History VideoGame / VoidBastards

* DifficultySpike: The nebula has different levels of depth, with better loot, harder enemies and tougher ship lay-outs found deeper down. The jump from depth level 2 to 3 is unforgiving: Gunpoints are upgraded to the murderous Boompoints, the particularly unpleasant Patient enemies are introduced, oxygen is reduced, and the merit cost to do anything takes a sharp leap.

** WGC Prisoners are arrested and given (seemingly) permanent prison sentences for offenses as benign as "Smells bad next to the wrong person."

* HumanPopsicle: The Void Ark prison ship keeps all its prisoners in a state of suspended animation by dehydrating them. You control whichever prisoner the wardens decided to rehydrate this time. If you die, a B.A.C.S. drone that acts as your backpack while you are alive will take all of the stuff you have collected and fly off back to Void Ark with it. The wardens will then rehydrate someone else, who'll be your next protagonist.

* {{Mutants}}: B.A.C.S. seems to imply that the Citizen survivors aboard the various ships stranded in the nebula have all mutated into murderous mutants due to prolonged exposure to the nebula's gene twisters. [[spoiler: the computer Judge still considers killing them to be murder when sentencing you in the ending.]]

** CNT Prisoners are arrested and given permanent prison sentences for offenses as benign as "Smells bad next to the wrong person."

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Eating food restores a chunk of your health.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Leaning heavily towards bitter. The Void Ark is able to safely leave the nebula, but your current playable Client has their sentence extended indefinitely due to the crimes they committed in the process of activating the FTL drive. Not to mention any other Clients you may have played as are already dead. The only "sweet" part is that the remaining prisoners survive and may eventually be released. Of course, this game [[BlackComedy being what it is]], its all played for laughs. Additionally, according to the Space Pirates, if B.A.C.S. makes it back to [=WGC=] space and reports what happened to the Void Ark, the [=WGC=] should arrive in force to the nebula and blow the Space Pirates to kingdom come, finally putting an end to them stranding so many ships there.]]

** Pirates are by far the strongest enemies in the game, having the best equipment and weapons, incredibly high health on par with that of Screws, and a tendency to swarm in large numbers once one of them detects you. Tellingly, there's actually an achievement for beating just ''one'' of them, and its currently one of the rarest achievements in the game.
** Secbots are powerful robots that are switched on if you're spotted by a ship's security system. They do a lot of damage, actively hunt you down, and unlike any other enemy can unlock doors.

* EliteMooks: Many enemies have veteran versions.

* HarderThanHard: Hard Bastard difficulty; enemies do double damage, and ammo and resources are overall much more scarce.

* LightningBruiser: Pirates have comparable incredibly high health as Screws, but are much faster and equipped with powerful rapid-fire weapons, and always attack in squads of 3.
* LimitedLoadout: While you have a lot of toys to place with, the game balances it by limiting your character to three slots: normal weapon, explosive one, and a gadget.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Leaning heavily towards bitter. The Void Ark is able to safely leave the nebula, but your current playable Client has their sentence extended indefinitely due to the crimes they committed in the process of activating the FTL drive. Not to mention any other Clients you may have played as are already dead. The only "sweet" part is that the remaining prisoners survive and may eventually be released. Of course, this game [[BlackComedy being what it is]], its all played for laughs.]]

* LightningBruiser: Pirates have the same incredibly high health as Screws, but are much faster and equipped with powerful rapid-fire weapons, and always attack in squads of 3.

* KingMook: The "Boss" modifier turns one Citizen aboard the ship into a Boss version, with 10 times as much health as the normal version of that Citizen would normally have.

** Screws are powerful DamageSponge enemies that will never give up on a chase should you be unlucky enough to awaken them. Even the tooltips explicitly discourage you from trying to engage them.
** Pirates are by far the strongest enemies in the game, having the best equipment and weapons, incredibly high health, and a tendency to swarm in large numbers once one of them detects you. Tellingly, there's actually an achievement for beating just ''one'' of them, and its currently one of the rarest achievements in the game.

* MightyGlacier: Screws. They're slow, but easily detected by their loud STOMP STOMP STOMP footsteps and deep voices. They have many times the health of most opponents[[note]]Screws have 1000 health, while even tougher regular enemies like Toxic Patients or Veteran Janitors max out at 100 health, and the basic pistol does 10 damage[[/note]] (taking '''3-4''' ''fully upgraded'' bushwhackers to kill; most other enemies won't even survive ''1'') and attack by launching ricocheting shards at you. They can very easily ruin your day.

* MightyGlacier: Screws. They're slow, but easily detected by their loud STOMP STOMP STOMP footsteps and deep voices. They have many times the health of most opponents[[note]]Screws have 1000 health, while even tougher regular enemies like Toxic Patients or Veteran Janitors max out at 100 health[[/note]] (taking '''3-4''' ''fully upgraded'' bushwhackers to kill; most other enemies won't even survive ''1'') and attack by launching ricocheting shards at you. They can very easily ruin your day.

* MightyGlacier: Screws. They're slow, but easily detected by their loud STOMP STOMP STOMP footsteps and deep voices. They have many times the health of most opponents (taking '''3-4''' ''fully upgraded'' bushwhackers to kill; most other enemies won't even survive ''1'') and attack by launching ricocheting shards at you. They can very easily ruin your day.

* {{Mutants}}: B.A.C.S. seems to imply that the Citizen survivors aboard the various ships stranded in the nebula have all mutated into murderous mutants due to prolonged exposure to the nebula. [[spoiler: the computer Judge still considers killing them to be murder when sentencing you in the ending.]]

''Void Bastards'' is FirstPersonShooter[=/=]{{Roguelike}} hybrid with CelShaded graphics, developed by Blue Manchu and released on [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on 28th May, 2019. In it, you control one of the nameless inmates of a space prison named Void Ark, which got stuck in space after its [=FTL=] drive broke down and several of its core components were stolen by {{Space Pirate}}s, leaving the wardens with no options but to free an inmate at a time and send them out to scavenge the nearby derelict ships for parts.

* ShortRangeShotgun: The Stapler functions in this manner. Upgrading it tightens its spread however.

* UniversalPoison: Dart gun's projectiles are tipped with one.

* WrittenSoundEffect: Played straight as part of the game's sci-fi comic style. You can even guess which enemy is awaiting behind a closed door based on the word describing its unique sound effect.

* GrenadeLauncher: There's one, named Clusterfrak.

* HeavilyArmoredMook: The Screws and Secbots have massive hitpoints and are best avoided or subverted.

** The toxic garbage will make environment colors change rapidly and add a wavy effect to the screen.
** Caffeine makes the camera rapidly shake during its effect.

* ShortRangeShotgun: The Stapler functions in this manner.

* ConvenientDecoyCat: The [=KittyBots=] are versions you can deploy yourself. They make every enemy in the room chase it while running around wildly. They also explode after a time.

** You can also fire poisonous bolts from the Spiker. This is useful for Scribes and Spooks, which spend a lot of time running away from the player.

** Stumbling into leaked radioactive material inflicts you with a radiation status, which functions in this manner. While it'll eventually time out, the damage from leaving it unchecked is high enough to make you scramble for a radiation cleanse station ASAP. However, enemies who stumble into these spills will be affected in the same manner, unless they are explicitly immune to it.

** XON ambulances allow you to buy and sell vital organs from vending machines. Body parts are commonly found in personal luggage and storage lockers.

** Otori Corp enforces total obedience by [[SinisterSurveillance spying on their employees]] through their [[CuteMachines robot pets.]]

* DoubleSpeak: Tons of it. Prisoners are called "Correctional Clients". The entire crew of a ship being massacred is called "A personnel shortage". Physical beating are called "Blunt Force Therapy", and so on and so on.

* NailEm: There are riveter and stapler weapons, which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin fire rivets and staples]]. In FPS standards, the stapler works like a shotgun.

* ViolentGlaswegian: Contrasting the British accents most common in the game, the blood-thirsty {{Space Pirate}}s come with Scottish accents so thick a player might take a bit of time to sort out exactly what they're yelling about.

''Void Bastards'' is FirstPersonShooter[=/=]{{Roguelike}} hybrid with CelShaded graphics, developed by Blue Manchu and released on [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on 28th May, 2019. In it, you control one of the nameless inmates of a space prison named Void Ark, which got stuck in space after its [=FTL=] drive broke down, leaving the wardens with no options but to free an inmate at a time and send them out to scavenge the nearby derelict ships for parts.