VAST™

VAST Update 1.2.1: Patch Notes This is a hotfix for the Mac App Store version that now requires explicitly enabling Bluetooth and USB connections entitlements to the app so gamepads will work. tvOS and iOS versions are skipping this patch, as this was not an issue for them. STARBASE PLATFORM STATUS: Steam: Wishlist macOS: 1.2.1 […]

VAST Update 1.2.0: Patch Notes We are pleased to release version 1.2.0, a major update that converted the game’s render pipeline to Unity’s new Lightweight Render Pipeline (LWRP) (announced in 2018, shipped in 2019, polished by end of year 2019), dramatically improving performance and lowering energy usage across all parallel and synchronized soft-launched Astrogun Starbase […]

Announcing Our 2nd Production Baby! Due 1/10/20 A personal note from me, Xander of Astrogun! When I started VAST in Summer 2017 as ‘Project ENDURANCE’ (a codename that has certainly proven to be apt!) it had only been a few months since my wife and I found out we were pregnant with our first! He […]

VAST Update 1.1.8: Patch Notes NOTE: 1.1.7 was skipped. In particular, this update upgrades the project to Unity 2019 without any issues (unlike last year with 2018). The Steam release has been delayed. We will update you here as soon as we get closer to that. STARBASE PLATFORM STATUS: Steam: Wishlist macOS: 1.1.8 LIVE iOS: […]

Astrogun at the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit (PAX East 2019) Recap Astrogun enjoyed a very successful GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit at PAX East 2019 last week! We showed VAST to many great publishers and investors! They were Sold Out, Limited Run, Team17, Xsolla, and Yacht Club! Astrogun is currently continuing talks with some of these publishers / […]

Astrogun Could Bring VAST to Apple Arcade This Fall! Since Astrogun’s debut game VAST is already available on macOS, iOS, and tvOS, we are well prepared to also bring it to the new Apple Arcade subscription service, unveiled today at Apple’s event. We will follow up with Apple as soon as we can to see […]

(Update) Confirmed VAST Pitch Meetings at Investment Summit PAX East 2019 Astrogun is taking VAST to the Investment Summit at PAX East 2019 in Boston on March 28th (more info here). We just received word from the event rep that we have three initial bookings for private pitch meetings with publishers Sold Out Games, Limited […]

VAST Update 1.1.5 & 1.1.6: Patch Notes NOTE: 1.1.6 is a minor textures setting hotfix for macOS only. iOS & tvOS have skipped this version. STARBASE PLATFORM STATUS: Steam: Wishlist macOS: 1.1.6 LIVE iOS: 1.1.5 LIVE tvOS: 1.1.5 LIVE ENHANCEMENTS: Unity Engine Update: Unity 2018.3.9 KNOWN CURRENT ISSUES: VAST – Issues Tracker (Trello) More exciting […]

Astrogun has applied to become a Stadia developer. Stadia is Google’s cloud-based streaming games platform that was announced at GDC on 1pm Eastern on March 19th, 2019. More info here: www.stadia.dev and here www.stadia.com. More details to come. This article may be updated over time with more information. You can watch Google’s announcement of Stadia […]

VAST Now iPhone X Optimized for Ultra-Wide Touch Displays With the release of VAST update 1.1.4 (patch notes), VAST is now iPhone X optimized for ultra-wide touch displays, especially the 6.5″ iPhone Xs Max. You can get VAST for iOS as VAST – Pocket Edition in the iOS App Store right now! New iPhone X […]

VAST Update 1.1.4: Patch Notes PLATFORM STATUS: Steam: Wishlist macOS: 1.1.4 LIVE iOS: 1.1.4 LIVE tvOS: 1.1.4 LIVE ENHANCEMENTS: iPhone X Optimizations: The lock on resolution setting on iOS has been lifted, so iPhone X’s ultra-wide aspects are now supported. Also, all UI now scales to height instead of width, and certain UI graphics have […]

Astrogun taking VAST to the Investment Summit at PAX East March 28th! Astrogun’s Studio Head / Projects Lead Xander Davis and wife Elizabeth Davis (the voice of Yori and Michu in VAST) will be bringing VAST to the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit at PAX East 2019 on March 28th! Below is the VAST trailer following the […]

VAST Update 1.1.3: Patch Notes PLATFORM STATUS: Steam: Wishlist macOS: 1.1.3 LIVE iOS: 1.1.3 LIVE tvOS: 1.1.3 LIVE ENHANCEMENTS: Unity Engine Update: 2018.3.8 Unity Package Update: Package Manager UI 2.0.7 PlayMaker Update: 1.9.0.p11 COMING UP: iPhone X Optimizations shipping in 1.1.4 KNOWN CURRENT ISSUES: VAST – Issues Tracker (Trello) More exciting announcements, surprises, and new […]

VAST™ is Now on Steam for Win / Mac (Coming Soon) – Wishlist It Here! FRIDAY MARCH 8, 2019 — ASTROGUN LLC – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEASTROGUN.COM/ULTRA Astrogun’s anime-flavored sci-fantasy first-person shooter VAST about ‘a misfit team of cosmic treasure hunters in way over their heads!’ is now available on Steam (Coming Soon Early Access) to Wishlist […]

Video: Xander & Liz (XL) Let’s Play VAST Episode 1 on macOS VAST Project Lead Xander Davis, the voice of Enzo and Jasper, and wife Elizabeth Davis, the voice of Yori and Michu, play VAST Episode 1, available now on macOS, iOS, and tvOS! VAST is Available Now on macOS, iOS, & tvOS! VAST™ is […]

VAST Update 1.1.2: Patch Notes PLATFORM STATUS: macOS: 1.1.2 LIVE iOS: 1.1.2 LIVE tvOS: 1.1.2 LIVE ENHANCEMENTS: Unity Engine Update: 2018.3.7f1 Unity Package Update: Post-Processing 2.1.4 Rewired Update: 1.1.24.0 macOS / iOS / tvOS: Changes to the Episodes Select menu requested by Apple for the macOS edition in 1.1.1 are now consistent across all versions […]

VAST Update 1.1.1: Patch Notes PLATFORM STATUS: macOS: 1.1.1 LIVE iOS: 1.1.1 LIVE tvOS: 1.1.1 LIVE ENHANCEMENTS: Unity Engine Update: 2018.3.6f1 Unity Package Update: Analytics 3.2.2 Unity Package Update: Cinemachine 2.2.8 Unity Package Update: IAP 2.0.6 Unity Package Update: Package UI Manager 2.0.3 Unity Package Update: Post-Processing 2.1.3 Unity Package Update: ProBuilder 4.0.3 w total […]

(Video) VAST Launches on macOS, Joining iOS, tvOS, & XL Let’s Play Soon! Today’s Astrogun Ultra Update covers the soft-launch of VAST on macOS, joining iOS and tvOS editions and completing Astrogun’s mission to launch VAST across all three major Apple platforms. Plus, a sneak peak at an upcoming Let’s Play video featuring VAST creator […]

VAST Update 1.1.0: Patch Notes This update ushers in VAST on macOS at the macOS App Store (announcement) / direct macOS App Store link, completing our mission to get VAST onto all three main Apple platforms, further expanding the live Astrogun Starbase™ Standard Metaconsole (SMC), and delivering the best looking edition of VAST yet! The […]

VAST™ Launches on macOS, Now Available Across macOS, iOS, and tvOS! TUESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2019 — ASTROGUN LLC – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEASTROGUN.COM/ULTRA Astrogun’s anime-flavored sci-fantasy first person shooter VAST™ – Cosmic Treasure Hunters, about a misfit team of cosmic treasure hunters in way over their heads, has now soft-launched worldwide on macOS for $19.99 US. The […]

Tutorial Video: Gamepad Pairing with macOS: Nimbus (MFi) Astrogun games support MFi Gamepads, like the Steelseries Nimbus, and, on macOS, additional gamepads from major consoles. Here, we’ll cover pairing the Steelseries Nimbus MFi gamepad with macOS to play our debut title ‘VAST – Cosmic Treasure Hunters’, available now on the macOS App Store. It is […]

Tutorial Video: Gamepad Pairing with macOS: Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons & Grip Astrogun games support MFi Gamepads, like the Steelseries Nimbus, and, on macOS, additional gamepads from major consoles. Here, we’ll cover pairing the Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons and Grip with macOS to play our debut title ‘VAST – Cosmic Treasure Hunters’, available now on the macOS […]

Tutorial Video: Gamepad Pairing with macOS: PS4 DualShock 4 Astrogun games support MFi Gamepads, like the Steelseries Nimbus, and, on macOS, additional gamepads from major consoles. Here, we’ll cover pairing the PlayStation 4 DualShock 4 gamepad with macOS to play our debut title ‘VAST – Cosmic Treasure Hunters’, available now on the macOS App Store. […]

Tutorial Video: Gamepad Pairing with macOS: Xbox One Controller Astrogun games support MFi Gamepads, like the Steelseries Nimbus, and, on macOS, additional gamepads from major consoles. Here, we’ll cover pairing the Xbox One Controller with macOS to play our debut title ‘VAST – Cosmic Treasure Hunters’, available now on the macOS App Store. It is […]

Tutorial Video: Gamepad Pairing with iOS: Gamevice Astrogun games support MFi Gamepads, like the Steelseries Nimbus, and, on macOS, additional gamepads from major consoles. Here, we’ll cover docking the Gamevice to your iOS device to play our debut title ‘VAST – Pocket Edition’, available now on the iOS App Store. It is also available on […]

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Astrogun, Unity, & Apple Have Team Up to Solve ‘Titanium Moth’ Bug Affecting iOS & tvOS Unity Games Astrogun, Unity, and Apple have informally teamed up to solve the ‘Titanium Moth Bug’ Bug affecting iOS and tvOS Unity games. Marton Ekler of Unity reached out to Astrogun CEO Xander Davis on February 14th, to propose […]

Astrogun has a new Video ID (2019) to brand all of its upcoming video content at our YouTube Channel, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter! It will also be added to VAST in the next update! Check it out above and subscribe to the channel! Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel!

VAST Update 1.0.9: Patch Notes PLATFORM STATUS: iOS: 1.0.9 LIVE tvOS: 1.0.9 LIVE ENHANCEMENTS: iOS / tvOS: Unity Engine upgraded to Unity 2018.3.2f1 iOS / tvOS: Unity Bloom added back and optimized iOS / tvOS: Textures further optimized, including some able now to be presented at higher resolutions than before COMING SOON: Notable high-priority features […]

Unity Issues New Response Regarding ‘Titanium Moth’ Progress The ‘Titanium Moth’ bug is a bug that was introduced in iOS / tvOS 12.0+ that artificially and incorrectly quadruples the memory footprint of apps made with Unity engine (the game engine VAST is built upon), causing apps to falsely hit device memory limits and abruptly crash. […]

VAST Update 1.0.8 LIVE: Patch Notes PLATFORM STATUS: iOS: 1.0.8 LIVE tvOS: 1.0.8 LIVE ENHANCEMENTS: Unity upgraded to 2018.3.1f1 Continued texture/memory optimizations despite the Apple/Unity bug ‘Titanium Moth’ FIXED: BUG – 1.0.7 – iOS: The Touch ‘Back’ Buttons on the Front End UI for the Episodes and Credits screens are not appearing for the live […]

VAST Dev Playthrough on iOS – Full FPS Touch Controls – 1.0.7 We shot a video tonight playing through VAST™ on iOS (iPhone 8 Plus) to demonstrate the power of VAST’s uncompromising, full first-person shooter 1:1 touch controls, and that intense, fast-paced yet agile gameplay is here! If you just gotta have buttons, we get […]

VAST iOS Day 2 Soft-Launch Notes We are receiving some new feedback now that VAST is soft-launched on iOS! Mainly: Customers have reported the Touch Right Stick is Too Sensitive – This is probably from pushing the right stick constantly instead of simply ‘flicking’ it to adjust look direction. UPDATE January 11: Check out our […]

VAST Update 1.0.7 LIVE: Patch Notes With VAST 1.0.7, the game has soft-launched on iOS worldwide! Optimizations for this are carried over and even extended to the tvOS version to restore playability to Apple TV 4 and up (including Apple TV 4K), DESPITE the ‘Titanium Moth’ bug (which quadruples Unity engine’s memory footprint on iOS/tvOS) […]

Announcing VAST™ – Pocket Edition on iOS Available Now! TUESDAY JANUARY 8, 2019 — ASTROGUN LLC – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEASTROGUN.COM/ULTRA VAST has now soft-launched worldwide on iOS with VAST – Pocket Edition (currently for iPhone only, requiring iPhone 6s or better) at a 25% off sale price throughout January at $14.99 USD. This is after initially […]

VAST Update 1.0.6 LIVE: Final Hotfixes for ‘Titanium Moth’ Completed! VAST hotfixes for ‘Titanium Moth‘ conclude with 1.0.6, now live on the tvOS App Store! Be sure to turn on Automatic App Updates: Settings -> Apps -> Automatically Update Apps (On) & Automatically Install Apps (On) The last remaining fixed bugs with this update are: […]

VAST Update 1.0.5 LIVE: Continued Hotfixes for ‘Titanium Moth’ VAST patches continue with 1.0.5 now live on the tvOS App Store! Be sure to turn on Automatic App Updates: Settings -> Apps -> Automatically Update Apps (On) & Automatically Install Apps (On) The fixed bugs today are: FIXED: HUD UI Masks Were Broken FIXED: Viewing […]

VAST Update 1.0.4 LIVE: Continued Hotfixes for ‘Titanium Moth’ VAST patches continue with 1.0.4 now live on the tvOS App Store! Be sure to turn on Automatic App Updates: Settings -> Apps -> Automatically Update Apps (On) & Automatically Install Apps (On) The fixed bugs today are: FIXED: Jump has Become Weird (Sometimes it seems […]

VAST Update 1.0.3 LIVE: Continued Hotfixes for ‘Titanium Moth’ We have fixed another major issue that remained related to engine upgrades (VAST now runs on Unity 2018.3.0.f2 with minimum tvOS version of 12.0) and the ‘Titanium Moth’ bug in VAST 1.0.3, which went LIVE on the tvOS App Store today! Be sure to turn on Automatic […]

VAST Update 1.0.2 LIVE: Hotfix for ‘Titanium Moth’ VAST Update 1.0.2 is LIVE, featuring a hotfix for the ‘Titanium Moth’ bug that has affected many game developers and games on iOS / tvOS and still remains to be fixed by Apple and Unity’s engineers collaborating on the issue on their end. Because of this, the […]

Hotfix: VAST Ep1v1 Running on tvOS Again DESPITE Apple/Unity ‘Titanium Moth’ Bug – Update Shipping Soon! Bug Name: Titanium Moth We have achieved a workaround to the Apple/Unity ‘Titanium Moth’ bug affecting many game developers and games on iOS / tvOS, including the current build of VAST on the App Store. VAST Episode 1 (v1) […]

VAST Bug: tvOS: Level Loading Unity Memory Issue Bug Name: Titanium Moth We are currently addressing a major critical bug with VAST (which we’ve codenamed Titanium Moth) that was apparently introduced with the tvOS 12.0 update and affects the Unity game engine itself, which VAST uses. Other developers have reported at Unity’s forums that since […]

VAST Update 2 in the Home Stretch! TUESDAY JUNE 19, 2018 — ASTROGUN LLC – ASTROGUN.COM/ULTRA VAST: Update 2 is in the home stretch with a completely rebuilt and far expanded Episode 1! Gameplay Vertical Slice is completed, where the entire level is built in ‘graybox’ with all-new voice acting, a much expanded script and story, […]

Announcing VAST™ Update 2: A Complete Rebuild of Episode 1! TUESDAY APRIL 10, 2018 — ASTROGUN LLC – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ASTROGUN.COM/ULTRA Astrogun is announcing VAST™ Update 2, the next major free release to come to VAST™ as Apple TV 4K’s first sci-fi anime-styled shooter awarded ‘BEST FPS’ by ATVG and available now under the Launch […]

VAST™ Update 1 (v1.0.1) is LIVE. The focus of U1 was initial art enhancements after the launch of the game this past December. Art Enhancements in U1 include: Platform Textures UI HUD Shields Holographic Frame Fix Unique Zotugo Attack Unique Zotugo Death New Zotugo Projectile New Desoga Projectile Enhanced Desoga Death New Grpok Projectile Terminals […]

VAST™ HAS SOFT-LAUNCHED ON APPLE TV! December 13, 2017 — ASTROGUN — VAST™ has soft-launched as a timed-exclusive on Apple TV on December 13th, 2017 in the tvOS App Store Worldwide! The game is designed for the brand new Apple TV 4K (2017) in glorious 4K resolution and buttery-smooth 60fps! Gamepad is required, and the excellent Apple-Steelseries […]