- World Environment Day Celebration Sale - 5 June 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F27418885%2F6e0f4e8ba2bfad679b5a22fbf743cdfa7ff554a1.gif Phoning Home is part of the Steam World Environment Day Sale, which features a selection of great games celebrating the natural world. We will donate 10% of our earnings from the sale to an organization called World Land Trust which helps to protect and sustain natural ecosystems around the world. The sale will run until June 7th 16:00 PST. So don't be shy. Love, Marko @ ION LANDS
- Revealing Cloudpunk - 16 November 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F27418885%2F953e159a4820f93919a9fd1f0dfa4e702e8a84de.gif This is Cloudpunk, a stylish story-driven cyberpunk game with a unique voxel aesthetic that you can add to your wishlist now. https://store.steampowered.com/app/746850/Cloudpunk This game is less about little robots and hot yellow deserts, but will feature a diverse range of characters from androids, rogue AI and unscrupulous humans at every level of society. Everyone has a story to tell, and in the course of one night, everything will change. Become a courier driver for Cloudpunk Inc., the semi-legal delivery company based in the sprawling city of Nivalis. You go everywhere, from the Marrow below to the spires that pierce the grey clouds high above before scraping the edge of the troposphere. No delivery job is too dangerous, and no one is faster than a Cloudpunk dri…
- Balancing & Bugfixes - 27 October 2018
This update includes a series of balancing changes for fall damage, fuel consumption and ANI's corrosion to make the experience more enjoyable. There are now more auto-save checkpoints to reduce the loss of progress when dying. But remember, you can also save the game whenever and wherever you want. Furthermore, some areas like under the mushroom tree in the forest area did not provide shelter for ANI, which is now fixed. We've also added a bugfix for the second Phoning Home sequence in the desert, which led to confusing situations without guidance if the sequence was initiated without ANI nearby. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F27418885%2Fe60c8ad0616b6f5e394cdb4354e09de7ad040e2b.png We wish you all a great Halloween next week! If you liked the game, please leave us a review. It really helps.
- Community Sale - 20 August 2018
80% discount guys. :animad: Get it while it lasts and try to phone home! :ion: To celebrate the day we'll be broadcasting some of our favorite streams or let's plays on the store page. Watch it for a moment to see the beautiful world we have created. Enjoy! Let me know if you know of any other great community videos to feature on our store page!
- Behind the Scenes - 19 June 2018
I found some old footage from our voiceover recording sessions back in December 2016 and made this little video clip for you. Beware, there are some German parts in there, but two thirds are English. Hope you enjoy! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1416357437 Featured in this video: Ian Dickinson (the voice of TR2) Laura Cameron (the voice of Sister) Till Hagen (the German voice on TR2) Charlotta Bjelfvenstam (the German voice of Sister) Neal Wach (the voice of the Aliens) Peter Weinsheimer (he did the recording) Juliana Hodkinson Eric Hansen (Juliana and Eric assisted during the recording and checked that everything sounded great to the native ear) Wolfgang Walk (story) Not in this video is Markus Hoffmann, the German voice of the Aliens. The only reason for this is that I forgot to film. I was filming, so you can only hear me at the end when I asked Wolfgang Walk…
- Summer Update - 18 June 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F27418885%2Ff0542b210eca11fb1e301b1b685c46dd7f6d3c59.jpg With the help of our friends at Graj Po Polsku we are happy to present you a full Polish localization of Phoning Home. A lot of care went into this translation and we hope that our Polish followers will enjoy the game as much as we do. To activate the language please go to Language tab under the game's settings and select "Polski (Polish)". Furthermore this update includes a series of small tweaks to avoid confusion after rescuing ANI from the skyscraper. Celebrating this update and the upcoming summer, Phoning Home will be available for a great discount for a 3 days.
- 1 Year Anniversary Sale, 75% off - 12 February 2018
1 Year Anniversary Time flies. Phoning Home turned 1 a couple days ago on February 7. Today we want to celebrate this with an amazing 75% discount for all those who kept the title on their wishlist for so long. Enjoy it while it lasts! ːionː ːanimadː ːionː ːanimadː
- Chinese Update - 11 December 2017
Today we deliver a long anticipated language update for Phoning Home. The whole game is now playable in Simplified Chinese. We've spent a lot of time with this translation and did extensive testing. And we hope that our Chinese followers will like this update as much as we do. 谢谢！❤ Furthermore, thanks to lostprophet and Patyek we can present a Hungarian translation of the game as well. To use one of the new languages, open the game properties and select the Language tab. Celebrating this update, Phoning Home will be 60% off for a limited time.
- Chinese Update - 11 December 2017
Today we deliver a long anticipated language update for Phoning Home. The whole game is now playable in Simplified Chinese. We've spent a lot of time with this translation and did extensive testing. And we hope that our Chinese followers will like this update as much as we do. 谢谢！❤ Furthermore, thanks to lostprophet and Patyek we can present a Hungarian translation of the game as well. To use one of the new languages, open the game properties and select the Language tab. Celebrating this update, Phoning Home will be 60% off for a limited time.
- Happy Halloween! - 27 October 2017
ION is a young exploration unit on a mission to secure resources for his home planet when a strange gravitational anomaly forces his ship to make an emergency landing on an alien planet. The planet looks peaceful on the outside, but he is soon going to learn that in this place nothing is what it seems. Like these "moving" rocks... http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1182156128 We wish you all a great Halloween weekend!
- Happy Halloween! - 27 October 2017
ION is a young exploration unit on a mission to secure resources for his home planet when a strange gravitational anomaly forces his ship to make an emergency landing on an alien planet. The planet looks peaceful on the outside, but he is soon going to learn that in this place nothing is what it seems. Like these "moving" rocks... http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1182156128 We wish you all a great Halloween weekend!
- Version 1.3 - 15 September 2017
Hello Explorers, In this update we bring a redesign of the desert environment as well as more changes implemented from player feedback. Thanks for all your friendly suggestions and your criticism. It is always appreciated. Phoning Home is a challenging experience, where the right path forward is not always obvious. The changes in this update mainly improve the flow of the game. You can find the full change list below. There is one thing we would like to ask you today. If you enjoyed Phoning Home, we'd love it if you let us and others know by writing a review. Because we implemented a lot of improvements since the release, we would also like to ask those who had issues with the game before to re-evaluate and update their review. That would really help us to better know your experiences and continue development. Thank you! ːionː There are still a few changes in the pipeline. To name one,…
- Version 1.3 - 15 September 2017
Hello Explorers, In this update we bring a redesign of the desert environment as well as more changes implemented from player feedback. Thanks for all your friendly suggestions and your criticism. It is always appreciated. Phoning Home is a challenging experience, where the right path forward is not always obvious. The changes in this update mainly improve the flow of the game. You can find the full change list below. There is one thing we would like to ask you today. If you enjoyed Phoning Home, we'd love it if you let us and others know by writing a review. Because we implemented a lot of improvements since the release, we would also like to ask those who had issues with the game before to re-evaluate and update their review. That would really help us to better know your experiences and continue development. Thank you! :ion: There are still a few changes in the pipeline. To name one,…
- 40% off during the Exploration Sale - 23 August 2017
On August 23rd in the year 1899 the first ship-to-shore wireless message in U.S. history was sent by Lightship No. 70 to a coastal receiving station at the Cliff House in San Francisco. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1116995970 Celebrating this milestone in radio technology, Phoning Home will be 40% off for a limited time. Find out more about this historic event: https://www.wired.com/2011/08/0823first-us-ship-to-shore-radio-signal/ If you like Phoning Home, we'd love it you let others know by writing a review. It would really help us. Thank you!
- 40% off during the Exploration Sale - 23 August 2017
On August 23rd in the year 1899 the first ship-to-shore wireless message in U.S. history was sent by Lightship No. 70 to a coastal receiving station at the Cliff House in San Francisco. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1116995970 Celebrating this milestone in radio technology, Phoning Home will be 40% off for a limited time. Find out more about this historic event: https://www.wired.com/2011/08/0823first-us-ship-to-shore-radio-signal/ If you like Phoning Home, we'd love it you let others know by writing a review. It would really help us. Thank you!
- More Bugfixes and Game Recommendation - 18 July 2017
At first we would like to say hello to the many new explorers joining the Phoning Home community during Summer Sale. Welcome everyone! Today we've uploaded a new version containing a couple more bugfixes we implemented from player feedback. They are mostly fixes related to the storyline and compass markers. There was also a rare situation that players could end up with not enough Tetrerium at the end of the game, which is now fixed as well. Furthermore we want to try something new today and start recommending games from other fellow developers. Games that we find fascinating and worthy for recommendation. One such game is Aporia: Beyond The Valley developed by the talented people at Investigate North. http://store.steampowered.com/app/573130/Aporia_Beyond_The_Valley/ We particularly love the focus on environmental storytelling, which has been a strong design element in Phoning Home as w…
- More Bugfixes and Game Recommendation - 18 July 2017
At first we would like to say hello to the many new explorers joining the Phoning Home community during Summer Sale. Welcome everyone! Today we've uploaded a new version containing a couple more bugfixes we implemented from player feedback. They are mostly fixes related to the storyline and compass markers. There was also a rare situation that players could end up with not enough Tetrerium at the end of the game, which is now fixed as well. Furthermore we want to try something new today and start recommending games from other fellow developers. Games that we find fascinating and worthy for recommendation. One such game is Aporia: Beyond The Valley developed by the talented people at Investigate North. http://store.steampowered.com/app/573130/Aporia_Beyond_The_Valley/ We particularly love the focus on environmental storytelling, which has been a strong design element in Phoning Home as w…
- NVIDIA Ansel integration - Create your own 360° screenshots - 24 June 2017
NVIDIA Ansel Ansel is an awesome tool to create wonderful screenshots. It allows to take full 360° shots. The easiest way to share them is via Facebook or Google Photos. Check out this example. Click the image to view the full 360 on Google Photos. But that's not all. You can also take ultra high-res or VR screenshots and position the camera wherever you want. Here's what you have to do: Make sure to install the latest GeForce driver and check here if your GPU is supported: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/ansel/supported-gpus Play Phoning Home and press Alt+F2 (the default Ansel hotkey) during gameplay to open the Ansel interface. The game is now paused. Reposition the camera by using WASD and rotate with the mouse+LMB, change Ansel options as desired, apply any effects you want and click “Snap”. To adjust Ansel's internal settings, open the following tool: C:\Program Files\N…
- NVIDIA Ansel integration - Create your own 360° screenshots - 24 June 2017
NVIDIA Ansel Ansel is an awesome tool to create wonderful screenshots. It allows to take full 360° shots. The easiest way to share them is via Facebook or Google Photos. Check out this example. Click the image to view the full 360 on Google Photos. But that's not all. You can also take ultra high-res or VR screenshots and position the camera wherever you want. Here's what you have to do: Make sure to install the latest GeForce driver and check here if your GPU is supported: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/ansel/supported-gpus Play Phoning Home and press Alt+F2 (the default Ansel hotkey) during gameplay to open the Ansel interface. The game is now paused. Reposition the camera by using WASD and rotate with the mouse+LMB, change Ansel options as desired, apply any effects you want and click “Snap”. To adjust Ansel's internal settings, open the following tool: C:\Program Files\N…
- Phoning Home is 50% off during the Summer Sale! - 23 June 2017
If you've been waiting patiently following development, or waiting to get Phoning Home at a discount, now is your chance! http://store.steampowered.com/app/431650/Phoning_Home/ Or get the Soundtrack Edition including the game's theme song "Find Our Way" performed by Caleb Blood and Taylor Olson. Listen to a sample track here: https://youtu.be/zna6ZEQkzoI Our recent updates added a lot of improvements to the game, making IONs and ANIs journey more fun than ever. We also completely revamped controller support and implemented many fixes. Welcome all the new players to this hub! Please share your experiences and feedback in the forum and among your friends. If you like Phoning Home and want to support our work, please let others know by writing a review. Thank you! Have fun!
