2025-10-03 14:21 UTC · Community Announcements · Officer Yvo Davis
Dear Captain,We’ve just released a small new patch that addresses a potential security vulnerability originating from Unity.Patch Notes:Fixed a potential security vulnerability originating from a third-party component (Unity).What you need to do:Please update your game to the latest version as soon as possible to stay protected.Thank you for your understanding!Your Drone Swarm Crew
2020-12-17 16:01 UTC · Community Announcements · SupMic
Dear Captain, Our latest update is now live! We've greatly improved the early game, enhanced the overall experience through some handy quality-of-life changes and added some new stuff to encounter. The update includes the following changes: Improved readability on all ships - silhuette changes and color changes make all ships visually unique on ships dying there is a chance for a ship-wreck to spawn, which can be used as ammunition arc strike is awarded very early attack loop has also been moved into early game to provide more variety On battle restart all dialogs/cutscenes you already heard w
2020-11-13 16:00 UTC · Community Announcements · SupMic
Dear Captain, We have just released a small update The update 1.2.2 includes the following fix: Fixed performance issues related to the new video player Your Drone Swarm Crew {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36931739/b63f503152513d847632eb4c62863c663bda704f.jpg
2020-11-06 15:30 UTC · Community Announcements · CaptainGeo
Dear Captain, We have just released the update 1.2.0! The update includes the following changes: Improvements Increased strength of Asteroid pushback on warp in Ship names are now displayed above their healthbars Fixes Video playback issues for cutscenes and uprades Several loca issues Argo loadout should properly despawn weapons in loadout screen (e.g. switching from laser array to single laser hardpoint) Crash that could occur when drones leave the sensor range Your Drone Swarm Crew
2020-10-29 15:40 UTC · Community Announcements · SupMic
Dear Captain, We have just released the update 1.1.0! We worked on fixing many issues. Next to it we also add an unique Halloween mode. See all changelogs in detail here: - physical swarm abilities balanced to make bigger ships less affected - Psionic burst cannon now also targets single ships instead of requiring a group of ships to shoot - Gate animations are now always triggered in cluster transition systems - reduced the damage any ship takes from just the drone impact for physical abilities - transit state drones are invulnerable (so when they return to the Argo, they cannot be harmed on
2020-10-23 15:01 UTC · Community Announcements · CaptainGeo
Dear Captain, We have just released the update 1.0.2 that will fix the following issues: Fixed potential crash Fixed UI not reflecting allegiance state right away Fixed several Argo Upgrade Visual errors (EMP, Mines, Fixed Voohr Battleship's torpedos exploding prematurely Fixed instances where ships would not "do anything anymore" AI improvements Adapted "Story Mode" difficulty to be more forgiving Fixed several loca issues Fixed several small issues in encounters Fixed Asteroids having offset colliders and swarm-colliders Fixed several small enemy weapon issues Fixed issue with mouse buttons
2020-10-22 13:29 UTC · pressakey.com · Darius Kubisch
Astragon und die österreichischen Still Alive Studios präsentieren mit Drone Swarm ein Sci-Fi Strategie-Abenteuer der besonderen Art. Im Spiel kommandiert ihr in der Rolle von Captain Carter das Mutterschiff "Argo" und einen Schwarm aus 32.000 individuell simulierten Drohnen. "Bei ihrer Reise in die Tiefen einer » Komplette News auf pressakey.com lesen
2020-10-21 10:53 UTC · Community Announcements · SupMic
Good day, Captain! Drone Swarm is out now! Control a swarm of 32,000 drones in this strategy-adventure set in space! Jump from system to system and battle powerful alien fleets. Destroy enemy vessels, slam them into one another, block attacks and outsmart defenses. • Control a vast swarm of 32,000 drones • Think quick and defeat your alien opponents in fast-paced space battles • Keep adapting your tactics to counter ever more challenging enemy fleets and loadouts • Use and combine unique swarm abilities to efficiently defend and attack simultaneously • Evolve your swarm and upgrade your mother
2020-10-20 09:20 UTC · Community Announcements · CaptainGeo
Dear Captain, The wait is finally over: Tune in today at 6 PM CEST / 5 PM BST / 9 AM PST when Game Director Julian Mautner from stillalive studios will present the final version of Drone Swarm and celebrate the launch of the game with you. We will have enough time to answer your questions, of course. The livestream will be available in English here on the Store Page starting at: 6 PM CEST 5 PM BST 9 AM PST Your Drone Swarm Crew
2020-10-09 12:30 UTC · Community Announcements · CaptainGeo
Dear Captain, Tune in on Sunday at 6 PM CEST / 5 PM BST / 9 AM PST when Game Director Julian Mautner from stillalive studios will show almost the final version of Drone Swarm in the course of Steam Game Festival - Autumn Edition livestream program. We will have enough time to answer your questions, of course. The livestream will be available in English here on the Store Page starting at: 6 PM CEST 5 PM BST 9 AM PST Your Drone Swarm Crew
2020-10-08 13:31 UTC · Community Announcements · SupMic
Good day, Captain! Drone Swarm will be released on October 20! Control a swarm of 32,000 drones in this strategy-adventure set in space! Jump from system to system and battle powerful alien fleets. Destroy enemy vessels, slam them into one another, block attacks and outsmart defenses. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36931739/23acadb03894d8b95d265f0cf49fd1c41b27b1f8.png • Control a vast swarm of 32,000 drones • Think quick and defeat your alien opponents in fast-paced space battles • Keep adapting your tactics to counter ever more challenging enemy fleets and loadouts • Use and combine unique swarm abilitie
2020-10-08 08:54 UTC · Community Announcements · CaptainGeo
Dear Captain, Tune in on Thursday at 5 PM CEST / 4 PM BST / 8 AM PST when Game Director Julian Mautner from stillalive studios will show almost the final version of Drone Swarm in the course of our Steam Game Festival - Autumn Edition livestream program. We will have enough time to answer all your questions, of course. The livestream will be available in English here on the Store Page starting at: 5 PM CEST 4 PM BST 8 AM PST. Your Drone Swarm Crew
2020-09-29 15:27 UTC · Community Announcements · bate
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2020-09-25 11:21 UTC · Community Announcements · CaptainGeo
Dear Captain, Tune in on Saturday at 11 AM CEST / 10 AM BST / 6 PM JST when Game Director Julian Mautner from stillalive studios will present the newest version of Drone Swarm in the course of our Tokyo Game Show livestream program. We will have enough time to answer your questions, of course. The livestream will be available in English here on the Store Page. Your Drone Swarm Crew
2020-09-23 12:41 UTC · Community Announcements · CaptainGeo
Dear Captain, Tune in on Thursday at 9 AM CEST / 8 AM BST / 4 PM JST when Game Director Julian Mautner from stillalive studios will present the newest version of Drone Swarm in the course of our Tokyo Game Show livestream program. We will have enough time to answer your questions, of course. The livestream will also be available in English here on the Store Page. Your Drone Swarm Crew
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