- 55% Off Beyond Contact - 23 September 2023
Attention Space Corps Operatives! Now is a great time to add Beyond Contact to your Steam Library! Today, through October 7th, Beyond Contact will be 55% off in the Steam store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/877010/Beyond_Contact Version 1.2.0 We recently released Version 1.2.0 which included the new character, Xeno-Botanist Blott, new Grenades, quality of life improvements, and a bunch of changes and bug fixes. You can check out the update here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/877010/view/3645155379472895491?l=english
- ๐ Update Version 1.2.0 ๐ - 5 September 2023
Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! 1.2.0 Changelog Highlighted Changes: A new character is available for play, Blott, the enigmatic xeno-botanist. Use Blotts mastery of nature and unique wills over nature to control the battlefield or feed your friends New Gadgets added to the game Blaster Grenade Acid Grenade Spore Grenade Molten Grenade Shock Trap Gateway New and improved skill trees for all characters Added a Space Corps Mission Relay Structure in survival mode Added a new dedicated building mode for controller New Fences can now be mass deconstructed (it will stop at Walls / Floors and Gates) Bio-shroom now have a player planted growing icon Landmark models have been added to the map Buffs / Debuffs added to stats panel in the Character Interface Added a new Oxygen / Heat escaping effect from Shelters / Habitats when doors are open Add...
- ๐ Update Version 1.1.0 ๐ - 4 July 2023
Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! 1.1.0 Changelog Highlighted Changes: Farming and combat have been overhauled Players can now reset all skill points at the cost of Data Improved controller support when navigating the user interface Map waypoints can now be seen by other players Screen shake has been applied to high-impact attacks. The strength of this effect can be altered in the game settings Farming Changes: Added a new Coral Colony plant that produces a new Synthetic Coral item Energised Seeds and Nutritious Seeds no longer drop from plants Plants now have a chance to drop Seedlings when harvested Reordered plant-based research. Some plants can no longer be researched Fertiliser research is now available at an earlier tier The Plant Bay is now unlocked via the Botanical Modification research property Players now obtain a lot more fertiliser from crafting (6 โ 24) Gomble Grapes nowโฆ
- ๐ด Developer Livestreams ๐ด - 28 June 2023
Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! We will now be sharing the highlights from our developer Twitch streams, here on Steam. To catch the content live, tune in Wednesdays at 14:00 CEST for our Dev broadcasted Survival Sessions: https://www.twitch.tv/SurviveBeyondContact Thanks for your continued patience, love, and support. United Worlds Congress Join our community-focused game development discussions on your favorite platform: STEAM DISCUSSIONS DISCORD TWITCH SUPPORT SUGGEST FEATURES & REPORT BUGS
- ๐ VERSION 1.0.3 AVAILABLE NOW! ๐ - 19 June 2023
UPDATE NOW AVAILABLE! Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! Beyond Contact Version 1.0.3 is now available! This includes the highly requested mass deconstruction of your shelters, better weapon tooltips, construction time on buildings, and more! Highlighted Changes: Added the ability to mass-deconstruct an entire room of a Shelter / Habitat at once (alt + right-click by default) Improved the tooltips of Thermo Bulbs and Oxygenators to help identify invalid Shelters / Habitats Added a short construction time to buildings Weapon tooltips now show primary and secondary attack key bindings Players can now change most settings on their existing save files Added new temperature screen effects - colours will now shift towards colder or warmer hues based on the playerโs temperature Other Changes: The Void Nexus can now be scanned and inspected The Brachylon Trader button now says Buy and Sell instโฆ
- ๐ Developer Blog | May 2023๐ - 22 May 2023
Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! Today we are sharing some upcoming changes and features coming in the next several updates of Beyond Contact. Please note that all changes shown below are still in development and may be subject to change before release. Upcoming Changes Patch Highlights (more details will be featured in the release change-log) Added the ability to mass-deconstruct an entire room of a Shelter / Habitat at once (alt + right-click by default): Improved the tooltips of Thermo Bulbs and Oxygenators to help identify invalid habitats: Added a construction time to buildings: Updated weapon tooltips to show primary and secondary attack key bindings: Players can now change most settings on their existing save files. For example, a player may reduce the frequency of raids if they are too difficult without having to start a new game. Added new temperature screen effects - colorsโฆ
- UPDATE VERSION 1.0.2 IS AVAILABLE NOW - 2 May 2023
UPDATE NOW AVAILABLE! Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! Beyond Contact Version 1.0.2 is now available! This includes gameplay improvements, including significant changes to Tool, Weapon, and Armor durability, as well as a bunch of bug fixes. Highlighted Changes: Building kits will now go directly into your inventory on deconstruction Holding interact will now continuously pick up nearly collectibles (default F on keyboard, A on Xbox controller and X on PS controller) Greatly reduced the durability drain rate on tools, weapons, and armour (See details below) Joining private games will now allow players to select a character Significantly reduced the frequency of hazard warnings Replaced the Brachylon Market repair objective that required a delivery of 2 ร Crog Hide to 2 ร Corapod Carapace Other Changes: Items can now be consumed directly from the ground High-tier plants now drop their sโฆ
- UPDATE VERSION 1.0.1 IS AVAILABLE NOW - 12 April 2023
UPDATE NOW AVAILABLE! Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! Beyond Contact Version 1.0.1 is now available! This includes a potential fix for the people who're crashing when trying to load the game. If you cannot start the game after updating, please report this immediately! Changes: โ Increased resources and creature spawns in Fungal Fields biome โ Reduced the opacity of display case glass so you could more easily see inside โ Lowered the interaction priority of a lit Thermo Sticks to prevent interference with mining during night โ Pressing escape during an action now cancels the action, rather than showing the menu โ Optimised audio on flames sources, such as Brachylon light posts Fixes: โ Fixed several crashes reported by the community and found internally โ Fixed an issue where the dailies mouse hover 'credits' text tooltip was not localised โ Gravite can no longer spawn on the Fishingโฆ
- ๐ VERSION 1.0 AVAILABLE NOW! ๐ - 4 April 2023
Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! Beyond Contact has officially survived Early Access and is now live with Beyond Contact Version 1.0! We thank you all for you diligent feedback and support since the Early Access release, we know that we wouldn't be here today without our Veteran Operatives. With Version 1.0 we are very proud to re-introduce Beyond Contact to our Early Access experts, and to welcome a new generation of recruits to Space Corps! Whether you are returning, or new to Beyond Contact, we have prepared some information vital to your survival, so please read our Release Guide below which covers information about Multiplayer Features, Early Access Save Files, Release Pricing, Release Content, Version 1.0 Known Issues, our Release Day Livestream, and the future of Beyond Contact. Version 1.0 Release Day Guide Continued Feedback and Development As we celebrate Version 1.0 today wโฆ
- ๐ Version 1.0 Release Livestreams ๐ - 29 March 2023
Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! To prepare our Space Corps Operatives for the upcoming Version 1.0 release, we will be hosting a few livestreams on our offical Twitch channel. https://www.twitch.tv/survivebeyondcontact Join us today and Friday, March 31 for further sneak peeks into the upcoming content, and next Tuesday, April 4 for our release livestream. We'll be showing off the new features and answering questions and we hope to see you there. ๐ Version 1.0 Release Preview Livestream Start: Wednesday, March 29, 3:00 PM (CEST) https://discord.com/events/849576025188597780/1090580674370605066 ๐ Version 1.0 Release Preview Livestream Start: Friday, March 31, 2023 3:00 PM (CEST) https://discord.com/events/849576025188597780/1090581300404043846 ๐ Version 1.0 Release Livestream Start: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 6:00 PM (CEST) https://discord.com/events/849576025188597780/1090581729871417โฆ
- ๐ Beyond Contact Version 1.0 Release Announcement ๐ - 17 March 2023
Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! First and foremost, thank you all for your dedicated support of Beyond Contact through Early Access, we couldn't have made it to where we are without you, our steadfast community. We appreciate your patience and contributions throughout the feedback, roadmap, and development stages of the project, and we look forward to seeing your reactions to this new and improved version of Beyond Contact. It's been an absolute pleasure to work with the community to bring our visions together and create something that we are not only proud to share, but also really enjoy playing ourselves. So without further delay, let's get into the information that you have all been waiting for, the release details of Beyond Contact Version 1.0! Release Date Beyond Contact Version 1.0 (PC Steam) will be released on Tuesday the 4th of April! For those of you already enjoying Beyondโฆ
- ๐ Beyond Contact Community Sneak Peek 2 ๐ - 2 March 2023
Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! Our Research and Development team has sent us further imagery to share with our Operatives. Research and Development Character Concepts Quinn, Kangah, and Professor Zaine Professor Zaine Professor Zaine's Mass Repairer Gadget Fertzilier Concepts (Yield Boost) Structures Recycler Fridge Update Territory Raids/ Void Nexus/Seed Space Corps Fissure Stabilizer Thank you! We hope this follow-up look into some of the teams' past research and development topics will help tide you over until we can provide a more dynamic dive i...
- ๐ Beyond Contact Community Sneak Peek ๐ - 9 February 2023
Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! We currently have multiple capture-and-collect teams on the surface of Ketern working on gathering footage of the gameplay advancements that you will be able to experience in future missions. In the lead-up to release, we plan to deliver a series of videos that we hope will provide our Operatives with a more dynamic look into our progress in research and development, but also provide a clearer picture of what you and your team of Science Officers can expect when you return to Ketern. Meanwhile, our Recon team has delivered some preliminary snapshots of an in-progress top-secret mission where some of our most elite Operatives are currently testing the newly developed Habitats, structures, research, and crafting in their growing fight over territory with the Corrupted. Recon Habitats New Research Layout New Botany Lab Territory Wars Map Insights Territorโฆ
- ๐ Beyond Contact Development Update ๐ - 3 February 2023
A message from the developer Greetings, Space Corps Operatives! It has been some time since we last made Contact, but rest assured, we have been hard at work. Our development team has been preparing for the game's departure from Early Access into launch, and we are excited to share with you all of the new features, enhancements, and fixes that we have been working on. We realize that the lack of communication since our last update has not been ideal, but to offer some high level transparency into this, things shifted a few times during design, development, and testing which were necessary for us to get the game to where it is now, in a place we believe is very close to being ready for our 1.0 release. These shifts in our plans, as well as some other factors meant that we weren't able to share our progress along the way as we had intended. For that we apologize and we hope that we can maโฆ
- 34% Off Beyond Contact - 30 June 2022
Attention Space Corps Operatives! Now is a great time to add Beyond Contact to your Steam Library and get involved with our community influenced game development! Through July 7th Beyond Contact will be 34% off in the Steam store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/877010/Beyond_Contact It's also a great time to check out the progress we have made so far in Early Access, and to see what is included in our near future plans. For more information about the updates since our Early Access launch check out these updates! Rise of the Corrupted Part 1- Game Difficulty Options https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/877010/view/3146324000454453418 Rise of the Corrupted Part 2 - Raids Beta Branch https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/877010/view/3146324738913649593 Quality of Life Update - Expanded Game Settings, Base Building Improvements, and Map Improvements https://store.steampowered.com/nโฆ
- SPACE CORPS STRIKES BACK! - 7 June 2022
UPDATE NOW AVAILABLE! Space Corps Strikes Back! Our third Early Access Roadmap Update "Space Corps Strikes Back" is NOW AVAILABLE and includes Raids 1.0 release, Research improvements including Shared and Queued Research, a quality of life polish to the Campaign, the addition of Secondary Weapon Actions, improvements to Creature Behavior, and much, much, more! Raids! Prepare to face the power of the Corrupted! Legions of Corrupted and hordes of Urchins will now attack any Space Corps base or Outpost built on Ketern. Periodic attacks will keep the tension high and force you to defend your base with the newly introduced Guardian Turret! As you spend more time on Ketern and expand your reach through the biomes, Raids will increase in ferocity, so look to the new Raid HUD which will provide you with information about upcoming Raids, including enemy type and a countdown to when the Raid willโฆ
- Space Corps Strikes Back Update (0.53.14) - 7 June 2022
Added Raids Version 1.0 Raids are now live and on by default, unless you create a game with the custom difficulty set to Story, in which case Raids are off by default and will need to be toggled on. The new Raid HUD which will provide you with information about upcoming Raids, including enemy type and a countdown to when the Raid will take place. Raids is a feature that will continue to evolve moving forward, this first foray into Raids can be considered a minor skirmish compared to the forces that await you in the future. Added Improvements to Creature Behaviors Improvements and balance changes have been made to creatures and how they spawn throughout the world. The player will find new diverse combinations of creature groups as well as a few new abilities and behaviors. A variety of creature stats such as health, damage, and aggressiveness have also been tweaked. Added Improvements toโฆ
- Version 0.52.8 Change Log - 29 March 2022
Teleporter Network & More Gameplay: A new teleporter network has been added to the game. Players can no longer directly teleport to a Transporter from anywhere. Players must now interact with the Transporter to teleport. Players can now teleport between active Obelisks and Transporters. The functionality of Forcefield Walls has been changed. Forcefield Walls now require power and the player can run through them. Forcefield Doors have been removed due to being able to now run through Forcefield Walls. Forcefield walls now regenerate health while powered. Item stack size limits have been increased. The Basic Locker now stacks items to 100 and Storage Vault to roughly double their inventory limit. Players can now rotate the camera with the middle mouse button. Picking up items next to a deployed Portable Stove will now prioritize the items instead of the Stove. Added a delay before respawnโฆ
- 20% Off Beyond Contact - 9 March 2022
Attention Space Corps Operatives! Now is a great time to add Beyond Contact to your Steam Library and get involved with our community influenced game development! From Wednesday 09/03/22 at 19:00 CET, through 11/03/22 19:00 CET Beyond Contact will be 20% off in the Steam store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/877010/Beyond_Contact It's also a great time to check out the progress we have made so far in Early Access, and to see what is included in our near future plans. For more information about the updates since our Early Access launch check out these updates! Rise of the Corrupted Part 1- Game Difficulty Options https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/877010/view/3146324000454453418 Rise of the Corrupted Part 2 - Raids Beta Branch https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/877010/view/3146324738913649593 Quality of Life Update - Expanded Game Settings, Base Building Improvements, and Mโฆ
- QUALITY OF LIFE - 1 February 2022
UPDATE NOW AVAILABLE! Quality Of Life Our second Early Access Roadmap Update "Quality Of Life" is NOW AVAILABLE and includes Expanded Game Settings and Base Building Improvements, as well as Map Improvements which feature better filtering and a new notification system. Also included in this update is a massive amount of improvements to Gameplay, UI, Audio, FX, and Technical aspects of the game, which we have presented in full in the Quality Of Life Update Change Log which can be found here: Version 0.51.10 Change Log For your reading pleasure, at the bottom of the change log we have also categorized the changes per the Roadmap specifications, Expanded Game Settings, Base Building Improvements, and Map Improvements, plus Actor & Misc. changes so you can see specifically what aspect of the game the changes affect. We've also included some relevant Known Issues in case you get stuck duringโฆ
