ZF Alpha Update #16

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ZF Alpha Update #15

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Roadmap Update #1

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ZF Alpha Update #14

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ZF Alpha Update #13

Planetary atmospheres and bug fixes…

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ZF Alpha Update #12

Spacecraft fuel, crew UI, progress, dynamic environment scale…

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ZF Alpha Update #11

Navigation, pathfinding, spacecraft and missions…

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POLARITY - ZF Lore

The cultural, political, and military rules of engagement have changed…

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ZF Alpha Update #10

Extended exploration mission mechanic, and more…

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ZF Alpha Update #9

Development has focused on making progress with the mission system…

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ZF Alpha Update #8

In the last week we have begun to work on Zenith Frontier’s mission system.

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ZF Alpha Update #7

New UI, planet generation, and more…

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ZF Alpha Update #6

In this update we’ve shipped an early version of planetary systems.

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ZF Alpha Update #5

Strategic and sector maps, contextual menus, improved controls, and more…

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ZF Alpha Update #4

We have continued filling the environment with interesting and varied cosmic bodies…

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Event-Driven Architecture

Development has completed on the event tools and functionality to support an event-driven architecture in Zenith Frontier.