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[10ebbor10]

Still working...still trying to push the true scale of space...more specifically being able to shoot a laser and have it curve around a star to hit an enemy that is on the other side...

But not to derail the topic, the game does look interesting, curious to see where the game goes.

My brain immediately went to Robotech and Gundam with lasers coming out right angles after clearing the firing ships' hull. Having a hard time finding video or image. I'm thinking broadside configuration without needing to broadside.

not quite...think of mars being on the other side of the solar system as earth, fire near the edge of the sun and the gravity could curve the laser enough to potentially hit mars from earth, lasers do still take time to travel(about 20 minutes total so it would only be effective as an attack on a stationary object and that is assuming its a visible spectrum laser) and hence is effected by gravity...sure you might lose a bit of power as the laser clips the upper portion of the sun, but it is still possible...the difficulty in this isn't creating the system to allow for projectiles to curve by distance but in creating the system so that ships will know how to take said shots on their own and a system that allows both the large scale yet still requiring the preciseness for location based damage...

The Sun is by far not massive enough to bend light on that scale. You'd need a black hole, and your target would need to be really far away. Besides, the bending would scatter the laser a little bit, so it won't be as effective.

[Akura]

I'm having trouble installing. Both times I've downloaded it, the installer says it's corrupted. The second time downloading it, my download manager reported different file sizes, first ~83MB, then 115MB, and then after it stopped downloading for some reason, pausing and starting again started the download from the beginning and showed 135MB. The first time I downloaded it, the file size was 155MB.

...It might be my download manager(FlashGet).

[chaosavy]

Thanks guys!

Akura - most likely this is due to me uploading a patched version (mouse maneuver mode wouldn't be on by default). I'm thinking you tried to download while I was uploading. Its all uploaded now, try again and if it still doesn't work I'll re-upload.

[Krevsin]

This looks magnificent. Downloading right away!

[Akura]

Thanks guys!

Akura - most likely this is due to me uploading a patched version (mouse maneuver mode wouldn't be on by default). I'm thinking you tried to download while I was uploading. Its all uploaded now, try again and if it still doesn't work I'll re-upload.

I used a different downoad manager and it's working now. The first attempt at downloading was yesterday, and the second this morning, so I don't think it was you uploading during the download.

[Krevsin]

I have a weird sort of problem. The mouse moves around too fast in-game and when I set the mouse speed modifier to 1, the mouse moves much more sluggish in the menu, but there is no difference in-game.

[Flying Dice]

Going to be backing this as soon as I get my next paycheck in. I don't even have the words to describe how excited I am.

[chaosavy]

Thanks guys!

Akura: glad to hear it

Krevsin: I can't replicate the mouse issue - tried to break it but I couldn't, strange, do you have anther mouse you could try? Wonder what would happen then.

[Tellemurius]

ALL OF THE MONIES IN ME BANK

[chaosavy]

Tellemurius: I contacted your bank and they wired the funds over. Thanks!

Krevsin: I released another patch to fix the mouse speed setting issues (on the main site: http://www.VoidDestroyer.com  )- it should work properly now across the board, and it allows you to check a check box marked "slow" which will make the mouse speed slider decrease mouse speed instead of increasing it for those with the "super fast mouse" issues. Hope this fixes your issue - if not let me know.

[chaosavy]

Thought I'd update you guys:


We made it past 50% - yay! and thanks for the support.


Did an interview here: http://www.jacehallshow.com/news/gaming/preview/20130605/hybrid-space-shooter-sim-meets-rts-void-destroyer/

Another write up here: http://www.spacesector.com/blog/2013/06/void-destroyer-when-space-sim-meets-real-time-strategy/


And one here:http://truepcgaming.com/2013/06/03/void-destroyer-kickstarter/

[jocan2003]

Love i just love the muffled sound effect... feel very BSG in my book and thats a big point, also the feature set is very interesting. You got me, when your games out im pplaying that.!

[chaosavy]

Yes! Battlestar Galactica. Also Dead Space - the vacuum scenes... oh my god I love those.


Also I'll take this opportunity for an update:



A backer suggested that names should be added  to a list and taken at random and given to ships - as the pilot/captain name. I think its a great idea of showing my appreciation so I immediately jumped on it.

[kaian-a-coel]

Will that be the case as well for 50$ and above backers? Those have the right to name a character/ship/base, so how does it work?

[chaosavy]

Here's how this works:

There are ship names, base names etc.

In the above pic the ship's name is Bonnie (named after my first car - an old bonneiville that my dad bought used and eventually it made it to me) the name appears right above the pilot's name and in tactical mode when you build/research the ship.

The pilot's name is randomly chosen from the list of $5 and above backers who opt in -  eg: George Lincoln

If you name the ship "Kaian" then it would say - "Kaian" , then have the pilot's name below it.

So naming the ship is constant, and the pilot's name is chosen at random. You'll see 10 Kaian's flying each with a random pilot.

For bases you'll see one base with that name.