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It's that time again! As Halloween draws near, so does the season of spooky games, and I've been hard at work getting ready for it. No promises on a release date just yet, but perhaps there's a demo on the horizon? We'll see!
In a game about exploration and atmosphere, it's very important to have some atmospheric environments to explore. If you've been following along here or on Twitter you may already know I'm not using asset packs. Voidseekers is hand-built lovingly from scratch. One of a kind! That's a lot of work for one person, but I think it's well worth it to get my own unique space-horror look and feel.
Texture decals and shaders also help bring a little extra touch of variety to maps without too much extra labor. With a mask texture and a palette-swap shader, you can get a lot of mileage out each map tile. It's not a huge thing, but it makes a difference. Replayability is king for games like Voidseekers, if players can enjoy wandering through the creaking halls of a dead cargo freighter just taking in the sights then I've done my job well before even getting to enemies...
Speaking of which, we've got more new spooky boys on the way. Pro gamers will likely be able to spot the gameplay mechanic here at a glance. These misshapen new additions to the enemy roster lumber around, just waiting to blow up at some unfortunate astronaut. After modeling, rigging, and a quick mottled grey and purple paint job in Blender, it's into the game. Shoot the glowing orbs before he gets to you or you may find out just how unfriendly a hug can be. And worse yet, it makes one heck of a loud noise that other things might hear.
Last but not least, the promised suit customization is well in the works. Once again those texture shaders come in handy. Visors, suit, and armor can be changed individually for some very cool (and some hideous lol) combinations. The sets themselves though will be unlockable in the game as what I hope is a fun way to encourage and reward achievements and exploration. 
Tilesets, tilesets, tilesets. I wanted Voidseekers to have its own unique look, which means no asset packs. That's a lot of work for a one-man dev team, so to help with efficiency everything is built into tilesets. These tilesets are broken down into ship "zones" which include hallways/utility areas (done), cargo (done), crew quarters (done), engineering (almost done), and the all-important helm/instrumentation areas (coming up). 
Next up, the all-important mooks; the void-corrupted remnants of lost crews. These are the generic enemies you'll see the most of while playing. If the ship is powered down, they'll begin the mission dormantly staring off into the stars. They aren't much of a threat individually, but the real problem comes if you start waking too many of them up with lights, activity, gunfire, movement, or basically anything else that disturbs the stillness of deep space.
Last but not least, we can't forget our heroes themselves, the brave astronauts who will strip every copper wire, scrap every piece of titanium, and grab every last nuclear catalytic converter in the abandoned ships they find. These guys have gone through a bit of a rework since their iteration as my own 3d modeling skills have improved.
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