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Shadow Stars: The Ventrui Belt

by Diogo de Andrade · in General Discussion · 11/08/2004 (1:09 pm) · 9 replies

Hey all! It's time for shameless plug: Our new game, "Shadow Stars: The Ventrui Belt" was released today!
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For honor... For kingdom...
A terrible weapon is being built on the Tarwyne-controlled Ventrui asteroid belt.
A war fleet is sent in, but after a disastrous information leak, it is utterly destroyed, with the exception of a crippled Mjolnir cruiser and the Warfyr family's latest weapon: the Warblade general purpose fighter.
Fast, maneuverable and with enough firepower to challenge even a mighty Doombringer, the Warblade is all that stands in the way of a Tarwyne new secret weapon that could shatter the delicate power balance in the Shadow Stars.

Be Gabriel Warfyr, the 3rd in royal line of the Warfyr family as he pursues a goal that could ultimately lead to the victory or downfall of the Warfyr family.

Shadow Stars: The Ventrui Belt is an action game featuring arcade space combat against hordes of enemies:
- Advanced 3d graphics
- Spectacular visual effects
- Realistic flight model
- Action-oriented gameplay
- 18 missions, including objectives as convoy strafing, elusion and cruiser attacks
- Pitch the Warblade against several different enemies, with different tactics and vessels
- Navigate treacherous asteroid fields inside nebulae
- Destroy installations on asteroids
- Play random quick missions of increasing difficulty and beat your own limits
- Adaptable LOD (Level Of Detail) system to suit your computer's limits without detracting the game experience
- Awesome classic/techno soundtrack to heat you up in battle and relax you between them
- Amazing 3d sound adding to the game immersion

Download the demo at http://shadowstars.spellcasterstudios.com, and drop us some comments on our forums at
http://www.spellcasterstudios.com/bboard

Thanks for your time!

#1
11/09/2004 (3:35 am)
Web link does not seem to work.
#2
11/09/2004 (3:42 am)
I get the same problem with the link :(
#3
11/09/2004 (4:12 am)
Damn it... Since this dawn we've been having problems with our web hosting provider... Please be patient and try again later... If worse comes to worse, we'll change providers...
And besides, the demo will be available from Tucows next Friday...

Sorry about that... I'll notify everyone interested as soon as the website comes up again...

Thanks for you interest!
#4
11/09/2004 (5:26 am)
Apparently the server has stabilized and is now working properly!

Download the demo now! :)

Thanks!
#5
11/09/2004 (12:31 pm)
The installer doesn't seem to work- it crashes almost immediately. I've tried DLing it a couple times.
#6
11/09/2004 (1:33 pm)
What was it made with?
#7
11/10/2004 (2:06 am)
@Randall:
You're the first with that particular bug... :|
What kind of system are you running? SO, Service packs?

@Charlie:
I've used the free version of GkSetup...
#8
11/10/2004 (2:48 am)
Windows XP without SP2.

Tried DLing with IE and Firefox, and cleared the cache when redownloading.

Not sure whats going on, I can install all kinds of other things just fine.
#9
11/10/2004 (6:28 am)
Some of our dev machines are Windows Xp without SP2 (only SP1), and they have no problems... The installer crashes when starting up (when it pops a dialog box saying something like "Preparing to install..."? Or after the big window with the background appears?