Volcanoids News

We're joining the Steam Autumn Sale madness so you can get Volcanoids with 20% OFF for a limited time. If you want to see what will you buy into, check out our roadmap that contains most of the upcoming features such as co-op, pvp, customization and more.

If you're interested in how we handled development since the Early Access launch, here are some of our biggest updates so far.

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Finally, if you got any questions, let us know in the comments and we will reply asap.

~ Rich, Volcanoids Dev Squad

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Since the Automation Update added plenty of new ways to arrange your drillship interior, we would love to see all the different layouts you guys came up with! So we got a contest for you:

How to participate:

1. Assemble the coolest drillship interior you possibly can
   
2. Take up to five screenshots of the interior
   
3. Share them in our Steam Community Hub or on our Discord in the #contest-submissions channel
   

Winners announcement and rewards:

3 winners will be picked next Thursday, November 28th

• 1st place: $25 Steam gift card + Volcanoids Steam key
  
• 2nd place: $10 Steam gift card + Volcanoids Steam key
  
• 3rd place: $5 Steam gift card + Volcanoids Steam key
  

Some inspiration for you:








The contest has officially ended so here are the winners!

1st place goes to: TheFireDragon






2nd place takes: Xentor


The HUB Areal, (above the productioncontroll)


The Secondary bridge in the Tail of the ship, in Case the Frontbridge gets destroyed.


3rd place to: DF19






Congratulations to the winners, we will contact you shortly - also big thanks to anyone else that participated. More contests coming soon!

~ Rich, Volcanoids Dev Squad

https://store.steampowered.com/app/951440/Volcanoids/

Volcanoids is currently 25% OFF for the next 2 days! This is our biggest sale to date so if you've been keeping Volcanoids on your wishlist waiting for a good opportunity, now is the time. In case you already have the game and enjoy it, it would mean the world if you recommended it to someone that you think would enjoy it as well. Keep in mind that we're already working on co-op so you should soon be able to raid and capture drillships together!

This sale is also happening shortly after we released a major update that added over 40 new machines and tools. Check out the trailer:

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Full update notes: https://steamcommunity.com/games/951440/announcements/detail/3581976347571578442

If you need to ask a few questions before buying, feel free to do so in the comments below and we will answer as soon as we can.

~ Volcanoids Dev Squad

Today's Deal: Save 25% on Volcanoids!*

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*Offer ends Tuesday 11/12 at 10AM Pacific Time

It's been almost a week since the Automation Update release and you guys managed to break the game already, way to go. Just kidding, thank you so much for reporting all insect that got into the game with the new update. Special thanks goes to our Discord and Steam testers that relentlessly keep on testing no matter how many new builds we throw at them.

As the title suggests with a bunch of fixes we also added 2 new features. You can see the first one in this video. Basically, you can call the drillship from anywhere to a landing site near you. Small disclaimer: if your drillship is heavily damaged you might want to reconsider this move since it could drive through lava as it's coming to you.

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This drillship calling feature also changes the way you can move around the map. If you wanted to explore on foot before, you always had to return to your drillship. Now you can wander off and then just call the drillship to you.



The second feature is a Dead End notification for situations when you're better off loading your last save than continuing. Situations like being stuck inside a cave without a drillship - you're alive, but you can't get out of there so you're just waiting for the eruption to vaporize you.

NEW

• Player can call drillship to a free landing site near him
  
• Dead End screen telling you when there's no way out (e.g. stuck in caves without drillship)
  

FIXES

• Fixed long loading times
  
• Fixed game not loading at all
  
• Fixed drillship ownership after claiming more than one drillship
  
• Fixed quest Hull T4 parts
  
• Fixed quest Titanium Hull, which kept repeating
  
• Fixed quest Damage Drillship T2 / T3 not finding drillship nearby
  
• Fixed quest Essential devices, station is no longer required when there's Hub
  
• Fixed no COG drillships spawning at Lava Source 3
  
• Fixed bad light layer on devices
  
• Fixed Hub stations flickering when using Proportional Threshold mode
  
• Fixed online storage items flickering when there's Hub with Proportional Threshold mode
  
• Fixed storage modules T2 and T3 button blocker
  
• Fixed blocked mount point
  
• Fixed door collider issue
  
• Fixed empty COG drillship after loading game and going back to previously visited area
  
• Fixed inventory lost when using Restack on loot inventory (cogs or destroyed modules)
  
• Fixed outro playing after loading finished game
  
• Fixed pilot seat being destroyed when drillship going under
  
• Fixed exterior lights being destroyed when going under
  
• Fixed icons disappearing on Hub station
  
• Fixed Hub station sounds audible everywhere
  
• Fixed missing roof module caused by invalid side module position
  
• Fixed drillship not coming when called
  
• Level design adjustment
  
• Player stuck
  

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• Participate in contests and chat with us/other players on Discord
• Receive development updates through Email
• See upcoming features on Trello
• Watch new trailers and tutorials on YouTube
• See highlights from the office and story specific content on Instagram

Happy digging!

~ Volcanoids Dev Squad