Space Mission: Survival

Devlog

• Version 1.6.0 Released
  January 31, 2026 by Games By Candlelight

  Today, Space Mission: Survival version 1.6.0 was released for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. This version includes a bit of haptic feedback for supported controllers. Feedback is given when player... Continue reading
• 2025 and Beyond
  December 29, 2025 by Games By Candlelight#2025, #retrospective, #sms

  Another year in the books, and time for another year-end blog. “Space Mission Survival” Saga In January of 2025 I (finally) released Space Mission: Survival for the PC, Mac, and Linux platforms. I... Continue reading
• Version 1.5.0 Released
  August 23, 2025 by Games By Candlelight#update, #sms, #space mission: survival, #patch

  Version 1.5.0 of Space Mission: Survival has been released. This version improves the controller code. Changelog 1.5.0 August 23, 2025 Improvements to controller code 1.4.0 July 2, 2025 Localization (... Continue reading
• Version 1.4.0 Released
  July 02, 2025 by Games By Candlelight#release, #devlog

  Version 1.4.0 of Space Mission: Survival has just been released. If you recall my previous post on the Project Roadmap , I outlined a few things I wanted to do to prepare for an iOS (iPad) and Steam r... Continue reading
• Project Roadmap
  May 20, 2025 by Games By Candlelight#roadmap, #announcement, #blog, #devlog, #retro, #shooter, #sms, #space mission survival, #update

  Space Mission: Survival has been out for about 5 months now, and I am still actively working on adding new features and fixing bugs. With this post, I would like to outine the future roadmap. Here is... Continue reading
• Version 1.3.0 Released
  May 16, 2025 by Games By Candlelight#devlog, #blog

  Today, I released version 1.3.0 of Space Mission: Survival. The menu system has been completely rewritten. I did this for the visual enhancement, and in preparation for features that will require addi... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.2.1
  April 18, 2025 by Games By Candlelight

  Today I released version 1.2.1 of Space Mission: Survival. Not too many visual changes. I did add a splash screen… much better than the black screen while loading. I also made some internal changes... Continue reading
• February 2025 Status
  February 24, 2025 by Games By Candlelight#announcement, #update, #shooter, #game

  Hi everyone… just a brief update. I’ve started a “2000s” mode for Space Mission: Survival . This will a twin-stick shooter mode, also known as a “shmup”. It’s in the early stages of desi... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.2.0 Released
  February 13, 2025 by Games By Candlelight#devlog, #sms, #space mission survival, #update, #1.2.0

  Version 1.2.0 of Space Mission: Survival has just been released. This update adds the ability to run the game windowed mode, with or without a border, as well as the original full screen mode. There a... Continue reading
• Space Mission: Survival - A Post-Mortem
  February 07, 2025 by Games By Candlelight#post mortem, #post-mortem, #retro, #shooter

  Space Mission: Survival – A Post-Mortem Background and History The amazing 10 year journey to release Space Mission: Survival on Windows/Mac/Linux… Back in 2014, I was 2 years into mobile developm... Continue reading

  
• One Week Later
  January 30, 2025 by Games By Candlelight#retro, #shooter, #space

  It’s been (almost) a week since the release of Space Mission: Survival , so it’s probably a good opportunity to review the past week, and discuss the next release. The first several days were very... Continue reading
• Announcing Release of Space Mission: Survival
  January 25, 2025 by Games By Candlelight#announcement, #retro, #shooter, #space

  Announcing the release of Space Mission: Survival for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers! Space Mission: Survival is a “multi-retro” arcade shooter… protect yourself and your astronauts from alie... Continue reading