What is VOIDSHIFT

Voidshift is a postapocalyptic sci-fi setting placed at the beginning of the XXII century. 

In the late ’60s of the XXI century, Dimitri Sedvan’s teleportation technology paved the way for interplanetary colonization. Shifting allowed us to quickly reach distant exoplanets. After annexing over 80 planets, the teleportation system suddenly went dark. All colonies were abruptly cut off from mother Earth, thus beginning a period of forced self-sufficiency. For some, it was an unprecedented opportunity for uninfluenced development, while for others it was a return to the pre-industrial era. This three-decade period with no access to this crucial technology was dubbed Voidshift. 

In 2130 the teleports started working again. Many forgotten colonies began to receive traffic from several groups and factions… with often diverging agendas.

 

The project

About

My aim in making Voidshift was to make an interesting, universal and extensible world with the potential to be used in different kinds of games such as video games, RPGs, board games and card games. The world should be diverse enough to allow you to play tactical board battles with an interesting scenario, political or detective RPG sessions and provide an excuse for a quick action game with missiles flying at your head.

Author

I’m Rafał Kowalski, a game designer and developer since 2002. I’m passionate about games and their development at every stage, from concept-making and design, through development and mechanics prototyping to testing and gameplay balancing. Most of all I love level design. 

I started this project as a world to RPG system in 2005. I developed and successively extended it for the stage as it is today. Work kickstarted in 2018 when I and my team started working on a PC game – Tactical Troops Anthracite Shift. In 2 years world lore grew and plenty of content was made – especially great-looking artworks.

The Team

Many elements of this project such as various concepts, texts and graphics were made or supported by talented people as Piotr Majcher, Maciej Merski, Kamil Tondera, Piotr Łukaszewicz, Jan Michniewski, Michał Lewandowski and Piotr Samborowski.

Voidshift universe lore

Read about the world history of XXI century interplanetary growth. Find out when the greatest discoveries and the toughest wars happened.
We started by inventing the wheel, mastering the fire, and melting metal into tools. Afterward, we drove cars and talked thru the Internet. In the last years of the 21st century, we invented teleportation, advanced colonization, and electrogravity technology.
Over 80 planets were discovered and colonized before voidshift. They coped with independence in a different way.
Meet animals that are present on different planets. How they breed, live, and interact with our species.
Weapons, grenades, robots, bunch of different gadgets available for shift travelers.
Vast voidshift world implemented in different media.

Alliances and companies

Who is dealing the cards in 2130?