🎮 VoidBound 0.7.3 STEAM Release: Desperate times call for desperate measures 🧑

VoidSeekers, a new journey awaits. The latest VoidBound build  is now live for STEAM! 

This update introduces a brand-new quest, debuts quick-time events, and gives enemies an arsenal of dangerous new skills, making battles more varied, strategic, and rewarding

For Players Continuing with Old Saves:  To trigger the new Story scenario, players must have finished the Pharmacy Questline and retrieved the egg for Mr. Peffly from Xaide. Specifically, you need to have completed both: 

• Deputy for a Night 

• An Unexpected Invitation  

If you haven't, both of these quests have per-requisite of visiting Xaide, and once you are finished with them, visit Caly's room for this new quest to trigger automatically.  

Let’s take a look at some of the new things in this one! 

Gameplay Highlights:

Vas has a favor to ask. Uh oh... 

Vas needs Caly's help with a rather unusual request, but she's keeping the details frustratingly close to the chest. One thing's for certain: favors involving Vas are never straightforward. What exactly has she roped Caly into this time? 

Well if Caly plays to Vas's expectations, a spicy Live2D event awaits by the end of it, so I guess we kinda know? :3 

Quick on the draw 

Combat has been expanded with Quick-Time Events (QTEs) tied directly to many of the new follow-up skills used by enemies. When these abilities are triggered, you'll be prompted to react with a timed button input. Success or failure can dramatically influence the flow of the battle, leading to a wide range of effects- from avoiding devastating attacks to suffering restraints, equipment damage, status effects, and more! 

QTE prompts automatically adapt to your preferred control scheme, displaying the appropriate button icons for *Keyboard, Xbox, or PlayStation* controllers to ensure a seamless experience regardless of how you choose to play. 

Face off against new challenges 

Existing enemies have expanded their arsenal with a variety of new skills, making combat less predictable and more engaging. Charging in and face-tanking every encounter may no longer be the best strategy, as foes now have a few tricks up their sleeves that can quickly turn the tide against you. To samples a few from different foes: 

Flamebot 

• Napalm Drench: Sprays sticky napalm across the battlefield, triggering a timed QTE.

Fail: Your movement speed is reduced and you become more vulnerable to thermal damage. 

Success: You evade the blast, leaving a pool of slowing napalm behind for enemies to contend with. 

Sumura 

• Tidal Ensnarement (QTE): The surrounding slime begins to engulf you, requiring rapid button presses to break free. 

Fail: Become restrained while your clothing suffers corrosive damage. 

Success: Break free, leaving Sumura slowed for one turn. 

• Slime's Wrath: A charged-up variation of Sea of Spears that blankets part of the arena, forcing players to reposition or risk taking heavy damage.

Urtu Knight 

• Phalanx Counter: The Urtu Knight assumes a defensive stance for one turn. Attacking into it will trigger a powerful shield bash, allowing the knight to lunge forward and retaliate. 

• Breach Explosive (QTE): Throws an explosive at Caly's feet, giving you only moments to react. 

Success: Kick the bomb back at the attacker, causing it to explode in their face. 

Fail: Fail to react in time and take the full force of the explosion. 

Police Grenadier 

• Martyr's Grasp (QTE): As a last resort, the grenadier attempts to tackle Caly before detonating. 

Success: Kick them away before they can grab hold, causing them to explode at a safe distance. 

Fail: Suffer heavy damage as the explosion tears away your clothing. 

...and much more! We'll be sharing a comprehensive breakdown of the new QTE mechanics in a future post, but for now, we invite you to jump in, experiment, and discover all the different outcomes for yourself. 

 Change Log:- 

🔹 New Content: 💡 

• A new event involving Vas setting up Caly with her Mechanic. 

• The scenario is powered by a Live2D animation and Lovense compatible! 

• Added in total 72 new skills to previous enemies using our new systems, including  

• Skill follow-ups 

• Counters 

• QTE 

• Mashing Chained QTEs 

• Dash Attacks 

• Added 5 additional ripped outfit variations to the orc scenes. 

• Retouched the opening sequence to provide players with greater agency and streamline the path to the first dungeon, improving the pacing of the game's introduction. 

In-Game fixes 🛠️ 

• Optimised the game engine for smoother transition of scenarios 

• Fixed grammatical issues 

• Updated our Live2d implementation further to have better fidelity/support for live2d animations 

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And that covers everything that is to know about this update! 

And while you're checking out the latest update, don't forget that VoidBound is currently 30% OFF as part of Steam's Cyberpunk Fest, running until August 10. Talk about perfect timing!

We hope you enjoy this offering and everything it brings. As always, your feedback plays a vital role in helping us refine and improve VoidBound, so don't hesitate to share your thoughts, bug reports, and suggestions 

Enjoy and Kind Regards, 

Cursed-Atelier Team