VAST™

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. […]

Astrogun Welcomes Christopher Reimschussel as New Producer on VAST WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16, 2019 — ASTROGUN LLC – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEASTROGUN.COM/ULTRA Astrogun welcomes Christopher Reimschussel as a new Producer on VAST! Armed with a Bachelors in Applied Computing and a Masters in Global Management, Chris joins the Astrogun team to create amazing games and help build the […]

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 […]