- Retiring Sirius Online from Sale - 24 May 2024
Hello everyone, it is with a mix of nostalgia and practicality that we, the DualityBeyond Studios Team, announce the retirement of "Sirius Online" from sale on Steam, effective immediately. As many of you may know, Sirius Online has not been playable since late 2017. Unfortunately, the source code has been lost, rendering the game permanently unplayable. Given these circumstances, we believe it is the most logical and responsible decision to retire Sirius Online from sale. This will prevent any potential new players from inadvertently purchasing a game that is no longer functional, thus avoiding any misbuys and subsequent disappointment. We want to extend our gratitude to everyone who bought Sirius Online through Steam. As we close this chapter, we are excited to share our new project, "beyond.frontiers," which we believe will bring fresh adventures and experiences to you in the spirit…
- Release Plan for Age of the Free Agents - 28 January 2019
Hello Pilots! Age of the Free Agents is progressing in a Spectacular Way, and recently reached Feature Complete. After having quite a few people playtest whats new in this game in a more vivid (and more importantly, more performant universe), it is time to adress the changes and the upcoming Launch of the Game. We have got a story! Age of the Free Agents will get free Episodic Content with a fully voice acted storyline. Most of "Episode Zero: Return of The Crimson" is already recorded and on its way to be implemented. Follow your own path or help your faction uncovering the mystery behind a new signal source from beyond the gate network. More stuff to do! With the still raging faction conflct, you will be able to influence Ownership of the sector until you leave that system. An actual Live counter will show the distribution of forces in the Systems Clashing Fates and Irreversible Though…
- Age of the Free Agents Update and the free Upgrade 01/19 - 16 January 2019
Hello folks! Age of the Free Agents slowly nears its release with more and more features fully working and a proper Team slowly assembling. This means its is Time to detail things to you. The Shop Page should go live in a few days, and, even if some believe so, I have not forgotten my "Free Update" promise. If you have bought SIrius Online at full price via Steam, you will be egligible for a free Upgrade. I will offer a limited set of replacement keys, beginning NOW. The Procedure used will be the following: You send a proof of Purchase to sirius-upgrade @ worldofdex.de The mail must contain your Steam Username You will get an Autoresponder Mail. I will personally check if you're egligible for the upgrade If yes, you will get the new game as well. The reason for doing this is that Age of the Free Agents deserves a long time Support. Sirius Itself has saturated its market share and canno…
- Status Update - Sirius: Age of the Free Agents [6th Dec 2018] - 7 December 2018
Hello, dear Players, it is time for more communication. Let me preface all of this with a small announcement. Thae Name of the upcoming project is "Sirius: Age of the Free Agents" and will be a standalone project. There is significant work going on to create new systems, new environments and new mechanics, updating the NPCs, making a new interface and much much more (Storyline anyone?). This means, to continue working on this project, there is funding necessary after release - and as you hopefully understand, this can only happen when it gets to be a brand new game. Performance Improcements Age of the Free Agents was able to run over 48 hours on max graphics settings without even remotely slowing down. This is a massive improvement compared to Sirius Online, but I do have to see on full Feature complete status how its working out. Universe Improvements So fa, the Universe, instead of be…
- The State and Future of Sirius Online. - 7 November 2018
Hey, it's Dex here This is a hard thing to write, but Digital Dawn Studios so far is no more. We ended the Online Services in February due to lacking funds. We effectively ended Development in April due to both mental and physical health concerns. I have been asked several times to provide conclusion to our absence. These are the facts: We have decided to: shut down Sirius Online Servers. shut down digitaldawnstudios.com halt all effective development on all projects. actually start keeping up with our personal needs. Sirius Online always was a taxing experience. I personally had 10-12hr Days, 7 Days a week on this game, neglecting things like healthy eating and activities. My personal 2018 Goal was to tackle this, and due to this, Sirius fell off the short end of the list. From April to November 2018 I did nothing on Sirius at all. The Last released build was from August 2017. I tried…
- New Engine and Update Hiatus - 4 August 2017
Hello Everyone, Today we are announcing that all future updates for Sirius Online are now on hiatus while the game is move to Unreal Engine. There are many reasons for this as Dex will explain below, but we are confident that changing to Unreal Engine will make Sirius Online even better than ever! If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments below and we'll answer as soon as possible. Remember that Dex is the sole developer of Sirius, so development will take time, but will always be the highest quality content and improvements. Thank you all for playing and supporting Sirius Online and we hope that you continue to do so in the future. Hello Players, Sirius is currently based on a very old Engine called Blitz3D. We extended and exceeded the lifetime of thin engines by over a decade, with it featuring technically impossible feats, like godrays, glow and gaussian blur. But o…
- New Engine and Update Hiatus - 4 August 2017
Hello Everyone, Today we are announcing that all future updates for Sirius Online are now on hiatus while the game is move to Unreal Engine. There are many reasons for this as Dex will explain below, but we are confident that changing to Unreal Engine will make Sirius Online even better than ever! If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments below and we'll answer as soon as possible. Remember that Dex is the sole developer of Sirius, so development will take time, but will always be the highest quality content and improvements. Thank you all for playing and supporting Sirius Online and we hope that you continue to do so in the future. Hello Players, Sirius is currently based on a very old Engine called Blitz3D. We extended and exceeded the lifetime of thin engines by over a decade, with it featuring technically impossible feats, like godrays, glow and gaussian blur. But o…
- Sirius Online 1.2.1a - Hotfix deployed - 15 July 2017
Hello fellow Freelancers! We have deployed an emergency hotfix for some issues discovered by users! Thank you for reporting bugs, again! The following issues have been resolved: - Asset Flicker after some Play Time - Memory and Artwork Cleanup - Less RAM Footprint Also, a new Feature joins the game: - New Sound Engine, switching music to combat tracks in fight. I hope this update resolves the issues reported,
- Sirius Online 1.2.1a - Hotfix deployed - 15 July 2017
Hello fellow Freelancers! We have deployed an emergency hotfix for some issues discovered by users! Thank you for reporting bugs, again! The following issues have been resolved: - Asset Flicker after some Play Time - Memory and Artwork Cleanup - Less RAM Footprint Also, a new Feature joins the game: - New Sound Engine, switching music to combat tracks in fight. I hope this update resolves the issues reported,
- IRX 2017 - And this time, we get one! - 14 July 2017
IRX / Indie Revolution Expo 2017 is upon us. For the third consecutive time in a row, Sirius is exhibiting on IndieGameRiots amazing IRX Show. Indie Revolution Expo is a 100% free digital indie game convention presented by Indie Game Riot! The purpose of the expo is to share the spirit of creativity and support that the indie game community is so well known for. IRX does this by: Exhibiting games, giving the game developers an additional platform to garner attention for their projects while also gaining feedback from attendees. Presenting a wide variety of panels. IRX is always on the lookout for panels about gaming culture, game development workshops, entertaining performances and more! Having a dedication to inclusivity and positivity. IRX wants to make sure that panels and games presented are varied in content while maintaining a safe place for all kinds of panelists, developers and…
- IRX 2017 - And this time, we get one! - 14 July 2017
IRX / Indie Revolution Expo 2017 is upon us. For the third consecutive time in a row, Sirius is exhibiting on IndieGameRiots amazing IRX Show. Indie Revolution Expo is a 100% free digital indie game convention presented by Indie Game Riot! The purpose of the expo is to share the spirit of creativity and support that the indie game community is so well known for. IRX does this by: Exhibiting games, giving the game developers an additional platform to garner attention for their projects while also gaining feedback from attendees. Presenting a wide variety of panels. IRX is always on the lookout for panels about gaming culture, game development workshops, entertaining performances and more! Having a dedication to inclusivity and positivity. IRX wants to make sure that panels and games presented are varied in content while maintaining a safe place for all kinds of panelists, developers and…
- Sirius Online Version 1.2.1 - 13 July 2017
Hey Everyone! Today we are releasing version 1.2.1 to steam. There are a lot of exciting additions that have been added, a full list of additional content, changes and fixes, can be found below. As always, your feedback is very important to us, so please feel free to use the discussion forums! New Free Content -New Ship: Revelation -New Skins for Every Ship -New Asteroid Belts -Mysterious Satellites Spotted -Police Faction Changelog -Updated Character Creation -New Skinning System -Added Colony Window -New Graphics for Mining Lasers -Various Performances Fixes -Mission Guidance System -Idle Ship Movement -Balancing Updates Hope you enjoy!
- Sirius Online Version 1.2.1 - 13 July 2017
Hey Everyone! Today we are releasing version 1.2.1 to steam. There are a lot of exciting additions that have been added, a full list of additional content, changes and fixes, can be found below. As always, your feedback is very important to us, so please feel free to use the discussion forums! New Free Content -New Ship: Revelation -New Skins for Every Ship -New Asteroid Belts -Mysterious Satellites Spotted -Police Faction Changelog -Updated Character Creation -New Skinning System -Added Colony Window -New Graphics for Mining Lasers -Various Performances Fixes -Mission Guidance System -Idle Ship Movement -Balancing Updates Hope you enjoy!
- Welcome to the Summer Sale - 22 June 2017
Hello and welcome, future Space Travellers to the annual Steam Summer Sale! Sirius Online will be discounted by 15% during the Sale and there will be updates coming as well. Look forward to new belts, new graphics, a new ship, Mission navigation Systems and a completely new mystery feature!
- Welcome to the Summer Sale - 22 June 2017
Hello and welcome, future Space Travellers to the annual Steam Summer Sale! Sirius Online will be discounted by 15% during the Sale and there will be updates coming as well. Look forward to new belts, new graphics, a new ship, Mission navigation Systems and a completely new mystery feature!
- Join us on the SpaceGameJunkie Podcast, June 6th - 2 June 2017
We are delighted to say that we have been invited to be on the Space Game Junkie Podcast! We will be talking about the current version of the game and plans we have for the future. The podcast will be streamed live Thursday, June 6th. 6:00 AM Pacific/2:00 PM BST You can watch the steam on either Youtuber or Twitch. https://gaming.youtube.com/spacegamejunkie/live https://www.twitch.tv/spacegamejunkie Join the Official Sirius Online steam group to be notified an hour before we go live! http://steamcommunity.com/groups/siriusindie You can also join the discord: https://discord.gg/S6h794p
- Join us on the SpaceGameJunkie Podcast, June 6th - 2 June 2017
We are delighted to say that we have been invited to be on the Space Game Junkie Podcast! We will be talking about the current version of the game and plans we have for the future. The podcast will be streamed live Thursday, June 6th. 6:00 AM Pacific/2:00 PM BST You can watch the steam on either Youtuber or Twitch. https://gaming.youtube.com/spacegamejunkie/live https://www.twitch.tv/spacegamejunkie Join the Official Sirius Online steam group to be notified an hour before we go live! http://steamcommunity.com/groups/siriusindie You can also join the discord: https://discord.gg/S6h794p
- Version 1.2 Out Now! - 16 May 2017
Hey everyone! Sirius Online version 1.2 is now available! First off, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Cayne, I'm Irish and I'm new to the Sirius team. I'll be helping with the community and answering questions and opinions you guys might have! Today is finally the release of version 1.2, a lot of new and exciting things have been added in this update and will hopefully have improved the game immensely. Dex has been working non-stop on trying to make Sirius Online feel fresh and immersive. The community support and input on trello has been an immense help! Version 1.2 of Sirius Online is now out! Here is a list of everything new and improved in the game, More details on certain additions below: Changelog -The universe has been expanded by 25-fold -The Crimson Dawn has started to appear -Mission System -New Faction and Bounty System -Texture revamping, eg. asteroids and HSD -General opti…
- Version 1.2 Out Now! - 16 May 2017
Hey everyone! Sirius Online version 1.2 is now available! First off, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Cayne, I'm Irish and I'm new to the Sirius team. I'll be helping with the community and answering questions and opinions you guys might have! Today is finally the release of version 1.2, a lot of new and exciting things have been added in this update and will hopefully have improved the game immensely. Dex has been working non-stop on trying to make Sirius Online feel fresh and immersive. The community support and input on trello has been an immense help! Version 1.2 of Sirius Online is now out! Here is a list of everything new and improved in the game, More details on certain additions below: Changelog -The universe has been expanded by 25-fold -The Crimson Dawn has started to appear -Mission System -New Faction and Bounty System -Texture revamping, eg. asteroids and HSD -General opti…
- Sirius Online 1.2 and its release - 25 March 2017
Hello everyone! I'm back from CeBIT 2017, and I've spoken to quite a bunch of people to look where the game is going and make things work. In careful consideration of how far the Patch has come, I decided that I'm not satisfied with the current state of the patch and game. I will, seeing this, take extra time to work and refine the version 1.2 Update. However, to give you the opportunity to give input to the games progress, there now is a publicly commentable Trello: https://trello.com/b/LCrQjWE4/sirius-online I will try to answer as many questions as possible and engage with you to see if you have better Ideas for certain parts of the patch. User Mortakapo from the Community Discord already did major wonders, helping with an all new description system. Please do understand that I clearly want this build done well and tested beforehand releasing to you, instead of the rushed releases fr…
