- Small Fix Update. - 12 July 2026
Hey everyone quick fix just went out. We recently found a bug in our Game engine FreakingSweet that could crash the game when doing Fullscreen instead of borderless. We have fixed that bug in our other games and wanted to bring that here as well! Thank you and don't get hit by the Death Laser!!
- Operation Theta: Massive content update. New Characters, New Quests, New CATS! - 17 November 2022
It is finally here! Operation Theta (Content update one). We have added so much to the game from a lot of little changes suggested by you guys in the community to more content with three new characters all of which play VERY differently than anything before in the game. Lets get into it.. New Characters Three new characters have been added to the game! Each with their own unique ways to play! Waylyyn: Is a Human member of the USF, She has excellent combat training and is equipped with a laser gun and placeable mines! Instead of building a ship like normal character she has to survive against increasingly difficult wave of enemies to escape the battle zone! With limited health and powerup pickups she will be a nice challenge for veterans of the game. Oottoo: Oottoo is a Slugula businessman. As such he plans to pay his way out of the battlezone! Ootto can sells debris from the battlefield…
- Small bugfix update! 1.0.4.1 - 9 February 2022
Hey guys! Small update just went out on Steam. We fixed some performance issues and also dramatically reduced the number of times the game saves. Thanks for all support you have given OZ. Big content updates planned for the near future :) Full(ish) patch notes 1.0.4.1 Improved performance with large amounts of lasers on the map at one time on lower end devices. improved the Auto save to not double save and only save when really needed (reduced it by 700% in some cases) Changed lasers to explode when leaving the map. Fixed letting the player fling their small ship off the map. Fixed bug where starting chat boxes could be weird. Fixed rare layering bug with lots of lasers on the map. Fixed some misalignment of complete game summary text on some resolutions. Removed a debug key that was left in.
- Operation Zeta, Out Now: Adventure and Annihilation Abound! - 14 January 2022
Hey guys, Operation Zeta is finally out!!! Thank you so much for the support through this past year and a half of Early Access I'm really happy with what OZ has turned into! I wanted to talk some about what this game is and what it means to me. Here is some background We’re excited to release Operation Zeta on Steam. It is the second game that follows the mainline story started in our first game Inevitability however you don't need to have played Inevitability to understand what is going on. Evil mailbox NPC Operation Zeta is a wacky Gravity action game, We started on OZ back in 2018 Around the time we were ramping up work on our second game, Rekindling, we wanted to have a side project to work on. We worked on it for half (sometimes more) of our work time for the next two years until 2020 when it became our main project. Earlier in 2019 we started doing game development full time so we…
- Operation Zeta Coming out January 14th! - 20 December 2021
After about a year and a half of early access OZ is coming out on January 14th! Throughout early access we have gone from a small game with 20 quests that all were pretty similar and 6 playable characters to over 100 quests and 13 playable characters, with so many other improvements. What full release means We are shifting the version over to the 1.0 version! What that means is we now feel the game is stable and has enough to justify it coming out of early access. Some fun goodies are in the 1.0 update and you can read about what all that entails here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1289750/view/3021345332646793083 What the future holds This is not the end for Operation Zeta! We have at least two free DLC planned in the coming year, as well as tons of other new content and updates. OZ is also coming to consoles, with the first console launch happening on Xbox also on January 14…
- Content update: Version 1.0! - 16 December 2021
Hey guys as we approach our release date (that will be announced super soon ;) ) We have a final build of the game to give you to you guys! This update has a whole ton of new content and polish in it. Here are just a few of the highlights. Better quest helpers We have added a ton of indicators and helpful pointers throughout the game. Such as boss monster HP bars, Arrows pointing to enemies that need to be killed, helper indicators on puzzles and much more! New quests As with most updates we have added a slew of new quests and NPCS. Above are a few of the new NPCS. Ranger Choi and Cheshire the Cheetah. Better creature variance More monster species have been added! As well each planet will now have more than just one monster type per planet. Pictured above is a Brump. They are a bat like creature with a deadly ranged sonar attack. Pictured below is a Frob, They hop around and sling their…
- Content Update: New character, Total revamp of other characters. - 24 August 2021
Huge update for Operation Zeta for the one year anniversary in Early Access. This update is potentially the last major update before launch! The goal is to fix and polish the current feature set and set a date for full release soon. This update is jam packed full of new stuff. Lets get into some of the highlights. New Character Race: Meows We have added the 13th playable character the Meows! You may have seen them around as NPCS, but the cats are now playable. They have a unique way to play as they do not have a timer or even quests! Their goal is to collect enough shiny rocks to play with from the Gem golems scattered around the map. Fancier Character Select & Menus We have taken a look at all the menus in the game and revamped and changed most of them. First thing that will be noticed is we have added a info box for each character before selecting them. This will give you an idea of w…
- Update 0.18 The Flaxon Five & more - 28 July 2021
This weeks update is centered around the funky fresh music group, The Flaxon Five. Tons of new database Entries You can learn about the Flaxon Five as well as how many of the items and power ups work now with a ton of newly added database entries. You can now get lore entries by completing a quest for a NPC with a lore entry or by picking up a powerup or item with one. With more ways to get more lore entires this also means more ways to get upgrade credits! Rejoice! New Quests/boss/Items As always we have added a handful of new quests, and creatures to the world of OZ. Many of the new quests are from the Flaxon family as well as NPC influenced by them. This brings our total to 84 quests! The goal is to be over 100 with the next update so stay tuned. We have also added a new kind of powerup. A time Extender. It does exactly what you think it would, It extends the time you have left until…
- Update 0.17 New character, New bosses & more - 24 June 2021
Another update another new character and tons of new content! Tons of New quests & more kinds of quests As with every update this update contains a whole boat load of new quests. On top of that there are new kinds of quests with tons of fun an unique NPCs. One of these is pictured below, we draw most of these fun NPCs live on Twitch so feel free to come join us in the development of OZ. Elon Muskrat asking for you to orbit his car New playable character: Gibby the gibbon Also as with most updates we have added yet another playable character. The character select wheel is getting pretty full!! Gibby is a member of the Sukinkina faction. The Sukinkina are the smaller faction of the Oohkin race who have a tentative truce with the galactic community for 'Operation Zeta' Gibby is armed with an explosive missile as well as missile barrage special ability! For those wanting a more combat heavy…
- Update 0.16 Two new playable characters. Tons of new quests & more. - 28 April 2021
Hey guys! Big update today. Two new playable characters have been added along with a ton of new quests and mechanics. New Characters Danny The Dolphin Danny the Dolphin is one of the new playable characters! His ship building comes with a new challenge of you must also find water tanks to fill the ship before you can take off. Danny as well provides a neat new mechanic for attacking. He has bouncy explosive beach balls. Danny shoots out beach balls and can trigger them to explode whenever he pleases to impact maximum damage on enemies. Larry The Little Green man Humans have always wondered about little green men interfering in their business. Turns out Larry is one of them! Larry is under custody of 'Special Agent OZ' and he needs you to help repair the dimensional portal to get back to earth and away from this warzone. Larry wears a beret and has a crippling addiction to Starcups Drink…
- Update 0.15 More sounds, More Music, More Quests - 24 March 2021
New update!! This update has some fun new quests and sounds. As well we have been working very hard on our custom game engine (FreakingSweet) making it more robust and performant. New NPCS & Quests As with all updates we have new NPCS and quests, Including a new boss fight. Here is a preview of some of them! Big Rob the magician and his bunny BunBun Jan rocking out Nebor the deranged robot (Patreon Requested quest) New sounds and music We have added more music to help make playing more exciting. Different music will now play depending on events going on and it won't just be the space background music. As well we have added sound effects for creatures. We have more plans with sound design on this game and this is just the start of more! Even the saptors roar now We are doing dev streams for this! So some other fun news we are starting to dev streams for OZ. We did an art stream to draw b…
- Content Update: Droids, Drones & Drainage. - 4 February 2021
Hey guys big update for OZ, Sorry for the long time between updates we are back from the holidays and back to having monthly updates! We have a lot of fun stuff in this one. Drone Upgrades Three new upgrades have been added to the upgrades page. With each level in them you will get a new drone that will follow around your character and do things for you. The attack drones will attack with you, The protection drones will give you temporary shielding and the health drones will passively heal you. They are worth checking out and may be the key to unlocking the new playable character.... New Playable character Droid A new playable character has appeared! Droid plays unlike other characters instead of rebuilding your ship you are collecting scrap parts to bring back so you and your robot friend OZ can break them down. Droid alone is fairly weak and doesn't even get a small ship to fly around…
- Content Update: New quests, New NPCS & Powerups - 23 November 2020
This week's update has a focus on adding more variety and quests to the game! As well as some new mechanics to make things more interesting. New Quest Types We have added a few new quest types. Tower puzzles: In tower puzzles you have to quickly activate all the tiles with a red border before time expires. Failing to do so will reset the puzzle. Delivery: Pretty self explanatory. There are new quests to take an item from point A-> point B Excavate: One of the new NPCS Miner Billy needs help digging out things he has gotten stuck on planets. You must find the building in question then tap the dig up button until you dig it out. New characters We have added a slew of new NPCS and characters. Here are a few of them.. Powerups Temporary powerups have been added They will give your character a significant boost of some sort for a short period of time. For example the shield will grant you In…
- Content Update: Sandbox mode, Fire and Ice - 28 October 2020
Tons of new stuff has been added this week! I'll quickly cover some highlights Sandbox mode A new sandbox mode has been added! No need to worry about the death laser coming to fire on you. You are on the other side building the death laser!! The death laser has 16 total parts needed to build it so it will take some time to complete it. As such you have many more planets to explore and do quests on in this game mode. New upgrades A couple new upgrades have been added. Including a home teleport while you are in your ship, and a damage reflecting ability. New Creatures We have added magma and ice golem variants! Ice golems will shatter into hail of ice shards when killed, as well magma golems will explode into fiery clumps of rock. On top of this we have added a large ice golem boss who constantly shoots out ice shards. Volcanic planets A new planet type has been added that is home to Magm…
- 0.11 Update Lore Database - 7 October 2020
This weeks update is heavily focused on a new system that has been added, A lore database! As well we have added some other goodies. In game lore database You can now unlock over 30 database entries in the game by discovering artifacts, doing quests and other mysterious ways. Unlocking them awards you credits for more upgrades as well as lore entries in the database! Planet changes We have revamped the planet generation a bit to make it so that some of the creature collection quests are easier. You are now guaranteed at least one of each planet type in each game. As well we have added Geyser worlds! Be careful the Geysers can shoot you off into space. New NPCS We have added more quests and NPCS to the world! Burbs and Groks! Final thoughts As always thanks for the support and feedback you have been giving us on the Discord and elsewhere. Feel free to give us a review here on Steam or su…
- 0.10 Update: New playable race & more - 16 September 2020
This weeks update added a new race and some features that have been suggested by you guys since launch. A lot of those suggestions came from our Discord, feel free to join if you want to see your ideas in future updates! New playable race: Golemite Golemite has been added as a new playable race and has the largest ship in the game with 9 parts! They shoot out rocks at the ground in front of them and have a special that makes them explode out 12 rocks around them! New quests New quests have been added! This includes a new quest from one of our patrons who wanted to have a santa themed quest. (all patreon tiers get to design a quest) In order to make this quest happen you can now grapple creatures! Some more new quests have been added to find and bring creatures to NPCS. Mini map Due to popular demand we have added a minimap to help you from getting lost in the system. Other small improve…
- Operation Zeta out now! - 24 August 2020
Its here!!! Operation Zeta is out now after being in development for over a year. We plan to keep updating the game every other week for the foreseeable future. We have ton of plans to add new races, new quests, new upgrades and a lot more! As well those of us who have played or participated in our previous games know we love having the community give us feedback to improve the game. A wild saptor A patreon requested quest I really hope that you enjoy OZ. Do please let us know anything you would like to see added or things you liked or didn't like so we can improve. You can tell us by joining our discord or if you would like by leaving us a Steam Review (They help us a ton). Hope to hear from you soon and good luck surviving Operation Zeta!
- Operation Zeta launching next month! What to expect. - 18 July 2020
Hey guys Operation Zeta will be launching on Steam next month on the 5th year Anniversary of the Steam release of Inevitability. Oz has the same cast of characters Inevitability, From the rough space monkeys Oohkin to the slimy space Slugula. All built in our custom made game engine. In Oz your goal is to hop from rock to rock doing quests and collecting parts for your crashed warship before the enemy destroys the entire warzone with their death laser. Every time you play will feel different as the world is randomly generated and there are tons of scenarios, races and ships to build and explore. We will go into a closed beta on Steam for our patrons early next month before early access. If you have any questions about OZ feel free to join our discord as ask away! Hope to hear from you soon. Here is a ship waving hello with its grappling magnet.
