Void of Darkness

[Cruisin1500]

Hey everyone, the video demonstrates the use of some of the advanced defensive technology you will be able to out fit your ship with in the final game.  

[Pinback]

Great video Justin :good: the only criticism I would make is you audio seem to be dropping in and out.One other thing I meant to say yesterday is that Paul Zakrzewski who did Void Destroyer came up with a very good idea of writing a history of the making of the game for his updates, why he made certain choices ect might be some thing to think about doing. Can you fire when you ship is clocked? or is it just a defence.

[Cruisin1500]

Hi PIN I sincerely apologize for the poor audio. It was a combination of frustration, repetition, my strange accent and general swallowing of words. I had recorded a long 22 minute video full of dynamic events, encounters etc, while showing off using the defensive stuff combined with the weapons. But the sound mix can't work that way since its too bland to disable the game sound and use my voice only. Also after having that issue where I had to do it again right after, it got late and I couldn't speak as loudly or clearly as I would have liked. I never claimed to be very good at videos poor me, but it hit me that I can record an audio file at the same time, disable the audio recording while recording the footage and then import the separate audio file into the video, and there will be no out of sync or post recorded audio and it will be real time as I am playing which is preferable. That's how I lost the explanation of the phase modulator being done a few seconds after it had been used. Hopefully people see the note I put in the description about that mishap. The next video I will probably just explore an area of space and deal with what events happen. You cannot at this time fire while cloaked. I am open to peoples opinions on it. If they feel it is something which would be fun then I would certainly make it a possibility. But with a caveat that there will be more than one cloaking device to obtain, the basic one which you can't fire while cloaked and an advanced one whereby you can. However, to cloak while constantly draw energy from the capacitor and therefore you will not be able to remain cloaked indefinitely. Probably make it a slow drain. And additionally, although conventional weapons do not draw from that 'special' capacitor, I might make it so they when you fire conventional weapons while the advanced cloak is enabled that it does drain the energy, so you will then shorten your time cloaked even further. There are some pretty difficult enemies in the game who can though. Any thoughts on that?

[Pinback]

 You cannot at this time fire while cloaked. I am open to peoples opinions on it. If they feel it is something which would be fun then I would certainly make it a possibility. But with a caveat that there will be more than one cloaking device to obtain, the basic one which you can't fire while cloaked and an advanced one whereby you can. Definitely the way to do it as a high end device or something which can only be obtained through a game mission.

[Cruisin1500]

Here is a story intro teaser I made for VoD. Will play when you begin the game.  Depicting some moments of combat occurring at warp, using the battle jumper (still without special effect) to dodge fire as needed 

[Pinback]

Any new updates Justin?.

[Pinback]

Sadly it looks like Justin has decided to call it a day on Indigogo. Hi everyone, I sincerely thank you for showing your support for the project. You can follow future updates to the game @ voidofdarkness.com . Development will continue and the game will be released near the end of this year. It might not look the way I wanted it to in the end, but hopefully subsequent games in this trilogy might.The alpha version is due to be released on Desura in early August. You can still support the game from there. The funds will be used to create the art content for the game. Additionally I may offer the same packages offered here on Inidegogo through my website.Thanks again,Justin Good new is their will be a release on August. :good:

[Pinback]

Space game junkie has the pod cast with Justin. [url]http://www.spacegamejunkie.com/[/url]

[Pinback]

According to a post made by Justin on his forum their will be a release on Desura on the 31 this month.

[Cruisin1500]

Hi everyone, and special hi to PIN, who pinned/pinged me on my shoutbox. I took a hiatus in latter July/August. I am actually still on vacation. Sorry if I gave the impression that VOD was vaporware or anything. Although anything unreleased should always be considered as such until you have evidence otherwise. These are my thoughts on the current situation. 1. Desura gives me enough funds to complete the artwork to illustrate the games story. This is a neccessity. I cannot and will not release a story which doesn't even have a picture of what the alien species you are speaking to looks like. 2. Desura fails to hit the mark. End of the line. 3. Desura fails to hit the mark, I somehow come up with funds to get the art done and fully release the game. 4. Desura fails to hit the mark, an artist joins me on the project to help complete it and joins me as a 50/50 partner on the game sales. 5. Private thought. VOD as it stands is 90% complete. With the rest being polish and activation of certain features. It is to be released for Alpha funding on Desura on August 31st, for 5.99. This one time purchase for those unaware of how Desura works, gives you access to all future updates free of charge. So you'll never have to pay another penny, no matter how far along the game goes. Please support me if you can! Thanks. -Justin

[Pinback]

Nice one Justine will be keeping a look out for it :good:

[Cruisin1500]

Hey there, as I've posted to the main page, I've got to delay the release until the 4th. Although it's ready, I'll be unavailable until then to address in urgent issues which might come up, as this is the first wide release. Cya in a few days!

[Pinback]

Great news Justin :biggrin: just signed upto Desura.

[Cruisin1500]

Hey I returned on the 4th to find my computer constantly rebooting every 10 minutes. I seem to have it under control now. But its unnerving trying to do anything when the computer reboots at random. Hoping to have the alpha released soon! Thanks for waiting patiently.

[Pinback]

No worries Justin hope you get the computer sorted out.

[CaptainKal]

 Hey I returned on the 4th to find my computer constantly rebooting every 10 minutes. I seem to have it under control now. But its unnerving trying to do anything when the computer reboots at random. Hoping to have the alpha released soon! Thanks for waiting patiently. It's seems a power supply problem to me. :O :O Waiting patiently for the alpha !!! :pilot: :biggrin:

[Cruisin1500]

Hi everyone quick update. I believed it was a power supply problem too as I've had power problems in the house recently. But running startup repair actually seemed to fix it. (I never run it and did so as a last resort, what a break!) I am actually quite disappointed in myself I usually stick to my self imposed deadlines, it's a good way to create positive pressure to stay focused. Leading to here when I said I would prepare a video and upload it, it usually was so. So I apologize for the delays. I am looking into a nice install package thing for the alpha. In the mean time I have written the below guide/tutorial/manual for this demo. I always love reading manuals for space games, I know some people don't like literature when it comes to games, but some games just require a bit of light reading to avoid frustration. You can download the guide here it is about 1.5 megabytes. Some people get confused on the download page, click the blue download button, you don't need to install anything to download this, so ignore any advertisements you might see. Although lately I've seen none on the download page. Thanks! [url]http://www.2shared.com/file/Gb5fnDUs/VOD_GUIDE_05.html[/url]

[Cruisin1500]

Here is a link to a new news post on IndieDB, showing the screens of the interface as it is now since the overhaul. [url]http://www.indiedb.com/games/void-of-darkness/news/new-screenshots67[/url]

[Pinback]

Looking forward to trying it out Justin.

[Cruisin1500]

Hi everyone, just wanted to let you know the release is in the hands of Desura and subject to their testing before being made publicly available. The price of the alpha is 5.99 and this gets you the game forever of course. I look forward to your great feedback to improve the mechanics of the gameplay.