Ahoy, space-huntsman! This week we added a new character, Rade Lawson! You can unlock this fierce bounty hunter by killing the great Charybdis - which I'm sure many of you have already done before! His stats and playstyle vary greatly from the Old Man's - not to mention he has his own unique ability and ship! But you'll have to unlock him to find out more about him! ;)
Blacksea Odyssey v0.5.1
Features Added
Bugs Fixed
Balancing
Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums! Also, if you haven't left a review yet, we'd appreciate it if you'd head over to our Steam page to do so. :)
Thanks and enjoy playing Rade Lawson!... If you can unlock him. ;)
- Team Blacksea Odyssey
Blacksea Odyssey v0.5.0 Released! AKA Early Access!!!
Ahoy, space-huntsman! After a little over a year of development, we've finally made it! From game jam to Early Access, we've come a long ways and we're thankful for everyone that's supported us along the way. We added several new items and features, but spent most of this past week really polishing the build by fixing a ton of bugs and balancing several AI, items, and mechanics. Thanks to all of our early beta testers for helping us make this Early Access build a fun and stable one. :)
Blacksea Odyssey v0.5.0
Features Added
Bugs Fixed
Balancing
Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums! By the way, we're going to start posting weekly discussion threads on various topics, so be prepared to start sharing your thoughts more in the forums. :)
Thanks and enjoy the latest update!
- Team Blacksea Odyssey
Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.4 Released!
Ahoy, space-huntsman! We spent a lot of time fixing bugs and optimizing performance. But, we've also been working on the Jungle kingfish Charybdis and we're super excited to include him in this update! He's pretty different from existing bosses, so we're quite curious to hear what you all think!
Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.4
Features Added
Bugs Fixed
Balancing
Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums! Early Beta testers, please check your emails and respond to our backer poll if you have some free time this weekend.
We haven't sent the polls out yet, but will be within the next few hours. :)
Thanks and enjoy the latest update!
- Team Blacksea Odyssey
Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.4 Released!
Ahoy, space-huntsman! We spent a lot of time fixing bugs and optimizing performance. But, we've also been working on the Jungle kingfish Charybdis and we're super excited to include him in this update! He's pretty different from existing bosses, so we're quite curious to hear what you all think!
Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.4
Features Added
Bugs Fixed
Balancing
Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums! Early Beta testers, please check your emails and respond to our backer poll if you have some free time this weekend.
We haven't sent the polls out yet, but will be within the next few hours. :)
Thanks and enjoy the latest update!
- Team Blacksea Odyssey
Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.3 Released!
Ahoy, space-huntsman! We added some cool new content including the Jungle boss Nom Nom Nom, 3 more unlockable spears, and 4 new spear runes! By the way - we think you'll love the knockback we added to the harpoon! Don't forget to bump into a brown mushroom in the Jungle biome too, so that the Old Man can have a nice little trip (and not the vacation type). ;)
Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.3
Features Added
Bugs Fixed
Balancing
Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums! Early Beta testers, please check your emails and respond to our backer poll if you have some free time this weekend.
We haven't sent the polls out yet, but will be within the next few hours. :)
Thanks and enjoy the latest update!
- Team Blacksea Odyssey
Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.2 Released!
Ahoy, space-huntsman! We hope that you all are enjoying the beta and last weeks build update. We've been getting really good feedback and bug reporting so thanks a lot and please keep it coming!
Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.2
Features Added
Bugs Fixed
Balancing
Blacksea Odyssey coming to Steam Early Access March 2nd!!!
Blacksea Odyssey is a 2D top-down, multi-directional shoot 'em up with rogue-like and RPG elements. The game features an expansive customization system, fully destructible and procedurally generated environments, and gruesome boss battles with creatures up to ten times the screen size!
You will be able to purchase Blacksea Odyssey for $9.99 on Steam Early Access on March 2nd to become a Beta Playtester and an integral part of the game's development. The Early Access will have tons of content including two biomes, 30+ enemies, 10+ bosses, 100+ items! We're super excited to finally share Blacksea Odyssey with you and hear all of your ideas and feedback!
Enter a vast chasm between space and time brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. May the greatest huntsman survive.
Pre-Order the Blacksea Odyssey Early Access Now!
Once a decade, the greatest huntsmen in the universe gather to compete in a legendary tournament known as the Blacksea Odyssey! These brave huntsman compete in capturing bounties for the largest space creatures that exist! Only the sole champion of the competition is awarded the honor of encountering the Titan of the Stars! Legend says no one has ever lived to tell a tale about the Titan. Will the Old Man be the first?
Sail the dangerous, interstellar depths of the Blacksea galaxy
Rip massive space creatures to shreds with a harpoon and rune-infused spears
Unearth hundreds of runic technologies and combine them to craft the ultimate weapon
Puff Daddy
New Crystal boss and eldest member of the Puffer Genome.
The Chomper Genome
Biterfly
The smallest member of the Chomper Genome which can usually be found in packs!
Chompchaser
The Chompchasers function similarly to the Biterflies, but also have a chomp charge!
Chompzilla
The largest of the Chomper Genome because it has a mouth inside of a mouth inside of a mouth!
Great Ghuza
Great Ghuza, inspired by ancient temples, is an elder ancestor of the Shelled Squid Genome!
Audio
Here's another concept by Earl Divinagracia! It's a boss theme song for the Jungle biome. You can also view more Blacksea Odyssey songs on his SoundCloud!
We hope you enjoy all the new content and are looking forward to more! Don't forgot to follow us on our Website, Facebook, and Twitter!
Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.1 Released!
Ahoy, space-huntsman! Thanks for supporting our Kickstarter and partaking in our closed beta. Your constant feedback and bug reporting means the world to us small indie developers that cannot afford to pay large sums for "professional" Q&A testing. It's only been a week and we've recieved tons of feedback! :D
Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.1
Features Added
Bugs Fixed
Balancing
Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to our brand new Steam forums! And what sort of content or features would you all like in our next update?
Keep an eye out in your inbox for this weeks beta poll as well. :)
Thanks for the support! <3
- Team Blacksea Odyssey
Blacksea Odyssey Beta Build Released! New Jungle Biome & More Bosses!
The Blacksea Odyssey beta build has been sent to all $25 and up Kickstarter backers – so check your emails! You’ll LOVE the progress we’ve made!
Thanks so much to everyone that downloaded our alpha demo and provided us with feedback and bug reports! We had a total of over 6,250 downloads!
With your help, we aggregated, analyzed, and applied all of the feedback to Blacksea Odyssey to make it even more fun!
In addition to tons of bug fixing and balancing, we’ve added so much including the Jungle biome, 10+ new enemies, 3+ new bosses, and 20+ new items!
Moonsplitter
Crystal Boss and eldest member of the Icepiercer Genome
Megalarch
Jungle Boss and eldest member of the Shelled Squid Genome
Belch Brothers
Jungle Boss and eldest member of the Croaker Genome
Audio Updates
Let’s not forget the brilliant work of our sound designer Eric Hamel and our musician Earl Divinagracia! You can obviously hear both of their amazing work in-game, but we figured we’d tease one of Earl’s new songs here:
Lastly, you all already know to send bug reports and feedback to:
teamblackseaodyssey@gmail.com.
We’ll also have weekly polls, but more on that later! We’re looking forward to seeing what you think of all the fresh content! Don’t forget to follow our Website, Facebook, and Twitter!
New Squid-like, Poison Spitting Jungle Enemies!
Ahoy Space-Huntsmen! We hope everyone had a great holiday season! We're glad to be back to work after a long Kickstarter campaign. Thanks to you, we raised $12,300 which will help us finish the game!
We'd also like to thank everyone that has contributed feedback. We've been fortunate that tons of people reached out via Twitter, Facebook, email, and the contact form to share their thoughts and ideas about Blacksea Odyssey. We've been hard at work tweaking the game according to this feedback, but we're going to spend this blog post talking about a jungle enemy genome that we have yet to touch on - the Shelled Squid genome. :)
The Shelled Squid Genome
Now we'd like to introduce to you three new enemies of the Shelled Squid genome which can be found in the Tropical biome! Shelled Squids draw inspiration from squids and hermit crabs! The Shelled Squid genome consists of the Shelled Squidlet, the Shelled Hulksquid, and the Shelled Megasquid.
The Shelled Squidlet
Shelled Squidlets navigate around their prey by firing poison projectiles which propel them forward, shell first. This enables them to make abrupt strides across the screen, allow them to catch the player off-guard. Depending on the player's position, Shelled Squidlets attack by either firing a poison projectile at the player, or trying to ram the player with it's thorned shell. They're smaller and quicker than other Shelled Squids, making them more dangerous in packs.
The Shelled Hulksquid
Shelled Hulksquids share many similarities with their smaller, Shelled Squidlet kin. The major difference revolves around size. Shelled Hulksquids have larger bodies, larger shells, and fire larger poison projectiles. Their large strides across the screen can be more invasive to the player, especially when already in combat with other enemies. Thankfully, it's less common for Shelled Hulksquids to travel in packs.
The Shelled Megasquid
Shelled Megasquids are the most dangerous of the Shelled Squids genome. They function similarly to the Shelled Squidlets and Shelled Hulksquids in both movement and attack patterns. However, Shelled Megasquids have three pores from which they fire poison projectiles as supposed to only one. They're also angled slightly, giving it's ranged attack a spread effect. Furthermore, the three pores can fire both simultaneously and randomly - making for a more unpredictable attack pattern.
Thanks for reading and hope you're looking forward to fighting these squid-like, poison spitting creatures! Don't forget to follow our Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, and Website for more information.
