The Playable Tutorial (Update 0.3.0) is live!

Hello everyone! Just in time for the holidays, The Chaser’s Voyage Update 0.3.0 (the Playable Tutorial Update) is now live! There are some pretty exciting additions to the game with this patch, so here’s what’s new in Update 0.3.0.     First off, we have removed the temporary tutorial video and have implemented the playable …

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Another Tutorial Update!

Hello again everyone, we’re overdue for another update on The Chaser’s Voyage, so we hope you’re ready!   1) Everything’s looking super good. Unlike the rest of the game, the tutorial is a set string of events. This gave us more freedom to actually tell a more concrete narrative, which we have fully capitalized on. …

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Update On Our Tutorial

Hey everyone, we’ve been working hard on the tutorial in preparations for our tutorial update. To keep you all in the loop, here is some of the specific stuff we are currently working on.   1) Wrapping up the actual playable tutorial sequences. The final sequence of the tutorial will pit you up against a …

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The Chaser’s Voyage Early Access – One Year Later

So, it’s been about one year since The Chasers’ Voyage went into Early Access. First…     Next, I’d like to take this opportunity to go over everything we’ve done since releasing in Early Access on Steam, what we have learned, and what we still have in store for The Chaser’s Voyage.   A few …

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The Art of Tutorial Crafting

So since we’ve been hard at work on making our playable tutorial, I thought it would be good to perhaps write about our thought processes and ideas behind what makes a “good tutorial.” As most gamers are probably aware, tutorials have been, and still are, somewhat controversial. Many older gamers were basically conditioned into figuring …

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A Quick Look at Our Playable Tutorial

We’re working hard on the playable tutorial. Here’s a little sneak peak at what it looks like.   Since the tutorial is also the prologue for our game, you aren’t yet the captain of the Chaser. Instead, it looks like you’re flying some kind of Imperial ship. Fun fact: It’s design is actually based on …

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Accessibility and Difficulty – Talking About Voyager Mode and Other Options

This week I wanted to talk about The Chaser’s Voyage and accessibility. Cameron and I are both firm believers that games should be accessible for anyone to play, either by having those considerations baked into the game itself or by having a plethora of options to allow players to customize games to maximize their enjoyment. …

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Patch Notes for Update 0.2.2 – 8/22/2022

We released Update 0.2.2 yesterday and I wanted to go over some more changes we’ve made! Since our last patch came out earlier than planned, this patch finishes off things we started in Version 0.2.1. On top of the previous Voyager Mode additions, we’ve now added Wolfe’s Secret Options. Unlike the base Voyager Mode options, …

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Patch Notes for Update 0.2.1 – 8/11/2022

Last Thursday we released Update 0.2.1 and I wanted to go over some of the gameplay changes included, but first, BUGS! • Bug Fixes: Bugs are the reason why this update did not release on our usual preferred day. With the implementation of Gamepad Support, we had to revamp our input system. This resulted in …

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Playing The Chaser’s Voyage with a Gamepad

With our Gamepad Update now live on Steam, we have finally entered into the second part of the “Making our Tutorial” phase… actually making the tutorial. Implementing gamepad support was an exciting, but necessary, detour, as adding it was always one of our biggest desires and the tutorial was always something we were gonna save …

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