Kinetic void

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LumberingTroll wrote:
The Shipyard Demo is live! http://kineticvoid.badlandstudio.com/?page_id=56
Nice one LumberingTroll will have a look over the weekend

[LumberingTroll]

Updated today, v0.14 lots of changes.

[LumberingTroll]

Update 10!

[LumberingTroll]

Version 0.0.15.1 is out, new User interface, color profiles, and new modules!

[LumberingTroll]

Not sure how I missed posting here, but on the 30th we launched our Kickstarter!Sioux Falls, South Dakota-(April 30, 2012) Badland Studio has launched its Kickstarter for Kinetic Void, our 3D space flight sim sandbox for Windows and OSX. Through Kickstarter.com we hope to raise $60,000 to cover software licensing fees and living costs during development.Our Kickstarter can be located here. [url]http://kck.st/KniuPR[/url] we are available for interview, questions, or otherwise feel free to contact me any time at either Sean@BaldandStudio.com Kinetic Void is a 3D space flight adventure with a focus on unprecedented levels of customization and enjoyable simulation. Our in game ship builder allows players to modularly construct their ship piece by piece. Each module can be destroyed individually and if a ship's engines are destroyed, it will be left drifting. If the hull piece containing a reactor is knocked out, everything that reactor powered will be useless (unless another reactor can pick up the slack). While in space flight, interactions between objects are governed by the physics engine. Running into an asteroid at high speed will damage your ship and could send you careening off into space. Slowly approaching the asteroid and then throttling up will allow you to accelerate the asteroid. And if that asteroid just happens to be heading toward a space station... well, the results should be spectacular. But be careful who you anger. The faction who owned the station will remember your little stunt and may be gunning for you in the future. On the other hand, their enemies may appreciate your resourcefulness and be more open toward you.We are still early in our development cycle, the finished game will feature a procedurally generated galaxy. When starting a new game the player will be able to adjust the galaxy in many ways including its size and the number of factions that populate it. Gameplay can include combat, politics, trade & economic manipulation, manufacturing & resource acquisition; it’s up to the player to decide how they wish to experience Kinetic Void. At this time there is a playable demo of the shipyard that allows the player to create their own ship, customize it and launch it into a test sector to acclimate to Kinetic Voids controls. The demo can be located on our official website:http://www.KineticVoid.com

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Hope the kick starter goes well for you Lumbering troll.

[Inglonias]

Made a topic about this game in the "Free and Open Source" section before realizing all of the mistakes involved in that. Duh. Anyhow, I just wanted to say that I backed this project. You've got $35 from me in the Kickstarter. I tried the demo, and I enjoyed it. Just, please, please, make the camera automatically center itself onto your ship. It would make things so much easier.Thanks!

[kalelovil]

The kickstarter is down to the final 9 hours. They've gained a lot of momentum, but it still looks like they'll need a late surge of support to get funded. $30 tier now includes alpha access.

[sscadmin]

Congrats to the devs they made funding

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Indeed congratulations to the team on making their goal.

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Kinetic Void has made steam greenlit [url]http://kineticvoid.badlandstudio.com/greenlit/[/url]

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What's been going on in Kinetic Void, looks like you can pr-order the game now [url]http://badlandstudio.com/kinetic-void/[/url]

[Neagoth]

50% off on Steam for the next 19 hours

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LINK  Probably missed it. I must get around to ordering this although god knows when I will be able to download it.

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Seems to have been quite a bit of activity with Kinetic Void over the last month or so .   Check the youtube site as their are some more vid on it.

[Cruisin1500]

I was very interested in this when it first announced. I like the planned feature set. Though it seems to be taking longer than anticipated since those features are quite a mountain of work to get right for a small team. I've been content to just forget about it until release. I wasn't impressed by the initial showings of the alpha, but it seems to be shaping up nicely. I wll definitely be trying it post release. The ability to design your capital ship is a big draw for me. I am just wondering how much fun the exploration and dynamic unvierse will be as it is another big draw. ATM looks a little like eve offline  The way combat seems to work and microwarp drives?

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It seems to a fairly common problem for most Kickstarters as they underestimate how long a game will take to do. Been meaning to buy this for ages and have never got around to it.

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 Bought a copy of this last week and downloaded it from Steam but I have been having problems getting to grips with it. could do with a manual that could be downloaded and printed out. New vid 

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Update from Kinetic Void about weapons also check out the YouTube channel for a couple of other videos including a tutorial one.  

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Big update by Steam for KV. Hey everyone! As of Monday, the D10 patch is officially live, with new weapon types and more! Here's the details:Added:New Stations! The previous old and crappy trade stations have been replaced by new assets. We think you will agree when we say that they look just lovely.Added a separate icon for mining stations to differentiate them from trade stations.Added Beam weapons - Have a high energy load, will do their damage over time.Added Missile Weapons - Requires Ammo. Have guided (Homing Missiles) and non-guided(more like Kinetic slugs). Makes a nice boom on impact. Added Hardpoint/Subsystem Weapons system - Turrets (Hardpoint) and Weapons (subsystems) have been split into two systems. The turret (hardpoint) will have how far the turret can reach in an arch as well as how fast. You then will equip a Weapon (subsystem) to it to dictate what type of weapon it is and what type of damage it will do. Old Weapons(non-hardpoints) will have a “base” value set to them for their damage type. It is advised that all users begin swapping out old turrets for the new hardpoint systems. Older turrets will be phased out as we add more replacement weapon systems. Ammunition Resources, three types currently. (Only available in the store. Remember to move from Station Inventory to your Ship Inventory after you purchase if from the store. When you purchase items from the store they just go to your Station Storage, not to your Ship Storage)Creative Mode has unlimited ammo. Ships do not require to have ammo put into their inventory. The Creative Galaxy Ships circumvent the ammo requirement code and will display Inf on the hud. Kinetic - used for any Kinetic Type WeaponsNon-Guided Missile- used for any Non-Guided Missile WeaponsGuided Missile - used for Guided Missile Weapons.Major Map Updates:By default, Star system names are now highlighted to indicate ownership. Gray systems are unclaimed, other colors correspond to factions as shown by the map legend.By using the popup list in the lower left, highlighting can be switched to show hostility toward the player. Keep in mind that sectors tend to spawn more ships belonging to the ruling faction.As factions go to war over territory, icons on the map will give the player general information about the conflict. A ! icon next to a Star System’s name will indicate a faction is currently trying to invade it. Within the system, sectors currently under the owner’s control will have a blue flag. Sectors that have been captured will have a red flag, and sectors currently experiencing a battle will be marked with a ! warning icon.Right click menu: if a system is in conflict, the sectors in the list will have an icon next to them identical to the one above it’s sector object. When mousing over a sector’s button, the sector’s object is highlighted blue. The button for the sector the player is in is colored green. The notes field is player editable, its contents are saved per sector.Sectors currently under conflict are more likely to spawn factions involved in that conflict.Buy and sell prices at stations are affected by the player’s standing with the faction that own’s the station, as well as the availability of raw sources (via mining stations) in that sector.Opening fire on a ship will lower your standings with that ship’s faction. Killing a ship will greatly lower standing from the owner, but will slightly raise standing from the owner’s enemies.Changed:Asteroid Spawning: Previously, asteroids were spawned individually and culling operations were carried out on them to reduce impact on performance. To further increase performance while allowing for more interesting asteroid fields, asteroids are now spawned in clusters, and spawn/despawn dynamically to drastically improve both physics and rendering performance. These clusters should still be visible from a distance, but will only have a single radar icon until the player comes closer. Asteroid] Spawning PreviewAdjusted all module and subsystem values (This will be ongoing) NOTE: Your subsystems have been changed/removed. You need to open the subsystems of your HULL (at least) and verify you have the rightInventory/Store Main Categories(Subsystems/Ship Parts/Trade Goods) have been switched over to radio buttons. Only one Main Category can be selected at a time.Weapons (except Energy) require Ammo to be fired. The weapon size will determine how many resources it uses each time it fires. (Size 1 = 1 usage, Size 2=2 usages, etc)Camera’s Settings: Now should be able to zoom in to an acceptable closeness without too much clipping. Camera is now centered in middle of ship.Radar Sensor subsystems have been limited to 1 per ship. Their ranges and durability have been adjusted to reflect this. Massive improvement to performance when asteroids are in the same sector. Greatly increased base sensor range. The hull indicator now displays raw value instead of percentage for the player hud and target indicators.The Warp Effect is scaled by the size of your ship.Fixed:Fixed a couple misaligned cubemaps for the skybox generator. Fixed a bug where Shared Hull Subsystem Capacity was being miscalculated shared hull space will be lowered due to this fact.Fixed issue where modules would gain space if modified.The faction standing menu (visible in sector, default key is K) has been fixed.Fixed a bug that caused some NPC ships to be idle.Stars will no longer appear to be rendered on top of planets. Fixed a few minor memory leaks in Sector.The galaxy and ship name fields no longer accept special characters or punctuation. (Next patch will allow _ or spaces, no other special chars)Fixed bug in laser damage timing. Fixed bug in Turret seeming to take to long to engage. Fixed an bug with the warping system that caused the ship to sometimes overshoot the target.Fixed a bug where the camera would offset itself.Fixed a bug where Inventory weight was not being calculated correctly allowing you to remove cargo subsystems after filling cargo hold.Fixed a bug where you were unable to buy resources other than ammunition.Scale of stationsRemoved rotation on station rings - this was causing huge performance hit. Clipping distance between near and far camera.Factions not updating on new galaxy creation.Recalculated how beam damage is applied, increase in performance.Fixed an issue where Inventory would not display the correct values in Sector until you cycled thru the main categories.Known Issues:Inf displays for all ammo in career mode, however that does not mean that there is ammo available. Purchasing and placing ammo in the ship will result in a # being displayed instead of Inf. (fixed for D11)C&C Modules do not spawn initially in Career Mode