Latest Engineer Alpha updates

Engineer Alpha's Log #84: But what is in 0.8?

As of this log I have not talked about what is planned to be in version 0.8 and beyond but that is no more. The plan for 0.8 is to add in both electricity and oil. Electricity will function much like you would expect fo…

Engineer Alpha's Log #83: Making Things Unlocked Earlier

In the last update to Engineer Alpha I moved around both Magnetubes and Cranes in the tech tree to make them reachable earlier. I did this for several reasons but will go into each individually. Conveyors have been caus…

Engineer Alpha's Log #82: Those Mining Drills, They SUCK!

The most important part of any plan is knowing when to throw out the plan. The small and large mining drill that you unlock in the copper or iron tier respectively are intended to be a good source of resources throughou…

Engineer Alpha's Log #81: Updated Demo & Hand Mining Drill

I have updated the demo of Engineer Alpha to the latest version. It had been over a year since it had been updated so it was past time. The demo will likely not be updated for a while again but hopefully not as long as…

Engineer Alpha's Log #80: 0.7 Release and Faster Conveyors

First thing is that version 0.7 is planned for release on Tuesday the 12th of March barring the finding of any catastrophic bugs. Balancing and changes will still continue to happen even after the release. Now to the fa…

Engineer Alpha's Log #79: The Fruits of Playtesting

Playtesting is one of the most important parts of making a video game. If you don't play it yourself and enjoy it why should other people? Honestly I am not always as good about thorough playtesting as I should be, some…

Engineer Alpha's Log #78: More Steel!

Version 0.7 is coming along nicely and this week I added 2 more buildings into the steel tier; the Steel Boiler and the Quarry. The steel boiler serves as as an upgrade to the iron boiler that has higher energy output a…

Engineer Alpha's Log #77: Too Much Science

You may have noticed that in version 0.7 there are no new science packs. This is intentional as I was starting to feel like there were too many for both me as the developer and the player. Replacing all 4 types of scien…

Engineer Alpha's Log #76: A New Way to Support and More

Version 0.7 got it's first development build last week and while things with it are certainly not perfect it is mostly functional. A new build will hopefully becoming out tomorrow that will include freight containers, a…

Version 0.7 Development Release

Version 0.7 is now available for you to try out. Most content is in Including updated cranes, blueprints, and Magnetubes. Unfortunately freight containers have not made it in yet they will be added shortly when a few mo…

Magnetube Preview Video

Engineer Alpha's Log #75: New Year, New Focus

I hope you all had a good holiday and new year's, somehow we made it into 2024. Last year I made a road map with all of the planned releases for the year and while that went ok I am not planning to do something that far…

Engineer Alpha's Log #74: Giving You More Control

I have been finding that there is a small issue with shafts and gearing. When ever I make a machine that uses rotational power as its input I find that there just are not enough options for its power requirements. What…

October Video on Freight Containers

Engineer Alpha's Log #73: Prospecting

First thing is October's video will be out in the next few days so keep an eye out for it. Also 0.6 public will be coming out on Tuesday 10/31. ***Please be aware that all GUI's shown in this log are not final in any wa…

September Video On Cranes and Blueprints