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Genre: Adventure, Indie

Vortex: The Gateway

Vortex: The Gateway is released!
We are happy to announce that the game has left Early Access and is now released. A lot of new things were implemented such as the story mode, the completely re-factored survival mode and a bunch of other changes in the game including bug fixes and performance improvements. We hope that you'll like it! Of course we won't stop fixing bugs if they arise. Good luck with the island and its creatures!

Major changes includes:

  • new story mode
  • new survival mode
  • the island was enlarged with about 20%
  • 17 new creature types, now there are more than 30 in total
  • more than 30 new craftable or buildable items
  • map
  • modified, real-time intro scene
  • voice acting in 2 languages: English and Russian
  • more than 50 Steam achievements
  • options menu (quality settings, key remapping, inverting mouse, volume settings, etc)
  • improved performance


The game got several major updates since the release that enhanced the performance drastically.

Release date
We'd like to announce that the release date of Vortex: The Gateway will be March 22, 2016. It's not far away so be prepared! :)

Closed BETA
Dear supporters,

First of all thank you for your contribution to the project! We have learned a lot of your feedbacks and ideas during the development. As Vortex: The Gateway has entered to a closed BETA phase we don't plan to release updates until the release date, which is planned to be at the end of March. The final date will be announced later.

We can now promise that with the release you'll get double the types of enemies, enlarged map, a story mode and a lot more! At this phase we've decided not to spoil too much from the game and the story line, but we'll show you screenshots and videos as we are getting closer to the release date.

You, as an owner of Vortex: The Gateway, have already helped us a lot, but we'll ask some more help by spreading the word to forums and communities. As we'll release some teasers and screenshots we'll ask you to show your community that the game has potential, so we can grow our fan base before the release date and of course after that as well :)

One more thing you have to know: the multiplayer mode is still planned, but we'll have to postpone it after the release as a free update.

Thanks again for your support, and we'll keep you posted!

Update #15 - v0.1102
Please note that save files WILL BE DELETED!

This update includes the following changes among others:

  • FEATURE dragon can grab and lift its prey
  • FEATURE 4 new item holders: meat, ribs, water fruit and oil fruit

  • FIX performance optimizations
  • FIX loading is drastically faster
  • FIX after loading the building blueprints were behaving oddly
  • FIX distant planet texture fixed


Some new items are not yet translated to all languages.

Save files WILL BE DELETED!

Update #14 - v0.1063
Please note that save files WILL BE DELETED!

This update includes the following changes among others:

  • FEATURE smaller animals will run from fire

  • DESIGN bug creatures balanced (number, volume, animations)

  • FIX falling damage anomalies and blocking while falling fixed
  • FIX no more forever rolling items


Some new items are not yet translated to all languages.

Save files WILL BE DELETED!

Updates since the first early access version
An incomplete list to sum up the main topics we were working on and got into the builds since the release of the first early access version:

  • more animals to hunt
  • animals that can fly
  • more buildable structures, including some that you can use to protect your shelters
  • structures can be repaired
  • more craftable objects
  • more usable weapons
  • a drone slider vehicle
  • inventory handling upgraded
  • more emblematic sceneries
  • underwater life: fish
  • AI behavior tuning and enhancements
  • head up indicator enhancements
  • player character upgrade: completely new animations and player graphics
  • performance tuning
  • gameplay balanced
  • bugs fixed


For a more detailed list please check the update notes below!

Update #13 - v0.1047
Please note that save files WILL BE DELETED!

This update includes the following changes among others:

  • FEATURE added 7 bug creature types
  • DESIGN all crafting items are visible in the craftbook from the beginning of the game
  • FIX performance optimization on some parts of the island


Some new items are not yet translated to all languages.

Save files WILL BE DELETED!

Update #12 - v0.1019
https://youtu.be/r5ASnUvGM7k
Please note that save files WILL BE DELETED!

This update includes the following changes among others:

  • FEATURE added drone slider vehicle
  • FEATURE added a crashed spaceship
  • FEATURE improved water shader
  • FEATURE improved some object graphics

  • DESIGN added more bird creature

  • FIX some awkward fish that came out of the lake are now forced back to the water
  • FIX AI trying to destroy a player building which was already destroyed fixed


Some new items are not yet translated to all languages.

Save files WILL BE DELETED!

Update #11 - v0.987
This update includes the following changes among others:

  • FEATURE AI vision logic improved (you can sneak behind them)
  • FEATURE inventory categories
  • FEATURE player character animations

  • FIX some minor bugs fixed


Some new items are not yet translated to all languages.

Save files are not affected.

Update #10 - v0.953
This quick update includes the following changes among others:

  • FIX dragon was behaving oddly at night
  • FIX multiple loot items were generated sometimes
  • FIX some dropped items were respawning after loading a game save
  • FIX traps became unusable in some rare situations


Some new items are not yet translated to all languages.

Save files are not affected.

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