Arcen Games is wholly excited to announce new updates for their procedurally-generated exploration and survival game A Valley Without Wind. A ton of work has been put in over the past couple months, as the game edges closer to its first playable beta. Today includes reveals for brand new character models, the introduction of armor…
It’s been just about two months since we last did a video of AVWW, and we’ve been very busy! This is the first true “gameplay video” that we’ve ever done, where it’s all one long un-cut stretch of in-game footage rather than a trailer with chopped-up clips. This is also the first time we’ve ever…
The below images are not screenshots, but rather are un-processed original renders that then get scaled down to smaller size for actually being used in-game. So, hence the label “concept art.” That said, this is basically how they look except smaller when it comes to the in-game running around graphics, while the in-game portraits are…
This one is a much smaller release than the last, but I predict that its effect on gameplay will actually be just as large. The main change here is that starship costs have been driven down substantially — reduced about 33%, in most but not all cases. This makes the average combined metal/crystal costs of…
New WIP screenshots to share! These ones including some new art by the awesome Phil, who you might recall as the artist behind Tidalis, AI War 2.0, and The Zenith Remnant. Phil has mostly been working on freelance work with other indies since Arcen hit financial difficulties last year when Tidalis got off to a…
This one has quite a bit of stuff, actually. Many various “underdog” units have been made more attractive in various ways: Things that can now be scrapped that could not be before: gravity drills Cheaper knowledge costs or AI Progress costs: riot control starships scout starships gravity turrets Zenith spacetime manipulators mark II scouts armored…
So, last week we briefly showed screenshots of the new world map and character select screens. We’re still a few weeks away from being able to do our next large gameplay videos and huge diary entries (we really want to show off a ton of things in those all at once), but here’s a few…
This one has the usual variety of tweaks and fixes requested by players. Of particular note are some optional keybindings for turning on/off your highest/lowest efficiency reactors (micromanagers rejoice), and some options for multiplayer in terms of auto-building on allied planets. Astro Trains also now actually shoot their guns again, after having been accidentally muzzled…
Chris Park and I sat down with Jenesee of The Grey Area Podcast for an in-depth chat on A Valley Without Wind, gaming in general, indie development, and of course all things Arcen Games as well. You should definitely set aside the 90 minutes for a listen; it was a wonderfully casual conversation with such…
As promised, the source code (and runtime) for the old Interior Generator for the top-down version of AVWW has now been released. If you want to read about what it is and what it does, please see the link above — it’s described in great detail. And here is where you can download the source…
