Mines of Volantis

Devlog

• Mines of Volantis releases on Itch.io!
  August 31, 2023 by Siduron

  Originally launched on Steam exactly 3 years ago today, Mines of Volantis is now also available on Itch.io!... Continue reading
• Major update and a turning point
  January 19, 2020 by Siduron

  To those who've played Mines of Volantis might have been wondering if this game is dead. The last update was in July last year and I had released updates faily regularly. After the last summer update... Continue reading
• Research update released!
  July 05, 2019 by Siduron#research

  It took a while because personal life was very busy the last 2 months, but I finally finished the new research system! You can now collect technology blocks that give you research points. You can spen... Continue reading

  
• How to determine what's fun and keeping the player engaged.
  June 28, 2019 by Siduron#gameplay, #mechanics, #research

  During the development of Mines of Volantis I've thought about countless cool features and have been suggested even more. All of these ideas on their own could possible be really great, but how do you... Continue reading

  
• Research preview
  June 26, 2019 by Siduron#research

  A preview of the upcoming build. the new research building with its menu. research points are spent to buy special upgrades while discovery points are still collected by discovering new resources and... Continue reading

  
• Telrium-X Teleporter
  May 15, 2019 by Siduron#teleporter

  The Telrium-X Teleporter is now available in Mines of Volantis! With this upgrade your return trips to the surface will take just a couple of seconds!... Continue reading
• Improved upgrades menu, thruster fx, new music AND exclusive content!
  April 22, 2019 by Siduron#upgrades, #music, #thruster

  Hello Miners! I have released a new build with some cool improvements. The upgrade menu has had its buttons moved around so that it's now much easier to use and navigate. The harvester received new th... Continue reading

  
• Gameplay trailer
  March 26, 2019 by Siduron#gameplay, #trailer

  After months of hard work I finally decided Mines of Volantis is ready to be shown off in a gameplay trailer. Check it out!... Continue reading
• Full screen mode for browser now available.
  March 13, 2019 by Siduron#browser, #full screen

  Mines of Volantis now supports full screen mode when playing in the browser! Why was it disabled anyway, you'd ask. Well, all the ingame menus have a handy button to close them after you're doing usin... Continue reading
• Discoveries system now live!
  March 11, 2019 by Siduron#discoveries

  Like I wrote in my previous devlog, the Missions system has been replaced by the Discoveries system. Find new resources and get rewarded Discovery points by collecting a lot of them! Discovery points... Continue reading

  
• Adding Discoveries and removing Missions
  February 24, 2019 by Siduron#discovery, #progress

  The Missions system has been around for a while now. It was created to give the player objectives with a reward that can be used to unlock upgrade tiers. While the idea was good, the missions did not... Continue reading

  
• Persistence is the key to success. Saving feature now implemented.
  February 13, 2019 by Siduron

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  As the duration of total playtime in Mines of Volantis continues to get longer, I continued to receive requests for the ability to save your progress. Inititally I was expecting it to be too complex,... Continue reading

  
• A couple of bugfixes
  January 29, 2019 by Siduron#bugfix

  After yesterdays release I've got some feedback on some annoying bugs that were easily fixable. Here's a list of improvements: The block under a teleporter can nog longer be mined and thereby make the... Continue reading
• Polishing update and WebGL version.
  January 28, 2019 by Siduron

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  #WebGL, #Polishing

  To make Mines of Volantis feel more polished I spend some time fixing various smaller bugs and annoyances. This resulted in a much more solid experience. I also added sounds and details in the world t... Continue reading

  
• Improving the user experience
  January 17, 2019 by Siduron

  It's been almost 2 weeks since the last update and I want to write a little about what i'm working on. Progress is slow but steady, and the focus right now is polishing the user experience with the UI... Continue reading
• A new year, and a new upgrade system.
  January 08, 2019 by Siduron

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  #upgrades

  It's been a while since the last update of Mines of Volantis. Besides the busy holidays I spent quite some time on a new upgrade system. Upgrades are now divided in separate tiers that can be unlocked... Continue reading

  
• The Mission system, now playable!
  December 04, 2018 by Siduron

  Mines of Volantis now features ingame missions! These are given to the player at specific locations or when mining specific blocks. They reward a new currency which in the next update can be used to u... Continue reading

  
• Working on missions
  November 27, 2018 by Siduron

  I usually publish a build weekly, but this last week I've been working on a somewhat bigger feature. To give the player goals I am working on a mission system. The idea (so far) is that at certain dep... Continue reading
• Introducing fast travel with the Portal Network. Build 0.6.2.
  November 19, 2018 by Siduron

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  #portals

  Keep your arms and legs within the portal at all times! 0.6.2 brings the Portal Network, giving players a faster way to travel back and forth the mining colony on the surface. This feature is an answe... Continue reading

  
• New cover and header images!
  November 09, 2018 by Siduron#cover

  To get more people excited about this game, I created a logo for Mines of Volantis and used it for new header and cover images. It looks so much more interesting and gives people an idea what the game... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.6: The Jungle biome
  November 05, 2018 by Siduron#0.6, #jungle

  An important part of development right now is creating new content. Testers enjoy the core gameplay but the current amount of content lasts for about half an hour. For new content I wanted something d... Continue reading

  
• Follow Mines of Volantis on Discord!
  October 31, 2018 by Siduron#discord

  Want to take a look behind the scenes of Mines of Volantis? Join the Discord channel and get updated about new features, silly bugs and ask all your questions about the game or anything software devel... Continue reading
• Version 0.5. Music, Sound and more.
  October 29, 2018 by Siduron

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  The latest version (0.5) of Mines of Volantis consist of various gameplay and UI improvements. Added a new ingame soundtrack Added sounds for fueling and cargo bay reaching maximum. Drill upgrades are... Continue reading

  
• Creating a procedural world: Version 0.4.
  October 15, 2018 by Siduron

  While mining through the ground collecting randomly placed resources was kind of fun, it was very basic. Every meter you went down there was more of the same until you reached a different layer of bl... Continue reading

  
• Taking a look into players' minds
  October 10, 2018 by Siduron

  It is amazing how every person has a different playstyle and has a very unique set of expectations. When designing and tweaking the mechanics of Mines of Volantis, it seemed to me it would be obvious... Continue reading
• Solving the fuel crisis: Version 0.3.
  October 08, 2018 by Siduron

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  After receiving a lot of feedback on the previous version, it became clear that the fuel mechanic wasn't giving the player enough information about when the fuel was about to run out. There was a yell... Continue reading

  
• First public demo!
  October 01, 2018 by Siduron#demo

  For about 2 years, I had this prototype for a game around which I worked on very occasionally. About a month ago, I decided it would be a waste if I'd never finish this project and worked on it until... Continue reading