Hey everyone! Here's another Developer Update covering enemy drillships, wrecked drillships, turret modules, screenshot contest and more.

ENEMY DRILLSHIPS

Enemy drillship will now be surfacing all over the island so you will have to be more careful when crossing the map.

Each drillship will have its devices and COGs that will guard it
You will be able to attack the drillships for loot and even destroy them completely
If enemy drillship is on a specific landing site, it blocks the point and you won't be able to surface there with your ship

ENEMY DRILLSHIP CREW

COG units won't spawn directly in villages and close to lava pools anymore. Instead, they will come from the surfaced Drillships and walk to their assigned location.

When an eruption is coming, all COGs will return to the drillship and go under (this will add more interesting situations where you might run into a group of COGs "going to work" or running from the eruption as well)
If you land in the same landing site node as the enemy drillship, COGs will keep attacking your drillship

Below you can see the enemy drillship deploying COG units.

TURRET MODULE

Works as expected. Defends drillship from enemy units attacking it. Be warned tho, as the same turret will be guarding COG drillships as well!

DESTROYED DRILLSHIPS

If drillship's hull HP drops to 0, it will explode and be destroyed, killing everything inside and in close proximity
This can happen when all modules are destroyed by enemies, or by a volcanic eruption
Torso of the destroyed drillship stays on the landing site until it is scraped for resources or future eruption takes it away completely
If your or COG drillship lands on the point, the torso will be removed as well

NEXT UP

Finalize implementation of all the features mentioned above
Localization support - community will be able to create translation sheets for the game
Testing, testing and more testing so we can hopefully release a new update next week

COMMUNITY SCREENSHOT CONTEST

These past 2 weeks players could submit screenshots from the Alpha to participate in the community screenshot contest. Big thanks to everyone that participated and here are our top 3 picks: "Drillship" by Mustaro

"End of my life" by Piterkooo

"Caught red handed" by The Politest of Cats

We'll get in touch with the winners and hand out prizes. If you'd like to participate in the Volcanoids Alpha, you can sign up on our website: https://www.volcanoids.com/ To keep up with all the latest news, contests and sneak peeks consider joining our Discord server: https://discord.gg/volcanoids Thanks for reading and see you next Thursday!

[ 2018-11-29 20:37:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

Volcanoids

Volcanoid Developer

Volcanoid Publisher

2019-01-29 Release

Simulation Singleplayer EA Tags

Game News Posts: 138

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support

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Volcanoids Linux [2.22 G]

Set in the steampunk era, you take on an expedition to a forsaken island that you once called home. But sudden eruptions triggered by mechanical beings turned the wondrous place into an apocalyptic wasteland. In order to survive the island’s natural elements, you have to outsmart these creatures and capture one of their drillships. Use their own technology against them as you upgrade the machinery and reclaim your homeland.

MOBILE BASE

Take the vantage point, stay safe underground or choose a material-rich location and explore. The drillship is one of a kind base capable of joining you on every journey.

DEADLY ENVIRONMENT

Experience the tension and thrill of surviving volcanic eruptions. Time between each eruption is your most valuable resource. Use it to roam the island gathering materials, finding new technology and utilizing production.

MECHANICAL MENACE

Deal with a hostile race of robots that use the volcano as a source of energy. Their units are scattered all around the island’s surface as well as below it.

BASE MANAGEMENT

Customize your drillship from the inside out with colors, symbols, gadgets and more. Automate production, research technologies, set up defenses and turn the drillship into an unbreachable powerhouse.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 18.04 or equivalent distribution
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300Memory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 470 / AMD RadeonHD 5850. OpenGL 4.5 driver
Storage: 6 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Optional Vulkan support
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 18.04 or higher
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600Memory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 580. OpenGL 4.5 driver
Storage: 6 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Optional Vulkan support

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