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It’s Finally Here! The Crew Journal Update for The Chaser’s Voyage (Version 0.6.0.06) is Now Live!

Thanks for waiting everyone! As the title says, the Crew Journal Update for The Chaser’s Voyage is FINALLY live! A lot of things delayed our work in real life, but we managed to hunker down and finish what I consider to be the biggest update to The Chaser’s Voyage since we first launched on Early Access.

 

The main screen of the Crew Journal, with the default entries unlocked. Will you unlock them all?

 

For those who haven’t heard about it yet, the Crew Journal is a collection of written in-universe lore that the crew uncovers and comments on while you play the game. There are over 300 entries in it, short ones for each planet, and a bunch of longer ones covering a wide range of topics: gameplay tips, galactic news of the war, species you encounter, and even silly junk mail. There’s a short novel’s worth of lore now in the game for players to unlock!  The Crew Journal is the players’ window into the larger story of The Chaser’s Voyage universe and we are so excited to finally be releasing it.

 

Ironically this is the first entry unlocked!

 

Alongside learning about the greater universe through your crew’s eyes, you will also learn more about your crew mates’ pasts! My favorite part of the journal is the crew’s comments at the end of each entry. The journal has gone through many edits (both writing and UI) and we hope you enjoy it! You can access the journal through the main menu, pause screen, and mid jump screen. It will even tell you if you have a new entry every time you jump, so you can take a breather in between encounters and read the latest that your crew has to say.

 

This button’s finally active?! It’s a miracle!

 

Alongside adding the Crew Journal we also changed how the crew’s voice lines are selected. They will now cycle randomly through all of the lines for an event at least once before repeating a line again! This should make for a more immersive and less repetitive experience. (Yes Tai, we’ve heard that war story already!) This update is the final planned lore update, so if you’re a fan of great character interactions, learning about the world(s) from the view of the underdog, or just engaging sci-fi space stories, then there’s never been a better time to get The Chaser’s Voyage! Especially since it’s now on sale via Steam’s Summer Sale for $10.19, 49% off! (There’s even a journal entry that will shed some light on our repeated use of 10/19, it’s got everything.)

 

And of course, no update would be complete without bug fixes and typos. We fixed a bunch of random ones as well as some huge ones in the Tutorial. Big shout out to our Discord for pointing out some nasty bugs, it means a lot to us!

 

The next major update on the list is our training mode, the Flight Simulator. It’s been a wonderful dev tool for us and hopefully shouldn’t prove too hard to finalize with some pretty UI elements. (Famous last game dev words.) Until next time, enjoy discovering the newly expanded galaxy of The Chaser’s Voyage! Safe Flying!

 

You can read the full patch notes here and can follow The Chaser’s Voyage and Bright at Midnight on Twitter! If you wish to play The Chaser’s Voyage, you can buy it while we’re in Early Access on Steam:

Update On the Crew Journal

Hello everyone. Last update I said how were hard at work on the in-game lore for The Chaser’s Voyage, which would take the form of a Crew Journal. Well, here’s some screenshots of what the Crew Journal will look like.

 

 

 

 

As you can see, not every category will be unlocked at the beginning of the game. As you progress through the game, making it further and further into your adventure and unlocking insignias, you’ll learn more and more about the history of the galaxy and just how all the pieces line up and affect your voyage.

 

The banners were made by me using both original assets and repurposing those already in the game. Stylistically, I’m pretty happy with how they turned out.

 

Your crew will also be providing insight by leaving comments on each entry. These little dialogue exchanges can expand on information presented in the main entry, talk about something tangentially related, or reveal a little bit more information about themselves.

 

We hope that everyone uses the Crew Journal as a way to measure their progress. It’s the main tracker of meta-progression we have in the game and acts as a non-gameplay-affecting reward for players who keep playing on their voyage to improve and try out all the game’s features.

 

With most of the general layout completed, all that’s left now is to further polish it, design the layout for the entry selection screens, and implement the text. And there is a lot of text.

 

You can follow The Chaser’s Voyage and Bright at Midnight on Twitter and join our Discord for more news and to give feedback! If you wish to play The Chaser’s Voyage, you can buy it while we’re in Early Access on Steam: