and the game. To return to your base while playing or paused just click on the energy or base graph on the right side of the screen, use the 'B' key, or press either of the analog stick buttons on your game controller. There are a few other changes under the hood in this release too, including minor updates to Unity and a few other tweaks. We also released Element on the App Store for iOS and for Nintendo Switch in Japan. Please let us know what you think - leave reviews, start a thread or leave a comment in the discussion forums, or tweet @flightlessnz. Enjoy. cheers, Greg & John Flightless

Element v2.1 'Quasar' Changes

Game

Added menu music.
Added in-game dynamic music.
Added 'return to base' UI button (or use 'B' key / press analog stick on game controller).
Added music volume UI to the pause menu.

Plumbing

Changed menu info content to load asynchronously.
Updated menu UI renderer to clear the depth buffer (fixes rendering issues on some old platforms).
Tweaked localisation.
Tweaked Asian font support.
Added iOS support.
Updated to Unity v2017.4.12.
Optimisation and bugfixes.

Element v2.0 'Lagrange' Changes

Element v2.0 release notes.

Element v1.5 'Pulsar' Changes

Element v1.5.1 release notes. Element v1.5 release notes.

Element v1.4 'Nebula' Changes

Element v1.4.2 release notes. Element v1.4.1 release notes. Element v1.4 release notes.

Element v1.3 'Kuiper' Changes

Element v1.3 release notes.

Element v1.2 'Corona' Changes

Element v1.2 release notes.

Element v1.1 'Aurora' Changes

Element v1.1 release notes.

[ 2018-10-17 22:15:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Element

Flightless Developer

Flightless Publisher

2018-07-26 Release

Action Indie Strategy Singleplayer Tags

Game News Posts: 20

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

Mostly Positive (39 reviews)

http://elementgame.com

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Element Linux64 [78.81 M]

Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don't have time to play realtime strategy space games.

Home no longer provides a means to survive.
A fight for resources to escape our system has begun.
The future lies beyond…

Element is a visually stunning realtime strategy space game with a focus on sharp, accessible gameplay.

Element is for lovers of beautifully crafted, original looking games. It is for people who are into space and strategy games but don't have hours of time to invest. It's also for gamers who enjoy launching missiles and blowing things up :)

You are escaping a decaying solar system. You must visit each planet, mine enough element, and defeat the enemy to progress to the outer planets and beyond.

Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defence units, and destroy the enemy while maintaining a balance between earth, air, water, and fire.

Notes:

Our preferred control method is currently a game controller. Element supports keyboard, mouse, keyboard and mouse, and a game controller. Community feedback will help us to refine our game controller scheme and device support. Game controllers should be attached before launching the game. Additionally, some game controller device buttons will toggle a free-flying camera mode.

The game speed can be adjusted using the -/+ keys while playing to super-slomo and accelerate time. Use '0' to reset to normal speed. The energy button also acts as an in-game pause button.

Currently Element starts with a screen settings dialog to select your desired resolution and window mode - in a future update these will become options inside the game. On a Mac these settings can be optionally hidden from the dialog itself. To show them again hold Alt/Option when launching the game via Steam. Big Picture mode is fully supported on Mac when the screen settings dialog is hidden. The game requires a vertical resolution of at least 640px.

Linux support for Element Early Access is considered experimental. Community feedback will help us to further refine the system requirements.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04+ or later (64bit)
Processor: Intel/AMD with SSE2 supportMemory: 512 MB RAM
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: Shader model 4.0+
Storage: 150 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Minimum vertical resolution 640px. 720p+ recommended.
RECOMMENDED SETUPProcessor: 2 GHz or faster processor

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