Blacksea Odyssey has OFFICIALLY Launched! Ahoy, space-huntsman! We've made it! Thanks so much for everyone's support. The past year and a half has been an amazing journy so far and we're blessed to have such supportive fans, friends, and family. We're excited to see how many gamers Blacksea Odyssey can bring joy (and frustration) too! In case anyone missed our launch trailer: Launch Trailer! We…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! To accompany the announcing of our launch trailer, we've unleashed the final boss! The Titan of the Stars! We'll begin praying to Thor for the many souls that it will send to Valhalla. There's also Megalodon... which... good luck even beating him first. ;) Blacksea Odyssey v0.9.5 Features Added · Added new titanfish boss: Titan of the Stars · Added new elderfish boss: Mega…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! Sorry for the delay on posting the patch notes! We added 6 new unlockable spears AND the unlockable Elite Mode - in which all of the enemies spawn as elites. o.0 Unlock the new spears - if you can ;) We're looking forward to hearing which is your favorite! Blacksea Odyssey v0.9.1 Features Added · Added new consumable items: Nitrus Injector 1, 2, 3, and 4 · Added new elite…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! This week we've released Xezemoth, the merciless conquerer! While he's not for the faint of heart, he proves to be very very strong once mastered! Many of you found the Coup De Grace laying around in the Desert biome - think if it as our unintential Coup De Grace trial period - now expired haha. ;) It can now be discovered properly within the Blacksea galaxy. :) Blacksea O…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! We busted our butts fixing tons of bugs and balancing issues last week! We can't thank you all enough for being such an integral part of making Blacksea Odyssey awesome! The game has become very stable and balanced because of everyone actively participating in the Steam forums and sending us detailed bug reports. As we dev our way onward to v1.0, we couldn't be happier to…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! Before we start, we'd like to remind you to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums ! Also, if you haven't done so yet, please head over to our Steam page to leave a review. It's very important as we draw closer to launch. This update includes the overlord of the Star Angels, ATHREAL THE FALLEN! :D We also fixed the Oblivion unlock bug, so go defeat Athreal the F…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! This update includes the BRAND NEW ABYSS BIOME! :D Be the first to battle Doomreaper and The Seven Blight, as well as the various other creatures lurking in the depths of the Abyss. We also added in the razzlin' dazzlin' Emerald Jones! He can be unlocked by killing Leviathan - so shouldn't be too much trouble for you all! We're looking forward to hearing what everyone thin…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! Today we added in the Desert Kingfish boss, Cthulhu - based off the Lovecraftian creature of the same name! We also added in two cool new spear rune types, Savior Shot and Lighting Shot as well as two new unlockable spears, Oblivion and Thunderbolt! Cthulhu's one heck of a boss, so go check him out! Blacksea Odyssey v0.6.5 Features Added · Added new Desert kingfish boss: C…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! Today we added in the Desert elderfish boss, King Dreadnaught! We also added in the bestiary pages for the Crystal enemeis so time to start collecting those! Maybe we'll make an awesome unlockable spear/achievement for collecting all of the bestiary pages! Blacksea Odyssey v0.6.0 Features Added · Added new Desert elderfish boss: King Dreadnaught · Added collectable Bestiar…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! We noticed that the Bestiary broke the Tutorial, so we wanted to upload a hotfix that fixed that! We also fixed a few other minor bugs while we were at it. :) Blacksea Odyssey v0.5.7 Bugs Fixed · Fixed black rectangle covering Tutorial scene · Fixed green arrow indicator pointing to odd positions in Tutorial scene · Fixed "Goob Job!" Tutorial text occasionally getting suck…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! Today we added in the Desert elderfish boss, Vilemoth! There's also two new unlockable spears: Infernal and Frost! So go check out how to unlock those! Last, but certainly not least, we went ahead and added the in-game bestiary we mentioned during the Kickstarter! Enemies now have a chance to drop collectible pages which get permanently unvieled in the bestiary when discov…
So we uploaded the build yesterday, but Steam was being buggy and not letting us post updates or access for forums for some reason! But anyways, here's the patch notes. :) Ahoy, space-huntsman! Today we added in a new Desert elderfish boss, Rackjaw! He's the fastest and most difficult enemy we've put in the game so far! We also added in a group of Desert enemies: Sandchawer, Sandwrither, and Sa…
New interstellar spacescape to exlore! New creatures to prey upon! New spacebehemoth bosses to battle! Ahoy, space-huntsman! Today's update, the biggest update since our Early Access launch earlier this month, includes the brand new Desert biome! You'll find insect-like critters skittering this dusty spacescape. Beware of Queen Verminess's slicing pincers and Adaea the Weaver's lethal stream of…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! We decided to upload a hotfix to patch up some of bugs we discovered in v0.5.1! Sorry about these, but thanks to you we were able to resolve them quickly. :) Blacksea Odyssey v0.5.2 Bugs Fixed · Fixed Rade's health going higher than max health bug · Fixed mouse being stuck in artifical boundary bug · Fixed harpoon collision not working occasionally · Fixed auto-fullscreen…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! This week we added a new character, Rade Lawson! You can unlock this fierce bounty hunter by killing the great Charybdis - which I'm sure many of you have already done before! His stats and playstyle vary greatly from the Old Man's - not to mention he has his own unique ability and ship! But you'll have to unlock him to find out more about him! ;) Blacksea Odyssey v0.5.1 F…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! After a little over a year of development, we've finally made it! From game jam to Early Access, we've come a long ways and we're thankful for everyone that's supported us along the way. We added several new items and features, but spent most of this past week really polishing the build by fixing a ton of bugs and balancing several AI, items, and mechanics. Thanks to all o…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! We spent a lot of time fixing bugs and optimizing performance. But, we've also been working on the Jungle kingfish Charybdis and we're super excited to include him in this update! He's pretty different from existing bosses, so we're quite curious to hear what you all think! Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.4 Features Added · Added new Jungle kingfish: Charybdis · Increased game's ove…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! We added some cool new content including the Jungle boss Nom Nom Nom, 3 more unlockable spears, and 4 new spear runes! By the way - we think you'll love the knockback we added to the harpoon! Don't forget to bump into a brown mushroom in the Jungle biome too, so that the Old Man can have a nice little trip (and not the vacation type). ;) Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.3 Features Ad…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! We hope that you all are enjoying the beta and last weeks build update. We've been getting really good feedback and bug reporting so thanks a lot and please keep it coming! Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.2 Features Added · Added new Crystal elderfish: Wyn the Elder · Added unlockable spear: Brutality · Added unlockable spear: Mercury · Added new spear rune: Critical Shot IV · Added…
Blacksea Odyssey is a 2D top-down, multi-directional shoot 'em up with rogue-like and RPG elements. The game features an expansive customization system, fully destructible and procedurally generated environments, and gruesome boss battles with creatures up to ten times the screen size! You will be able to purchase Blacksea Odyssey for $9.99 on Steam Early Access on March 2nd to become a Beta Pl…
Ahoy, space-huntsman! Thanks for supporting our Kickstarter and partaking in our closed beta. Your constant feedback and bug reporting means the world to us small indie developers that cannot afford to pay large sums for "professional" Q&A testing. It's only been a week and we've recieved tons of feedback! :D Blacksea Odyssey v0.4.1 Features Added · Added new Jungle elderfish: Great Ghuza · Add…
The Blacksea Odyssey beta build has been sent to all $25 and up Kickstarter backers – so check your emails ! You’ll LOVE the progress we’ve made! If you missed our Kickstarter, you can still Pre-Order Blacksea Odyssey ! Thanks so much to everyone that downloaded our alpha demo and provided us with feedback and bug reports! We had a total of over 6,250 downloads! With your help, we aggregated, a…
Ahoy Space-Huntsmen! We hope everyone had a great holiday season! We're glad to be back to work after a long Kickstarter campaign . Thanks to you, we raised $12,300 which will help us finish the game! We'd also like to thank everyone that has contributed feedback. We've been fortunate that tons of people reached out via Twitter, Facebook, email, and the contact form to share their thoughts and…
Ahoy Space-Huntsman! We've made many development blog posts about the gameplay of Blacksea Odyssey so wanted to take the time to elaborate more on the backstory and the competition that the Old Man is taking place in. And in case you're antsy, the Alpha Demo will be released before the end of the month! Alpha testers will be the first to fight our first Kingfish boss! The Backstory It is the ni…
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