I really like this game, but god it does get confusing what you are actually supposed to do at times, having like a quest log accesible (it might be and I just couldnt find it) would be really handy, the first planet especially is quite confusing despite basically being a tutorial
also does the steam demo get updated? I really like having my games in a launcher and I am aware that itch is quite difficult when it comes to larger games.
Yes the steam demo will be updated, we just need to clean up quite a bit and are currently busy with the next update. So the steam demo is currently a bit behind.
We have a quest log in the game, but we are still in the testing phase so not all quests are in that system yet, we are adding more quests as we release new versions.
We agree that the first planet is a bit too complicated as the first area and tutorial, reason why we are fully remaking the first planet for the upcoming update. The old legacy content (Enemies and Scenes can be found in the gallery later on) and the new enemies and scenes will be in the new tripteen dungeon.
We wish we could, last time we ask itch, they said it isn't possible due to the size of the game. We don't think they have increased the limit, but we will double check with them. No promises though.
Hello, Yes, we will add the request key feature later on the new version on itch that will match the version number from steam. If that feature doesn't work then we will send out an e-mail or ask for people that bought the game and want the version on steam to send us an e-mail. Either way, the build/version on itch is the same one that will be on steam. Hope that helps.
We can sadly only add 1 link to that copy of the game version. If you want a mega link, send an e-mail to cursedatelier@gmail.com with proof of purchase and we will provide you a mega link for that game version.
Hello I wanted to say that I downloaded your demo from Steam and i wanted to warn you that the file nw.ddl is being flaged as Maleware by Avast and AVG but not by other Antiviruses. Now I am certain that it is not Malware but that it is a false flag by both since VirusTotal only detects it by those two Antiviruses and Steam and Itch.io also did not detect anything since the game is on both platforms.
I just wanted to warn you that you will properly get accusations that your game is Malware by people that do not unterstand tht false flags are a thing when you officially relase the game that has happend to a lot of other games that are on Steam and have been falsy flaged. I officially send a report to my Antivirus (Avast) that it is a false flag so it should hopefully get rid of the false flag.
Thank you for the report. We have been dealing with that one for a while, it flags the runtime dll and not the game.exe itself. We have sent reports to windows but they are not changing their mind, we will have to keep updating the NWJS version it runs on, to stay ahead of the curve it seems, thanks again.
(When we uploaded the game to steam, that file was not a problem, where previous versions of NWJS did cause that problem.)
hey found a bug , (love the game btw ) in the spacesport during the slime events , when you take speaker to replace the boss you go through the dialog only to appear in a frozen map scene , i can walk around and see the frozen sprites of the other two slimes , but nothing is solid and its just a frozen void , it occurs when you take the following dialog options , (dont modify the slime , explain things to kendra the cop lady , praise samura's wisdom , ask her what is wrong when she backstabs you , and praise the bravery of speaker for volunteering to take gen's place ) idk if this bug occurs in any other dialog but thats what i got , hope it helps
Yes, you can buy the Pre Order version for $20 here on itch, at that will stay with your account, we will update this build as the development will go on, buy once and keep forever.
Cool. Thanks for this info. I might do that on payday. Right now the combat is being annoying. As to often the enemy will run way from me. Which I have to chase them down but they can snipe me across the map. Making me really hating the combat. Where both starting weapons are very short range. Very annoying have to ether spend my full turn chasing down an enemy or avoiding huge AEO. It would be nice if the second weapon was more long range. That way I have an options to do some long range combat like the enemies do. Like the only way I feel I can deal with enemies is let them grapple me. Let them get close to sexually assault me. Then use ether 100% escape or release tiny robot to stun the enemy. To start my counter attack. Yet when the enemies can move across the board and attack. I just feel pretty hopeless.
It like I feel I have 2 choses avoid combat and be broke/no supplies for the game or suffer through the frustrating combat. I am sure the combat gets better once I get a long range weapon but the slog to get there makes me feel it not worth doing combat.
There are more weapons than just the 1 secondary weapon that you have from the start. You can also buy and equip scopes to the weapon which will increase your range on your weapons.
We are working on making big changes to the combat system in the next update. As an example, movement will be its own resources.
So it will allow you to move and attack, and move again.
Hope this helps. And we hope it will feel better in the future.
Someone tell me the progress of this game by % depending on the progress I'm gonna come back after a decent bit of time to check progress or just follow along
Haha, thank you. If you are interested in trying the mobile build out, feel free to join the discord and direct message Candiru. He will assign the correct role and such to you.
It seems a previous comment mentioned this. I wanted to add more detail regarding what I believe is the same bug.
The blaster actions "shoot" and "burst fire" cover the entire map. I realized this when fighting at the Urtu embassy. Opening the modification menu for the blaster says it has a +8 range. The CQC Scope is equiped, which is only meant to add +1 range. When unequipped, the range goes down from +8 to +7. The SP-42 with the Holo Display Scope equipped has +9 range, and +8 without the scope.
I reloaded some previous saves and i seems that the range keeps increasing after equipping the +1 scopes. Before I equipped them, there was no range bonus for either weapon. The first save I have after the CQC scope was equipped gives the blaster a +2. The next save, +3. The next one, +4. The next save has a +6. And all the way to +8. Somehow, and I have no idea how, the range keeps increasing incrementally after having equipped the +1 scopes.
I hope this helps with debugging. In the mean time, I'll role-play using the proper range.
Edit: I forgot to mention. Despite the SP-42 technically having a +9 range, in combat there seems to be no bonus. Only the blaster is affected.
Hmm, that seems like the same issue, is this on a brand new save created with this build or did you use a previous save? Just trying to eliminate as many variables as possible.
On a seperate note from my nit-picking below, this reminds me of another game (third crisis). That game is great and the only major drawback to it is the obscene loading time(s) because the game is huge. So this game has +1 on that one in that regard. no huge loading issues/wait times.
A several things came up while playing the 0.5.5a windows copy that may need to be looked into.
1: When extracted, the file doesn't end in "a" it just says 0.55.5. I assume this to be a type-o.
2: Quest tracking doesn't work properly. After playing through the tutorial, the tracker stops populating and updating so I have had to memorize/physically write down quests.
3: Struggling without the use of ammo. I have not once broken out of a bind (prior to an enemy doing something) without using ammo and I have 20+ hours on this version of the game.
4: AP usage. Most guns show "20" as AP usage but the bar looses about 40-50 depending on the weapon(per use).
4B: Ammo. There were a couple times I swapped between shotgun and sniper (in the edit/equip menu) only to loose all my ammo (the gauge zeroed out) as if I spent it all in combat.
5: Weapon range. I added a equip to the pistol that gave +1 range and it now covers nearly the whole map. I believe this was not the intended effect.
6: Weapon firing direction. Most weapons can only fire forward based on starting facing direction with the exception of the pistol. IE: a enemy was beside me and I couldn't use the shotgun or sniper because they were not in front of me but the pistol worked fine.
7: Player guidance. there were a couple times I was lost: looking for "water" for the parched resident in front of the baggage claim/security building. I likely tried the fountins near the rude guy a dozen times before giving up. looking for the "flower" to become a bounty hunter (I saw the plant outside the "cheep hotel" in the slums and thought that was it). I had an issue looking for the ancient tablet in the lab. When it said "south" I backed out of the map to the overworld section(where you can go back to the city, into the dudgeon, or the 3rd section) to see if a southern section was added. Same goes for the small gem on the table after picking up the sniper. I only found it after reading through the comments/fourm here. some quips from the MC might help in some of these cases. "I get the feeling its in this area somewhere", "that's a nice plant but not a flower", ect.
8: Jobs. The only job currently is the waitress at the bar on the space station. I would have liked the opportunity to be a bunny girl for the casino or some other option(s) prior to becoming a bounty hunter.
9: Stats not updating(?). I have "sampled" all that the o-district has on offer and my sex stats haven't changed, is this how it was designed? Simply to show what the MC is most comfortable with and not what has happened since being abducted (is that section not a tally for all the times the MC had a sexual encounter and what type)?
Thanks for the long message, We hope we can address all of the points below.
1. Thank you for the heads up, we will adjust it so it doesn't happen again.
2. Quest Tracking works as intended - 0.5.5 only features the intro start quest. We have just implemented the quest log in this version so we can use this build for gathering data before we move on and implement the rest of the quests.
3. Struggling without ammo is very RNG based. We hope to improve on that system in later versions, thanks for the feedback.
4. That shouldn't happen, we will look into that issue! Same with 4B.
5. That is correct, thank you for the report!
6. That is currently a reoccurring issue that we are aware of. We have been working on a fix, but sadly most of our attempts have not fixed the bug.
7. Yeah, we agree with these points and are going to focus on adjusting it in the next few updates. Part of the "fixing" is hopefully going to be visible in our new approach and redesign of the first dungeon. We also hope that it will be clearer once we added the quests into the quest log system as well.
8. That is coming :) Casino Bunny, Office Lady, Waitress in a diner(maybe?)
9. That system is very work in progress - it currently includes the Tripteen dungeon and not much outside of that. We haven't really invested more time into that system as we are not sure if that is the final version of it or if we want to fully change it up.
Thanks a lot again for the feedback, it is much appreciated and helps the development of the project a lot!
We have a special build on our discord for android specifically that is currently on testing, you can get access by joining the discord and requesting the android role, if you are interested.
I need some help, I'm not sure what to do from here, I'm at the coma part and am at the Xaide area I found the knife but don't know what to do from there
I have figured out the best strat for the pando boss fight: stay next to it away of course but his stunning attack can only go in front of it from what iv seen so its just a matter of distance to be able to shoot it and heal from the unavoidable attack
Hi! Could you take a screenshot of the game and share it with us? We'd like to be extra sure about the issue and that we're on the same page before suggesting solutions.
Hello! We've a distinct idea about what plagues your experience, but before we prescribe you a solution, could you do us a favor and share your PC specs? Just hit Windows key and type in "dxdiag". It should open DirectX Diagnostic Tool. Just take a screenshot of "System" and "Display 1" tab and you can share it here. Alternatively, you can email it to us at cursedatelier@gmail.com if you'd rather keep that info private.
The steam version has a few less bug fixes in the demo build, which will be updated soon'ish. The Pre Order version is one version ahead of the public build in terms of features and content.
Upon release there won't be any difference between the stores.
Hello im not sure if anyone asked this but what do I do in the mushroom dungeon after collecting the pad in the tube interacting with the "god" and collecting the sniper?
You will need to head back to the starting are of the dungeon, there should be a giant door to the south that you can unlock after getting the pad/key.
Hello! The idea is to reach the right server hub in six jumps. Though some trial and error is required, but in case you'd rather forgo any further attempts, here is the direct link to our walkthrough showcasing the correct pathway:
Where can I find the water for the parched guy by the airport, and the doujin for the guy in residence? I've been searching for a while and can't find anything
Hello! You can find the water at a vending machine on the outside of the spaceport as an example. The doujin you can find inside the cosplay store of the Elite District all the way to the right.
You maybe able to, but officially, we are not supporting joiiplay at the moment. Not that we are advising against it- it's just our Android Build is being tested on the Maldives emulator and we can only provide any technical support on that, in case you run into issues while playing the game. Any issues faced on joiiplay, will regretfully, be beyond our aid.
You are welcome! Please remember, the build on Itch is made ONLY FOR Windows. If you try and run Itch's VoidBound build on an emulator(Joiiplay or Maldives), you might run into unwanted issues.
Instead, we recommend playing the game's official build for android which has a lot of the game features fixed and adjusted for the mobile platform. To find the build and the proper installation instructions, please join us on our Discord and pick the Android Access role. That way you can also get access to the latest community test feedback and track Issue Logs.
Game was fun to play. Walkthrough wasn't to helpful but it might be good if you're drunk.
I got stuck on the second boss fight due to being 1 shotted 3 turns in every time.
I decided to put the game down, go eat supper & come back after eating. And I did come back. Only to discover that when you close the game, none of your saves stay.
Due to the save problem I won't be playing the game. But if someone has the time to play it all in one go. Based on what I did play, it should be a good time.
That is a very odd issue, we never heard that the saves are gone after you close the game. Do you have admin power on your PC? Because if not, that might cause the issue that the game isn't allow to write the saves on your PC.
I didn't have the option to "unpack" the archive. Only go into it and double click the "game.exe" file. However, unlike most games on the site, it doesn't unpack the game and create an unzipped folder for the game. It just opens up the game directly. In my experience, about 10% of the games who have this method of opening the game won't save the saves when closing the game.
Okay, I know what the problem is, you need to have either win rar or seven zip installed on your PC. Then when the download is finished, right click on the .zip/.rar file and use "Extract Files Here". That will correctly unpack the game and install it correctly, which will also fix the saving issue.
Hey, can you make a screenshot of which door you are referring to? If you mean the big double door in the hub area with the hot spring, did you get the stone tablet/key inside the room to the right of the hub?
It should be floating inside a tube on the far right of the room.
Android is not fully supported yet. But we have begun pre alpha testing on our discord server so we can iron out all the issue before we release an official android build.
You will find the post in the announcement channel, if you can't, simply contact one of the staff members and they will gladly help you. Discord
Hello! You seem to have run into an extraction issue. The unzipping of the file didn't go smoothly and that ended in file -----------.js going missing. We suggest basic troubleshooting first and beginning by deleting your current game directory and then unzipping the game file afresh. Make sure you use 7zip software to minimize chances of extraction issues.
I downloaded the google drive link and it was immediately flagged as a trojan by my system and put it in quarantine. Could it be a false positive or an error with the link?
May we ask what version of the game have you downloaded? There was an issue of false positive going around where only Windows Defender was flagging the Game.exe as Doplik Trojan. We went into this in great detail about it a fortnight back and even though it was not a prevalent issue, we went ahead anyway and floated a new build that no longer triggered that anti-virus.
If your experience is something similar even with the latest download link or your have a different anti-virus, do let us know with as many details as you can share and we'll look into it!
Hi. The previous 2 times I downloaded this game, the screen turned black and the game permanently stopped working as soon as I exited the first area of Henosis. Any idea why that might be happening? Is it fixed?
That's odd indeed. Could you share some more info about your PC specs and the OS? Just general SysInfo would do. Hit "Windows" key > Run > Dxdiag > Copy and paste the info under SystemInformation here.
And where exactly were you in-game story wise? To be specific in what zone of Henosis before you experienced the crash?
Thank you for the report. Unfortunately, we're aware of this issue and have been trying to troubleshoot the buggy nature of this phenomenon. But, the complex nature of our code is making it hard to quickly pin down the source of the issue. Rest assured, we're actively on the hunt to find and quash the bug as soon as possible!
Yes, we addressed that issue with a hot-fix two months ago where we made the timer "slow down severely", every-time the player went into battle. Instead of the constant ticking, the player now looses roughly between 2-5 seconds off the clock for every battle engaged.
The idea is to enforce upon the player the need to flee being greater than kicking every ass that Caly comes across, under the given worsening circumstances.
If however the timer is still ticking continuously while in battle, could you share what the version ID of your game is? And how long ago did you download the game? Though we have fused the fix in the latest build, fair chance you might not have the hot-fix if you are still on 0.5.3c, in which case we can share it with you here.
Hi. I just downloaded this from Media Fire and my AV said that Game.exe was infected with Trojan:Win32/Doplik. Not sure if this was a false positive or not, but I am not taking any chances and wanted to warn the author and others.
Hi drakhir and thanks for taking the time to reach out!
In recent days we have received similar reports from multiple sources. Fortunately, we're happy to report two things:
That this isn't a VoidBound specific issue, and in-fact a false positive detection by one specific AV only: Windows Defender and it's mainly targeting RPG Maker engine that the game runs on.
That we've seen this happen before and are actually tracking the issue on Github currently.
To put your mind at ease, you too can check the following threads whereby you can follow the current status yourself:
TL;DR: Every now and then Windows Defender flips out and flags nw.exe(renamed to Game.exe) as a threat. This has never been found to be legitimate. Neither by the community, nor by us.
Just to be on the safe side, we ran the file through an online AV scan database not five days ago, and it came back with the following results:
As you can see, no detection whatsoever. In-fact, Microsoft- the entity that owns Windows Defender, cleared the file in that scan as well. In short, it's most definitely a false positive and you have nothing to worry about.
In the end though, the call is yours, but hopefully this helps put your mind at ease.
Thanks for the response. I thought it may have been a false positive, but wanted to err on the side of caution. I'll keep an eye on this project for now and maybe give it a try at a later date.
HI sorry to bother you but every time I try to download your game though the mega mirror link it wont give me a zip file. Am I doing something wrong or am I just stupid
Hello and apologies for the late reply. It has been a busy few days.
What you're getting is a .7z file, which is a more advanced compressing technology, but lacks native support from Windows to open it.
We recommend googling and downloading either one of the following utilities to open the package you get:
1) Winrar
2) WinZip
3) 7-zip
Of all these, we recommend 7-zip as our tool of choice. It's completely free and can not only open .7z files, but shares compatibility with .rar and .zip as well which is handy to have as it will help you unzip all types of files in the future as well.
it might just be a skill or reading issue on my part but where or what in the slums do I go to find/complete the bounty hunter registration thing? I've spent the past 30 minutes going back and forth trying to interact with things there but I still have no clue on what I'm looking for xD
edit: I'm just stupid... I saw and passed the flower a few times and ignored it because I thought something so obvious shouldn't be the quest item.... turns out it was.... man I'm dumb aaaah hell
You need to exit the server room, head back west to where you came from, until you come across the elevator doors which should be active now after solving the server signal riddle. Ride it to the basement towards the last room before the final showdown with the boss!
The Urtu can be found in their Henosis Embassy. To reach it, head over to the residential area and look for the Dump Sign North West of that map. That is your direct access point. Alternatively, head over to the Love Machine building in the Red District and after finishing the trial click on the backdoor for straight access there.
I'm not sure if I'm just doing something wrong but neither of the links work for me. I just end up with a .7z file that I can't do anything with? I really wanna play this already! Sorry if I'm just being dumb but yeah, any help?
You need to use a software to extract the archive, either winrar or 7zip would work. Once installed, all you need to do is right click on the .7z file and say Extract to... That will create the game folder for you.
The game is compressed into a .7z file to reduce the amount of data you need to download. Don't forget to also download the hotfix to fix some of the bugs in there.
I just tried the links, and they worked fine for me. That is odd, I will add a different mirror in a second to it. Sorry for the inconviences this caused you!
Wow, finally a public release! Will this ever come out on Steam? I need to let all my internet friends know how down bad I am.
Also... Last time I tried this(a long time ago), the combat was *really* difficult. I didn't use grenades and whatnot a lot but I remember that enemies were really powerful and just shredded me like cheese. Any adjustments made? I'd like to consider myself decent at the very least with strategy turn-based games but this was a difficult one. I know I would have had to grind a lot of money to get items to get me through that first mission area where you have to sneak around and then you have the boss fight with the 2 characters, so that's where I stopped playing.
Thanks a lot for the comment! Yes, we plan to release the game on steam once the development is finished!
Towards the combat, we overhauled the combat so far 4 times, but the biggest overhaul we did in the version 5.2.0.
Our goal was to make the combat faster and less difficult overall. We are still working on the combat, we plan to make another pass in the background while keep releasing content, and once the overhaul is ready we will merge the builds together.
The two bosses you are referring to where completely changed, pretty much all the A.I of the enemies have been completely overhauled.
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I really like this game, but god it does get confusing what you are actually supposed to do at times, having like a quest log accesible (it might be and I just couldnt find it) would be really handy, the first planet especially is quite confusing despite basically being a tutorial
also does the steam demo get updated? I really like having my games in a launcher and I am aware that itch is quite difficult when it comes to larger games.
Hello!
Yes the steam demo will be updated, we just need to clean up quite a bit and are currently busy with the next update. So the steam demo is currently a bit behind.
We have a quest log in the game, but we are still in the testing phase so not all quests are in that system yet, we are adding more quests as we release new versions.
We agree that the first planet is a bit too complicated as the first area and tutorial, reason why we are fully remaking the first planet for the upcoming update. The old legacy content (Enemies and Scenes can be found in the gallery later on) and the new enemies and scenes will be in the new tripteen dungeon.
Hello,
is it possible to create an "itch.json" file so that the game starts via the "Itch-launcher"?
I prefer to have my "itch" games in the launcher because of the better overview.
Kind regards
We wish we could, last time we ask itch, they said it isn't possible due to the size of the game. We don't think they have increased the limit, but we will double check with them. No promises though.
I have a question: Can you play this lesbian only or are some encounters unavoidable?
Only the very first scene with a robotic tentacle is unavoidable.
Rest you can avoid, so technically you can play lesbian only apart of the first one.
Quick question. If I pre-order the game on itch.io, will I also get a Steam key for the Steam version when it comes out?
Hello,
Yes, we will add the request key feature later on the new version on itch that will match the version number from steam. If that feature doesn't work then we will send out an e-mail or ask for people that bought the game and want the version on steam to send us an e-mail.
Either way, the build/version on itch is the same one that will be on steam.
Hope that helps.
Best Regards,
Cursed Atelier
Awesome. Thank you very much for the info and quick response. Greatly appreciate it. Looking forward to the full game's release. :)
Does 0.5.6a have a MEGA Link
We can sadly only add 1 link to that copy of the game version. If you want a mega link, send an e-mail to cursedatelier@gmail.com with proof of purchase and we will provide you a mega link for that game version.
Thx
Hello I wanted to say that I downloaded your demo from Steam and i wanted to warn you that the file nw.ddl is being flaged as Maleware by Avast and AVG but not by other Antiviruses. Now I am certain that it is not Malware but that it is a false flag by both since VirusTotal only detects it by those two Antiviruses and Steam and Itch.io also did not detect anything since the game is on both platforms.
I just wanted to warn you that you will properly get accusations that your game is Malware by people that do not unterstand tht false flags are a thing when you officially relase the game that has happend to a lot of other games that are on Steam and have been falsy flaged. I officially send a report to my Antivirus (Avast) that it is a false flag so it should hopefully get rid of the false flag.
Thank you for the report. We have been dealing with that one for a while, it flags the runtime dll and not the game.exe itself. We have sent reports to windows but they are not changing their mind, we will have to keep updating the NWJS version it runs on, to stay ahead of the curve it seems, thanks again.
(When we uploaded the game to steam, that file was not a problem, where previous versions of NWJS did cause that problem.)
hey found a bug , (love the game btw ) in the spacesport during the slime events , when you take speaker to replace the boss you go through the dialog only to appear in a frozen map scene , i can walk around and see the frozen sprites of the other two slimes , but nothing is solid and its just a frozen void , it occurs when you take the following dialog options , (dont modify the slime , explain things to kendra the cop lady , praise samura's wisdom , ask her what is wrong when she backstabs you , and praise the bravery of speaker for volunteering to take gen's place ) idk if this bug occurs in any other dialog but thats what i got , hope it helps
Thanks for the report, could you send us your save by any chance while you are on the frozen map?
sure but idk where to send it , sorry for late reply , been ill il try your discord
I just found this game but I would die for Jens
Can I buy a non steam version of the game. I really do not want this on my steam account.
Yes, you can buy the Pre Order version for $20 here on itch, at that will stay with your account, we will update this build as the development will go on, buy once and keep forever.
Cool. Thanks for this info. I might do that on payday. Right now the combat is being annoying. As to often the enemy will run way from me. Which I have to chase them down but they can snipe me across the map. Making me really hating the combat. Where both starting weapons are very short range. Very annoying have to ether spend my full turn chasing down an enemy or avoiding huge AEO. It would be nice if the second weapon was more long range. That way I have an options to do some long range combat like the enemies do. Like the only way I feel I can deal with enemies is let them grapple me. Let them get close to sexually assault me. Then use ether 100% escape or release tiny robot to stun the enemy. To start my counter attack. Yet when the enemies can move across the board and attack. I just feel pretty hopeless.
It like I feel I have 2 choses avoid combat and be broke/no supplies for the game or suffer through the frustrating combat. I am sure the combat gets better once I get a long range weapon but the slog to get there makes me feel it not worth doing combat.
Thanks for the feedback.
There are more weapons than just the 1 secondary weapon that you have from the start. You can also buy and equip scopes to the weapon which will increase your range on your weapons.
We are working on making big changes to the combat system in the next update. As an example, movement will be its own resources.
So it will allow you to move and attack, and move again.
Hope this helps.
And we hope it will feel better in the future.
Thank you so much for this
Someone tell me the progress of this game by % depending on the progress I'm gonna come back after a decent bit of time to check progress or just follow along
We would say the game is around 80-85% done for our 1.0 vision.
ok cool that's good progress but I think making it mobile compatible would help the game
We are in the alpha testing for that, a special version is currently available on our discord server.
you might be the most far sighted dev I've seen
Haha, thank you.
If you are interested in trying the mobile build out, feel free to join the discord and direct message Candiru.
He will assign the correct role and such to you.
It seems a previous comment mentioned this. I wanted to add more detail regarding what I believe is the same bug.
The blaster actions "shoot" and "burst fire" cover the entire map. I realized this when fighting at the Urtu embassy. Opening the modification menu for the blaster says it has a +8 range. The CQC Scope is equiped, which is only meant to add +1 range. When unequipped, the range goes down from +8 to +7. The SP-42 with the Holo Display Scope equipped has +9 range, and +8 without the scope.
I reloaded some previous saves and i seems that the range keeps increasing after equipping the +1 scopes. Before I equipped them, there was no range bonus for either weapon. The first save I have after the CQC scope was equipped gives the blaster a +2. The next save, +3. The next one, +4. The next save has a +6. And all the way to +8. Somehow, and I have no idea how, the range keeps increasing incrementally after having equipped the +1 scopes.
I hope this helps with debugging. In the mean time, I'll role-play using the proper range.
Edit: I forgot to mention. Despite the SP-42 technically having a +9 range, in combat there seems to be no bonus. Only the blaster is affected.
Hmm, that seems like the same issue, is this on a brand new save created with this build or did you use a previous save? Just trying to eliminate as many variables as possible.
Brand new. Running 5.5a and never used any other version.
Thanks a lot for the reply!
On a seperate note from my nit-picking below, this reminds me of another game (third crisis). That game is great and the only major drawback to it is the obscene loading time(s) because the game is huge. So this game has +1 on that one in that regard. no huge loading issues/wait times.
A several things came up while playing the 0.5.5a windows copy that may need to be looked into.
1: When extracted, the file doesn't end in "a" it just says 0.55.5. I assume this to be a type-o.
2: Quest tracking doesn't work properly. After playing through the tutorial, the tracker stops populating and updating so I have had to memorize/physically write down quests.
3: Struggling without the use of ammo. I have not once broken out of a bind (prior to an enemy doing something) without using ammo and I have 20+ hours on this version of the game.
4: AP usage. Most guns show "20" as AP usage but the bar looses about 40-50 depending on the weapon(per use).
4B: Ammo. There were a couple times I swapped between shotgun and sniper (in the edit/equip menu) only to loose all my ammo (the gauge zeroed out) as if I spent it all in combat.
5: Weapon range. I added a equip to the pistol that gave +1 range and it now covers nearly the whole map. I believe this was not the intended effect.
6: Weapon firing direction. Most weapons can only fire forward based on starting facing direction with the exception of the pistol. IE: a enemy was beside me and I couldn't use the shotgun or sniper because they were not in front of me but the pistol worked fine.
7: Player guidance. there were a couple times I was lost: looking for "water" for the parched resident in front of the baggage claim/security building. I likely tried the fountins near the rude guy a dozen times before giving up. looking for the "flower" to become a bounty hunter (I saw the plant outside the "cheep hotel" in the slums and thought that was it). I had an issue looking for the ancient tablet in the lab. When it said "south" I backed out of the map to the overworld section(where you can go back to the city, into the dudgeon, or the 3rd section) to see if a southern section was added. Same goes for the small gem on the table after picking up the sniper. I only found it after reading through the comments/fourm here. some quips from the MC might help in some of these cases. "I get the feeling its in this area somewhere", "that's a nice plant but not a flower", ect.
8: Jobs. The only job currently is the waitress at the bar on the space station. I would have liked the opportunity to be a bunny girl for the casino or some other option(s) prior to becoming a bounty hunter.
9: Stats not updating(?). I have "sampled" all that the o-district has on offer and my sex stats haven't changed, is this how it was designed? Simply to show what the MC is most comfortable with and not what has happened since being abducted (is that section not a tally for all the times the MC had a sexual encounter and what type)?
Thanks for the long message, We hope we can address all of the points below.
1. Thank you for the heads up, we will adjust it so it doesn't happen again.
2. Quest Tracking works as intended - 0.5.5 only features the intro start quest. We have just implemented the quest log in this version so we can use this build for gathering data before we move on and implement the rest of the quests.
3. Struggling without ammo is very RNG based. We hope to improve on that system in later versions, thanks for the feedback.
4. That shouldn't happen, we will look into that issue! Same with 4B.
5. That is correct, thank you for the report!
6. That is currently a reoccurring issue that we are aware of. We have been working on a fix, but sadly most of our attempts have not fixed the bug.
7. Yeah, we agree with these points and are going to focus on adjusting it in the next few updates. Part of the "fixing" is hopefully going to be visible in our new approach and redesign of the first dungeon. We also hope that it will be clearer once we added the quests into the quest log system as well.
8. That is coming :)
Casino Bunny, Office Lady, Waitress in a diner(maybe?)
9. That system is very work in progress - it currently includes the Tripteen dungeon and not much outside of that.
We haven't really invested more time into that system as we are not sure if that is the final version of it or if we want to fully change it up.
Thanks a lot again for the feedback, it is much appreciated and helps the development of the project a lot!
I don't often post so it is good to know what information I gave is/will be put to use.
Hi, how do I find that Felbig guy from the bounty hunter slime quest?
Oh and thanks for Jens by the way. Every human being should have an AI called Jens. :D
Nvm found him
Anyone managed to get this working through Wine?
Wanted to give it a go but couldn’t get it running
We have a special build on our discord for android specifically that is currently on testing, you can get access by joining the discord and requesting the android role, if you are interested.
Oh, that’s not Android, though I might be able to play THAT through waydroid
I’m trying to run it in plain old Linux, but Wine is having trouble for some reason and the error output isn’t very helpful (to me, at least)
I need some help, I'm not sure what to do from here, I'm at the coma part and am at the Xaide area I found the knife but don't know what to do from there
In the same place where you found the knife, there is a very small blue crystal on the table.
I don't see one I interacted with the table on all sides and nothing happened, I will share a pic of the room
oh nevermind I found the crystal it wasn't in the room I found the knife in
I have figured out the best strat for the pando boss fight: stay next to it away of course but his stunning attack can only go in front of it from what iv seen so its just a matter of distance to be able to shoot it and heal from the unavoidable attack
you do have to move a bit, I'm actually still in the fight but its working so far
this only goes for the first phase as well just getting to second phase
I think for the second phase there is just more movement involved
So a question how do i find the house for the bounty hunter license?
That one is located bottom right of the pleasure district. :)
I got that one im talking about the one to do the test in the slums
Go to the Long House in the slums, the item you need should be on the table.
hello, is it normal to have the dialog box being black or something. jt just stays there blocking the cgs and all.
Hi! Could you take a screenshot of the game and share it with us? We'd like to be extra sure about the issue and that we're on the same page before suggesting solutions.
this one
Hello! We've a distinct idea about what plagues your experience, but before we prescribe you a solution, could you do us a favor and share your PC specs? Just hit Windows key and type in "dxdiag". It should open DirectX Diagnostic Tool. Just take a screenshot of "System" and "Display 1" tab and you can share it here. Alternatively, you can email it to us at cursedatelier@gmail.com if you'd rather keep that info private.
Regards,
CA Team
Also one more question is there a difference between the steam and itch.io version?
The steam version has a few less bug fixes in the demo build, which will be updated soon'ish.
The Pre Order version is one version ahead of the public build in terms of features and content.
Upon release there won't be any difference between the stores.
thanks for the info this seems like a good game in making so you can count on one more sale after its finished
Hello im not sure if anyone asked this but what do I do in the mushroom dungeon after collecting the pad in the tube interacting with the "god" and collecting the sniper?
You will need to head back to the starting are of the dungeon, there should be a giant door to the south that you can unlock after getting the pad/key.
thank so much i absolutely love the game but i didn't know what to do so thank you i can continue now
Hi, I can't solve the puzzle of moving servers. How can I solve it?
Hello! The idea is to reach the right server hub in six jumps. Though some trial and error is required, but in case you'd rather forgo any further attempts, here is the direct link to our walkthrough showcasing the correct pathway:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aGjK9wGhl9ETu2ODhFOFQsn7WMk0nWOJ_Qkn-b85CUM/...
Just scroll a tad bit up for an image for reference. Hope that helps!
Thanks to you, I solved it. Thanks for the reply!
I can't make this work even following the walkthrough. That 5th connection (the long one) never works. Stuck here.
Please describe where you are exactly stuck and possibly attach a screenshot so we can help you in the best possible way.
Well, after trying every possible combo I could think of I checked the walkthrough and I can't get past this
So if the rows are A - D and the columns are 1-7 I want to try and light C1, right? But when I click C1 the spark goes to D4.
I've clicked all over and I can't make it make that pattern in the walkthrough.
So I've gone back to periodically clicking randomly hoping I stumble on the solution but no luck so far.
What am I doing wrong?
Where can I find the water for the parched guy by the airport, and the doujin for the guy in residence? I've been searching for a while and can't find anything
Hello!
You can find the water at a vending machine on the outside of the spaceport as an example.
The doujin you can find inside the cosplay store of the Elite District all the way to the right.
Hope that helps!
Can I emulate the game on Android via joiiplay ?
Hi!
You maybe able to, but officially, we are not supporting joiiplay at the moment. Not that we are advising against it- it's just our Android Build is being tested on the Maldives emulator and we can only provide any technical support on that, in case you run into issues while playing the game. Any issues faced on joiiplay, will regretfully, be beyond our aid.
For more information, please refer to our article here: https://cursedatelier.itch.io/voidbound/devlog/560379/voidbound-on-android-looki...
Thanks for the reply
If I encountered any problem on joiplay I'll switch to Maldives
You are welcome! Please remember, the build on Itch is made ONLY FOR Windows. If you try and run Itch's VoidBound build on an emulator(Joiiplay or Maldives), you might run into unwanted issues.
Instead, we recommend playing the game's official build for android which has a lot of the game features fixed and adjusted for the mobile platform. To find the build and the proper installation instructions, please join us on our Discord and pick the Android Access role. That way you can also get access to the latest community test feedback and track Issue Logs.
-Regards,
Cursed-Atelier Team
You can't wear it outside the bar where you work in this outfit yet.
But you can wear that outfit on henosis in the cafe/bar during your work shift.
Game was fun to play. Walkthrough wasn't to helpful but it might be good if you're drunk.
I got stuck on the second boss fight due to being 1 shotted 3 turns in every time.
I decided to put the game down, go eat supper & come back after eating. And I did come back. Only to discover that when you close the game, none of your saves stay.
Due to the save problem I won't be playing the game. But if someone has the time to play it all in one go. Based on what I did play, it should be a good time.
That is a very odd issue, we never heard that the saves are gone after you close the game.
Do you have admin power on your PC? Because if not, that might cause the issue that the game isn't allow to write the saves on your PC.
I do.
It's not a rare problem. It happens to me for about 10% of game that require a program like WinRAR or 7zip to play.
If I may ask, how did you play the game?
Did you double click on the game.exe inside the archive or did you unpack the archive first?
I didn't have the option to "unpack" the archive. Only go into it and double click the "game.exe" file. However, unlike most games on the site, it doesn't unpack the game and create an unzipped folder for the game. It just opens up the game directly.
In my experience, about 10% of the games who have this method of opening the game won't save the saves when closing the game.
Okay, I know what the problem is, you need to have either win rar or seven zip installed on your PC.
Then when the download is finished, right click on the .zip/.rar file and use "Extract Files Here". That will correctly unpack the game and install it correctly, which will also fix the saving issue.
I can not find a way to open the doors in the mushroom dun. :/ I tried for an hour and I just don't understand what I am not seeing lol.
Hey, can you make a screenshot of which door you are referring to?
If you mean the big double door in the hub area with the hot spring, did you get the stone tablet/key inside the room to the right of the hub?
It should be floating inside a tube on the far right of the room.
Regards,
C-A Team
Thank you, that's what I needed!
Now I am stuck on the 2nd safe on bottle location, I have to find a 4 numbers, all I can look at is a poster and dates.
Never mind, i found it out lol.
Just need to think it over some more!
Sorry I am a bit slow xD
Android?
Android is not fully supported yet. But we have begun pre alpha testing on our discord server so we can iron out all the issue before we release an official android build.
You will find the post in the announcement channel, if you can't, simply contact one of the staff members and they will gladly help you.
Discord
Regards,
C-A Team
Hello! You seem to have run into an extraction issue. The unzipping of the file didn't go smoothly and that ended in file -----------.js going missing. We suggest basic troubleshooting first and beginning by deleting your current game directory and then unzipping the game file afresh. Make sure you use 7zip software to minimize chances of extraction issues.
Let us know how it went!
I've used rar and zip extractors. I guess it really is a 7zip thing, then. Thank you!
I downloaded the google drive link and it was immediately flagged as a trojan by my system and put it in quarantine. Could it be a false positive or an error with the link?
Hello!
May we ask what version of the game have you downloaded? There was an issue of false positive going around where only Windows Defender was flagging the Game.exe as Doplik Trojan. We went into this in great detail about it a fortnight back and even though it was not a prevalent issue, we went ahead anyway and floated a new build that no longer triggered that anti-virus.
If your experience is something similar even with the latest download link or your have a different anti-virus, do let us know with as many details as you can share and we'll look into it!
Regards,
C-A Team
Hi. The previous 2 times I downloaded this game, the screen turned black and the game permanently stopped working as soon as I exited the first area of Henosis. Any idea why that might be happening? Is it fixed?
Hello!
That's odd indeed. Could you share some more info about your PC specs and the OS? Just general SysInfo would do. Hit "Windows" key > Run > Dxdiag > Copy and paste the info under SystemInformation here.
And where exactly were you in-game story wise? To be specific in what zone of Henosis before you experienced the crash?
Let us know!
Hello!
Thank you for the report. Unfortunately, we're aware of this issue and have been trying to troubleshoot the buggy nature of this phenomenon. But, the complex nature of our code is making it hard to quickly pin down the source of the issue. Rest assured, we're actively on the hunt to find and quash the bug as soon as possible!
Regards,
C-A Team
Yes, we addressed that issue with a hot-fix two months ago where we made the timer "slow down severely", every-time the player went into battle. Instead of the constant ticking, the player now looses roughly between 2-5 seconds off the clock for every battle engaged.
The idea is to enforce upon the player the need to flee being greater than kicking every ass that Caly comes across, under the given worsening circumstances.
If however the timer is still ticking continuously while in battle, could you share what the version ID of your game is? And how long ago did you download the game? Though we have fused the fix in the latest build, fair chance you might not have the hot-fix if you are still on 0.5.3c, in which case we can share it with you here.
Hi. I just downloaded this from Media Fire and my AV said that Game.exe was infected with Trojan:Win32/Doplik. Not sure if this was a false positive or not, but I am not taking any chances and wanted to warn the author and others.
Hi drakhir and thanks for taking the time to reach out!
In recent days we have received similar reports from multiple sources. Fortunately, we're happy to report two things:
To put your mind at ease, you too can check the following threads whereby you can follow the current status yourself:
TL;DR: Every now and then Windows Defender flips out and flags nw.exe(renamed to Game.exe) as a threat. This has never been found to be legitimate. Neither by the community, nor by us.
Just to be on the safe side, we ran the file through an online AV scan database not five days ago, and it came back with the following results:
As you can see, no detection whatsoever. In-fact, Microsoft- the entity that owns Windows Defender, cleared the file in that scan as well.
In short, it's most definitely a false positive and you have nothing to worry about.
In the end though, the call is yours, but hopefully this helps put your mind at ease.
Kind Regards,
Cursed-Atelier Team
Thanks for the response. I thought it may have been a false positive, but wanted to err on the side of caution. I'll keep an eye on this project for now and maybe give it a try at a later date.
HI sorry to bother you but every time I try to download your game though the mega mirror link it wont give me a zip file. Am I doing something wrong or am I just stupid
Hello and apologies for the late reply. It has been a busy few days.
What you're getting is a .7z file, which is a more advanced compressing technology, but lacks native support from Windows to open it.
We recommend googling and downloading either one of the following utilities to open the package you get:
1) Winrar
2) WinZip
3) 7-zip
Of all these, we recommend 7-zip as our tool of choice. It's completely free and can not only open .7z files, but shares compatibility with .rar and .zip as well which is handy to have as it will help you unzip all types of files in the future as well.
Hope this helps!
it might just be a skill or reading issue on my part but where or what in the slums do I go to find/complete the bounty hunter registration thing? I've spent the past 30 minutes going back and forth trying to interact with things there but I still have no clue on what I'm looking for xD
edit: I'm just stupid... I saw and passed the flower a few times and ignored it because I thought something so obvious shouldn't be the quest item.... turns out it was.... man I'm dumb aaaah hell
Hey, in the factory, where do you go after the server?
Hi!
You need to exit the server room, head back west to where you came from, until you come across the elevator doors which should be active now after solving the server signal riddle. Ride it to the basement towards the last room before the final showdown with the boss!
Hope this helps!
That was very helpful, thanks
Hey I'm not sure where to find Urtu in henosis
Hello!
The Urtu can be found in their Henosis Embassy. To reach it, head over to the residential area and look for the Dump Sign North West of that map. That is your direct access point. Alternatively, head over to the Love Machine building in the Red District and after finishing the trial click on the backdoor for straight access there.
Hope that helps!
I'm not sure if I'm just doing something wrong but neither of the links work for me. I just end up with a .7z file that I can't do anything with? I really wanna play this already!
Sorry if I'm just being dumb but yeah, any help?
You need to use a software to extract the archive, either winrar or 7zip would work.
Once installed, all you need to do is right click on the .7z file and say Extract to...
That will create the game folder for you.
The game is compressed into a .7z file to reduce the amount of data you need to download.
Don't forget to also download the hotfix to fix some of the bugs in there.
Ah okay, thanks! I've never had to use those to extract stuff before so I was confused.
I used 7zip and it worked, thanks!
I'm not sure if it is just me but whenever I try to download the public test it says the file is unavailable so I can't download the file.
I just tried the links, and they worked fine for me. That is odd, I will add a different mirror in a second to it. Sorry for the inconviences this caused you!
Edit: New MEGA Mirror Link is now up.
Wow, finally a public release! Will this ever come out on Steam? I need to let all my internet friends know how down bad I am.
Also... Last time I tried this(a long time ago), the combat was *really* difficult. I didn't use grenades and whatnot a lot but I remember that enemies were really powerful and just shredded me like cheese. Any adjustments made? I'd like to consider myself decent at the very least with strategy turn-based games but this was a difficult one. I know I would have had to grind a lot of money to get items to get me through that first mission area where you have to sneak around and then you have the boss fight with the 2 characters, so that's where I stopped playing.
Thanks a lot for the comment!
Yes, we plan to release the game on steam once the development is finished!
Towards the combat, we overhauled the combat so far 4 times, but the biggest overhaul we did in the version 5.2.0.
Our goal was to make the combat faster and less difficult overall. We are still working on the combat, we plan to make another pass in the background while keep releasing content, and once the overhaul is ready we will merge the builds together.
The two bosses you are referring to where completely changed, pretty much all the A.I of the enemies have been completely overhauled.
You can read more about it here if you'd like:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/combat-tactics-72100346