Voxel Quest
A project in San Diego, CA by Gavan Woolery000days
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An Isometric, Voxel-Based, Roguelike-Simulation-RPG-thing (TM)
Backers: 1561
Average Pledge Per Backer: $23
Funded: $35,213 of $30,000
Dates: Oct 9th -> Nov 8th (31 days)
Project By: Gavan Woolery
Backers: 1561
Average Pledge Per Backer: $23
Funded: $35,213 of $30,000
Dates: Oct 9th -> Nov 8th (31 days)
Project By: Gavan Woolery
$35,213
current pledge level
Last Updated: November 8 @ 04:45 -0500 GMT
117%
of goal
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Latest News
Streaming on Twitch again, also a shoutout to a friend's project
November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
http://www.twitch.tv/gavanwWanted 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 so many of you. :) Click to see Blackwake (Read More)
A little love note to Hacker News
November 7th - via: kickstarter.com
I just posted this on Hacker News, thought I would share here as well. The HN community was instrumental in getting my campaign funded, so I just wanted to say thank you. I also wanted to thank the investors who offered through HN, your offered... (Read More)
Streaming on Twitch Again! Additional rewards coming if you upped at any point in the campaign. :)
November 6th - via: kickstarter.com
http://www.twitch.tv/gavanw 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 up the perspective camera a bit more and launch an announcement on Hacker News for... (Read More)
Perspective Camera is Here!!! CastAR and Oculus support coming!
November 6th - via: kickstarter.com
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, while running this campaign. Much room for optimization, cleaning up bugs,... (Read More)
I'm streaming the first peak at Voxel Quest's perspective camera right now!
November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
http://www.twitch.tv/gavanw (Read More)
FPS Camera Sneak Peek, 4 Days Left to Reach Goal
November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
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, I just want to clean up lighting a bit before I show that. Here I'm showing some voxel hemispheres, without... (Read More)
Podcast with WorkInBeta and New Partnership
October 30th - via: kickstarter.com
I have another podcast with the Australian game site WorkInBeta.com: http://www.workinbeta.com/?p=1046(My interview is somewhere around the middle) Also, I'm happy to announce an upcoming partnership with Curse.com for our wiki hosting (I will... (Read More)
Quick shoutout -- M.O.R.E.: a 4x game
October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Click to visit M.O.R.E. 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 made good use of their money so far and have quite a mature... (Read More)
New Reward Additions, as Suggested
October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Reward Additions------------------------- 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): 20 vote tokens Use these vote tokens to vote... (Read More)
Want to win a Diamond Badge (value $1000)?
October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
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. Then you will automatically be entered for a... (Read More)
Podcast with the Weekly Fligher (featuring: me!)
October 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all, did a podcast with some of the guys I met in the Limit Theory forums, tune in here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXghAfB70cwor here: https://soundcloud.com/skyfligher/the-weekly-fligher-podcast-worth-watching (Read More)
Forums and Chat are now embedded on the voxelquest.com website
October 26th - via: kickstarter.com
http://www.voxelquest.com/chat.html http://www.voxelquest.com/forums.htmlChat 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 moment they are a little cramped. I... (Read More)
Just a little shoutout: Highlands is in its last 4 days and 86 percent there....
October 24th - via: kickstarter.com
One of the creators has been a loyal follower of VQ, thought I would give them a tiny bit of publicity here: Click to visit Highlands (Read More)
Just updated reward quantities
October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
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 overall rewards, since I reduced the higher tiers to make room (reduced... (Read More)
I Want to Bake Bread
October 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
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 if I forget to give you one, I get... (Read More)
Forums Are Up
October 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
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 bit too hard to be "modern" and did away with a... (Read More)
Special thanks to a few notable promoters of VQ
October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
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 thanks, I just thought you might be interested to see who else is talking/backing) -... (Read More)
Not streaming for a few days, working on a new feature
October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
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 to be 99 percent me writing code, which is not entirely excited in terms of watching in a... (Read More)
Please introduce yourself!
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Please Introduce YourselfI'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 on in the past), your twitter handle, anything else you want to... (Read More)
Interview with cliqist.com
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
http://cliqist.com/2014/10/19/gavan-woolery-voxel-based-rpg-roguelike-sim-hybrid-voxel-quest/ (Read More)
A little Kickstarter "advice" column I wrote for Reddit/gamdev
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
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 the hypothesis.... (Read More)
Twitch request: Snow, Glaciers
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
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: Jeremybanks Mystify89 Tamat(s) Teatime05 Tugimus (IronClad) Yorakki Zuleyus Bonejamon (others... (Read More)
Streaming development again, come on in!
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
http://www.twitch.tv/gavanw (Read More)
Gavan Woolery on Voxel Based RPG-Roguelike-Sim Hybrid Voxel Quest
October 19th - via: cliqist.com
Voxel this, voxel that. It seems the damned things are everything there days, to the point that just hearing that a game uses voxels makes me groan a bit. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised with Voxel Quest, an expansive RPG meets Roguelike meets Sandbox hybrid from Gavan Woolery. Far from being some kid with a dream, Gavan is an experienced developer with a dream. To learn more about him, his inspirations, and his plans for Voxel Quest, we tossed some questions Gavan’s way. (Read More)
A Few More One-Way Promos
October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
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 to promote for free. However, Russel (the creator) jumped the gun and promo'ed me anyway.... (Read More)
Soft Spherical Brush
October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
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 sped up at all): (Read More)
Streaming Live Again
October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Drop on in...I'm working on a spherical brush right now for adding and subtracting voxels. http://www.twitch.tv/gavanw (Read More)
One-Way Promotions
October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
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 he sent a shoutout my way, and gave me some good... (Read More)
Testing out Kickdriver
October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
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 promo offers but this one seems decent). With this promotion, you can get some... (Read More)
Streaming development (again)
October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
http://www.twitch.tv/gavanw 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 of wifi, might help a bit if there were any quality issues... (Read More)
Streaming live on twitch (again)!
October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Join us at: www.twitch.tv/gavanw See the game in action, make requests, ask questions. :) (Read More)
Streaming on Twitch
October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
http://www.twitch.tv/gavanw 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 if there is a problem please. Thanks! (Read More)
New trailer, New Branding, and We are 43 Percent there!
October 12th - via: kickstarter.com
StatsWe 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 Rock Paper Shotgun, Kotaku, and Destructoid, so I don't think its because this is... (Read More)
Weekly Launchpad. What Videogame Kickstarters Launched Oct 5th – 11th?
October 12th - via: cliqist.com
Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in one place will make it easier to educate yourself on the projects you’d like to back, and which ones to run from. You’ll find two types of campaigns listed, “featured” and “the rest“. Featured campaigns are those that contain a significant amount of game information, are from known developers, or are significant in some other way. The rest of the games are usually smaller campaigns that are lacking in information, are from unknowns, have unanswered questions, or have not yet stood out for one reason or another. (Read More)
Whats the gameplay like? Where is the gameplay? How does AI Work?
October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
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 not. The original thread spawned on (and I suggest you read it there for... (Read More)
Thank you everyone! :)
October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
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 with some good people. We are still early and there has been relatively little coverage, so I think... (Read More)
Technical Writeup, please upvote on Hacker News if you can :)
October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
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 (news.ycominator.com) if you have an account there. Thanks! You... (Read More)
Backer Questions about Stats, Game Design, etc
October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
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 have in mind" aspect. " Yes, there is a design doc located here. It... (Read More)
Voxel Quest at 1x Speed
October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
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 showing two of the detail settings and with a bit more tweaking you can get some pretty good visual... (Read More)
Voxel Quest – An Expansive RPG with Generative Storytelling
October 9th - via: cliqist.com
Thanks to games like Minecraft and a litany of similar titles that have followed, many gamers (including myself) suddenly believed “voxel-based” games to be comprised of blocky shapes. Voxel Quest immediately proves this notion wrong with a world that looks quite attractive (and not outwardly like a Lego set). In any case, Voxel Quest is an isometric RPG that hopes to hook players with easy to learn but challenging to master gameplay as well as an AI storytelling mechanic. The latter is definitely something of note as most RPGs try their best to craft sprawling, important narratives. (Read More)
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