ZED Steam metadata

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• Units sold (VGI)5,061
• Revenue (VGI)$67,837
• Review score62% positive
• Total reviews143
• Release dateJun 4, 2019
• DeveloperFrom Away Games
• PublisherFrom Away Games

Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie

Company pages: Developer: From Away GamesPublisher: From Away Games

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• ZED Sunset Announcement - 30 April 2025

  Dear ZED Community, We wanted to share an important update about ZED’s future. Our studio, From Away Games, recently acquired the rights to ZED. This was a meaningful step for us, as we remain deeply inspired by the game’s emotional story, its beautiful world, and the vision of our cofounder Chuck Carter, the original creator. We also have a future vision for where we hope to take the story from here. However, we are a small independent team without the resources to maintain or update the version of ZED last updated in 2019. After careful consideration, we’ve made the difficult decision to sunset ZED in its current form. As part of this process, ZED has been removed from sale on digital storefronts, which will soon include Steam. Existing owners will continue to have full access to download and play the game. We sincerely thank everyone who has supported ZED over the years. It is a work…

• Eagre Games developer of surreal adventure ZED closes down - 15 April 2021

  ZED, a completely surreal first-person walking-sim adventure released back in 2019 after a successful crowdfunding campaign. Sadly it seems it didn't do well overall. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/04/eagre-games-developer-of-surreal-adventure-zed-closes-down

• Mac OS X version now available for ZED! - 16 August 2019

  Great news, Mac users - ZED is now available for Mac! ZED is a unique and compelling narrative experience on Desktop PC or VR. Journey through surreal landscapes spanning one man’s life and career, as you learn about his desperate quest to reconnect fading memories and create a final work for a special person. Poignant, touching and impactful, ZED lingers with you long after you finish the story. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33939529%2Fe1a7b75f9b4089ae0ed254dedce257a3a7bd0522.jpg A message from Chuck Carter: I'd like to announce the Mac version of ZED. Being a very long-time user of Apple computers (1985), I wanted to say that this version is very special to me. In fact a lot of ZED was modeled on my Mac Pro and built in part with Unreal Macintosh. Being able to let our Mac audience play the game on their Apple computers was one of the things I felt w…

• Update 1.3.0 is Now Live! - 18 June 2019

  Hello Everyone, We have pushed out another small update today with various fixes and improvements to help improve the ZED experience. Thanks again to all of our players for the feedback and support! -The ZED Team Fixes and Improvements: Added inverted look option Fix for the End of the Line Achievement Performance optimizations in the Neighborhood Multiple updates to the end credits Minor art improvements in Sewer Minor art improvements in Cave Tunnel Minor art improvements in Memory Hall Root Cellar light switch fix Fixed collision issues in late game areas

• Update 1.2.0 Now Live! - 7 June 2019

  This minor update fixes a few graphic related issues that were introduced when VR improvements were made for the last update. Thank you again for your feedback everyone! The ZED Team Fixes and improvements: Fixed misbehaving decals Lighting issues in affected levels fixed Kid House lighting fixed Sewer lighting fixed Fragment highlight modified VR: Improved graphics in Alice Hall VR: Fragment sticking to hand when journal is open fixed Known issues: End of credits roll is still a bit abrupt Light switch in Root Cellar does not work VR: Pushing fragment objects directly into the players own face may trigger the "You are in wall" warning VR: Occasionally game loses focus when at the main menu using the Oculus Rift. Can alt+tab back to the game.

• Update 1.1.0 Live Now! - 6 June 2019

  Thank you everyone for your ZED feedback! We’re so excited to get ZED into your hands, but we also want you to know that we’re very busy fixing issues that remain. So, here is an update! This update addresses and cleans up many of the VR issues that some of you were experiencing, along with some other known issues and minor fixes. We’ve run this update through testing and we’re really happy with the VR improvements, but we’ve also noticed a few graphic issues that popped up. Rather than delay this much needed update for VR players, we decided to address these graphics issues in the next update (which is coming very soon!). Free Movement? Yes! We absolutely know that you want it. There were some early decisions made to release the game without it. But it’s coming! Beyond that, we read all your feedback and requests, are we’re reviewing many of them (including other menu options) for incl…

• Welcome to ZED! - 4 June 2019

  Thank you for joining us.We are excited to finally release ZED to the public. We’ve worked hard crafting what we believe is a unique and meaningful experience that we hope you’ll enjoy. If you have questions for us, please post in the Discussion area. Thank you, - Chuck Carter and the ZED Team https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33939529%2F24cc3bbc0c5b3354c1e67ee815d91fa1205678da.jpg ZED Release Notes: Known issues: The following issues will be addressed in an update that is planned shortly after release. To report an issue with the game, please submit a report at http://support.cyanworlds.com/ or write directly to [email protected]. We appreciate your feedback! Game related: Unable to open the menu in the memory hall levels Depth of Field/post process setting abruptly ends in most of the elevator levels Finale: Exterior graphics for the level are missing Set…

• June 4, 2019 Launch Date for ZED Announced! - 27 May 2019

  Cyan Ventures, the publishing arm of Cyan Inc., the legendary indie studio that created best-selling classics, Myst and Riven, today announced that ZED will be released on June 4th, 2019 for PC, Rift and VIVE. Mac and Linux versions will be released later in June. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33939529%2F3c996d3a1d26c0b4594c9326cba67c0a595addf5.jpg “It’s exciting to release ZED as the first, in what we hope is, a series of artisan indie titles.'' said Rand Miller, CEO of Cyan. “Cyan Ventures was created to connect our amazingly supportive Myst fan base to inspiring artists like Chuck at Eagre Games. We hope that ZED, with its graphically mesmerizing narrative, will resonate with our fans and audiences worldwide.” “I am thrilled to be working with Cyan Ventures” said Chuck Carter, founder of Eagre Games. “It is awesome to be working with a publisher as…

• Cyan releases new game trailer for ZED - 26 February 2019

  Cyan releases new game trailer for ZED a stunning narrative adventure of an unexamined life Award-winning Myst creator Cyan releases trailer under their new publishing arm, Cyan Ventures, for ZED a new PC / VR game by indie developer Eagre Games. “This game is very personal to me.” said Chuck Carter, founder of Eagre Games. “I had a dear friend and mentor pass a few years back. He suffered from dementia in those final years and my visits to him became the inspiration for ZED. This is not his story, but a broader cautionary tale of not waiting till the end to examine your life.” “ZED is just the type of game Cyan Ventures wants to publish, said Rand Miller, CEO, Cyan. “We formed Cyan Ventures because we believe that now is the time to experiment and explore the new possibilities in VR storytelling. Chuck’s very emotional exploration of an artist’s struggle to examine the meaning of his l…

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