Controller Support Is Finally Here!

Hey Elysians!

Controller Support for Echoes of Elysium is officially here!

We know many of you have been eagerly waiting for this feature so we’re incredibly excited to finally put it into your hands! First and foremost, we want to give a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has been patiently waiting, checking in on our progress, and supporting us along the way. We know it took some time, but we really appreciate you sticking with us while we worked to get this feature out. Your patience and enthusiasm means a lot to us! We also want to give a shout out to our controller support beta testers and our moderators who took the time to playtest and share feedback with us. Your time and efforts to help us improve really made a real difference in getting controller support ready for release. Having you all test throughout the stages helped us catch things we might have otherwise missed, and we’re incredibly grateful to everyone who played a part in making this happen!

So with that being said, let’s get into it!

Controller support brings a range of improvements to help make your adventures feel more natural and comfortable. Here’s what you can expect:

• Native Controller Support: Leading with Xbox and PlayStation with virtual keyboard coming later
• Custom Controller Glyphs: Clear, controller-specific button prompts to help you navigate game mechanics.
• Dynamic Input Switching: Transition between controller and keyboard and mice as you play.
• Rebindable Controls: Customize and rebind your controls to match your playstyle!
• Improved UI/UX: Smoother transitions and clearer button layouts bring a more polished experience.
• An Improved Building Experience: We’ve put extra attention into making building feel more comfortable and intuitive with a controller.

We’ve put a lot of care into making sure controller support works across the different activities that make this game what it is, from exploring on foot to taking flight on your airship.

FYI - Playstation controllers: Disable Steam Input if you are using a Playstation controller for the button glyphs to properly display. Steam Input is found in the games properties settings under ‘Controller’!

Controller support might sound simple, but in an airship survival game, there’s a lot to consider! From swinging, gliding, and jumping to piloting airships, crafting, and building, making everything feel natural on a controller required a bit more thought, iteration, and teamwork. Our Executive Producer, Ray kickstarted the design and development of the system with the rest of the team actively contributing throughout the process with providing feedback, shaping default settings, refining controls, integrating custom controller glyphs, and helping ensure seamless transitions between on-foot movement and airship flight. We sat down with our dev team to talk about the development process, the excitement of finally getting this to our players, and some of our favorite moments throughout it all. Check out the video below to hear directly from the team, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the work, challenges, and excitement that went into bringing this feature to life!

We are thrilled to finally release controller support, and getting it into our players’ hands is also an important opportunity for us to learn what works well and what could be better. Every player approaches the game a little differently, so there may be things we haven’t considered or little details that could make the experience even better. Whether you encounter an issue, find a control that doesn’t feel quite right, or have an idea or suggestion to improve controller support, we want to hear from you! Your feedback helps us catch things we might have missed and will help to refine the experience for all players alike. You can share any and all feedback through our respective boards, steam discussions, or Discord server:

Feature Request: https://feedback.echoes.games/

Bug Report: https://bugs.echoes.games/

Discord: https://discord.gg/loricgames

Controller support has been a labor of love over the past few months, built alongside our ongoing patches and major content updates. As a small indie team, having such an amazing and active community supporting us along the way really makes a difference. Every suggestion, every bit of encouragement, and every moment you spend playing our game helps us keep moving forward. Seeing this feature finally come together is a huge milestone for us, and we’re so excited to share it with you!

So grab your controller, jump into Elysium, and let us know what you think!

-Team Loric