August 3
http://www.voxelquest.com/news/first-release
July 26
I am changing forum servers, please update your bookmarks! The new forum server is located at http://voxelquest.a2hosted.com/ Some things may have broken in transition, which I apologize for (the one... Read more
July 16
http://www.voxelquest.com/news/hello-old-friend
June 14
http://www.voxelquest.com/news/another-update
May 11
http://www.voxelquest.com/news/thank-you
Just a recap since the last post, I have also put up a Patreon page by request.
May 10
http://www.voxelquest.com/news/what-does-the-future-hold
January 12
Full update in link:
http://www.voxelquest.com/news/voxel-quest-january-2016-update
October 18, 2015
I have a lot of other stuff in the works coming up, but in the mean time here is a small video showing the new increased view distance in VQ: ... Read more
July 31, 2015
http://www.voxelquest.com/news/how-does-voxel-quest-work-now-august-2015-update
June 27, 2015
http://www.voxelquest.com/news/preliminary-peek-at-the-unoptimized-performance-in-the-new-rendering-methods
May 20, 2015
As usual, I have many places to post this update, so here is a link for now:
April 9, 2015
As per usual, I am going to paste in a link because there are many places I have to post this update and copy-paste will not work with complex embed... Read more
March 12, 2015
Its quite a bit of work posting to all the different sites (the main site, forums, TIGForums, IndieDB, Kickstarter, etc). Its not always just a copy and paste operation -... Read more
February 4, 2015
Hi everyone!
As mentioned prior, I traveled to see family 3 weeks ago, and last week did not run an update but I did stream. So since the last video,... Read more
January 30, 2015
I will be streaming at 4:00 PM Friday (today) PST (12:00 AM Saturday UTC), or about 2 hours from the time of this announcement. www.twitch.tv/gavanw
January 13, 2015
This weekly update is being combined with next week's because I am losing some time to travel (visiting family tomorrow). I will be posting the update video next week, but... Read more
January 8, 2015
Happy New Year!
It has been a while since the last update, I know. As I may have mentioned prior, aside from the holidays, I have been just trying to... Read more
December 29, 2014
Warning - some mature language, immature humor, and non-political correctness :)
Also, I know things have been silent on this front a little bit, but I posted a small... Read more
December 11, 2014
This week I did a pretty huge cleanup on the code (I deleted thousands of lines while retaining the same functionality and more). I also added in collision detection, a... Read more
November 30, 2014
Hi all, just a few improvements this week as I have been busy with Thanksgiving. I've been working on a few "intangible" things (some stuff that can't be demoed... Read more
November 22, 2014
So, there are quite a few things to address today:
First, for those not already in the loop, I will be doing updates every Friday, or as soon... Read more
http://www.twitch.tv/gavanw
November 20, 2014
We are working on renaming "Voxel Quest" - you can cast your vote here among some names we narrowed it down to, or suggest a new name.Vote or suggest here:... Read more
November 15, 2014
November 12, 2014
Happy to announce our partnership with Curse.com to host our wiki. Curse.com hosts many wikis from prominent games such as Kerbal Space Program, DotA, WoW, Terraria, Stonehearth, and more. Wiki is located... Read more
November 10, 2014
Thanks again everybody - we did it, amazingly. In the last week, we raised almost $15,000 in additional funds, and on the last day maybe half of that.
Again, sorry... Read more
November 8, 2014
Wanted to give a shoutout to my friend Tyler Newton's project, Blackwake - a multiplayer naval FPS based around my favorite theme: pirates. I met Tyler on reddit, like... Read more
November 7, 2014
I just posted this on Hacker News, thought I would share here as well.
I think we will almost definitely make it at this point so long as no one withdraws - thank you guys so much!
I'm going to attempt to clean... Read more
November 6, 2014
Christmas comes early this year. :D
Well, it is still very rough, but a good working proof of concept. Performance is awesome, given that this was built in a week,... Read more
November 3, 2014
So, this is just a preview image, I have to tweak a few things but I am able to load the VQ world into a perspective view like this one,... Read more
October 30, 2014
I have another podcast with the Australian game site WorkInBeta.com:
(My interview is somewhere around the middle)
Also, I'm happy to announce an upcoming partnership with Curse.com for our wiki... Read more
October 29, 2014
If you enjoyed Master of Orion (like me), you may want to give M.O.R.E. a look.
This is their second time coming to Kickstarter (IIRC), but it appears they have... Read more
Reward Additions
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Topaz Badge ($50): 1 vote token
Emerald Badge ($100): 2 vote tokens
Sapphire Badge ($250): 5 vote tokens
Ruby Badge ($500): 10 vote tokens
Diamond Badge ($1000):... Read more
Head over here:
https://twitter.com/gavanw/status/527377412565114880
All you have to do is retweet the message (yes, I can and do validate the retweets) and then click the button embedded in the tweet.... Read more
October 28, 2014
Hey all, did a podcast with some of the guys I met in the Limit Theory forums, tune in here:
or here:
https://soundcloud.com/skyfligher/the-weekly-fligher-podcast-worth-watching
October 26, 2014
http://www.voxelquest.com/chat.html
Chat uses Freenode. You can also pop out the forums with the link at the top of the forum page to get a fullscreen mode, because at the... Read more
October 25, 2014
One of the creators has been a loyal follower of VQ, thought I would give them a tiny bit of publicity here:
October 23, 2014
There are now more $100 (Emerald) rewards available, and the limit was lifted on Humble Badges (should have never been there in the first place). This does not inflate the... Read more
Thanks to users Flatfingers and Talvieno for showing me this post, it really nails a lot of the mentality I am shooting for.
http://laurenandlloyd.com/lloyd-stuff/i-want-to-bake-bread/
Also, a shout out (ping me... Read more
October 22, 2014
http://voxelquest.vanillaforums.com/
The domain is temporary, I'll map it to something better soon. I tried hosting on Discourse prior, but did not really like them because they were (IMHO) trying a... Read more
October 21, 2014
Just wanted to say "thanks" to a few "big-swingers" who have gone out of their way to promote VQ (and really, ALL of you who have backed/promoted have my biggest... Read more
Hi every, just want to let you know that I'm not going to stream for a few days because I need to concentrate on implementing a new feature. It's going... Read more
October 20, 2014
I'm always curious to know who is backing. Please (if you want), leave any or all of the following:
Your name, your job/school (and/or stuff you've worked... Read more
October 19, 2014
http://cliqist.com/2014/10/19/gavan-woolery-voxel-based-rpg-roguelike-sim-hybrid-voxel-quest/
If you are running a KS campaign (or more importantly, planning to) you might find this advice helpful, or at least you can contribute your thoughts and experience to validate... Read more
Tonight, by request, I added in some snow and glaciers (they asked for a new biome, I suggested snow). Joining us tonight (or just lurking around) was:
October 18, 2014
Here are a few more one-way promos (read my update on this if you have not already).
Graywalkers is another one I was set to cross promo, but then decided... Read more
October 17, 2014
Just a little update from today's Twitch stream - by user request, I created a spherical brush, you can see it in action here (this is running at 1x, not... Read more
Drop on in...I'm working on a spherical brush right now for adding and subtracting voxels.
Fellow Kickstarter, backer, and all-around awesome guy Aaron Ethridge, creator of Worlds of Magic (a 4x game by Lucid Dreamers) did something very nice. His campaign is already long-past over, but... Read more
October 16, 2014
Ok everyone, just trying to drive some additional people to the campaign, so I am testing out a service called Kickdriver (someone who works there emailed me, I get many... Read more
This time I'm actually going to try and get some stuff done so I may not answer as many questions - sorry!
Also now I'm streaming via direct ethernet instead... Read more
October 15, 2014
Join us at:
www.twitch.tv/gavanw
See the game in action, make requests, ask questions. :)
I'll try to stream on my channel every now and then (I'm streaming as of this post, still getting setup though). Totally new to streaming, so help me out... Read more
We have not gotten any coverage other than Hacker News and a few relatively niche blogs and forums. Many game sites have covered my work in the past including... Read more
October 11, 2014
First of all, a lot of these questions are answered here, but I will copy and paste the Q&A here, with some additions from Reddit. Questions are italicized, answers are... Read more
October 10, 2014
I have to say, I am truly honored by everyone's commitment to this project, whether or not it works out I am happy that I at least struck a chord... Read more
Hi everyone, trying to get some visibility for Voxel Quest. I've done a technical writeup about my progress over the last six months on voxelquest.com. Please upvote on Hacker News... Read more
Backer Taren Skie asks:
"Regarding VQ, Is there any information you can provide about gameplay elements? Not necessarily what's in the game currently, but more of a "here's what I... Read more
October 9, 2014
A lot of people have been curious or expressed concern about how the game runs at a normal playback speed, so here is a video for you. I am only... Read more
