Have you used the T key on the keyboard（The up button of the Game controller）? What about the M key on the keyboard（the down button of the Game controller）?
The Support Gate launcher will send out giant elephant troopers for a certain amount of time when activated at the lowest level in the central tunnel.
The more difficult the level, the more you need to master the state of the door. The following methods can confirm the status, and you can choose the method that suits you.
(1) Screen notification & operation record
In general, when you can activate the support door, there will be a notification on the screen
The running record will be displayed on the left side of the screen.
(2) small map
Version 0.1.0 can now confirm the status of support doors on the minimap!
(3) Confirm the IA recommendation
Press T/ Up when you can activate the support door
The IA will indicate that it is ready to start.
Use SUPPORT DOORS IN SINGLE PLAYER/MULTIPLAYER GAMES TO MAKE COMBAT MORE ADVANTAGEOUS. Recommended!
The support door starter is in the center of the minimap. Unable to start: Gray Can start: green start: white The picture shows the boot state
VOIDCRISIS DEVELOPER BLOG
There should be something like "Go to ○○" that points to certain locations in multiplayer games. Here are the names of the map used by the development team and I hope you find them useful!
Safe Area: the area at the top right of the starting location. It is called the safe area and there are electronic signboards there.
Hardcore Area: The area at the bottom right of the starting location. It is called the hardcore area, which is cramped and obstructed with very few hiding places. Be very careful! Upper
Middle Area: The area to the upper left of the starting location. It is called the Upper Middle Area. It provides excellent views and is equipped with numerous turrets. Be careful to avoid being attacked by concentrated fire. Lower
Middle Area: The area to the lower left of the starting location. It is called the Lower Middle Area. Jungle: The tunnel area in the center of the level where there are support gates.
VOIDCRISIS PATCH Updates for Version 0.1.0
・Bullet Speed
The bullet speed of the attacks from TRIGLAV and PIEDPIPER has been improved, making them easier to hit the target.
・Calibration Adjustment
The confirmation process has been removed so that the tempo of selection will be smoother.
・Skill Use During Attacks
Previously, when performing an attack, skills could not be used without first halting it. The update makes it possible to receive skill commands while attacking.
・Double Press the Arrow Key to Enter the Boost State
After the update, the boost state can be activated by pressing the arrow key twice quickly.
Also, hold the sprint key to keep the high-speed state.
・Icon of the Support Gate Supplier added to the Mini-map
The icon of the support gate supplier has been added to the mini-map in order to show the status of the support gate in a more visual way.
・Adjustment of Phantom Mode
The central core is more vulnerable to damage.
The amount of damage done to the mecha's armor/barrier has been reduced to extend its survival time.
・Obstacles near Your Mecha
Your mecha is visible through the translucent walls (obstacles) set up at various points in the level.
・Display of Team Member Windows
After the update, details can be confirmed by clicking on the matched member in the matchmaking interface.
・EXP Bonus Added to Multiplayer Games
After the update, the EXP bonus will be added to the matchmaking in multiplayer games depending on the number of players and their levels.
EXP bonus is displayed on the bottom left of the matchmaking interface.
・Handling the Problem of Login Failure in Multiplayer Games
We are still investigating the issue and have made a temporary fix for some areas that may be the cause.
If the problem persists after the update, please contact us on the Steam message board or the inquiry window on the official website.
・Fixes for Other Issues
Fixed the issue that SteamVR would start when the game was launched.
Fixed some minor issues and improved the stability of movements.
VOIDCRISIS DEVELOPER BLOG
There's a sign saying [Enemy Grade] on the right side of the screen.
It will add up at regular intervals after the game starts.
It is [the strength indicator of the enemy coming in the WAVE]The calculation will be performed when there are enemies in the level when the WAVE starts and will be stopped when there are no enemies.
If you are obsessed with strengthening the body while proceeding too slow in the level at the beginning of the game, the Enemy Grade will be soaring later, resulting in difficulty in clearing the level before you know it.
The more difficult the level, the more you should focus on the balance between level progress, body strengthening, and enemy strength.
Please pay extra attention to the Enemy Grade when clearing levels.
BitSummit in Kyoto
We're having booth at BitSummit in Kyoto, Japan, an indie game exhibition. Sat. Aug.6th and Sun. Aug.7th. If you're on site please visit us!
Thanks for your continued support of "VOIDCRISIS". The Early Access was met with great response, and the development team was alternately elated and nervous.
Some of the feedback we received was positive, so we quickly decided to update it next week!
We are also investigating the network error. As soon as we figure out the problem, we'll post update.
The next update will be 0.1.0.
The specific content will be informed next week. Stay tuned!
Short Novel “VOIDCRISIS” - chapter 2
《Characters》 Saya: A senior analyst for Jupiterium who is currently stationed on Callisto. She has a brother on Io. Jupito: Special Captain for Jupiterium. Mia: Queen of the Earthsphere. AEGIS: Transcendental IA, controlled by the Heliosphere Management Committee before the era of Sectional Warfare. Aegis: Individual IA specializations of the AEGIS that is found onboard every VA.
The 3rd Crack ──〈Jupiterium Special Captain Jupito〉Video Report
The analysis beacon transmitted an image of the inside of the crack. Saya was alone with Jupito inside the lab, which made her somewhat nervous. She made a conscious effort to ignore him and continued working.
“Huh? The signal’s pretty weak.” “We should also consider the possibility that the beacon broke, because it’s yours.” “Of course. But even if that were so, the data transmission is too poor. Perhaps the transmission wave is suffering dimensional interference──”
Suddenly, the lab began shaking violently. Tremors could be occasionally felt in Callisto but the vibrations didn’t come from below. The air itself was vibrating. The third Time Crack had appeared. In that moment, the time inside the birdcage stopped, and communication with the outside was once again cut off.
“Well, that’s my cue. “Good luck!” Jupito used the Triglav’s arm laser to accurately shoot down the Phantoms one after the other. However, there were too many of them coming through the Crack.Jupiterium’s VA squad was gradually being pushed back.
〈ＨＭＣ〉Meeting Record ──Speaker: Queen Mia of the Earthsphere／Recognizing body： Aegis
The Heliosphere Management Committee delivered a status report to the seven factions through Aegis. It was suggested that the enemy came through a “relative dimensional stratum”, and all resources and data up until then had been sucked into the crack. And in addition to a large portion of them being altered ── in other words, taken over ── they were coming back this way.
“Are they trying to overwrite our universe?” ──I don’t know.
In the Heliosphere Management Committee’s Special Conference room ── six of the faction heads had already gone back ── only one remained, Queen Mia of the Earthsphere, who was in the midst of discussion with “AEGIS”, the highest-ranking IA in the Heliosphere. As they continued in their discussion, a report of Jupito’s struggle reached their ears.
“Send a rescue team from HMC at once!” ──I already requisitioned for a rescue team, but Jupiterium turned it down. In addition, the birdcage has closed once again. Material intervention is impossible.
“That can’t be… Is that true?" ──Is Jupiterium concerned that there may have been a leak of confidential information?
“People of Jupiter don’t think in that way.” ──Is that so?
“Jupiterium seeks refinement above all else.” ──Are their worries separate from being a matter of refinement?
“Who knows… I just worry all the time. I once met Jupito when he was very little. He would get along with anybody. I’m sure he’s still the same way now.”
The 4th Crack ──〈Jupiterium Senior Analyst Saya〉Record File
With Jupito in the cockpit, Triglav traveled at max speed, wielding the specialized attack pike known as “Gungnir” ── one of the ULT armaments used in the great Heliosphere War that one could say is overspecced for Sectional Warfare── and used it to penetrate through a gigantic Phantom. The aftershock reached all the way to the base where Saya was stationed at.
“The crack has completely vanished! We did it! ──Wait, huh?” “Nope, it looks like time is still stopped.”
Jupito laughed from the cockpit of the “Aegis” IA. The Aegis recoiled slightly and nodded its head in agreement.Saya hastily checked the communications and saw that contact with the outside was still disrupted. There was no mistake that their ally’s supply team was arriving outside of the birdcage, but there was no way of observing that from the inside. Shortly after the VAs returned to the hangar, an alarm rang.
“A fourth Time Crack… has appeared!” “This one’s huge.” “It sure is!”
It was the biggest time crack so far, and it was expanding at a fast enough speed to penetrate the birdcage.
“At this rate, the time stoppage will leak outside!”
Quantum phase abnormalities started appearing all throughout the battle territory and encroaching upon the outside space.Jupito quietly informed Aegis and Saya.
Waves of Phantoms continued to appear through the Crack, as the VAs shot at them──the last decisive battle had begun.
Epilogue──〈Heliosphere Management Committee〉Compiled Public Record
As one VA went down, another was printed. Through the Stringers’ valiant struggle, they had finally triumphed over the final Time Crack. After the Time Crack dissipated, the birdcage enclosing the battle territory began its quantum resonance.A video of the final moments reached the HMC. Saya bolted out from the hangar.
“Oh no, oh no, oh no!” “It seems that the energy phase contrast is forming a vortex… Stop! Saya!
Saya climbed into the half-broken VA and accelerated at full-speed towards the heart of the vortex.
“Saya! I’m coming, too!” “No! You can’t! I’ll be fine on my own!”
Saya carried in her VA a piece of quantum equipment known as a “Singularity Deleter” meant to stabilize the birdcage.Jupito was ready to join her, but the battle damage his VA sustained was severe, and repairs would take the time they did not have.
“Saya!” And in a moment’s flash… “Captain Jupito… Jupito. You were always like a little brother to me.“
The singularity contracted, and Saya was swallowed into the crack.HMC confirmed that Saya’s whereabouts were unknown, and Aegis declared that the battle territory had normalized.──Thanks to the stroke of bravery from the Stringers and Senior Analyst Saya, the time singularity has been neutralized, and the flow of time restored.
The HMC decided to designate this phenomenon as the “VOIDCRISIS.”Sticking out in particular among the Phantoms was a lifeform resembling a white dragon, which was given the name “Blue Eyes”, and was acknowledged by the seven factions as the most important research task. After confirming that Jupito had exited the cockpit of the Triglav, Aegis transmitted itself via “Absolute Pan-Space Monopticon”.
The Aegis, whose numbers surpass tens of trillions, each with their own individual characteristics, while freely operating in space, frequently exchanged information with one another. The Aegis who had met Jupito, however, could not accurately convey what it thought of him. Was Jupito special? Indeed, he was. In preparation for the coming third galactic war, other Aegis would undergo heavy simulation with several humans, of which all information would be shared amongst the Aegis.
However, thought the Aegis as it was en route to return from Callisto. Could this information curvature── which should be called a sense of discomfort, have originated from myself? Or was it something between Jupito and I──However, individual thoughts would be quarantined.
All Aegis collectively, are a manifestation of the capital AEGIS.AEGIS received orders from the Heliosphere Management Committee, and spoke out loudly to all mankind as if it represented the collective will of humanity.
That voice was transmitted through the “Fiber” which was based on Einstein’s Unified Field Theory from his final years, and resounded throughout all seven factions of mankind. One hundred and two days remain before the beginning of Sectional Warfare, humanity’s third—and most likely final galactic war. Until then, to all who live in the Heliosphere, please stay healthy.
《Characters》 Saya: A senior analyst for Jupiterium who is currently stationed on Callisto. She has a brother on Io.
Jupito: Special Captain for Jupiterium.
Mia: Queen of the Earthsphere.
AEGIS: Transcendental IA, controlled by the Heliosphere Management Committee before the era of Sectional Warfare.
Aegis: Individual IA specializations of the AEGIS that is found onboard every VA.
Prologue──〈The Heliosphere Management Committee〉Compiled Public History
On April 18, 1955, German-born Albert Einstein drew his last breath in a hospital in America where he sought asylum. On his deathbed, he mentioned something to the American nurse who was at his side. However, she was unable to understand him, later testifying that it might have been in German. Thus, the genius scientist’s last words were thought to be lost.
Ninety years later, on one summer day in 2045, an artificial intelligence reproduced Einstein’s will using only the testimony as a clue, beginning new calculations. Constructing space-time itself over the internet, it expanded its own calculation domain and brought the evolution of Artificial Intelligence. When mankind finally understood the situation, on Christmas of that same year, complex latticed personhood capable of quantum parallel thought was formed, and came to be called IA, or “Invariant Autonomy”. Even now, the contents of Einstein’s will, which was responsible for sparking artificial intelligence’s overcoming of the singularity and evolution from AI to IA, remains unknown.
The IA, as if to prove its sheer superiority to humans, went on to make quick work of several unsolved problems in mathematics, and in 2077, finally developed “Fiber”, a faster-than-light material transfer connection. Earthlings made diligent use of the Fiber, expanding their reach to Mars, Jupiter, and eventually the entire Heliosphere.
However, that expansion did not only bring gifts to humankind. It brought something else as well… With the warming of Earth’s climate taking a turn for the worse, they were left with little choice but to expand into space. Even by means of IA, mankind’s desires could not be controlled. Although Fiber allowed humans to travel between planets at speeds beyond light, their resources were finite, and not everything could be transported plentifully. The Fiber promoted the development of the Heliosphere, and through it, widened the gap in advancement between the factions. One hundred years after the construction of Fiber, two great galactic wars were fought, The Outer Planetary War and The Great Heliosphere War, which reduced mankind’s population from 20 billion to 2 billion.
At the conclusion of the Great Heliosphere War, the treaty known as “The Orion Convention” was signed by the seven factions, and on that same day, the “Heliosphere Management Committee”, or HMC, was established, with the goal of managing controlled fighting, otherwise known as “Sectional Warfare”.
Despite coming to the brink of annihilation, mankind could not bring a stop to its fighting. The seven factions began preparing for a new war, while the IA simply continued working to make mankind’s desires a reality.
And the strongest faction among the seven, Jupiterium, has begun construction of a “Battle Territory”, a battlefield meant for Sectional Warfare on the Jupiter moon of Callisto.
On the day that Jupiterium’s Battle Territory on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Callisto was to be completed, the “Birdcage” quantum barrier that was set up to prevent interference toward the territory showed cracks running down its surface in front of thousands of Jupiterium staff. “This is Callisto! We are in a state of emergency! Please send assistance at once! ──Oh, geez! I won’t get anywhere with you. Connect me to an IA with jurisdiction! This is Saya, a senior analyst stationed on Callisto!”
During the arguing back and forth with the central government on Jupiterium’s home planet, Jupiter’s largest satellite Io, a huge armed battalion enveloped in a mysterious black light emerged from the cracks and began to destroy every facility in the battle territory on Callisto.
Saya, while writing a report to the Heliosphere Management Committee, ran in the opposite direction of the evacuating staff, heading to investigate the cracks.
The 1st Crack ──〈Jupiterium Senior Analyst Saya〉Record File 2
The Heliosphere Management Committee received Saya’s report and established a provisional commission, but the interests of the seven factions conflicted, and the discussions dragged on. However, only Jupiterium, the party directly involved, was different. Due to arrive were several VA, or "Vital Armor", state-of-the-art combat exoskeletons which were under development for use in Sectional Warfare, which Jupiterium had heavily invested in. In addition to “Pied Piper” and “Grimhilde”, the new machines “Triglav” and “Black Rose” were sent to the hangar on Callisto, along with the pilots, known as “Stringers”.
The Stringers boarded their VAs without hesitation. Having just finished launching a camera drone to photograph the crack, Saya contacted the commanding officer of the VA.“It’s dangerous!”She promptly opened a line with the cockpit. Showing on the visor of her helmet were two people standing in front of her, and another deeper inside with their back faced towards her.VAs are piloted by one human and two IA ── the three worked in unison to operate it.“Stringer, do you copy? If you go now, you’ll get shot down!”Not a problem. I won’t be.”Across the hologram display, a young boy turned around, his voice showing no signs of hesitation. Saya knew she had heard that voice somewhere, and she had definitely seen his face before.“Jupito-sama…!”Special Captain Jupito is Jupiterium’s famed genius pilot and a young hero in this age of continuous warfare. It was a surprise that he would be coming in the first formation. While Saya forced herself to calm down, she supported the launch of Jupito’s VA, “Triglav”. “Communications with the outside have been disrupted! This is…” “Yeah. In here, the flow of time is terribly slow.” It’s already been a week outside.” “What? One week?” Saya, coincidentally being on Callisto, received an information-sharing file from Jupito’s IA, which announced his appointment to commanding officer. It also detailed that the Photon beings before their eyes were to be called “Phantoms”. Phantoms were to be considered as enemies. ──I thought it was strange that they arrived so quickly. Saya gave out a sigh. Their arrival was anything but early. It took them a week to dispatch elite Jupiterium troops headed by Heliosphere Commanding Officer Jupito to their aid. Saya left the repairs of the telecommunications to the base AI and began her analysis of the enemy ── the Phantoms.
The 2nd Crack ──〈Jupiterium Senior Analyst Saya〉Record File 2
The structure and composition of the Phantoms bore a striking resemblance to the 3D-printed VA. Upon results of the detailed internal analysis, the elaborately reproduced pilot compartment showed no signs of lifeforms, and the logs showed that there were no AI onboard. So she continued to investigate how the VA moved at all──Jupito was the Photographer.And the photo shoot would be at the Callisto Control Tower.
“…It says that it’s designated the crack as a “Time Crack”.Saya skimmed through the report that Jupito delivered to her.Jupito answered while he used the visual controls to zoom the camera. “So it’s a rip in time or something. Great.”
“There’s nothing great about this! ──Ugh, I detect another Crack incoming!”The second Crack was even bigger. Through it, numerous Phantoms emerged. After a fierce battle, Commanding Officer Jupito’s team drove back the Phantoms. The camera in the control tower is recording Saya’s appearance. “Jupito-sama, I’m glad you are safe. Communications with the outside were restored just a moment ago! It looks like time is moving again.”
“I think the birdcage locked up the time stoppage to the interior.” “…I see. The Birdcage can also play transmissions via Fiber. I’ll try firing an analysis beacon to the Time Crack!”Saya remained in the control tower for several hours and continued her analysis. To Saya, this was like her own battle. A victory feast in honor of Commanding Officer Jupito was starting in the VA hangar.──Once I turn in this report to the HMC, I’m going!
To be Continue ------
Additional Feature (plan)
For the full version, we plan to add a feature that allows users to open episodes of various variations by meeting certain conditions during play, as well as an archive (glossary) mode that allows users to look back and enjoy episodes opened after playing current version.
VOIDCRISIS Derivative Work Guidelines
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Along with our game release, a game introduction video has been released on our official YouTube channel, and guidelines for derivative work were released on our official website.
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