Voidburn

Devlog

• Alpha 24.71 - Leaderboards
  July 08, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Leaderboards are set up for both roguelike and voidlike game modes Randomly assigned player IDs Based on total STC per-save Top 20 always shown Also fixed a bug where bloodshot could respawn on load o... Continue reading
• Alpha 24.7 - Telemetry Hotfix
  July 08, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Telemetry was set up wrong. Now it is not... Continue reading
• Alpha 24.6 - Telemetry
  July 07, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Added a telemetry server Gameplay data is anonymously sent to the server during every run Cargo menu updated Crafting updated Death Inc. rift updates Windowed mode Small performance improvements... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 24.5 - Housekeeping
  July 06, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Housekeeping Added Voidworld: Super Jack Planet prototype "Cancerous Planet" (tile -1,-1 relative to spawn) Added SJCKFM Super Jack Radio station wiring and one song: dominant clutter (collected when... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 24.4 - Voidworlds Demo
  July 02, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Added a button in planet menu Button to explore planet switches the game mode to a layered 2D platformer This will be the main method of interacting with NPCs, advancing story This game mode will also... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 24.3 - Updates
  June 25, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Updated tutorials Updated menu styling Updated tilemap Updated solar systems Updated Momentum details Updated enemy hiding behaviour Updated radio dial graphic HUD now clears away if you get under it... Continue reading
• Alpha 24.1 and 24.2
  June 24, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Abandoned tiles are now enemy hunt tiles Use your headlights and your horn to flush enemies out of hiding Hiding enemies are invisible, but cast a shadow When you find a hiding enemy, honk the horn to... Continue reading
• Alpha 24: Shaders and Lighting
  June 23, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Player now has toggleable headlights (Right stick button) that inherit the player ship color Player now has a horn (Left stick button) just for fun (will be used later) Projectiles, player abilities,... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 23
  June 22, 2026 by ghostkitchen

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  It is Closer to What I Feel it Should Be Double boost is now unlimited, can be used on bosses but has to cool down if it is Enemy explosions (gas tank, lightshow, balloon) Enemy formations (circular,... Continue reading
• Alpha 23
  June 22, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  It is Closer to What I Feel it Should Be Double boost is now unlimited, can be used on bosses but has to cool down if it is Enemy explosions (gas tank, lightshow, balloon) Enemy formations (circular,... Continue reading
• Alpha 22.5
  June 21, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Double boost slightly changed to go through asteroids and look better Massive performance upgrade Music now continues playing in the pause menu, but muffled Steam Deck no longer requires the gamepad -... Continue reading
• Alpha 22: Incremental Prototypes + Visual Update
  June 21, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Idle/incremental feature prototypes Farm tiles: invest in a farm that will produce resources for you over time Trivia night rift Default player ship changed Ribbon trail removed Double-boost - new def... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 21: Roguelike Mode
  June 20, 2026 by ghostkitchen

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  Added a roguelike gamemode (permadeath, between-tile perks, randomized tiles, but nothing else is changed, so the whole game can be played the same but must be done in one life) New Tex boss fight (he... Continue reading
• Web Alpha 20: I have a problem
  June 19, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  - Asteroids changed to pre-baked 3D, visual refined - Further refined tutorials - Added an example rift - Fixed eyes not returning bombs - Performance improvements - Started utilizing the GPU a bit, p... Continue reading

  
• Web Alpha 19: The Best One So Far
  June 19, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  - Beautiful first-launch tutorials - Keyboard and Mouse Support - Massive amount of polish on the core game loop - Skill tree revamp - Scanner menu revamp - 10 songs changed to collectibles - Find flo... Continue reading
• Alpha 18 - The Game Part
  June 18, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Alpha 18 is a big one, and there are only a few left before we transition into the beta stage of the game. If you were holding out to try the game, now is the best time, as we've added tutorials and s... Continue reading
• Alpha 17 - Menus and Bugs
  June 17, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  - Reflector field now properly targets bosses - Scanner menu rebuilt, select and deselect which songs can play on the radio, collect boss sounds - Scanner lissajous placeholder removed - "Enable audio... Continue reading
• Alpha 16 - Efficiency Upgrades
  June 16, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  - Asteroid culling changes - Expansion of debug system - Spacing of bosses and planets - Downsized planets - Vectorscope resolution downgrade - Asteroid 3D rotational data pre-baked - web performance... Continue reading
• Alpha 15: The Radio Update
  June 16, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  - Seamless station switching with in-between static - Songs "keep playing" when switching back and forth as a real radio station would - Ready for banter, ads, talk shows - Song metadata table has bee... Continue reading

  
• ALPHA 14 HAS HIT THE VOIDBURN ITCH
  June 15, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Planets, shops, asteroids Planets reimplemented as 3D voxel-based objects (THEY LOOK AMAZING), randomly placed in debug system Safe zones around spawn and planets - no enemy spawns here Safe zones, pl... Continue reading

  
• Official Early Access Launch
  June 13, 2026 by ghostkitchen

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  After 6 months of work, Voidburn has been launched in early access. The itch.io page has been updated accordingly with new marketing materials, and a new trailer has been uploaded to YouTube. Feel fre... Continue reading

  
• Web Alpha 13: Basic tutorial and heavy cleanup pass
  June 13, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  New Game Tutorial and Cleanup Snakes temporarily removed The Worm King behaves a bit better Far fewer text pop-ups Momentum Multiplier tweaks Basic controls graphic and gameplay tutorial on start of n... Continue reading

  
• WEB ALPHA 12: Asteroids and Momentum update
  June 12, 2026 by ghostkitchen

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  WEB ALPHA 12 Asteroids and Momentum update Momentum system prototype added Ability recharges and enemy aggression now depend on your momentum multiplier (MM) As MM increases, abilities become availabl... Continue reading

  
• Enemies and Ships Update
  June 12, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  WEB ALPHA 11 Enemies and Ships Update All enemies given reactive effects (On damage: shake, flash) All enemies given sprite updates All player ships in the process of being redrawn and/or redesigned b... Continue reading

  
• Radio Stations and Menus Update
  June 11, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  - Added 71.0 SMOG FM with Fraud by Smogmonster71 - Added some Dotty tracks to VOID FM - Automatic radio parser, drag and drop ogg or mp3 files with metadata and album art and they will be added to the... Continue reading
• Enemy Update
  June 10, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  June 10th - Enemy update 10 New enemies (attached) with various animations, strategies, and attacks 7 Elite modifiers for all enemies, spawn rate increases as player defeats more enemies All existing... Continue reading
• Web alpha 8
  June 01, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  **Web alpha 8 deployed** All bosses restored and given places to spawn in the overworld - Marked on minimap - Area of discovery is shown on minimap - Most special attacks restored Deployables temporar... Continue reading
• Web alpha 7
  June 01, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  **Web alpha 7 uploaded** Basic gameplay tutorial with per-device button prompts Removed rifts temporarily - fight bosses in the overworld - other test rifts remain broken, will restart these soon 10 n... Continue reading
• Absolutely absurd update (Web alpha testing time!)
  May 30, 2026 by ghostkitchen

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  As we head into the summer months, we here at Ghost Kitchen find our passion for creating renewed. We have spent the past month porting our lovely little space game from pygame into web format! We hea... Continue reading
• Many new features, balancing updates, bug fixes
  April 28, 2026 by ghostkitchen

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  Added: Radial Menus: hold left or right on the d-pad to open a quick selection menu for deployables (left) and abilities (right) New Drops/Blueprints: Rift Jump, Rift Damage, Recharger, Disguise Rift... Continue reading
• Updated HUD, new demo video, and more!
  April 26, 2026 by ghostkitchen

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  Howdy! Now is the perfect time to try Voidburn. The HUD has been updated and upgraded, there have been some major efficiency wins recently (these two are connected) and I have just recorded a 30 minut... Continue reading

  
• Massive HUD upgrade and several performance boosts
  April 26, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Save//load system reworked Modular HUD stylized and upgraded, color can be changed from ship customization pause menu Bugs, performance fixes... Continue reading

  
• April Update: HUD and bugfixes
  April 25, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  In today's Voidburn alpha we have launched the first draft of a modular HUD, including Sound visualizer/scanner has been decoupled from the minimap, adding a visualizer, a frequency scanner, and now p... Continue reading

  
• Debug system, boss rifts
  March 15, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Messed up the last build, now it's up to date and works great... Continue reading
• MAJOR UPDATE - Rifts, quest system, tools
  March 14, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Steam page coming soon!... Continue reading
• MacOS Build and better controller support
  March 07, 2026 by ghostkitchen

  Game should TRY to autodetect controller, monitor size, aspect ratio, and refresh rate on both MacOS and Windows... Continue reading
• MAJOR UPDATE (complete game genre rework)
  March 07, 2026 by ghostkitchen

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  #devlog, #update, #changelog

  Changes: Genre changed from roguelite to action adventure Skill tree, classes, map, zone system completely redone Planets! Asteroids replaced with old arcade carpet shapes Slash dash (time slow specia... Continue reading

  
• Hotfix
  January 18, 2026 by ghostkitchen

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  0117 - fixed vectorscope sound issue... Continue reading