The goal of this update is to improve the experience of the player with several small features. For instance, the current quest is always displayed on the screen, and the same is applied for the quest arrow.
The fixes prevent some annoying situations and remove an issue with a dying loop occurring under certain conditions.

Here is the full log file for this update:

Updated features

• switch weapon button must be held
  
• quest always on screen
  
• quest arrow always on screen
  
• improved starting indication for first hacking
  
• can use the left stick on gamepad for item and weapon selection
  
• inventory separator text is now more visible
  
• remove "wheel selection" text in the hack mini game
  
• heavy blaster effect explained on the second island
  
• mecha in pause mode is now more visible
  
• removed unlocking all weather controllers revealing island map

Fixes

• dying loop if saved while dying
  
• enemy spawning near the player after loading the game
  
• save menu not following cursor when using gamepad if there are too many save slots
  
• wrong switch weapon button description for gamepad (Rt instead of Rb)
  
• simultanious input on keyboard and gamepad disconnect gamepad
  
• fast walking when hidden and wounded

The final update is now here ! The game is now ready to leave the Early Access !

It focuses on a "boss" mecha, the limited ammo, the lost logbooks and many optimizations/fixes.
There have been also a lot of adjustments in order to give you the smoother gameplay experience as possible.


This mecha is different from the others. It is harder to destroy, it is stronger, and it uses special capacities.
If you beat it, you will not be able to hack it, but you will be well rewarded.


Starting from this update, standard ammunition will become an important part of the game. As it will become limited, engaging combat will not be as straightforward as before.
Ammo can be either crafted or found inside lost chests.


Did you know what happened on this planet before your arrival? How can there be uncontrolled mechas? Why was this planet abandoned by humans?
Now is the time to get some answers. Previous humans left logbooks behind, explaining many details about their missions and how things evolved.

The game is now complete, and we will handle it to keep it stable, but there is no major update to expect anymore.

Here is the full log file for this update:

New features

• lost logbooks
  
• boss mecha
  
• new mecha idle animations
  
• saving option when interacting with ionizer
  
• lost loot chest filled with blaster ammo
  
• pressing F2 removes UI elements

Updated features

• blaster ammo is now limited
  
• ending cinematic music is now fading out
  
• more trees in ice biome
  
• cannot use ship ionizer anymore
  
• ship uses more energy
  
• special ammo effects improved
  
• can aim and stay hidden in bushes
  
• no walk speed change when hidden in bushes
  
• mechas are more aggressive
  
• mechas are more accurate when aiming player
  
• no more enemies generated near station docks
  
• difficulty adjustments
  
• crafting recipe adjustments
  
• can save when interacting with a ionizer
  
• hacked mecha stops combat if player is too far away
  
• player evolution needs fewer chips
  
• mecha warehouse needs fewer crystals to be unlocked
  
• windmills give one chip
  
• improved distant mecha behavior
  
• can change item quantity when dropping or moving item 10 by 10
  
• middle popup background image

Fixes

• optimizing textures in memory
  
• grass not generated on some chunks after navigating with the ship
  
• smooth music transition between islands
  
• ingame menu not closed while in main menu
  
• Spike special attack having an effect on distant attacks
  
• gamepad saving panel selection issue under certain conditions
  
• "hold" text not synchronized with language
  
• optimized AA algorithm. It is now a FXAA post effect
  
• issue preventing foot prints to be displayed correctly
  
• gamepad issue with text on some ship indications
  
• mecha animation timing issue when stun animation is over
  
• no step sound for a few seconds after loading
  
• biome theme music not played
  
• taking an item from the station chest with full inventory could make the item disappear
  
• unlocking last crafting item displayed the first one as unlocked
  
• take crystal do not remove crystal icon on map
  
• issue with ship sound when used remotely to extract boxes
  
• ship piece always at the center of the research area
  
• take crystal with full inventory makes the crystal disappear
  
• oil placement shown by the drone even if already taken
  
• no enemy around after loading
  
• improved scorpion distance attack aiming
  
• changing view distance direct effect
  
• corner map island not displayed
  
• greenhouse plant icon on minimap
  
• mecha never giving up combat issue
  
• damage value issue with enemy missiles
  
• station hole in a wall of the hangar room
  
• laser attack double hit
  
• right click input performed while in ingame pause
  
• cleaned some player animations

Thank you to everyone who supported the game during the Early Access and for your useful feedback. We really hope you will have fun with this last major update of Sky Break !

The v4.4 update is now available. It focuses on a new mecha, the final cinematic, translations and many optimizations/fixes.


A new mecha is now available: the deer mecha. As always, it has two variants: a head attack and a charging attack from the distance. It can only be found in the ice island.


Finally the game has an ending cinematic, which concludes the story.

The game is now translated in German, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian, Spanish and Russian.

There have been a lot of optimizations and fixes. The game should run better on a low-end computer and feel more fluid on a high-end computer.

Here is the full log file for this update:

New features

• translation in German, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian, Spanish, Russian
  
• ending cinematic
  
• deer mecha for the ice biome
  
• gamepad walk capacity
  
• several ambient sound effects
  
• skipping cinematics timer
  
• ship warning state when energy is low
  
• elevator light indication when impossible to go down
  
• loading percent indicator

Updated features

• activating a beacon is done using the drone and attracts near enemies
  
• improved weapon sight. Sight is colored depending on the target
  
• window mode is now fully re-sizable (with window dragging)
  
• storm system stays now at a zero level for a few minutes
  
• air ionier glow is stronger. Can be seen through fog
  
• beacon model and activation system. The drone activate the beacon. Echos are attracting ennemies nearby.
  
• improved graphics of the sky (above clouds)
  
• improved map rendering speed when using the spaceship
  
• improved water effects
  
• weapon sight icon is different when the taser is selected
  
• map indication cursor automatically removed when near
  
• leader mecha does not own extra shield bars anymore
  
• improved desert lighting
  
• getting closer from the tornado deals more damage
  
• no need to interact with station dock or weather controller screen for tempest reduction. Done automatically when near
  
• hacking a mecha does not restore its shield anymore
  
• title logo
  
• ship piece search areas are only displayed if the island has been unlocked

Fixes

• performance optimization
  
• faster loadings
  
• impact bomb behavior. It now follows the camera aiming point and has a visible trail
  
• item selection indication when using ship
  
• some not well aligned texts
  
• UI blinking issue during dialogs
  
• ionizer collider
  
• bird behaviour
  
• cliff rocks blocking some access
  
• sliding acceleration issues
  
• gamepad crafting elements navigation
  
• gamepad skipping some dialogs made the player jump
  
• gamepad issues during ship landing
  
• map popping at first loading
  
• ship indications not instantly removed after landing
  
• lightning cloud alignement (sometimes floating in the air)
  
• can unlock ship piece before unlocking the ship
  
• scrolling within ingame menu changing weapon selection
  
• inventory accessible during dialogs
  
• dying without saving can sometimes spawn you dead
  
• screen interface image
  
• drawning sound issue
  
• indication popup while aiming letting the player stuck in the aiming position
  
• station dock antenna collider
  
• walk animation while aiming stucked after item selection or menu pause
  
• gamepad menu issue when removing saving slot
  
• drone weird behaviour if not hacked and the player goes in the station
  
• main menu graphical bugs if a save file is corrupted
  
• no inventory full warning when picking up a resource
  
• add weather controller icon near to lost spaceship
  
• no more saving lag thanks to asynchronous saving
  
• player animation issue when using ship and accessing ingame menu
  
• sky lift door indications inverted
  
• cloud rendering issue with some graphics cards
  
• too many mecha teleportations when having 4 hacked mechas
  
• some menu UI elements behing ingame UI elements
  
• UI elements over the tame minigame

PS: as we announced previously, we are now working on the final release update, which will come out on October 21.

We are very proud to announce that Sky Break will get out of Early Access on October 21 !

We are currently working on the next update (v4.4) that will come out on September 22. It will mainly focus on a new mecha, the ending cinematic, and a lot of optimizations/fixes. Then we will focus on the final release, which will include a major feature..

The v4.3 update is now available. It focuses on a new mecha, several updates and fixes.

A new mecha is now available: the lizard mecha. It has two variants: head attack or tail attack from the distance. It can only be found in the desert island.

There are now ionizers all over the map. You need to use a ionizer battery to activate it (except on the first island). Once it is active, you can use it as many time as you wish to reduce the tempest level.
Meanwhile, the storm grows faster so you have to keep an eye on ionizers around you to use it when necessary.

The ship quest has been improved. You now need to find all the ship pieces to directly improve your ship and in a long term leave the planet.

The cinematic introduction has been improved for a better immersion at the beginning of the game.

We added the french language support. More languages will come later.

New features

• lizard mecha for the desert biome
  
• french language support
  
• Y axis inversion option for gamepad
  
• ionizers. Use a ionizer battery to activate it.
  
• spaceship air ionizer
  
• spaceship pieces: required for the spaceship improvement and for quest completion

Updated features

• storm grows faster
  
• ionized solution becomes a power cell
  
• introduction cinematic
  
• mecha special attacks
  
• minimap plant and medicinal plant icon. Disappear when taken
  
• different sound for recipe accomplishment
  
• several CPU optimizations
  
• UI icon for distant mecha
  
• ionized solution becomes a power cell

Removed

• teleport fx and sound for the personal drone

Fixes

• cannot change control input twice in the ingame menu
  
• tornado inside protected area
  
• map not instantiated issue when navigating at full speed with the ship
  
• stamina consumption when aiming and sprint is requested
  
• evolution interaction impossible while station is moving
  
• spaceship navigation underwater
  
• some collider issues in the ice world
  
• explosion particle artifact
  
• hacked mecha shield bars not vertically aligned correctly in the UI
  
• going near upside clouds with the ship kills instantly
  
• spaceship physics when dying
  
• mecha evolution and player evolution menu interactions
  
• gamepad item selection while using a menu
  
• issues with gamepad and menu navigation
  
• spaceship going down control key for gamepad
  
• camera rotation when loading a game

The v4.2 update is now available. It focuses on a new mecha, the weather system and fixes.

A new mecha is now available: the bear mecha. It has two variants: head attack or blaster attack from the distance. It has a high level of shield and is hard to stun, but have a low life level. Its attack deals high damage. It can only be found in the ice island.

The tempest is now dynamic, and has an effect on mechas. A new indicator is visible next to the corner map, showing the tempest level.
As time passes, the tempest gets stronger.
After the first level, all mecha shields are reduced by one.
After the second level, all mecha shields are reduced by two and the heavy fog prevents the use of any localization system.

To calm the tempest, interact with a weather controller or use an air ionizer.

As we are taking some days off during the summer, we won't be able to work on the game and the next update will come a bit later than usually. We should release the EA v4.3 around August 23.
Meanwhile, we wish you a nice summer!



New features

• bear mecha for the ice biome
  
• shield mecha skill
  
• weather evolution system. As the time passes, the tempest get stronger
  
• air ionizer item. Useful to calm the tempest level
  
• remove help indications option
  
• direct previous and next ammo selection for mouse/keyboard (already existing with gamepad)
  
• pause order. Face your mecha and press the fire button to make it stand still
  
• hacked mecha teloportation fx

Updated features

• increased inventory size
  
• life bar only shown when aiming at the mecha
  
• the drone does not collide with the player anymore
  
• switching to the blaster when shooting any last ammo type
  
• crafting item quantity shows how many items can be crafted at once
  
• mecha attack speed is now fixed and does not depend on its attack level
  
• improved combat AI

Fixes

• mecha jittering animation when walking
  
• player idle animation jitter
  
• mecha running when station moving
  
• "escape" button instead of gamepad mapping on dead screen
  
• stamina used when holding the run button without moving
  
• bird not falling
  
• cursor not correctly placed on map while moving
  
• door sounds cut when station is moving
  
• visual elements moving away when station is moving
  
• fog on sky element not correctly set
  
• missile collision with trigger colliders
  
• interaction UI indicator visible when facing the opposite direction
  
• gamepad loading slots compatibility
  
• pause effect volume not set according to volume options
  
• stamina UI over inventory UI
  
• can now take back control with keyboard over gamepad if a key is pressed

The v4.1 update is now available. It focuses on the controller support, the combat system and fixes.

From your suggestions and some play testings, we realized that the combat system needed more depth, though without ading too much complexity. It also needed to be cleaned to avoid mechas going inside each other at a same spot during combat.
Now the mechas own a shield (several shield bars actually). When it is hurt, only the shield is affected at first. If a shield bar goes to zero, the mecha is stunned for a few seconds and damage will affect its life.
This mechanics also affects your mechas, but you can help them to retrieve their shield instantly. You blaster has been updated, there is no heat limitation anymore. You can charge your blaster and shoot a full charge that will have different effects depending on the mecha aimed:
- if it is a hacked mecha in a stunned state, it will regenerate its last shield bar
- if it is an enemy, it deals high damage
Mechas orders have been limited to only group orders. Indeed, giving individual attack orders can easily break the combat flow. It is more convenient to give orders to the group, and to change special attacks system to respond either to special conditions or chances.
We created new types of enemies which are variants of the existing ones. New enemies will come in the next updates.

The game is now working with many controller devices, such as Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, AirFlo PS3, Steam Controller, Logitech F310/F510/F710, and NVidia Shield controller.

New features

• controller support
  
• new assets for the ice biome
  
• north indication on corner minimap
  
• oil spots to drone radar
  
• shield system on mechas
  
• feline distance enemy
  
• ostrich distance enemy
  
• scorpion closed enemy
  
• main button indications in the left bottom corner of the screen
  
• mini map navigation indications
  
• remove minimap cursor ability
  
• help indication windows while playing

Updated features

• ship radar only show useful ships pieces of information (oil, weather controllers, station docks)
  
• quest "find the others" has now a marker on the map to indicate the origin of the signal
  
• mechas idle behaviour when aggressive
  
• mecha special attacks
  
• main menu look & feel
  
• inverted object and raw resources order in inventory
  
• improved mecha AI in combat
  
• blaster system. Can now charge the blaster for high damage or shield regeneration
  
• windmill and oil spot map icons

Remove

• mecha individual orders

Fixes

• removed beacon on the last island
  
• mouse input in control menu
  
• linux blanking cursor in the middle of the screen
  
• loud mecha scream sounds
  
• issue with internal timer making plants and resources grow too slowly in loaded games
  
• hacked mecha spawning under the sky lift when leaving the station
  
• player not dying underwater
  
• jittering above water under special conditions
  
• screen ratio compatibility (tested with 5:4, 4:3, 3:2, 16:10 and 16:9)

We released a series of patches in the last few days to fix some issues with the game. Here is the list of the fixes:

• item placing with the sky station chest issue
  
• unlocked mecha spots not accessible after reloading the game
  
• wrong texture on some ice plants
  
• boxes not instantiated correctly (resulting in no chip or oil loot)
  
• "Damage+50Damage+50..." text in the crafting description part if no item is selected
  
• wrong map spot location if upgraded the game from v3.3 to v4.0
  
• "Craft Board" interaction changed to "Evolve"
  
• stuck inside the sky station after moving it with the message "Docking in progress"
  
• tornado can hurt you for a few seconds in the sky station
  
• station position not saved correctly
  
• interaction text not aligned
  
• snow particles on the player in the forest biome under special conditions
  
• ship weird behavior after landing under special conditions, hurting the player
  
• windmill quest info number staying at 0
  
• could arrive at station dock with the sky station and there is no hole in the clouds
  
• drone sonar not working after fixing the ship
  
• some text errors
  
• number of fragments not saved correctly

Also, the game is planned to be released in October 2016. Here are some elements that you can expect in the updates to come:

• more mechas
  
• better fx
  
• xBox controller support
  
• short cinematic
  
• improvements, optimizations & fixes
  
• minor updates
  
• translation in additional languages

Of course, keep in mind that it is an Early Access game and that you can only trust the current state of the game. This list is not exhaustive and is subject to change.

The major update v4.0 is now available. It focuses on the spaceship, the ice biome, and the cure quest.

It is now possible to fix the spaceship of your friend found on the second island. Once fixed, you can use it but there is not enough fuel to leave the planet. You will need to find that fuel.
You can navigate freely with your spaceship, however it is impossible to land in the tempest. Landing is only possible near weather controllers, station docks or on the sky station. It is mainly useful for fast traveling, but can also be used to winch boxes.
Some assets such as the weather controller and the station dock have been updated to add a landing platform for the spaceship.
Thanks to this feature, the world is now 3 times bigger. We made some modifications and adjustments to keep the game as enjoyable as when it was smaller.
A new biome is now available, filled with snow and ice. It is different from the previous ones since it is a group of small island with small icebergs and ice slabs between.
You need to find a path between those islands, or create one with the ice ammo. They produce a small ice slab when they hit the water.
There is no new mecha for the time being, but it is planned for the next updates.
This is the reason why you were going on this planet. Now this quest has been added. Everytime you pick a plant or some mucus, you earn some points which allow you to get closer and closer from the discovery of the cure.
But not only. You can only craft the Quick Repair when you launch a new game. You will need to gain some research points before crafting new recipes.
The more you pick a type of plant, the fewer points you earn. Try to pick various types to increase your research level.
As the purpose of the game is to spend time on floor (on the planet) and to spend a small amount of time in the station, we decided to put everything needed for evolution (for the player and the mechas) in the station rather than in the inventory or a submenu.
We also decided to remove the possibility to build, move and remove rooms since it has no gameplay impact. All rooms are available from the start.
There are 3 new station rooms which are:
- the mecha room (you can unlock new mechas to control and raise your mechas' capacities)
- the evolution room (where you can evolve your character)
- the ship room (to put your spaceship)
New features

• the spaceship
  
• station ship room
  
• evolution station room
  
• mecha warehouse station room
  
• ice world
  
• ice ammo
  
• oil
  
• cure quest. Every plant picked increases the cure recipe research percent
  
• medicinal plant
  
• individual attack order to mecha
  
• fragments particle effect when mecha dies
  
• activating all weather controllers of an island removes the map fog
  
• "hack timer" highlight for dead mechas previously hacked
  
• item description
  
• new items: Quick Repair +, Endurance Serum +
  
• snow and sand visual effect on the player after staying outside too long
  
• footsteps on sand and snow
  
• landing platform for the spaceship to the weather controllers and the station docks
  
• can escape from ingame menus/interactions with interaction button, inventory button, or item selection button

Updated features

• mecha life does not regenerate automatically anymore. Must go to the station or use a heal ammo
  
• easier crafting recipes
  
• player evolution only possible in the station
  
• cannot change the station anymore. All rooms are already there
  
• crafting item recipes must be unlocked with the cure research system
  
• mechas always produce fragments
  
• mecha loot is predefined by its type
  
• quest panel
  
• islands are 3 times bigger
  
• mecha evolution cost is dependent on the skill level
  
• windmill are now spread over the map
  
• windmills provide framgments
  
• trains provide oil and chips
  
• mecha passive skills. It now has more impact on the combat
  
• station performance optimization
  
• no more battery required to activate the beacon
  
• player evolution skills are all accessible (no skill tree)
  
• enemy repartition is now biome dependent (not just island dependent)
  
• crafting timer goes twice faster
  
• font
  
• passifist mechas are now attacking if under attack. They live in bigger groups than aggressive mechas
  
• if a mecha cannot attack the player, he will run away

Fixes

• shadow transparency effect on plants
  
• hacked mecha not attacking if under attack
  
• station lighting issues
  
• healing machine fx not stopping
  
• wild mechas stuck in objects