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Avoyd - Voxel Editor, Renderer and 6dof movement Game with editable terrain - In active development - Available to download and buy

Avoyd 1999 - Precursor to the current Avoyd game project last released in 2003

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Description

Avoyd is a voxel editor able to handle large models and a six degrees of freedom First Person Shooter voxel game.

We release new versions of Avoyd regularly, increasing the price as we add functionality. The prototype is currently available to download freely and purchase from our home page.

History

The original Avoyd was a shareware-style game we created and self-published back in 1999-2003. To our knowledge, it was the first game in which the players could build and destroy the entire environment. Since September 2012, after many years thinking about Avoyd, we started working on it again. The new Avoyd game is powered by the in-house engine Doug is writing.

On the 1st Feb 2017 we stealth released the first Avoyd Editor prototype. The voxel editor enables players to create and edit environments. They can import Minecraft and MagicaVoxel .vox files both as levels and as brushes. We've also included basic procedurally generated shapes.

In March 2018 we released the Movement prototype, shifting our priority to gameplay.

In June 2018 we released the first gameplay test featuring single and cooperative multiplayer (LAN).

Features

  • First Person Shooter in a large abstract universe;

  • First Person Editor: fully editable environment to support players' strategy, and for creative purposes;

  • Movement in six degrees of freedom with localised gravity;

  • Single-player and cooperative multiplayer, over a LAN or the Internet;

  • Voxel Editor tool.

Videos
Gameplay Prototype

Youtube playlist - March 2018 to present

Voxel Editor

Youtube playlist - November 2016 to Present

Images

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In-Game Screenshots

Avoyd in-game screenshot - Turret drones deployed by players are static. They scan space to detect nearby opposition drones and shoot at them. Because the game is taking place in zero gravity (6 degrees of freedom), it can be a good idea to place turrets so they triangulate a wide volume but with their back to a surface for protection. Currently players can deploy up to four turrets.

Avoyd in-game screenshot - Skirmish multiplayer game in progress in a large procedural environment. The opposition drone spawner and its drones are attacking a player and their turrets. Damage can be seen in the top-right corner: drones shooting at the player and missing their target have hit the destructible terrain in the background, creating holes. The entire environment is destructible and editable.

Avoyd in-game screenshot - In-game building: adding ceramic walls and arches to the procedurally generated environment. The building cursor is the green wireframe in the centre of the screen. The player (metal and green spherical avatar) deployed turrets (blue).

Avoyd in-game screenshot - Skirmish game just started: the two team's drones haven't found each other yet. The static red and blue teams' Mega Spawners (large hollow cubes) are placed on opposite sides of the world. They spawn waves of flying spawners and drones during the course of the game. The custom designed Skirmish game arena is based on a concept by Rebecca Michalak

Voxel Editor

Avoyd Voxel Editor screenshot - A scene opened for editing in the voxel editor showing a sphere copy inside the green wireframe. The landscape was generated by importing a Mandelbrot fractal image as a heightmap. Procedural boxes were added using the Edit Tool's procedural generation tool. The user interface shows the windows: Edit Tool, Light and Atmosphere settings, Replace Material tool, World Properties, Pick and Inspect Material tool, Cameras tool and Materials tool.

Avoyd Voxel Editor screenshot - Using the Edit Tool symmetry plane to sculpt the details of the head of a voxel model. The Voxel Editor user interface shows the docked Edit Tool, Replace Material, Pick and Inspect Material, Light and Atmosphere controls and Render option windows, as well as the menu, toolbar and status bar.

Avoyd Voxel Editor screenshot - Mash-up of Minecraft maps Greenfield city and Cuirassé DSD-401 by MrBatou imported into Avoyd and combined together using the voxel editor tool 'Save/Load world as paste brush'.

Avoyd Voxel Editor screenshot - Imported Minecraft map Greenfield city being edited using the tool cut and paste sphere.

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Enkisoftware is an independent game development company co-founded by Doug Binks, Juliette Foucaut and Andy Binks. We make the game Avoyd.

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