Greetings Commander,

New patch is now available for download: Alpha v0.0.15    

This patch focuses on balance tweaks, including changes to the Doom Engine, Necropolis Barge, commanders, modules, and a host of other gameplay elements. 

Version Number: Alpha 0.0.15

Stability

• Provisional fix for Fleshling summon crash

Gameplay

• Increased cooldown of Ancient Translocator
• Increased Assassin HP and DPS
• Increased Mutant HP and DPS
• Mutant now has extra move speed and door break speed
  
• Paladin now has Embolden instead of Purify
• Reduced Chaos Engine cooldown
• Dark Matter Prism deals 15 HP damage to enemies in target room in addition to its original effect
• Increased DPS of all faction DPS modules
• Increased DPS of Splinter Bombs
• Increase Carnivore Hatch damage to 140
• Minor upgrade cost adjustment for weapons system
• Treasonous Whispers now has 2 second charge time
• Increased Hull Ripper II shot count
• Reduced Doom Engine shield charger system level
• Reduced Heavy Siege Disruptor shot count
• Increased cooldown of Doom Engine special attack in higher Torments
• Reduced cooldown of Doom Engine special attack in Normal
• Added crew to Necropolis Barge
• Increased power of Necropolis Barge events
• Increased shot count of Whirlwind Launcher
• Increased power of Necropolis Barge special attack
• Reduced Thrall Pit spawn time and buy price
• Reduced Husk Rack buy price
• Reduced Bloodwitch buy price
• Reduced Summon Thrall cooldown
• Increased Bloodcurse effect duration
• Added psychic slot to Ritualist
• Increased Blood Priest HP

UI

• Fixed Assault C showing up in Archives when filtering for B variants

Visual

• Disable thruster visuals when engines are unpowered

Typos

• Fixed typo in blood cult ion storm encounter
• Fixed typo in blood cult merchant talk

How to Install the Patch (Manual Installation)

If you have already bought the game, you can install the latest patch by following these instructions:

• At the top right corner of the Itch page, next to your username, click the "down" arrow to open the dropdown menu, then click "My Library".
• Find Void War in your library and click the "Download" button.
• That's it! Unzip the archive anywhere and run the game as usual. You now have the latest version of the game. Your save data will carry through automatically.* You can delete the old version of the game whenever you want**.

*For those curious, your save data is not stored with the main game files and is actually located here: C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Roaming\Void_War

**NOTE: Installing a new patch WILL break your last autosave, so make sure to finish your last run before installing.

How to Install the Patch via Itch.io App (Experimental) 

If you want to stay up to date with the latest version without having to manually install new patches every time we release them, you can do so by installing the Itch.io app launcher.  Once installed, download Void War and you should be good to go. 

Note that your previously existing profile data will still be stored at the usual location: C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Roaming\Void_War

Any existing profile data from the manually installed patches should carry over to the Itch.io app version without issue. 

One last important detail: automatic patches will still break previously existing runs, and as far as we can tell, there is no way to disable automatic updates in the Itch.io app. If an auto-update has broken your previous run and you'd like to continue playing it, in the Itch app, go to Library > right-click Void War >  Manage > Manage button > Switch to another version... > then select the last version of the game.  This version should be compatible with your last autosave if it was recently broken by an auto update.