If you like the Venineth soundtrack and want more, check out the concert broadcast on Polish Radio Rzeszow.
Echo Ray, the creator of the Venineth soundtrack, performs with Konrad Baran playing the vibraphone. You will hear themes known from the game in a different, more "analog" arrangement, and also new compositions.
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About the event:
Echo Ray feat Konrad Baran is an eclectic meeting of two musical worlds, ambient and experimental electronics and a vibraphone with jazz roots. Their concerts are a territory of exploring the nooks and crannies of sound and improvised forms, and the whole is based on Echo Ray's compositions. The spectrum of sounds will include field recordings made in the wild corners of Polish nature, which refer to nature as an inspiration, as well as sound sources, synthesizers, effects and samples will combine the aspect of space and technology, and finally acoustic instruments that express human need extracting sounds and organizing them into structures called music.
EchoRay is a project of the composer, music producer, multi-instrumentalist and sound designer Artur Zedanja. Echo Ray moves mainly in the field of electronic music, especially in the areas of ambient and experimental music. It uses a wide spectrum of analog and digital sound synthesis, making use of processed field recordings, acoustic and electro-acoustic instruments. In 2020, the debut double album "Behind The Mirrors Of Infinity" was released, which is also the soundtrack of the game "Venineth".
Konrad Baran - He graduated from Jazz and Stage Music at the Academy of Music. Feliks Nowowiejski in Bydgoszcz. In playing the vibraphone, he uses a unique six-stick technique, which he had the opportunity to perfect during his studies under the watchful eye of Karol Szymanowski, one of the leading Polish jazz vibraphonists, the author of the six-stick technique. In his compositions, Konrad Baran refers to widely understood improvised music and to the works of Scandinavian musicians, such as Jakob Bro, Esbjörn Svensson or Søren Dahl Jeppesen. He had the opportunity to perform at concerts organized as part of the Echo Sonda in Rzeszów, the Bydgoszcz Jazz Academy and at festivals such as Drums Fuzje and Krakow's Synestezje.
The Venineth soundtrack is currently 30% off during the summer sale.
Venineth has been updated to v1.30626, Full changelog including all previous fixes which have been introduced since the previous changelog:
Fixed bug, which made the frostball impossible to freeze waterfall without touching the water surface,
Fixed logic bug on 8th level (steel ball after respawn bug),
Fixed load next level after respawn in portal bug,
Fixed bug which resets inverted camera controls to standard controls every ball respawn,
Upper limit for FOV changed to 170,
Added additonal limit for FPS: 144 and 200,
Fixed bug with too dark areas on some levels which occurs on low graphics settings,
Fixed a rare bug with impossible to get the "iyng" achievement,
Live long and prosper Venineth Team
Venineth v1.20516 - First person mode, minor improvements and fixes
As always thank you for all reviews and comments, and we ask for more.
Today is a month since the release of Venineth. On this occasion, we have prepared this update. The main feature is the first person ball mode, with and without a crosshair. In addition, for players for whom disappearing platforms are too difficult, we have prepared a small cheat. More in the description under the spoiler.
Full changelog:
FPP mode:
key C or button X on pad - change camera to TPP, FPP with crosshair, FPP without crosshair,
added fullscreen reset effect in the FPP mode,
added fullscreen power ball effect in the FPP mode,
updated graphics in the controls menu,
Improvements:
added an icon when taking a screenshot on gamepad (LB),
added an icon showing the number of secrets collected at the current level at the bottom of the pause menu,
added an easy mode cheat for disappearing platforms - ctrl+alt+P -all platforms are visible from the beginning and do not disappear ,
Fixes:
fixed rare bug with breakable ice portal on the third level,
small fixes and improvements.
Venineth Team
Venineth v1.20427 - Ultra wide support, FOV adjustment and fixes
Thank you for all reviews and comments, and we ask for more.
We strive to update all fixes you report on a regular basis. This is a summary of all changes that have appeared in the last week.
Options:
added ultra wide support - 2560 x 1080 and 3440 x 1440, no more black stripes on the sides,
added FOV adjustment from 70 to 110,
added 4K support - 3840 x 2160 and 4096 x 2160,
added checkbox for sharpening effect.
changed video settings icons for more readable,
Controls:
added altrenative jump button for gamepad - RB,
fixed graphics in controls menu,
Fixes:
fixed possible softlock on fourth level (first puzzle with lasers),
fixed checkpoints logic bug on third level (second puzzle with fireball and glass portals),
fixed rare blocker on fourth level (magnetic ceiling next to the start),
fixed rare blocker on fourth level (laser and red light on big pylon),
small fixes and improvements.
Venineth Team and Monad Rock Team
Venineth is ready to roll! New gameplay trailer & release date announcement!
Hi!
As you well know, the original release date was set for the year 4019. By employing hyper-modern QA AI, we were able to move this date a little closer...
But seriously, after over four years of work (after hours), the game is already finished. We make the final touches, correct bugs, make some changes and optional facilitations, thanks to which the game will be friendly also for more casual players (more info soon).
We are happy to announce that the current and unchanging release date is
ːsummer2019flagːApril 16, 2020ːsummer2019flagː
7 days!
On this occasion we have prepared a trailer:
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We also want to announce that we partnered with the publisher - Monad Rock, which helps us with testing, patching, marketing, and console port... other stuff ;)
We hope that the cooperation will be fruitful and not end with just this one title!
We are preparing a free demo version which will be available for download on Steam in the future.
See you in 4019 next week!
Venineth Team And Monad Rock Team
Open beta update v0.20315 changelog & project status.
fixes of several places where the player could get stuck,
minor level design tweaks,
reworked ball jump logic - no accidental double jumps anymore,
Warning: Saves are not compatible with earlier versions. Before starting a new game, make sure the save folder is empty.
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Game
Project status:
The game is on bug fixing, balancing and polishing stage, and it's getting closer to finish.
Thanks to the fact that someone put the game on torrents and warez sites (free beta from itch.io, not the full game), we gained additional traffic and a significant increase in wishlists on steam. Thank you also for your warm comments under YouTube videos, thanks to which we gained additional motivation to work in a difficult period.
Live long and prosper.
Venineth Team
Open Beta update v0.0818 changelog & current state of the project.
Thanks for all criticism, ideas and bugs reporting, we receive from you in the comments and e-mails.
optimization:
- SSR optimization - performance improvement (especially in the last level),
bugfixing:
- invisible walls placement corrections,
- graphics glitches corrections,
- fixes of several places where the player could get stuck,
other:
- minor level design tweaks,
- Guide Probe now flies into the Capsule,
- more checkpoints in difficult places,
- reduction of film grain effect intensity,
No changes in UI /options at the moment, but we are working on it. For now we're focusing on the rest of the game.
Current state of the project:
We're close to finish all levels in the beta state, more than 20 levels, that means 5-10 hours of gameplay in total. Huge amount of work, too huge for just two devs... but we can do it! Thank you for your patience!
We would like to create a game without any text understood in any language. Our inspiration are games like Samorost 3 by Amanita Design. We improved the readability of icons, but if something else is still incomprehensible let us know in the comments!
options menu:
controls menu:
A small hint showing the way on first world:
The first 5 minutes of the game is the most important and we noticed that some players felt lost, that's why we added a small hint, but it appears only through the first half of the level, then you have to deal with yourself.
Minor bugfixes and improvements
- fixes of invisible walls,
- fixes graphics glitches,
- fixes holes in terrain,
- etc
