Hello all Ectypes,

Welcome to everyone into a new year 2025.
What better way to start than share a new video showing Void Crew 1.0 Gameplay loop.
...we hope you like it - If so, pleeeease share with your friends :-)

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We love feedback... both from both players in our community and media playing Void Crew. That gives us insights into which areas works and others to improve - making Void Crew the best experience it can be. One of the biggest Danish gaming medias, ARKADEN just released a full review of Void Crew 1.0. As it is written in Danish, we have translated it below, for you all to read.

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Void Crew 1.0 review (ARKADEN - original text in Danish) >>[arkaden.dk]

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Review in ARKADEN[arkaden.dk] - Written by Michael Emcken, January 10, 2025.

Void Crew has exited its 14-month-long Early Access, and it is incredibly addictive—especially when you have friends to man the ship with you.
Void Crew offers an intense and cooperative experience where teamwork and communication are key to success. You and your friends will be thrust into chaotic missions where you must balance piloting the ship, fighting enemies, and scavenging "space junk" from the hostile ships you’ve taken down.

Developed by Danish studio Hutlihut Games and published by Focus Entertainment, this rogue-like extraction game lets you navigate your spaceship through missions, extract loot, and upgrade your skills to progress as far as possible.

The game begins with a brief introduction to the core mechanics. The pace is slow, and you won’t face significant challenges initially. But once the real game begins, the tempo and difficulty ramp up quickly. You’ll venture into space aboard a sophisticated spacecraft on exciting missions that you and your crew are hilariously unprepared for! Your main adversary is "The Hallow," the game’s only enemy faction.

There’s a stark contrast between the tutorial and the main gameplay, but the difficulty is fair—you always understand why a mission failed. It’s just a matter of hopping back into the action, spending your newly-earned gene tree points, and venturing into space again.

Roles and Gene Trees
In Void Crew, each player can assume a different role on the ship, each with unique abilities and responsibilities. The available roles are:

Pilot: Responsible for navigating the spaceship through missions, avoiding obstacles and enemy fire.
Engineer: Focuses on maintaining and repairing the ship's systems, weapons, or hull.
Gunner: Operates the ship's weapons to fend off enemies, ensuring you’re not overwhelmed by the numerous foes in certain missions.
Scavenger: Heads out into space during the chaos to retrieve space junk that can be used to upgrade weapons or reinforce the hull.

Currently, the scavenger role feels unnecessary. While hull breaches require someone to venture into open space for repairs, it’s often better to send an engineer, as they’re more efficient at repairs. Some objectives require external work, but generally, having someone outside the ship is a disadvantage. As a result, the scavenger role doesn’t have a well-defined place compared to the others.

Players can rotate roles to keep gameplay dynamic and ensure everyone experiences different aspects of the game. Role selection and gene tree point allocation are managed in the Hub, where you also prepare for missions. Gene trees allow players to enhance specific aspects of their role, such as improving the pilot’s thruster speed or increasing the gunner’s weapon damage.

Into asteroid rain and ice storms the Space Ship has to venture out
The ship’s systems are interactive and easy to navigate. Weapons must be aimed, fired, and reloaded manually, and repairs often require players to dash around the ship like headless chickens, tackling one crisis after another.

While enemies try to turn your ship into space debris, environmental hazards like asteroid storms and ice fields also pose a threat. Effective communication is essential, as even simple tasks—like aligning the ship for a warp jump or managing power consumption—often require coordinated efforts from the crew.

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The moments when everything clicks and the crew functions as a well-oiled machine are deeply satisfying. Few games can match this level of cooperative enjoyment.

Alone in Space - Playing Solo
Void Crew can be played solo if you don’t want to team up with other players. This mode works surprisingly well, with automated turrets and other systems helping you manage tasks that would typically require multiple players.

While missions seem scaled for solo play, it’s not explicitly stated. Perhaps the automated turrets are just particularly effective at eliminating enemies.

Multiplayer: Where the Game Shines
We at Arkaden had the pleasure of playing Void Crew as a 4-player co-op team. According to Kasper Pedersen:

“Void Crew truly shines when experienced as part of a team. While missions—particularly space battles—can be tough, completing them feels incredibly rewarding. However, figuring out certain mechanics, like activating Hyper Drive, can be confusing at first. We also encountered a few bugs, like a crew member falling through the ship floor. But these issues were minor compared to the laughs and shouts we shared as a team, improving and mastering the game’s complex mechanics together.”

Void Crew is a fantastic game, slightly hindered by the lack of utility for the scavenger role and some technical issues. These flaws, however, don’t detract from the overall experience. The gameplay is solid, striking a perfect balance between micromanagement and engaging tasks. Every action aboard the ship has purpose and significance. Progression through the gene tree is satisfying, and each upgrade feels impactful.

Space battles are intense, punishing mistakes harshly. While single-player mode is functional, it’s clear the game was designed for co-op. Void Crew is decent in single-player, great in multiplayer, and absolutely phenomenal with friends. Its strength lies in creating an engaging and dynamic multiplayer experience where teamwork is essential. For fans of co-op games and space adventures, Void Crew is a must-play.

Developer/Publisher: Hutlihut Games/Focus Entertainment
Genre: Rogue-lite/Adventure/Extraction
Platform: PC (Steam)

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Don't hesitate to share with us your Void Crew experience in comments!
...or join discussions with other Ectypes in the community on our Discord[discord.gg]!

//Hutlihut Games Crew

Hello all Ectypes,

Time flies faster than those pesky Frostmorphs!

First of all - We want to express our sincere thanks to our our entire Void Crew community and everyone who supported us throughout 2024. Your feedback, input and help is what makes us go that extra mile. So much appreciated. Thank you!

On a personal note, this year has been absolutely crazy. I got married, had a beautiful daughter, even got a house... and released Void Crew 1.0! Still waiting for those fibercables that should have been here in November, but, I guess those 5000 Mbps will have to wait a few more weeks... but first, a celebration give away!

Corner whatever friend or three of yours you'd want to play coop with style - Then you get them to:

1) Push that RATE UP button on this article, and
2) add a comment with the words "METEM PRESERVE YOU" in this article's comments

... and we will draw and announce the 3 winners THIS SUNDAY 21.00 CET (5th of January)!


Congratulations from the Hutlihut Games' team to the following three lucky winners!

• Sir Titanius Anglesmith
  
• wonkermatic
  
• Solvictus

(Keep an eye out for a friend invite so we can send you that shiny key ... you can just remove us afterwards!)

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So what is this post about!? Well, apart from us taking some much deserved time off to be with our families, there are two important topics!

Right now we are working on THE PAYLOAD LAUNCHER (amongst other things) ... we'll be sharing more very soon! Yes, we are working on the next major Update coming to Void Crew - read more on that here: [[url=https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/news/app/1063420/view/509567273064726586]Space Log #13[/url]]

(^ I just really like this gif ... it's 'mind blowing' ...)

So where were we? Oh yes ...

Here you have it: Ectype New Years Eve party on the bridge !

If you have some spare time while waiting for Midnight (or you have a little one with crayon-needs):

This line art is a print it yourself and colour it :-)

Download image here >>[drive.google.com]
Let us see the fun and cool colouring you can do - Please share on our Discord (in channel: art-corner) >>[discord.com]
(Who knows, we might implement your color scheme in a future update!)

From all of us at Hutlihut Games, we wish you Happy New Year!

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In Denmark (where I live, and most of the team) we have traditions. Some really weird ones. One of them involves everyone getting up on our couches and jumping down when the bell strikes twelve. Why? Well, we want to "jump" into the next year, of course! And what can go wrong when we've been serving bubbles and other questionable liquids for the last six or ten hours prior to this balancing act... Just remember: get that expensive and heavy glass couch-table out of the way first!

What traditions do you have?

Also it goes without saying, if you do fireworks this evening (like scandinavians have tradition for), do remember to wear protective gear! I mean it! (Being a daddy might have made me a bit (over)protective...)

The Holiday sale for Void Crew is still, but not for much longer!... as in, you have like ONE more day! So get those friends of yours to try it out! (Or even better, gift them!).

And if you are feeling super supportive, then grab our epic Founders Pack >> as well today!
Psst... you can also gift it to a friend you feel deserves it ;-)

Remember to join our Discord[discord.com] for more coop and chaos!

Until the next rambling...

// Daniel, Creative Director, Hutlihut Games

Check out the Bundle (including additional discount) >>
We hope you will enjoy it !

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Greetings, Ectypes!

Long ago… all the way back in 2023, we had the amazing experience of revealing Void Crew to the general public at PAX East Boston in Focus Entertainment’s booth. In between play-sessions of purposefully blowing up attendees who were trying out Void Crew, we took every opportunity to walk the floor of the conference, checking out the other games there—especially the sci-fi ones.

In that category, the absolute best-looking game of its kind was kind of visible from where we were located - EVERSPACE 2. They’d gone through a very successful Early Access and were now gearing up for a full 1.0 release. We were very inspired by not only their game but also their development process. And we were also kind of envious of the level of polish and sheer bad-assiness the game was radiating. Truth be told, we were kind of happy they were making a single-player action adventure, so we wouldn’t be competing for eyeballs with our Void Crew chaotic co-op friendship-destroyer.

With that little anecdote in mind, it should come as no surprise that we are super-excited to present you with the following holiday offering:

EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.

Check out the Bundle (including additional discount) >>
We hope you will enjoy it !

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Join our community on Discord to share your Void Crew adventures, engage with fellow players, and stay updated on all the latest news!
Discord >>[discord.com]

METEM Preserve You!

Sincerely,
The Hutlihut Games Crew

By-the-way: Just in case you might have missed it, we just released a big Patch, filled with more than 200 bugfixes, improvements and balancing. Read details here: Void Crew - Patch 10 (1.0.3) >>

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It's been daunting/hilarious/fun to see so many Content Creators playing Void Crew 1.0! We have done Devs playsession with many, such as Jesse Cox (aaalways be scooping) ...aaand many others. So naturally, a shoutout to all of you: THANK YOU!

To celebrate this, we've put together a compilation video of some action reactions... it's all good fun!

Big Shoutout to below... for all the great streams and fun!

• Pressea: / https://www.twitch.tv/pressea
  
• LDSylvr: / https://www.twitch.tv/ldsylvr
  
• JoeFudge: / https://www.twitch.tv/joefudge
  
• 二喵二汪: https://space.bilibili.com/298591899
  
• GoofGuy: / https://www.twitch.tv/goofguy
  
• Dexbonus: / https://www.twitch.tv/dexbonus
  
• Alphacast: / https://www.twitch.tv/alphacast
  
• Hermit: / https://www.twitch.tv/hermit
  
• Beardageddon: / https://www.twitch.tv/beardageddon
  
• Flamuu: / https://www.twitch.tv/flamuu
  
• Bonjwa: / https://www.twitch.tv/bonjwa
  
• Sterdekie: / https://www.twitch.tv/sterdekie
  
• BagheraJones: / https://www.twitch.tv/bagherajones
  
• ...aaaand many, many more!

To our great Community: We would appreciate your help...
Poke your favorite streamer to play Void Crew!
Plus, let us know in comments: Who is your favorite Content Creator/ Streamer you would like to see playing Void Crew?

It's always interesting to see all the cool stuff/reactions to an update, and the 1.0 release was by far the biggest all-round package we've released. And with it, we've loved to hear and see the reactions from new and old players alike, ranging from embarrassing airlock mishaps, to discovering a way to break our balancing with a grin, leaving our designers thirsty for stronger coffee.

And, of course, despite spending lots of time in bug-fixing-mode, people still find the weirdest bugs ... But, it's all good! We had - even before releasing the 1.0 - planned to spend a bunch of time fixing whatever balancing/bugs was thrown back at us. In our case, this resulted in a hotfix (thanks for the community for helping us iron a few things out ) and a huge patch, released .... today!

And if that wasn't enough, we recently unlocked our Holiday Event (with additional cosmetics, of course!) to make sure as many Ectypes as possible get into the holiday spirit ... by destroying stuff in space. Note: Today's patch tweaks the way the Holiday Objective spawns, so you're no longer at the mercy of the gods of randomness - you should see the Objective at least once per biome now.


Now our patch has dropped, and we've dived into the next content update! HUTLIHUT ! So, what exciting things is coming ?

Disclaimer: Here's some insights on what we are working on. Things are WIP and may be subject to change, so no promises just yet!

As hinted in our recent dev stream, one thing we are working on is what we call the "Payload Launcher"! With it comes a series of carryable items ("Payloads") that can be inserted into this launcher module ... and you guessed it, LAUNCHED!

I'm not going to lie - this has been on my list of must-haves for a long time, but didn't feel like a must-include for the 1.0. So I'm very excited to bring this to life in this coming update!

At the moment of writing, we can already cram things like the Decoy into the Launcher and deploy them into space! Here is an in-development screenshot that hints at some of our prototypes (but, remember, they may or may not eventually make it into the game!)

But that is not even the best part - Those items are not LOCKED to the Payload Launcher ... Nooo - you can prime all Payloads with your BARE HANDS! You pick em' up, PRIME them (by holding LMB) and THROW them (Looking at you, Long Throw Perk)! After a few moments, the Payload will TRIGGER (if it's in space) and start doing it's thing. Yes - this also means the Decoy will no longer automatically start attracting enemies just because you happened to throw it outside - you have to intentionally Prime it first.
Another topic (tada, reveal!) is MUTATORS! (say it with a deep booming voice)

So, what exactly is a Mutator? In short, it's a global rule that affects your session. Usually making things harder, or maybe just different - either case, they switch things up, and will bring some much-requested spice to your play-sessions.

But we'll save some juicy details on this for later ...

Acting on another oft-repeated request from the community, We've made the Auto-Mechanic upgradable! It is still in the early stages, but our current model is that Mk II has two levers instead of one, meaning you can get twice the amount of work done!

Keep posting feedback! We have no lack of things we want to do, but we also believe that the community should weigh in what they are truly longing for, so keep posting feedback, bugs, wishes and so on! Of course, we can't cater to everyone, but we do try and be present on various media, and trying to understand how the game is perceived from players ... if we have learned one thing, then it is that players tend to play the game differently than us! Live and learn, live and learn ...

In other words, parallel to working hard on sending more content your way, we are also evaluating/discussing internally on the subjects we want the future to hold.

Now, go check out the patch, and join the coop chaos on our Discord[discord.com]!

Until the next rambling...

// Daniel, Creative Director, Hutlihut Games

Lots of hard work and testing went into this big Patch, filled with more than 200 individual bugfixes, improvements and balancing. Thanks for your feedback since the 1.0, and your patience is appreciated!

If you're having new or further issues, please don't hesitate to share them with us on our Discord[discord.gg]!

//Hutlihut Games Crew

• Weapon and Helm stats are now visible in module context info
  
• Improved B.R.A.I.N. auto turret targeting against armoured targets: exposed non-armored pieces in enemies like the Frost Mother or the Cruiser will be preferable targets over armored ones.
  
• Enemy markers are now only visible when seated in pilot or weapon seat
  
• Role icons are now colored in matchmaking window
  
• Relics and Mods modifiers are now visible in Astral Map context infos
  
• Updated the HUB gate
  
• Recycle tab now states fabrication cost for blueprints
  
• Added icons to animated projections and coloured patterns
  
• Updated engine trim diodes in engine room
  
• Added diodes to shelves
  
• "Sweater" and "Wooly" patterns added to Festive Lootbox

• Priority Presents - increased the chance of it appearing from 20% to 25% and added a bad luck protection - it will be forced to appear at least once every four Main Objectives
  
• Priority Presents - decreased the number of Reigndeers summoned by S4NT4 in a 3-4 player sessions from 3 to 2 (per summoning satellite dish - should now be 6 in total if no satellites get destroyed)
  
• Void Powered Shell damage reduction reduced from +25% to +20%
  
• Benediction weapons now overheat faster, but all Heatsink Mods have had their heat dissipation buff increased by 25%

• Fixed Astral Map breaking if it’s being interacted with as you exit the void jump
  
• Fixed character movement tickrate when on the ship (low FPS feeling when walking around the ship)
  
• Optimized the matchmaking terminal
  
• Fixed players getting targeted by enemies while inside the wreck bases
  
• Fixed the weapon stats increasing infinitely if a guest player uses Gunner class ability
  
• Fixed the Festive Lootboxes rewarding duplicates before all possible rewards get unlocked
  
• Fixed weapon UI showing wrong stat values
  
• Fixed enemy projectiles and sniper beams going through terrain
  
• Fixed the Pilot class ability running indefinitely if it’s used inside the Void Jump
  
• Refresh rate will no longer keep changing to a lower one when on Full Screen
  
• Fixed Superior Engineer ability triggering its cooldown when a defect gets fixed
  
• Fixed battery context info not appearing if it’s inserted into Arc shields
  
• Fixed immersive voice chat intensity setting
  
• “No Rooms Available” popup wont appear if another tab selected or terminal is exited
  
• Fixed Kinetic Point Defense not working while Exit Vector is set
  
• Fixed kick button being visible to guests
  
• Fixed guests’ chat being spammed by enemy destroyed messages when void jumping
  
• Fixed the void jump push not dealing damage when entering the void
  
• Fixed automechanic being able to charge unpowered thruster boosters
  
• Fixed sitting position on HUB chairs
  
• Fixed VFX artifacts on battery cells
  
• Fixed the scroll bar issue when changing between cosmetic tabs
  
• Improved achievement validation
  
• Improved B.R.A.I.N. auto turret targeting against Freighter
  
• Updated codex pictures
  
• Chat no longer shows messages when HUD is hidden with H
  
• You can no longer swap items with items in chests
  
• Fixed rewards popup blocking mouse clicks
  
• Fixed Striven Aegis chest piece clipping into the camera
  
• Fixed carryable transparency
  
• Fixed not being able to insert items into Gravity Scoop from outside the ship
  
• Implemented additional protection for bad monitor index
  
• Ship UI no longer appears while using fabricator when void jumping
  
• Fixed lighting during void jump inside Destroyer
  
• Adjusted Lore terminal model
  
• Fixed the gun direction indicator in the weapon hud
  
• Fixed unshielded enemies appearing with shields for guest players
  
• Fixed the same lore entry getting unlocked if multiple lore shards are found in one solar system
  
• Fixed scrollbar in the “objective completed” tab in the Tally Screen
  
• Fixed the batteries not getting charged with Superior Engineer ability if they are inserted into Arc shields
  
• Fixed the batteries getting destroyed if Arc shields get deconstructed with batteries inserted
  
• Fixed pattern orientation on cosmetics
  
• Fixed the satellite health bars appearing in the middle of the screen in Strike
  
• Fixed shield module animation
  
• Fixed Frost Mother ice shards sometimes not dealing damage
  
• Choosing a Loadout Challenge after already choosing Pilgrimage will not re-open the HUB gate
  
• Fixed Frost Mother’s beam being invisible
  
• Moved the Destroyer resources to the starboard side shelves
  
• Miscellaneous UI fixes
  
• Miscellaneous art and collision fixes
  
• Miscellaneous localization fixes - For all 12 supported languages.
  
• Miscellaneous localization fixes - For Simplified Chinese.

Again, if you are having issues, don't hesitate to share them with us on our Discord[discord.gg]!

Sincerely,
// The Hutlihut Games Crew

[h4]Edit: Ends 20th of January! So last chance to grab those holiday special cosmetics![/h4]

To celebrate the Festive Season, we're bringing back the Winter Holiday event that we added to the game during Early Access... a year ago... How time flies!
For the duration of the event, Pilgrimages will offer an optional "Priority Presents" side objective - it pops up randomly, with a 20% chance whenever you jump into the Void, so look out for it on the Astral Map.

In Priority Presents, Ectypes are tasked with blowing up a Barge Freighter that's been infringing on METEM's domain. Completing the Objective rewards a Festive Gift of METEM, which contains a collection of new (and returning) Winter Holiday cosmetics. The Festive Gift has maximum "duplicate protection," so it'll only reward things you don't already have, until you have everything it can offer! There's 31 Winter Holiday items to collect this year (which includes everything that was available during Early Access).

For those of you who just had a minor heart-attack at the prospect of needing to kill a Freighter, there's some additional good news. We revisited both the "normal" Freighter encountered in Ambush and this Festive variant, and made some significant tweaks that should make them way more manageable... The Missile Turrets have been relocated to the top of the Freighter, and are now individually targetable. This means Pilots can target lock them easily, making them easy prey for Gunner and B.R.A.I.N.s. Once the Missile Turrets are gone, the Freighter is much more manageable, so you can deal with the Escorts before you blow it up - As written in the Codex of Strife: "Before you fight your opponent, take away his arms."

To emphasize the Festive Season, the METEM Command Hub has been dressed up for the occasion - complete with jingling bells, holographic snow, and a new look for the Ectype known as "Steve."

The Winter Holiday event was something we did during Early Access because we enjoy those types of things in other games, and wanted to try out and see how it would fit Void Crew. When bringing it back, it is an added bonus that it involves the Freighters, which did require some tuning difficulty wise - and it's a good opportunity to add some new variation for the Jetpack and Jetpack trail unlocks. In other words, it was a low-hanging fruit to re-enable it, and didn't stop us from spending time working on the actual pains and issues revealed by the 1.0 launch.

... which will be coming out in a couple of weeks, filled to the brim with community most-wanted bugfixes! Once this major bug-fix patch is released, we're going to turn our attention on the next Content Update. More info on that one will be coming later.

We hope you'll continue to have fun with Void Crew, and that RNGesus will bless your haul of Festive Gifts of METEM.

If you are having issues, don't hesitate to share them with us on our Discord[discord.gg]!

Sincerely,
// Laurids, Lead Game Designer
and The Hutlihut Games Crew

EDIT (Monday 2. Dec): HOTFIX Out Now - Below fixes verified and addressed.

Thanks for your feedback on this, and your patience while we were fixing.
If you're having issues, don't hesitate to share them with us on our Discord[discord.gg]!

//Hutlihut Games Crew

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In 1871 Helmuth von Moltke wrote an essay about military strategy that included the famous phrase "No operational plan extends with any certainty beyond the first encounter with the main force of the enemy". That's true of planning your next Objective in Void Crew, and also turned out to be true of launching the game! So we made sure to have contingency plans!

We've been actively monitoring all the different places that you players have been reporting issues you're encountering while playing the game, and prioritized and fixed the first batch of pressing issues.

We are still testing to verify the following fixes, but expect to release the Hotfix in the evening of Monday December 2., CET.

• Balancing: All B.R.A.I.N. Auto-Turrets have had their baseline Accuracy Increased.
  
• Balancing: B.R.A.I.N. Benediction Auto-Turret MkI-III has it's Baseline and Max Damage increased.
  
• Balancing: Shuriken Gatling, Litany Minigun and Confessor Carronade have had their Baseline Accuracy Increased.
  
• Balancing: Shuriken Gatling, Litany Minigun and Confessor Carronade have had their Max-Spread Decreased.
  
• Bugfix: B.R.A.I.N. Auto-mechanic Defect and Engine Trim modes work reliably again (One issue fixed every 60s when not enhanced)
  
• Bugfix: HUB Personal Loadout Terminal sometimes being non-interactable
  
• Bugfix: UI overlap in Matchmaking Window
  
• Bugfix: Lag in Matchmaking Window due to large number of Private Rooms being present
  
• Bugfix: Superior Engineer ability not working for remote players
  
• Bugfix: Matchmaking Terminal - Hitting Sort button when Private and Open Rooms are displayed at the same time could lead to getting stuck in the Terminal

The bugs that have been encountered are just good old-fashioned snafu's - For instance, we never tested what the matchmaking terminal would act like with several hundred Private Rooms because we tested with 5 instead, and that clearly wasn't good enough when the game suddenly took off.

As for the Accuracy balancing, those of you who played in Early Access will probably have experienced it as a blatant nerf, but I'll try to add some additional context. In Update 5, Fire Rate had a detrimental effect on Accuracy, since the Recoil was based on every single projectile fired. This meant that adding Fire Rate to a gun could sometimes throw the accuracy completely out of whack. This was changed for 1.0, so Accuracy Decay is caused by "time spent firing" only - where the effect is calculated and applied when you shoot (Meaning the reticle only grows when you actually fire the gun, but it'll grow based on time spent shooting). In summary - you can stack Fire Rate modifiers on your weapons, and your accuracy won't suffer from it - at all. That's a major buff as it translates directly to damage dealt.
The old baseline accuracy values were very high since they had to compensate for the "fire rate accuracy decay" - when we overhauled the decay, we also had to dial back the accuracy. Spoiler: We dialed them too far back. So we're increasing baseline accuracy for the Confessor and Shuriken Energy Weapons, as well as both the Auto-Turrets. The Litany Minigun is also seeing a slight buff to baseline accuracy.

And because we're really feeling the Holiday Spirit, we also buffed the baseline and max damage potential of the Benediction Auto-Turret.

Alongside the Auto-mechanic working as intended once more, this should see a significant boost to Solo Player survivability - and the Energy Weapons will be less annoying accuracy-wise for the Gunners out there (That being said, we fully intend the Accuracy Mods to be a desired addition to your guns - so if your accuracy is suffering, slap a Weapon Mod on that bad boy).

Once again, we are super happy to see the reception you guys have given our chaotic little space adventure, and hope for your patience while we run around the engine room and put out the fires that seemed to have spouted out of nowhere!

If you are having issues, don't hesitate to share them with us on our Discord[discord.gg]!

Sincerely,
// Laurids, Lead Game Designer
and The Hutlihut Games Crew

Hello Ectypes,

Void Crew is in the running for the “Better with Friends” category at this year’s Steam Awards. Whether it’s defending the ship against hostile enemies during events, patching up the hull mid-battle, or navigating uncharted space together... every moment in Void Crew is better with a trusted crew !

If you’ve shared laughs, chaos, and epic victories with your friends while exploring the galaxy, we’d love your support. Nominate Void Crew and show the universe that teamwork makes the dream work!

- The Void Crew Team

Did we mention Void Crew 1.0 is finally here? Well it is! You are not dreaming! After months (years) of work, polish, optimization, designs, feedback and more we finally have 1.0 hit the shelves ... so to speak!

Though we have covered a lot of the topics of the new stuff of 1.0 in previous articles, this article covers it ALL ... I can't even tell you how long we spent writing the changelist (even if most of it is automated).

Let's get started with gameplay video - Narrated and Devs playing co-op:
We've covered some of the cool stuff we've added in two previous articles, Part 1 and Part 2, but here's the FULL list.

This update sees TWO new objectives added to the already large pool of objectives: INFESTATION and DESECRATION. Where one tests your team's coordination and speed, the latter leaves you exposed while you decide what upgrade to grab for your ship!

The Fabricator has received a major overhaul, introducing two new functionalities: Fabricator Upgrading (leading to faster operation, automation and access to more stuff!), and Blueprints created by recycling items.

The fiery Vigilance system sees a new HOLLOW Firemorph, spewing homing missiles which erupt into heat fields. The electromagnetic Bravery system gets the HOLLOW Electromorph, draining ship power from Ectype ships who get too close.

Ship Loadouts now come with a Blessed Homunculus, which carries with it new abilities suited for each Loadout. This fortunately makes more room for Relics, some of which have been turned into Scaling Relics, boosting their effect based on some condition (F.x. weapon fire-rate boost based on amount of active defects on ship). And as icing on the cake, collectors and bosses can now drop the mysterious Nano Copy Matrix.

The Perk Tree has been revamped, new perks introduced, and changes made to incorporate all the great feedback ... and yes, includes the completion of the Perk Selection Loadouts. In addition, we've added the Superior version of all the class abilities, along with a perk to improve it even further!

Achievements which not only unlocks achievements on Steam, but also grants unique one-time cosmetic rewards in-game, allowing you to show off your achievements in style.
Daily and weekly challenges offer Ectypes a recurring chance at some high rarity rewards.
The galaxy map now features Loadout Challenges with promise of additional rewards.

A new Kensei samurai-inspired Cosmetic set can now be found in various cosmetic loot crates. In addition we wanted to show our deepest appreciation to our community, so BETA testers are gaining a Unique BETA-tester projection, and Early Access players getting Crashguard Visor Helmet, Color-override Pattern Crashtype and two exclusive Projections. <3

Edit: The article erroneously referred to a centurion set being made available to EA players. We apologize deeply - This was wrong: All players can get the "Decimation" armor pieces from the Gift of Victory for defeating bosses. Early Access players get the Crashguard Visor Helmet, Color-override Pattern Crashtype and two exclusive Projections. The above text has been adjusted.

• Item swapping - picking up an item while already carrying an item will swap them
  
• B.R.A.I.N. Auto Mechanic, to help maintain a part of the ship (especially for those Solo Ectypes!)
  
• "Founder's Pack" supporter DLC now available!
  
• Lootbox Exchange added to Personal Loadout Terminal - merge Gifts of METEM for a better Gift
  
• Added "Lone Sentry" loadout to the Destroyer
  
• Rewards (XP & Lootboxes) are now given to players during the mission, so even quitting/crashing will still make you keep your rewards
  
• Added player role indicator in player hud
  
• Skip to loot box opening
  
• Turned off headbobbing now also disables camera zooming in and out when walking around
  
• Last used loadout gets saved between session
  
• Roles of players in the room are now visible in matchmaking terminal
  
• All objectives now reward a common lootbox
  
• Prism Matriarch summoned enemies scales with number of players

• Huge performance improvements in all aspects of the game, in particular in longer play sessions
  
• Jetpacks and Trails are now customizable cosmetics
  
• Sarcograph areas in Destroyer revamped
  
• Helm updated with more visual doodads and a new "helming" pose
  
• New voice acted dialogue by human professional voice actor, for all non-Homunculus characters (METEM Command, Ectype Pilots, Hub Newscaster).
  
• New voice for Homunculus, authentic text-to-speech, created by human professional voice actor, as base for cloning in-game AI voice (we call it ethical AI: Consent/Credit/Compensation. Voice actor paid per word generated)
  
• New in-game custom Cursor
  
• New fullscreen HUD VFX for fire and electrical damage
  
• New UI and SFX for objective completion
  
• Improved Awakening UX and flow
  
• Airlock panel reworked
  
• Multiple Relics reworked/rebalanced
  
• New Main Menu visuals
  
• Improved Void Jump flow UI
  
• New objective UI
  
• New UI in Galaxy Map
  
• Jetpack rack now only shows current player’s jetpack and only if the player does not have a jetpack equipped
  
• Private lobbies are now shown in the matchmaking terminal
  
• Improved UX for powering on space base objectives
  
• Pilot 1st and 3rd person now have the same HUD
  
• Added non-coop Download base for solo play
  
• Added condition to make coop base only appear in multiplayer sessions
  
• Objective UI is now hidden when interacting with terminals
  
• Tweaks to Astral Map UI
  
• Tweaks to context info UI
  
• Multiple tweaks to text sizes in different parts of UI
  
• Longer quick-warnings
  
• Spacecraft markers are now hidden unless you’re seated or flying with jetpack
  
• Added dynamic text sizing to subtitles and related style change
  
• Ship Power can't go below 1, and negative power debuffs are shown in the Power Bar as a red negative
  
• Major hull breach icon tweaked
  
• Context info for weapon mods will now be shown in Fabricator and in Astral map
  
• Urgency Markers for breakers tweaked
  
• Added Void Drive charge progress info in Frigate engine room
  
• When ship is unpowered, module power button interaction info says “unpowered” instead of “power on”
  
• Empowered Weapon ability VFX now appears on the weapon when ability is active
  
• Added HUB gate opening SFX
  
• Made it more obvious when wayfinder is offline in 3rd person pilot view
  
• Added Clear Target Locks keybind to helm
  
• Added objective markers to all unscanned containers in Salvage
  
• Items can now get pinged even if they are too far away to show a context info
  
• If the UI had been hidden by holding H, it is reenabled after you enter and leave the escape menu
  
• HOLLOW faction enemies should now have purple death explosion
  
• Balanced rarities of some cosmetics
  
• Enemies now have a slight emission to help visibility in darkness
  
• Emotes animations improved
  
• Tweaked projection sizes to fit better on tiny visor helmets
  
• Added emissive parts to most armour cosmetics
  
• The Raid Objective difficulty scales with number of players
  
• Added 2 and 3 Power Cell sockets to Recuser Mark II and III
  
• Weapon accuracy revamped
  
• Increased Scoop Mark III range to 300
  
• Moved Broadside loadouts to Starboard side
  
• Rebalanced Reclaimer arrival times for Normal, Hard and Insane objective difficulties
  
• HOLLOW Morph hitpoints rebalanced
  
• Salvage containers are now less rewarding
  
• Updated GDPR
  
• Updated game credits
  
• Tweaked Gravity Scoops, including pickup range
  
• Ambush patrols rebalanced
  
• Salvage starting enemies are now two summoners and a medium fighter swarm
  
• Increased aggro range of HOLLOW Summoners
  
• SETTINGS: Added Room settings to escape menu
  
• SETTINGS: Player cloud ID can now be accessed via main menu
  
• SETTINGS: "Voice" fader got renamed to "Mission Speech"
  
• SETTINGS: Added new fader to control Voice Emotes volume - "Player Emotes"
  
• SETTINGS: Turning down "Mission Speech", "Player Emotes" or "Voice Chat Volume" will now properly turn down the corresponding reverb
  
• SETTINGS: New popup when changing language in game
  
• SETTINGS: Added immersive voice chat intensity setting
  
• SETTINGS: Added tooltips to some of the settings
  
• SETTINGS: Added setting for extended UI information
  
• SETTINGS: Moved microphone muted and master volume
  
• SETTINGS: Rearranged order of graphic settings

• Improved enemy collision detection - enemies should fly through terrain significantly less
  
• Fixed pilot controls sometimes misbehaving
  
• Fixed asteroids and ice shards being able to spawn too close to the ship
  
• Fixed asteroids and ice shards dealing multiple instances of damage
  
• Fixed mission UI breaking for players joining late
  
• Fixed Astral Map breaking if interacting with it near the end of the void jump
  
• Fixed Astral Map getting stuck on screen
  
• Fixed jetpack malfunction label getting stuck on screen even after interference ends
  
• Fixed the ship getting stuck on asteroids colliders
  
• Fixed the microphone being muted when launching the game with push to talk on
  
• Fixed main menu background disappearing after leaving a multiplayer session
  
• Fixed getting stuck on some colliders when walking around the ship
  
• Fixes to keybind hole fill in
  
• Fixes to text and UI overlapping in multiple places
  
• Improvements to readability on Steamdeck
  
• Fixed door interaction info
  
• Respawn keybind info is now shown when dead
  
• Added interaction info fill to remaining levers and buttons
  
• Fixed the class ability showing on top of the terminal when chosen for the first time
  
• Upgrading now fails correctly when module is busy and failing does not consume the upgrader
  
• Buildbox construction can no longer be cancelled by pressing the button again
  
• Buildbox construction buttons are now animated
  
• Fixed lag in perk terminal
  
• Fixed Prism Boss SFX
  
• Fixed collider on Carronade weapon seat
  
• Fixed being able to set the player limit to 0 in a room
  
• Fixed the Thruster Booster Station buttons breaking if they are used before the module is powered on
  
• Fixed collider on Power Generator
  
• Fixed VFX on stationary gatling gun
  
• HOLLOW Shielded Bomber Elite now correctly fires 2 volleys instead of 1
  
• Fixed not being able to construct modules on the left of Recuser beamcaster Mk III if a power cell is in the left slot
  
• Fixed player projections being blurry on Low graphic settings
  
• Fixed HOLLOW Bomber projectiles missing trails
  
• Fixed Salvage offering no objective if it’s the first mission of the run
  
• Fixed some VFX being blurry when using FSR
  
• Fixed being unable to launch the game if active monitor does not get detected
  
• Fixed being unable to click things if you leave a terminal screen white holding down a mouse button
  
• Fixed settings not being applied if joining game via Steam invite while having game closed
  
• Fixed not being able to interact with chairs if standing too close to them
  
• Fixed lighting on carryables inside the ship
  
• Fixed the voice chat still being active in main menu if a player gets kicked immediately after joining
  
• Fixed 3rd person pilot camera breaking if you become a host
  
• Fixed some parts of weapons not casting shadows
  
• Fixed Proctorship Vestment textures
  
• Fixed an issue where accepting an invite during loading screen would result in a blackscreen
  
• Fixed Power Fuse sometimes spawning in terrain
  
• Corrected various codex entries
  
• Huge amount of UI tweaks and fixes
  
• Huge amount of collision fixes
  
• Huge amount of art fixes
  
• Huge amount of audio fixes

Now what are you waiting for!? Go play! And don't hesitate to share with us your experience on our Discord[discord.gg]!

//Hutlihut Games Crew