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.
  

• 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.