Industrial Technology and Witchcraft

13/09/2024

For our upcoming automation and colony sim we decided to switch from a procedurally generated to a handcrafted world. Here is the result:

Our devs in tandem with some of the best voxel artists out there spent the last month or so giving Dawn Apart a much-needed facelift.

08/08/2024

We're super excited that Dawn Apart is featured in along with lots of other great indies! Make sure to tune in tomorrow between 5-8 PM BST when - in a world premiere Lewis and Ben from Yogscast are going to stream early alpha gameplay!

A week-long festival to help you find your new favourite game!

16/07/2024

We're excited that Dawn Apart is part of this year's Automation Games Sales on Steam. Make sure to check out lots of great discounts and upcoming games with conveyor belts!

Check out the latest and upcoming indie videogames with the most creative and satisfying automation mechanics!

28/06/2024

Dawn Apart is coming to this fall! To support our campaign pls head over to our Pre-Launch page and hit the Notify me-button🙏

👉https://kck.st/4bmXRpY

More details coming soon, but the ultimate stretch goal is to add cooperative

21/06/2024

Dawn Apart is featured in Games Baked in Germany sale on hosted by the good folks over at GamesGermanyNet - Thx for hosting🙂

We're in great company - make sure to check out lots of excellent and discounted games from our fellow German devs!🎮

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/games-made-in-germany-2024

17/06/2024

Do you want to take part in the first mission to Aurora to mine Lucrum and build huge factories? Then join our Discord server to get exclusive access to our first . All the details here👇
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1866300/view/6190841163213999064

17/05/2024

Common Ground

10/05/2024

We've launched a series to flesh out the lore of our indie space factory game Dawn Apart. This is the first episode. What do you think?

07/05/2024

We're often asked "will your factory sim run smoothly on lower-end PCs?” Yes - In our latest dev blog post we're detailing how we improved performance by speeding up the VoxelGpuUploadSystem and reducing the required memory for terrain resources.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1866300/view/4174350531696965884

21/02/2024

We gave the engineers and space marines populating our space factory sim a much needed shot of personality

Even though eventually your colony will be inhabited by a few hundred fortune hunters, we decided early on that we don't want them to be generic, faceless avatars.

27/10/2023

We rebranded the corporate identity of Kobayashi-Schwarz the, let's say, dubious interstellar mining megacorp. that will send you to the planet Aurora soon!

While one part of the team was busy fixing AI bugs the other half redesigned the corporate identity of KS.

06/10/2023

We're excited to participate in the annual Programmer's Sale set up by the good folks at Luden.io
Wishlist Dawn Apart if you haven't yet and make sure to check out other amazing automation games - many with demos and discounts:

Every second day of October Ada Lovelace Day is celebrated - to commemorate the famous English mathematician of the XIX century, and the first programmer in the world. To mark this occasion, we rounded up a party of games that are not only fun to play, but can teach you to think like a true engineer...

21/08/2023

Significantly increase the rate at which your products are assembled with Kobayashi-Schwarz's Small Assembly Machine!

Significantly increase the rate at which your products are assembled with Kobayashi-Schwarz's Small Assembly Machine!Wishlist our automation sim Dawn Apart o...

18/08/2023

Join our Discord server to watch our exclusive live stream showing alpha gameplay and participate in the Q&A!

A friendly reminder to tune into our preview streaming event/Q&A that will take place on August, 25 at 5 PM CEST/11AM EST exclusively on Discord

14/08/2023

Looking for a dedicated workspace for various crafting tasks in your space colony?

Kobayashi-Schwarz's dedicated workspace for various crafting tasks in your space colony!Wishlist our automation sim Dawn Apart on Steam: https://store.steamp...

07/08/2023

New episode out. Enjoy!

Smelt your assembly line-related worries away with Kobayashi-Schwarz's Industrial Smelter 3.1!Wishlist our automation sim Dawn Apart on Steam: https://store....

31/07/2023

Does your space colony need a dedicated workspace for chemists and researchers? Choose the KS Chemical Lab 2.4 and determine the composition, purity, and quality of any alien resource you find.

Does your space colony need a dedicated workspace for chemists and researchers? Choose the KS Chemical Lab 2.4 and determine the composition, purity, and qua...

28/07/2023

Join our discord server to get exclusive access to our first demo! All the details in our latest dev blog post!

We’re making good progress on our demo scheduled for later this summer and to be released exclusively for our Discord community.

24/07/2023

Power up your space colony and povide heat and steam for your factories with the Kobayashi-Schwarz Electric Boiler 1.1!

Power up your space colony and povide heat and steam for your factories with the Kobayashi-Schwarz Electric Boiler 1.1!Wishlist our automation sim Dawn Apar...

17/07/2023

Kobayashi-Schwarz's Industrial Drill boasts a robust motor that delivers incredible torque, ensuring effortless drilling through the toughest materials.

Kobayashi-Schwarz's Industrial Drill boasts a robust motor that delivers incredible torque, ensuring effortless drilling through the toughest materials.Wishl...

14/07/2023

In order to have a prospering colony and keep productivity high you need to give colonists a balanced timetable. Read about our new schedule system in a new edition of our dev blog/newsletter Weekly Apart!

“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”

10/07/2023

Make sure those fluids go from the depths of the Earth to your fingertips in no time - with the Kobayashi-Schwarz High Pressure Pump Jack!

Make sure those fluids go from the depths of the Earth to your fingertips in no time - with the Kobayashi-Schwarz High Pressure Pump Jack!Wishlist our automa...

30/06/2023

New dev post is up. This week we talk about how in the process of bug fixing and polishing we added a ton of new cool details to our upcoming space sim!

Most of the issues we fixed seem like minor details but in sum they'll make a huge difference in terms of the overall gameplay experience.

22/06/2023

Dawn Apart is featured in 's 'Games made in Germany' festival - and we're in good company! Make sure to wishlist our upcoming space colony sim Dawn Apart and check out the other amazing games by our fellow game devs from all over Germany!

Greetings gamers! And welcome to the second issue of "Games Made In Germany", here on Steam! Celebrate with us the great variety of games and float through the weightlessness of the German gaming space whilst discovering everything from AAA productions to indie gems and even solo dev proje...

19/06/2023

Protect your mining operation and space colony by all means!

Built by a team of expert engineers and tested rigorously in the most challenging environments, the KS Large Turret 2.1 guarantees unmatched defensive perfor...

12/06/2023

The Magpie Dropship - your gateway to extraterrestrial riches!

The Kobayashi-Schwart Magpie Spacecraft - Your gateway to extraterrestrial riches!Wishlist our automation sim Dawn Apart on Steam: https://store.steampowered...

10/06/2023

In this edition of our dev newsletter Weekly Apart we summarize all the small and big steps that we have taken in the past weeks to move us further to our demo to be out later this summer!

While we can't share a launch date yet, we do want to give you an update on all those small and big boxes that we ticked on our scrum board

22/05/2023

(Cr)important new episode of our series😉👇

The KS Crimping Machine 3.6 - creating connections so solid they'll make other tools in your green with envy!Wishlist our automation sim Dawn...

15/05/2023

The KS Lathe 1.2: Wave goodbye to sluggish manufacturing and say hello to incredible levels of productivity for your

Get ready to revolutionize your space workshop with the KS Lathe 1.2!Wishlist our automation sim Dawn Apart on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com...

12/05/2023

The dimmer switch that keeps the battlefield illuminated - learn all about our fog of war mechanics in our latest dev blog post.

Updates, events, and news from the developers of Dawn Apart.