Short update.

GalaxIverse II launch went well, no bug reports and good reviews.

Warlocks 4 toolchain is still under development, I am currently battling with importing model and animation data ( using assimp library ).
Unlike previous warlocks games that loaded all the assets at the start of the game, Warlocks 4 will use a caching and discard method to only have assets that are currently needed, This allows me to have much more content at higher resolutions and also speeds up the initial loading.

I plan to provide general monthly updates based around all my different games and how they are to be developed.

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Galaxiverse II is launching 1st August and is free to play, add to your Wishlist.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2750980/GalaxIverse_II/

Warlocks 4 ( unnamed ) is in planning stage and I am currently building the toolchain that I plan to use.

Core objectives

AI to switch from a path generation system to a flow field system. I think this will be much more fluid and less processor intensive.

Dynamic model loading, At present I load all models when the game loads, I will switch this to only load on demand. This allows me to have far more items with higher resolution whilst speeding up loading and reducing the memory footprint. This primarily applies to Hud/holding based items.

At present the engine supports 9 worlds of 16384x16384 voxels. I'm going to half the map size but support far more worlds, Maybe even Fairspace size. ( I would like to mash Fairspace/warlocks together ).

Dedicated server to support 32 or maybe 64 players.

Tricks and traps in the constructions / Points of interest.

The game will be released as early access and will probably stay like that for a few years.

Hi,

Small update to migrate the controller over to steams own libraries. This should allow support for allot more different controllers and give users the ability of configuring there own controls.

Any issues with controllers please post in the forums and I will do what I can to resolve.

A small Tweak to the games balance spreading the difficulty more evenly. Increased the amount of shielding available when starting both a new game and when starting at a checkpoint.

Bullet impact effects to better indicate when you inflicting damage on the enemy ships has been added. This is particularly useful when fighting bosses as they take no damage until there protective turrets are destroyed.

Power up drops have been ramped up as they dwindled the further you got through the game, This is now more constant except for level 10 which has no power ups. Please note that once your power ups are maxed out picking them up will give a significant score boost and is the best way to get the top score.

Small adjustments to the high score table to highlight your score and to give headings to the two different tables that are shown.