May 18, 2017
Now Available on Steam Early Access - Oxygen Not Included
Oxygen Not Included - Valve
Oxygen Not Included is Now Available on Steam Early Access!

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
May 17, 2017
Alpha Appreciation
Oxygen Not Included - Klei-JoeW


Originally posted by Bigfoot on the official forums.

Hey everyone!

As we enter Early Access, the Alpha price of $19.99 will be retired and the base price will become $24.99. In addition to this, we will be providing a 20% loyalty discount for all Klei game owners, so for these players the game will continue to be $19.99.

However, while adjusting the prices, we realized that certain currencies had odd Steam pricing tiers that were non-linear, and in conjunction with loyalty pricing, we found that Early Access players could end up getting the game cheaper than our Alpha fans.

We think that’s not great, as we really appreciate players taking the chance on us for Alpha. Thus as a thanks for supporting us, we will be providing a free gift for ALL our Alpha players.

On July 12, all players who purchased the alpha version of the game will be given the opportunity to choose a gift from a selection of our top selling games. If you already own all of the games (thanks for your support!) then you will be able to choose a gift box containing rare Don't Starve Together skins, with a guarantee of at least 1 elegant skin. This offer will only be available to Alpha players who purchased the game at the original price and will not apply to purchases made during Early-Access.

We will have more details about this offer when it’s available. For now, you can head over here and let us know if you would like to be notified when your gift is ready.

Thank you so much for playing Oxygen Not Included, your feedback has been amazingly helpful!
May 17, 2017
Alpha Appreciation
Oxygen Not Included - Klei-JoeW


Originally posted by Bigfoot on the official forums.

Hey everyone!

As we enter Early Access, the Alpha price of $19.99 will be retired and the base price will become $24.99. In addition to this, we will be providing a 20% loyalty discount for all Klei game owners, so for these players the game will continue to be $19.99.

However, while adjusting the prices, we realized that certain currencies had odd Steam pricing tiers that were non-linear, and in conjunction with loyalty pricing, we found that Early Access players could end up getting the game cheaper than our Alpha fans.

We think that’s not great, as we really appreciate players taking the chance on us for Alpha. Thus as a thanks for supporting us, we will be providing a free gift for ALL our Alpha players.

On July 12, all players who purchased the alpha version of the game will be given the opportunity to choose a gift from a selection of our top selling games. If you already own all of the games (thanks for your support!) then you will be able to choose a gift box containing rare Don't Starve Together skins, with a guarantee of at least 1 elegant skin. This offer will only be available to Alpha players who purchased the game at the original price and will not apply to purchases made during Early-Access.

We will have more details about this offer when it’s available. For now, you can head over here and let us know if you would like to be notified when your gift is ready.

Thank you so much for playing Oxygen Not Included, your feedback has been amazingly helpful!
May 4, 2017
Agricultural Upgrade & Early Access Coming May 18
Oxygen Not Included - Klei-JoeW


Oxygen Not Included Entering Early Access

First off, we would like to extend a major thanks for the amazing community response to the Oxygen Not Included Alpha. When we released the game on the forums we'd hoped for a few dozen people to try it out and give feedback, but instead over a hundred thousand of you played the game. This was the best surprise we could have received.

We're now excited to announce that Oxygen Not Included will be entering Steam Early Access on May 18th. It will cost $24.99(USD), and anyone who owns an existing Klei game on Steam will receive a 20% loyalty discount. Players who purchased Oxygen Not Included in Alpha will not need to purchase the game again.

Upcoming Agricultural Upgrade

Additionally, we have been working with a handful of dedicated members of the community over the last few weeks to test an experimental build branch in preparation for Early Access.

These players have been working with us to provide feedback on the new Agricultural Update content, and we're happy to say it's now in a place where we are ready to share with you all. It will be released on May 18th along with Early Access.

Key Features
  • New Items and Buildings: Discover new plants, buildings and yummy cooking recipes
  • Improved Crop Tending: Build pipe systems and irrigate your crops using new farm plots
  • New Farming Systems: The Harvest Rating Point system now allows you to increase the yield of your harvest by meeting ideal growing conditions for crops
  • New Duplicant Stress Responses: Tears will be shed and rations will be eaten with new Ugly Crier and Binge Eater traits
  • And More: New features, improvements, bug fixes, rebalances and more!
We're excited to share this new content with you, and would like to offer a big thanks to the players who participated in the Closed Testing during this period. Your feedback was tremendously helpful and we are grateful for your continued support.

Join us on the livestream!
We'll be showing off the Agricultural Upgade today at 3:30PDT! Come check us out on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/kleientertainment

More Details!
Head over to the official forums for more info
http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/78438-oxygen-not-included-early-access-coming-may-18/

May 4, 2017
Agricultural Upgrade & Early Access Coming May 18
Oxygen Not Included - Klei-JoeW


Oxygen Not Included Entering Early Access

First off, we would like to extend a major thanks for the amazing community response to the Oxygen Not Included Alpha. When we released the game on the forums we'd hoped for a few dozen people to try it out and give feedback, but instead over a hundred thousand of you played the game. This was the best surprise we could have received.

We're now excited to announce that Oxygen Not Included will be entering Steam Early Access on May 18th. It will cost $24.99(USD), and anyone who owns an existing Klei game on Steam will receive a 20% loyalty discount. Players who purchased Oxygen Not Included in Alpha will not need to purchase the game again.

Upcoming Agricultural Upgrade

Additionally, we have been working with a handful of dedicated members of the community over the last few weeks to test an experimental build branch in preparation for Early Access.

These players have been working with us to provide feedback on the new Agricultural Update content, and we're happy to say it's now in a place where we are ready to share with you all. It will be released on May 18th along with Early Access.

Key Features
  • New Items and Buildings: Discover new plants, buildings and yummy cooking recipes
  • Improved Crop Tending: Build pipe systems and irrigate your crops using new farm plots
  • New Farming Systems: The Harvest Rating Point system now allows you to increase the yield of your harvest by meeting ideal growing conditions for crops
  • New Duplicant Stress Responses: Tears will be shed and rations will be eaten with new Ugly Crier and Binge Eater traits
  • And More: New features, improvements, bug fixes, rebalances and more!
We're excited to share this new content with you, and would like to offer a big thanks to the players who participated in the Closed Testing during this period. Your feedback was tremendously helpful and we are grateful for your continued support.

Join us on the livestream!
We'll be showing off the Agricultural Upgade today at 3:30PDT! Come check us out on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/kleientertainment

More Details!
Head over to the official forums for more info
http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/78438-oxygen-not-included-early-access-coming-may-18/

May 4, 2017
Oxygen Not Included drifts onto Early Access May 18th
Oxygen Not Included - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Adam Smith)

Klei are the developers of Invisible, Inc., which is the best turn-based game since Chess. It stands to reason, then, that I’m always going to be interested in their releases, and Oxygen Not Included [official site] has had my interest since I first heard about it. An alpha has been sold for a while but the space colony management sim is moving to the next phase of its release, entering Early Access, on May 18th. The best way to learn about Oxygen Not Included is to look at Brendan’s Premature Evaluation article, which contains very little oxygen but large quantities of piss.

… [visit site to read more]

Mar 29, 2017
[Game Update] - 211867 Thermal Upgrade (LIVE - 3/29/2017)
Oxygen Not Included - Klei_Jan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHu0-yWIQ0g

The depths of space are cold and lifeless, but at the center of this asteroid your Dupes are preparing to feel the heat with the Thermal Upgrade!

Key Features:

New Temperature Mechanics: Building meltdowns, burst pipes, spoiled food and temperature-based diseases all await to foil your plans for survival.
New Biome: Venture into the Ice Biome and obtain valuable resources like Ice, Snow and Wolframite, or take advantage of the chilly atmosphere to cool your colony off.
New Outfits: Build your own aquatic farm and grow the resources to weave protective and stylish outfits for your Dupes.
And more: New plants, buildings, resource bonuses, balances changes, bug fixes and more!

Features
  • New Ice Biome
  • New buildings including the Space Heater, Liquid Tepidizer, Textile Factory and Thermo Switch
  • New Duplicant outfits
  • New Plants
  • New Steam Geysers
  • Food can now be preserved in sterile and/or cold environments
  • Pipes can now burst, and will take damage if the wrong element is piped into them
  • Duplicants are temperature sensitive and will get stressed in hot and cold areas
  • Duplicants can overheat and develop temperature-based diseases
  • Circuits can overload
  • Buildings can overheat
  • Mechanized Airlocks can be assigned custom access permissions
  • Dupes will now auto-repair buildings

Fixes
  • Research and cooking buildings no longer provide restful sleep
  • Dupes will always eat the least fresh item out of a food container
  • Better player feedback for rotting food
  • Ore properly melts
  • Creatures can no longer walk through “auto” or “closed” doors
  • The refill percent on the coal generator can now be set
  • Tiles display the correct temperature
  • Panning speed scales based on zoom level
  • Fixed invisible Muckroot plants
  • Added a jump between ladders that are one tile away to fix a case where building a ladder could prevent Dupes from going back the way they came
  • Fixed many mass conservation bugs in plumbing systems
  • Improved mass conservation on doors closing
  • Improved mass conservation on tile construction
  • Improved mass conservation of falling liquids
  • Shower liquid output temperature is same as input
  • Pumps consume liquid/gas from the four cells they cover instead of the bottom left cell only
  • Storage shows food freshness
  • Algae Terrariums no longer stop working if their inventory is full
  • Duplicant traits no longer prevent them from performing their profession task
  • Composting interval is much longer so it spits out larger chunks
  • Mealwood Plants now give negative decor
  • Tiles which have taken liquid pressure damage are now repairable
  • Dupes no longer get stuck when the ladder they were standing on gets deconstructed
  • Lights will no longer appear “on” if something else in the area is shining light on top of them
  • Fixed zombie Morbs
  • Memory optimization
  • Fmod upgrade (should resolve some audio crashes)
  • Misc crash/bug fixes

Join us in Alpha
Or just hang out and watch our progress on the official forums!
Mar 29, 2017
[Game Update] - 211867 Thermal Upgrade (LIVE - 3/29/2017)
Oxygen Not Included - KJan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHu0-yWIQ0g

The depths of space are cold and lifeless, but at the center of this asteroid your Dupes are preparing to feel the heat with the Thermal Upgrade!

Key Features:

New Temperature Mechanics: Building meltdowns, burst pipes, spoiled food and temperature-based diseases all await to foil your plans for survival.
New Biome: Venture into the Ice Biome and obtain valuable resources like Ice, Snow and Wolframite, or take advantage of the chilly atmosphere to cool your colony off.
New Outfits: Build your own aquatic farm and grow the resources to weave protective and stylish outfits for your Dupes.
And more: New plants, buildings, resource bonuses, balances changes, bug fixes and more!

Features
  • New Ice Biome
  • New buildings including the Space Heater, Liquid Tepidizer, Textile Factory and Thermo Switch
  • New Duplicant outfits
  • New Plants
  • New Steam Geysers
  • Food can now be preserved in sterile and/or cold environments
  • Pipes can now burst, and will take damage if the wrong element is piped into them
  • Duplicants are temperature sensitive and will get stressed in hot and cold areas
  • Duplicants can overheat and develop temperature-based diseases
  • Circuits can overload
  • Buildings can overheat
  • Mechanized Airlocks can be assigned custom access permissions
  • Dupes will now auto-repair buildings

Fixes
  • Research and cooking buildings no longer provide restful sleep
  • Dupes will always eat the least fresh item out of a food container
  • Better player feedback for rotting food
  • Ore properly melts
  • Creatures can no longer walk through “auto” or “closed” doors
  • The refill percent on the coal generator can now be set
  • Tiles display the correct temperature
  • Panning speed scales based on zoom level
  • Fixed invisible Muckroot plants
  • Added a jump between ladders that are one tile away to fix a case where building a ladder could prevent Dupes from going back the way they came
  • Fixed many mass conservation bugs in plumbing systems
  • Improved mass conservation on doors closing
  • Improved mass conservation on tile construction
  • Improved mass conservation of falling liquids
  • Shower liquid output temperature is same as input
  • Pumps consume liquid/gas from the four cells they cover instead of the bottom left cell only
  • Storage shows food freshness
  • Algae Terrariums no longer stop working if their inventory is full
  • Duplicant traits no longer prevent them from performing their profession task
  • Composting interval is much longer so it spits out larger chunks
  • Mealwood Plants now give negative decor
  • Tiles which have taken liquid pressure damage are now repairable
  • Dupes no longer get stuck when the ladder they were standing on gets deconstructed
  • Lights will no longer appear “on” if something else in the area is shining light on top of them
  • Fixed zombie Morbs
  • Memory optimization
  • Fmod upgrade (should resolve some audio crashes)
  • Misc crash/bug fixes

Join us in Alpha
Or just hang out and watch our progress on the official forums!
Mar 22, 2017
Premature Evaluation: Oxygen Not Included
Oxygen Not Included - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Brendan Caldwell)

Every week we warp Brendan into the gaseous caverns of early access to see if he can find precious games worth playing in the gloom. This time, the subterranean space colonisation of Oxygen Not Included [official site]

Everything is covered in piss. When I branded my new space colony Yellow Water Station I did so because I was prompted to come up with a suitable name for a settlement on the interstellar frontier. But all I could think of was how weird it is that astronauts drink their own recycled and purified urine. Yellow Water Station was my puerile attempt at humour. I didn t expect the new underground village I was building to accept its new moniker with such enthusiasm. Now everything is covered in piss, poisonous red gas is building up in the sleeping quarters, and there s a dead body at the bottom of one of the aquifers. … [visit site to read more]

Mar 21, 2017
Steam Charts: NieR hit
Counter-Strike 2 - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Jerry Cheese-Muncher)

Alec is away this week. I fear that if he can’t find a wifi signal on his travels he might resort to haruspicy to try and find the truths contained within the weekly Steam charts. These round-ups of the ten games with the most cumulative sales over the past week are his obsession and his curse.

This week: while the cat’s away…

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