Sipho

Devlog

• Sipho 1.1.0 is now available in more languages!
  October 29, 2023 by Dominas

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  Hello Sipho players! We are proud to present a new, much more Polished version of Sipho! From little things that break immersion and make you question the reality of underwater ecosystem dynamics to h... Continue reading
• Sipho 1.0.1f3 is now available - better performance and AI!
  October 16, 2023 by Dominas

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  Hello all! We have been gathering feedback from community forums and watching various streamers play Sipho and got a nice list of notes that we are addressing with this update! Budlings now feel much... Continue reading
• Sipho 1.0 will come out of Early Access this September!
  September 05, 2023 by Dominas

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  We are very happy to announce that Sipho will be coming out of Early Access this September of 2023! The upcoming Sipho 1.0 will have: A new Mushroom-inspired Breed! Wild new parts - Zooids! Improved E... Continue reading

  
• Sipho 0.9.5 - Bounce Back
  May 03, 2023 by Dominas

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  Hello Sipho society, we have an update! Bounce Mutation Ever since the Mutation Creation Contest I've had this urge to implement a Bouncy Mutation. Many shoot-em-up games have this because bounciness... Continue reading
• Sipho 0.9.3 - New contest winning Mutations!
  December 01, 2022 by Dominas

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  Looking through the whole changelog and thinking of "what should I outline for this update" really makes me want to have done this announcement one version ago. Nevertheless, we need to keep ourselves... Continue reading
• Sipho 0.9.1 - Bugfixes and preparations
  October 26, 2022 by Dominas

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  This update brings small bugfixes and some hidden code refactors to make Sipho a bit more extensible for future Zooids. There is a one notable fix to how dive-awarded Mutations were applied. They were... Continue reading
• Halloween Mutation Creation contest!
  October 23, 2022 by Dominas

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  Have you ever had ideas for new spooky and creepy Mutations? Now there is a chance - we announce The Halloween Mutation Creation contest! If you need inspiration, you could think of how you would like... Continue reading
• Sipho 0.9.0 - A new Epoch begins!
  October 14, 2022 by Dominas

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  The deep waters have changed - what was once a simple endless loop of growing, adapting, eliminating your foes and resting is no more. Instead of laying down your Zooids after finishing the game you w... Continue reading

  
• Sipho 0.8.3 - Layout browser improvements
  April 23, 2022 by Dominas

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  This update marks a new step towards Layout management as we have envisioned. Layout Browser now displays previews of layouts which makes layout management much more pleasant and allows to see what is... Continue reading
• Sipho 0.8.2 - Better performance, more synergy and new effects
  February 28, 2022 by Dominas

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  This update brings polish to various parts of Sipho. Most notably - performance, which after latest physics update has not been as good as with older physics. It was expected as calculations are now m... Continue reading
• Squishy Physics are now in Sipho 0.8.0!
  December 14, 2021 by Dominas

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  Oh boy, what a journey this was. The short version of the story is - Sipho physics are now different - more squishy, wiggly and natural-feeling. Just look at this Sipho segments individually moving in... Continue reading
• Sipho 0.7.17 update is here!
  October 10, 2021 by Dominas

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  Happy October everyone! This is quite fitting update for the month as it features improved boss fights for third Saenus Beefuorus encounter and various improvements for other bosses. Third Saenus boss... Continue reading
• Sipho v0.7.16 is now available!
  August 31, 2021 by Dominas

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  Greetings! It's been a while since last update - summer has taken toll on development time with its social life occasions. Finally, the Autumn is here and we can finally sit back at our screens and de... Continue reading
• Sipho Version 0.7.15 is upon us!
  July 26, 2021 by Dominas

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  The closer we get to feature-completeness of the non-linear levels the more wacky mechanics we can experiment with and reach our design goals. One of them is introduction of The Essence of The Elders... Continue reading
• Sipho 0.7.13 Update: Non-linear levels for real now!
  June 27, 2021 by Dominas

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  Keeping up to our plans we have improved Whirlpools - you will now be able to choose which Environment to dive to, one out of two. This will add a little bit of strategy of choosing which breeds to en... Continue reading
• Updated Cra'Than environments are in Sipho 0.7.12!
  June 09, 2021 by Dominas

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  Greetings, travellers of the depths! We are getting closer to finishing Sipho 0.7 branching level update cycle with new Cra'Than environments. Before moving on to exciting new things we have planned,... Continue reading
• Sipho Version 0.7.11 is now available!
  May 12, 2021 by Dominas

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  Greetings! This in-between large updates update addresses some of recent feedback points. Enemy threat evaluation has been re-written to be more easily controllable. This will help us to monitor and t... Continue reading
• Sipho branching maps update is here!
  March 24, 2021 by Dominas

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  We can finally say that the latest version 0.7.8 is a direct improvement over previously available Sipho version 0.6.9 and time has come to make it available for everyone! There are loads of new conte... Continue reading

  
• Halloween Event - Design a boss challenge which will be put in the game!
  October 31, 2020 by Dominas

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  Sipho is a pretty spooky game as is and boss fights make it even scarier. From weaksauce first boss, which looks daunting at first, but falls easily, to nerve-wracking (sorry!) stronger, gimmicky boss... Continue reading

  
• Your Creations are now available in Version 0.6.9!
  July 18, 2020 by Dominas

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  Another great Layout competition is over with 115 new designs added to the game! Breed distribution ended up being quite uniform, which is great for filling up all levels. Saenus was least submitted w... Continue reading

  
• Announcing Sipho NPC design contest!
  June 27, 2020 by Dominas

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  Dear Whirlpool Surfers and Aquarium Caretakers, Sipho team would like to invite you take another opportunity to design Sipho NPCs and have them immortalized in the game Previous design contest was a... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.6.8 and Snappy's new home
  June 05, 2020 by Dominas

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  And update arrives with small bugfixes and Quality of Marine Life improvements. Sipho version 0.6.x phase is coming to a long end - from now on we will be delivering small bug fixes and minor improvem... Continue reading

  
• Your Layouts are now in Sipho 0.6.7!
  May 17, 2020 by Dominas

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  We bring you a new update, featuring Layouts or NPCs designed by our community members. The restrictions for designs were that they can only contain single breed zooids and can not be more "expensive"... Continue reading

  
• Sipho updated to 0.6.6! Design contest ends tomorrow!
  May 03, 2020 by Dominas

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  While busy with new level progression development we have released several small updates over the course of previous weeks. Version 0.6.5 was a small patch-release to solidify improvements for Layout... Continue reading

  
• Become an official Sipho designer!
  April 23, 2020 by Dominas

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  Dear Whirlpool Surfers and Aquarium Caretakers, Sipho team would like to invite you take an opportunity to design Sipho Layouts and have them immortalized in the game! We have been expanding underwate... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.6.4 and Layout improvements!
  April 13, 2020 by Dominas

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  Hi all! In this update we took a big step towards stability and validity of what we call Layouts. They are data structures that hold information of what Zooids and where they are grown. You might have... Continue reading
• Sipho Update 0.6.3 comes in!
  March 29, 2020 by Dominas

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  We are back to regular two-week update cycle with this 0.6.3 update. Together with tweaks and improvements we are releasing some changes for non-linear level gameplay. Even though these level loading... Continue reading

  
• New and rebalanced parts are now available!
  March 11, 2020 by Dominas

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  It's finally here - Sipho 0.6 available for everybody to play! First and foremost, we want to again congratulate our Halloween zooid design contest winner Scepti! The winning entry was a design of So... Continue reading

  
• New parts in Version 0.6.1 are here!
  February 21, 2020 by Dominas

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  Another content loaded update is here! This time we are happy to finally introduce you to our Halloween contest winner's Scepti designed Soul Eater implementation! And we are also throwing in two new... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.6.0 is now available!
  February 06, 2020 by Dominas

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  We would like to announce a new era of Sipho updates - 0.6.x. This update contains changes to structure zooids which play a major role in balance of the game. After updating you will be greeted with r... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.5.8 - Small Update, Big Plans
  January 20, 2020 by NinjaKyat

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  With this update we bring several noticeable fixes to input. It will now be possible to bind any input device to any key bind which allows full customisation of key bindings. In the meantime we were w... Continue reading

  
• Merry Version 0.5.7 and Happy New Year!
  January 04, 2020 by Dominas

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  Happy new year everyone! It's holiday time Sipho homeland, but we have kept our inertia and got a decent bugfix update rolling. Thanks to our players reporting bugs on Discord we had a chance to qui... Continue reading

  
• Merry Christmas and happy new Version 0.5.6!
  December 21, 2019 by Dominas

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  Greetings! We are happy to bring you this update with features you have been asking for. Pushing "build" button feels like wrapping a Christmas present. First one of happy things is that Aquarium will... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.5.5 is upon us!
  December 08, 2019 by Dominas

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  Greetings! It's time for another bi-weekly Sipho update! We are experimenting with a major scoped improvement which is allowing to visit different breed zones in other than current order. Replaying th... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.5.4 has been released!
  November 25, 2019 by Dominas

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  Hello everyone! The dust has settled after our participation and GameOn. We have wrapped up improvements we made for the expo in this update. One of features of this update is an important one for all... Continue reading

  
• Dive into Version 0.5.3!
  November 11, 2019 by Dominas

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  Greetings! We are bringing our latest controller support changes into the main game! This means most of the game is now fully playable with controller - from start to finish. Some controller-related t... Continue reading
• Version 0.5.2 is here!
  October 27, 2019 by Dominas

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  Greetings Siphonophore overlords! While working on controller support we have fixed several issues and made some improvements to the game - both performance and visual. Each fix is listed in the chang... Continue reading
• Version 0.5.1 and development plans
  October 12, 2019 by Dominas

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  Greetings! The dust has settled after 0.5.0 release and we are so far happy with reception of it. We had players stream their progress in our Discord server, chat about their Zooid hunting experienc... Continue reading
• Version 0.5.0 has arrived!
  September 30, 2019 by Dominas

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  Greetings! The long awaited 4 new zooids are here: The slimy thought-provoking Greaser which buffs neighbouring zooids with range and movement power. It creates an interesting choice between having... Continue reading
• Version 0.4.9 emerges!
  September 13, 2019 by Dominas

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  Greetings! Another Sipho update is upon you! We are inches away from having new zooids ready for 0.5.0 update. One of the new zooids is Swarmer, with never-seen-before mechanics: It spawns small critt... Continue reading
• Version 0.4.8 is now live!
  August 30, 2019 by Dominas

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  Greetings! While playtesting new zooids I came up with a nice combo utilising upcoming Flail and Greaser zooids: As it is with Flail, Greaser's graphics are still being made. We borrowed very old spri... Continue reading
• Version 0.4.7 rolls out
  August 16, 2019 by Dominas

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  Hello everyone! Another two weeks have passed in All Parts Connected Headquarters and we are happy with our progress on upcoming new zooids. One of them is physical Flail: Graphics and name are protot... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.4.6 is now available!
  August 01, 2019 by Dominas

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  Greetings! This update generally contains polishing improvements. One of those things is making sure any size Siphos can be heard as we want them to be heard. That is why we have a system to limit con... Continue reading
• Version 0.4.5 is here!
  July 16, 2019 by Dominas

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  Greetings! This update brings rendering performance optimizations to Sipho! These improvements were long overdue. Sipho was started in Global Game Jam 2017 which required various "quick to do" fixes f... Continue reading
• Control changes in 0.4.3 are now available!
  June 20, 2019 by Dominas

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  Greetings! This update comes with one little feature that we think will help navigating level ends - a new sense, a bio sonar! It will be shown where hunting down each victim matters the most - at lev... Continue reading
• Version 0.4.2 released!
  June 05, 2019 by Dominas

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  Hi everyone, We are releasing a hotfix build for growth issue that has been introduced in last patch. It appears that scaling physics time is required for stable fade-in to growth mode. It wouldn't ma... Continue reading
• Version 0.4.1 is now available and future plans
  May 29, 2019 by Dominas

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  Greetings! Following a Vagorian release we took our chance to dive down to tech behind Sipho and upgrade our Unity engine version from 2017.4 to 2018.4. That means we are now able to use year's worth... Continue reading
• New Breed in 0.4.0 is now available!
  May 16, 2019 by Dominas

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  Specimen of this mysterious breed have been sighted in all inhabited areas. We have called them Vagorians. They have a utility zooid called Twister that creates small swirls which pull in and carry ob... Continue reading
• Development Update and Version 0.3.5
  April 30, 2019 by Dominas

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  Dear Parasite Designers, We are happy to announce an updated of 0.3.5 version! This will hopefully be last minor update in 0.3 phase as we are working on the new breed in parallel. As you might have n... Continue reading
• Version 0.3.4 release and near future plans!
  April 17, 2019 by Dominas

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  Hello everyone! We are happy to produce another update that improves quality of underwater life aspects. You may wonder how do we decide to fix these random unrelated to each other things. We have a l... Continue reading
• Version 0.3.3 is now available!
  April 02, 2019 by Dominas

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  Hi everyone! A week has passed since Aquarium release and we cooked up a new version of Sipho. This update has a new feature - ability to share Layouts through text string. They can be exported and i... Continue reading
• Aquarium update is now available!
  March 26, 2019 by Dominas

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  We are pleased to announce the release of our first major update: The Aquarium. This is a new sandbox-type game mode, unlocked after defeating The Queen boss. In Aquarium you can: Create the most wick... Continue reading
• Version 0.2.3 released!
  January 23, 2019 by Dominas

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  Hello! While working hard on Aquarium, we had some bugs and balance issues. We've fixed them and bundled up for a small update. On the Aquarium side, one of the things we are working is spawning custo... Continue reading
• Version 0.2.1 released!
  January 02, 2019 by Dominas

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  Happy new year! Just after rolling over to the next year we would like to share a small update. While working on Aquarium we had some chances to find some issues and do a little balancing act. Changes... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.2.0 is now available!
  December 04, 2018 by Dominas

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  We are proud announce a new extra-featured build. It is also a development milestone for us which marks a new Version 0.2.x era. Starting Early Access we have promised to listen to your feedback. To n... Continue reading
• Version 0.1.8 released!
  November 21, 2018 by Dominas

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  Hello everyone! It has been a crazy week after release and we are really happy about reception of Sipho. We have got loads of feedback from around us which will help us polish the game on all rough ed... Continue reading
• Sipho is now available in Early Access!
  November 13, 2018 by Dominas

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  We are glad to announce that Sipho is finally available for everyone to enjoy! After almost two years in development, we are very excited to finally have a game we are proud to share. It all began in... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.91 released
  June 24, 2018 by Dominas

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  Hi everyone! A small update: Tagging zooid for damage will last for 3 seconds. This fixes player "killing" other Siphos that swim in to rocks off-screen after being damaged UI scaling will now be base... Continue reading
• Version 0.90 released
  June 21, 2018 by Dominas

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  Hi everybody! Hot summer has hit us HARD . It may have been the heat or your feedback that encouraged us to do some drastic changes to how Zooid food consumption works. We present you a change nobody... Continue reading
• Version 0.82 released
  May 26, 2018 by Dominas

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  Hello everyone! We have finally updated to Unity Engine version 2017.4.2! Performance should be a lot better now on top of our optimizations for object pooling. What does that mean for you? Smoother g... Continue reading
• Version 0.81 released
  May 07, 2018 by Dominas

  Hi all, A quick update based on feedback we received from playtesting: Fixed projectile and poison cloud collisions. They won't collide anymore Made camera a little bit more responsive Fixed weirdness... Continue reading
• Version 0.80 released
  May 07, 2018 by Dominas

  Hello everyone! In the past month we have been preparing Sipho for its first showcasing in our local fantasy conference Lituanicon , where we have been invited to let attendees sit down and play our g... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.71 released
  April 10, 2018 by Dominas

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  Hi! We made a bunch of quick fixes after latest upload. This includes: Increased minimum spawn distance in certain areas to prevent player from getting stuck Made sea boss a tiny little bit less annoy... Continue reading
• Version 0.70 released
  April 07, 2018 by Dominas

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  Hello everyone! Another month has passed and we feel like we can not let our last version of the game circulate in the world. So many eye-pleasant things have been added to Sipho - new sprites for mos... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.62 released
  March 11, 2018 by Dominas

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  Hello, fellow parasite designers! We are very excited to see rising interest in Sipho. From feedback at Demo Day to let's players discovering Sipho we have seen recorded videos, read comments and qui... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.60 released
  March 03, 2018 by Dominas

  Hello! It's been around two months since our last update. We have been thinking about our core values of the game and how it should play. To promote creativity we have implemented ability to change yo... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.41 released
  January 10, 2018 by Dominas

  We meet again! Since our last update we've been focusing on making the game more fun and encouraging risk-taking. We have increased movement speeds of all Zooids, making movement more responsive to yo... Continue reading
• Version 0.30 released
  December 20, 2017 by Dominas

  Hello everyone! We have been working for these past two months to bring you another update, just in time for festive season. This time we focused on helping new players to get started, by providing a... Continue reading
• Version 0.26 released
  November 02, 2017 by Sipho

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  Howdy! This is a hotfix release that addresses three issues: Fixed several lag issues related to spawning; Made the Leech weapon a bit faster; Reduced stun length... Continue reading
• Version 0.25 released
  October 31, 2017 by Sipho

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  Hello fellow underwater beings! Today we're releasing a new build of Sipho. As before, it contais quite a few changes and improvements. So let's go through them! New physics! We've developed our own s... Continue reading
• Version 0.20 released
  October 02, 2017 by Sipho

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  Hi! It's been a while so we thought it would be a good time to release an updated version of our game. We've been doing a lot of stuff these past few months and this update should give a sneak peak on... Continue reading