Monthly Archives: July 2017

Expanded Silicon Void Demo v0.2.0 Available + Kickstarter Announcement

Chris Doucette July 28, 2017 Comments Off

Silicon Void v0.2.0 is now available at https://doctorshrugs.itch.io/siliconvoid! In addition to a wide variety of bug fixes and usability improvements, this expanded demo adds lots of new content: Dive into the galactic communications network Explore the City of Intersection, a failed Senescent colony Meet the hive minds who vie for… Read more »

Silicon Void’s Progression System: The Development Cycle

Chris Doucette July 17, 2017 Comments Off

Over the last week or two I’ve been playing through Diablo 3 again with a Necromancer, and I had the exact same experience that I did when I first played it five years ago: within an hour I had the same skill loadout that I would use for the rest… Read more »

Designing Silicon Void’s Combat, Part 2: Critical Eye

Chris Doucette July 2, 2017 Comments Off

Last time, I described how I designed Silicon Void‘s turn clock in response to what I perceive to be flaws in Chrono Cross‘ combat mechanics. In this post we finally leave Chrono Cross behind and look at a mechanic that has an entirely different inspiration. Besides the upcoming enemy turn… Read more »